Madelaine McMasters Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 4 hours ago, Clover Jinx said: Yes I prefer to email because it lets me compose my thoughts. I've actually had to make myself physically say what I'm doing when on the phone with some people because I got tired of "um, hello? are you still there?" when I go silent for more than a second. The ability to be quiet while composing your thoughts, rather than saying "um", "uh", "like", etc makes me swoon. Rhonda's one lucky gal. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 5 hours ago, LittleMe Jewell said: I prefer to just let the phone go to voice mail - have always hated phones anyway. If it is important enough, they'll send an IM or an email. I rotate voice mail greetings once a month or three. My current one is "Hi, I'm Maddy's personal assistant. If your call is unimportant, leave a message. If it is important, why on Earth did you call Maddy?" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda Huntress Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 45 minutes ago, Madelaine McMasters said: Rhonda's one lucky gal. Very true. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 15 hours ago, Clover Jinx said: Yes I prefer to email because it lets me compose my thoughts. I've actually had to make myself physically say what I'm doing when on the phone with some people because I got tired of "um, hello? are you still there?" when I go silent for more than a second. Email lets me say "you are a f**king idiot" and then remove the line before I actually send it. And it provides a nice record to go back to when mine or others memory starts fading. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 14 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said: Email lets me say "you are a f**king idiot" and then remove the line before I actually send it. And it provides a nice record to go back to when mine or others memory starts fading. I do that too, but I also use the animals in my yard as recipients for the verbal abuse I'd like to shovel on the asshats I speak to by phone. Surely one of my neighbors has heard me running through the woods, cursing at the fleeing squirrels for their unbelievably incompetent customer service. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Boccaccio Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 13 hours ago, Madelaine McMasters said: Why I love raptors, and Australia... https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/08/australian_birds_light_fires/ https://www.birdnote.org/show/black-kites-do-birds-start-fires 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 23 minutes ago, Maureen Boccaccio said: https://www.birdnote.org/show/black-kites-do-birds-start-fires Mo, the "story" in the link you provided was supported by the "Bobolink Foundation". I'd like to believe Kites are as clever and nefarious as described, but could this be a smear campaign? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clover Jinx Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Isn't it ironic that the nicest person *I* know on the forums was the last to post in that thread? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 (edited) ..., loving irony and not knowing which thread "that" one is, scrambles to post in every damned one of them. Edited January 9, 2018 by Madelaine McMasters Continuous Improvement™ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 5 minutes ago, Clover Jinx said: Isn't it ironic that the nicest person *I* know on the forums was the last to post in that thread? 2 minutes ago, Madelaine McMasters said: ..., not knowing which thread "that" one is, scrambles to post in every one of them. /me simply races off to find out what happened after I last looked a few hours ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clover Jinx Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 1 minute ago, LittleMe Jewell said: /me simply races off to find out what happened after I last looked a few hours ago If only there was some flouncing or grand flourishing of words, alas, they merely closed the door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 7 minutes ago, Clover Jinx said: Isn't it ironic that the nicest person *I* know on the forums was the last to post in that thread? Either "Thank you very much" or someone's stuff got deleted - I actually had 2 posts at the end of the thread and now one is gone. Just now, Clover Jinx said: If only there was some flouncing or grand flourishing of words, alas, they merely closed the door. Though they did also remove a LOT of posts. That thing went from 18 pages down to 14 pages plus the one post on page 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clover Jinx Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Just now, LittleMe Jewell said: Either "Thank you very much" or someone's stuff got deleted - I actually had 2 posts at the end of the thread and now one is gone. Though they did also remove a LOT of posts. That thing went from 18 pages down to 14 pages plus the one post on page 15. Ah I didn't notice that and I've actually had to work today so I've only been checking the forums sporadically. I miss all the good stuff, sometimes it's on purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 (edited) ...finds "that" thread, notes who posted in it last, grumbles, then sets both Clover and LittleMe on fire. Edited January 9, 2018 by Madelaine McMasters Got caught making a mistake, dammit. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clover Jinx Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Just now, Madelaine McMasters said: Clover the LittleMe Who is that?? They sound perfect =~.^= 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 1 minute ago, Clover Jinx said: Who is that?? They sound perfect =~.^= ...sets all three or four or however many of you on fire. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Boccaccio Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Clover Jinx said: Isn't it ironic that the nicest person *I* know on the forums was the last to post in that thread? Apparently, I don't get out much....*goes to look for that thread* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda Huntress Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 26 minutes ago, Maureen Boccaccio said: Apparently, I don't get out much....*goes to look for that thread* Let me sum it up for you: "I'm mad." "It's not my fault" ... "and the horse you rode in on!" ... "I am Spartacus!" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Maureen Boccaccio said: Apparently, I don't get out much....*goes to look for that thread* Some threads are good to miss. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Wow, for the first time in years, I've stalled and crashed during a TP twice in the last 3-4 days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skell Dagger Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 (edited) Let's put it this way: never before have I seen forum software censor the f-word but not the c-word.... (Yes, of course I mean fish and chips ) Edited January 10, 2018 by Skell Dagger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Skell Dagger said: Let's put it this way: never before have I seen forum software censor the f-word but not the c-word.... (Yes, of course I mean fish and chips ) Well then, I'm glad I missed that particular post. I missed many in that thread. Every time I came back to it, it grew by a page or two, and too much of it was repitition (or off topic w/ stuff I wasn't interested in). I started skimming through it, mostly only reading posts by specific people that I enjoy reading. I'm assuming then that the missed censoring had to do with your post saying you had reported it. I was wondering what made you say that, but decided there was so much wrong with the thread, that I didn't want to go looking for the latest horrid comment. Edited January 10, 2018 by LittleMe Jewell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skell Dagger Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 That specific post was the one I eventually reported, although that wasn't the only thing I mentioned in the report. I'm no prude (hell, anyone who reads my blog knows I swear like the proverbial trooper) but I was gobsmacked at how long that post was up, not to mention how that word escaped the forum's censor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 1 minute ago, Skell Dagger said: That specific post was the one I eventually reported, although that wasn't the only thing I mentioned in the report. I'm no prude (hell, anyone who reads my blog knows I swear like the proverbial trooper) but I was gobsmacked at how long that post was up, not to mention how that word escaped the forum's censor. I was shocked by how some comments managed to last at all in that thread - and even by how long the thread itself was allowed to go. I'm guessing the normal mods were on vacation/holiday or busy with other stuff this week/weekend. I just cannot imagine the normal mods letting that go on like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skell Dagger Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said: I was shocked by how some comments managed to last at all in that thread - and even by how long the thread itself was allowed to go. I'm guessing the normal mods were on vacation/holiday or busy with other stuff this week/weekend. I just cannot imagine the normal mods letting that go on like that. Yep, not to mention all of the forum PMs and inworld IMs that were being sent to people. I muted the OP both here and inworld as soon as they started turning vicious, because I remembered from an earlier thread that they have a history of doing that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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