The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 1775

issybird · 10-28-2015, 08:21 PM

Back in the day, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller (NY) advocated running over them.

Cinisajoy · 10-28-2015, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by issybird

Back in the day, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller (NY) advocated running over them.

Squirrels or unruly parents?

issybird · 10-28-2015, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Squirrels or unruly parents?

Those were the days when kids had to toe the line or suffer the consequences.

Squirrels, however, have always been a blight.

Cinisajoy · 10-28-2015, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by issybird

Those were the days when kids had to toe the line or suffer the consequences.

Squirrels, however, have always been a blight.

Had to ask. Since both have come up in the last little while.

Rumpelteazer · 10-29-2015, 03:59 AM

I'm not looking forward to today.

I'll be on my own in the store most of the day. My father has to go to court for another chapter in the Family Thing saga. It has already been a couple of tense days because of that.

To top it off on Thursday morning my father normally has consulting hour. And even though I put up multiple signs that today there is no consulting almost a month ago (and I put up a notification on Facebook) there are always people who will show up with broken light fixtures and get upset that no my father isn't here and no I can't take a look.

The court session will start at 9.30am. Hopefully my father will remember to call or send a message of the outcome afterwards.

ProfCrash · 10-29-2015, 08:31 AM

I hope the day goes well for you. Deep breaths and positive thoughts

WT Sharpe · 10-29-2015, 08:40 AM

We once lived in a house that had a reputation in the neighborhood of being haunted. Frequently we heard the sounds of footsteps coming from overhead. We had a pecan tree in the yard, and a hole just under the roof where the squirrels got in. My wife and I liked them, and never bothered them, but my neighbor shot one out of a tree one day. His daughter, who happened to be looking out of the window at the time, came flying out of the house yelling, "I hate you, daddy!"

Hitch · 10-29-2015, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Squirrels or unruly parents?

Unruly kids?

:-)

Hitch

wodin · 10-29-2015, 02:28 PM

There be no squirrels here, but there be plenty unruly kids and parents. Also mongooses, wombats, and parrots.

And kitties and puppies and cows, oh my.

poohbear_nc · 10-29-2015, 07:52 PM

No rain all day .... came home ready to begin un-baling and spreading the pine straw ... Every time I open the back door it starts to rain ....

Just can't catch a break here ...

pidgeon92 · 11-02-2015, 04:50 PM

One of my dogs ate rat poison off a lawn on our block today.

She's at the vet now getting a charcoal treatment. I think it was rat bait put out in the alley by the city that migrated onto the parkway.

cromag · 11-02-2015, 04:57 PM

Good luck to you and your dog!

Cinisajoy · 11-02-2015, 05:22 PM

Good luck to your dog.

Katsunami · 11-02-2015, 06:05 PM

Because of poor eyesight, I need large sheet music. and A3 prints are becoming unwieldy. (Ever try to play a high-speed piece, needing to turn a page every 30 seconds? Now try it with A3.)

So, I've been looking into digital sheet music options. The main problem is turning pages; it needs a touch screen, or a foot pedal. 10 years ago, not much was available. Now, a lot can be had. So, I settled on a 40 inch TV (2x A3+ size, side by side), an air mouse to control a HDMI stick computer, and a pedal to turn pages. Tested out the software on the computer screen and all, and it works fine. (I'm just using SumatraPDF with a custom, locked configuration, not any special sheet music software.)

Now I just mount the 40 inch TV to the wall after I order it, and be off, right?

Wrong.

First: I took measurements before the TV arrived, using the documentation of the TV and the wall mount so I could just screw the mount to the wall and be done with it. Mounted the TV... and it didn't fit. The instrument didn't fit beneath it. Why not? Because it's a Philips. And they have 'feature', specifically engineered to display their logo. The lower bezel looks like this:

-----\_____/-----

So, the bezel has a 'droplet' in the middle, which is NOT included in the measurements; at least not for this model. Taking this into account, the TV should have been about half an inch higher on the wall. I also didn't see it in pictures, as the black extension is invisible against the TV's foot.

Case in point is that I can't put the back of my instrument against the wall anymore. Without that fracking droplet thing, it would have fit under the TV with about 0.25 inch to spare. Now it doesn't, because that droplet is about half an inch long.

I don't mind about the looks of the TV, because the TV is the cheapest 40 inch I could find, and it's in the hobby room. So, I just mount the TV half an inch to an inch higher on the wall, by fixing the drill holes and making new ones. Then it will be OK. Right? Wrong.

Second: After mounting the TV, the wall mount is discovered to have a HUGE amount of play in the brackets that are screwed behind the TV. It can be titled forward, but the system has play from side-to-side. The TV hangs askew, either to the left or the right, depending to which side I push it. Even though I don't really care about the looks of the TV, I don't want to have it hanging slanted on the wall.

Well... then I'll just return that wall mount, and order an omni-move one (a mount that moves in every possible direction); one with 47 five star reviews. That should solve the problem, right? It can be set in whichever way I want, and it's construction will be perfect, as it has 47 rave reviews. Right? RIGHT?! Wrong.

Third: After the new wall mount arrives, I look at the drawing and the materials, and the first thing I think is: No. Not gonna happen. The part against the wall is mounted with 4 screws, the TV with VESA 200, also four screws. Then, you stick the TV onto the wall-mounted part, and secure it with... ONE FRACKING TINY BOLT, less than half the size and thickness of the ones used to mount the parts to the wall and the TV.

Maybe it's OK, but it's not gonna happen; I just don't trust that construction. I don't care one whit about that TV. If something would happen to it, I can always replace it. The costs of that device are trivial to me at this point in time.

However, the instrument below that TV is about 15 times more expensive than the TV itself, and that is NOT trivial to replace.

So after almost a week of jackassing around, ordering, returning and moving mounts, the TV is still not mounted to the wall, as I'm now waiting on yet another wall mount; this time, I'm getting one that's completely rigid: two bars behind the TV, and a bar against the wall, without any tilting or anything.

If even THAT has play in it, I declare that that the entire manufacturing industry only exists to frustrate me. I haven't been able to buy anything for YEARS on end which was just RIGHT out of the box, and I always buy in the higher middle-class to lower upper end, so it's hardly because I get cheap stuff.

(Even the instrument has a problem. When I set a string bass, it forgets these settings, while every other setting is remembered. The manufacturer says: "This is by design." No, it's not by design, it's a moronic bug that should have been fixed when the instrument was released three years ago, as I now have to reset those those string bass settings at power-on. Granted, it only takes about 5 seconds to move some sliders, but still...)

Cinisajoy · 11-02-2015, 06:18 PM

Good luck with your mounting. We have to put a nickel under one side to keep the TV level. It may be 2 nickels.

10-29-2015, 02:28 PM	#26619
wodin Illiterate Posts: 10,279 Karma: 37848716 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Sandwich Isles Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+, Microsoft Surface Pro	There be no squirrels here, but there be plenty unruly kids and parents. Also mongooses, wombats, and parrots. And kitties and puppies and cows, oh my. Last edited by wodin; 10-29-2015 at 02:32 PM.

11-02-2015, 06:05 PM	#26624
Katsunami Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,111 Karma: 34000001 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: KPW1, KA1	Because of poor eyesight, I need large sheet music. and A3 prints are becoming unwieldy. (Ever try to play a high-speed piece, needing to turn a page every 30 seconds? Now try it with A3.) So, I've been looking into digital sheet music options. The main problem is turning pages; it needs a touch screen, or a foot pedal. 10 years ago, not much was available. Now, a lot can be had. So, I settled on a 40 inch TV (2x A3+ size, side by side), an air mouse to control a HDMI stick computer, and a pedal to turn pages. Tested out the software on the computer screen and all, and it works fine. (I'm just using SumatraPDF with a custom, locked configuration, not any special sheet music software.) Now I just mount the 40 inch TV to the wall after I order it, and be off, right? Wrong. First: I took measurements before the TV arrived, using the documentation of the TV and the wall mount so I could just screw the mount to the wall and be done with it. Mounted the TV... and it didn't fit. The instrument didn't fit beneath it. Why not? Because it's a Philips. And they have 'feature', specifically engineered to display their logo. The lower bezel looks like this: -----\_____/----- So, the bezel has a 'droplet' in the middle, which is NOT included in the measurements; at least not for this model. Taking this into account, the TV should have been about half an inch higher on the wall. I also didn't see it in pictures, as the black extension is invisible against the TV's foot. Case in point is that I can't put the back of my instrument against the wall anymore. Without that fracking droplet thing, it would have fit under the TV with about 0.25 inch to spare. Now it doesn't, because that droplet is about half an inch long. I don't mind about the looks of the TV, because the TV is the cheapest 40 inch I could find, and it's in the hobby room. So, I just mount the TV half an inch to an inch higher on the wall, by fixing the drill holes and making new ones. Then it will be OK. Right? Wrong. Second: After mounting the TV, the wall mount is discovered to have a HUGE amount of play in the brackets that are screwed behind the TV. It can be titled forward, but the system has play from side-to-side. The TV hangs askew, either to the left or the right, depending to which side I push it. Even though I don't really care about the looks of the TV, I don't want to have it hanging slanted on the wall. Well... then I'll just return that wall mount, and order an omni-move one (a mount that moves in every possible direction); one with 47 five star reviews. That should solve the problem, right? It can be set in whichever way I want, and it's construction will be perfect, as it has 47 rave reviews. Right? RIGHT?! Wrong. Third: After the new wall mount arrives, I look at the drawing and the materials, and the first thing I think is: No. Not gonna happen. The part against the wall is mounted with 4 screws, the TV with VESA 200, also four screws. Then, you stick the TV onto the wall-mounted part, and secure it with... ONE FRACKING TINY BOLT, less than half the size and thickness of the ones used to mount the parts to the wall and the TV. Maybe it's OK, but it's not gonna happen; I just don't trust that construction. I don't care one whit about that TV. If something would happen to it, I can always replace it. The costs of that device are trivial to me at this point in time. However, the instrument below that TV is about 15 times more expensive than the TV itself, and that is NOT trivial to replace. So after almost a week of jackassing around, ordering, returning and moving mounts, the TV is still not mounted to the wall, as I'm now waiting on yet another wall mount; this time, I'm getting one that's completely rigid: two bars behind the TV, and a bar against the wall, without any tilting or anything. If even THAT has play in it, I declare that that the entire manufacturing industry only exists to frustrate me. I haven't been able to buy anything for YEARS on end which was just RIGHT out of the box, and I always buy in the higher middle-class to lower upper end, so it's hardly because I get cheap stuff. (Even the instrument has a problem. When I set a string bass, it forgets these settings, while every other setting is remembered. The manufacturer says: "This is by design." No, it's not by design, it's a moronic bug that should have been fixed when the instrument was released three years ago, as I now have to reset those those string bass settings at power-on. Granted, it only takes about 5 seconds to move some sliders, but still...) Last edited by Katsunami; 11-02-2015 at 06:26 PM.

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10-28-2015, 08:21 PM	#26611
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,343 Karma: 234636059 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	Back in the day, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller (NY) advocated running over them.

10-29-2015, 03:59 AM	#26615
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,345 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	I'm not looking forward to today. I'll be on my own in the store most of the day. My father has to go to court for another chapter in the Family Thing saga. It has already been a couple of tense days because of that. To top it off on Thursday morning my father normally has consulting hour. And even though I put up multiple signs that today there is no consulting almost a month ago (and I put up a notification on Facebook) there are always people who will show up with broken light fixtures and get upset that no my father isn't here and no I can't take a look. The court session will start at 9.30am. Hopefully my father will remember to call or send a message of the outcome afterwards.

10-29-2015, 08:31 AM	#26616
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 hope the day goes well for you. Deep breaths and positive thoughts

10-29-2015, 08:40 AM	#26617
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	We once lived in a house that had a reputation in the neighborhood of being haunted. Frequently we heard the sounds of footsteps coming from overhead. We had a pecan tree in the yard, and a hole just under the roof where the squirrels got in. My wife and I liked them, and never bothered them, but my neighbor shot one out of a tree one day. His daughter, who happened to be looking out of the window at the time, came flying out of the house yelling, "I hate you, daddy!"

10-29-2015, 07:52 PM	#26620
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,646 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	No rain all day .... came home ready to begin un-baling and spreading the pine straw ... Every time I open the back door it starts to rain .... Just can't catch a break here ...

11-02-2015, 04:50 PM	#26621
pidgeon92 Wizard Posts: 3,144 Karma: 8426142 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Device: Kindle PW2, Kindle Voyage, Kindle DXG, Boox M90, Kobo Aura HD	One of my dogs ate rat poison off a lawn on our block today. She's at the vet now getting a charcoal treatment. I think it was rat bait put out in the alley by the city that migrated onto the parkway.

11-02-2015, 04:57 PM	#26622
cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 26,430 Karma: 459765791 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	Good luck to you and your dog!

11-02-2015, 05:22 PM	#26623
Cinisajoy Just a Yellow Smiley. Posts: 19,161 Karma: 83862859 Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Texas Device: K4, K5, fire, kobo, galaxy	Good luck to your dog.

11-02-2015, 06:18 PM	#26625
Cinisajoy Just a Yellow Smiley. Posts: 19,161 Karma: 83862859 Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Texas Device: K4, K5, fire, kobo, galaxy	Good luck with your mounting. We have to put a nickel under one side to keep the TV level. It may be 2 nickels.