Author Topic: Is it just me... (Read 14063 times)

Clivia · « **Reply #25 on:** December 23, 2008, 03:31 »

Quote from: lathspell on December 22, 2008, 16:57

Quote from: ichiro17 on December 22, 2008, 15:20
Germans are cool

Some are, some are not. I probably am, but that's off-topic.

MichaelJay · « **Reply #26 on:** December 23, 2008, 05:14 »

Quote from: helix7 on December 22, 2008, 17:40

Anything about what istock is doing right is ok, while anything about what istock is doing wrong might be tolerated for a day or two, but ultimately ends up locked in the void.

I don't agree. I have seen quite a few threads where people were stating their disappointments with certain things, such as price raises or best match changes. Those threads usually don't get locked, even if in best match changes about 80% of the comments are negative.

Points are:
- There should be only one thread about any given current topic, so Rob and Chris are locking all "duplicates" pretty fast.
- Try going into any other real-life company and crying out in the entrance hall how bad the company is. You think you will stay in there for long? If you have complaints, the customer service is the right place to go.
- People claiming to have a natural given right to something are plain wrong. We are in business with iStock and any other companies. Both parties agree on a deal, both parties can get out of the deal and both parties have the right to propose changes to the deal (as you have the right to take down or add images whenever you want to).

Obviously you can point out that I am biased (for those who don't know, I was asked to help moderating the new German iStock forum). But I can tell you that I wouldn't have done the task if my main job would be to lock threads. And from the conversations I had with them I can say that Rob and Chris (Lobo) are pretty easy-going and tend to let things run as long as it's a rational discussion and not about insulting the company that helps many of us to finance a part of our life.

LostOne · « **Reply #27 on:** December 23, 2008, 06:01 »

I only read MSG, other forums have too many people with too much time/strict rules on the forums/crazy admins/you name it. What I'd like to point out is that Customer support at IS is pretty slow. I've send them and inquiry about some copyright infringement and it's been almost two months since then (I even send a second mail and got an answer "They take it seriously and it may take time"). If they take it seriously why don't they do something about it now?

shank_ali · « **Reply #28 on:** December 24, 2008, 17:47 »

My biggest gripe with the forum is too many smart arses getting their knickers in a twist about spelling and punctuation in the many various threads i started or contributed to.
As i took more time with my spelling and puctuation those people returned under their rocks from whence they came..
I left school with my three R'S -READING,RITING,RITHMATIC.As my old school teacher told me if you achieve nothing in life you will always have your a-R'S-e to fall back on.

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #29 on:** December 24, 2008, 19:53 »

Quote from: shank_ali on December 24, 2008, 17:47

My biggest gripe with the forum is too many smart arses getting their knickers in a twist about spelling

Asses.

brentmelissa · « **Reply #30 on:** December 24, 2008, 20:32 »

qwerty · « **Reply #31 on:** December 24, 2008, 20:44 »

Quote from: sjlocke on December 24, 2008, 19:53

Quote from: shank_ali on December 24, 2008, 17:47
My biggest gripe with the forum is too many smart arses getting their knickers in a twist about spelling

Asses.

LOL. Sjlocke
My parents always said don't poke snakes with sticks.

RacePhoto · « **Reply #32 on:** December 25, 2008, 19:04 »

Quote from: shank_ali on December 24, 2008, 17:47

My biggest gripe with the forum is too many smart arses getting their knickers in a twist about spelling and punctuation (should be a comma here) in the many various threads i started or contributed to.

I not i
lack of punctuation makes for run on sentence that is difficult to understand
"many various" is redundant, unless you just left out a conjunction between the two words?
ended sentence with dangling preposition.

Did I pass the test?

My knickers are fine but I'm still upset that they only reach just below my knees.

This Is Humor! Not a serious criticism of your punctuation or spelling. My best friend, is the live spell checker on the computer.

shank_ali · « **Reply #33 on:** December 26, 2008, 03:39 »

Quote from: RacePhoto on December 25, 2008, 19:04

Quote from: shank_ali on December 24, 2008, 17:47
My biggest gripe with the forum is too many smart arses getting their knickers in a twist about spelling and punctuation (should be a comma here) in the many various threads i started or contributed to.

I not i
lack of punctuation makes for run on sentence that is difficult to understand
"many various" is redundant, unless you just left out a conjunction between the two words?
ended sentence with dangling preposition.

Did I pass the test?

My knickers are fine but I'm still upset that they only reach just below my knees.

This Is Humor! Not a serious criticism of your punctuation or spelling. My best friend, is the live spell checker on the computer.

Humour is ok but not everyone understands it all the time.I did not understand what you were implying about your knickers or really want to if truth be known.
The spellchecker advice has been given to me a couple of times of which i still ignore.Am i an ignorant/dumb/obtuse/stubborn or just plain daft for ignoring good advice who knows or cares.
I AM ME.

Tuilay · « **Reply #34 on:** December 28, 2008, 20:09 »

Quote from: qwerty on December 24, 2008, 20:44

Quote from: sjlocke on December 24, 2008, 19:53
Quote from: shank_ali on December 24, 2008, 17:47
My biggest gripe with the forum is too many smart arses getting their knickers in a twist about spelling

Asses.

Actually, it's arses if you're British, and asses, if you're from the great old US of A.
To shank_ali and many of us, an ass is a kind of a donkey , you know those things with long ears
and bray? English was written and taught properly in UK and Europe,
but as Noel Coward once mentioned, "better to let the French speak English, then the Americans ...
meaning those in the US of A."
That was coined ages ago, and still applies.

lisafx · « **Reply #35 on:** December 28, 2008, 21:21 »

Quote from: Tuilay on December 28, 2008, 20:09

... English was written and taught properly in UK and Europe,
but as Noel Coward once mentioned, "better to let the French speak English, then the Americans ...
meaning those in the US of A."
That was coined ages ago, and still applies.

Interesting comment coming from that famous Brit - Bruce Willis

FWIW I am pretty sure Sean knows what arses are and was making a (very dry) joke....

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #36 on:** December 28, 2008, 21:25 »

I think I've seen Braveheart enough times

"Before we let you leave, your commander must cross that field, present himself before this army, put his head between his legs, and kiss his own arse."

Tuilay · « **Reply #37 on:** December 28, 2008, 22:09 »

Quote from: lisafx on December 28, 2008, 21:21

Quote from: Tuilay on December 28, 2008, 20:09

... English was written and taught properly in UK and Europe,
but as Noel Coward once mentioned, "better to let the French speak English, then the Americans ...
meaning those in the US of A."
That was coined ages ago, and still applies.

Interesting comment coming from that famous Brit - Bruce Willis

FWIW I am pretty sure Sean knows what arses are and was making a (very dry) joke....

yea Sean, Mel Gibson ... good old Brit, lol

Lisa, you mean Bruce Willis isn't Brit ? Then what was he doing in the bath with Jane March... Why, that dirty dog ! that...that... son of a ...

RacePhoto · « **Reply #38 on:** December 28, 2008, 23:50 »

Quote from: shank_ali on December 26, 2008, 03:39

Humour is ok but not everyone understands it all the time.I did not understand what you were implying about your knickers or really want to if truth be known.
The spellchecker advice has been given to me a couple of times of which i still ignore.Am i an ignorant/dumb/obtuse/stubborn or just plain daft for ignoring good advice who knows or cares.
I AM ME.

You are you, we are we, and who was the walrus?

Golf Knickers came before woman's bikini underwear became known as that.

Harry Vardon was the first international golf celebrity, and easily one of the game's most influential players. The grip he popularized is now known as the Vardon Grip; the "Vardon Flyer" ball may have represented the first equipment deal for a golfer. His first big win was the 1896 British Open, where he played in what would become his signature attire: knickers (the first golfer to play in knickers), dress shirt, tie, and buttoned jacket.

Antiquated but that's what the joke about my knickers was about. Not that I'm a cross dresser.

Knickerbockers were a men's or boys' baggy knee trousers particularly popular in the early twentieth century. Golfers' plus twos and plus fours were trousers of this type. Before World War II, skiers often wore knickerbockers too, usually ankle-length.

Until after World War II, in many anglophone countries, boys customarily wore short pants in summer and knickerbockers or "knickers" (or "knee pants") in winter. At the onset of puberty, they graduated to long trousers. In that era, the transition to "long pants" was a major rite of passage. See, for example, the classic song Blues in the Night by Johnny Mercer: "My mammy done told me, when I was in knee-pants, my mammy done told me, son..."

Baseball players wear a stylized form of knickerbockers, although the pants have become snugger in recent decades and some modern ballplayers opt to pull the trousers close to the ankles.

So what the UK residents claim to have in language, they also have some unusual taste in clothing.

Class dismissed.

hali · « **Reply #39 on:** December 30, 2008, 10:55 »

Quote from: RacePhoto on December 28, 2008, 23:50

(edited for brevity)

....Baseball players wear a stylized form of knickerbockers, although the pants have become snugger in recent decades and some modern ballplayers opt to pull the trousers close to the ankles.

So what the UK residents claim to have in language, they also have some unusual taste in clothing.

Amen to that

jsnover · « **Reply #40 on:** December 30, 2008, 11:26 »

Quote from: RacePhoto on December 28, 2008, 23:50

Until after World War II, in many anglophone countries, boys customarily wore short pants in summer and knickerbockers or "knickers" (or "knee pants") in winter. At the onset of puberty, they graduated to long trousers. In that era, the transition to "long pants" was a major rite of passage.

My brother was at a boarding school in the 1960s in England, and the uniform for the younger boys was shorts year round. In winter, even in the snow, they had to walk from their house to the main school building in shorts.

I'm horrified to remember that when he complained about how cold it was and said it was nuts they weren't allowed to wear long pants (trousers), I defended that ridiculous convention. It's amazing what brainwashing social conventions can accomplish

borg · « **Reply #41 on:** January 11, 2009, 14:37 »

One of my picture has 181 views at IS.
Approved a few hours ago...

For me,this is something very strange!
Similar experience???

bittersweet · « **Reply #42 on:** January 11, 2009, 15:03 »

Quote from: borg on January 11, 2009, 14:37

One of my picture has 181 views at IS.
Approved a few hours ago...

For me,this is something very strange!
Similar experience???

Do you have any idea how long it was sitting on the front page? A LOT of people make it a point to check in on Sunday mornings to see the "of the week" selections and download the free file. If you had the good luck to be in a batch of images that paused on the front in the "newest uploads" box, it would be very common to get a wave of views from people whose interest/curiosity was piqued.

ETA the quote after realizing this post is completely off topic to this thread about knickers.

Adeptris · « **Reply #43 on:** January 11, 2009, 16:11 »

Quote from: jsnover on December 30, 2008, 11:26

My brother was at a boarding school in the 1960s in England, and the uniform for the younger boys was shorts year round. In winter, even in the snow, they had to walk from their house to the main school building in shorts.

I'm horrified to remember that when he complained about how cold it was and said it was nuts they weren't allowed to wear long pants (trousers), I defended that ridiculous convention. It's amazing what brainwashing social conventions can accomplish

Lucky him, I lived in a farm cottage and started school in the 1960's and remember wearing shorts and plimsoles in all weathers, including the really bad winter 1963, the mile walk to school and being in tears waiting in the playground to go into school.

I wore long trousers for the first time when I started secondary school 1965, and I chuckled this week when they were talking of poor families and fuel poverty, I had to snuggle up with my siblings to keep warm, one room was heated by a coal fire for about two hours a day, tin bath on the wall came down once a week and we had to share the water, when we moved to london seven in a one bedroomed flat for 5 years.

Oooops whats this thread about lol

David

Oh yeah my first post on Istock september 2007 was greated with the "Search the forum before you post" and "this is the wrong forum for your question", many replies were not helpful or just linked to other threads, even then there were some threads locked for what seemed personal vendetta's, sounds like not much has changed.

PaulieWalnuts · « **Reply #44 on:** January 11, 2009, 16:50 »

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borg · « **Reply #45 on:** January 11, 2009, 17:32 »

Thanks Whatalife!

Many views but 0 dl.s...

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