They don't give you an "I voted today" sticker to prevent that?

I don't think I've ever gotten one of those. It makes me grumpy.

Possibly not as grumpy as throwing hot tea on myself, but still.

I have to admit, JZ, remembering my Gallo-citage does endear one to my blackened heart. Also, I need your meatspace address.

I'd read it, Asshole Portland Man!

Oh, that's beautiful! You need to reply to it, for some reason, and maybe CC other people in. I once got accidentally CCed on a bitchy e-mail about me from one TTer to another. I couldn't not insert myself into the discussion. I mean, why let that lie?

I am confused by the whole "recall" function on email messages. Invariably, said email message is never recalled. I always read it. Does it actually work?

Am I missing something vital?

Only the part where I go to the bakery and ask for a pumpkin pie and pay the nice lady.

Then he tried to recall it. But too late! I'd read it, Asshole Portland Man! See if I'm ever polite to you again.

Methinks Asshole Portland Man will live to regret this.

Hmmmm. I just discovered that I'm making pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving. I'm assuming one gets pie crust, gets a can or two of pumpkin pie filling, inserts filling into crust, and bakes. When the pie is done and cool you smother it with whipped cream and eat.

Careful there - mostly what's in the can is just pumpkin. They'll have a recipe on the back which mostly involves mixing in some eggs, sugar, and spices. (Which you can get all together - look for "pumpkin pie spice.") But it's still easy-peasy.

Groupwise (Novell) had a great and completely transparent recall -- if you hadn't read it, it disappeared from your inbox. As far as I can tell with MS, all recall means is "Hey! So and so really regrets sending this e-mail -- you need to read it right away!"

"Hey! So and so really regrets sending this e-mail -- you need to read it right away!"

Hee, pretty much - it's like the graphic violence and adult content warnings before tv shows that you were almost not going to watch.

They don't give you an "I voted today" sticker to prevent that?

They probably would have, but voting before coffee = not waiting around for stickers.

I am confused by the whole "recall" function on email messages.

I've never heard of such a thing. I am so out of the loop.

When I think of "recall" in this context I think about the attempt to recall Slim Pickens' B-52 in Doctor Strangelove. And we all know how well that turned out.

Ha. The apology just arrived.