The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 1181

kennyc · 04-21-2011, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Mortis

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Kenny, do you have plausible deniability? I had a guy that would always have phone troubles when he was on call, it got old very fast since I was the backup to all the SCR's

Not really. I'm generally pretty reliable, but just totally didn't get the phone call. Will follow up today.

And I knew there was a restart of our CAT system last night, but it had slipped my mind (which is totally focused on my daughters issues

)

Mortis · 04-21-2011, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Not really. I'm generally pretty reliable, but just totally didn't get the phone call. Will follow up today.

And I knew there was a restart of our CAT system last night, but it had slipped my mind (which is totally focused on my daughters issues

)

Understand completely, it's amazing how important things crowd the front of the memory, and the less important tend to slip to the back. Hope everything works out for you and your daughter.

kennyc · 04-21-2011, 08:54 AM

Damnit! I Hate Topaz!

just bought the pulitzer prizer winner for poetry and didn't check format first!!! Grrrr!!!

astrangerhere · 04-21-2011, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Damnit! I Hate Topaz!

just bought the pulitzer prizer winner for poetry and didn't check format first!!! Grrrr!!!

Calibre it?

kennyc · 04-21-2011, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by astrangerhere

Calibre it?

Topaz is a pain in the butt to De-Drm.

I presume it was TPZ instead of AZM because it's a poetry book and thus needs "better" page layout. but still...

Oh well, I can still read it on all my Android devices or computer....(just not on my sony)

bjones6416 · 04-21-2011, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by desertblues

Congrats, Mortis

My rant: why do I wake up 2 or 3 times every night? Is't so annoying.

Me, too! I can't complain about it nearly as much as I did before I retired, though. I used to hate it when I was up at 3:00 a.m. knowing I had to get up for work in another couple of hours! You have a lot on your mind right now with the trip and the party -- hopefully it'll get better when you get things under control!

Freeshadow · 04-21-2011, 11:54 AM

Grats Mortis

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Originally Posted by Mortis

I mean what else are you going to do with 500 packets of green jello?

Keep them cold and wait with an expensive offer in my backpocket.
mayby one day someone crushes jelloheads glass with a cane

.

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Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash

Or Dixie will squeeze us, and I'm no angel.

Gently squeezing the ones which aren't angels usually leads to a lot of fun...

Quote:

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

maybe I would concentrate better with a nice cup of Jasmine

I'd prefer to concentrate on some two cups of Jasmine (some Daisy, Rose or Heather 'd do it too)

maianhvk · 04-21-2011, 12:20 PM

oh, congrats Mortis. Hope you like your new job.

dsvick · 04-21-2011, 01:35 PM

Mortis - congrats on joining the recently employed!!

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Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash

Well, no sun today (I sent it to Chicago for Deb) but it should be back by the time you get here.

I'm thinking not. I passed it on my way through Cincinnati and it was mumbling something about stupid North American weather patterns and if we weren't ready to see him he was just going to pack off to the Bahamas for a week or so until we get it sorted out.

So you're in for cold, clouds, and snot. But at least you're feeling a bit better!!

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Originally Posted by SneakySnake

My new USB mouse stopped working on my laptop! I usually change the battery etc etc reconnect and it fixes it. nuh bugga the lights come on and the laptop bleeps everytime I put it in and out, but no worky.

Not to worry said I. i will use the old one. Yippee! works....

For one bluddy day! now neither of them will work!

One computer, two mice with problems, sounds like the computer to me.

badgoodDeb · 04-21-2011, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Mortis

Funny Jello makes me think of wrestling, I mean what else are you going to do with 500 packets of green jello?

I thought you were supposed to fill the bathtub with it......

Monty -- consider your time here on MR as part of getting up to speed with colloquialisms. Lots of talking here!

phenomshel · 04-21-2011, 06:31 PM

Feel free to ignore this one: It's spawned by this article in the Chicago Tribune:

http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/...nsportati.html

The url about says it all, apparently Ray LaHood is "embarrassed" by cases of air traffic controllers sleeping on the job. Here's my rant:

When employers, and this includes the federal government, learn that employees are also humans, and need rest, regular breaks, and humane scheduling, maybe this sort of thing will stop. People have lives outside of work and employers need to learn this. If you wouldn't work those hours, don't schedule your employees to do so. If the controllers in question had had enough time to rest between shifts, they wouldn't have been napping. The fact that they were tells me something is seriously wrong with the way they are scheduled. Employers need to count this as a non negotiable cost of doing business. If you can't make your profit level and still treat your employees humanely, then you need to rethink your profit margins. This especially applies to low wage hourly employees (think Walmart and McDonald's), but the mistakes made in those jobs aren't likely to cost a plane full of passengers their lives. Today's labor laws are a complete joke. Several states have no legislation whatsoever regarding breaks. How "humane" is it to have someone stand at a register, or run a drive-thru line with no bathroom break and nothing to drink for five, six, or seven hours straight? It isn't, is the answer. Several businesses I know of ignore with impunity the "one day rest in seven" act. Why? Because they know they can get by with it. And these same businesses insist they treat their workers "well". Okay, rant over... for now.

Freeshadow · 04-21-2011, 06:57 PM

I remembered following happen on a train trip:
Announcement: ladies and gentlemen, In case there's a train conductor travelling privately, please report to the personnel.
on the next halt: ladies and gentlemen - this train will end here, because the conductor in charge is 6 hours over his last mandatory rest for this shift. Currently there is no personnel availableto take the shift over .

nuff said isn't it?

dsvick · 04-21-2011, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Feel free to ignore this one: It's spawned by this article in the Chicago Tribune:

http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/...nsportati.html

The url about says it all, apparently Ray LaHood is "embarrassed" by cases of air traffic controllers sleeping on the job. Here's my rant:

This has been all over NPR as well, the one thing that makes me angry is LaHood's comment that no air traffic controllers will sleep during their breaks while he is in charge. Despite the fact that there have been several studies done (a couple of them specifically for him) that all say that even short 15 or 20 minute naps would be beneficial. But he has to come up with his infantile "not on my watch" statement. Why!? Does he think that that is what the tax payers want? That we'll be angry if find out someone took a nap on their break? Or is it just some thought in the back of his mind that he's going to be a jerk and put his foot down.

I sincerely hope there are no serious accidents from anyone falling asleep on the job but if there are I hope someone sues his but off - right after they pull his head out of it.

GeoffC · 04-22-2011, 04:29 AM

Excuse me whilst I swear a few times, kick over the odd mushroom growing in the corner and swear a few more times.

Major PC crash with Win7 looping through repair and not finding anything to repair, but refusing to proceed beyond the windows startup window.

Win7 refuses to recognise any of the disk images that I create each month. So I am forced to do a clean install from installation discs.

Daily backups haven't backed up everything they should do, or restore them to their original locations - luckily windows.old was created by the Win7 installation process and seems more reliable though needs a manual transfer - but at least it works !

I'm slowly coming back to where I should be though some programs need re-downloading with no doubt a few chosen words along the way. At least photos and Calibre Library are intact.

Logon records via NIS Security have gone awol - some vital !!!!

Still one hell of a way to waste 5 hours of a night to get a 'clean' system ..... !!!!!!!

Mortis · 04-22-2011, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

Excuse me whilst I swear a few times, kick over the odd mushroom growing in the corner and swear a few more times.

Major PC crash with Win7 looping through repair and not finding anything to repair, but refusing to proceed beyond the windows startup window.

Win7 refuses to recognise any of the disk images that I create each month. So I am forced to do a clean install from installation discs.

Daily backups haven't backed up everything they should do, or restore them to their original locations - luckily windows.old was created by the Win7 installation process and seems more reliable though needs a manual transfer - but at least it works !

I'm slowly coming back to where I should be though some programs need re-downloading with no doubt a few chosen words along the way. At least photos and Calibre Library are intact.

Logon records via NIS Security have gone awol - some vital !!!!

Still one hell of a way to waste 5 hours of a night to get a 'clean' system ..... !!!!!!!

Sorry for your loss, grief counseling is suggested in these cases and a roll back to Windows XP doesn't hurt either.

That seriously sucks, I hope you manage to get it back, for me the loss in confidence is the biggest problem. Good luck!

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04-21-2011, 08:54 AM	#17703
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,931 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	Damnit! I Hate Topaz! just bought the pulitzer prizer winner for poetry and didn't check format first!!! Grrrr!!!

04-21-2011, 12:20 PM	#17708
maianhvk whimsical Posts: 2,779 Karma: 88193939 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: in darkness Device: current: PPW 4. brick: K3 & Voyage.	oh, congrats Mortis. Hope you like your new job.

04-21-2011, 06:31 PM	#17711
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Feel free to ignore this one: It's spawned by this article in the Chicago Tribune: http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/...nsportati.html The url about says it all, apparently Ray LaHood is "embarrassed" by cases of air traffic controllers sleeping on the job. Here's my rant: When employers, and this includes the federal government, learn that employees are also humans, and need rest, regular breaks, and humane scheduling, maybe this sort of thing will stop. People have lives outside of work and employers need to learn this. If you wouldn't work those hours, don't schedule your employees to do so. If the controllers in question had had enough time to rest between shifts, they wouldn't have been napping. The fact that they were tells me something is seriously wrong with the way they are scheduled. Employers need to count this as a non negotiable cost of doing business. If you can't make your profit level and still treat your employees humanely, then you need to rethink your profit margins. This especially applies to low wage hourly employees (think Walmart and McDonald's), but the mistakes made in those jobs aren't likely to cost a plane full of passengers their lives. Today's labor laws are a complete joke. Several states have no legislation whatsoever regarding breaks. How "humane" is it to have someone stand at a register, or run a drive-thru line with no bathroom break and nothing to drink for five, six, or seven hours straight? It isn't, is the answer. Several businesses I know of ignore with impunity the "one day rest in seven" act. Why? Because they know they can get by with it. And these same businesses insist they treat their workers "well". Okay, rant over... for now.

04-21-2011, 06:57 PM	#17712
Freeshadow temp. out of service Posts: 2,818 Karma: 24285242 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Duisburg (DE) Device: PB 623	I remembered following happen on a train trip: Announcement: ladies and gentlemen, In case there's a train conductor travelling privately, please report to the personnel. on the next halt: ladies and gentlemen - this train will end here, because the conductor in charge is 6 hours over his last mandatory rest for this shift. Currently there is no personnel availableto take the shift over . nuff said isn't it?

04-22-2011, 04:29 AM	#17714
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Excuse me whilst I swear a few times, kick over the odd mushroom growing in the corner and swear a few more times. Major PC crash with Win7 looping through repair and not finding anything to repair, but refusing to proceed beyond the windows startup window. Win7 refuses to recognise any of the disk images that I create each month. So I am forced to do a clean install from installation discs. Daily backups haven't backed up everything they should do, or restore them to their original locations - luckily windows.old was created by the Win7 installation process and seems more reliable though needs a manual transfer - but at least it works ! I'm slowly coming back to where I should be though some programs need re-downloading with no doubt a few chosen words along the way. At least photos and Calibre Library are intact. Logon records via NIS Security have gone awol - some vital !!!! Still one hell of a way to waste 5 hours of a night to get a 'clean' system ..... !!!!!!!