tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post5182051638035926473..comments2024-03-29T14:18:54.296+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: Compressed Reconstituted MeatGraham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-30856797020770344872020-07-28T08:30:06.537+01:002020-07-28T08:30:06.537+01:00Beatrice, once again I apologise for missing your ...Beatrice, once again I apologise for missing your comment. I obviously have to be more fastidious in going through all my moderated comments. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-38465809098091597202020-07-19T21:10:49.837+01:002020-07-19T21:10:49.837+01:00This was quite an interesting post, Graham, not on...This was quite an interesting post, Graham, not only the post subject but the number of comment and exchanges that resulted. Like you and many others I try to avoid CRM as much as possible. While I do not comment moderate, I do check posted comments on a daily basis and you are so right in that many times CRM is found on older posts and then it is deleted by me. Sure, I may miss once in awhile but then I do have other things to do unlike some of these unnamed CRM folks.Beatrice P. Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08281239556392874979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-79504141757948657072020-07-15T08:41:27.851+01:002020-07-15T08:41:27.851+01:00Ursula first let me say that your comments have be...Ursula first let me say that your comments have been welcome on this blog and have added to the discussions. I did not single you out. You raised the person concerned in the first place and I know you well enough to know that you would have been the next person to comment. I have known Meike and Jenny for many years and I know that they have had their say and will let the matter rest there. I hope that you will too and that I'll see you on the next post.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-6782807004941115072020-07-14T23:16:22.871+01:002020-07-14T23:16:22.871+01:00I am sorry, Graham, and I am not getting at you, b...I am sorry, Graham, and I am not getting at you, but why single me out when it was Meike who named the person, and Jenny picked up the thread? I'd never done that. If anything, I am mortified. I wish, as so often . . . doesn't matter. I am done with commenting. Please don't get me wrong, you are a good guy. Neither am I all bad.<br /><br />UUrsulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722046288685936851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-59126252912611073152020-07-14T20:58:47.914+01:002020-07-14T20:58:47.914+01:00Ursula, given that that is two people who read my ...Ursula, given that that is two people who read my blog know to whom you were referring I'd appreciate it if we could call a halt to this discussion particularly as it is someone not even in my Blogland.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-9662326862060731202020-07-14T20:55:19.641+01:002020-07-14T20:55:19.641+01:00Monica, my admiration for your language skills is ...Monica, my admiration for your language skills is considerable! The unwanted comments are particularly plentiful at the moment - unfortunately.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-85830302663505482522020-07-14T20:47:53.387+01:002020-07-14T20:47:53.387+01:00Yes, Jenny, YOU might "have found her very pl...Yes, Jenny, YOU might "have found her very pleasant". <br /><br />I was intrigued by her. We spoke (on the phone, several times). I found her difficult to take (and I have a thick skin, am not easily offended). The way she talked to me even my parents wouldn't. I felt harangued by her. Quite an achievement (on her part). A conversation with her is basically being stabbed into your chest. And don't even ask what she thinks of her blog's readers, particularly the Americans. She was very candid. And I was taken aback.<br /><br />I grant you, Jenny, that to be talked about in the third person isn't great. Alas, in blogland, in certain circles, it happens to me all the time. There are factions out there who give me personas (like Anon, and two other alias I'd rather not mention) who have nothing to do with me. On the strength of which myh name pulled through the mud. One blogger will not give it a rest. Another blogger, who hates my guts, at least has the courtesy to delete me without trace. It's her prerogative. Can't say I respect her for not leaving perfectly sensible comments of mine stand but, ok, so be it. If blogs have taught me one thing it's that some people are narrow, some are wide open.<br /><br />UUrsulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722046288685936851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-85684728833433747422020-07-14T13:24:49.958+01:002020-07-14T13:24:49.958+01:00Looks like one of the bots has a sense of humour, ...Looks like one of the bots has a sense of humour, or else suspects someone might take an interest in it! I enable comment moderation. Particularly recently, I haven't been blogging much and don't want my comments to fill up with spam. I had better go and reply to them, too. I always value my comments. I wonder if it is a good idea to keep comments about a third party on the blog? I happen to know the Ursula that is mentioned, and I think if I were her I might feel a bit upset to be discussed in this way... also when speaking to her personally I have found her very pleasant. Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-85639360704698564862020-07-14T10:23:22.079+01:002020-07-14T10:23:22.079+01:00Meike, it happens, occasionally. You have such hig...Meike, it happens, occasionally. You have such high hopes of a friendship in the making and then it all falls apart. Most unusual for me since I tend to go the extra mile with anyone who catches my imagination. Last time it happened there was no extra mile to walk. She was one of my son's teachers at college, also the mother of one of his close friends. We got on like a house on fire. Then, shortly after we clicked, she had the nerve dying of cancer, barely in her mid fifties. She is the one person in my life not having had the chance to get to know properly whose demise I mourn years later, and to this day. <br /><br />Of the "other" Ursula I think with some regret. Even I know boundaries; unfortunately, she didn't.<br /><br />UUrsulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722046288685936851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-67942243855913894232020-07-14T06:59:35.804+01:002020-07-14T06:59:35.804+01:00Don't worry, Ursula, she's not my aunt. I ...Don't worry, Ursula, she's not my aunt. I enjoy reading her blog and we have occasionally been exchanging emails; more than anything, she appears lonely and not a happy, cheerful character, especially since her husband's death. I actually can not remember how I first came across her blog; probably like it happens with most of what is on my reading list now; someone leaves a comment either on my blog or one that I am already reading, that makes me visit their blog, and if I like what I see, I come back again.<br />Ja, a richtige Schwäbin! O.K. is a Badener, so we have hours of fun just comparing dialect terms.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-10411503403244684642020-07-13T19:14:38.773+01:002020-07-13T19:14:38.773+01:00Lovely lilies and damselflies :) As for the unwant...Lovely lilies and damselflies :) As for the unwanted comments, as I do usually click Notify on your blog (and some others), I get what you mean - they do seem to have become more frequent lately. I get them on my own blog(s) as well (sometimes on posts several years old!) But I have limited my "open" time too so that later incoming go to moderation. Sometimes it is indeed a bit tricky to decide what's genuine or not. Like (as you may have noticed) I have someone commenting in Turkish sometimes. The first time I deleted it because I could not make head or tail of it (even with Google - it's a very difficult language). But as I have learned a tiny little bit of that language (via Duolingo), I have been able to decipher enough of later short comments to find them relevant, though (and not offensive). So I've let those stand. DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-23917293583167976692020-07-13T16:24:44.982+01:002020-07-13T16:24:44.982+01:00Well, Marcheline, I certainly have no interest in ...Well, Marcheline, <i>I</i> certainly have no interest in scantily clad men. I think that I would have been reluctant to have a 'close' blog relationship with someone who never responded. Your last words were very kind but it's actually quite easy to be inoffensive.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-1387907884751364992020-07-13T13:18:20.489+01:002020-07-13T13:18:20.489+01:00I hope I never get too old to be interested in pho...I hope I never get too old to be interested in photos of scantily clad men... going on 54 and no signs yet - whew! 8-)<br /><br />As for abrasive bloggers, I had one crushing experience, a woman blogger who I followed for ages, always made positive and admiring comments on her blog, and then later found out that she had written and published a book in which she actually called out a comment (word for word) that I had left to her (meant to be encouraging) and bemoaning her blog followers "telling her what to do with her life". I was really hurt, because I had gone through years of her blog with her, including the loss of a few very dear family members and pets, and I had always sent sympathy and encouragement (she never deigned to reply to any comments, though - that should have been a clue to her nature). After seeing what she said about me in such a public forum, I was then actually ready to tell her what to do with her blog... stuff it up her CRM. There are some people who fall hard for their own overblown opinions of themselves, and they treat their blog followers like peasants who should consider themselves lucky to be allowed to read their tripe. (Can you tell I'm still irritated?) <br /><br />THANK GOODNESS FOR GRAHAM!Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697295230446820295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-87357852899252662112020-07-13T13:12:03.811+01:002020-07-13T13:12:03.811+01:00Ursula, that is usually because someone has a weak...Ursula, that is usually because someone has a weak password or the password has been harvested in a security breach. The fact that people use simple passwords and the same password for more than one thing and don't change a password after a breach is avoidable if people took their security seriously. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-12490536847057334562020-07-13T13:07:18.798+01:002020-07-13T13:07:18.798+01:00Marcheline, if I ate that for breakfast I'd be...Marcheline, if I ate that for breakfast I'd be full for the rest of the day.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-47431365890876547102020-07-13T13:04:25.445+01:002020-07-13T13:04:25.445+01:00Thank you, Adrian. I obviously had a brain-fart. N...Thank you, Adrian. I obviously had a brain-fart. Now altered. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-3279762366658141012020-07-13T13:02:10.539+01:002020-07-13T13:02:10.539+01:00One of my all-time favorite breakfasts: Two fried ...One of my all-time favorite breakfasts: Two fried eggs with hash-browns and corned beef hash, rye toast (with butter), hot coffee, small OJ. MMMMmmmm!Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697295230446820295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-69751047840563804792020-07-13T12:16:21.584+01:002020-07-13T12:16:21.584+01:00Yes, I realize that. What I was talking about, and...Yes, I realize that. What I was talking about, and I think it far worse than what can happen on a blog, when someone hijacks your email address. Harvests all addressees, uses your name, a bona fide name, to get people to open a mail coming (in this case) from me - and bingo.<br /><br />UUrsulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722046288685936851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-57001439443461633162020-07-13T12:05:05.216+01:002020-07-13T12:05:05.216+01:00Oh my, my, my, God, Meike, isn't the world a s...Oh my, my, my, God, Meike, isn't the world a small place? Even in cyber land. <br /><br />I just checked back on aforementioned blog's comment boxes, and am mortified. How extraordinary that you know who I was talking about. How did you come across her? Please don't tell me she is your aunt. I never meant for her to be identified. It was an encounter that, to some extent, still haunts me. That voice, or rather tone, still ringing in my ears. <br /><br />As to feeling "European". Don't make me cry. Ever since that fateful day in 2016 I feel like a sitting duck; waiting to be kicked out of the country I have lived in most my adult life. I say this with a heavy heart since I have had two run ins with the home office already, nearly ruining my life twice in the last ten years. If you want Orwell, Huxley and Kafka rolled into one, for months on end, come to the British Home Office's attention. <br /><br />Lueneburg? Just at the foot of Hamburg, the mighty. Ein Schwab? If nothing else you'll be not so much counting the pennies as looking after them. Or so folklore goes.<br /><br />UUrsulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722046288685936851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-75179417785454245362020-07-13T11:57:54.124+01:002020-07-13T11:57:54.124+01:00Graham, you have called it a Mayfly in the text. T...Graham, you have called it a Mayfly in the text. They are much smaller beasts and I thought it a typo. Either a typo or I'd found a kindred spirit but most folk can tell the difference between Mayflies and Damselflies.Adrian Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09061432566298145837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-58186503670294540802020-07-13T11:46:01.381+01:002020-07-13T11:46:01.381+01:00Ursula, I'm talking about blog post spam. As y...Ursula, I'm talking about blog post spam. As you no longer blog you won't get blog post spam via your blog. As you don't tick the 'notify me' box you don't get any that way either.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-53029832879111548302020-07-13T11:42:23.849+01:002020-07-13T11:42:23.849+01:00Diane, Meike has provided the answer as I have sli...Diane, Meike has provided the answer as I have slightly elaborated to Red above. I guess, though, that you don't tick the 'Notify me' box so may never know the answer.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-50636486562025264792020-07-13T11:40:51.479+01:002020-07-13T11:40:51.479+01:00Cro, it has always been a complete mystery to me b...Cro, it has always been a complete mystery to me but someone, somewhere will click and be curious and suddenly find their computer stuffed. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-91188551995610408112020-07-13T11:39:25.655+01:002020-07-13T11:39:25.655+01:00Red, like a crossword, the heading and the first p...Red, like a crossword, the heading and the first paragraph should provide the answer.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-73670107407820838872020-07-13T11:38:09.153+01:002020-07-13T11:38:09.153+01:00Pauline, most things, if we think about them logic...Pauline, most things, if we think about them logically are irritations rather than annoyances. I couldn't care less about CRM in itself but the work it gives me is an irritation. I can understand you not having any spare energy.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.com