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Originally Posted by Patricia
I've had the police on the doorstep, trying to serve a warrant on someone with a very similar name to mine. She had the same first name and surname, but a different middle name, entirely different age, and an address in the next town - as I found from the phone book.
It makes you wonder about their powers of detection...
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Originally Posted by nomesque
Well, if I were going to hide from the police, I'd definitely just change my middle name and move one town over. It's foolproof!!  |
exactly. plus, this story, coupled with some recent allusions to patricia's "misspent youth", makes me wonder just what she might be keeping from us. after all, sometimes the simplest plans are the best :
Patricia : "really now officer, do you honestly think that i'd simply move one town over and change my middle name, if i were wanted by the police ? just how stupid do you think i think you are ?"
police officer : "yes, of course, right you are. silly of me. sorry for the disturbance. carry on..."
like nomesque said : foolproof !
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Originally Posted by Moejoe
Why in 10 shades of Farkington do printer manufacturers make you jump through so many bloody hoops? First, the damn thing is boxed up like its the Ark and you have to go on some Indiana Jones like adventure to get at it. Then every other bastarding lever, pulley, drawer and gate is fixed in place with three layers of eterno-gum tape. Then, then you plug it all in to realise that printer manufacturers don't bother including a usb cable...oh no, that would be too much to give us mere mortals. So you go out and buy a new cable, only to return and have the setup CD tell you repeatedly that "Device Not Recognized" after telling you moments earlier that the "Device Is Recognized".
ARGHHHHHHH!!!!! If I had any hair I'd tear it out. If this stupid thing doesn't start working soon I'll go out and tear someone else's hair out  |
i feel your pain, moejoe. usb has caused me immeasurable frustration on more than one occasion (and over-zealous packaging, even more often). "plug and play" my-- ahem. you get the idea. i hope you get it sorted soon. a little tip which miraculously fixed things for me when suddenly *none* of my usb devices were recognised anymore (god knows why) : shut down computer. unplug it from the wall. push and hold "on" button for 30 seconds. restart computer. apparently that re-initialises the bios or something. since it took me 3 days of searching even the most obscure recesses of The Intarwebs to find that little tip and since before finding it i had tried god knows how many other "solutions" to no avail and next on my list was something extreme like editing the registry or something, i pass it along to all of you now, as my gift, should you ever need it. share the love, tell your friends.