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Thursday, October 16, 2008
The Wrecky Infamy is Spreading
Thursday, October 16, 2008
"I wanted to let you know that I attempted this morning to discreetly take a photo of a spider cupcake wreck at my local [name removed to prevent possible lynching] store with my phone. Apparently the bakery manager and store manager are on to the Cake Wreck Blog, because I was shouted at by both of them "NO PHOTOGRAPHING OF THE CAKES!" I told them I was sending the photo to my husband to see if it was the one he wanted for the party today, they replied "No you aren't, you're going to send it to that cake wreck blog like everyone else."
YES!! The power! The absolute power! The universe is mine to command, to CONTROOOL!!
[picking self off floor] Whoops - sorry 'bout that, Mrs. Tantrum; just took a little power trip there.
SO... anybody else get the spider-wreck photo? :)
136 comments | Post a Comment
- October 16, 2008 at 9:56 AM
- Angela said...
Awww . . . that means they know they suck :(
But goody for you! - October 16, 2008 at 10:00 AM
"No you aren't, you're going to send it to that cake wreck blog like everyone else."
wouldnt this be telling you something as a baker? to me it would be quite the hint to get some more decorating staff. - October 16, 2008 at 10:02 AM
- Donna said...
So they know it's a wreck, but put it in the window anyway? Is that a "any publicity is good publicity" kind of dealio?
Congrats on your notoriety! - October 16, 2008 at 10:02 AM
LMBO!!! Maybe they should make cakes they KNOW are ugly!! Hmmm... what a concept.
- October 16, 2008 at 10:05 AM
You have arrived!! I'm just waiting for a guest appearance on Ace of Cakes next. You are like the QUEEN!
- October 16, 2008 at 10:06 AM
- mrsmac said...
so if they know a bunch of people are trying to submit their cake to the cake WRECK blog, why is the cake still on display????
weird! - October 16, 2008 at 10:07 AM
- Sarah Rosales said...
That is absolutely hilarious!!
- October 16, 2008 at 10:08 AM
- Carista said...
That's absolutely awesome!
- October 16, 2008 at 10:10 AM
- Melanie said...
What I like most about this story is that the shop people appear to be aware that the cake in their window is wrecktastic. But their solution to that problem is not, say, replacing it with a nicer cake. Rather, they just hope that nobody manages to surreptitiously photograph it and send it here. Brilliant!
- October 16, 2008 at 10:11 AM
- Kate said...
Please say that that didn't really happen. You mean they knew the cake sucked so badly people were coming from miles around to see this herrendous cake and they still left it out? OK Now the mission if you choose to accept it. GET THAT PIC!!!
- October 16, 2008 at 10:13 AM
- Little Fish said...
That is freaking hysterical!
- October 16, 2008 at 10:18 AM
You'd think if more then one person was taking pictures and you KNEW they were going to Wrecks then MAYBE you should REMOVE THE SPIDER CAKES!
- October 16, 2008 at 10:19 AM
- Blackbeard said...
Erm. If they know their cake is a wreck, why don't they take it off display? Like everyday average Joe Plumbers don't know a piece of crap cake when they see it?
- October 16, 2008 at 10:20 AM
I'm off to check my local bakery...
- October 16, 2008 at 10:21 AM
- Jen said...
Well, if their cakes are THAT bad and they're onto the fact that they are Wrecks, WHY ARE THEY STILL MAKING HORRIBLE CAKES?? Take a class or two, admit defeat!!
- October 16, 2008 at 10:21 AM
That aladdin reference was the icing on this cake(wreck) blog. :)
Emily. - October 16, 2008 at 10:21 AM
- The Imaginary Reviewer said...
Wait, so they knew this cake was Cake Wrecks-worthy, yet they still put it on display? That's just asking for trouble!
- October 16, 2008 at 10:22 AM
If they know it's a wreck, why do they still have it on display? You'd think they'd just remove it.
- October 16, 2008 at 10:23 AM
I would've told them to make better looking cakes, then they wouldn't have to worry about it. If your cakes are ugly they deserve to be posted here.
- October 16, 2008 at 10:24 AM
- Janell said...
Their cakes must be really wrecktastic if everyone else tries to get pictures of them too. Now I really want to see it.
- October 16, 2008 at 10:24 AM
- Mindy said...
Geez! If they both knew it was bad, why didn't they remove it from public view? That doesn't sound like good marketing to me.
- October 16, 2008 at 10:24 AM
AWESOME! So funny that they knew the cake was bad enough to be WRECKED but left it out to sell anyway.
Tooooooooooooo FUNNY! - October 16, 2008 at 10:30 AM
- Unknown said...
That's awesome. If I brave the rain today to go to Kroger, I must remember my camera as there is a cake there that is awful. Must remember!
- October 16, 2008 at 10:31 AM
- Brandi said...
LOL. That is so the win. Crappy cake decorators live in fear of you.
But remember.. with great power comes great responsibility... :P - October 16, 2008 at 10:32 AM
- Michelle said...
Those bakery people are sort of missing the point, don'cha think? Perhaps they should worry less about photos and more about making non-wrecks.
- October 16, 2008 at 10:33 AM
- Momma J said...
That is awesome! You'd think they'd have fixed the problem if others had already tried to take pictures!
crochetbymommaj.blogspot.com - October 16, 2008 at 10:36 AM
- Lee said...
The other day, I saw my husband taking pictures of some cakes at our local grocery store. I don't know if he sent them to you, but that was the first thing that came to my mind while he was doing it. Luckily, the bakers either didn't notice or don't know of your blog yet, or both. ;)
Oh, and in response to the other day's blog, I've been wondering which of my cake wrecks to send to you. - October 16, 2008 at 10:39 AM
That's awesome. Now I'm wondering what other cakes they have "featured" on the site!
- October 16, 2008 at 10:39 AM
- HR Underling said...
- October 16, 2008 at 10:41 AM
- The Creeper said...
I see people need some practice taking sneaky pictures. Always pretend you are texting, you'd be amazed at how many people fall for that. ;)
- October 16, 2008 at 10:45 AM
- Sleepwalker said...
Makes me wish I had a camera phone. I soooo wanted to snap a pic of a 'Godzilla' CCC in a mega mart for you last weekend. Alas, no camera. I had to be content to share a covert laugh with my husband at the green horror. Without Cake Wrecks, I never would have noticed it before.
Apparently this particular bakery has been stung before. Instead of getting pissy, maybe they ought to take the hint! - October 16, 2008 at 10:45 AM
- Laura ~Peach~ said...
I HOPE SOMEONE GOT A PIC OF IT ! lol
- October 16, 2008 at 10:56 AM
- Craig said...
My wife took a photo of a cake at the grocery store the other day (because it was a wreck, of course) and I was worried that this was exactly what would happen if they saw us. I guess my fears were more right than I knew.
- October 16, 2008 at 10:57 AM
So, you were Jafar all along. I knew it!
- October 16, 2008 at 11:12 AM
This is AWESOME!
You might want to let your photographers know that it is in their rights to take photographs in public locations!
And possibly, carry copies of this!
I once saw an employee at an FYE store claim that photography was not allowed in the store, and I REALLY wished I had a copy of this in my bag. - October 16, 2008 at 11:15 AM
- Laura said...
Ahhh, this is exactly the kind of thing that would happen to me if I tried to take a sneaky photograph! Hmmm... I should rush to the shops right now ^.^
-x- - October 16, 2008 at 11:20 AM
That's so ridiculous. It's kind of like saying 'don't talk about our cakes, you might say they're BAD!' Everyone has the right to tell others if they found something silly like that if it's in public.
...Anyway, I can think of no better person to RULE THE WORLD than cake wrecks! It is sure to be full of awesome. - October 16, 2008 at 11:22 AM
I wouldn have bought the cake just to get the picture!!!! Congratulations you have arrived.
- October 16, 2008 at 11:23 AM
Take one for the team, guys! How much was the damn cake? BUY IT!
- October 16, 2008 at 11:25 AM
- Yarnhog said...
I'm DYING to see what a spider wreck looks like. I hope someone got a picture.
- October 16, 2008 at 11:27 AM
- Bri said...
At least they're aware of how awful their cakes are!
"...Like everyone else..." slays me!
Says volumes.
Too funny! - October 16, 2008 at 11:34 AM
Because of this site I go around from store to store looking for a cake wreck!
- October 16, 2008 at 11:47 AM
What an incentive to go grocery shopping now!!!! We have a local stop n shop with these awful cookie monster head gagging on a cookie cupcakes.
- October 16, 2008 at 11:48 AM
This is SO funny! And sad, that they know it's a wreck and haven't hidden it away at least!
- October 16, 2008 at 11:49 AM
Unfortunately, supermarkets are not public spaces. They are private spaces that are open to a wide section of the public.
Notice how supermarkets can refuse service to anyone, and *they* ultimately get to decide when they're open and when they aren't, within the limits of the law?
They just seem *like* public spaces. - October 16, 2008 at 12:01 PM
- Lynn said...
I had wondered if anybody else caught the Aladdin quote -- high five, Emily!
- October 16, 2008 at 12:41 PM
- Thinposter said...
Not to get all overly serious about this, but I don't think it's legal for the bakery owner to prohibit someone from taking photos of their cake that is on display in a public area. Unless they want to argue that it's a violation of their intellectual property rights, which seems kind of ridiculous.
- October 16, 2008 at 12:43 PM
- MaryO said...
Next MUST be an appearance on Letterman or Leno !!!!!! I look forward to it !!!!!!!!
:-) :-) :-) - October 16, 2008 at 12:44 PM
- Darth Rob said...
Cake Wrecks has become part of my morning routine. Laughing in the morning makes the whole day better! Thank You!
- October 16, 2008 at 12:46 PM
- Jess said...
This is making me want to go to the grocery store right now and search for wrecks! I always kind of hurry past the bakery section because I have a three year old and the last thing I need is a three year old screaming for a wrecky cupcake, but he is at preschool right now, so I could run out and see if there are any wrecks at my store right now...I always have my digital camera in my purse for just such an occasion...I'm dying to see the spider wreck!
- October 16, 2008 at 1:02 PM
- Chewbob said...
(And I, too, caught the Aladdin reference. :) - October 16, 2008 at 1:06 PM
- ksaldria said...
I wanna see this cupcake that these people fought so hard to protect.
- October 16, 2008 at 1:13 PM
- Rose said...
Wouldn't you think that anyone who was so aware of Cake Wrecks would ponder the possibility that their wreck would wind up on there? Why make a wreck-tastic cake if it wasn't for the purpose that you want it to be on Cake Wrecks? You can't blame the photographer for that wreck, you should step up and submit it yourself! Or you should stop making wreck-worthy cakes!
- October 16, 2008 at 1:14 PM
- Ghost Rider said...
LOL This is awesome and I'm really curious about the wreaktastic spider cake now! I hope someone manages to catch a picture.
- October 16, 2008 at 1:16 PM
- Leslie said...
That is beyond awesome!!
But then, if they know their baked goods are wreck-worthy shouldn't the bakers take a little more time to make better cakes/cupcakes? If they took the time it takes to yell at customers and used it to learn how to decorate, they might make more money....and encourage more customers!! - October 16, 2008 at 1:49 PM
- Marissa said...
THAT ROCKS and is equally hilarious! If you don't want your cakes to appear on Cake Wrecks, don't make sucky cakes! (that c-section cake from yesterday i actually liked and would have laughed so hard had i been the receiver of it).
I found your site after my husband saw a blurb about it in our local newspaper. He knew I'd love it and I do!! - October 16, 2008 at 1:53 PM
LOL That's fantastic!! I would have snapped a pic anyway and stuck my tongue out at them....and then asked them bluntly "If you KNOW it's Wreck-worthy, then why do you still have it displayed?!?"
But that's just me. - October 16, 2008 at 2:00 PM
- Kate said...
That just made my day.
Why did they even have it out if they immediately jumped to the conclusion that it was being sent to this blog? - October 16, 2008 at 2:04 PM
- Unknown said...
hahahaha awesome. The best part = "you're going to put it on the cake wreck LIKE EVERYONE ELSE" HA! Poor wrecky cake decorators. I must see this spider cake.
- October 16, 2008 at 2:10 PM
- CakeEater said...
I saw a cake the other day at the grocery store I SO wanted to take a picture of, but didn't have my camera. They piped a long two headed y shape, and then shoved those clown pick heads in them. There was several of these on one cake, in all different colors. No hands. No feet. Just "clowns" sprawled out on their stomachs.
- October 16, 2008 at 2:17 PM
- Kopperhead said...
I would have so bought that cake, whether I wanted/needed it or not!
I always forget there is a camera on my phone when I am browsing the bakery at the big box store.
My hubby went to store early this morning and brought home Halloween cupcakes. He comes in singing "I've got sprinkles, I've got sprinkles." and emphasizing he didn't bring home a Wreck! - October 16, 2008 at 2:18 PM
That is PRICELESS!
- October 16, 2008 at 2:18 PM
- Tara aka T said...
I think that is HILARIOUS! Enough to make me start sportin' my DSLR around my neck more often again..even to the grocery store. And dare them to tell me 'no pictures' .. hey, I don't see a sign, there's no law...arrest me, go ahead :p - October 16, 2008 at 2:23 PM
- Gina said...
Oh my gosh - "you're going to send it to that cake wreck blog like everyone else" They KNOW they suck and they leave it out to show anyway?! What a flipping hoot!
Thought of you on Sunday when I was at a certain LARGE discount chain and they had a cupcake cake shaped like a baseball... - October 16, 2008 at 2:32 PM
- Ronnica said...
So they knew their design was so bad she wasn't trying to mimic it?! Nice!
- October 16, 2008 at 2:54 PM
- FreedomFirst said...
Oh, that's hilarious! They should have let her take it; it's the most fame they'll ever have. HAHAHAHAHA!
- October 16, 2008 at 3:06 PM
- Suzyhomemaker said...
If it's that bad... why are they selling it? :)
- October 16, 2008 at 3:09 PM
- Muffin Pants said...
(having a giggle fit)
It is like paparazzi for baked goods. - October 16, 2008 at 3:12 PM
- CharmCityChica said...
Just head to the Del Rio, Texas Walmart and you can find all the cake wrecks you want! Yee-Haw muchacho!
- October 16, 2008 at 3:32 PM
"... like everyone else"? How often are they inadvertantly published on here. Doesn't say much for you when asked if you have a portfolio, you direct them to Cakewrecks. ;)
- October 16, 2008 at 3:42 PM
- BeckyKay said...
My husband came home last night and described a failed Bosses' Day cake to me complete with too many flowers, misspellings and odd candy hearts. I was wiggling with glee, clapping my hands together and practically squealing. "Did you take a picture???"
Sadly, the answer was no. **Sigh** - October 16, 2008 at 3:44 PM
- Susie said...
Wow!! They yelled at you? Don't they know that bad press is better than no press?
- October 16, 2008 at 3:45 PM
Ummm...the Krages document wouldn't exactly support the photographer in this instance:
"Property owners MAY LEGALLY PROHIBIT PHOTOGRAPHY on their premises but have no right to prohibit others from photographing their property
from other locations....In most places, you may reasonably
assume that taking photographs
is allowed and that you do not
need explicit permission....In any case, WHEN A PROPERTY OWNER TELLS YOU NOT TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS WHILE ON THE PREMISES, YOU ARE LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO HONOR THE REQUEST. - October 16, 2008 at 3:51 PM
lol @ that!
I sooooo want to see that cake now!! - October 16, 2008 at 3:51 PM
- The Honorable Mayor of Bethville said...
If they're worried, maybe they should work on getting better at their jobs.
- October 16, 2008 at 4:02 PM
- Neen said...
Priceless! It is bad when they know they produce wrecks!
- October 16, 2008 at 4:13 PM
- joyce said...
Our local Tom Thumb grocery store has a whole case of decorated cakes just waiting...like blank slates...for the witty comment. Even a case of frozen cakes, too. Oh, so tempting. Any ideas for a 21 year old whose mother has been too cheap to buy him a store bought cake? I actually got to choose his birthday, 10-27-87 and now he complains about not being born on Halloween. Help !
- October 16, 2008 at 4:20 PM
- Braden said...
Pronouncing that phonetically, I get a jamaican man telling me that his oral secretions are all dried up. - October 16, 2008 at 4:21 PM
- Mellie said...
hahahaha! Hilarious! I hope someone sends in the picture.
- October 16, 2008 at 4:46 PM
- Micaela said...
Ha! My mom and I are big fans. The other day we were at the grocery store picking up a birthday cake. I asked the lady working to write Happy Birthday Shawn and add some ribbons to the cake. She said I'm not a decorator. I leaned over to my mom and said this may end up a wreck. As soon as the words were out of my mouth I see the kind lady look from over the counter and say, "You guys can't put this on CAKEWRECKS, you hear!?" Haha!
You ARE famous! - October 16, 2008 at 4:53 PM
Your blog in "Blogs I Read" at homepage http://ya76oo.com (Funny Videos)
- October 16, 2008 at 4:56 PM
- E.A.D. said...
Spoilsports! It's not Jen's fault their cakes fail at life!
- October 16, 2008 at 5:06 PM
- Me said...
that is too funny! at least they admitted that they are horrible at what they do!
- October 16, 2008 at 5:06 PM
- NG said...
You are my hero!!!
- October 16, 2008 at 5:12 PM
- Dea said...
OMG, I nearly fell over laughing! That's too funny!!! Gotta love the self-knowledge of the bakery....
- October 16, 2008 at 5:14 PM
- Lalaroo said...
Actually, Mardek and the last anonymous, the law does support the photographer. Because the store is open to the public, it is considered a public place, and so anyone can take pictures of whatever they want, as described on the photojojo page.
- October 16, 2008 at 5:25 PM
- Andrea Michelle said...
ROFLOL!!! You'd think they would take the hint that they need to improve their decorating skills
- October 16, 2008 at 5:36 PM
i think stores are considered private property
- October 16, 2008 at 6:24 PM
You are completely within your rights to take a photograph within a store as long as the item is not copyrighted (like artwork) or a person, especially for personal use. Once a store owner puts anything on display, you are free to take pictures if you desire; there is no difference between seeing something and seeing something in the lens of the camera.
Not to mention that it is a really bad way to treat a customer.
--cpeter13 - October 16, 2008 at 7:21 PM
- Jennifer said...
hahahaha! That's the best story ever, especially that they told her that she wasn't going to be sending that to her husband! I know I've been on badparents over at Live Journal and your website was mentioned. (I was already a faithful reader) It surprises me still that you are so well-known and getting bigger (and more POWERFUL) every day!
- October 16, 2008 at 7:28 PM
- sues2u2 said...
This made me laugh milk out my nose! Yuck! Too funny.
- October 16, 2008 at 7:50 PM
If only I had been there! I can take pictures with my phone without opening it...very sneaky and handy for things like this!
- October 16, 2008 at 8:30 PM
- Amanda said...
There are just so many things wrong with that person's experience. Like so many before said, if you KNOW there's a Cake Wrecks blog, and you KNOW your cakes suck, get some instruction or hire new staff that do good work. And just for the snippy comment about the picture taking, I would've come back with my full on camera and taken all the pictures I wanted and posed the cakes until the store manager asked me to leave. Of course then I'd also have to point out how I have a HUGE mouth and I'd be telling the world how I was treated and at exactly which store.
Overall, I'd say it was all just complete idiocy on the bakery's part. - October 16, 2008 at 8:35 PM
Mrs. T-- send your hubby to buy that cake PRONTO. Guys can do that whole disinterested 'yeah-it-looks-fine' face. We'll all chip in.
- October 16, 2008 at 9:50 PM
- msklem said...
How funny, the thought of someone thinking I was absolutely crazy for taking a picture of the cupcake wreck crossed my mind, but not the thought of the manager coming after me like Brittany Spears decking the paparazzi!
- October 16, 2008 at 10:07 PM
- Mr. Becksfort said...
Talk about power- i read this at 10 am and i'm still checking to see if anyone sent in a picture at 10 PM! and i'm feeling impatient because there's not one:)
- October 16, 2008 at 10:42 PM
- Jennifer said...
cMy local Kroger had a Spiderweb cupcake cake that my son just LOVED today. Was it that one? It looked like a spiral.
- October 16, 2008 at 10:43 PM
- Her. said...
Personally, I'd have bought the damn cupcake just to get the pictures on here.
Next time, Mrs. Tantrum, get that telescopic lens ready. ;) - October 16, 2008 at 10:45 PM
- Nicole said...
What an amazing story! Bravo! Maybe the pressure will help them get motivated to practice or something..
- October 16, 2008 at 11:28 PM
- Nancy said...
in this day and certain times, knowing I can click on the "Cake Wrecks" link in my Google Reader for an innocent laugh does so much to brighten my day.....all in good fun and definitely appreciated!
- October 17, 2008 at 12:02 AM
- beloved30 said...
Someone needs to go buy the cake then take a picture of it! Then they can eat it and put it out of it's wrecktastic misery!
- October 17, 2008 at 1:46 AM
- Michele said...
This is hilarious! As has been said, if you know your cake sucks, maybe you should pull it or do something else about it! Like learn to decorate! hahaha Thanks for the laugh. Now I need to check out the cakes at all my local grocery stores!
- October 17, 2008 at 1:58 AM
- Wolf Woman said...
Did you seriously just quote genie!Jafar? Because...I think I kinda love you.
- October 17, 2008 at 2:32 AM
- lisavengesta said...
- October 17, 2008 at 2:59 AM
- Jennifer Foster said...
"Congradulation" on getting #1 Humor blog!!! :-)
- October 17, 2008 at 3:00 AM
- Mad Izatie said...
Well if the bakers are reading this, please please please make sure they aren't wrecks. If we think they are and you insist on having them on display, it's our DUTY to report it CakeWrecks. (Jen you rawk.)
- October 17, 2008 at 3:34 AM
- Ms Unreliable said...
Cakewrecks is infamous! And a gold medal winner too! Congrats on the Blogger's Choice Awards!
- October 17, 2008 at 4:02 AM
i was in line at a store yesterday and found myself peering into the basket of the woman in front of me to see if her cake was screwed up in any manner- all the while wondering if i'd be able to get a photo of it if it sucked, which it did. alas, no photo, but it was a spacing and color choice nightmare.
- October 17, 2008 at 5:29 AM
LMAO! The manager sounds a bit like the soup natzi to me. No cupcakes for you.
- October 17, 2008 at 6:13 AM
- Weasel said...
I picked up a Details at LAX- a men's magazine without boobs- and even IT had a link to Cake Wrecks.
- October 17, 2008 at 6:34 AM
- heather said...
I love Aladdin...
- October 17, 2008 at 7:21 AM
I was at my local grocery store yesterday looking through their sample book (and thinking of this blog) when I saw a "barnyard" theme cake with several different plastic farm animals. The "noise" the farm animal makes was written in frosting beneath each one. Apparently horses say "Nay! Nay! Nay!"
...wish I'd had my camera :p - October 17, 2008 at 9:04 AM
- Kelly said...
That is the path to world domination right there! :) Congrats on your regime!
- October 17, 2008 at 9:38 AM
- M said...
I took an interesting picture of a store bakery cake....would I be allowed to email that to the owner of this site? I read the conditions and it did say it had to be paid for...but I didn't buy that cake. Thanks
Michelle - October 17, 2008 at 9:51 AM
- Patrice and Higgins said...
That is toooo stinkin funny!! I was at Wally's on Tuesday and was going to take a picture too of a wreak but the lasy behind the counter would not take her eyes off of me! They are totally onto you!!!!
- October 17, 2008 at 10:02 AM
@ joyce... I dont have any ideas.. but tell him being born on halloween isnt all its cracked up to be! I LOVED my birthday growing up but now that i have kids of my own... Id gladly trade with him if he wants! HAHA.. but he has to turn *gulp* 31 this year and ill take his age! now am i 21 turning 22 or do i get to turn 21 all over again?! WOOHOO either makes me happy
- October 17, 2008 at 10:15 AM
- V. Nicharico said...
HAHAHAHAHA! That's awesome!
- October 17, 2008 at 10:32 AM
Does whatever a Spidercake does.
Can it swing,
On a web?
No it can't,
It's a cake.
Watch out! Here comes the Spidercake. - October 17, 2008 at 10:32 AM
- Ali said...
Oh man! I've been trying to take a picture of a spider cake at my local supermarket. Honestly, I keep forgetting my camera. I'll do it this weekend, promise. There are assorted colors. The hot green one is pretty sweet. I wonder if it is the same cake . . . I don't want to get yelled at. Oh well, I'll take a bullet for you.
- October 17, 2008 at 10:35 AM
- Michele said...
so... If "everyone" is taking pics of it to send it in, why doesn't Cake Wrecks have it? I call BS
- October 17, 2008 at 12:57 PM
- Balgram said...
If all they can make is wrecks, they should make it their specialty.
"Want your kids to REALLY appreciate the cake next year? Tired of them whining that the space trooper doesn't really look like anything?
Come buy a cake from us! You'll have no idea what the original order was, and the final piece will blow you away! Your child will never whine about future cakes again!"
It's a niche to be filled. - October 17, 2008 at 1:57 PM
- Unknown said...
From the description, it sounds like a grocery store's bakery.
I don't know about you all, but more often than not, at least when I'm at the grocery store, the bakery is deserted.
Just go back after 8pm or 9pm, or around lunch time, and snap the photo when the workers are in the back or on their break or gone for the day.
If it's one of those large stores where there is way more store area than employees to cover it, you're home free. :-)
Ms. Tantrum's description is hilarious. They do need to get a clue about making crapola.
And they need to get an even bigger clue about yelling at customers. tsk tsk. - October 17, 2008 at 2:14 PM
- Susanlee said...
Well, ya know if they're scared of being on Cake Wrecks, maybe they should make better cakes!
- October 17, 2008 at 4:22 PM
you know, that info on photography is moot just based on the fact that the owner of the property asked that no photos be taken... see the second paragraph under the "General Rule" section from Krages:
Whether you need permission from property owners to take photographs while on their premises depends on the circumstances. In most places, you may reasonably assume that taking photographs is allowed and that you do not need explicit permission. However, this is a judgment call and you should
request permission when the circumstances suggest that the owner is likely to object. In any case, when a property
owner tells you not to take photographs while on the premises, you are legally obligated to honor the request. - October 17, 2008 at 5:52 PM
Wrong attitude. This could be a good marketing tool for bad bakers. They could put signs up on their goodies saying "As seen on Cakewrecks." Their sales would skyrocket! I'd personally pay good money for a Naked Mohawk Baby Carrot Jockeys cake, lol.
- October 17, 2008 at 7:58 PM
- Mrs. B said...
- October 17, 2008 at 11:05 PM
- JP said...
This is, by far, the funniest non-photographic entry of this blog. YOU RULE :D
- October 17, 2008 at 11:57 PM
- Nauntie Lush said...
This was a "cupcake" wreck and they have stopped making them, or at least displaying them near the coffee kisok place where they were obviously getting a little TOO much negative attention.
I do now have a personal shopper that follows me when I shop here...he is so nice too. A really BIG GUY, that is trying to be discreet, but when you ar 6'2" and weigh about 300 pounds you sort of stick out.
I will keep looking for wrecks, just obviously not at this store. - October 18, 2008 at 12:47 PM
Just go up to him and say very loudly (but sweetly), "I so appreciate that this store would give me my very own security guard to protect me from all the other shoppers!" Make sure there are others nearby.
There is a fine line between security and harassment.
--cpeter13 - October 19, 2008 at 12:14 AM
- Unknown said...
Apparently the Bakery Manager went to the Barnum and Bailey school of market. Yep, There's a sucker born every minute!
- October 22, 2008 at 9:54 AM
So funny! I was at the grocery store and saw a "jack-o-lantern" cake (trust me-- correct use of quotations) but I was told the same thing when I tried to take a picture of it! LOL!
- October 23, 2008 at 9:03 PM
Pfft... That put a smile on my face~ =D
- October 24, 2008 at 12:20 AM
- Giusi. said...
It's not fair that my grocery store doesn't have sad and hilarious cakes and such.. now i'm jealous.
: (((
i'm going to hunt all the other stores for some interesting ones
this post was too hilarious - October 29, 2008 at 12:21 PM
In any case, when a property
owner tells you not to take photographs while on the premises, you are legally obligated to honor the request.
if this was not a small, privately owned bakery, then the bakery and store managers are NOT the owners, but employees, and as such don't have the legal right to make you stop. ans mrs. tantrum, having someone follow you while you shop is definitely harassment, as you have done nothing to legally merit that. i myself would be annoyed enough to bring both these issues to light of the management. (i have done so in the past when i & my family have been obviously followed in stores because we have colored hair & dress weird.)
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what you want to do to telemarketers who disturb you during dinner. - December 29, 2008 at 2:00 AM
aw that's actually quite sad... they can't help it if they are told to make really bad ideas into cakes, or are given limited colours, materials, or icing tools.
- March 19, 2009 at 9:33 PM
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For legal buffs, the virtuoso performance of Chief Justice John Roberts in deciding the biggest case of his career was just that sort of jaw dropper, no matter how they might feel about Obamacare.
Not since King Solomon offered to split the baby has a judge engineered a slicker solution to a bitterly divisive dispute. With his fellow Supreme Court Justices split 4-4 between two extreme outcomes — blessing the sprawling health care law or killing it — Roberts maneuvered half the court into signing half his ruling and the other half into endorsing the rest. He gave the liberals their long-cherished dream of government-led reform while giving his fellow conservatives new doctrine to limit congressional power, which they have been seeking since the New Deal. With the court's approval ratings at record lows and supporters of President Obama grimly predicting a legal travesty — or even a judicial coup — Roberts somehow cloaked a win for right-leaning legal theory in the glittering garb of a triumph for the left. And the Democratic swords that were being sharpened for an election-year war against the court were hammered into trumpets with which to herald the statesmanship of the Republican Chief Justice. "Whatever the politics, today's decision was a victory for people all over this country," the President declared after the ruling. Sharp-eyed conservative commentators — George Will and Charles Krauthammer, for example — read the fine print and agreed, though for very different reasons.
Of course, some on the right refused to see a silver lining in this defeat snatched from the jaws of victory. "The particular tragedy is that four Justices would have overturned … all of Obamacare as unconstitutional," the Wall Street Journal editorial board lamented. "Only John Roberts prevented it."
The fact that Roberts had to squirm like Houdini to reach middle ground (in the second part of his ruling, he held that the mandate to buy insurance is not a tax, but by the third section he announced that it is) only enhanced the bravura of the feat. As the saying goes, it's one thing to dance like Fred Astaire, but Ginger Rogers did it backwards in high heels. Philosophical purity is easy — the blogosphere is lousy with it — while pragmatic solutions to difficult problems are as rare these days as virgins on Jersey Shore.
As such, the Chief Justice's ruling confounded a political world primed for Armageddon: the spectacle of five Republican appointees striking down the signature achievement of a Democratic President in the midst of a tough re-election campaign. After a party-line vote by the court to decide the disputed 2000 election for George W. Bush over Al Gore, and another in the controversial Citizens United campaign-spending case, the Washington atmosphere reeked of gasoline, and the Obamacare case looked like a match ready to fall.
When Roberts, a handsome guy of 57 raised in upstate New York and small-town Indiana, took his seat at the center of the bench on June 28, the final day of the court's term, and began reading aloud from his opinion, he sounded at first as if he were striking the match. The conservative critique of the so-called individual mandate was correct, he intoned: Congress lacks the power to require citizens to buy insurance they don't want. The other four Republican appointees agreed. Since the court ruled in 1942 that under the commerce clause, Congress could prohibit a farmer from growing wheat for his personal use, conservatives have been trying to rein in this ill-defined power, and here was Roberts drawing the line. Bulletins flashed at Fox News and CNN, and Klaxons rang battle stations all over the nation's capital.
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But then, as Justice Antonin Scalia, the redoubtable hero of the right, looked on sullenly, Roberts rescued the law by saying the mandate is actually a tax levied by Congress on a citizen's decision to forgo insurance — and thus passes constitutional muster. Now the Democratic appointees sided with the Chief Justice, and whipsawed Washington was left dizzy. The case had not been decided, as most court watchers expected, by the unpredictable Anthony Kennedy, the Justice who normally casts the swing vote in close cases. The rest of the session passed in a blur, and with a nod of his head to solicitor general Donald Verrilli Jr., whose weak performance at oral argument had left Obamacare supporters in despair, Roberts headed toward summer vacation. In his wake he trailed mystery: why had he seized the steering wheel? Had he gone squishy — another in the long line of Republican disappointments on the court, stretching from Harry Blackmun to David Souter? Was it that endangered creature, a sober compromise designed to give something to everybody? Or was this a clever ruse to buy political cover for the court conservatives to ramrod their agenda in future terms?
John Q. Barrett, a law professor at St. John's University and biographer of the late Justice Robert Jackson, a favorite Roberts role model, dismissed the conspiracy theories. The ruling was a classic example of a cautious Chief Justice at work, he said. "I think that chiefs feel, for the public credibility and independence of the court, that major legislation should not be struck down on a 5-to-4 vote on grounds that Congress lacks the power. It hasn't happened in the modern era — since the 1930s. John Roberts will likely be Chief Justice for many, many more years, and it's not surprising to me that he wasn't looking to define his court stewardship with a radical decision. The opposite ruling would have been a deeply, permanently controversial landmark."
But cautious does not equal bland. By setting a limit on congressional power to regulate the nation's commerce — and by ruling that Congress cannot use its spending power to force states to greatly expand Medicaid coverage — Roberts blazed legal trails that conservatives have long dreamed of. How far down those paths the court will go in future terms is anyone's guess, but the liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sufficiently worried about these precedents that she wrote a lengthy dissent even though she had gotten the end result she wanted: Obamacare was upheld. And her three liberal colleagues substantially agreed with her.
The four dissenters on the right, meanwhile, left no doubt that they were ready to plunge ahead toward greater limits on the power of the federal government. "The fragmentation of power produced by the structure of our government," they wrote, "is central to liberty, and when we destroy it, we place liberty at peril." Their rare jointly written opinion left some analysts wondering if Roberts had jumped ship from his conservative colleagues at the last minute; his "verbal wizardry," they seethed, went "deep into the forbidden land of the sophists." Their preference would have been to strike down the entire 2,400-page law, every word of it, and let slip the dogs of war.
The Prognosis
So it's back to the salt mines for the legions of government workers and health care providers charged with implementing the ambitious reforms, which seek to beef up the Medicaid program for low-income Americans and open the private insurance market to all comers, regardless of health status, and thus cover tens of millions currently lacking insurance — all while cutting health care costs, at least in theory. To its supporters, the Affordable Care Act is an elaborately integrated work of engineering exquisite enough for Steve Jobs. Critics of the law would say Rube Goldberg. Either way, it is the most sweeping piece of domestic legislation in decades, and striking it down would have sown further chaos in the already unruly medical marketplace.
And back to work as well for the Democrats who have thus far failed to make Americans fall in love with their pet program. A recent memo from Gallup summarized the latest poll results on the eve of the Supreme Court's action and found that "although President Obama and his supporters predicted that Americans would become more positive about the law after it passed and they had time to better understand it, that has not been the case. Americans appear as negative or more negative now than they were" when the law was passed in 2010. An Associated Press/GfK survey in mid-June found that 47% of respondents opposed the law, compared with 33% who supported it, and even most Democrats believed the individual mandate was unconstitutional when Gallup asked the question in February.
(MORE: Republicans Turn Health-Reform Loss into a Rallying Cry)
Which is why Obama let the two-year anniversary of the law pass by in silence in March. When he did talk about health care reform on the campaign trail, he tended to focus narrowly on such popular provisions as the requirement that private insurers allow young adults up to age 26 to remain on their parents' policies. Virtually no one is against that provision.
But after digesting the Roberts ruling, the President hit the reset button on his efforts to sell the program. In remarks from the East Room, with the stately central corridor of the White House exuding authority in the background, he promised that "insurance companies can no longer impose lifetime limits on the amount of care you receive. They can no longer discriminate against children with pre-existing conditions. They can no longer drop your coverage if you get sick. They can no longer jack up your premiums without reason." Americans who currently lack insurance will no longer be free riders on the health care system, while people who already have coverage can keep it, Obama said. (The Congressional Budget Office is not so sure about that last point. Its report in March cited a "tremendous amount of uncertainty" about the effect of the law on employer-based coverage and estimated that as many as 20 million fewer Americans will get insurance through their employers by 2019.)
The court added a new layer to the uncertainty when it ruled, by a strong 7-2 margin, that the federal government cannot force states to adopt the Medi-caid expansion that is central to the quest for universal coverage. Twenty-six states joined the successful challenge to a provision of the law that would have stripped existing Medicaid funds from states that don't get with the program — including Texas, home of the largest number of uninsured residents. How many of those states will now opt out, and how many millions will thus fall through the cracks, remains to be seen. Some experts worry, though, that fewer people covered by Medicaid will mean more people requiring federally subsidized coverage through new private insurance exchanges. That could substantially increase the sticker price of reforms. Roberts' ruling on the Medicaid provisions of the Affordable Care Act will open the door to new state challenges of other Washington our-way-or-the-highway mandates — and soon. It is both an example of Roberts' balancing act and another win for the antifederalists.
The Political Impact
If Obamacare has proved to be a hard sell for the President, it is better than having nothing to sell at all. Roberts not only shielded his branch of government from charges of rank partisanship with his ruling but also granted partial immunity to Obama from the indictment that he spent the first year of his presidency fiddling over an unconstitutional overreach while the economy was burning.
Obama aides say he never doubted the outcome. After all, his long journey toward health care reform — the Democratic grail since Harry Truman was rocking double-breasted suits — has been nothing but cliffhangers and happy endings, from his perspective. After all the speechmaking, deal cutting, vote rustling and budgetary legerdemain that went into eking the bill through the Senate, he couldn't believe it would die in the hushed and secret chambers of the high court. That the individual mandate might prove fatal was too rich an irony. After all, the idea was originally hatched at the conservative Heritage Foundation and embraced by Republican Mitt Romney before he spurned it. Campaigning against Hillary Rodham Clinton for the party's nomination in 2007 and 2008, Obama insisted that an insurance mandate wasn't necessary, but as President he went along with the idea as a way of securing a few desperately needed votes in his own party. For obvious political reasons, he shied away from calling the mandate a tax.
The political impact of the decision is likely to ripple through the election season in ways that jostle every boat, including the President's, and Obama acknowledged the rough seas ahead. "I didn't do this because it was good politics," Obama said of the newly validated law. Republicans rushed to try to prove his point. "Winners celebrate," said veteran Washington watcher William Galston in the aftermath. "Losers mobilize."
Immediately, GOP leaders latched onto the court's finding that the individual mandate was a tax and claimed that Obama had deceived the public when he insisted that his massive reform plan would not raise taxes. "Obama lied to the American people. Again," Sarah Palin tweeted briskly. "He said it wasn't a tax."
Romney wasted little time in reacting. Standing atop a Washington office building with the Capitol dome looming over his shoulder, he promised to repeal the health care law if elected President. "Our mission is clear," he said. "If we want to get rid of Obamacare, we're going to have to replace President Obama." That's a theme that has worked well for Republicans in congressional races, going back to Scott Brown's surprise win in the 2010 race to fill the Massachusetts seat of the late Senator Edward Kennedy. Polls show little appetite for repeal among independent voters, but for the Republican base, the Roberts ruling was cause for downing a quart of Red Bull.
Sure enough, when Romney came down from the rooftop and returned to fundraising, he found that the Chief Justice had unlocked a lot of checkbooks. The Republican campaign said it raised more than $4 million in the first 24 hours after Roberts announced his decision. As Steven Law, president of the GOP super PAC American Crossroads, confidently predicted, "this decision will drive Republican voter intensity sky-high." One day after the Roberts ruling, the super PAC's political affiliate Crossroads GPS updated an ad it was running against North Dakota Democrat Heidi Heitkamp, a candidate for the U.S. Senate, to claim that she had, in backing health care reform, raised "half a trillion dollars in taxes on Americans." That language is sure to be coming soon to a TV near you.
Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, majority leader of the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, said his caucus would pass another resolution calling for repeal when Congress convenes after the Fourth of July. The measure will go nowhere in the Senate, but even so, it would be a mistake for the GOP to count on a backlash as the race goes forward. The next federal unemployment report is due on July 6, and that's likely to return the focus of the election to the issue upper-most in the minds of voters. Jobs, not health care, will be the key to the White House this year, which is why Romney's advisers stop short of saying Obamacare will remain at center stage. "In the end, this is a good thing for us," says a person close to Romney's campaign of the Supreme Court's action, who adds that the issue "will fade" over time. Thanks to Roberts, the issue of naysaying, road-blocking, Party of No Republicans — a theme near and dear to the Obama campaign — may fade a little bit too.
The Roberts Era
It's hard to believe, but generations of Americans considered compromise an admirable quality. Schoolteachers taught their students about the Great Compromise that produced the Constitution and the Missouri Compromise that — for a time — held it together. Now the word connotes something bad. A leaky gasket has been "compromised," and cheating spouses are caught in "compromising" positions. What Roberts managed to do with Obamacare vindicated the virtue of compromise in an era of Occupiers, Tea Partyers and litmus-testing special interests.
He didn't seek some nonexistent middle ground halfway between irreconcilable poles. He didn't listen to one side saying no and the other saying yes and write an opinion saying maybe, or blend black and white to make gray. He found a means of giving both sides just enough of what they wanted that he was able to avert a crisis. In the superheated conflict mill that is American politics these days, it's good to have someone in a position of authority willing to try.
(MORE: How the Supreme Court Rose Above Partisan Politics)
What's more, Roberts found a way through that did not betray his own firmly held beliefs. He was conservative more than 30 years ago, when he clerked for the future Chief Justice William Rehnquist, and conservative when he served as a counsel in the Reagan White House. He was conservative when his name appeared in a leadership directory of the Federalist Society, and he is still conservative today. His cautious solution to the health care standoff, however, will make it much harder for his foes to paint his future decisions as the work of a lawless ideologue — no matter how conservative they are. He has managed to stand well above the viral, toxic cloud of partisan rancor that has settled over the capital, making him perhaps the healthiest figure, politically speaking, in government. After seven terms as Chief Justice, he finally put the Roberts in the Roberts court.
And ultimately, even though his compromise left the enormous mechanism of health care reform lumbering onward to horrify his friends on the right, Roberts brought the court down squarely on the side of one of the most basic conservative principles of all: that big decisions in the U.S. should be made not by judges or bureaucrats but by voters. They'll have their say in November. "The Framers created a Federal Government of limited powers, and assigned to this Court the duty of enforcing those limits. The Court does so today," he wrote at the end of his 59-page decision. "But the Court does not express any opinion on the wisdom of the Affordable Care Act. Under the Constitution, that judgment is reserved to the people …
"It is so ordered."
— With reporting by Alex Altman, Michael Crowley, Michael Grunwald and Michael Scherer / Washington
SPECIAL: TIME's Complete Coverage of the Affordable Care Act


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Monday 23 January 2012
Sepia Saturday 110 : Saturday 28 January 2012
37 comments:
- RJ Clarken said...
Okay - you really inspired me, once again! I'm a total sucker for nostalgia and the theater.
- 23 January 2012 at 19:22
- Steph said...
Oooh, brilliant! I think I might have just the picture for this actually- a remarkable Victorian actress who I've found out was quite interesting. Thanks for picking my theme, Alan!
- 23 January 2012 at 20:28
- Wendy said...
oooooh tricky one. I have an idea but I'm not sure I have a photo. I might have to get creative.
- 23 January 2012 at 21:04
- Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy said...
Hi Alan! I posted twice this week (those are not mistake links, as when I mess up, lol). The first is about my newest major score on family history, and the second is on theme.
Thanks so much for all your work on S.S.,
Kathy M. - 24 January 2012 at 17:16
- Bob Scotney said...
Some majestic moments from elsewhere.
- 24 January 2012 at 19:55
- Postcardy said...
I have the Metropolitan Theater from the metropolis of Minneapolis.
- 25 January 2012 at 13:59
- Nezzy (Cow Patty Surprise) said...
...and majestic it is Man!!!
What a historically beautiful building. I must say Alan, ya did 'er proud!
God bless and have a magnificent day!!! - 25 January 2012 at 15:22
- Rosie said...
What is a town without a theatre? I wish we had one again. Of course, it wouldn't have the same character as an old one.....
- 26 January 2012 at 10:25
- Jinksy said...
I was mostly a 'behind the scenes' person where theatre was concerned! :) But no buildings to show, as they were open air productions I got involved with...
- 26 January 2012 at 18:04
- Little Nell said...
Mine is a family of thespians, but not a 'dynasty'.
- 26 January 2012 at 21:00
- Alan Burnett said...
I am away for a long weekend. I will try and get around to visit people (depending on wifi access)but I might not manage to get next weeks' call up until Tuesday. Until then, I leave you with the delights of the Singer Trio.
- 27 January 2012 at 13:03
- Christine H. said...
I love theaters large and small. This one has a particular charm.
- 27 January 2012 at 16:27
- Julie Goucher said...
Alan, any chance I can remove the link directly in front of the Anglers Rest one? I hit submit before I wrote my Blog name!
- 27 January 2012 at 17:11
- Alan Burnett said...
Anglers Rest : Link deleted.
- 27 January 2012 at 19:09
- Joy said...
I love old theatres, they have a bit of pizazz about them. By coincidence we used to have a Majestic Theatre in my home town (long gone) but I have no pictures of it so have moved onto the stage.
- 27 January 2012 at 19:10
- Julie Goucher said...
Thanks Alan!
- 27 January 2012 at 19:14
- Unknown said...
Oh what memories this week---those especially grand old theaters...we had them when I grew up and what an impression they made....
- 27 January 2012 at 19:31
- Jinksy said...
This is unheard of - you got my memory going on another theatre tack!
- 27 January 2012 at 23:01
- Howard said...
A great theme Alan. I'm curious as to when the US spelling changed from 'theatre' to 'theater'
- 28 January 2012 at 00:11
- DougVernX said...
Although I have some theatrical talent, it was difficult for my post to bridge to this theme. I hope you all enjoy Dr. Suess. :)
- 28 January 2012 at 00:35
- Who Were They said...
Howard, some time in the late 19th century there was a bill passed through Congress that allowed for changing the "re" to "er", dropping the h at the end of burgh, shortening town names to no more than two words, e.g. New York versus New York City, and a few other things. It apparently was confusing people. Whatever, huh.
I have a curious photo of a vaudevillian actor known for being the less famous son of a famous yodeler. How's that for publicity? - 28 January 2012 at 05:20
- Liz Stratton said...
The theater! Love it. Great theme that was even more fun than I anticipated. Can't wait to see what you all have done with it.
- 28 January 2012 at 05:55
- Bruno Laliberté said...
Done, and on theme,
thanks to the web...
HUGZ - 28 January 2012 at 05:58
- Wibbo said...
An on-theme post from my home county of Yorkshire.
- 28 January 2012 at 09:54
- Steph said...
I have an actress up today. Also, please be aware that I'm in the process of moving my blog over to Wordpress (with a swanky .co.uk adress!), so although Blogger will work for now, the new address should eventually change! I'll put the new WordPress link on this comment and *hopefully* the new, 'proper' address on next week's comment!
(Sorry for the essay!) - 28 January 2012 at 10:14
- Mike Brubaker said...
Another perfect theme for me as I have just started to add postcards of theaters to my collection.
- 28 January 2012 at 13:01
- Sheila @ A Postcard a Day said...
I almost had a choice this week!
- 28 January 2012 at 13:58
- dakotaboo said...
Managed to stay on theme this week, in fact I had a few options. HAppy Sepia Saturday.
- 28 January 2012 at 14:06
- Unknown said...
Oh heavens Alan, the theater in my hometown was named The Majestic. Long gone now and not handsome as this one. I had to get a little creative with my photo description.
QMM - 28 January 2012 at 16:42
- Kat Mortensen said...
I wasn't going to do this today, but then I came across a great photo of a theatre and I just HAD to!
- 28 January 2012 at 16:45
- Kristin said...
While researching the Loudin Jubilee singers I found a photo and the story of the grandfather clock that stood in my grandparents living room for years.
- 28 January 2012 at 17:49
- Janice said...
Though I didn't stick with the theme, I love it and will enjoy seeing what others wrote. I wrote instead about my mentor...she has been on my mind and it just spilled out of me.
- 28 January 2012 at 18:08
- 21 Wits said...
I couldn't find my ticket Alan, so I had to travel by a different route through Sepia Saturday, but I had lots of fun doing it. Except I've opened myself up for more research! During a busy work month too! Oh no! ....enjoy your weekend Alan and all!
- 28 January 2012 at 18:36
- Teresa Wilson Rogers said...
Okay, there are lots of great entries this week and I've been trying to read them all but its been a hectic week so I have a lot of catching up to do. I just submitted two entries from two of my blogs, Forgotten Faces and Long Ago Place and Rogers Family History and somehow submitted 3 by mistake. The middle one was a mistake and can be deleted. Thanks!
- 28 January 2012 at 22:15
- Linda said...
A busy week delayed me, but no way I could resist this theme! Look forward to visiting everyone, too.
- 29 January 2012 at 05:18
- Sean Bentley said...
A tad late, sorry, I've been distracted building a website about me great-grandad. Anyway, by coincidence I realized I actually had a themed entry this week!
- 29 January 2012 at 19:03
- Kat Mortensen said...
Sorry, I'm late - lost the photos I was going to scan (they weren't digital).
I'm out and about today, but will visit you soon.
P.S. This may be a duplicate comment? - 4 February 2012 at 15:40


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Any material, information or idea you transmit to or post on this website by any means will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary, and may be disseminated or used by Signal or its affiliates for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from this website any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material, or any other material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under the law.
Any facilities and/or services offered through this website are strictly for Signal's customers' access and/or use in Australia. Other than as aforesaid, nothing in this website shall be construed as Signal providing services and facilities outside of the abovementioned territories. By accessing this website and using the facilities and/or services offered through this website, you agree that Australian law shall govern such access and the provision of such facilities and/or services and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Australian courts.
Signal may at any time revise these Conditions of Use by updating this version. By using this website, you agree to be bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to determine the then current version of the Conditions of Use to which you are bound.
Conditions of Use – Version 1.1
Dated: 1st August 2013