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yellojktWell, there goes my reason for drinking red wine! Guess I’ll just have to stick with white. . . and the occasional martini when I’m out of state (due to Utah’s often odd liquor laws a real martini can’t be made here:
Metered Dispensing
Utah law requires restaurants, clubs, on-premise banquet licensees, reception centers, and airport lounges to use a metered dispensing system that is calibrated to dispense no more than 1.5 ounces of primary liquor in a mixed drink. Secondary alcoholic flavorings may then be added to a mixed drink as the recipe requires, not to exceed a total of 2.5 ounces of spirituous liquor.
And just to show how versatile these characters are, here’s the explanation we’ve all been waiting for:
While Garth Brooks/Chris Gaines doesn’t allow YouTube (or iTunes, for that matter) to distribute his videos, Don Henley is a worthy substitute:
And another oldie but goodie:
Bob graduated from the high school that I would have attended had I stayed in Ann Arbor (darn my parents for moving!!), and one year he came back to be the Senior Prom “band”. One of my very best friends of all time knew how much I loved Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band and invited me to the prom. . . Best. Concert. Ever!
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I'm not following the Eurozone very closely, but this seems like a step backward.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9008470/Eurozone-waters-down-its-tough-fiscal-rules-plan.htmlComments from those who follow this are appreciated.
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Michi:That falsified data isn't affecting anything — the resveratrol/sirtuin story is falling apart anyways. If you have institutional access to Science, there is a news article here. Or you can find it in the Dec 2 issue if you can get your hands on the print copy.
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I know, Mike, I just thought it was interesting that it's starting to hit the MSM. Ah, well, I can still have my Barbera and enjoy it for its lovely taste. . . 🙂
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What is that little cigarette looking thing next to michi's name?
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At least on this page the comment box shows. I'll check in later, but Mike does that mean red wine is or isn't okay?
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Ooops now it's gone again.
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That little thing, whatever it is denotes who created the post.
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I am not a fan of the new comments look. It's going to be nested threads like PL. I hate that. I like to read the comments in the order they were written and be able to pick up where I left off if I leave for a while without having to search for new comments. Not happy.
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Who likes it this way? I want to change it back unless there is a consensus at least as strong as that for AGW to keep it like this.
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Scott, et. al:I feel the same way about nested threads. Maybe we just agree not to use the Reply feature?
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It might not be too bad here scott since we don't get as many comments. And we can still just not use it if we don't want to and start a new comment anyway. It might be useful in some ways. I'm reserving judgment.
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Speaking of nested threads over at PL, the WaPo commenting system has come up with a new 'feature' whereby most of the nested comments, save the most recent two, simply vanish. It seems to have impacted all the blogs I visited today.
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Let's wait until Kevin (I assume) is done and then decide. The way the comment box keep appearing and disappearing I think it's still a work in progress. As long as we don't end up with a recommend feature I'll be okay. Just don't use the reply box. I like bolding what someone said the way scott does anyway and then replying. Let's wait for now though. I'm sure it will be easy to go back. AGW, lol scott.
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Innovation? Too funny
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Another real problem…I can't copy and past the coments from my iPad.
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I'm with Scott, I have the same issues. Plus, it will not come up in IE.
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Kaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!
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" Another real problem…I can't copy and past the coments from my iPad."Sure enough, android is better…:)
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Are you sure Kevin made the change? I haven't seen him all day. There are actualy three choices for comments…full page (the way we used to have it), a pop up window (which I actually like), and this one.
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No I'm not sure……go ahead and change it back if you want then, especially if it's causing other problems. Maybe someone did something inadvertently. Whatever you want to do is fine. Deal with Kevin later if he's the one who made the changes.
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Looks to me like blogger changed something. The choice that should be the old way is different too. We will have to decide what is best. I don't like this either.
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Sweet, sweet Jeebus, this sucks too! For being free, this is completely unacceptable!
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I'll change it back to what we just had. At least it looks similar to the old way. We can always ignore the nesting option and just post new comments. Not sure how to manage the cut and paste problem. I will try to contact blgger and figure it out.
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I can't even copy and paste from the comments list in the dashboard anymore. Blogger clearly updated and, er, "enhanced" their software. I'll see what I can find out.
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They must be taking cues from the Plumline……..egads…..we're cooked. Do what you can Scott and keep us posted. I wouldn't know where to start but let me know if there's anything I can do within my abilities.
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I noticed this morning that every time I published a comment I got a little "redirecting" message if that helps when you're talking to them. I just ignored it because it didn't slow things down too badly.
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Worse comes to worse we start over somewhere else. We did it in a couple of days last time……we can do it again if we have to. Don't make me go back to the Plumline……………please.
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I had noticed the same thing and didn't really pay attention to it. I, personally, like nested comments some of the time (like when you're carrying on a couple of different conversations with different people in the same thread), but I've also grown to like Scott's method of bolding the comment you're referring to when you answer it.Darn blogger! Maybe this is where the WaPo's IT support group has been sent for their sins. . .
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michi, I could live with the nested comments also as long as they're not overused. But if people can't get in or use it the way they're used to our already small group will dwindle to nothing. Hopefully scott or kevin will be able to figure something out. WaPo Hell…..I like it.
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I'll quit using the reply function now in protest.
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Occupy Blogger!
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Maybe we'll have better luck than our "girlcott" at the Plumline 😉
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So I went over to the Blogger support board. The threaded comments is definitely something they have just released, and it appears that we will just have to get used to it. However, lots of people are complaining about the new comment font size. To be honest, it doesn't seem too small to me, but since it seems to be a system wide problem, my guess is that blogger will do something about it. I'll keep my eye on the support board for any answers.Also, I posted a question about no longer being able to cut and paste from an iPad, but no response yet.
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This doesn't sound good. Just read this comment on the blogger board:Blogger has just enabled threaded commenting, which is great. However, I have a blog in which comments under posts frequently exceed 200 comments (threaded commenting was enabled so readers will have discussions–we've already been doing that!). Blogger has inserted "Load more" to see the comments that would have been on subsequent comment pages with the old comment format. However, it loads incredibly slow. I waited and waited and it still didn't load."Load more"?!?!?! Slow loading? That sounds distressingly familiar. Maybe we won't have enough comments for that to matter, but…damn!
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I am not happy. Just as an aside re the font issue, it's not that it's too small but the spacing is off. That's no big deal but the rest is a deal breaker for a lot of us. Load More…………? Why do they do this crap when it makes things worse for everyone? I think we might have to search for an alternative.And seriously, the comment box only shows up occasionally but when you hit reply you can avoid the reply function all of a sudden because the comment box appears……….sheesh
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I'm going to test something out, so if the comments disappear briefly, don't worry. I'll turn it back asap.
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So this might be a reasonable solution. It seems to fix the font/spacing issue, and it gets rid of the "reply" button. In order to post a comment, you just click on "post a comment" and a new window will pop up. Not at all sure how this might work on the iPad. I will test it out.
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So this method also solves the iPad issue. I can now copy and paste from ipad. And the comments sections appears exactly as it used to, except for the comment box itself, which does not appear on the main post page, but pops up in a separate window. That window, however, contains all the comments as well. To be honest I like this, but let me know what you all think.
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Is this the pop up window you were talking about scott. Don't know if I like it but it looks like the rest of the stuff is back.
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bsimon:Let me know if this works on the android.
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Ok, a little clunky but definetly better. Thanks!
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Is it slow or is that just me. It's better than what we had before but I'm not crazy about it.
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Checking IPhone commenting.
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I'm not wild about the way the comment box opens, but it's better than it was before you fixed it, Scott.I'm more certain than ever that we've created Hell (or at least Purgatory) for the WaPo IT folks. . . or perhaps we've been cursed by the WaPo Ombudsman for MsJS's snark on his column!
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Ok, that seems to work as well. God save us from "upgrades.". What'ya want to bet Blogger calls this update, "Vista?"
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lms–it's way slow.
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Yeah, I don't like it. Two windows open and a refresh to see your own comment. I don't know scott.
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lms:Yes. I can get everything to look and behave as it used to, but only by making the comment box a pop-up window rather than inside the post itself. Best I can do for now.So the three choices are 1)threaded comments with sometimes disappearing comment box; 2) full page comments appearing in a totally separate page; 3) as it was before, sans comment box, which appears in a pop-up.Cast your vote now, or forever hold your peace.
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Can I wait for number four? If not, a comment box, even though I don't like it.
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By comment box I mean the pop-up, choke choke choke, like we have now.
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If we're going to have to have two windows open anyway (pop-up comment box) I'd vote for full-page comments in the other window. Is it possible to switch it to that for a few minutes so that we can see what it will look like?Of course, given the time on the East Coast, you could always wait until Brent's Morning Report to have us try that one to see what it looks like. . .Scott–he does finance and tech support! 🙂
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I wish Kevin wasn't so busy this week, maybe he could start looking for a new host for us. I'll check out my web hosting guys but it won't be free, I'm pretty sure of that. It looks like every time you post a comment in the pop-up it reverts back to the top of the comments page.
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I second michi scott, you need to get to bed….we'll deal with this in the morning. Thanks for all your effort.
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Not surprisingly, Blogger is is very pleased with it's new-look comments section.
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Mich:It's only 10:30…I have at least another 60 minutes in me.I'll switch it to the full page thing now and post when it changes, so you can see it. Close the pop-up and and refresh the post page in about a minute.
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I can "live" with what you've set up now, Scott. I guess, once you've read the post, you don't necessarily have to keep that window open and can just keep the comments window open, refreshing it.
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Basically, this is pretty much the same as the pop-up, but instead of a pop-up, it's a full-on new page, with the comments box at the top (which may be more convenient.)
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Luckily I'm not one of those old people (blue hairs) who doesn't deal with change very well. But this is weird anyway.
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I guess I don't like the scrolling up and down too well but I think my last comment posted without me having to refresh. Let me try that again and see if I'm right. Next I'll look at the "show original post" option and "collapse comments".
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I'm going to switch it back to the threaded comments method again for a moment. I think maybe they may have fixed the spacing/font problem. Give me a sec, and I will switch it back to full page method (ie this one) after I check.
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Nope…spacing still an issue under this method. Back to full page.
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(1) I left a comment on Blogger Buzz telling them that I don't like their new format and is there a way to just "opt out" and use the old one. . . it's awaiting approval before being posted. We'll see if it ever makes it up onto the Big Board.(2) So far I think I like this better than the popping up comments window. . . so long as someone lets us know when they put a new post up. In fact, now that I think about it, an advantage to this format may be that if you're commenting on more than one thread you may be able to have more than one commenting window open and just switch between windows rather than scrolling between posts. I'll have to give that a try. . .(3) Scott, I guess I'm warped by the fact that I get to work between 7 and 7:30 in the morning. 🙂
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Yes, you can have more than one commenting window open, so you can be commenting on numerous threads by switching between windows rather than scrolling between posts.
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Mich:I'm fairly indifferent between this and the pop-up. I like the pop-up myself, mainly because I like the smaller window, but on my iPad since there are no pop-ups it appears as a new page anyway, so there is essentially no difference.BTW… I guess I'm warped by the fact that I get to work between 7 and 7:30 in the morning. 🙂Slacker! I am on a 5:30am train and at my desk by 6:50 every day. Guess I just don't need a lot of sleep.
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Yikes, Scott! You do, indeed, need less sleep than me!Of course, being male, "beauty sleep" isn't quite so necessary. . . 😛
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I'm indifferent also……because I don't really care for either one yet. Maybe I will, but I doubt it right now. Maybe I am just a blue haired old lady. Night all.I'm usually by 4:00 am and read until 10 or 11 pm.
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For a few years I was like that, lms, but now I'm back to being able to/need to get a full eight hours.I've been joking that the divorce took 10 years or so off my age, so maybe I'm youthening! 🙂
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Let's leave it like this for now and maybe get a couple more opinions tomorrow. I'm off. Speak tomrrow.
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Works for me–thanks, Scott!Have a good evening, all!!
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not sure which variant this one is, but its a goofy interface on my linux box at home. Currently won't open at all using my phone (android).
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it may be that the phone is too discharged.
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Golly, what a shocker! My negative comment about the new format didn't get approved for public viewing on the Blogger Buzz. . . only positive ones are up.Golly. . .
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I'm trying to the new format again. Is it working? If it's working for me, does it work for others? Does the reply actually thread or not?
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Holy crap! It does thread. I don't know about you guys, I like threading. Bet this doesn't work on mobile, though. Anyone having trouble, feel free to set it back, I just wanted to see what the new interface was supposed to be, and if it worked for me. And it seesm to.
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Thinking about the changes to the comments capabilities, I have to confess that I don't really understand the point of the three options they provide. I can understand that someone might prefer a pop-up window for actual comment input, but I don't understand why anyone would prefer to have either a pop-up window or a new page for both comment input and comment viewing, when the comments are already visible on the post page itself. Why would someone prefer to view and input comments in the blogger-style environment rather than in the environment of your blog template itself? Seems totally whacky to me. Unfortunately, it seems that in order to get the template to display comments without the font/spacing problems, we have to have comment input on a totally separate page. I'm guessing that there might actually be a way to go into the code of our template and change it back to the way it used to be. When I was looking at the blogger help site last night, I saw that some people were looking for the code for the new threaded comments to add to their own templates, as they had customized their templates and the change had not fed through to their blog. That suggests to me that we ought to be able to customize our own template to get rid of it. But for me that would take some experimenting, and I don't want to blow ATiM up while messing around trying to fix it.But I will keep looking.
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Kevin:The threading is a personal taste. I actually dislike it a lot, because it makes it much more difficult to know when/where new comments are added, although maybe we don't have enough comments for that to be a major problem. However, on my iPad it poses technical problems. For instance, I can no longer cut and paste from the comments section. And the spcing/font looks a bit messed up. Too tight vertically, and too spread out horizontally. I think several of us agreed last night that the threaded comments was not working for us, and we should work with one of the other ones. Read through the comments above to get an idea of what we were talking about.
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BTW..I changed it back.
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Well, it'll be interesting to see what everyone who wasn't here last night thinks about the changes blogger made. It's survivable, but barely.
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Thanx for Henley and Seger. Saw Henley live in Austin around '69 before he went to CA.KW, please fix this. i do not like it that I am capable of trashing MsJS's comment [or anyone's].
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Does anyone have time to put up a quick post that people will be able to read as they wander in, before they go to comments, explaining the changes? I will if no one else can, but I don't understand the process all that well. I could issue a warning at least though.
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lms:I'll do it.
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Thanks scottI'll keep moving it to the top time-wise so everyone will see it. I'm at my desk all day and since I'm my own boss I can do whatever I want when I want as long as I get my work done. All the scrolling is bugging me.
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Good morning, y'all.I am grateful to those who spent a lot of effort last evening on our behalf working through our options with the blogger.com format. I haven't figured out exactly what's been going on, but it's clear a lot of thought and time went into it. Thank you.Northeast Illinois is preparing for its first real snow of the year. We were told this would be a very cold and snowy winter, but so far it's been just the opposite. We've been lucky. 3"-6" expected by this time tomorrow. By midwest standards that's not a big deal, but it will crimp my outdoor movements until I get the snowplow attached to my wheelchair.
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Threading on an android phone.
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The only reason to not drink red wine, IMO, is a white garment – a shirt or blouse – that one wants to wear again.Among friends, I never drink red from a wine stem. I ask for a beer stein or mug and pour only two fingers.This is a result of my studies at the University of Connecticut into the attraction of red food to white shirts. Red sauces also have this strange effect, similar to magnetism. I hope to publish in a peer reviewed journal when the resveratrol issue dies down…
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