Oh dear Foxhound! Am I supposed to find Ripped's telephone number and give him a call, letting him know that I'll be posting something about him and that he should be "around" to read it, so that he can respond?Foxhound said:
You're so brilliant!!!
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You're so brilliant!!!
Miss Valentine!
I sincerely doubt that he'd bother. I'm sure that his alternatives for sport aren't limited to the ones that you might provide.
Perhaps. But I've not yet been sufficiently challenged to provide any evidence for your assertion. Although, nonetheless, I do appreciate your sentiments.
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Wow!!! It took me forever to get through this thread. Funny the amount of tangents tho.
Vanessa is a YMMV lady and wishes reviews of her to be non-explicit. For this, I will respect her want. I have to admit, I am a YMMV hobbyist, if the lady is not what I expected or imagined in terms of looks & personality, I will not be into the session the same way had she been exactly what I hoped for and more. In Vanessa case, I was very pleased.
Vanessa is a YMMV lady and wishes reviews of her to be non-explicit. For this, I will respect her want. I have to admit, I am a YMMV hobbyist, if the lady is not what I expected or imagined in terms of looks & personality, I will not be into the session the same way had she been exactly what I hoped for and more. In Vanessa case, I was very pleased.
You are so wise- old wise man! Forgive me if continue to lash out at you in response to your condescending, humorless additions to the thread and board. You haven't offered anything significant to the board in any recentness (BTW, recentness is a word, I just checked it out on dictionary.com: recentness:Foxhound said:Miss Valentine!
"Am I supposed to find Ripped's telephone number and give him a call, letting him know that I'll be posting something about him and that he should be "around" to read it, so that he can respond?"
I sincerely doubt that he'd bother. I'm sure that his alternatives for sport aren't limited to the ones that you might provide.
"You're so brilliant!!!"
Perhaps. But I've not yet been sufficiently challenged to provide any evidence for your assertion. Although, nonetheless, I do appreciate your sentiments.
n 1: a time immediately before the present [syn: recency] 2: the property of having happened or appeared not long ago [syn: recency]
Back to my banter in your regard Foxhound. You're witty, I'll give you that, but you're cold, arrogant, cocky and just plain rude.
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Having been totally burned by the review system within months of starting out, my policy is that NO reviews of my service ever be posted anywhere on a public forum.
Nothing like having a nutbar you've never met review a session that never happened to put you off the concept for life.
What does that mean for the decent guys who check out review boards? They'll never see me, because I "don't have any reviews, so I must be some kind of a problem".
And that's how a review board becomes useless to an SP and hundreds of TERB members and potential clients when just one person among thousands of members takes it upon themselves to use the system maliciously.
Without reviews, I may not have nearly as much business as I should at this point in time, but on the other hand, I'm not a sitting duck for the intellectually and ethically challenged.
And as my good rep does get around by word of mouth and the odd PM, I have the joy of knowing that I did it on my terms, and that my business and reputation does not hang on the word of someone who may be disturbed or simply rude.
So, yeah, I understand SPs having concerns about their public reviews. Like it or not, review boards have an inherent flaw in that they put immense power in the hands of those who can, at will, virtually destroy your livelihood in a few paragraphs.
Nothing like having a nutbar you've never met review a session that never happened to put you off the concept for life.
What does that mean for the decent guys who check out review boards? They'll never see me, because I "don't have any reviews, so I must be some kind of a problem".
And that's how a review board becomes useless to an SP and hundreds of TERB members and potential clients when just one person among thousands of members takes it upon themselves to use the system maliciously.
Without reviews, I may not have nearly as much business as I should at this point in time, but on the other hand, I'm not a sitting duck for the intellectually and ethically challenged.
And as my good rep does get around by word of mouth and the odd PM, I have the joy of knowing that I did it on my terms, and that my business and reputation does not hang on the word of someone who may be disturbed or simply rude.
So, yeah, I understand SPs having concerns about their public reviews. Like it or not, review boards have an inherent flaw in that they put immense power in the hands of those who can, at will, virtually destroy your livelihood in a few paragraphs.
I will take a look at your Rolling Stone comment. I made the observation of your lack of board offerings because I hadnt seen anything on Terb from you in awhile. For a minute there, I thought my prayers had been answered. My mistake.
With regard to my use of the word "recentness", it is a pretty awkward word, isnt it? But you're right, technically correct it is!
As for calling your threads humorless, that was a mistake on my part. I meant to call your opinions narrow-minded (at most times) but got caught up in our war of words.
As per your request, I've looked up the word GRACIOUS in my dictionary, and this is what I found:
gra·cious .adj.
Characterized by kindness and warm courtesy.
Characterized by tact and propriety: responded to the insult with gracious humor.
Of a merciful or compassionate nature.
Condescendingly courteous; indulgent.
Characterized by charm or beauty; graceful.
Characterized by elegance and good taste: gracious living.
It seems that I possess many if not all of the above characteristics
and other than taking my word for it, I'm sure that there are many a lady and gent whom have met me and can vouch for my graciousness.
Foxhound, I realize that you feel bitter towards me. Due, no doubt, to our session back at Roommates. I think it's tacky and and low of you to pick on me because of a mutually unpleasurable situation which occurred in the PAST.
"Age is no guarantee of maturity."
Lawana Blackwell, The Courtship of the Vicar's Daughter, 1998
With regard to my use of the word "recentness", it is a pretty awkward word, isnt it? But you're right, technically correct it is!
As for calling your threads humorless, that was a mistake on my part. I meant to call your opinions narrow-minded (at most times) but got caught up in our war of words.
As per your request, I've looked up the word GRACIOUS in my dictionary, and this is what I found:
gra·cious .adj.
Characterized by kindness and warm courtesy.
Characterized by tact and propriety: responded to the insult with gracious humor.
Of a merciful or compassionate nature.
Condescendingly courteous; indulgent.
Characterized by charm or beauty; graceful.
Characterized by elegance and good taste: gracious living.
It seems that I possess many if not all of the above characteristics
and other than taking my word for it, I'm sure that there are many a lady and gent whom have met me and can vouch for my graciousness.
Foxhound, I realize that you feel bitter towards me. Due, no doubt, to our session back at Roommates. I think it's tacky and and low of you to pick on me because of a mutually unpleasurable situation which occurred in the PAST.
"Age is no guarantee of maturity."
Lawana Blackwell, The Courtship of the Vicar's Daughter, 1998
I am sorry you feel so burned by the review system and that you have had such a negative experience. But I wonder... does anyone think that any one reviewer can virtually "destroy" an sp's livelihood? And if said sp has some regular clients, wouldn't they post positive reviews to counterbalance the one "nutbar"?Ophelia Black said:
Personally, I would never make a negative decision about an sp based on one review, and there are definitely some reviewers who have no credibility with me, no matter what they say.
Miss Valentine!
I've been elsewhere. Although I often wish that these machines weren't so addictive.
Well at least one of us prays for the other.
Well, we all make them. Hey, even I admitted I'd made one earlier in this thread.
No. You're wrong. Had I felt any personal bitterness to you, I would not have been too shy to "pick on you" ages ago. "Shy and unassuming" are not words with which most people would describe me. But you had well over 160 posts before I addressed you at all. Admittedly I asked you about the downloading but it was actually Crazy Canuck with whom I was annoyed and I only glanced at your thread because I was looking for any other comments that he'd made recently. Your involvement was actually just collateral damage.
Not once have I said anything about either your age or maturity. You, however, seem to have a mild fixation on the concept.
I know! I've become addicted to TERB and you're not helping!Foxhound said:
And you need all the prayers you can get!Foxhound said:
Collateral damage. Is that all I am to you?Foxhound said:
I have a mild fixation on more important things than age or maturity.Foxhound said:
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Miss Valentine!
I don't know whether to take that as a compliment or not....
Now that I know I should take as an insult - but I'm not a religious man so I won't bother!
Well tonight you've also become the reason why I'm up past my bedtime....
Groan! You're still arguing with me yet you can't even execute an insult properly. Try the lowercase p!I have a mild fixation on more important things than age or maturity.
"does anyone think that any one reviewer can virtually "destroy" an sp's livelihood?"
Absolutely, when you are brand spanking new like I was, know no one in the business and it's only your third review. My business immediately dropped about 70%.
I came within $16 of being completely broke - bills keep coming even if the phone isn't ringing, Visa and student loans still want their money - and avoided bankruptcy only by turning my finances over to a finance company.
While mine was an extreme case, I think it's a very good example of how a review board can be used as a weapon.
As to "do you ban people if they write a review of you even it is a good one ?", I simply ask them not to review me at all and they respect that.
BTW - none of this took place on TERB - quite the contrary as I have been treated very well here
Absolutely, when you are brand spanking new like I was, know no one in the business and it's only your third review. My business immediately dropped about 70%.
I came within $16 of being completely broke - bills keep coming even if the phone isn't ringing, Visa and student loans still want their money - and avoided bankruptcy only by turning my finances over to a finance company.
While mine was an extreme case, I think it's a very good example of how a review board can be used as a weapon.
As to "do you ban people if they write a review of you even it is a good one ?", I simply ask them not to review me at all and they respect that.
BTW - none of this took place on TERB - quite the contrary as I have been treated very well here
Yet another thread about review content . Same debate , same outcome .
Homonger , who is not only prolific in his hobbying , but is also one of the most unselfish in supplying his reviews does not seem to offend with his reviews dispite supplying rather complete details .
Miss V implying at the beginning of the thread that this was a problem with " the Canadian scene " and that she was tired with it . Somehow I doubt that review content is raunchier here or the clients any less polite on average than NYC . If they are it would be one of the few times anyone said NY was politer than TO .
Goober with his patented polite say nothing suggestions which basically boil down to "...had good time ....then when for a vanilla milkshake " . ( Is there a rule that Mods can't write actual reviews BTW ? ) ( Ever considered UN peacekeeping ? )
People not showering , or showering but not knowing how to wash themselves ( how can someone who can scrap up 2 or 3 hundred bucks for an hour not know how to wash ? )
Guys wanting BBBJ's and this being at the root of conflict . What does it do to your ego when you can't even buy it .....particularly when others can ( for the price of a bus ticket in some cases )
This is sort of like a combo "Groundhog Day " and "Twilight Zone " episode .
It was interesting in that the more you see of someone's postings here the more you have a sense of their personality . Other than the purient subject matter , I guess this is what makes TERB addictive .
The world is YMMV
Homonger , who is not only prolific in his hobbying , but is also one of the most unselfish in supplying his reviews does not seem to offend with his reviews dispite supplying rather complete details .
Miss V implying at the beginning of the thread that this was a problem with " the Canadian scene " and that she was tired with it . Somehow I doubt that review content is raunchier here or the clients any less polite on average than NYC . If they are it would be one of the few times anyone said NY was politer than TO .
Goober with his patented polite say nothing suggestions which basically boil down to "...had good time ....then when for a vanilla milkshake " . ( Is there a rule that Mods can't write actual reviews BTW ? ) ( Ever considered UN peacekeeping ? )
People not showering , or showering but not knowing how to wash themselves ( how can someone who can scrap up 2 or 3 hundred bucks for an hour not know how to wash ? )
Guys wanting BBBJ's and this being at the root of conflict . What does it do to your ego when you can't even buy it .....particularly when others can ( for the price of a bus ticket in some cases )
This is sort of like a combo "Groundhog Day " and "Twilight Zone " episode .
It was interesting in that the more you see of someone's postings here the more you have a sense of their personality . Other than the purient subject matter , I guess this is what makes TERB addictive .
The world is YMMV
