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Joined: 07 Nov 2007 Posts: 45 Location: Wisconsin, US
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 5:41 pm Post subject:
Hee...that's pretty funny, Sadie. Yeah, I think two days is pretty reasonable...but then again...I'd think two hours is pretty reasonable. Wash your dishes, people! _________________ Randomanthony blogs at randomanthonyreturns.blogspot.com
this was there for about a week.
none of it was mine.
infact in a house of eight that was the work of two lazy arse bastards.
the way to do it is to buy everyone a washing up bowl and when they use things put them in their washing up bowl, that way you can see who doesnt wash up and see the guilt.
i dont mind washing up cups and glasses even cultery of other people, but you cant take the piss really.
people get mad when you leave notes, ask them, even if it causes an argument they'll respect you more.
That's pretty much what my kitchen surface looks like. Okay, yours is more scattered, but that's kind of the amount that's getting left. My flat people are messy in a neater way
I'll see how the sign goes down. It's easier to put up the sign than to ask them, for a few reasons:
- they're not usually all in the same place at once so I couldn't tell them all at the same time
- the sign being there acts as a constant reminder
- i really couldn't be bothered to actually talk to anybody about my annoyance
actually, you have quite a few more unwashed things in your kitchen ... I had a distorted view of what my kitchen looked like last night. But my kitchen is still pretty bad - plates and saucepans piled up, all the knives and forks just thrown in to the saucepans...
Maybe if I lived with 6 and not 8, and maybe if it was the work of 2 very messy people, then there would probably be just as much as there is in your picture. I'm pretty sure there's one guy who barely ever washes (if ever) and then there is possibly one other who doesn't do much. Not really sure about the others - I think they wash things.
I'll take a picture of it soon, unless they listen to my sign and it starts getting cleaned. Maybe I should stick the picture up next to the sign.. hah.
I used signs, people will ignore them and dislike you.
TALK TO THEM FOR FUCKS SAKE
even if its one by one.
i used all the same "but noones ever around at the same time" bollocks.
You have to resort to shock tactics, such as confrontation or it wont ever end. Notes do not work
Shock tactics is right.
Like putting their cereal bowls of gone-off milk, and other delightful sundries helpfully back in their rooms for them. In their beds, cupboards, coat pockets....They'll soon get the idea and clean up. _________________ Seven days without a pun makes one weak.
I used signs, people will ignore them and dislike you.
TALK TO THEM FOR FUCKS SAKE
even if its one by one.
i used all the same "but noones ever around at the same time" bollocks.
You have to resort to shock tactics, such as confrontation or it wont ever end. Notes do not work
I will talk to them if it carries on. Or try what Butterfly said.
I'm not worried about them disliking me for the moment. Actually, one of the girls in the flat named Sarah seems happy that I put up the sign and is on my side (she's the only other person here this weekend). But nobody really likes her... hehe.
Friday night I returned from my Americorps*VISTA training in Atlanta. It was a wonderful experience and I thoroughly enjoyed being around such agreeable, like-minded people. Even though my position apparently has nothing to do with poverty, I'm pleased that I can spend the next year contributing positively to my community and nation.
We're officially being paid "105% of the poverty rate." Which means we earn 5% more than is needed to be considered impoverished. That's a REAL morale booster.
Regardless, the week went by quickly but fruitfully. A couple of nights I went out with a few fellow VISTAs and we drank ourselves down to about 95% of the poverty level. Ironically, the poorer you know you're going to be, the more you want to drink. And the more you drink, the poorer...yeah. But I had a helluva time, and altogether the only things I paid for out of pocket were my drinks and a "I LOVE ATLANTA" coffee mug at the airport, so win-win for me.
The following year will be a little hectic, though, so I wanted to let everyone know that BTC will be up again whenever you happen to visit the site and see that it's up again. That's the best timeframe I can offer. I enjoy the site and really enjoy hosting Jeannie's Diary, but I'm not at a point where either is a top priority. When I'm not toiling away at nigh-poverty wages I'll be cultivating newer, less computer-bound interests, I hope, and probably won't even be that interested in the Eels anyway. I haven't been for some time now.
I'd like to request that if someone else sets up a message board, name it something else. Jeannie's Diary was my board as much as it was anyone's, and I'd like to see it remain attached to BTC. If another board takes off, that's fine. I wouldn't be bothered in the least. But if things have to move on, I'd rather they moved on with a new name. _________________ Yes, I know my website isn't working.
Joined: 11 Nov 2007 Posts: 23 Location: under a rock
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:20 am Post subject:
no worries Schlomo . . .i'm just sorry to hear you haven't lately and probably won't in the future be interested in the eels. that's just terrible.
the same thing happened to the person who actually introduced me to the eels though. He said that when Beautiful Freak came out, it was so different and new as compared to anything else and he says that it was beautiful freak and electro-shock blues that did it for him and after that, he stopped buying their albums because they just didn't have what the first two did, musical quality-wise. I just don't agree with him though. It all sounds so wonderful i think.
i have to go to sleep now.
It's okay Schlomo, i'm sure no one is going to take the Jeannie's Diary name and start a message board with it. But, maybe I shouldn't speak for everyone. . .
It definitely wasn't on my list of things to do anyway. _________________ so many different people
in the same device
Friday night I returned from my
I'd like to request that if someone else sets up a message board, name it something else. Jeannie's Diary was my board as much as it was anyone's, and I'd like to see it remain attached to BTC. If another board takes off, that's fine. I wouldn't be bothered in the least. But if things have to move on, I'd rather they moved on with a new name.
I guess this directed to me because I offered to make a actual new permanent (and good) forum because you don't have the time to do this. I only said that to help, because you proposed it yourself someone would take over. And I don't mind using a new name - I don't dislike this name - and anyway, what's in a name?
But what do you mean with attached to BTC? The first Jeannie's Diary, the first unofficial eels forum, was run by Husky on the 3 Speed website. _________________ Only the sea makes sense
The old Jeannie's Diary was on 3 Speed, true, but it's been defunct for somet time now. I've said numerous times that BTC was mostly just around to host the new Jeannie's Diary; BTC is on hiatus, not defunct, so I'd like to have the option of doing something with the name "Jeannie's Diary" without having something with the same name on another Eels fansite. _________________ Yes, I know my website isn't working.
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