The Vent and Rant Thread

[Nate the great]

Originally Posted by Lady Blue

HUH?


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. . . how much more contracted can you get?

Originally Posted by pdurrant

"Zee"? "Zelly"?

Da pin

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

"Zee"? "Zelly"?

Originally Posted by kazbates

Da(h)!

Originally Posted by pshrynk

Zeldy.

Originally Posted by Nate the great

Da pin

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[Nate the great]

Why do companies insist on calling perfectly ordinary routers "Cable/DSL router"? If it says DSL, I expect to be able to plug my DSL in to it.

Okay, you can laugh at me for making this mistake, but what Linksys did was deceptive. Yes, I realize now that it should have said modem. But my current one doesn't say it's a modem, and it's a combo box with DSL, Wifi and ethernet. I thought that's what I just bought.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Nate the great

Why do companies insist on calling perfectly ordinary routers "Cable/DSL router"? If it says DSL, I expect to be able to plug my DSL in to it.

Okay, you can laugh at me for making this mistake, but what Linksys did was deceptive. Yes, I realize now that it should have said modem. But my current one doesn't say it's a modem, and it's a combo box with DSL, Wifi and ethernet. I thought that's what I just bought.

Definitely a good point. I'm sure many people have been confused (deceived) by it.

A router is a router, not necessarily anything to do with Cable or DSL it's the modem that connects to the Cable or DSL.....it's the router that connects multiple computers....

[Lycoming]

Has anybody tried holding a 'normal' conversation with a computer manual writer? Those people use English, either British or American, in a very different format to the one I learned so many moons ago.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Lycoming

Has anybody tried holding a 'normal' conversation with a computer manual writer? Those people use English, either British or American, in a very different format to the one I learned so many moons ago.

That's nothing, you should try carrying on a conversation with a Database Administrator.

[nomesque]

Originally Posted by Lycoming

Has anybody tried holding a 'normal' conversation with a computer manual writer? Those people use English, either British or American, in a very different format to the one I learned so many moons ago.

*cough*

There are tech writers, and then there are engineers and other scaries who write manuals in the spare time they have from their REAL job, which is causing the problems that the manual should guide you through. Except they don't see the problems as problems, or they woulda fixed em, so they don't guide, either.

Yours lovingly,
Ms. Manual Writer

[vivaldirules]

Originally Posted by nomesque

2. I walk up to a checkout. A woman with "Clare" written on her nametag serves me. While I'll chat to her (if she's in the mood), I will NOT refer to her by name. Because knowing her name hasn't showed that I've listened and been interested in her communication, it just shows that a) I can read and b) I've been looking in the general direction of her boobs.

That's got me written all over it. I mean your statement, not her boobs.

[fugazied]

Mine is a simple complaint. I started getting a sore back from my matress, so I tried a different equally crappy mattress, no joy. Then I bought another very expensive mattress and it hurts WORSE than before.

On the up side at least it has gotten me back into yoga, trying to strengthen the back, but yeah constant pain for the first 5 hrs of the day as my back warms up and I only get 6 hrs sleep because the pain wakes me up..

[desertgrandma]

A HOT shower (with the water pounding on your back) and a couple of Excedrin right when you get up might help?

Not the ideal answer, perhaps, but a suggestion.

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by kazbates

I completely agree with DGma when others look at my full name on my credit card, etc., and refer to me by my first name.

And that's why I only have my first letter on my cards. Now, there are not a lot of female names starting with an I, but it's better to keep to the last name

But I do have a king named after me!

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i don't think this would happen in france. formality between strangers is much more obvious a part of the culture here, although less so between young people of course and in some social circles. it's like "tu" and "vous" ; you don't say "tu" to someone you don't know, unless it's a child. there's even an expression, "on n'a pas gardé les cochons ensemble" (we didn't watch the pigs together) if someone is too familiar.

Yes, you miss that distinction in English. You have you, you and you. I find it weird to use the familiar form to a stranger... (but I do know plenty of parents who think their kids should use the polite form to them too. I personally find that weird...)

Originally Posted by neilmarr

Hey, Sweetpea: Where can I pick up one of those waterproof, bendy keyboards? Seems an absolute neccessity in case of emergency -- a bit like carrying a spare wheel. Cheers. Neil

I ordered it from a Chinese store directly. I'd have to search my email for the site. It arrived within a week!

Originally Posted by kennyc

That's nothing, you should try carrying on a conversation with a Database Administrator.

Or a software developer...


*stops talking now*

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

...
Or a software developer...


....

What? Huh?

[kazbates]

Originally Posted by neilmarr

Hey, Sweetpea: Where can I pick up one of those waterproof, bendy keyboards? Seems an absolute neccessity in case of emergency -- a bit like carrying a spare wheel. Cheers. Neil

Think Geek has them. As does Staples, an office supply store here in the States.

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by kazbates

Think Geek has them. As does Staples, an office supply store here in the States.

Bah, that one has a tail... Mine is tailless.

[WT Sharpe]

Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssst!

(I'm venting. Might rant later.)