Ridiculous comment about being forced . If you wrote everyday was fireworks, I d relegate your site

Every once in a while I consult our blog s statistics page to see where our visitors are coming from. Yesterday, as often happens when I see a source that I don t recognize, I followed a link to a thread on a cruising forum. The content of the thread isn t all that important plaza hotel new york but one post on it was by someone who professed to be a former reader of this blog. He said that he stopped visiting because my daily posts seemed forced, as if I had nothing to write about but felt compelled to post to simply plaza hotel new york keep the hits coming in. True? Yes and no.
Because we seldom go a day without posting, I do know that there are a number of people who would wonder what s up? if I were to miss a day and so, for this reason, I do feel a bit of a responsibility to at least make an effort. As for not having anything to say though, that is hardly accurate. I have an entire list of topics that I want to discuss and will post about them when I m so inspired. Today though, I have nothing of a nautical interest plaza hotel new york to share. plaza hotel new york So, if you re one of those guys, you might want to tune out now.
Today I am posting from our new iPad mini because we dropped our MacBook plaza hotel new york Pro at the Apple store in Temecula. As I posted before, the trackpad stopped working and although I was using a mouse as a workaround, I thought I d take a crack at getting it repaired while here. I am a huge fan of Apple products, having plaza hotel new york been a customer plaza hotel new york for over 20 years. I am now a real fan of the service they offer in their stores too. Things break, that is a fact that boaters know all too well. The systems that Apple have organized in their stores to deal with service issues should be studied by retail outlets everywhere. I won t bore you with the details but after promising plaza hotel new york to try to squeeze our repair job in so that we could pick the computer back up on Sunday, we received an email only a few hours after we had left to say that they had already completed the job. Happy? Very!
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And on to the better news how are you enjoying that GORGEOUS granddaughter? I saw the photo of her and Rebecca on FB and she is so beautiful. Methinks you are going to have a difficult time come departure day.
I did my last two post from the iPad. It is kind of a hassle but it can be done. I find writing the post first on note pad, then paste into Wordpress , via the web browser, then add pictures works ok.
I have been using pods, pads and computers. I only have one remaining client still using Apple at all, and that is strictly for catalogue and magazine publishing quarterly. They manage to keep 4 of their Macs working at any one time to do that job.
Many responses initially come to mind, none of which would be appropriate language for your blog, so I will just say that I, for one, look forward to your post each and every morning. I would wonder what s up? if you didn t post. Personally, I think you should have the post completed no later than 6:00AM Eastern so I am not having to wait, but that is just my humble opinion. Never, plaza hotel new york have I ever sensed that any of your posts have been forced . Some are longer and more detailed than others, but each is interesting and relevant. There is always a lesson to be learned and I guess that this lesson would be that even in the sailing / cruising community, there are those who could be described as a void surrounded by a sphincter muscle? The important thing for you is that this person is a FORMER reader. Again, if someone feels that they are not getting their money s worth, they can always request your double your money back guarantee !
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I ve used Blogsy a couple of times but as I m such a slow learner, it s been very tedious for me. I don t have an adapter to download pictures so I ve just been posting pictures that I take with my iPad although the quality of some of them isn t that great. If you have pictures in Picasso you can access those and post also. I do love my iPad but I really need to take time to appreciate all it can do.
Ridiculous comment about being forced . If you wrote everyday was fireworks, I d relegate your site to the fiction shelf! plaza hotel new york That being said, do you ever feel like scaling back the frequency to something like every other day so you don t feel any pressure from us?
As Apple products, I m a fan! Have had repairs plaza hotel new york done in a timely manner, the products work great. What s not to like? I m already assembling weatherfax and navigation systems to work with my Mac so I don t have to go to the dark side when we finally take off!
The truth is I write every day because I enjoy writing every day. As long as I have wifi to do so, it s easy. The lack of internet occasionally stresses me but I don t get too worked up about it. Rebecca might not agree about that last part though.
I enjoy your blog. I could probably sit here and try to put up some hypothesis of why would someone would not enjoy your blog, but it was coming out a bit harsh and rather insulting for that person. So, to play nice [insert first 4 words of this comment again and leave it at that]. . My opinion, plaza hotel new york as far as notebooks, pads, etc. they all have their pros and cons and one will never replace the other. They are complements again, just my opinion.
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Yes, the jumping cursor. As Murphy would have it, when I opened up the computer in front of the the service guy, the trackpad worked perfectly! They did swap the top case because plaza hotel new york there were a couple plaza hotel new york of keys in the top right corner that wouldn t work (delete plus volume keys). I tested the trackpad at the store when I picked it up and all was well. Then I took it home where, of course, it stopped working again. Of well, at least the mouse works.
That person is just showing how valuable you are to the VAST majority of us who really enjoy and appreciate plaza hotel new york your efforts. I have been reading plaza hotel new york other blogs as well, and all except one have you and Rebecca listed in their favorites. I still have to hear from you guys or my day is just not quite right. Your efforts are appreciated far more than you might imagine by a LOT of people (And I think he/she sees that). Unfortunately, that will bring out the Haters. Some people can not stand to see others succeed. But remember .It s all good!
Have you ever dreamt of running away to live on a tropical island, spending your days basking in the warm sunshine while sipping piña coladas? We have. In fact, our dream included running away to live on a sailboat in the tropics, even though when we started we had never even sailed before!
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