starkers

reply 90

I don't know what all the fuss is about as I never use the 'subscriptions' tab when browsing the forums.  At any time I want to check on previous posts I simply go to my recent posts, etc.

However, just so's I can have a bitch [thus far I haven't had one this week] and support the cause, I don't like the auto-subscribe feature, either ...nor do I need it. And I hate seeing that fechen tab with fechen numbers on it... reminds me of what my g/f's father said when I told him we were playing doctors and nurses and I was taking her temperature.... "When you pull that thing out of there it'd better have numbers on it!"

I look at the tab and see 32+ subscriptions and think "WTF, I been to all those threads?  Geez I've been a busy boy."  Thing is, while I don't like it and would much prefer to see it gone [banished eternally to the woods where monsters and greebies lurk], the auto-subscribe feature/tab doesn't bother me enough to get my knickers in a knot. I mean, it hasn't hurt me as yet... nor has it caused me any illnesses.  However, I may just have been lucky thus far.

It hasn't given me a headache as yet, or a STD [Sexually Transmitted Dialogue], but if it does I'll be right back here bitchin' and cussin' like a trooper who's just got a dose of the clap from a virgin.

It is really only a hassle to people who actually use that feature. I had subscribed to a bunch of threads that I hadn't replied to, just to keep an eye on particular info, news, etc. Now that every thread I do post in gets stuck in there (which really just makes it a double of the "My Replies" tab) it overruns any threads that I just want to watch, without participating at this time.

This is why you don't see what the fuss is all about, because you don't use it.

I find the option very useful, handy even, when it used to work. The way it is now is like Leo said.

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The way the "option" "works" now, it really serves no purpose. You must dig through all the crap you don't need to see to get to what you want. Hey! We already have that option, it's called The Forums!!

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Um, like, sorry, thought I was joking... being flippant in my previous post.

Well I tried to be.

No need to be sorry. You can't help it if redneck stump humpers miss Aussie humor...

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Stump humper, eh?   Does that mean you're leaving the sheep alone?

Frankly, if I were you, I'd have stuck with the sheep.... like little to no chance of splinters.

So you're saying there is a chance!?  

[Daiwa unchecks 'Subscribe to this post' checkbox]

Yuh, I guess!   S'pose it depends on what the sheep has been eating.  If it's a bit of bark with a bit of tree still attached, I guess there's the distinct possibility of splinters.

Frankly, I have more respect for my 'old fella' and don't bother livestock that may or may not have eaten 'woody' substances... well not since I lost my virginity to an old crone at age 12, at least.  Dunno if I was willing at the time or whether she put a spell on me, but in any event, there's no point to my complaining if she did. 

She'd be 85 now and have more warts and wrinkles, but that's not my greatest fear... no siree.  Nope, I'd be scared her magic was more powerful and she'd make me do it all over again.

[starkers sees no point unchecking the 'subscribe to this post' box... I unchecked the flu box and still got it   ]

Another chance. yay

{checking out my neighbor}

Romance afoot? Hmmm.....

Any progress on this? I was told it was being looked into.

I hope that doesn't mean "let's let it slide and see if it goes away".   

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*Note to Jim: It's Sunday. 

Since it's been over a month since the issue was first addressed, it's not unreasonable to ask about progress.......even on a Sunday.

I highly doubt that Jim was asking for an immediate response today, I'm sure he expects some will see it tomorrow.

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Thanks Tim, you'd be correct. 

*Note to Doc, I know. But it wasn't yesterday, or the day before....*

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In your world.

You note how many admin answers you've gotten on Sunday.

And this endlessly whiney, PITA thread you keep going has been seen. Only you think repeating (seemingly) endlessly will make it happen faster. 

Why not just use the auto-subscribe feature?