RIP - Page 39

Uncwilly · 2015-03-28, 23:16

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to send e-mail to Jeff Bezos ... was expecting at best an auto-reply (but one still hopes a human reads the message), but whaddya know - while I didn't get a reply from the Big J himself, my suggestion actually got through and merited a non-boilerplate reply. (I deduce that from the 'ans'-instead-of-'and' typo, which is common in live mails, but not in canned ones) from a real human, or at least a damn good imitation of one. :)

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ewmayer · 2015-03-29, 01:04

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Originally Posted by Uncwilly

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Alas, Ms. Ross didn't clue me in on what got forwarded internally (don't I wish!)

kladner · 2015-03-29, 06:03

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Originally Posted by Uncwilly

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No surprise that they treat their customer service people in ways analogous to the way they treat their fulfillment warehouse (contract) workers. I try to steer the items I order on my job to "other than Amazon" if it is plausible and defensible. In my personal purchases, I have no idea if MicroCenter and NewEgg are any better to their workers than Amazon.

schickel · 2015-04-08, 04:38

Stan Freberg

I was born too late to be around for his prime, but my father was a big vintage radio buff when I was growing up, so I got to enjoy hearing lots of his material as a young'un.

ewmayer · 2015-04-22, 23:23

Missed this 4.13 passing at the time, until a friend forwarded the link below:

The Greatness of Günter Grass - Salman Rushdie | The New Yorker

I read Die Blechtrommel in the original, but have not got round to the later works ("Aufstand", Der Butt). I shall have to add them to my reading list.

chalsall · 2015-05-05, 20:10

Margaret Morgan.

At 89.8 had a better memory than most of those a quarter her age....

R.D. Silverman · 2015-05-05, 20:57

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Originally Posted by chalsall

Margaret Morgan.

At 89.8 had a better memory than most of those a quarter her age....

Grace Lee Whitney.

rogue · 2015-05-05, 23:59

Nigel Terry, best known for his role as Arthur in Excalibur

ewmayer · 2015-05-07, 00:28

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Originally Posted by rogue

Nigel Terry, best known for his role as Arthur in Excalibur

Thoroughly enjoyable but also definitely cheese-festy movie with an in-retrospect loaded-with-names (many of the 'before they were famous worldwide' variety) cast and a fabulous soundtrack (mostly courtesy of some obscure artsy-fartsy German dude, I think "Dick Wagner" was his name despite the fact he was actually fairly lean) ... reminds me in many ways of another 80s film, the Mel-Gibson/Anthony-Hopkins-starring The Bounty. (The soundtrack for the latter is also excellent, but of a very different variety than that for Excalibur.)

Anyhow, Excalibur just got bumped to top of the quasi-random-DVD-selection-for-saturday-night queue.

I wonder to what extent perceptions of the movie may have been influenced by its having been released just a few short years after Monty Python and the Holy Grail. "Listen -- Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government!"

ewmayer · 2015-05-15, 05:53

Riley B. "B.B." King, age 89.

I wonder if they'll bury him with Lucille?

kladner · 2015-05-15, 15:33

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Originally Posted by ewmayer

Riley B. "B.B." King, age 89.

I wonder if they'll bury him with Lucille?

RIP Mr King.

2015-04-22, 23:23	#423
ewmayer ∂²ω=0 Sep 2002 República de California 2D7F₁₆ Posts	Missed this 4.13 passing at the time, until a friend forwarded the link below: The Greatness of Günter Grass - Salman Rushdie \| The New Yorker I read Die Blechtrommel in the original, but have not got round to the later works ("Aufstand", Der Butt). I shall have to add them to my reading list. Last fiddled with by ewmayer on 2015-04-23 at 21:38

2015-04-08, 04:38	#422
schickel "Frank <^>" Dec 2004 CDP Janesville 2122₁₀ Posts	Stan Freberg I was born too late to be around for his prime, but my father was a big vintage radio buff when I was growing up, so I got to enjoy hearing lots of his material as a young'un.

2015-05-05, 20:10	#424
chalsall If I May "Chris Halsall" Sep 2002 Barbados 23047₈ Posts	Margaret Morgan. At 89.8 had a better memory than most of those a quarter her age....

2015-05-05, 23:59	#426
rogue "Mark" Apr 2003 Between here and the 2×3²×353 Posts	Nigel Terry, best known for his role as Arthur in Excalibur

2015-05-15, 05:53	#428
ewmayer ∂²ω=0 Sep 2002 República de California 26577₈ Posts	Riley B. "B.B." King, age 89. I wonder if they'll bury him with Lucille?