More importantly, how are you today, DR Vixmom?
!!!!!!!!! Happy 17th Anniversary to DR Druxy & Sandy !!!!!!!!!
I fell asleep while watching TV. ::)
Today is my 17th wedding anniversary.
Sandy and I have, actually, been a couple for 22 years, but the first 5 were rehearsal.
More importantly, how are you today, DR Vixmom?
I am feeling quite myself albeit a bit tired but so far I have done nothing more strenuous than moving from the bed to the recliner and getting myself a glass of OJ
We have decided not to mention yesterday's episode unti later in the week to avoid disrupting her birthday so we will call her a like later when I would normally be getting home
Today is my 17th wedding anniversary.
Sandy and I have, actually, been a couple for 22 years, but the first 5 were rehearsal.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY 🥂
Happy Anniversary to DR Druxy and the missus!
Happy Anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. Druxy!
Today I will also be making a call to Amazon in the Case of the Disappearing Reviews, which should be interesting.
Basically, what happened was this: I read GEE way back when and put a review on Amazon. Later, housemate Kristi read her own copy and also put up a review. It was up there for a few glorious seconds, when both hers and mine got zapped by an unseen force.
She called Amazon, and long story short (it took forever due to both the general communication challenge and the rep's inability to see the cause or give any meaningful explanation), but she finally got an email indicating that the reason for hers being taken down was that her account has "elements" in common with another account from which a review of the same product had originated. This, in Amazon's view, indicates the strong possibility of bias in both reviews.
When I talked to them about my own having disappeared, my rep could also "see" nothing wrong and said that if I didn't get an email saying someone had flagged it as offensive or inappropriate, then it was probably a system glitch and that I should feel free to resubmit my review. That, of course, was also blatantly bullshit, as when I went to do so this morning, I was blocked from doing so -- as Kristi still is.
So now I'll be attempting to convince a rep (in the U.S.) that there were not only two separate purchases of the item (three, actually, as I reviewed based on my Kindle reading, and we each bought a hard copy from Kritzerland), and that there is
(get ready for it)
no collusion! :)
I like the new word that DR JANE has created. I think it should begin to be used immediately and also placed in the Webster's Dictionary.
Ibegan.......which means that one has started something...i.e. a book.
I like the new word that DR JANE has created. I think it should begin to be used immediately and also placed in the Webster's Dictionary.
Ibegan.......which means that one has started something...i.e. a book.
It would have been considerate if Amazon had simply declined the new review and explained you already submitted a review from the same address.
It would have been considerate if Amazon had simply declined the new review and explained you already submitted a review from the same address.
Happiest of anniversaries to DR DRUXY & SANDY!!!
Happy Birthday to the Vixter.
Happy Anniversary to DR Druxy and wife Sandy!
It would have been considerate if Amazon had simply declined the new review and explained you already submitted a review from the same address.
It looks like they are the epitome of flexibility when compared with this exchange from the Talkin Broadway board - every word guaranteed verbatim Everything short of their co-owner Mike Reynolds twirling his mustache and tying me to the train tracks with the train coming.
Fred Landau <fjl1960@aol.com> wrote:
Please remove my 9:05 a.m. post under jesse's round-up ASAP. Thank you!
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Does this restriction apply to everyone, or am I being singled out?
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This restriction applies to you from this point on. Whether it applies to anyone else is none of your business until and/or if an addition is made to Talkin' Broadway's Terms of Service addressing this issue specifically.
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Fred Landau <fjl1960@aol.com> wrote:
What's the basis for this? I haven't had a post deleted in months.
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To: Fred Landau <fjl1960@aol.com>
This decision is not open for further discussion. The only pertinent reference at this point is paragraph 9.2 from Talkin' Broadway's Terms of Service: 9.2 Talkin' Broadway may, in its sole discretion, terminate or suspend your access to all or part of Talkin' Broadway without notice and for any reason, including, without limitation, breach or assignment of these Terms of Service.
It would have been considerate if Amazon had simply declined the new review and explained you already submitted a review from the same address.
It looks like they are the epitome of flexibility when compared with this exchange from the Talkin Broadway board - every word guaranteed verbatim Everything short of their co-owner Mike Reynolds twirling his mustache and tying me to the train tracks with the train coming.
Fred Landau <fjl1960@aol.com> wrote:
Please remove my 9:05 a.m. post under jesse's round-up ASAP. Thank you!
----Original Message-----
From: Michael Reynolds <mtreyn@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Please remove my 9:05 a.m. post under jesse's round-up ASAP. Thank you!
Per your request, the post has been removed from All That Chat. Since to remove a post that has further comments attached to it removes those further comments as well, please be aware that we will no longer honor a request from you to remove any post of yours if anyone else has attached a reply to it. To do so is not fair to the other people who post.
Your account has been suspended until you reply to this email to ensure you are aware of this restriction before you post any further messages on All That Chat.
Fred Landau <fjl1960@aol.com> wrote:
Does this restriction apply to everyone, or am I being singled out?
From: Michael Reynolds <mtreyn@gmail.com>
To: Fred Landau <fjl1960@aol.com>
This restriction applies to you from this point on. Whether it applies to anyone else is none of your business until and/or if an addition is made to Talkin' Broadway's Terms of Service addressing this issue specifically.
And please be aware if we feel you are attempting to manipulate what posts we deem necessary to remove from All That Chat by posting other offensive posts in violation of the Terms of Service, we will permanently suspend your account for cause.
Fred Landau <fjl1960@aol.com> wrote:
What's the basis for this? I haven't had a post deleted in months.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Reynolds <mtreyn@gmail.com>
To: Fred Landau <fjl1960@aol.com>
This decision is not open for further discussion. The only pertinent reference at this point is paragraph 9.2 from Talkin' Broadway's Terms of Service: 9.2 Talkin' Broadway may, in its sole discretion, terminate or suspend your access to all or part of Talkin' Broadway without notice and for any reason, including, without limitation, breach or assignment of these Terms of Service.
I think Amazon is being very silly because I think the meaning behind "two people in the same household" is family, not two unrelated people who happen to share an address, i.e roommates who have nothing to do with each other. Thanks Jane for reposting ChasSmith's review. And ChasSmith if you can cut and paste you could also leave at barnesandnotble.com and goodreads. It's all helpful.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to DR DRUXY and DW SANDY!
May you watch a great movie today.
I think Amazon is being very silly because I think the meaning behind "two people in the same household" is family, not two unrelated people who happen to share an address, i.e roommates who have nothing to do with each other. Thanks Jane for reposting ChasSmith's review. And ChasSmith if you can cut and paste you could also leave at barnesandnotble.com and goodreads. It's all helpful.
I think Amazon is being very silly because I think the meaning behind "two people in the same household" is family, not two unrelated people who happen to share an address, i.e roommates who have nothing to do with each other. Thanks Jane for reposting ChasSmith's review. And ChasSmith if you can cut and paste you could also leave at barnesandnotble.com and goodreads. It's all helpful.
Amazon has been acting crazy for a while re: book reviews. They won't let anyone review a book if they think that you know the author. They won't let any two people in the same household. But what if they both read the book. I've heard of so many reviews removed it's crazy and scary. Because you have little recourse.
I have avoided Talkin' Broadway and that other ATC board for years just because of the idiots running it....and some of the idiots that spend their lives in one or both places.....
Oh my DR FJL.
Thank goodness we can delete our own posts here. Bruce would never let us delete and reduce the number of posts ;)
Happy Anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. Druxy!
Keith just received an email from Amazon thanking him for his review. We looked and the review is there under the name Amazon Customer ;D
Keith just received an email from Amazon thanking him for his review. We looked and the review is there under the name Amazon Customer ;D
Just looked, and it's amazing that this succeeded so easily. But may I ask a favor of you or Keith? The title of the review should be "A remarkable journey", and the system took a phrase out of the review containing the word "disappointment" which makes it look like a negative. I've always been able to correct such things in the past, so can you edit, and move the title from the body of the review to where it should be? And thanks again, DR Jane.
Today is my 17th wedding anniversary.
Sandy and I have, actually, been a couple for 22 years, but the first 5 were rehearsal.
Today I will also be making a call to Amazon in the Case of the Disappearing Reviews, which should be interesting.
Basically, what happened was this: I read GEE way back when and put a review on Amazon. Later, housemate Kristi read her own copy and also put up a review. It was up there for a few glorious seconds, when both hers and mine got zapped by an unseen force.
She called Amazon, and long story short (it took forever due to both the general communication challenge and the rep's inability to see the cause or give any meaningful explanation), but she finally got an email indicating that the reason for hers being taken down was that her account has "elements" in common with another account from which a review of the same product had originated. This, in Amazon's view, indicates the strong possibility of bias in both reviews.
When I talked to them about my own having disappeared, my rep could also "see" nothing wrong and said that if I didn't get an email saying someone had flagged it as offensive or inappropriate, then it was probably a system glitch and that I should feel free to resubmit my review. That, of course, was also blatantly bullshit, as when I went to do so this morning, I was blocked from doing so -- as Kristi still is.
So now I'll be attempting to convince a rep (in the U.S.) that there were not only two separate purchases of the item (three, actually, as I reviewed based on my Kindle reading, and we each bought a hard copy from Kritzerland), and that there is
(get ready for it)
no collusion! :)
Yesterday my Indianapolis Theatre Home - the professional Phoenix Theatre...moved from the space where they had been located to a brand new lovely facility several blocks toward the center of town.
I can hardly wait to attend a show there....and perhaps WORK there as well. If my friend Bryan who is the Artistic Director needs an old man in something. So exciting.
This is actually the third space they have occupied. When Ibegan with them in 1985, they were in a storefront on 9th Street.
The old space:
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The new space:
(https://scontent.ford1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/29872230_10160110142160401_4656089823038340867_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=76856466f551ae7af4f46ec02c4960f7&oe=5B617C70)
A tux jacket was found, but for shirts, one was either too small around my torso with long enough sleeves, or the other fit my torso but the sleeves were too short...AND they were labeled as the same size! :o
My friend Bryan - in the red shirt - the Mayor of Indianapolis, the pipsqueak, and some money at the ribbon cutting yesterday.
(https://scontent.ford1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/31450760_2052858608316080_7692681413803376640_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=6741efc2a48cdab5aa23b47334170427&oe=5B562ADB)
It would have been considerate if Amazon had simply declined the new review and explained you already submitted a review from the same address.
It looks like they are the epitome of flexibility when compared with this exchange from the Talkin Broadway board - every word guaranteed verbatim Everything short of their co-owner Mike Reynolds twirling his mustache and tying me to the train tracks with the train coming.
Fred Landau <fjl1960@aol.com> wrote:
Please remove my 9:05 a.m. post under jesse's round-up ASAP. Thank you!
----Original Message-----
From: Michael Reynolds <mtreyn@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Please remove my 9:05 a.m. post under jesse's round-up ASAP. Thank you!
Per your request, the post has been removed from All That Chat. Since to remove a post that has further comments attached to it removes those further comments as well, please be aware that we will no longer honor a request from you to remove any post of yours if anyone else has attached a reply to it. To do so is not fair to the other people who post.
Your account has been suspended until you reply to this email to ensure you are aware of this restriction before you post any further messages on All That Chat.
Fred Landau <fjl1960@aol.com> wrote:
Does this restriction apply to everyone, or am I being singled out?
From: Michael Reynolds <mtreyn@gmail.com>
To: Fred Landau <fjl1960@aol.com>
This restriction applies to you from this point on. Whether it applies to anyone else is none of your business until and/or if an addition is made to Talkin' Broadway's Terms of Service addressing this issue specifically.
And please be aware if we feel you are attempting to manipulate what posts we deem necessary to remove from All That Chat by posting other offensive posts in violation of the Terms of Service, we will permanently suspend your account for cause.
Fred Landau <fjl1960@aol.com> wrote:
What's the basis for this? I haven't had a post deleted in months.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Reynolds <mtreyn@gmail.com>
To: Fred Landau <fjl1960@aol.com>
This decision is not open for further discussion. The only pertinent reference at this point is paragraph 9.2 from Talkin' Broadway's Terms of Service: 9.2 Talkin' Broadway may, in its sole discretion, terminate or suspend your access to all or part of Talkin' Broadway without notice and for any reason, including, without limitation, breach or assignment of these Terms of Service.
Jane, yes, when you write a review, the minute you start typing a box opens below it - that's where the title goes. But I read it and while the word disappointment is there, it's clear it's not talking about the book itself.
Keith: "Alexa, who is Jane?"
Alexa: "She is the woman who is always talking to that knucklehead Siri"
Happy Birthday to the vixter! I thought I already did that?
It erased my previous post.