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Janice wrote: "I stopped answering my phone after that unless I knew the number or they left a message."I never answer my phone if I don't know the number either and if the caller doesn't leave message, I assume it's spam and block it.
This got me into trouble one time when Craig started a new job and I blocked his work number. We all had a good laugh when we figured it out and I unblocked the number of course, but everyone knows now that they need to leave a message or I will block them. lol
Janice wrote: "... I accidentally called a spam company one time. I wasn't paying attention when the person answered the phone. It was "something Royal". I was calling the Royal B..."hahaha
I had something similar happen once where I was answering a bunch of questions, then I was like, wait what is going on here? So annoying.
Janice, I too have learned not to answer a call from No User ID. I reckon if it’s important a message will be left. Spammers and scammers, use your skill for Good not Evil!Rusalka, the image I have of you hammer-wielding will stay with me for a while. You’d fit right in on the battlefield in the book I’m reading A Winter War set in the 2nd Century. Romans versus the Sarmatians.
Shirley wrote: "Rusalka, the image I have of you hammer-wielding will stay with me for a while..."This is what I picture when we talk about the ban hammer:
Too funny Janice, I was picturing a cousin of Thor sort of thing too lol
Kristie wrote: "Janice wrote: "I stopped answering my phone after that unless I knew the number or they left a message."I never answer my phone if I don't know the number either and if the caller doesn't leave m..."
I got to the stage where I blocking anyone who sent me a link without really reading the text. One day I was waiting for a text from the back which didn't come so I rang them up in great indignation. Long story short - I'd blocked their number! Whoops :-D
Janice wrote: "Shirley wrote: "Rusalka, the image I have of you hammer-wielding will stay with me for a while..."This is what I picture when we talk about the ban hammer:
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Haha, that's exactly what was in my mind - complete with an image of an angry Rus in Greek goddess attire swinging it over her head!!!
Oh I don't answer any phone call now I don't know the number of, unless I can google it while they are ringing and make sure they aren't a spammer. I don't know if you are having this Shirley, but Lexx and I are getting about 3-5 messages a day about our parcels going missing with dodgy links. So much blocking. But to mix it up, Lexx got a "hello sexy" message the other day. I was waiting for mine, but apparently I am not sexy enough lol
Janice wrote: "Shirley wrote: "Rusalka, the image I have of you hammer-wielding will stay with me for a while..."This is what I picture when we talk about the ban hammer:
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Oh that is EXACTLY the type of hammer we wield.
... you may all be on to something... I mean, not saying I kinda war cry while banning spammers, but not saying I don't either....BOOM!!
Janice wrote: "Shirley wrote: "Rusalka, the image I have of you hammer-wielding will stay with me for a while..."This is what I picture when we talk about the ban hammer:
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Me too!! lol
Rusalka wrote: "Oh I don't answer any phone call now I don't know the number of, unless I can google it while they are ringing and make sure they aren't a spammer. I don't know if you are having this Shirley, bu..."
YES. I am. So annoying. No risqué messages though. I have been spurned!
Wasn't it Christmas last week?Also, are notifications not working again? Or only very randomly?
Nah, haven't been working all day over here.
The only notifications I'm getting is for people liking my updates/reviews, nothing for any threads I follow. Seems like notifications have been going down a lot recently.
I’m getting Goodreads notifications Kristie
I'm also not getting notifications, at least in the app.
The app notifications seem to be working again for me.
Sort of at least. I keep getting notifications but there are no new posts. Maybe it's catching up?
Yes. I'm getting old notifications for the posts I've already read.It's a mess.
I’m getting my first booster shot today
Good luck Christine! Sure it will all go well :D
Good luck, Christine. Most people I know didn't have any side effect with the booster. I hope is also true for you.
I haven't gotten notifications since yesterday morning, so around 36 hours. This is the longest I remember this problem to last. So annoying.
Sandra wrote: "I haven't get notifications since yesterday morning, so around 36 hours. This is the longest I remember this problem to last. So annoying."Same here. Latest notification was 2 days ago...
Yeah, it's pretty frustrating. I don't know what's going on with the notifications lately.
It is happening more and more often. I don't remember it lasting that long before, though.
I wasn't getting notifications either. Then I opened my email this afternoon, and all of a sudden I had about 25 notifications. Yay!!
I got 27 today! I don't know which is worse - none or a ton ;-)
Thanks Rusalka and everything went very well Rusalka and thanks Sandra and oh ok Sandra and I made a quick recovery after my booster shot Sandra and Goodreads was having a problem everyone
Margo wrote: "I got 27 today! I don't know which is worse - none or a ton ;-)"None is definitely worse, especially if you're in the middle of a team challenge!
The last three times I have logged in I have had 50+ notifications. So, I don't even know how many are new beyond 50. They are just catching up so it will say 3 mins ago, but it was really 14 hours or something like that. It's just a mess. I agree, not getting the notifications is worse for me. In addition to the team challenge, I moderate a couple of groups so need to keep my eye out for spam and such. It's a lot more difficult to do when I don't get notifications that someone is posting.
My notifications are back too, but now I can't like or post a comment to other people's updates on the main page.
I wonder what’s going on with Goodreads
Same here, Peggy. I hadn't try to post comments, but couldn't like reviews.It's incredible Jeff Bezos can build Amazon from nothing and send people to space but can't make this site work properly for one full week!
So annoying.
Goodreads needs to get it together
Notifications are working again!It's going to storm pretty bad here. It has been since yesterday afternoon/night, but tomorrow we'll have code red with 150km/hour. Not looking forward to it. My horse was this morning so very nervous. He even left his food...
Completely random change of subject: has anyone else noticed that toilet rolls are getting smaller? I keep mine in the same drawer in bathroom as always - used to hold 18 (3 x 3 x 2), now holds 22. Is this a local or a world wide thing :-/
I don't know, Margo. We have different size rolls here: regular, double, and mega, which is supposedly 4 rolls. I always buy the biggest ones so I need to change the roll less frequently.
Lol Margo, completely random!Maybe a brand thing?
I don't know, Margo, need to check that out. You made me curious.
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You'll love this one...!! A book club & more
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