The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 1273

WT Sharpe · 08-09-2011, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

...Can I keep ranting? I've got more.

Be my guest!

badgoodDeb · 08-09-2011, 02:57 PM

We have nothing new to read (here), unless you keep ranting!

poohbear_nc · 08-09-2011, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Be my guest!

HomeInMyShoes · 08-09-2011, 03:24 PM

"You want to complain! Look at these shoes. I've only had them three weeks and the heels are worn right through."

HomeInMyShoes · 08-09-2011, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

The Kindle 3 uses the standard Micro USB connector, introduced in 2007. You'll be seeing it in more and more places, as it's also the new standard for charging GSM mobiles.

As a person with no mobile device (outside of an iTouch), I have no other devices using one of these connectors. I've got lots of USB cables for portable harddrives and cameras and at least four different device ends with one standard computer end. It's annoying having to carry around three different cables for transferring photos, charging my iTouch and charging my Kindle. Annoying. Annoying. Annoying.

2007 is also ancient from a technology standpoint. It'll be half a decade old. You know what else is half a decade old: Internet Explorer 7.

Okay, I think I've got my fill in.

Hamlet53 · 08-09-2011, 06:24 PM

So I am old enough to recall that being quiet, or at least making ones best attempt to be so, was the rule at a library. I know that times have changed and I have long since surrendered to, become accustomed to, people thinking it is perfectly alright to conduct cell phone conversations as they please in restaurants, coffee shops, stores, and other public places. But in libraries? Is it so unreasonable to consider a library as one of the last bastions where consideration of others and, dare I say it manners, should prevail.

Here's a clue. People sitting in a library reading room attempting to read and enjoy a book do not appreciate you plopping down in an adjacent chair, pulling out a cell phone, and starting an extended conversation in full voice with a high school girl friend about what a bitch your mutual acquaintance Tonya is. It's a library so STFU.

SneakySnake · 08-09-2011, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

"You want to complain! Look at these shoes. I've only had them three weeks and the heels are worn right through."

You have to stop sneaking out at night and dancing til dawn with those Princes.

amward · 08-09-2011, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Hamlet53

So I am old enough to recall that being quiet, or at least making ones best attempt to be so, was the rule at a library. I know that times have changed and I have long since surrendered to, become accustomed to, people thinking it is perfectly alright to conduct cell phone conversations as they please in restaurants, coffee shops, stores, and other public places. But in libraries? Is it so unreasonable to consider a library as one of the last bastions where consideration of others and, dare I say it manners, should prevail.

Our library has a big mobile free zone sign right in front of you as you walk in the door and one of the librarians is quite a big guy.

I've never heard a phone ring or someone make a call in there but I've nearly had my legs taken out from under me by someone's little darling RUNNING around the shelves.

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Originally Posted by SneakySnake

You have to stop sneaking out at night and dancing til dawn with those Princes.

William F · 08-09-2011, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

We have nothing new to read (here), unless you keep ranting!

Deb, I just finished watching the entire Xena series with all the extras on dvd. Now what the heck am I supposed to do with my spare time?

Iphinome · 08-09-2011, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by William F

Deb, I just finished watching the entire Xena series with all the extras on dvd. Now what the heck am I supposed to do with my spare time?

Have you considered piracy? You'd make a good Dread Pirate Roberts.

maianhvk · 08-10-2011, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Hamlet53

So I am old enough to recall that being quiet, or at least making ones best attempt to be so, was the rule at a library. I know that times have changed and I have long since surrendered to, become accustomed to, people thinking it is perfectly alright to conduct cell phone conversations as they please in restaurants, coffee shops, stores, and other public places. But in libraries? Is it so unreasonable to consider a library as one of the last bastions where consideration of others and, dare I say it manners, should prevail.

Here's a clue. People sitting in a library reading room attempting to read and enjoy a book do not appreciate you plopping down in an adjacent chair, pulling out a cell phone, and starting an extended conversation in full voice with a high school girl friend about what a bitch your mutual acquaintance Tonya is. It's a library so STFU.

In library even at vibrating mode your cell can be heard easily!

Whenever I get a phone call in library I try my best to run quietly outside...

Desertranger · 08-10-2011, 12:52 AM

Rave: I have the smartest dog in the world A border collie named Jin. He is a service dog, meaning he helps mitigate my disability.

Rant: I did not choose to be disabled, Most of it is a the result of leading a very active outdoor life which I can no longer do.

With that in mind I would like ask you guys and gals to do all service dog teams a favor. You see a dog wearing a vest that says sewrvice dog on it leave the team alone. We are sometimes in a delicate state balance and the dogs need to concentrate. Talk to the handler first if you must but hands off the dog.

Confession and questions: Despite being a professional outdoors type I know more about computers than the average bear. My sister gave me her Kindle DX and after an evenings messing with it I've got Python loaded in, my own screensavers, Sun Tzu's Art of War, the Tao of Pooh and a few other books. What else can you do with a Kindle?

William F · 08-10-2011, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Iphinome

Have you considered piracy? You'd make a good Dread Pirate Roberts.

I get that fairly often, it must be the beard and bottle of rum I habitually carry. Well technically its gin but the jug is opaque so nobody knows.

But I will stick to Pirosophy, there's much less chance of being hung by the neck until dead by the cursed redcoats.

SneakySnake · 08-10-2011, 03:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Desertranger

Rave: I have the smartest dog in the world A border collie named Jin. He is a service dog, meaning he helps mitigate my disability.

Rant: I did not choose to be disabled, Most of it is a the result of leading a very active outdoor life which I can no longer do.

With that in mind I would like ask you guys and gals to do all service dog teams a favor. You see a dog wearing a vest that says sewrvice dog on it leave the team alone. We are sometimes in a delicate state balance and the dogs need to concentrate. Talk to the handler first if you must but hands off the dog.

Confession and questions: Despite being a professional outdoors type I know more about computers than the average bear. My sister gave me her Kindle DX and after an evenings messing with it I've got Python loaded in, my own screensavers, Sun Tzu's Art of War, the Tao of Pooh and a few other books. What else can you do with a Kindle?

How dare you assume we will touch your doggie. Even if he is one of the cutest breeds going!

Anyway he is not real until we see some pix. please post them HERE so I can have my pet fix!

amward · 08-10-2011, 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Desertranger

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Confession and questions: Despite being a professional outdoors type I know more about computers than the average bear. My sister gave me her Kindle DX and after an evenings messing with it I've got Python loaded in, my own screensavers, Sun Tzu's Art of War, the Tao of Pooh and a few other books. What else can you do with a Kindle?

Read a book?

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badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,551 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	We have nothing new to read (here), unless you keep ranting!

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HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	"You want to complain! Look at these shoes. I've only had them three weeks and the heels are worn right through."

08-09-2011, 06:24 PM	#19086
Hamlet53 Nameless Being	So I am old enough to recall that being quiet, or at least making ones best attempt to be so, was the rule at a library. I know that times have changed and I have long since surrendered to, become accustomed to, people thinking it is perfectly alright to conduct cell phone conversations as they please in restaurants, coffee shops, stores, and other public places. But in libraries? Is it so unreasonable to consider a library as one of the last bastions where consideration of others and, dare I say it manners, should prevail. Here's a clue. People sitting in a library reading room attempting to read and enjoy a book do not appreciate you plopping down in an adjacent chair, pulling out a cell phone, and starting an extended conversation in full voice with a high school girl friend about what a bitch your mutual acquaintance Tonya is. It's a library so STFU.

08-10-2011, 12:52 AM	#19092
Desertranger Master dog trainer. Posts: 10 Karma: 25688 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: In the Great California Desert. Device: Kindle DX	Rave: I have the smartest dog in the world A border collie named Jin. He is a service dog, meaning he helps mitigate my disability. Rant: I did not choose to be disabled, Most of it is a the result of leading a very active outdoor life which I can no longer do. With that in mind I would like ask you guys and gals to do all service dog teams a favor. You see a dog wearing a vest that says sewrvice dog on it leave the team alone. We are sometimes in a delicate state balance and the dogs need to concentrate. Talk to the handler first if you must but hands off the dog. Confession and questions: Despite being a professional outdoors type I know more about computers than the average bear. My sister gave me her Kindle DX and after an evenings messing with it I've got Python loaded in, my own screensavers, Sun Tzu's Art of War, the Tao of Pooh and a few other books. What else can you do with a Kindle?