Garlic naan . . . naan . . .
If you want me to leave, you can put your hands on my hot, tight little body and make me.
Spike ,'Get It Done'
Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Jan 02, 2007 5:13:57 pm PST #9481 of 10007
brillig
Laura - Jan 02, 2007 5:25:06 pm PST #9482 of 10007
Our wings are not tired.
I was delighted to finally go to kindergarten since my older sisters had been in school all my life. I do remember being seriously pissed off at my mother for putting me in the morning session instead of afternoon because I would miss Captain Kangaroo. I just couldn't understand why she would do such a thing to me. I may have to remind her of this early transgression. What? 45 years isn't too long to hold a grudge.
Cashmere - Jan 02, 2007 5:39:24 pm PST #9483 of 10007
Now tagless for your comfort.
Oh, jeeze. Dirt has a schizophrenic paparazzo--whose cat talks to him. Ima have to write a letter.
Aims - Jan 02, 2007 5:39:36 pm PST #9484 of 10007
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Em and I had chicken tikka while Joe enjoyed his sooper hot lamb vindaloo. We also had plain and garlic naan.
Cashmere - Jan 02, 2007 5:40:37 pm PST #9485 of 10007
Now tagless for your comfort.
Oh, I love the word "vindaloo."
Aims - Jan 02, 2007 5:43:25 pm PST #9486 of 10007
Shit's all sorts of different now.
"Vindaloo" always makes me start singing songs from Rent.
aurelia - Jan 02, 2007 6:06:02 pm PST #9487 of 10007
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Does anyone here prefer Blockbuster's online service better than Netflix?
I have the Blockbuster service and have no major problems (the occassional damaged disc). Never had Netflix, so I can't really compare. I know not of Blockbuster edits. I would think that would be prohibitively expensive and time consuming for them. I've used some of the coupons, but I haven't done the in-store return yet.
mmmmm vindaloo
Nutty - Jan 02, 2007 6:17:06 pm PST #9488 of 10007
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Netflix totally cops -- not anywhere on its site, I bet -- to the bottleneck thing they do. Basically, if you return movies at a high rate, they put you on The List, and it suddenly starts taking a whole day, or two, to process a return and send the next one out, instead of an hour. I was on The List last spring, and it was pretty irritating; suddenly I couldn't depend on something sent back on Monday being replaced by Friday.
If you're a total spaz and have Mrs. Miniver out for 2 weeks, they take you off The List.
Kathy A - Jan 02, 2007 6:25:47 pm PST #9489 of 10007
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Didn't they have a lawsuit that stopped them from having A List?
Strega - Jan 02, 2007 6:35:03 pm PST #9490 of 10007
Well, because of the suit they changed the TOS:
In determining priority for shipping and inventory allocation, we may utilize many different factors, including without limitation, the number and type of DVDs you rent through our service, the subscription plan you select, as well as other uses of our service by you. For example, if all other factors are the same, we give priority to those members who receive the fewest DVDs through our service.
Which, y'know... as an extremely low-frequency user, I don't think is all that unfair, or for that matter an unsound business practice.
Turnaround time also depends on how close you are to a distribution center, and what you're getting.