Comments on: I missed a message because it was in MeFi mail

I missed a message because it was in MeFi mail

amtho — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:17:09 -0800

Argh! An anonymous AskMe poster sent me follow up information three days ago -- on my invitation -- but sent it to MeFi mail, so I only just discovered it! Is there some way to make MeFi mail notify my regular e-mail? I feel so guilty...

By: voidcontext

voidcontext — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:21:00 -0800

In your preference page, you can set it to forward to regular mail.

By: nomisxid

nomisxid — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:21:01 -0800

You could just setup mefimail to auto-forwward to an account you actually read regularly.

By: pb

pb — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:21:05 -0800

Yes, you can have all MeFi Mail forwarded to your regular email. Click the "Preferences" link above and check the box next to "Forward MeFi Mail to email?". You might need to verify your email address first.

By: amtho

amtho — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:25:26 -0800

OK, thanks, I probably could have found that if I'd looked just a little bit more. I'm working on it now.

By: amtho

amtho — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:27:33 -0800

I may post a question with the new information on behalf of the anonymous poster; is there any reason not to do this? here is the original question.

Oh, what the heck, here's the new information from the anonymous poster:

Teen son skipped a grade. Also, we're not in the US. Car licensing process begins at 16.5 years and takes a minimum of 1 year (with 200 logged hours) but a maximum of 2 (I think) and he hasn't bothered to start this, even though he is 16.75 because since we don't have a car, so he can't practice and nobody has the money for him to go to driving school.

Uni books are not optional, but his are a new expense this year, as is his tranport to uni.

Saying how much discretionary income I have is pointless, the prices between areas let alone countries is enormously different.

Addressing other points that other people have brought up:

The computer would be husband's own, we each have one, we prefer it to tv.
Camping is impossible without the car. We use taxis when we must, buses, trains and walk.
I'm a minimalist and really don't want more possessions. I pretty much have everything I want.
The kids don't get allowance, they get paid for doing the dishes, a minimal rate of $1 per night. They take turns at this chore. Occasionally I'll pay them to do other things (at slave labour rates), like vacuum and mop house, do the laundry etc.

Thanks to everyone for the ideas, I'm looking forward to sharing the load of prioritizing because "all the blame for the unmet desires is yours" is my biggest issue and using the "here is the unglamorous but functional" line if they won't play.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:34:16 -0800

We admins usually post anonymous followups for the question askers -- there is currently no way for you to repost their info as anonymous, just as you.

By: ALongDecember

ALongDecember — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:35:33 -0800

The original thread is still open, you should post it there.

By: amtho

amtho — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:40:16 -0800

Thanks, Matt, I know I'd have to post it as me. Maybe I'll just stay out of it in the future. Are admins covering the site 24 hours a day?

Yes, I'll probably go ahead and post it to the original thread. The OP has seemingly forgiven me and says to leave it lie.

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:16:02 -0800

Thanks, Matt, I know I'd have to post it as me. Maybe I'll just stay out of it in the future. Are admins covering the site 24 hours a day?

18-20, generally. If it's a question of getting an update posted at 2am, it may just need to wait until we wake up.

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:56:15 -0800

We admins usually post anonymous followups for the question askers -- there is currently no way for you to repost their info as anonymous, just as you.

Let this be a lesson to you, Amtho... Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards... for they are subtle and quick to anger.

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:58:30 -0800

it may just need to wait until we wake up.

Time to make the doughnuts!

By: Admiral Haddock

Admiral Haddock — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:13:16 -0800

Look, Matt et al., I paid five dollars for this account, and I expect round-the-clock service.

Dance for those Abraham Lincolns! Dance, I say! Your Admiral commands it!

By: tkolar

tkolar — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:31:20 -0800

[takes notes on moderator hours while planning future mischief]

By: terrapin

terrapin — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:43:51 -0800

cortex is telling you how many hours a day he sleeps and not how many hours the mods are working.

By: amtho

amtho — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:46:19 -0800

Anger?

Subtle.

Seriously, I am sorry if I did something I shouldn't.

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:08:52 -0800

cortex is telling you how many hours a day he sleeps and not how many hours the mods are working.

Man, I'm lucky if I sleep in till eight on weekends. Don't get me wrong: I am one powerfully lazy motherfucker when I get my laze on, but I haven't been able to sleep in since college.

By: tkolar

tkolar — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:08:34 -0800

Seriously, I am sorry if I did something I shouldn't.

I believe that Dave Faris was just completing the quote. You haven't done anything that would bother anyone else in the least.

Also, for the record my favorite version of that quote is "Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, it makes them soggy and hard to light."

By: Meatbomb

Meatbomb — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:44:41 -0800

The gun is good.
the penis is evil.

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:29:10 -0800

If it's a question of getting an update posted at 2am, it may just need to wait until we wake up.

posted by cortex at 1:08 AM on January 17

Be careful, he's tricksy! Lays a trap for us, he does.

By: TedW

TedW — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:58:19 -0800

For what its worth, amtho, I just found and responded to a MeMail from a month ago, so you are not the only one with this problem.

By: Plutor

Plutor — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:59:01 -0800

Number of admin comments in MeFi and MeTa by time. I used the timestamps of each admin's last 250 comments in each section. Comments are not the only kind of admin activity. Past behavior does not indicate future results.

By: cortex

cortex — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:27:47 -0800

Bonus points for use of Google API.

By: quin

quin — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:36:51 -0800

Note to self: tear shit up at 6am. It's an administrative wasteland, populated only by radioactive zombies and hordes of demi-humans searching for water and petroleum in the barely remembered ashes of civilized society.

And I can probably get away with writing ShitCock! in a bunch of threads.

w00t.

By: amtho

amtho — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:17:26 -0800

Plutor - very cool!