The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 1509

poohbear_nc · 05-18-2013, 11:23 AM

The bad news:
1. My Kindle PaperWhite died!

2. Yes, I have 2, but it had to be the one with the best screen!

3. While I was reading on it!

The screen froze!
4. Loaded with all of my Henry James books!

5. So I can't blame the cats!

6. And it's out of warranty .... but hey, it's Amazon

So .... off to have a little live "chat" with Kindle Support
[Yes, I know phoning them is faster, but I can't deal with non-English speakers when I'm stressed]
1. I explain my tragedy to Jagathiswari

2. We go through the obligatory steps to reset the PW - which I have already done, but we do them together again so he/she can check off the boxes on his screen.

3. I deny any dropping, sitting on it, etc. - explain it's safely parked in its official Amazon cover.

4. And ... my new PW will be here Monday - no charge.

5. And ... I have a label to return my dead PW.

I've owned every Kindle model - and all are still working - this is the first Kindle that dropped dead on me. Not a bad track record I guess, especially since I usually jump the gun and order from the first batch of units after their press conference - before any bugs are discovered & corrected.

Sigh ..... this is why I always have a spare ... I'm so addicted to reading on an ereader, I can't imagine a weekend without one.

dreams · 05-19-2013, 01:48 AM

Oh, so sorry

and great news at the same time.

I'm glad it was resolved so nicely.

I know what you mean about being addicted to an ereader. I have two borrowed books (a Hardback and a mass-marked pbk) that I really need to get back to my son, but I just can't read them for very long and I keep starting and restarting them.

Rumpelteazer · 05-19-2013, 07:16 AM

I don't have to house sit this weekend. However, my friends just came over to visit. Their kids, however, are very loud and hyper and I'm now wishing I could do the same as Lexie and curl up on a fleece blanket on a bed somewhere. I like my friends very much, however I like peace, quiet and reading even more.

WT Sharpe · 05-21-2013, 06:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roger Parkinson

Visiting Narnia?

Good one!

WT Sharpe · 05-21-2013, 06:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

... my new PW will be here Monday - no charge.

...

Don't you love Kindle customer service?

poohbear_nc · 05-21-2013, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Don't you love Kindle customer service?

Loading up my new toy now!

[If this one dies, I'm going to worry about the effect of too much Henry James on delicate electronic equipment!

]

orlok · 05-22-2013, 10:48 AM

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Roger Parkinson · 05-24-2013, 12:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Loading up my new toy now!

[If this one dies, I'm going to worry about the effect of too much Henry James on delicate electronic equipment!

]

That is very good service. Amazon haven't got where they are by slacking off.

Rumpelteazer · 05-24-2013, 06:31 PM

Wishing I had my noise canceling headphones. There are squatter "riots" nearby. Because of that a helicopter has been hovering directly over, or so it sounds, our house. Not so bad when you're watching an acting film, however, when you want to go to sleep after tyjhe film it's very annoying.

kindlekitten · 05-27-2013, 09:37 AM

I wish we could find that old "weird dreams thread"....
so... I dreamed I was in a car accident and the critters that were with me were taken to the pound. I was taken to the ER and released, went to the pound to get my critters. of course in my dream I accounted for it being a holiday weekend and my critters wouldn't be released until tuesday, so not only did I have the emotional strain of not having my critters, but the financial impact of enforced boarding (REALLY? this is an issue in a dream!?) so the really weird part was that I wouldn't go see my dog as I didn't want to get either of us spun up, but! I was fretting over A BIG HONKING YELLOW SNAKE!!!! that the pound worker went to great lengths to explain to me he had made very comfortable with a heat lamp and insisted that I feel how warm and comfy it was. I finally woke up to uncomfortably warm Arwen and Strider snuggled up the length of my back and making me all hot and sweaty!

WT!!!! come get your damn snakes out of my dream!!!!

Pooh! you have been unanimously elected to write our towns murder mystery for next year, this years' was all fubar! PM's to follow...later much restorative sleep is in order first

poohbear_nc · 05-27-2013, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Pooh! you have been unanimously elected to write our towns murder mystery for next year, this years' was all fubar! PM's to follow...later much restorative sleep is in order first

Arrrrrhhhhhhhhhh matey?

kindlekitten · 05-27-2013, 05:16 PM

yep! like that! pm me your email address, I have misplaced it

Rumpelteazer · 05-29-2013, 03:24 AM

Wondering if I should go on holiday anymore.

Except for my week away in January all my holidays for the last two years or so were somehow influenced by root canal, either I've just had one, had to have one soon after or was in the middle of a root canal treatment.

For the past two weeks or so the gums around one tooth sometimes had a burning sort of feel to it (first I thought I had eaten or drank something hot and burned myself). The last couple of day I'm starting to feel the tooth, it doesn't hurt, but I feel it. So I just made an appointment with my dentist for tomorrow. Hopefully it's nothing but I'm afraid I'm in for another root canal, because it feels similar to the last molar that needed treatment.

I'm feeling very frustrated now.

WT Sharpe · 05-29-2013, 09:44 AM

We must be related. While everyone else in the U.S. was enjoying a Memorial Day holiday this week, I was in the dentist's office having two teeth drilled & filled.

ProfCrash · 05-29-2013, 11:10 AM

I just spent 10 hours completing useless training that is the same every freaking year and that no one actually pays any attention to.

05-22-2013, 10:48 AM	#22627
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	Last edited by WT Sharpe; 05-23-2013 at 06:58 AM.

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05-18-2013, 11:23 AM	#22621
poohbear_nc Now what? Posts: 58,802 Karma: 135181808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	The bad news: 1. My Kindle PaperWhite died! 2. Yes, I have 2, but it had to be the one with the best screen! 3. While I was reading on it! The screen froze! 4. Loaded with all of my Henry James books! 5. So I can't blame the cats! 6. And it's out of warranty .... but hey, it's Amazon So .... off to have a little live "chat" with Kindle Support [Yes, I know phoning them is faster, but I can't deal with non-English speakers when I'm stressed] 1. I explain my tragedy to Jagathiswari 2. We go through the obligatory steps to reset the PW - which I have already done, but we do them together again so he/she can check off the boxes on his screen. 3. I deny any dropping, sitting on it, etc. - explain it's safely parked in its official Amazon cover. 4. And ... my new PW will be here Monday - no charge. 5. And ... I have a label to return my dead PW. I've owned every Kindle model - and all are still working - this is the first Kindle that dropped dead on me. Not a bad track record I guess, especially since I usually jump the gun and order from the first batch of units after their press conference - before any bugs are discovered & corrected. Sigh ..... this is why I always have a spare ... I'm so addicted to reading on an ereader, I can't imagine a weekend without one.

05-19-2013, 01:48 AM	#22622
dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,112 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	Oh, so sorry and great news at the same time. I'm glad it was resolved so nicely. I know what you mean about being addicted to an ereader. I have two borrowed books (a Hardback and a mass-marked pbk) that I really need to get back to my son, but I just can't read them for very long and I keep starting and restarting them.

05-19-2013, 07:16 AM	#22623
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,100 Karma: 24047426 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	I don't have to house sit this weekend. However, my friends just came over to visit. Their kids, however, are very loud and hyper and I'm now wishing I could do the same as Lexie and curl up on a fleece blanket on a bed somewhere. I like my friends very much, however I like peace, quiet and reading even more.

05-24-2013, 06:31 PM	#22629
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,100 Karma: 24047426 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Wishing I had my noise canceling headphones. There are squatter "riots" nearby. Because of that a helicopter has been hovering directly over, or so it sounds, our house. Not so bad when you're watching an acting film, however, when you want to go to sleep after tyjhe film it's very annoying.

05-27-2013, 09:37 AM	#22630
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	I wish we could find that old "weird dreams thread".... so... I dreamed I was in a car accident and the critters that were with me were taken to the pound. I was taken to the ER and released, went to the pound to get my critters. of course in my dream I accounted for it being a holiday weekend and my critters wouldn't be released until tuesday, so not only did I have the emotional strain of not having my critters, but the financial impact of enforced boarding (REALLY? this is an issue in a dream!?) so the really weird part was that I wouldn't go see my dog as I didn't want to get either of us spun up, but! I was fretting over A BIG HONKING YELLOW SNAKE!!!! that the pound worker went to great lengths to explain to me he had made very comfortable with a heat lamp and insisted that I feel how warm and comfy it was. I finally woke up to uncomfortably warm Arwen and Strider snuggled up the length of my back and making me all hot and sweaty! WT!!!! come get your damn snakes out of my dream!!!! Pooh! you have been unanimously elected to write our towns murder mystery for next year, this years' was all fubar! PM's to follow...later much restorative sleep is in order first

05-27-2013, 05:16 PM	#22632
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	yep! like that! pm me your email address, I have misplaced it

05-29-2013, 03:24 AM	#22633
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,100 Karma: 24047426 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Wondering if I should go on holiday anymore. Except for my week away in January all my holidays for the last two years or so were somehow influenced by root canal, either I've just had one, had to have one soon after or was in the middle of a root canal treatment. For the past two weeks or so the gums around one tooth sometimes had a burning sort of feel to it (first I thought I had eaten or drank something hot and burned myself). The last couple of day I'm starting to feel the tooth, it doesn't hurt, but I feel it. So I just made an appointment with my dentist for tomorrow. Hopefully it's nothing but I'm afraid I'm in for another root canal, because it feels similar to the last molar that needed treatment. I'm feeling very frustrated now.

05-29-2013, 09:44 AM	#22634
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,073 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	We must be related. While everyone else in the U.S. was enjoying a Memorial Day holiday this week, I was in the dentist's office having two teeth drilled & filled.

05-29-2013, 11:10 AM	#22635
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	I just spent 10 hours completing useless training that is the same every freaking year and that no one actually pays any attention to.

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