Riley: Maybe I should just let you rest. Buffy: You sure? I bet if you just lay down with me- Riley: Nothing you are about to say will lead to rest.

'Lessons'


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.


sj - Aug 22, 2016 5:45:47 am PDT #26434 of 30003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

sj, we have the same china! My everyday dishes are these: [link]. I have everything except the mugs. Setting for 12, and I've used them all at least twice (and not because' I was too lazy to wash the dishes).

Yay! Great minds. I have settings for twelve as well, but I'm missing a few bowls and accent plates, and I'd like some more serving platters (I have one). I have an alert through ebay.

I'd really like something bright and colorful for every day. Something like this but not melamine. I'm ridiculously picky and just haven't found the perfect thing yet.


Zenkitty - Aug 22, 2016 7:51:40 am PDT #26435 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Can melamine dishes go through a dishwasher?

An author emailed just to tell me, "The proof revisions are in proof-revision.pdf." NO! I would've never guessed!


Connie Neil - Aug 22, 2016 7:53:02 am PDT #26436 of 30003
brillig

re: dishes: I love the colors of Fiestaware, but I'm leaning towards lighter stuff, ie Corelle and its ilk.


Jesse - Aug 22, 2016 7:57:23 am PDT #26437 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

We're in a drought here, and sunny days are nice and everything, but I just looked it up -- for June/July/August, we usually average about 10.3" of rain. This year, we're not going to break 4". So glad I'm not a farmer right now! A little sad my mother spent money on the yard this year.


Steph L. - Aug 22, 2016 7:57:36 am PDT #26438 of 30003
I look more rad than Lutheranism

An author emailed just to tell me, "The proof revisions are in proof-revision.pdf." NO! I would've never guessed!

Better than my author, who emailed to tell me the editing is "all wrong." (On an article that my coordinator gave me excellent feedback on. Embrace the irony.) He wants me to call him so "we can figure out why the editing is wrong." That is the most passive-aggressive thing I've ever read. (SPOILER: I am NOT calling him, because fuck him, that's why.)

He also said he wants to "start the process over," which I think means "I want you to take my unedited manuscript and re-edit it, but only in the way I deem acceptable." NOPE.

I am so tired of these bullshit special snowflake authors who are aggrieved that their precious baby words are edited. When their article is accepted, they are told it will be edited. (I know there are medical journals out there that publish without any editing happening whatsoever. Perhaps these authors have been published in such journals. But that's not how we roll.)


Connie Neil - Aug 22, 2016 8:04:26 am PDT #26439 of 30003
brillig

Fortunately, I'm allowed to ignore customers who email me directly instead of going through the support protocols. So many of them think I've suddenly become their free, personal IT person.


Toddson - Aug 22, 2016 8:27:27 am PDT #26440 of 30003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I inherited my grandmother's wedding china; it's not marked that I remember, but I believe (I've had it packed away for years) that it said either "Bavaria" or "Bohemia" on the bottom. I did snag some of the family silver and some of my mother's good glassware, which I love.


Gudanov - Aug 22, 2016 8:28:09 am PDT #26441 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping

Can melamine dishes go through a dishwasher?

Yes


Toddson - Aug 22, 2016 8:44:29 am PDT #26442 of 30003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I think melamine dishes could probably go through an industrial car wash without damage. Or possibly a war zone.


Zenkitty - Aug 22, 2016 8:45:30 am PDT #26443 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Thanks, Gud! And Toddson!

Steph, I now have some "outside editors" who are giving the authors whatever they ask for in their corrections, requiring me to either change it back to style after the proofs are done, or have to leave it as-is because there's no more time. Authors don't get to decide where the hyphens go! and boy are some authors deeply invested in their hyphenation.