The last 2 mins

[susandennis]

My father never played. My brother never played. I went to an all girls high school. In college I spent all the time I wasn't playing bridge for beer money, marching to end the war in Viet Nam. So I totally missed everything football. I don't really understand it and don't really care.

BUT, I love fireworks. And when the Seahawks win I can see fireworks from my living room. They are kind of lame but, heck, they are better than nothing and I get a charge out of them every time.

So, I try to tune into the last 5 minutes of the game so I'll know when to go stand by the window and get the best view. This year, the Seahawks have played a whole lotta football in the last 5 minutes of the games and tonight was no exception. They are going to be partying hearty in this 'hood for many hours to come yet tonight.

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My little eBay twerp continues to annoy. I got another note from him asking for the numbers on the back of the Treo. He says that he called Sprint with the number I gave him and they have no record of the serial number.

I took a picture of the number off the phone and sent it to him with a note saying that his implication was insulting. That I bought the phone in March from a Sprint Store and used it on their service until last week. And that if I did not receive payment from him by Wednesday, it would be sold to someone who would pay.

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Two new sit coms debuted last Wednesday on ABC. I finally have watched both of them. The one that the critics said was ok, I enjoyed thoroughly (The Knights of Prosperity). The one that the critics said was probably a keeper (In Case of Emergency) sucked eggs. I also watched the pilot of Dirt which everyone but kjaz said was horrible and it was not horrible at all. I think it's going to be highly entertaining...

Comments

[jimcarson.livejournal.com]

Jeebus, your buyer has a feedback rating of 88.2%, which is like an F minus minus minus in eBay parlance.

[susandennis]

so how do you prevent those kinds of idiots from bidding? what should I have done?

[jimcarson.livejournal.com]

Dunno... other than posting you have the right to refuse service to morons or those with more than one negative feedback.

Expect him to ask for Carbon-12 dating or something else stupid. I thought the auction was very clear.

[susandennis]

poop... I'm not real clear how the feedback system helps sellers.

[jimcarson.livejournal.com]

I don't know that feedback is very helpful at all other than identifying n00bs and people who have cranial-rectal inversion.

There seems to be a retaliatory culture; a lot of sellers won't leave feedback until the buyer leaves feedback (for precisely this reason).

[dragonvpm.livejournal.com]

I'm not 100% sure about this, but I think you can cancel bids if you aren't comfortable with the person bidding.

I know I've seen some auctions where the seller explcitly states that those with very little or somewhat negative feedback should contact them before placing a bid or risk having the bid cancelled, but I'm not sure how you would do that.

Maybe you could look up how to cancel a bid and see if it's possible to do so without adversely affecting the auction?

BTW, thanks for the heads up about Dirt. I tivo'ed it on a lark the other night, but I hadn't gotten around to watching it (after hearing it was crap). After I read your comment I started watching it tonight and so far I'm enjoying it (but it's late so I'll finish it up tomorrow or Monday).

[susandennis]

Turns out you are very right! Thank you. If I do have to relist I'll do it right this time! sigh.

Good deal about Dirt. I did not even both to TiVo it cause of all the bad reviews. But then Kjaz talked about it in his journal - so I'm just paying it forward...

[susandennis]

I am likely going to have to list it again so I'm really trying to figure out how to avoid this.

go to "My eBay"

[henare.livejournal.com]

on the left hand nav bar there's an item, Preferences, under My Account. choose that and you'll get a bunch of preferences you can set. the prefs you want are under "Buyer Requirements." you don't get much wiggle room with this, but you get some ...

Re: go to "My eBay"

[susandennis]

perfect! yes. geesh when will I learn to ask these questions beforehand?! thanks!

[rsc.livejournal.com]

We watched the last 8 minutes or so of the game (that's 8 football-clock minutes, or about 45 minutes of elapsed time); it felt like we had watched the whole game. There was, as you say, a lotta football at the end there.

The utlimate irony -- although I'm glad it didn't turn out that way -- would have been for Seattle to be thrown for a loss on the first play of their last possession -- safety! 2 points! Dallas wins!

(In case you missed it, as it might have been before you started watching, the Seahawks started on their path to victory by way of a safety against Dallas, after Seattle had blown a first-and-goal scoring opportunity and turned the ball over on downs.)

[roadskoller.livejournal.com]

I think of you everytime I watch a football game with the Seahawks.

[susandennis]

I love that. When they are playing here, I do wave...

[roadskoller.livejournal.com]

Well hell. If I'd known that, I would've looked in the back ground for you waving.
I'll wave back next time.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Well, they're not going to be playing there again until next season. At least, I'm pretty sure they were fourth seed, so they don't get any more home games.

[susandennis]

When the email came in alerting me to your comment, my friend, Lee was here and I was JUST asking her if there will be any more games! Wild. And she confirmed. We're done. No more waving until next year.

[fredli.livejournal.com]

I was very tuned into the game (it's a long story, but Dallas is actually Arizona's home team.) I hoped someone would win, and they did :) From the blimp shots I imagined the closed end of the stadium was toward you, so that you can't actually watch the game :(

[bemocked.livejournal.com]

I was gonna point out that you can cancel bids from specific bidders before the auction ends... but I see that was already pointed out.

[tbone.livejournal.com]

Funny, you are the second person on my flist to say Knights was worth watching but Emergency was horrible. The odd thing about that was that people in the industry were slamming Knights and saying it was a total dog and should never air. Huh. Goes to show what they know, I guess.

[susandennis]

Of course having read all of that, my expectations for Knights were really low BUT the characters are really engaging and it just works.

But what do I know... I single handedly got at least a partial second season out of Rodney and was very grateful for it.

Emergency really is a dog. Seriously, I'd rather have 30 mins of Yule Log.