The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 113

ShortNCuddlyAm · 02-12-2009, 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lilac_jive

There are six girls in my house right now, all under the age of 13. Someone kill me, please.

Wouldn't you prefer us to kill them??

lilac_jive · 02-12-2009, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Wouldn't you prefer us to kill them??

I like your idea so much better.

They've quieted down somewhat. Hopefully they'll go home soon.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 02-12-2009, 07:06 PM

Can't you just kick 'em out?

lilac_jive · 02-12-2009, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Can't you just kick 'em out?

Alas, no. My mom's friends' children. *sigh* I need my house...now.

RickyMaveety · 02-12-2009, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

You're just too good a neighbor!

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Originally Posted by Fledchen

RickyMaveety, my best friend is a rent-a-geek (NOT geek squad) by profession, and he's had that same "RAM is not the same as the hard drive" conversation dozens of times with his clients.

Sometimes I wish I was getting paid for the repair work I do around the neighborhood. But then again ... I do like doing things for people.

One good thing was my other neighbor came home early, so I don't need to walk her doggies.

Oh, and one cute story a neighbor related to me yesterday. She was talking with friends in Kansas, and they were complaining about computer problems to her. She told them that she never has any problems anymore. She just "calls Ricky and Ricky runs right over and fixes it ... and she actually LIKES doing it!!"

She said they are getting ready to pack and move here based on just that.

And, I do like doing this stuff. It's just that, when my back is screwed up as it is now, I just hate crawling around under desks and behind furniture, whacking my head and mushing my back even more.

I think I'm just going to go to bed super early tonight, and watch some movies or something. With a couple of cans of soda pop and some cookies and chocolate, and a little morphine for the back (I wish!!).

badgoodDeb · 02-12-2009, 07:28 PM

And your Kindle too. Don't forget your Kindle! (Plus any of those 13 or more kitties? Or is 13 my sister-in-law's count? You may have even more....)

ShortNCuddlyAm · 02-12-2009, 07:41 PM

I think Ricky has around 20 odd. Plus a herd of llama-ducks...

And don't forget the painkillers too, Ricky, if you can have any more!

RickyMaveety · 02-12-2009, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

And your Kindle too. Don't forget your Kindle! (Plus any of those 13 or more kitties? Or is 13 my sister-in-law's count? You may have even more....)

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

I think Ricky has around 20 odd. Plus a herd of llama-ducks...

And don't forget the painkillers too, Ricky, if you can have any more!

Kindle, check;

19 cats, check;

Painkillers, check;

Cookies, chocolate, soda pop .... check, check and check

and the doggies are howling at something ... check.

It's 7:00 here. I've finished all my chores. I'm going to bed.

Greg Anos · 02-12-2009, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

Hey ... I'm twisted up like a pretzel at the moment and on more pain pills than even I feel safe taking.

To top it off, I went over to say "hi" to a neighbor, and got roped into doing an on the spot repair of his PC (which was running slower than molasses in winter because .... it only has 512mb of RAM in it), which meant I had to crawl under a desk, and my back just got more messed up than it was before, and then I missed the UPS delivery person, and of COURSE I need the stuff that was supposed to be delivered today (and won't have it till tomorrow), and NOW I have to go walk the dogs.

No good deed goes unpunished. Soooooo true.

That's the joy of being a cold-blooded conservative....You never get punished for doing a good deed! ('Cause you don't do any!)

Greg Anos · 02-12-2009, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

From a previous job:

In a power cut: "My computer won't turn on! Why won't my computer turn on?"

A different person came up to the IT dept and asked us when the lifts would be working. When we shrugged and said we had no idea, they berated us, as because lifts have computers in them, they are obviously an IT issue.

In both cases, the people were being serious...

The proper reply to both questions is that the service has been offshored, and you are waiting for a person to be flown in from xxxx.

Greg Anos · 02-12-2009, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

There are six girls in my house right now, all under the age of 13. Someone kill me, please.

I would offer the guest bedroom, but you might take me up on it....

nekokami · 02-12-2009, 08:54 PM

Ricky, I think it would still be within the bounds of being a good neighbor to ask the guy to get the computer out from under the desk, as your back is bothering you. Just say "I'm not supposed to go under desks right now" or something like that. I only mention this because your back probably won't be that much better when the RAM arrives.

(Yes, I've had to cover the difference between RAM and disk space many, many times, especially when I was teaching computer classes for a living. I used to liken it to the difference between space in your office shelves, drawers, etc, and how much space you have on your desk to actually work, but now the word "desktop" has come into the language to mean the part of the screen littered with icons, so I'm not sure that would work anymore.)

I've never been able to see the attraction of Twitter. Maybe I'm too paranoid, maybe my self-esteem is too low, but why would anyone want constant little updates of what I'm doing all the time? I'm amazed that anyone reads my posts here, and at least here they're sort of part of a conversation.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 02-12-2009, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

The proper reply to both questions is that the service has been offshored, and you are waiting for a person to be flown in from xxxx.

I shall remember that for next time (as I am certain there will be one)

---

From my current job (may have posted this before

) - one very wet server sitting on a very wet floor (the allegedly-disconnected air con had dumped a load of water over it). Call the manufacturers to get an engineer out with enough bits so we can try and get a duplicate server built.

1st line support person asks me what happens when I turn it on.
I explain about the water.
They ask me if it beeps when I turn it on.
I explain some more about the water.
They ask me to turn it on and see what it does.
I explain that I've always been taught that mixing water and electricity is not usually considered to be a good thing, so no - I won't be turning it on.
A glimmer of understanding for a moment... and then they ask what happens if I turn it on.
Repeat a few more times.
Then they ask what happens... and interrupt themselves saying I can't turn it on because of the water.
After 5 minutes of explaining I wasn't going to turn the sodding (or even sopping) thing on, they agreed to send someone out.
The HR manager stuck her head round the door near the end of it, and suggested I ask the chap on the phone to come and turn it on...

slayda · 02-12-2009, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

The proper reply to both questions is that the service has been offshored, and you are waiting for a person to be flown in from xxxx.

Or better yet, tell them it's due to operator error.

And Ricky, just think of all the positive karma you're accruing. You'll probably come back in your next life as a Amazonian Indian and never have to see a computer your entire life. (This is not an Amazon or Kindle bash.

)

pshrynk · 02-13-2009, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by slayda

Or better yet, tell them it's due to operator error.

And Ricky, just think of all the positive karma you're accruing. You'll probably come back in your next life as a Amazonian Warrior and never have to see a computer your entire life. (This is not an Amazon or Kindle bash.

)

True, this is how I often picture RM:

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02-12-2009, 07:06 PM	#1683
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	Can't you just kick 'em out?

02-12-2009, 07:28 PM	#1686
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,570 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	And your Kindle too. Don't forget your Kindle! (Plus any of those 13 or more kitties? Or is 13 my sister-in-law's count? You may have even more....)

02-12-2009, 07:41 PM	#1687
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	I think Ricky has around 20 odd. Plus a herd of llama-ducks... And don't forget the painkillers too, Ricky, if you can have any more!

02-12-2009, 08:54 PM	#1692
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Ricky, I think it would still be within the bounds of being a good neighbor to ask the guy to get the computer out from under the desk, as your back is bothering you. Just say "I'm not supposed to go under desks right now" or something like that. I only mention this because your back probably won't be that much better when the RAM arrives. (Yes, I've had to cover the difference between RAM and disk space many, many times, especially when I was teaching computer classes for a living. I used to liken it to the difference between space in your office shelves, drawers, etc, and how much space you have on your desk to actually work, but now the word "desktop" has come into the language to mean the part of the screen littered with icons, so I'm not sure that would work anymore.) I've never been able to see the attraction of Twitter. Maybe I'm too paranoid, maybe my self-esteem is too low, but why would anyone want constant little updates of what I'm doing all the time? I'm amazed that anyone reads my posts here, and at least here they're sort of part of a conversation.