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02-09-2015, 09:24 AM
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gone traveling
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Westcliffe
Posts: 228
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that damned Vanguard ad
...that covers up the last 10 threads to the right of the page, with no way of closing it, is very irritating.
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02-09-2015, 09:37 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 12,130
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The same thread-blanking effect showed up on my page, only it was a picture of a baby with yellow stuff on its mouth. I just refreshed the page and all was well.
A.
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'There is only one success to be able to spend your life in your own way. Christopher Morley.
Even a blind clock finds an acorn twice a day.
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02-09-2015, 09:42 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: North Scottsdale
Posts: 1,545
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yes it is extremely obnoxious.
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02-09-2015, 09:48 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: chicago burbs
Posts: 806
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Agree and I wish there was a way to get rid of it.
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02-09-2015, 10:02 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 3,532
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by golfnut
Agree and I wish there was a way to get rid of it.
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turn off javascript
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02-09-2015, 10:17 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 1,976
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I've had it pop up several times. Yes it is annoying because there doesn't seem to be a way to close it. It certainly gets in the way.
I either click around or sign off and on until it goes away but that is more than inconvenient.
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02-09-2015, 10:35 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Houston
Posts: 4,337
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I just hit one of the community forum buttons until it goes away. It takes 2 or 3 times to do that.
It's a pointless annoyance because I have all my money at Vanguard already.
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02-09-2015, 02:53 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Toronto
Posts: 3,310
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I must be doing something wrong, I haven't seen it. Guess maybe because I have Javascript off.
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02-09-2015, 05:32 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 103
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What ad?
(this message made possible by Adblock Plus  )
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02-09-2015, 05:49 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,414
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Ghostery found 6 trackers
www.early-retirement.org
DoubleClick
Advertising
Facebook Social Plugins
Widgets, Social
Google Analytics
Analytics, Analytics
InvestingChannel
Advertising
Quantcast
Advertising
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02-09-2015, 06:43 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 1,525
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No Vanguard ad for me. I'm now being targeted for a 35% APY personal loan from a company REWahoo posted for fun. 
http://www.early-retirement.org/foru...ets-75819.html
Note to self: click "private window" before searching for information on sleezeball lender sites.
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No doubt a continuous prosperity, though spendthrift, is preferable to an economy thriftily moral, though lean. Nevertheless, that prosperity would seem more soundly shored if, by a saving grace, more of us had the grace to save.
Life Magazine editorial, 1956
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02-13-2015, 09:31 AM
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gone traveling
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Westcliffe
Posts: 228
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... and now it's a "#1 risk for seniors" ad. Covers up all but the bottom 3 of the most recent list on the right. Who is the marketing genius that thinks people will buy whatever because the ad won't go away? Precisely the opposite makes more sense.
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02-13-2015, 10:55 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Independence
Posts: 7,123
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozstache
What ad?
(this message made possible by Adblock Plus ) |
ad? +1
You can set ad options to allow ads that adhere to a certain standard of inoffensiveness - I really tried to work with that, but too many of the advertisers ignored the standard, so now I don't see ads...
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02-13-2015, 10:57 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 10,181
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It's not for everyone, but I use the noscript plug-in, as well as the formerly mentioned ghostery. Except on my phone, where I need it most due to a slow connection, I still get the ads 
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02-13-2015, 12:00 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 12,130
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Same one who keeps sending me the giant-underwear catalogs, no doubt. Sooner or later, the thinking goes, she'll get with the program...
A.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Paul
Who is the marketing genius that thinks people will buy whatever because the ad won't go away? .
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'There is only one success to be able to spend your life in your own way. Christopher Morley.
Even a blind clock finds an acorn twice a day.
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02-13-2015, 12:08 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SF East Bay
Posts: 4,242
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I get the giant Vanguard ads too. I agree - it is kind of annoying, especially as it's wasted on me, being a Vanguard customer. I'd get an ad-blocker but once in a blue moon, I actually appreciate the ads.
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On a mission to become the world's second most boring man.
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02-13-2015, 12:09 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Eastern WV Panhandle
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Amethyst
Same one who keeps sending me the giant-underwear catalogs, no doubt. Sooner or later, the thinking goes, she'll get with the program...
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You're just not eating enough, you poor malnourished thing.
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02-13-2015, 12:59 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 12,130
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I could eat all day long for a year and still not fit into some of those contraptions! Talkin' bout the ones that must've been designed by suspension bridge engineers!
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If you understood everything I say, you'd be me ~ Miles Davis
'There is only one success to be able to spend your life in your own way. Christopher Morley.
Even a blind clock finds an acorn twice a day.
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02-14-2015, 09:25 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: West of the Mississippi
Posts: 16,391
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What Vanguard ad? I never saw it.
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The worst decisions are usually made in times of anger and impatience.
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02-14-2015, 11:09 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Kerrville,Tx
Posts: 3,358
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It turns out if you just stop the downloand and refresh the page eventually the ad software will decide you need to see another page and it will not have this behavior.
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