TINY Fiction or Real Tales in a Single Post Thread

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Timetrvlr said:
Meanwhile, in the Southwest....

Tumbleweed​
They call me Tubby because I’m very large, and in another place, and another time, I would be King, but in this time, and in this place, it is my friend Tyranny that is King, for he is truly enormous! We call him Tyranny, a nickname, but his true name is Tyrannosaurus, a huge round beast that dwarfs us all. Tyranny and I live in a sheltered place at the base of a small bluff beside a desert wash. The winter snows drifted here and in the spring, the melt water added to the cache of soil moisture, so that we have grown well in these favored conditions, and are sheltered somewhat from the drying winds. We are surrounded by our smaller relatives, Tupelo, the greasy one, little Timmy and Tessie, and at the edge of the wash grows Tumult, that we call Tums.

Sometimes at night, when the others are asleep, Tyranny and I talk softly of our plans for the future. It is not enough for us just to be, and together we plan to do great things. There is a great day coming and it’s coming soon, a day when we will break free of our anchor root and roll free across the prairie, but we plan to do more, much more! Interstate 40 runs near us and it is 4 lanes wide. The prevailing winds will blow us diagonally across it, but to reach it, we must avoid two obstacles; one is a step-sided arroyo that traps many of our kind, and then there is the fence along side the highway. Tyranny and I plan to hold to our root as long as possible and let our less focused brethren fill the arroyo and others will lodge against the fence forming a ramp over this obstacle. Then we will roll free! My dream is to terrorize a Volkswagen, but Tyranny plans to cow a Buick! With luck, we can avoid the 18-wheelers long enough to wreak havoc on the freeway before we roll on to Zuni!

Today, I can feel my root weakening as the wind worries it, but not yet! Not yet! The others have rolled on today but Tyranny and I hold fast this day.

The wind is higher today, and the path is clear, the arroyo filled, the fence packed. Today we roll! If I lean to the left, I can angle that way, and if I lean to the right, I move that way! Not precise steering, but it helps, we have cleared the freeway fence now and are heading into oncoming traffic. There! I see it! A yellow Volkswagen bug! And right beside it, a huge Black Buick! Our quarry is in sight and we make our move! Ah! The sweet smell of burning brakes! There! See them swerve and fishtail! Long have I lived for this, our day of glory! And then on to the other lanes and across as tires squeal in our wake! Such a glorious day!
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I like this as I can actually read it. The other ones are too small print to read.
 

OneEyedDiva said:
Seabreeze, why is the print so tiny for your stories?
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Sorry, I don't know. I can only guess that when the forum upgraded to a different software, it had an effect on the font size. I was able to go back and make the text larger in my posts, hope this helps.
 
SeaBreeze said:
Sorry, I don't know. I can only guess that when the forum upgraded to a different software, it had an effect on the font size. I was able to go back and make the text larger in my posts, hope this helps.
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Yes, that tiny font also showed up for what I had posted prior to when the change was made but it seems to have happened to mine a year or more ago. Can you copy and paste it into text edit or Google Docs, then enlarge the font?
 
OneEyedDiva said:
Yes, that tiny font also showed up for what I had posted prior to when the change was made but it seems to have happened to mine a year or more ago. Can you copy and paste it into text edit or Google Docs, then enlarge the font?
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I don't know for sure. Maybe if you have a particular post you need to enlarge, you can report it and request that @Matrix edit the post for you. Or, you can just probably hold the ctrl key and roll your scroll wheel on your mouse up, until the text is large enough for you to read. I do that sometimes, since my eyesight is worsening with age.
 
SeaBreeze said:
I don't know for sure. Maybe if you have a particular post you need to enlarge, you can report it and request that @Matrix edit the post for you. Or, you can just probably hold the ctrl key and roll your scroll wheel on your mouse up, until the text is large enough for you to read. I do that sometimes, since my eyesight is worsening with age.
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I don't even remember what posts they are now, but thank you. For my own benefit, I'll use the zoom feature on my computer when necessary. I see you've enlarged your OP...so I can read it now. The font is a bit light but I can still read it.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
I don't even remember what posts they are now, but thank you. For my own benefit, I'll use the zoom feature on my computer when necessary. I see you've enlarged your OP...so I can read it now. The font is a bit light but I can still read it.
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I'm using the Shades of Grey background here, so the white shows up fine. I can't see Timetravlers' posts without highlighting the text because it's in a dark color, and using the scroll zoom now. The Grey option is on the left lower side of the forum page if you're ever interested.
 
SeaBreeze said:
I'm using the Shades of Grey background here, so the white shows up fine. I can't see Timetravlers' posts without highlighting the text because it's in a dark color, and using the scroll zoom now. The Grey option is on the left lower side of the forum page if you're ever interested.
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Grey text is hard for me to read. Sometimes I see articles using it and the font is small to boot, so I don't strain my eyes to read them. At least your font is large enough to compensate for the light text. Thank you for letting me know there are options.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
Grey text is hard for me to read. Sometimes I see articles using it and the font is small to boot, so I don't strain my eyes to read them. At least your font is large enough to compensate for the light text. Thank you for letting me know there are options.
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I mean you can make the background color grey for this forum using shades of grey option at bottom of page. I also struggle looking at bright white screens with light grey text, very hard to read.
 

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