Author Topic: Little Things That Irritate Me (Read 1110042 times)

rrocket · « **Reply #1440 on:** July 07, 2017, 01:04:32 pm »

I'm using Imageshack.

But there are several free one or ones you get with other services

Bubba · « **Reply #1441 on:** July 07, 2017, 03:45:39 pm »

I use Flickr Pro, but free accounts are available. I'd look that, BW.

HeliDriver · « **Reply #1442 on:** July 07, 2017, 06:35:42 pm »

All my Photobucket links still work.

I think there's a data threshold, under which they don't seem to care (for now, anyway.) I'm not sure exactly, but doubt I've got more than 50 pictures linked from there.

blur911 · « **Reply #1443 on:** July 10, 2017, 12:22:03 am »

Quote from: BWII on July 07, 2017, 01:18:39 am

Dammit...looks like I need to find another photo hosting site or start a new P-Bucket account. $400/yr to be able to post pics? Fack...irritated. Apparently this
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/4/15919224/photobucket-broken-images-amazon-ebay-etsy-paid-update

Yeah, what a bunch of ba$tards, I have hundreds of links to my photos on photobucket. Many are on this forum, or, I guess, were.

I'm not paying, so most of my photo links are gone forever.
Sorry for all the broken links folks.

(I even lost my avatar)

sailor723 · « **Reply #1444 on:** July 10, 2017, 05:53:06 am »

Emails from Amazon announcing a "new release" from one of my authors.....then when you click on the link you find it's not coming out for 5 or 6 months.

tpl · « **Reply #1445 on:** July 10, 2017, 09:14:40 am »

Quote from: sailor723 on July 10, 2017, 05:53:06 am

Emails from Amazon announcing a "new release" from one of my authors.....then when you click on the link you find it's not coming out for 5 or 6 months.

By my authors you mean ones where you always buy their books? I get those as well,I put them in my wish list and preorder a month before pub date.

What authors do you follow?

Or are you an agent for authors? Anyone famous?

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sailor723 · « **Reply #1446 on:** July 10, 2017, 10:59:38 am »

Quote from: tpl on July 10, 2017, 09:14:40 am

Quote from: sailor723 on July 10, 2017, 05:53:06 am
Emails from Amazon announcing a "new release" from one of my authors.....then when you click on the link you find it's not coming out for 5 or 6 months.
By my authors you mean ones where you always buy their books? I get those as well,I put them in my wish list and preorder a month before pub date.

What authors do you follow?

Or are you an agent for authors? Anyone famous?

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Yes, by "my authors" I mean authors I read regularly. I read a lot and a fairly diverse selection from historical fiction to police/crime thrillers to si-fi.

Some of my favorites are Lee Child,John Sanford, Dewey Lambdin, Robert Crais, Ace Atkins, Patrick Taylor, David Weber, S M Stirling, Jay Allan, Glynn Stewart, Griff Hosker and Frederick Forsyth.

Authors from the past include C S Forester, Patrick O'Brien, Alistair MacLean, John D MacDonald, George Macdonald Fraser, and Robert B Parker.

quadzilla · « **Reply #1447 on:** July 10, 2017, 05:51:12 pm »

People that go on and on about how they bought this special drug free, chemical free, etc meat yet they bbq it.

Fobroader · « **Reply #1448 on:** July 10, 2017, 05:54:46 pm »

Quote from: quadzilla on July 10, 2017, 05:51:12 pm

People that go on and on about how they bought this special drug free, chemical free, etc meat yet they bbq it.

HUH???

quadzilla · « **Reply #1449 on:** July 10, 2017, 06:14:44 pm »

Quote from: Fobroader on July 10, 2017, 05:54:46 pm

Quote from: quadzilla on July 10, 2017, 05:51:12 pm
People that go on and on about how they bought this special drug free, chemical free, etc meat yet they bbq it.

HUH???

Everyone loves a good barbecue, but research has shown that grilling meats at high heat can cause the carcinogens heterocyclic amine (HCA) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to form. And it's not an insignificant amount.

FTW, I'm not saying this is true or not but don't go on and on about how super healthy your meat is like you are something special and trying to impress me, because I'm not.

tpl · « **Reply #1450 on:** July 10, 2017, 06:34:24 pm »

Quote from: sailor723 on July 10, 2017, 10:59:38 am

Quote from: tpl on July 10, 2017, 09:14:40 am
Quote from: sailor723 on July 10, 2017, 05:53:06 am
Emails from Amazon announcing a "new release" from one of my authors.....then when you click on the link you find it's not coming out for 5 or 6 months.
By my authors you mean ones where you always buy their books? I get those as well,I put them in my wish list and preorder a month before pub date.

What authors do you follow?

Or are you an agent for authors? Anyone famous?

Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

Yes, by "my authors" I mean authors I read regularly. I read a lot and a fairly diverse selection from historical fiction to police/crime thrillers to si-fi.

Some of my favorites are Lee Child,John Sanford, Dewey Lambdin, Robert Crais, Ace Atkins, Patrick Taylor, David Weber, S M Stirling, Jay Allan, Glynn Stewart, Griff Hosker and Frederick Forsyth.

Authors from the past include C S Forester, Patrick O'Brien, Alistair MacLean, John D MacDonald, George Macdonald Fraser, and Robert B Parker.

I read Child, Sanford and also Baldacci but I don't buy them...library only.
I buy S M Stirling, Weber and also Neal Stephenson, CJ Cherryh, Asher, Stross, Doctorow, Bujold and Eric Flint. Harry Turtledove sometimes...his books have not been good lately. I like long series and my taste is far more towards SF than yours.

From the past, Fraser yes indeed, and Clancy. Of course all the SF greats since the '50s and the late Sir Terry Pratchett...I have all of his books and often reread them.

quadzilla · « **Reply #1451 on:** July 11, 2017, 07:32:27 am »

They like to run a grader down the gravel shoulder on the back roads around here. Who ever does it is pushing a bunch of gravel back onto the road making it smaller and we now have to ride in the middle of the lane. Of course, where there is a bike shoulder, it just completely eliminates it so we are back out onto the road.

Makes no sense.

rrocket · « **Reply #1452 on:** July 11, 2017, 02:33:11 pm »

Quote from: quadzilla on July 10, 2017, 06:14:44 pm

Quote from: Fobroader on July 10, 2017, 05:54:46 pm
Quote from: quadzilla on July 10, 2017, 05:51:12 pm
People that go on and on about how they bought this special drug free, chemical free, etc meat yet they bbq it.

HUH???

Everyone loves a good barbecue, but research has shown that grilling meats at high heat can cause the carcinogens heterocyclic amine (HCA) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to form. And it's not an insignificant amount.

FTW, I'm not saying this is true or not but don't go on and on about how super healthy your meat is like you are something special and trying to impress me, because I'm not.

Anyone who grills their meat and chars it are the ones who are at greater risk...they've also likely ruined the meat. Anyone who likes their meat medium had little worry..particularly if using propane as the fire source. And you'd have to eat LOTS of poorly cooked meat. And the results are inclusive in humans.

That being said..if you think grilling is bad...Why not have the cleanest, safest cut of meat to mitigate risk? Plus quality grass fed beef usually tastes better too!

tenpenny · « **Reply #1453 on:** July 18, 2017, 03:14:45 pm »

The company hired a new accountant. So now, we get to do the same thing all over again as we did a few years ago.
-What's this bill we get every month for? Let me see, flip flip flip, that looks like our 1-800 number, see, it's printed right here? Oh, okay.
-We got a payment direct deposited from xxx. Do you know what customer that is? Let me see last month's bank reconciliation. See, it's shown as YYYY. Oh, okay.
Is customer xyz the same as customer xyk? no, they're separate companies, but owned by the same group. You have to keep them separate, they are separate corporate entities.

Honestly, what do they teach accountants? How not to look for any information? I'm not an accountant, you should at least be able to look at the last 15 years of monthly records to see the recurring stuff and figure out what it is. We only have about 200 customers, surely you can keep them figured out!!!!!