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19270. Snowowl - 4/28/2006 1:47:34 AM I'd rather my kids (or grandkids now) were wearing things with made-up names, rather than being walking advertisements for a brand.
I used to resent being expected to fork over good money to turn my kids into walking billboards. 19271. Jenerator - 4/28/2006 1:50:26 AM I am loyal to some brands because they're made well and last long. 19272. Snowowl - 4/28/2006 1:54:48 AM I don't mind buying good brands. I just object to turning my kids into walking advertisements. 19273. arkymalarky - 4/28/2006 2:19:31 AM I used to resent being expected to fork over good money to turn my kids into walking billboards.
My husband is EXACTLY the same. You're never going to one-up enough Joneses with a brand name shirt and they're charging big money plus, as you say, getting free ads from you, so I don't see the benefit. If something looks great a label can usually only detract from that.
Disclaimer: The opinion above is from the woman who uses her dryer in lieu of an ironing board.
19274. wonkers2 - 4/28/2006 2:20:58 AM Snowowl, I agree. I have resisted shirts with brand names, logos, etc. Especially ones like Polo or other pricey brands. I remember arguing with my oldest son when he was in high school over shirts with the Polo logo. (Levis are okay, however.) 19275. arkymalarky - 4/28/2006 2:27:34 AM Okay. This is the first evening I've had the "Megaboost" feature enabled and it does seem MUCH better. I checked all three of my Yahoo email boxes (Uz wasn't there yet), pictures are loading just like at work--it didn't occur to me until Jen posted that shirt picture and I saw it when the page loaded. Before it would often never show up at all. I'd been to my ISP's office two or three times in person and talked to them several times on the phone, but this feature just became available a few days ago.
To be honest, if it stays like this I don't care nearly as much about getting dsl. I'll have to update the website I maintain and see how quickly that goes to get a better idea of how much faster it is, but that won't happen until at least week after next. 19276. wonkers2 - 4/28/2006 2:29:55 AM I have several pictures on Shutterfly that I'd like to post, but I've never been able to get the cut and paste function to work. And it's too much work to type in the long url for each picture. Any suggestions? 19277. Adam Selene - 4/28/2006 2:33:00 AM Arky - web accelerators work by preloading links on your current page, before you ask. As long as you have decent RAM and free disk space, they are well worth it. Just remember to clean your caches and defrag your disk every now and then, and you should be able to enjoy your new "speed" for a nice long time. Congrats! 19278. arkymalarky - 4/28/2006 2:49:04 AM Thanks for the info, Adam! Those pointers will really help.
I don't know why we didn't have the service before now (I didn't really understand the concept, but knew NetZero and NetScape do that), and it was bearable until I became responsible for regular (needs to be daily) maintenance of a statewide organization website (we've grown significantly in the last year or so), and taking these two grad classes where now profs want you on listservs and send you documents and files. I like the good ol' days when you showed up with a pen and plenty of paper, took three tests, wrote a paper, and were otherwise left alone. It's all inclusive and "collegial" now, with the internet.
And seriously, I would like that a lot if I weren't so busy at work and so slow online at home. I think this is going to fix that. 19279. arkymalarky - 4/28/2006 2:50:38 AM I don't know, Wonk. I have a Shutterfly account and posted pictures here with no problem copy/pasting the links. I haven't looked at it in months, though. I don't remember anything about how to get in or anything. 19280. arkymalarky - 4/28/2006 2:57:45 AM I think when you can't copy/paste you might be able to highlight the url and hit ctrl-C and get it to work. 19281. judithathome - 4/28/2006 3:26:54 AM I think you have to have a young child (right now) to understand, Judith.
No, I don't. I know exactly what you are saying and how very young children dress these days. I think it's ludicrous to see little kids (toddlers) in Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger and LLBean when they grow so quickly. But then, I think it's ludicrous to spend a fortune on label clothes, too...the billboard effect as mentioned earlier.
And as to the shirt you posted with the cavet "There IS no such place". My reaction is "So what?" There's no such person as Harry Potter, either, but he's all over the place. If people want to be willingly bilked out of money for expensive t-shirts with imaginary place names on them, more power to the sellers! It's the American way...style over substance! (and that is sarcasm, Jen.)
Hahaha! Arks, you're right...Emily Latella moment. But it would have been just as believable my way. ;-)
19282. Adam Selene - 4/28/2006 3:29:46 AM My favorite shirt has my dojo logo on it... but no one ever asks me about it! drives me crazy. I so want to brag.... but I guess they don't think the logo has anything to do with me really...
Sucks much. 19283. judithathome - 4/28/2006 3:40:30 AM Ha! Adam, they probably think there IS no such place! 19284. webfeet - 4/28/2006 4:12:41 AM They? Who'se they? The cabal of existential t-shirt haters? 19285. arkymalarky - 4/28/2006 4:39:10 AM That's the way I feel when I wear my Mote t-shirt. No one asks, "Hey! What's an online community?" 19286. arkymalarky - 4/28/2006 4:39:46 AM That was in response to Adam's post. And while I'm at it, Hey! What's a dojo logo? 19287. judithathome - 4/28/2006 4:46:57 AM Who's they, you say? Why, the "no ones" who never ask what Adam's logo stands for, that's who! 19288. wonkers2 - 4/28/2006 4:53:31 AM Hey! Where'd you get a Mote T-shirt! 19289. judithathome - 4/28/2006 4:54:31 AM Frankster made them some time ago...I have one, too!
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