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Jerry wrote: "So much to complain about, but also so tedious to explain. At least I'm over the hump for the most major event. A week from Wednesday my house and garden will be used for a party. The invited guest..."Grumle, grumble I hate to be so forward but Gerry it's so nice to meet you and tell you how much I've missed you (and Aves too though we've not met yet either.) So Aves could fly himself to your place and you two would be as great comedy team for entertaining your guests. I'm sure all those important people would love to hear about Captain Widebody and all your and Ave's stories that we love so well. Will your husband and a famed orchestra be providing the background music? I suppose the audio people could add that to the soundtrack later.
You certainly have much to complain about. Best of luck with your charity ball a week from Wednesday.
Sending you very manly hugs and proper socialite cheek passes that imitate kisses. Aw heck, here's a good old Complaint Department bundle of xxx ooo
Jerry wrote: "So much to complain about, but also so tedious to explain. At least I'm over the hump for the most major event. A week from Wednesday my house and garden will be used for a party. The invited guest..."Sounds really great Jerry. My only complaint is that I won't get to be there. Please post video clips :)
————————————>ANNOUNCEMENT<—————————————It is a subject so worthy of a complaint! In the 5 months the Complaint Department has existed we have never had any videos. Now we have a few. Two are great Complaint Choirs from England and Ireland where people write down their complaints and the choir sings them. The Irish one in Bealtsine is my favorite with complaints like "It's 20 years since we had a decent Euro song." And they taught me a new cuss word . I thought the word was pronounced fook but the Choir uses Feck: "And when Ireland is recovered we'll just feck it up once more." Either way those are not on Carlin's list of words you can't say on TV. Well maybe not on Irish TV. I only know the spelling of feck because there are English subtitles.
There's Wednesday's Complaining which starts out slow but after a minute the young female vlogger starts ripping into everything. Also we have a complaint video on the "... worst words in the world" by Dan Levy. Plus one with no description.
Also short but very sexy is the usually shirtless vlogger Davey Wavey and friend answering the oft heard straight woman's complaint "Why are all the hot guys gay." There is any actual shocking never before revealed conspiracy behind this. My only complaint is that Davey Wavey always does his vlogs shirtless but in this segment he is actually and shamelessly wearing a top. What a shame because his pecs are hot… well naturally since he's gay.
I hope you like these. I look for more but if you run across some good masterful complaint makers on Youtube let me know.
You can access the Videos section by just clicking on Videos at the top right of the page just below our Logo.
Enjoy.
——————————————>REQUEST<——————————————George Seaton if you are lurking please let us know if your and you hubby and four legged members of the family (including mama) are okay. Some of us have been very worried about you after hearing of the fire and evacuation of so many people.
I am disappointed with myself for not being as creative as a pro-government person to describe my fandom. Here is what she said:"I am a hair on Erdogan's [the PM's] a*s."
Boyd wrote: "Sarah wrote: "It's sad we humans are so attracted to beauty! But not to worry, he won't be cute forever."Well I know this. Roger Keen's Oli ( Oliver Frey aka Zack) has been cute forever! Talk abo..."
Lu–– Boyd, I bemoan the fact that you have seen me twinkly-eyed and smiling, as cannot recall ever having sent you any pictures of myself. Weird, or what?
Content Warning: Not with breakfastThis complaint should be obvious, but okay, grumpily:
DH: Why do we need to spend more money when that cats have a huge bag of food.
Me: We need to buy some other cat food as the one you just bought is making Thumper barf everywhere (as opposed to Mr. Puff who normally barfs everywhere).
DH: They'll be fine.
Fine, I'm keeping my flip-flops on.
I fretfully offer a furballsy toast to finicky felines.After studying some of the found imagery associated with kitty expectorations, I began to wonder whether there exists a prognosticating art involving the reading of hairballs. They strike one as vastly more expressive and evocative than tea leaves or coffee grinds.
(@Averin I realize that's probably not all your darlings are depositing due to DH's kitty-culinary ignorance, but I couldn't find a visual representation of cute barf. But I did find this scientific illustration.)
Averin wrote: "Content Warning: Not with breakfastThis complaint should be obvious, but okay, grumpily:
DH: Why do we need to spend more money when that cats have a huge bag of food.
Me: We need to buy some ..."
Been there done that, my house shoes are fortified.
Pissingly, I explain one has acid-reflux and panic eats. The new barf machine is an alley cat who usually avenges in the litter box.None of the pets are mine, but I get all the clean up.
Grumble, mumble.
I snarly grumble that our beloved gold fish Fishie died after giving us 6 precious years of love from his bowl. Bella and Luna are sad that there's nothing to try to catch in that bowl anymore and urged us the get another fish. Which is truly unlikely to happen.
Aww, all grumbly for Gabbo's pets who will miss their Fishie:(
Averin wrote: "Content Warning: Not with breakfastThis complaint should be obvious, but okay, grumpily:
DH: Why do we need to spend more money when that cats have a huge bag of food.
Me: We need to buy some ..."
Annoyingly, I find our kitties like to give us, uhm, giftings on days when I don't have time to clean after them. It is most vexing and I think quite deliberate.
Gabbo, I am quite saddened by the loss of your Fishie. :o(
ComplaintDepartment wrote: "Lori wrote: "Any chance of bringing the Derby back? I like hats." I regretfully admit I am a hat wimp compared our two former moderators including The Founder's trademark backwards baseball cap. ..."
Ah well, it was worth a shot I guess.
I do like Macky's hat though. It's quite stylish. :^D
I snifflingly bewail my fascination with Macky's fabulous hat and grumpily propose to have an OUTrageous Hats Club.Here's my personal contribution:
ComplaintDepartment wrote: "——————————————>REQUEST<——————————————George Seaton if you are lurking please let us know if your and you hubby and four legged members of the family (including mama) are okay. Some of us have bee..."
I am sincerely
Zack wrote: "Boyd, I bemoan the fact that you have seen me twinkly-eyed and smiling, as cannot recall ever having sent you any pictures of myself. Weird, or what?"Naw I wouldn't expect you to send me photos. I have to rely on Internet website nooks and crannies, your and Roger's Facebook, Youtube stuff like the very beginning of this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwItwN... where you smile and twinkle and even raise an eyebrow.
This screen capture is a Youtube clip "A brief chat with Oliver Frey and Roger Kean."
But since your work includes the best and sexiest gay comics ever made with
Hot For Boys The Sexy Adventures Of Rogue, Bike Boy and Bike Boy Rides Again and I feel all tingly and sparkly and then some when I read your large, quality softcover comic books. So sexy I almost wet my pants.
One of the numerous websites which posted your pick:
Where you worried I was a peeping tom? :-D Hugs and kisses, your comix fan boy xxxooo
George wrote: "ComplaintDepartment wrote: "————————————>REQUEST<——————————————"George Seaton if you are lurking please let us know if your and you hubby and four legged members of the family (including mama) a..."
But we were worried. Several people posted complaints that you may have been in danger or evacuated.
Glad the pride fest was a happy one. Do you have enough rainbow paint to finish the final quarter of the house? :-)
hugs and smooches
xxx ooo
Boyd.
Lovely complainants sorry to have been so quiet, but it is my mums funeral on Friday. We had to delay the funeral so my aunt could travel from Nigeria and she has just arrived this morning which makes me feel so much better. Love to you all. Keep complaining. I like the pictures :)
Boyd wrote: "Zack wrote: "Boyd, I bemoan the fact that you have seen me twinkly-eyed and smiling, as cannot recall ever having sent you any pictures of myself. Weird, or what?"Naw I wouldn't expect you to sen..."
I must object about sounding worried – discerning the real within the unreal is the true difficulty.
Objectionable but heartfelt condolences to Ije on her loss. It's been five years since I lost my own and some days I still want to call her.Kvetches on the loss of Fishie, who seems more deeply felt by Bella and Luna. You should get them a Betta splendens, male of course, they are very pretty, have lots of attitude and may spark muses.
Greetings to all from El Paso and especially to Goesta, upon who I really didn't mean to quash thunder. We took a very scenic route, however I am no Annie Leibowitz, so I shall have to borrow from the Internets, this , which we did not actually see in progress, as I believe it happens this weekend.
Ije the TweetAway Queen wrote: "Lovely complainants sorry to have been so quiet, but it is my mums funeral on Friday. We had to delay the funeral so my aunt could travel from Nigeria and she has just arrived this morning which ma..."Great big hugs Ije xx
Ije the TweetAway Queen wrote: "Lovely complainants sorry to have been so quiet, but it is my mums funeral on Friday. We had to delay the funeral so my aunt could travel from Nigeria and she has just arrived this morning which ma..."I'm sending great big hugs too Ije. Thoughts will be with you on Friday. Xxx
My thoughts are with you too, Ije, and with your family.
Zack wrote: "discerning the real within the unreal is the true difficulty."
You got that from a from a Chinese fortune cookie didn't you? :-) Any time you get a strong desire to send me personal photos of yourself smiling with twinkling eyes and rosy cheeks don't hold back :-D
Sending multiple hugs and a quick peck while Roger isn't looking!
Boyd
Gabbo wrote: "I snifflingly bewail my fascination with Macky's fabulous hat and grumpily propose to have an OUTrageous Hats Club.Here's my personal contribution:"
You have to make that your GR Profile Picture!
Yawn, Regretfully it's so slow around here that Preston has fallen asleep at the controls slouched over the big lever and his shirt caught in the little cog wheel. :-(Ho hum. I guess it's good nobody has anything to complain about… but boring.
Boyd wrote: "Yawn, Regretfully it's so slow around here that Preston has fallen asleep at the controls slouched over the big lever and his shirt caught in the little cog wheel. :-(Ho hum. I guess it's good no..."
OK, I have something to complain about. I'm going to complain that I honestly feel unnerved by the sudden departure of our founder, and by the appearance of our mystery no-face moderator, not least because I'm not actually bright enough to work out what's going on.
Now I'm not so gullible as to think that everything on the internet is real (actually I am that gullible but just pretend I'm not ok?) And by posting this I mean no offence to Mr Question Mark face but I dunno, it just bothers me and it does seem like the feel of the group has changed, which is a shame because this has been my favourite place to go on GR.
And now I'm thinking that I probably shouldn't post my thoughts on this, but maybe, possibly, somebody else might feel the same, so rather than just slinking away quietly like I normally do, I decided to get that complaint off my chest. So yeah, there it is (insert discombobulated smiley face onion head here)
Yes I agree Danni. When I saw the new faceless moderator my response was hmmmm, especially since the faceless moderator has no friends and no books, at least not when I checked. Any way I didn't say anything because I am focusing on my family affairs at the moment but I just wanted to say that I had the same thoughts and complaint as you.
I have to agree as well . I find the faceless one a little bit too weird and strangely sterile. Like Ije who has my deepest sympathy, my mind is taken up with ( painful ) health issues at the moment so I've not been around much but I do have to back my friend Danni who is right because I also feel that sadly the mood of group has changed.
ANNOUNCEMENT:QUICK POLL: SHOULD WE HAVE A FACELESS MODERATOR?
Should it matter what I look like so long as I am receptive and responsive to the group (like accepting most of Goesta's recommendations for rule changes) and reads every single complaint in the over 4500+ postings—not an easy thing to do on short notice.)
Over 95% of the members don't have real photos of themselves here. Most of the women have photos of men as their profile photo. Are they really faceless too? Isn't it a bit hypocritical to think the worse of me but not all the fake (faceless) members?
Should we demand that Boyd and Preston post scans of photo ID or show us family photos to prove they are real? Preston only has one photo. Isn't that suspicious? And what about everyone else. No, of course not. We don't make such demands of our friends and co-members.
Does it matter if I am not gorgeous with a great body like gorgeous Boyd or hot hunky Lucas? What if I just average looking or even unattractive with an ordinary, average body (well I am hung if that makes you happy)?
Are we that shallow that looks count, not whether I am nice and helpful and even innovated our new Complaint Videos (which only a few people bother to watch after they were announced.)
Over 95% of the members don't have real photos of themselves here. Most of the women have photos of guys as their profile photo. Isn't it a bit hypocritical to
Well here is your chance to get rid of me (or not) but voting ends Saturday so vote quickly.
VOTE by going to Polls in the upper right box under our logo or use this link:
http://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/85...
ComplaintDepartment wrote: "Not sure which vote option is the best for that."
If an option doesn't fit your opinion you write in your opinion You can even can change your vote and then write in an opinion. Just be sure to answer yes or no to the question, " Should we have a faceless moderator?"
By the way I complaining fiercely that our dear Macky isn't feeling well and a little good cheer from here could perk her up so please show your concern and empathy for our magnificent Macky, aka Mistress Macky, aka Macky Grimm here or in Compassionate Comments & Hugs > Compassion and Hugs for People with Serious Complaints which is at this link:http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
Voted and for you as you are. :o)And an added complaint too: why should looks matter any way?
I understand the thing about facelessness (this world is rife with it, sadly) but so far our Moderator person has been unfailing in his job and has been quite personable really. Too bad the Moderator is not a great wearer of hats, cause I think a fedora would add some rakish style to his avator ...
Lori wrote: "Too bad the Moderator is not a great wearer of hats, cause I think a fedora would add some rakish style to his avator ...."But then I'd upset Goesta who wants to see the black hair. :-(
Maybe I could alternate photos?
ComplaintDepartment wrote: "ANNOUNCEMENT:QUICK POLL: SHOULD WE HAVE A FACELESS MODERATOR?
Should it matter what I look like so long as I am receptive and responsive to the group (like accepting most of Goesta's recommendat..."
In all honesty, the faceless thing isn't the thing that bothers me at all. I am after all faceless myself being as I'm not the person on my avatar and my real name isn't Danni Keane. I absolutely accept that the nature of the internet is faceless and that we don't really know who we are talking to. BUT we also learn a lot about people from the way they 'talk' online and I feel like we get to know them at least personality wise even if we don't know what they look like. We share little snippets of our lives with people because we have got to 'know them' albeit in a bit of a detached way.
A lot of us really liked Lucas and thought of him as a friend and then he just disappeared in a puff of smoke - that sort of thing is disconcerting and makes you question how much you really know about people.
Danni wrote: "A lot of us really liked Lucas and thought of him as a friend and then he just disappeared in a puff of smoke - that sort of thing is disconcerting and makes you question how much you really know about people."And it leaves you hanging too after getting used to having a particular person 'show up' as it were in a particular setting. Despite the fact that I know LL has a lot of positive things going on which he needs to concentrate, my brain went to the dark side of things and immediately assumed the worst. Just the way my brain works. Sigh. Which is just a long way of saying that I understand what you mean Danni.
ComplaintDepartment wrote: "Lori wrote: "Too bad the Moderator is not a great wearer of hats, cause I think a fedora would add some rakish style to his avator ...."But then I'd upset Goesta who wants to see the black hair. :-(
Maybe I could alternate photos? "
That would work. You do have nice hair! :o}
Member wrote: "Not sure which vote option is the best for that."If an option doesn't fit your opinion you can change your vote and write in an opinion. Just be sure to answer yes or no to the question, " Should we have a faceless moderator?"
Lori wrote: "Danni wrote: "A lot of us really liked Lucas and thought of him as a friend and then he just disappeared in a puff of smoke - that sort of thing is disconcerting and makes you question how much you..."Yep I think the real issue about the mod's "?" face has nothing to do with him.
It is more likely about Lucas taking off to go get married, honeymoon and start a career now that he's graduated college. That is upsetting and I understand. I'm sure the new mod would be as happy as a dog with a bone if he could do anything about that or Lucas's inability to say goodbye.
I know it's been disconcerting to say the least and I'm not happy about change either :-(
I don't know what to say but that your little boy grew up and it was time for him to leave the nest and get very busy taking care of his future. I could put his photo back up as "moderator dumb jock" but I know you don't want that.
Sorry for all of us.
Preston
Boyd wrote: "Gabbo wrote: "I snifflingly bewail my fascination with Macky's fabulous hat and grumpily propose to have an OUTrageous Hats Club.Here's my personal contribution:"
You have to make that your GR P..."
An irked 'not happening'.
Goesta wrote: "That's not really the point, Preston, and I think you know that."Neither was the 'literal' facelessness of the moderator, Goesta, but that didn't stop anyone from grabbing onto Danni's comment as if the actual looks of the moderator were the issue and running with it.
EDITING FOR CLARIFICATION: This is the end of my comment to Goesta. What follows is not directed at him in any way.
I must complain that I wonder if anyone read the actual initial complaint or if they're all just hanging on for the ride, here.
If you really READ it, a formerly prolific member expressed a valid concern about a new, unidentified person showing up to be our esteemed moderator out of the blue and the distinctly different feel of the board since Lucas left us.
If you read it again, you will no doubt notice there is not one single slight against the new moderator himself, personally, regardless of his immediately taking offense as if she'd just called Boyd Fat, or something. There is also nothing - literally NOTHING - that implies she, or any one of us, cares what he looks like.
To take this deliberately misconstrued interpretation of a post that was undoubtedly difficult to write - and run with it as if this is some shallow offense about actual looks on Danni's part -- to the point of creating a passive-aggressive POLL for Pete's sake -- is far more offensive than any of the concerns she actually raised.
And Preston. Dude. That was just mean.
Hey, wow. I grumpily voted on that poll but had no clue as to what was going on. That'll teach me!I've been away from the group for a while but if memory serves... Lucas is getting married this month, right? Maybe this has already been brought up, but it looks like some recent comments allude to not knowing where he 'disappeared to'. His departure may have been hasty (?) but I believe he may be on his honeymoon. Huzzah Lucas!
(and I truly hope I'm remembering this correctly and not telling tales out of school!)
Grumpy hellos from Colorado. I'll be here one more night and so far it's been the best internet since I left! Grumbling about RV parks promising internet and giving you...well junk! I'm tired and sore. Vacations take a lot out of you especially if you haven't been on a real one in a LONG time. So complaints about the the situation with new moderator and Lucas's departure. I'm not happy Lucas left but if he felt it was best for him more power to him. The new mod. Really don't care if there isn't a face or a book list or whatever it's more on how the job is done. Let's not jump on each other about it all we all have opinions and they don't always come across great on the internet, mine never do.
(((hugs))) to all until I can check in again!
Wendy wrote: "The cake is a lie."Hello Wendy who is as pleasant as a fresh breeze.
I don't understand about the cake being a lie. Should I understand that or was that message a personal thought?
Sweet thoughts of all good wishes to you, Preston
Goesta wrote: "Since our powers that be have chosen to close the poll, I grumpily repost my response, which appears to be tediously pertinent, here:"As chief button pusher and lever puller I object to the
The Poll is not closed. I just tested it by voting. If you mean the Comments are closed that's not the case either. You can comment as often as you want. To comment, all you need do is click on the number of comments on the bottom right. Right now as I write this message it says "7 Comments" so just click on that then you are then able make another comment or change your vote.
I know clicking on 7 Comments (or whatever the number of comments becomes) is not intuitive but that's fault of the Goodreads programmers, not my choice.
Happy Commenting!
Prestech the button pusher :)
Quite burdened by the back-and-forth re: a faceless or full-face moderator. Additionally, I must say I was sincerely entranced by Lucas, but nevertheless thought him to be an enigma quite impossible to pin down. I do believe this moderator question/poll creeps toward silliness. But, then, I'm new to the group and perhaps I've not yet gleaned the essential dynamic of the group. That said, hugs to all, and since there were hats mentioned, I thought this little fella might lighten the mood a bit. Seen at Denver's PridFest this past Sunday:
I just complainingly voted for this: At least give us something to call you better than your actual impersonal denomination.The picture issue: meh. It's nice to see some hot abs like Boyd's or a pretty Face like Preston's but I think for us visual people (I used people but i'm talking about me)we'd like something more tangible even if it's just a anime character.
Now we can have a poll on what name the moderator should use.
I vote for Sweet Chunky Cheeks.
(choose whichever pair tickles your fancy.)
*evil cheeky wink*
George wrote: "Quite burdened by the back-and-forth re: a faceless or full-face moderator. Additionally, I must say I was sincerely entranced by Lucas, but nevertheless thought him to be an enigma quite impossibl..."I shall complain vociferously and vehemently, that George did a much better job at stating my understanding of the intrigues, misapprehensions, and general bewilderment of the Complaint Department than I can.
And I hate dogs, turning it into a cool cat is only a mild improvement.
Rumbling greetings from Rancho Bernardo
George wrote: "That said, hugs to all, and since there were hats mentioned, I thought this little fella might lighten the mood a bit. Seen at Denver's PridFest this past Sunday:"Grrrr. So unhappy this guy is one of a kind. We could use more. Thanks George that's quite a hat and quite a dog!
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Relandscaped the front yard, added some new furniture, dumped old furniture, repaired, moved art around. Still have to refocus all the lighting, redo the dimming, paint the deck, finish interior painting, replace the 3 plants that didn't make the transition. Actually the list is a lot longer but it gets very tedious and boring to those who are not anal retentive. Oh I guess we do have some member that resemble that.
Hopefully once it is over I can collapse and recuperate.
So even though I am in a superficial industry, the money raised does go to children with AIDS and or parents with AIDS and their families in Africa and schooling and food for them.
Ok off my soap box, going to soak sore muscles in the tub.