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[Eric]

Ummmmmm, with reference to the last flurry of posts:

Dr. Who?

(think about it >s<)

[Lori S.]

Actually, it's the BBC Controller's fault. She's under misapprehension that the UK is about to flooded with "national" moments, what with the Olympics and the Euros and all. Most of UK folks who've responded to this idea seem to think she's very wrong. What do our UK residents think?

[Monika]

Umm, what? I don't know if I got it right. They postponed it because of the Olympics and Euro?

[Roger]

The Beeb likes to keep its schedules clear of long-term money spinners when there are short-term money-makers on the horizon in order to capitalize on both in an optimal way.

I think there may also be a sense that its first-view audience (Britain) is slowing in its affection for the good Doctor. Perhaps a surfeit, time to give it a sabbatical?

[Rick]

Roger wrote: "The Beeb likes to keep its schedules clear of long-term money spinners when there are short-term money-makers on the horizon in order to capitalize on both in an optimal way. I think there may als..."

Roger, don't you dare try to "logic" their way out of this. This is all about what they perceive as flagging viewer ratings and crass American imported conspicuous consumerism. Profit! Profit! Profit! Has destroyed the US economy. Destroyed the US political landscape. And it's now wrecking havoc with Doctor Who. I'm telling you it's the end of days! The apocalypse is upon us! Doctor Who is off the air! clearly this unprecedented occurrence is the harbinger of doom and death and higher taxes! Sarah Palin has endorsed Donald Trump! It's all connected! The Republicans poisoned the citizens of Flint, Michigan for cheaper water bills and more profit for the wealthiest Americans! They're scamming the British citizens into thinking a hiatus is good for ratings and thus saving money on production for an entire year! It's evil. "Evil, pure and simple, from the eighth dimension!" Buckaroo Banzai was right! It is an invasion of Grover's Mill, New Jersey!

...

Ah, wait, what...

[Roger]

Palin and Trump, a marriage made in the depths of Hades. Doctor Who scriptwriters could not come up with such a suspense of disbelief scenario.

[Rick]

Roger wrote: "Palin and Trump, a marriage made in the depths of Hades. Doctor Who scriptwriters could not come up with such a suspense of disbelief scenario."

I know. Can you imagine a more disasterous formula for sheer stupidity and incompetence? Oh, wait - George W. Bush.

[Preston, Moderator]

Hey Eric Alan Westfall!
Solve the Dr. Who problem in your Another England series (i.e. The Rake, the Rogue and the Roué Another England #1). Dr. Who production may be messed up in this current England people are living but in another England it could be flourishing and new episodes could be shared with us. As you said in your post 6682, "think about it…"

[Wren]

My glasses broke, I take great care of them but they are over 3 years old so I suppose it was bound to happen. They broke and are not fixable. I am poor and can't afford new ones but I'm trying to see if I can get financial aid for them. I have some contact lenses which I will use for now but they are blurry, move a lot, hurt to put in, irritate my eyes and are just generally uncomfortable. I dont see out of them as well as my glasses but its all I have for now. But ugh.., whyyyy

[Preston, Moderator]

Wren (He or They) wrote: "My glasses broke, I take great care of them but they are over 3 years old so I suppose it was bound to happen. They broke and are not fixable. I am poor and can't afford new ones but I'm trying to ..."

Aw Wren dang blast it! it's horrible going around not being able to see properly. I'm sorry you have to deal with that. I hope you get that financial aid.

[Wren]

Preston wrote: "Wren (He or They) wrote: "My glasses broke, I take great care of them but they are over 3 years old so I suppose it was bound to happen. They broke and are not fixable. I am poor and can't afford n..."

thank you! and yes its terrible

[Rick]

Wren (He or They) wrote: "My glasses broke, I take great care of them but they are over 3 years old so I suppose it was bound to happen. They broke and are not fixable. I am poor and can't afford new ones but I'm trying to ..."

OMZ! I'd be blind without my glasses! That's horrible!

[Wren]

Rick wrote: "Wren (He or They) wrote: "My glasses broke, I take great care of them but they are over 3 years old so I suppose it was bound to happen. They broke and are not fixable. I am poor and can't afford n..."

and i cant find my old pair (which is wrong prescription and wouldnt really fit anyway tbh) and i have to buy new expensive ones and wait for them to come in while wearing shitty contacts AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

sorry just having a miniature meltdown inside

[Monika]

Wren (He or They) wrote: "My glasses broke, I take great care of them but they are over 3 years old so I suppose it was bound to happen. They broke and are not fixable. I am poor and can't afford new ones but I'm trying to ..."

Well that sucks big time.
When your eyes aren't used to wearing contacts they will be irritated by them. That's rather normal. I started wearing contacts five/six years ago and still remember that the first week I felt like constantly having sand under my eyelids :/

[Roger]

It does, I started wearing hard contacts 46 years ago because I had to (Keracotonus) and the first week was a mix of hell because they felt so weird and uncomfortable, and heaven because I'd never seen things so sharp and clear for years (spectacles were no longer doing the job).

[Rick]

Wren (He or They) wrote: "and i cant find my old pair (which is wrong prescription and wouldnt really fit anyway tbh) and i have to buy new expensive ones and wait for them to come in while wearing shitty contacts AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH sorry just having a miniature meltdown inside "

No problem, I'd be inconsolable and beyond panic without my glasses. Everything beyond about a foot to a foot to 18 inches away from is a complete blur without my glasses. If I take my glasses off and set them in an odd place, and forget where they are I can never find them again. It's horrible to be looking for something and not be able to see to find it. Frustrating beyond frustration, it's crippling panic time. So I have like five places in my house where I set my glasses. That's it. No matter how tired I am, or how drunk or how passionate or whatever, if my glasses come off a wee part of my brain goes off "Spot 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5! Nowhere else you idiot!"

[Lori S.]

Yeah, my eyes aren't that bad, yet, but if I put my glasses down and forget where? Aieee. Not quite panic, but definitely worry.

[Tj]

Oh, no! not the glasses:( (((hugs))) I would be lost without mine. Hubby is trying to get me to go get my prescription renewed because my eyesight is worse. Would be HORRIBLE to be without them.

I wore contacts for many years. Yes those first few weeks aren't fun.

[Wren]

Tj wrote: "Oh, no! not the glasses:( (((hugs))) I would be lost without mine. Hubby is trying to get me to go get my prescription renewed because my eyesight is worse. Would be HORRIBLE to be without them.

..."
I used to wear contacts on a regular basis but then I got tired of them. Akways felt uncomfortable, sometimes even hurt. I don't mind them once in a while but for school? Early in the morning? No.

[Monika]

Hmm, it shouldn't matter when you put them on but for how long you wear them. There are different types of contacts and you may try couple before you decide which are best for you. I personally always use acuvue oasys from johnson&johnson because they are very soft and stay moist for a very long time.

[Wren]

So today I had a "friend" tell me I had to "accept" that "not everybody is gonna be ok with" my situation (aka I should accept transphobia) and then basically hinted at me being unattractive. Like wtf? Then they snubbed me in class later when I asked to see their notes because I missed something although all last semester I helped them in this one class where they basically took all my answers for the in-class assignments.

[Rick]

Seriously?! WTH?!?

[Wren]

ikr? it was terrible.

[Preston, Moderator]

I want to complain about the lack of diversity at the Oscars but Sir Ian McKellen protested with words far better than any I could come up with. First he said he fully sympathized with the Black actors' protests then he said,

"It's not only black people who've been disregarded by the film industry, it used to be women, it's certainly gay people to this day. And these are all legitimate complaints, and the Oscars are the focus of those complaints at the moment." he added."

While Sir Ian has been nominated twice for the award – first as gay director James Whale in Gods and Monsters (1999) and later as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings (2002) – he talked about how while two straight men received Oscars for portraying gay men, no openly gay person has ever received the award.

[Roger]

And Sir Ian is always right.

[Lori S.]

He has my respects, as do Will & Jada Smith (who've decided not to attend this year).

[Rick]

Preston wrote: "I want to complain about the lack of diversity at the Oscars but Sir Ian McKellen protested with words far better than any I could come up with. First he said he fully sympathized with the Black ac..."

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has long been a bastion of conservative white men making tons money. They represent some of most hypocritical people in American society and have long been bankrolling the illusion that "Hollywood" is a cesspool of vice, sin and corruption. It is corporate executives who are at the heart of the racist, sexist, misogynistic, heterosexist, homophobic, xenophobic, transphobic motion picture industry and those executives, like all good conservatives, pass the blame on to the very people they exploit in order to make their ludicrous piles of money. I long ago stopped having any interest in the Oscars for these very reasons. When Tom Hanks won an Oscar for the oh-so-challenging-and-difficult-role of playing a gay man, while thousands of gay & lesbian actors play straight characters every day and are ignored for the very things Hanks was recognized for ... Yeah, "the Academy" and the Oscars are a bunch of self-congratulating asshats and the whole thing is a load of manure. This is LONG overdue.

[Roger]

There is also the consideration of the dead members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, who still vote on a regular basis… or have they cleaned up that particular necrophiliac scam?

The truth is out there, if you haven't read the inside story exposed in Stealing Arthur by Joel Perry… he's a man who knows.

[Monika]

It's almost like Eurovision contest where even before voting you know who will give points to who. Scams, scams everywhere...

[Roger]

Don't mention Eurovision—which includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, Israel (but not Palestine), and Australia; who knew Europe was bent on world domination?…

Don't mention Eurovision because it's getting frighteningly close.

[Monika]

Roger wrote: "Don't mention Eurovision—which includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, Israel (but not Palestine), and Australia; who knew Europe was bent on world domination?..."

Haha, I know. It's such a scam and I'm waiting for it xDD We've got such a great fun listening to our Eurovision commentator. "To those of you who watch Eurovision for the first time - country X gives 12points to country Y every year" a minute later "oh, lookie here, I was right again" and apart from that he explains actual political relations between countries etc. His comments give wholly different perspective. Seriously it's like stand up comedy with him.

[Roger]

Monika wrote: "apart from that he explains actual political relations between countries etc. ..."

It's a free university education!

[Monika]

but it was never this funny at uni :)

[Rick]

I'm quite upset that I have no idea what Eurovision is. Do you need special glasses for it, like that stupid 3D TV scam?

And Monika if you'd gone to uni in the US you would have been entertained, because that's all that gets US student's to attend and be awake in classes anymore - entertianment, entertainment, entertainment.

[Lori S.]

Rick wrote: "And Monika if you'd gone to uni in the US you would have been entertained, because that's all that gets US student's to attend and be awake in classes anymore - entertianment, entertainment, entertainment."

Truth

[Monika]

Rick wrote: "I'm quite upset that I have no idea what Eurovision is. Do you need special glasses for it, like that stupid 3D TV scam?

And Monika if you'd gone to uni in the US you would have been entertained,..."

Huh, well I suppose I had some interesting or even quite funny lectures but they were definitely a rarity. No one cared about entertaining students. Common knowledge here is that people attend lectures to learn something and if they don't like the way it is done they don't have to come back, no one will stop them.

And when it comes to Eurovision, it is basically a song contest. Or more like a music show if we skip the voting, which is one big scam ;) however, for me there is one big plus to it - all contestants really sing live. No lip-sync there and there is no redoing if they screwed something.
If you have some free five hours ;)) you may watch last year's final on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQETF...

[Rick]

Oh, so it's like American Idol(altry) yeah, I'll skip it. ;)

[Roger]

No, different from talent(less) TV reality contests. Each participating country (including some from Europe itself :-) choses its hopefully winning song in a variety of ways. This year, for instance, Britain is going back to the "audience choice" system of voting between a number of new songs, winner to go to the contest held in Stockholm this year (because, astonishingly, Sweden's entry won last year's contest.

Some entries really are worthwhile songs, of particular interest, perhaps, Austria's 2014 winner by drag-queen Concita Wurst

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToqNa...

or the real thing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRUIa...

Wiki has a complete listing of winners back to the 1956 start:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

[Monika]

Roger wrote: "This year, for instance, Britain is going back to the "audience choice" system of voting..."
Yeah, here too, and I'm afraid it will be a total disaster and if most countries do that then even more really terrible singers and songs will enter the final. People tend to choose songs they like and don't pay attention to the fact that the mediocre singer really can't sing live well.
Well, Mans Zelmerlow is rather good, but there were far better singers than him last year. However, taking into consideration that by the end it was his song vs Russian one about hearing voices O.o' I'm happy that he won.
And while Concita's song was as you wrote worthwhile it was Icelandic ridiculously positive one that got stuck in my head the longest :))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwfGK...

[Rick]

So this has been going on FAR longer than that limp-wrested, weak-kneed, wannabe American Idol(altry). Typical American hypocrisy and historical rewriting to take something from somewhere else, repackage it, and sell it ASIC made from whole clothe. Bah.

As for Concita Wurst? That beard is awesome! Great song too, perfect for a James Bond theme (or maybe that should be Jane Bond). As usual I then started picking other things on YouTube and found some teenage boy from somewhere in eastern Europe (typical American I can only understand English) who did the same song, very well too. Then I found Alekander Rybek (sp?) and his song Fairytale and knew I'd end spending e whole day at this if I didn't stop. Thanks for the new addiction! Like I needed something to replace Glee! :(

[Rick]

Monika wrote: "... it was Icelandic ridiculously positive one that got stuck in my head the longest :)) ..."

LOVE it! Thanks! Now it's stuck in my head too. ;)

[Roger]

Concita Wurst rocks!

[Monika]

Ha, Alexander Rybak looks so like my friend that they could be siblings. I've joked several times that she should check it because he's from Belarus, she's from Ukraine and who knows, stranger things have happened ;) but yeah, his Fairytale is an earworm too :))
But for me almost every song with violin or/and piano is an earworm so... ;)

Rick wrote: "Monika wrote: "... it was Icelandic ridiculously positive one that got stuck in my head the longest :)) ..."

LOVE it! Thanks! Now it's stuck in my head too. ;)"
I'm glad you like it, my sister was sick of listening to it in my car after a month :D

[Preston, Moderator]

You people have been wasting your time watching Eurovision on TV while I was doing something positive and constructive. I was napping. Zzzz.

[Wren]

i want to complain that kobo allows many books to be discounted with promo codes and even has a promo code out now but every time i go to buy a book the promo code option isnt there???

[Roger]

Preston wrote: "


You people have been wasting your time watching Eurovision on TV while I was doing something positive and constructive. I was napping. Zzzz."

How dare you complain that the Eurovision Song Contest is a waste of time. It brings together all the peoples of Europe (and half the rest of the world) in a beautiful love-fest. Besides in immigration-crisis-ridden Europe it's now the only time people get to cross borders again…

[Wren]

I also want to complain i want to use google Adsense on my blog but I am very confused reading the terms and conditions.

it looks awesome but I don't want to mess up

[Roger]

Wren (He or They) wrote: "I also want to complain i want to use google Adsense on my blog but I am very confused reading the terms and conditions.

it looks awesome but I don't want to mess up"

No one other than a Google-paid lawyer (or maybe an Apple-paid lawyer or an Amazon-paid lawyer) understands more than a few words of the terms & conditions.

There was a move some years ago in Europe (and I believe in the US) to force companies to simplify T&Cs and otherwise to render them unlawful if they were not, but that was before the likes of AMZ, Apple, Google, and Facebook became the de facto global governments.

[Wren]

Roger wrote: "Wren (He or They) wrote: "I also want to complain i want to use google Adsense on my blog but I am very confused reading the terms and conditions.

it looks awesome but I don't want to mess up"

N..."

its so confusing! Why?????? i don't understand why

[Roger]

The ultimate purpose to T&Cs is to ensure the company issuing it cannot be held responsible for virtually everything that might conceivably cause a user of said company's services to complain or sue.

For instance, buried deep inside Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing T&Cs is wording to the effect that they (Amazon/KDP) don't allow any writing that might conceivably be considered by anyone buying an eBook or even using the Look Inside feature pornographic/sexually explicit.

This doesn't prevent Amazon/KDP offering for sale just about everything under the sun (including Fifty Shades of BDSM Filth), but Amazon will, without explanation, remove from sale any Kindle book about which a purchaser, or would-be purchaser has complained about because of its content. When the author asks what exactly is wrong the only response is that the content does bot conform to Amazon's T&Cs (please read them carefully, etc. etc.)

This is the exact experience of a friend, who after several letters, emails, and registered mails only ever gets back the same response time after time. He even changed some content, the title, and his author name, but the KDP vetting process just kept kicking it out, and because to the 50–60 pages of tiny print in the T&Cs there is nothing he can do about it.

That's why T&Cs are so confusing. They are meant to be.