Steph, I enjoy that so much. Also the many authors that send a separate comment file I have to download that just says, "Please see my corrections." OMG if you hadn't told me to look at the corrections I would've totally not! That was 30 seconds well spent, Author.
We gotta go to the crappy town where I'm the hero!
Wash ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Zenkitty - Jul 01, 2016 9:36:38 am PDT #23962 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Steph L. - Jul 01, 2016 9:41:00 am PDT #23963 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Also the many authors that send a separate comment file I have to download that just says, "Please see my corrections."
I had another author indicate changes in a PDF with the sticky notes, but then sent a separate Word doc with answers to the queries, WHICH ARE IN THE PDF AS COMMENT BALLOONS. They could have just used a sticky note next to each query!!!
And this one I'm doing right now -- with the 10,000 sticky notes -- the author isn't actually answering the queries I asked. (Like, "please provide a statement about IRB approval of this study" was answered with "UCSF IRB did not require patient consent." That's not the question I asked, you nimrod. I can't just assume that the UCSF IRB granted approval of the study -- although it's 99.9% likely that they did -- because you didn't explicitly tell me that they did, so now I have to email you back because YOU CAN'T READ.)
DavidS - Jul 01, 2016 9:49:15 am PDT #23964 of 30003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My bag has been delivered!
My cool shirts are return-ed to me.
Zenkitty - Jul 01, 2016 10:33:23 am PDT #23965 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
My cool shirts are return-ed to me.
All rejoice in thy good fortune.
I had another author indicate changes in a PDF with the sticky notes, but then sent a separate Word doc with answers to the queries, WHICH ARE IN THE PDF AS COMMENT BALLOONS.
Like 40% of my authors will do that, send the marked-up PDF AND a list in a Word doc. And we have to go through both sets one-by-one because sometimes they put a change in one that they neglect to include in the other.
Dana - Jul 01, 2016 10:37:18 am PDT #23966 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Steph, just on the off chance that this helps, you can view all of the comments in a PDF in a list, rather than having to individually click on every stupid balloon. You probably know this already, but even the thought of having to spend all that time working with PDF comments makes me sad.
Toddson - Jul 01, 2016 10:46:04 am PDT #23967 of 30003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Submitted for your approval. I have a friend with a birthday coming up ... although she'd probably hate how it looks.
Zenkitty - Jul 01, 2016 10:50:00 am PDT #23968 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
That needs me to buy it. Because I like the pattern and it wants my approval.
Connie Neil - Jul 01, 2016 11:21:58 am PDT #23969 of 30003
brillig
I am a boring person and would stash diet Coke in there.
Toddson - Jul 01, 2016 11:26:38 am PDT #23970 of 30003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
well, you could stash a LOT of diet Coke in there
Kat - Jul 01, 2016 11:48:26 am PDT #23971 of 30003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
All of the flour, except for the King Arthur's, has been pulled due to e.coli. Which is fine because we use King Arthur's, but sad if you needed to make cookies and couldn't find flour. In summer, there is a real chance of that happening.