Be a post whore!

[glatt]

Article in WSJ condemning false API tweet ironically gets president's name wrong.

By JONATHAN CHENG, MIKE CHERNEY and JERRY DICOLO

A false tweet briefly sent financial markets veering on Tuesday, in the latest illustration of traders' sensitivity.

U.S. stocks and the dollar briefly plunged Tuesday afternoon and U.S. Treasury bonds and gold prices soared, after a tweet from the Associated Press's Twitter account claimed that there were two explosions in the White House and that President Barrack Obama had been injured.

Sucky journalists commenting on sucky journalists. I may be sucky, but at least I don't hold myself out to be something special.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Wait, I go to your link and see...

A false tweet briefly sent financial markets veering on Tuesday, underscoring technology's role in tightly linking global markets and highlighting the potential pitfalls of that reliance on technology.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and oil prices briefly plunged Tuesday afternoon and U.S. Treasury bond prices soared, after a tweet from the Associated Press's Twitter account claimed that there were two explosions in the White House and that President Barack Obama had been injured.

This does not match your quote. Did they change the article, I don't see any corrections listed?

[glatt]

They changed it. I added the bold, but the rest was a copy and paste.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Heh, they must have gotten some tweets. Well you've captured their foibles so they won't get away with it, when the rest on the nation reads this thread.

[Sundae]

I can smell sausages.

[morethanpretty]

What kind?

[Sundae]

Pork I think. But that was yesterday.
Today I am treading on eggshells.

I haven't done anything wrong, in fact I have behaved in an exemplary fashion. But the 'rents had new sofas delivered today and the delivery men came early. The window was 09.00-12.00 and they called at 07.50 to say they were on their way.

Meh, the 'rents are old and hate a change to their routine. And Mum is ill - has lost half a stone (7lbs) in a week. So although they are happy that the delivery is here and assembled and all sorted, they are also grumpy and prone to complaining. Have helped shift things around and gave them back their change from last night and done some dusting.

Just have to remember not to take it personally. I'm a bit of a grumpy old woman myself these days, and I guess I would have been unsettled by a call an hour before I was expecting it too.

Shame, because I wanted to tell her all about last night in a real cosy mother-daughter chat thing, make it come alive for her. Still, my time will come. I'll find a relevant thread and tell y'all instead.

[Aliantha]

Sundae, have they tested you for taxoplasmosis? Just wondering.

[Sundae]

They've tested me for damn near everything I think.
I'll ask.

Mum has settled down a bit now.
The good thing is she knows she can depend on me. She said, "I should have asked you to go to the hospital with your father." Yes, she should have done - I didn't know he was going until after he had gone, he goes out every morning after all. And she wants me to go to the chemist for her later, as I did yesterday. I glory in these little things I can do.

Turns out she broke her glasses yesterday, so she can't read, use the internet or her Kindle, so no wonder she is grumpy - I would be too. I'm doing my best for her. When she can see again I'll show her the photos. We've now talked about the evening, I knew we would. Glad I didn't get all offended and stroppy. Am learning how to choose my time

[Aliantha]

I was just wondering. I knew someone once who had it, and it took the docs a year or more to figure out that's what it was. What brought it to mind (although I'm sure they're not related) was your Mum being sick now. Just made me think of it that's all.

Hopefully it's not that, but then, it'd be good I guess if you knew what it really was.

[Sundae]

Tcha.
Took them 2 years to diagnose Dad's epilepsy. He was told confidently by his GP that it was a gastric problem.
Thank goodness for Mum pushing and pushing for a proper diagnosis.

Same with Grandad and Parkinson's.
She knew he had it a year before it was officially diagnosed (Great Aunt Emma had it and Mum recognised the symptoms.)

She is wrong sometimes of course.
Two sets of Uncles and Aunts should be dead by now by her reckoning.
But it's good to know she fights when her corner is threatened.

[morethanpretty]

I am not getting Toby back. Right now I'm not really feeling depressed about it which is making me feel guilty. I think part of the reason I'm taking it so well is the meds and that I already accepted the likelihood of them saying no. It does feel a tad unfair though.

[morethanpretty]

Originally Posted by morethanpretty

I am not getting Toby back. Right now I'm not really feeling depressed about it which is making me feel guilty. I think part of the reason I'm taking it so well is the meds and that I already accepted the likelihood of them saying no. It does feel a tad unfair though.

OK I guess I lied. I'm starting to cry now and questioning if I'm even good enough to keep Della.

[xoxoxoBruce]

A good friend is a dog catcher in NJ, and she has contact with a lot of the rescue groups. She gets frustrated as hell with the attitudes of some of these placement people. They are worst than human adoption agencies, and constantly bitch about not being to rescue more dogs but won't give up the ones they have. So don't be so sure it's you, it's likely them.

[DanaC]

I absolutely concur with that Bruce.

Moar, whilst some of the centres employ sensible systems to ensure new owners know what they're taking on and reduce the likelihood of a dog being returned to them at a later date, a lot of them go way too far in there assessment and adoption procedures.

I know quite a few that are, frankly, ridiculous. I know of several people who've gone through similar experiences to yours, where they have taken on a dog to foster with the hope of adopting and then had the rug pulled out from under them because the centre decided they weren't the perfect home for the breed. In one case, they said that the house and environment was not sutable for a bearded collie...not that this would be any kind of a block if they had decided to go buy a puppy. Not everyone has a large secure garden for their dog to play. How is that a reason to deny an adoption, if the person is an experienced dog owner willing to go for two hours of walking every day?

It's shitty. But, please do not internalise their decision as some kind of valid judgement of your capacity to look after a dog. They're being dicks. Be upset that you can't have him, sure. But that's them at fault, not you.

Of course you are good enough to keep Della. Don't let their silliness poison your enjoyment of her. She's a happy little dog and she has a lovely life.