LIKE, WHAT’S NOT TO LIKE?
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I haven’t liked your posts since about this time yesterday. I haven’t liked them, not because I haven’t liked them, but because I haven’t been able to Like them. All I get where one normally clicks “Like” is “Loading” — and as much as I’d like it to stop Loading, it doesn’t. I can still comment, but if I commented on all the posts I like but can’t Like, I’d spend my whole day writing comments….which isn’t likely, because I also like to eat, sleep, and be merry. So, since I can’t Like you on your posts, I’ll LIKE you musically here.
Speaking of being merry, today is the birthday (May 21, 1904) of Thomas “Fats” Waller, who was about the merry-makingest singer/songwriter/pianist I know. Here he at the piano with such fellow jazz greats as Jack Teagarden and Gene Krupa playing his own composition I NEED SOMEONE LIKE YOU:
There’s more “Like” songs where that came from. Here is the First Lady of Song/Queen of Jazz singing a ballad like only she can:
I’d like to close with something high class, like this:
pendantry 12:56 pm on May 21, 2020 Permalink |
I get that ‘interminable loading’ problem with the ‘like’ thingy myself, sometimes. It usually goes away when I reload the page.
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mistermuse 6:03 pm on May 21, 2020 Permalink |
Thanks. I can’t solve the problem come hell or high water, but then I’m in the same boat re most things technological. Hopefully, I can enlist one of my two tech-savvy daughters to help.
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Joseph Nebus 2:51 am on May 22, 2020 Permalink |
I have that problem too, though not on every page. If I use the Reader page then usually I can hit the ‘like’ and that works.
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mistermuse 8:42 am on May 22, 2020 Permalink
Thank you. I was hoping to get help from my two daughters, but at this time, neither can give me ‘hands-on’ assistance for reasons beyond their control (illness in one case, lives out of town in the other). One tells me that the Reader page (which I never heard of) is too complicated for someone of my all-but-non-existent tech skills….which is undoubtedly true. Such is life in the big city, as they say.
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SoundEagle 🦅ೋღஜஇ 9:05 am on May 24, 2020 Permalink |
Dear mistermuse and Colin,
Since this is probably due to caching issue (a cache is a temporary memory), close the tab or window and reload the post in a new tab or window.
If this does not solve the issue, then quit and restart your web browser.
By the way, mistermuse, thank you for submitting your one-word comment “Like” at https://soundeagle.wordpress.com/2020/04/12/the-last-rag/
Therefore, I would like to encourage you to submit another comment there with proper sentences so that I have something much more substantial to reply to.
Please make sure that you are viewing my blog posts on a desktop or laptop computer because you will see and experience much more of the sophisticated features. Happy reading and happy listening there!
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mistermuse 5:42 pm on May 24, 2020 Permalink
The short answer to your suggestion that I submit a longer comment to your post is that I’m simply unable to submit time-consuming replies to anywhere near the number of posts of the many blogs I follow as I would like to….nor do I expect such comments from any of my followers who don’t have time (which is not to say that I don’t appreciate thoughtful comments when possible). Hence, I use “Like” as a better-than-nothing substitute.
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SoundEagle 🦅ೋღஜஇ 9:24 am on May 24, 2020 Permalink |
Dear mistermuse and Colin,
If you still have the issue after restarting your web browser, then restart your computer.
If the issue persists after restarting your computer, then you will need to (partially) delete the cache history stored in your web browser.
Alternatively, use a different web browser.
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Carmen 1:09 pm on May 21, 2020 Permalink |
‘Like’ – the most over-used word in the dictionary. I am a CBC junkie and nothing makes me sprint for the ‘off’ button any quicker than a person who’s being interviewed using that word at least three times in a sentence. You’ve probably heard them. . “Like, I used to be more introverted, but like I’m older now and like I just feel like talking to, like, more people. . ., you know what I mean?”
But go ahead, ‘Like’ away! 😉 (at least, you can try!)
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mistermuse 6:18 pm on May 21, 2020 Permalink |
Carmen, I don’t know what to say, except…. WHATEVER.
P.S. That’s probably second only to Like as an over-used word. 😉
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Yeah, Another Blogger 2:39 pm on May 21, 2020 Permalink |
I’m not a techie. But I’ve noticed that WordPress sometimes behaves differently depending upon what device I am using (laptop, iPhone, desktop). If you have more than one device, see if the problem exists on all of them.
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mistermuse 6:22 pm on May 21, 2020 Permalink |
Thank you, YAB. Fortunately I only have one device, which is all I can almost handle at my age.
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Rivergirl 4:01 pm on May 21, 2020 Permalink |
I don’t like that you can’t like what you like on my page. I don’t like that at all.
I do like good ole Fats though.
😉
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mistermuse 6:31 pm on May 21, 2020 Permalink |
You have excellent taste, Rg — Fats is one of my all-time favs, and that is one of my fav (and least-known) Waller songs.
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magickmermaid 4:23 pm on May 21, 2020 Permalink |
I really like this post! I especially like the Fats Waller tune!
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mistermuse 6:34 pm on May 21, 2020 Permalink |
Thank you, mm. My reply to Rivergirl goes for you too.
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obbverse 5:15 pm on May 21, 2020 Permalink |
Had the ‘like’ issue… sigh… If I can’t press Like now I just comment one word Like and hope there’s the understanding. WordPress can be willful and temperamental.
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mistermuse 6:38 pm on May 21, 2020 Permalink |
You got that right, obbverse (oh — by the way — Like). 😉
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cagedunn 6:02 pm on May 21, 2020 Permalink |
The like thingy? That’s why I click the like button before I open the page, otherwise, it just doesn’t happen. Been a thing for a while …
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mistermuse 6:48 pm on May 21, 2020 Permalink |
Thanks for the tip, cd, but I’m not sure what you mean, because there’s no Like button (immediately following a post) to click — even on this post, I see only “Loading” where the Like button used to appear on all my posts in the past.
P.S. I just checked a few of my previous posts, and “Loading” now appears in place of Like on all of them. Something is definitely screwed up.
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cagedunn 9:09 pm on May 21, 2020 Permalink
Sorry, the like button I press is on the reader, not after I click on the post. I haven’t been able to click on like in a post for so long, I don’t even think about it now, and do it before I open to read the contents.
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mistermuse 3:35 pm on May 22, 2020 Permalink
Thanks again, cd. I’ve now discovered that, although I get “Loading” on my computer, when I bring up my blog on my wife’s computer, the “Likes” on my posts are there (and she doesn’t even use WordPress). This suggests to me that the problem is either with WordPress or that Windows on my computer needs to be upgraded.
I see that a new WordPress Editor is going to replace the old one on June 1. If that doesn’t correct the problem, I’ll ask my tech-savvy oldest daughter about upgrading Windows the next time she visits from out of town.
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calmkate 4:53 am on May 22, 2020 Permalink |
sorry you’re having difficulty ‘liking’ anyone, a counsellor might help?
Ella sure is the queen! And totally enjoyed [not liked] the other two, thanks 🙂
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mistermuse 8:52 am on May 22, 2020 Permalink |
Kate, even a tech counselor couldn’t help me, because the ability to understand technology is simply not in my DNA (not unlike a regular counselor being able to help Trump, because empathy isn’t in his DNA).
Glad you enjoyed the music!
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calmkate 4:23 pm on May 22, 2020 Permalink
lol very valid points once again MrM …
I do like how your brain works 🙂
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Garfield Hug 6:01 am on May 22, 2020 Permalink |
I missed your voice and now I know why! I hope they sort it out for you Mistermuse. I thrive on your “LIKES” as it means you enjoyed it LOL!
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mistermuse 8:57 am on May 22, 2020 Permalink |
I appreciate that, GH. Even though I can’t “Like” your posts, I’ll try to comment on at least one of them every day or two, just so you and Garfield know I’m thinking of you!
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Garfield Hug 9:16 am on May 22, 2020 Permalink
Awww this is really sweet 🥰
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mistermuse 11:17 am on May 22, 2020 Permalink
At least “Like” is now working on comments, even though I still get nothing but “Loading” immediately below my (and others’) posts. Hopefully that problem will resolve itself when WordPress replaces its old Editor with the new WordPress editor on June 1 (don’t ask me to explain it — all I know is that it’s coming).
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annieasksyou 10:38 pm on May 22, 2020 Permalink |
“ I like you as you are,” said another mister, last name Rogers. Like it or not, I’m gonna tell you about my techie afternoon. Wanted to add a very important update to my latest look at the Tara Reade accusation against Joe Biden, added it to post, pressed update. Nothing. Six tries, as many happy WP folks, three hours, changed browser. Nada. Must be your computer, they said. I think not. Finally added update to comments, thanking two bloggers who brought it to my attention. Ok. I’m done. I mean like, did that help you feel better about your like dilemma? Your music helped me!
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mistermuse 11:13 pm on May 22, 2020 Permalink |
Glad to be of musical assistance, Annie. As for “I like you as you are,” could there ever be a greater difference in modeling what should “make America great” than Mister Rogers and Donald Trump?
And now I’m off to check out your Tara Reade/Joe Biden update.
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Elizabeth 12:54 pm on May 23, 2020 Permalink |
Your last band brought back a memory of a jug band formed by a group of neer-do-wells of my acquaintance! As for “like” all I could think of was Seuss “I do not like green eggs and ham, I do not like them Sam I am.”
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mistermuse 2:35 pm on May 23, 2020 Permalink |
Elizabeth, your comment brought back a memory of this song:
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Elizabeth 5:14 pm on May 23, 2020 Permalink
I couldn’t get the link to work. Is there a title for it?
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mistermuse 7:53 pm on May 23, 2020 Permalink
It’s a very old song called LITTLE BROWN JUG, Elizabeth. Sorry you couldn’t get it, but there quite a few versions on YouTube, so I’m sure you can find one that works, if interested.
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arekhill1 7:24 pm on May 24, 2020 Permalink |
I liked it. Worked right away. The Internet obeys me.
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mistermuse 8:34 pm on May 24, 2020 Permalink |
I’ll gladly take your word for it, Ricardo, because I’m still seeing “Loading” below the post where “Likes” should be. There could be millions of “Likes” there, for all I know (OK, maybe only thousands — I’m not greedy).
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restlessjo 3:53 am on May 27, 2020 Permalink |
Nice bit of Ella 🙂 🙂 Don’t worry about the likes or not likes, so long as you’re still around.
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Strait,NoChaser 7:23 pm on June 27, 2020 Permalink |
Thanks very, very much! It’s great to meet a fellow jazz lover!
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mistermuse 9:46 am on June 28, 2020 Permalink |
You’re very welcome….though I must admit to not being a fan of all types of jazz (bebop, for example). Glad you enjoyed the post..
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