Flyladies driving me batty

[callistra]

Is it REALLY That hard to snip emails so that only the relevant two lines get used when you reply to things? I'm going to start hitting reply to the entire DIGESTS and not cleaning them up. Twits.

Wayyyyyy too stupid for this internet thing, I swear. Ooo, I need the "whole email" so I know what's going on. Yeah, fine, but when "the whole email" includes FIVE OTHER EMAILS some of which are in excess of 40 LINES and your STUPID MAIL PROGRAMME DOESN'T BLOODY WELL HIGHLIGHT REPLIED-TO THINGS CORRECTLY then maybe you should learn some manners.

Fuck.

And silly me managed to post a thank you to a different list for people trying to take a little more care.
*sigh*
:-)

My throat hurts. I have been using MSN to communicate with John all day. I want my voice back! Mum keeps laughing at me and saying "I guess you're not planning on screaming much, huh?" so I just give her dirty looks. :-)

She's planning on sleeping in on Tuesday and coming in at about 9ish, whereas John and I have to be there at 7 for the induction. Which means we have to get up at 6 something. Which means I'll probably be awake all night anyway, 1) because it's so scary and big and exciting and 2) because I fret the alarms won't work and stress about that instead and then get to sleep 20 minutes before I have to get up, or else get to sleep WHEN the alarm goes off. :-)

ok, enough whinging. I wonder if I can trick John into making me a herbal tea. *grin*

Comments

[meljane.livejournal.com]

I hope the baby does get born on Tuesday as well(yeah I still want to prove Ken wrong) .

How did you trick John into making you a herbal tea?

[callistra.livejournal.com]

I gave up on the trickery and just made us both ones. I figure the five or six he made me today, plus the OJ/lemonade mix, as well as lunch I think he's pretty much covered the "waiting on me hand and foot" angle.
:-)

[anysia.livejournal.com]

Is it REALLY That hard to snip emails so that only the relevant two lines get used when you reply to things? I'm going to start hitting reply to the entire DIGESTS and not cleaning them up. Twits.

Oooo,that isjust so familiar! I have said the same thing to some people, even to the point I will just delete emails if they have 5 or more > at the start of any line whatsoever.

[callistra.livejournal.com]

And the fact that they seem to think it's even a worthy point of discussion??? It's not! Just stop messing up experiences for every one else.

Actually, I'm also mildly annoyed at whoever suggested that we all turn off replying being included at all... it just complicated matters when it was already a difficult concept for a bunch of ladies with little idea of netiquette to handle...

*sigh*
:-)

[baralier.livejournal.com]

I remember having a similar rant on the Continuum list about people not trimming and people who top-post. I even got a few off-list emails about it saying that people were now "used" to top posting.

I think my biggest annoyance with it is the five or six yahoo footers that accumulate untrimmed. *Grrr*

Glad to see I'm not the only Etruscan in Rome.

[callistra.livejournal.com]

OH GODS YES Yahell needa f*cking BOOT up the ass. For a long time, the first line in their digests said "25 messages..." and then they changed the formatting so their bloody advertising is at the top! And yes, the collected footers from Yahell sometimes takes up more space than the entire lines of newly emailed text in the entire 25 message digest! ERRRRGH! ARRRGH!
:-)

[shrydar.livejournal.com]

Argh! Top posting! Nooo!

:)

[baralier.livejournal.com]

At least no one is posting using chat abbreviations or anything. That's a hanging offence! :-)

[babalon-93.livejournal.com]

what is top posting?

[shrydar.livejournal.com]

It's when you reply to a message with what you write above the text you're quoting/responding to, like I'm demonstrating now.

> what is top posting?

[leahcim.livejournal.com]

And to make it clearer why top-posting is Just Plain Wrong, note that each paragraph in this comment is in reverse chronological order (ie. you basically have to read it backwards).

It's when you reply to a message with what you write above the text you're quoting/responding to, like I'm demonstrating now.

> what is top posting?

-MD (also demonstrating what not to do)

[caitlen.livejournal.com]

*pat pat pat*

*hugs*

Enjoy tomorrow - last baby-free day (if you can be called baby free)

Not enough whinging!! more whinging!! Whinge all your want!!

[babalon-93.livejournal.com]

OMG! only one more *sort of* sleeps! All my love and good wishes for tomorrow (unless of course you manage to do it uninduced today :) ).

I also hope your cold is feeling better.

because I fret the alarms won't work and stress about that
I know, it's a horrible vicious cycle. Did you want me to give you a wake up call? Then you won't have to stress 'cause you will know you have a back up, and maybe you will have a better chance at sleep.

[callistra.livejournal.com]

That's a lovely offer, but we do have two alarms in the bedroom already, plus I expect John will be equally bad at sleeping, and Mum will probably be awake at that time and ringing me anyway to make sure "I haven't forgotten" or something equally silly. :-)

[shrydar.livejournal.com]

Good luck tomorow! :)