Dear Webby

[User 1019]

I had the same problems, too. Until I upgraded to IE 7 (I think). And you don't even want to know how long it takes that thing to load with dial-up.

Send me a bill, Webby.

 

[slappy4428]

Xan... PM me when you get a chance... I can hep...

 

[Lucas Wiseman]

Hmm.. I personally have had no trouble loading the site at all with the video ads in the top right corner. I will re-evaluate this, but bringing in revenue is an important factor.

 

[slappy4428]

Hmm.. I personally have had no trouble loading the site at all with the video ads in the top right corner. I will re-evaluate this, but bringing in revenue is an important factor.

As it should be...

Video ads on other sites have caused problems with my browser (Netscape 7.2) and flash video ads on sites like MSNBC, Fox News, Star Tribune... just flutter until the entire page loads.

 

[alleyallen]

Hmm.. I personally have had no trouble loading the site at all with the video ads in the top right corner. I will re-evaluate this, but bringing in revenue is an important factor.

Webby, to repeat, if there's a need for help from the members, we'll get your back.

 

[sportschick]

I've had problems with it too. I normally have to hit reload to get it to actually load.

Some of them (that asian wedgie one) have caused some looks at work.

 

[MC Sports Guy]

Man, what I thought this was going to be:

Dear Mister-I'm-Too-Good-To-Call-Or-Post-To-My-Fans,
this'll be the last message I ever send your ass
It's been six threads and still no word - I don't deserve it?
I know you got my last two postpads;
I wrote the quotes on 'em perfect
So this is my reply I'm sending you, I hope you read it
I'm in the forum now, I'm posting 90 on the boots thread
Hey Mod, I had some baked chicken, you dare me to drive?
You know the song by Phil Collins, "In the Air of the Night"
about that guy who coulda saved that other guy from drowning
but didn't, then Phil saw it all, then at a show he found him?
That's kinda how this is, you coulda rescued me from padding
Now it's too late - I read a Bush thread now, I'm drowsy
and all I wanted was a lousy PM or a call
I hope you know I ripped ALL my Nats stuff off the wall
I love you Mod, we coulda been together, think about it
You ruined it now, I hope you can't sleep and you dream about it
And when you dream I hope you can't sleep and you SCREAM about it
I hope your conscience EATS AT YOU and you can't BREATHE without me
See Mod; {*screaming*
Shut up boom! I'm trying to post!
Hey Slim, that's my girlfriend screamin in the trunk
but I didn't fix her posts, I just tied her up, see I ain't like you
cause if she suffocates she'll suffer more, and then she'll die too
Well, gotta go, I'm almost at full member now
Oh ****, I forgot, how am I supposed to hit send now?

Well, that's just brilliant.

 

[Songbird]

This time it took about 98 seconds for the multi-colored circle to stop spinning, which means the page has loaded. It's 5:30 in the p.m., and you're reading Perspectives. Fantastic. [/Tim Meadows] ...

It's snowing here hardcore, the first real storm of the winter. Snowflakes galore. We're up to a foot so far. Been in New England better part of 12 years, and this is one of the top 3 storms for me. We get our paychecks today so I ventured out to work. Roads were hideous, but the '93 Maxima I bought a few months ago handled the slop and slush and mush quite well. Up in these sticks of New England, there are few flat roads; everything curves upward or downward. Salt trucks haven't been out much, and the plowers haven't cleared the roads all that well. "Mr. Plow, that's my name, my name again is Mr. Plow." [/Homer Simpson] ... So the drive to work, between 4 and 5 miles, including Sem Hill, which can be, and has been, a hideous beast during these winter storms, wasn't so harsh on the '93 Maxima, which is much heavier than the '98 Contour I drove for 5 years. I trust my driving in poor conditions, right, but it's the other yokels I don't trust behind the wheel. ...

Yesterday during a 14-hour, 14-page deadline I felt like crap, battled a wicked cold I got covering indoor track Saturday in a cramped gym packed with a thousand people. The infield resembled the world's largest slumber party. So Sunday, Monday and yesterday were brutal with the amount of phlehm I coughed up; with the thousand times I blew my nose that ran more than Prefontaine; for 48 hours I was the New England Honker; went through several rolls of toilet paper and boxes of tissues.

Got an e-mail Monday telling me I took 2nd place in the NEPA contest, and that made me feel good, yet all I could think about was a quote from someone famous I can't remember: "2nd place just means you were the 1st loser."

So there you have it. Bigtime snow day today. Come make snow angels with me.

 

[imjustagirl2]

Um, was that meant for the random thoughts thread that is locked?

Or do you just feel like being weird and posting inane things until Webby gives in and takes down the video ad?

 

[BYH]

Xan, you should have been there for the blizzard of '93, when we got three feet of snow in early March. A town just over the Connecticut/Massachusetts border declared a state of emergency and shut down. Had never seen that before.

First and so far only time I've ever seen parked cars completely engulfed by snow. Walked around the house singing "It's The End Of The World As We Know It." Shoveling was a whorish chore. Always got a kick out of how my parents got snow blowers...after I went away to college. Thanks guys!

Cue Hondo: Back in my day we shoveled uphill both ways in the snow. You're lazy.

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

Dear Webby, dear Webby
You won't believe this
My computer makes noises
when's Songbird's pissed
Sportschick told me
It's all in my head
But Moddy told me
To write you instead

Signed,
Noisemaker

Noisemaker, Noisemaker,
You have no complaint
You are what your are and you ain't what you ain't
So listen up Buster, and listen up good
Stop wishing for bad luck and knocking on wood

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

I have no problems with the ads, but that movie screen on the upper right shows some weird stuff bordering on embarrassing.

I have no movie screen on the upper right. I suspect the AdBlock Plus extension for Firefox has it blocked.

Webby: Put the "donate" button back up, please.

 

[Songbird]

Um, was that meant for the random thoughts thread that is locked?

Or do you just feel like being weird and posting inane things until Webby gives in and takes down the video ad?

I miss the random thoughts thread, and the inaneity of the post is a sign that I'm starting to feel a little better. And BYH, it hasn't stopped snowing for at least 18 hours hours here.

 

[slappy4428]

I have no problems with the ads, but that movie screen on the upper right shows some weird stuff bordering on embarrassing.

I have no movie screen on the upper right. I suspect the AdBlock Plus extension for Firefox has it blocked.

Webby: Put the "donate" button back up, please.

Agreed.. put the button up.. hell, ditching fudgepack was worth a few shekles from me...

And since I have zone alarm and figured out the way to ditch the video ad and other things, I'll gladly pay a few bucks a quarter for this site..

 

[Cadet]

I have no problems with the ads, but that movie screen on the upper right shows some weird stuff bordering on embarrassing.

I have no movie screen on the upper right. I suspect the AdBlock Plus extension for Firefox has it blocked.

Webby: Put the "donate" button back up, please.

I just installed AdBlock Plus. Awesome. Thanks!

 

[Piotr Rasputin]

Unless you've cut Webby a check recently, no one has a right to make requests that would prevent him from bringing in any revenue he can...

Agreed. And I would take out the part about cutting a check recently.