tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post7580858955820228288..comments2024-03-28T22:51:32.258+00:00Comments on Shadows & Light: Dickens, and Some Unsavory SubjectsSteve Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-30332165224943366612018-09-28T06:42:22.683+01:002018-09-28T06:42:22.683+01:00YP: That gives a bad name to sloths and snails! I ...YP: That gives a bad name to sloths and snails! I swear we have not been flushing baby wipes, though apparently there were baby wipes and plastic bags in the drain. I have a feeling I need to have a conversation with the upstairs neighbors.<br /><br />Alphie: Re. my mom, I don't know. I thinks he just wants to maintain control of something, however small. (Although I would argue she's LOST control at this point.) I did give Mrs. Kravitz our property maintenance contact's e-mail address.<br /><br />Colette: One would hope!<br /><br />Ms Moon: Yes, I've always been curious about "David Copperfield." So that is definitely on the list.<br /><br />Ellen: I wouldn't say she's in the habit of adding them, but she does occasionally click the wrong thing (as we have seen) and more to the point, I don't think she needs to be confronted with human anatomy every time she looks at Facebook. (A box of suggested friends sits right at the top of her news feed. I've tried to remove it, but it just comes back.)<br /><br />Red: I've never read "Ivanhoe" either! Maybe I should try that next?!<br /><br />Sharon: Yeah, some of those countries appear to be spam factories, for whatever reason. I think a lot of these people on Facebook aren't even real -- I think they're just bot accounts.<br /><br />Jenny-O: I'm not sure I've ever read "A Christmas Carol." If I did, it was a long time ago.<br /><br />Linda Sue: Is this the house in the village south of London? (He had a lot of houses.) I've heard about that one, but no, we haven't been there.<br /><br />Catalyst: Those sound interesting! The French food one, particularly, might make a good present for Dave. I'm going to check them out!<br /><br />Marty: Well, as I said, it's a way to do something to help her out, as minor and ridiculous as it is.<br /><br />E: Facebook has been completely unresponsive and useless. I have posted on their wall and sent them private messages and received no response. From what I see online a lot of people have this problem -- Briony, here on the blog, has mentioned that her husband gets pictures of busty women, and my brother gets stuff like that too. It's a serious issue for Facebook, I think. As for the landlord, we can't contact her directly -- we HAVE to go through the property managers. I don't even have the landlord's contact information.<br /><br />Robin: Well, see today's post. We made progress! :)<br /><br />Elizabeth: Yeah, I think we may have to shut it down. I'm interested in trying some "meh" Dickens, just to see what it's like. Which may be a mistake!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-66324737250299876042018-09-28T06:18:32.009+01:002018-09-28T06:18:32.009+01:00I wish your mother would let you shut down her FB ...I wish your mother would let you shut down her FB page and start a new one. I think that'll be the only thing that nips that problem in the bud. Good luck with the sewage stuff -- it sounds gross! And I have read a lot of Dickens -- some I love and others, meh. Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-6485510271554311702018-09-27T22:54:02.435+01:002018-09-27T22:54:02.435+01:00I hope you can get rid of all the creepy friend re...I hope you can get rid of all the creepy friend requests your mom is receiving and get her account back to normal. Also, it would be so nice if the management company would work on the plumbing issue ASAP. Yikes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-81823360001902034462018-09-27T21:01:01.084+01:002018-09-27T21:01:01.084+01:00Will Facebook not help with the porn problem or ha...Will Facebook not help with the porn problem or have you not notified them? Perhaps you should also notify your landlord regarding the blockage so that he or she can also press the management company...The ones here don't seem to do much at all. Good luck.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-22153070560693395832018-09-27T19:07:12.830+01:002018-09-27T19:07:12.830+01:00Ooog to the wastewater bubbling up outside.
And I&...Ooog to the wastewater bubbling up outside.<br />And I'm impressed at your long-distance tidying of your mother's account. Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-74830540221601540892018-09-27T18:03:28.759+01:002018-09-27T18:03:28.759+01:00I'm reading "The Gourmands' Way"...I'm reading "The Gourmands' Way" by Justin Spring, a look back at six Americans enjoying and fashioning French cooking. Spring is a tad snarky but it's kept me interested so far. When I finish that I've got to get back to Nicholas Basbane's "A Gentle Madness", a voluminous history of bibliophiles and book collectors (and thieves). I'm about halfway through it. As my t-shirt states "So many books, so little time".Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-13307543937581908742018-09-27T17:52:16.600+01:002018-09-27T17:52:16.600+01:00Sarah and Andy and I went to Dicken's house af...Sarah and Andy and I went to Dicken's house after Christmas, have you been there yet. It is full of information and best when you are the only people in there,I did not realize he was so posh, having written convincingly of the poor.Linda Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070050388987072100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-32397472343451009072018-09-27T16:46:23.996+01:002018-09-27T16:46:23.996+01:00The only thing I've read of Dickens' work ...The only thing I've read of Dickens' work is A Christmas Carol. It was mercifully short, for someone who doesn't like a lot of description, which a lot of the classics seem to have. I am in awe that you are tackling these books.<br /><br />I hope your wastewater overflow situation gets fixed pronto.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-20371439779461431062018-09-27T16:42:01.983+01:002018-09-27T16:42:01.983+01:00Great Expectations was always one of my favorite b...Great Expectations was always one of my favorite books! Good old Dickens, I haven't read anything by him in many, many years.<br />Those places where the unsavory people come from sound a bit like the unsavory spammers who are constantly leaving comments on by blog and others. I've never clicked on one of their links but judging from the profile photos, I can guess what I'd see if I did.<br />Sorry to hear about the household troubles. I hope you can get them to hop to it today. Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645915869786296771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-22927919288734584952018-09-27T15:14:27.366+01:002018-09-27T15:14:27.366+01:00I'm about half way through Ivanhoe. so maybe a...I'm about half way through Ivanhoe. so maybe after this I'll try a Dickens.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-90214840664422617852018-09-27T14:28:57.599+01:002018-09-27T14:28:57.599+01:00not email, phone number.not email, phone number.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-54768354769728857072018-09-27T14:28:34.642+01:002018-09-27T14:28:34.642+01:00I've never read any dickens either and probabl...I've never read any dickens either and probably won't. unless your mother is in the habit of adding friends from the suggested friends list why the bother? why not just ignore it? that's what I do. I never add anyone FB suggests. and you'd think that the maintenance company would have responded right away to sewage but why did Mrs. Kravitz send you angry texts instead of the maintenance company or owner. and a better question is why did you give her your email!ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-25514924572128100762018-09-27T14:07:40.740+01:002018-09-27T14:07:40.740+01:00David Copperfield.
For sure.
"Sloth and Sna...David Copperfield. <br />For sure. <br />"Sloth and Snail Ltd." <br />Haha!<br />Good luck with your dealings with them today.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-36072862001706728042018-09-27T12:59:15.206+01:002018-09-27T12:59:15.206+01:00I can well imagine how grateful your Mom is to hav...I can well imagine how grateful your Mom is to have you helping her out in this regard. Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-65015332221644122542018-09-27T12:16:22.739+01:002018-09-27T12:16:22.739+01:00My question is (as if it's any of my business ...My question is (as if it's any of my business :) ) what is your mother's rationale for not deleting her Facebook account and starting over?<br />And while you're about it, forward the justifiably angry Kravitz texts to the maintenance company.<br />AlphieAlphie Souphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17041492283753978975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-33277417490542573842018-09-27T09:24:24.829+01:002018-09-27T09:24:24.829+01:00What the hell have you and Dave been putting down ...What the hell have you and Dave been putting down the toilet to block your drain? Baby wipes? Are the maintenance people called Sloth and Snail Ltd by any chance? Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.com