goddam comcast's alleged "nationwide internet outage" for more than 5 hours this evening. and even worse, that their customer service line was not only unreachable but that they didn't bother to put up a message about the outage on the "we can't take your call recording" seeing as how that was probably what everyone was calling about.
reason to be cheerful: apparently i can go 6 waking hours without internet access and not go insane.
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Asshole downstairs who decided to start practicing guitar (badly) at midnight 
| QUOTE (mongo_jones @ Apr 7 2005, 09:04 PM) |
| goddam comcast's alleged "nationwide internet outage" for more than 5 hours this evening. and even worse, that their customer service line was not only unreachable but that they didn't bother to put up a message about the outage on the "we can't take your call recording" seeing as how that was probably what everyone was calling about. reason to be cheerful: apparently i can go 6 waking hours without internet access and not go insane. |
Our Comcast (both tv and internet service) has been flaky, too. Friday it was out for a few hours, then Sat. for a few minutes, then today again for about an hour.
| QUOTE (Leslie @ Apr 7 2005, 09:00 PM) | ||
Our Comcast (both tv and internet service) has been flaky, too. Friday it was out for a few hours, then Sat. for a few minutes, then today again for about an hour. |
This is discouraging. My SBC DSL has been so crappy that today we ordered Comcast cable.
POOP.
| QUOTE (tanabutler @ Apr 7 2005, 10:04 PM) | ||||
This is discouraging. My SBC DSL has been so crappy that today we ordered Comcast cable. POOP. |
tana, the good news is that until Friday, we've had no problems at all. Hopefully they just had a bad week.
yes, this was my first major problem with my internet access in over 2 years.
digital cable's been pretty reliable as well--though it did go out for 5 minutes exactly when the academy awards began this year, causing us to miss the opening montage. i don't know how we coped. oh, i remember how: with chilli pakodas and gin and tonics.
but god help you if you ever need to call their customer service for anything.
digital cable's been pretty reliable as well--though it did go out for 5 minutes exactly when the academy awards began this year, causing us to miss the opening montage. i don't know how we coped. oh, i remember how: with chilli pakodas and gin and tonics.
but god help you if you ever need to call their customer service for anything.
| QUOTE (mongo_jones @ Apr 7 2005, 09:11 PM) |
| yes, this was my first major problem with my internet access in over 2 years. digital cable's been pretty reliable as well--though it did go out for 5 minutes exactly when the academy awards began this year, causing us to miss the opening montage. i don't know how we coped. oh, i remember how: with chilli pakodas and gin and tonics. but god help you if you ever need to call their customer service for anything. |
Thanks, y'all. I was about to order and then thought I'd better talk to the SBC Global people and find out if I still have a contract with them. I don't think I should be required to replace the "free" crap modem they gave me that is malfunctioning, at a cost of $100.
I'm done with the bad connection. The rains affect my service, which stinks, and not only can the DSL modem not keep me connected, but the dial-up I had to endure when it was out dropped me repeatedly.
| QUOTE (mongo_jones @ Apr 8 2005, 05:04 AM) |
| reason to be cheerful: apparently i can go 6 waking hours without internet access and not go insane. |
Do you have medical confirmation of this ?
Entenmans "Sugar Free" soft chocolate chip cookies.
3 small (1&1/4 in D) cookies = 13 grams of total carb
Such bullshit. I should know better.
3 small (1&1/4 in D) cookies = 13 grams of total carb
Such bullshit. I should know better.
| QUOTE (macrosan @ Apr 8 2005, 04:01 AM) | ||
Do you have medical confirmation of this ? |
"there's a pleasure in madness sure
that none but the madmen know"
i should have said "and not have my sanity deteriorate even further"
Mariah Carey.
Vomit. Puke.
Vomit. Puke.
She does have half of her name going for her. 
But that's about it.
But that's about it.
| QUOTE (Ms J @ Apr 7 2005, 01:43 PM) |
| London GPs. Today I ran for a routine, non-emergency appointment and was told that my GP has decided to ONLY take appointments on a day-before basis. Given that my diary is booked up to 2 weeks in advance, this is going to make things rather difficult. |
What? It doesn't take you 2 or 3 months to get in to see a doctor in the first place?
The day-before system, which mine also has (maybe 2 days) seems like a good solution to me, but then routine, non-emergency appointments would be the problem.
Yep, exactly. In order to fit my work life to their system, I had to "book" a day in my diary next week (that's two weeks in advance, now) to keep clear during surgery hours. That would be pretty close to normal. However, I've also written a reminder to myself to start on the redial at 9am the day before to make sure the appointment actually happens, or I'll have to pre-clear another day and hope to dial in on time for that.
It's a bit like booking at RHR, only the petit fours really suck.
It's a bit like booking at RHR, only the petit fours really suck.
| QUOTE (omnivorette @ Apr 10 2005, 08:19 PM) |
| Mariah Carey. Vomit. Puke. |
What, inappropriately dressed in the video?
| QUOTE (Wilfrid @ Apr 11 2005, 11:06 AM) | ||
What, inappropriately dressed in the video? |
How about this? Mariah
She's so vile she's so vile she's so vile. My god she is so vile. And she has that annoying speech impediment thing on top of everything else. I just wanna stick a pin in her and pop her like a balloon.
But that first album...it really did get my booty shakin' back in its day.
But that first album...it really did get my booty shakin' back in its day.
| QUOTE (omnivorette @ Apr 11 2005, 02:24 PM) |
| She's so vile she's so vile she's so vile. |
Let's not think about her. Let's think about Beyonce.
Can we think about, say, Maria Callas instead?
| QUOTE (omnivorette @ Apr 11 2005, 02:30 PM) |
| Can we think about, say, Maria Callas instead? |
Yes, but unfortunately, she's dead. Still, while she was alive, she was a force.
But...but....I see dead people.
| QUOTE (omnivorette @ Apr 11 2005, 02:52 PM) |
| But...but....I see dead people. |
Somehow, necrophilia escapes me.
| QUOTE (omnivorette @ Apr 11 2005, 09:52 PM) |
| But...but....I see dead people. |
Ah yes... the movie in which Bruce Willis proves the point that the only good psychologist is a dead psychologist.
Still at work with no end in sight. 120 slides to edit & turn around in less than a day.
At myself and my pathetic forgetfulness: only when seated and biting into my GBK burger this lunchtime did I remember that I had sworn off the place entirely due to 1) the unpleasant slob of a manager who appears to have done away with all the civilised, efficient staff 2) the horrible taste of the beef - couldn't even finish the damn thing
v
v
Those drivers who are unable to grasp the fact that automobiles are engineered to be operated in the rain.
Overcooked asparagus. And my fault, to boot.
Just had paper rejected, which is dissapointing, but not the annoyance. The annoyance is that after the first round of reviews, one report was very positive, one very negative. The editors suggested extra experiments and another round of reviews. Did this.
Then they sent it back only to the one reviewer that was very negative, who was never going to change their mind no matter what I did. The extra experiements and reviewing process took five months, what a waste of my time.
Then they sent it back only to the one reviewer that was very negative, who was never going to change their mind no matter what I did. The extra experiements and reviewing process took five months, what a waste of my time.
Do you have any right to a form of appeal in the reviewing process? Just as they made you go through a process of revision?
Anyway, what a bummer and how angry-making. I'm sorry.
v
Anyway, what a bummer and how angry-making. I'm sorry.
v
| QUOTE (Vanessa @ Apr 12 2005, 07:04 AM) |
| Do you have any right to a form of appeal in the reviewing process? Just as they made you go through a process of revision? |
Sort of a grey area. You can argue, but this may not help your cause.
I am going to write something, mostly regarding the process rather then the result, but I am going to wait a few days.
How annoying. Was that on the basis that the other reviewer was satisfied already?
Meanwhile, I have an hour to finish the two hour presentation I recently discovered I am giving tomorrow. Wasting my time here while waiting for the adrenalin to kick in.
Meanwhile, I have an hour to finish the two hour presentation I recently discovered I am giving tomorrow. Wasting my time here while waiting for the adrenalin to kick in.
Allergies. (sneeze) Fucking blooming flowers and such. (sneeze)
| QUOTE (Adam @ Apr 14 2005, 04:33 AM) |
| Just had paper rejected, which is dissapointing, but not the annoyance. The annoyance is that after the first round of reviews, one report was very positive, one very negative. The editors suggested extra experiments and another round of reviews. Did this. Then they sent it back only to the one reviewer that was very negative, who was never going to change their mind no matter what I did. The extra experiements and reviewing process took five months, what a waste of my time. |
Sounds as if the editor is being a bit of a dick. If he didn't think the new experiments would answer the reviewer's concerns to his (the editor's) satisfaction he shouldn't have asked you to do them.
But presumably the paper with the new experiments is stronger than the original so you should get it accepted elsewhere. Even if it's only The Australasian Journal of Parasitology.
| QUOTE (g.johnson @ Apr 14 2005, 12:55 PM) | ||
Sounds as if the editor is being a bit of a dick. If he didn't think the new experiments would answer the reviewer's concerns to his (the editor's) satisfaction he shouldn't have asked you to do them. But presumably the paper with the new experiments is stronger than the original so you should get it accepted elsewhere. Even if it's only The Australasian Journal of Parasitology. |
i think you should post the paper on mouthfuls and let us be the judge. unless it is political or religious, as i imagine everything connected to an australian probably is.
| QUOTE (g.johnson @ Apr 12 2005, 04:55 PM) | ||
Sounds as if the editor is being a bit of a dick. If he didn't think the new experiments would answer the reviewer's concerns to his (the editor's) satisfaction he shouldn't have asked you to do them. But presumably the paper with the new experiments is stronger than the original so you should get it accepted elsewhere. Even if it's only The Australasian Journal of Parasitology. |
Yeh, my main annoyance is that the editor is a dick. This paper was originally submitted in September, so a lot of wasted time for no result.
I like the idea of peer-review by Mouthfuls. Or indeed just publication. There must be enough of us involved in some vaguly academic pursuit here we could cover most topics. I've seen some shameless CV bolstering in my time but foodsite postcounts would go down great with tenure commitees I think.....
sliced my thumb with my cleaver last night, quite a deep gash, just in time of a day of lots of chopping tomorrow. 
| QUOTE (ampletuna @ Apr 15 2005, 09:55 AM) |
| sliced my thumb with my cleaver last night, quite a deep gash, just in time of a day of lots of chopping tomorrow. |
Ouch, ample.
You'll just have to sit in a comfy chair and issue instructions.
clb
| QUOTE (clb @ Apr 15 2005, 10:05 AM) |
| You'll just have to sit in a comfy chair and issue instructions. clb |
my cunning plan worked.
| QUOTE (ampletuna @ Apr 15 2005, 10:15 AM) | ||
my cunning plan worked. |
Or maybe we'll just get you to do all the actual cooking while we launch into Ms J's cocktails a bit earlier than planned.
clb
taxes
I don't log on to MF for 2 weeks and I come back to find 15 pages of topics to go through. I had to go out to get provisions just to make sure I could get through the whole thing.
Rain.
| QUOTE (Ron Johnson @ Apr 12 2005, 04:47 PM) |
| Allergies. (sneeze) Fucking blooming flowers and such. (sneeze) |
me too, second bronchitis in just a few weeks too, all from stupid allergies.
got put on Zyrtec now, got more Flonase, and double the daily dose of Advair. Hopefully now I can breathe....
Zyrtec is a good drug - I mean, it works and doesn't have side effects, at least not for me. Good luck.
Note: Zyrtec is not covered my my goddamn drug plan, because Claritin is essentially the same and it's available over the counter. So when I run out of Zyrtec, I'll be using Claritin OTC, which I've nevr tried.
Note: Zyrtec is not covered my my goddamn drug plan, because Claritin is essentially the same and it's available over the counter. So when I run out of Zyrtec, I'll be using Claritin OTC, which I've nevr tried.
Zyrtec works for me. Claritin and the others didn't.
My drug plan covers it, but the co-pay is huge.
My drug plan covers it, but the co-pay is huge.
I think my plan will cover it if the doctor makes a fuss and gets it pre-certified. Fucking pain in the ass.
| QUOTE (Cathy @ Apr 15 2005, 04:18 PM) |
| Zyrtec works for me. Claritin and the others didn't. My drug plan covers it, but the co-pay is huge. |
We pay $30 co-pay for my wife's Zyrtec because Claritin does NOT work anywhere near as well for her.
Shit. Okay, I'm calling.
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