"Temporary" Venting Thread - Page 33

sun-star · 02-06-2006, 09:37 AM

True. However, some ideologies seem to attract annoying people...

BeardofPants · 02-06-2006, 02:37 PM

*bump*?

***Rían*** · 02-06-2006, 05:37 PM

Sheesh, BoP, get better soon! I've only had one UTI my entire life, and it was really annoying! Are you getting antibiotics? And there's a little pill you can take that turns your "output" a vivid orange, but also numbs the discomfort.

Bombadillo · 02-06-2006, 10:39 PM

Sorry to hear bout that BoP. That doesn't sound like a comfortable place at all to become all infected. Get better soon!

Friday morning I got pulled over. I would just sigh if I deserved it, but all I did was slow down instead of stopping at a ridiculously unnecessary stop sign, and the pompous cop lectured me that "these stop signs. were installed. in an attempt. to prevent high school students. like your roudy self. from speeding down these roadways. You only slowed down because you saw me." Which was bull, 1) I would have stopped if you hiding there waiting for revenue, idiot! I slowed down, more than enough, to see up the incline of the road that angled toward mine at that intersection (IOW, I had the clearest view imaginable). and 2) however my 1993 minivan with more rust than paint gave him the impression I was a regular school-aged motorhead I have no idea. The guy could have been lenient, but he was too dumb, and also the van, my dad's, has been overdue for inspection since last July. So that very day the guy mails me the summons and they're at my house and in my parents' hands before I'm even home from school. $215 to pay now, and I don't deserve that.

Spock · 02-07-2006, 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bombadillo

Friday morning I got pulled over. I would just sigh if I deserved it, but all I did was slow down instead of stopping at a ridiculously unnecessary stop sign,.

Actually, you do.

Stop means Stop and nothing else complies.

BeardofPants · 02-07-2006, 03:33 PM

Thanx bomb & ri.

Yes, I am on antiobiotics - the first course didn't work, and it spread to my kidneys, so I'm on another lot now, but they're still not working, and my kidneys are still moderately sore (enough that it's uncomfortable to sit in a chair). Ugh.

Bomb, that sounds like a frustrating experience.

olsonm · 02-07-2006, 11:18 PM

Hope you feel better BoP!

Spock · 02-08-2006, 10:59 AM

Well after two weeks of hardly any computer operation; nine days of 5-8 hrs. per day with tech support from Microsoft, Gateway and Symantic; I think my system and all are working at last. .....boy what stress

Rev. Justin Timberlake · 02-08-2006, 11:47 AM

What happened? Reinstallation?

Spock · 02-08-2006, 12:17 PM

I wish it were that simple. My computer was bought from relatives, three years ago. They didn't supply me with the O.S. disc as they couldn't find it. All they had were application and driver discs. So whatever caused the crash ( I couldn't use Word nor any buttons, such as "next", "submit", "enter", etc., on any www site) was really never found out. The only good thing was that I was given an extended warranty through this year at that time which allowed me to get help.

OH, and although I had created a "restore point" only weeks ago, I was unable to use that function (it simply did not open) and my internal Help and Support file was totally non operative.

I managed with e-mail assistance and purchasing a new browser disc from Netscape, got another free disc from Earth Link, and ordered 2006 Norton virus protection as after begining with tech support, all my virus protection disappeared. I also purchased Pcon Point which is a program designed to find and correct errors. As a result, I have only been on line for about 9 min. each day in hopes of limiting the opportunity for hard drive corruption by virus, worm, etc.

As of today, I have e-mail back to normal (it wasn't working yesterday at all) and my browsers are BOTH working well although I don't care for Netscapes display of my favorites.

Giroth · 02-08-2006, 01:19 PM

vent of the day:

my appointment with the spine specialist, where i can be finding out whether my scoliosis will require surgery or not, and the prospect of surgery freaks me out so i'm nervous! *shivers*

Rev. Justin Timberlake · 02-08-2006, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spock

I managed with e-mail assistance and purchasing a new browser disc from Netscape, got another free disc from Earth Link, and ordered 2006 Norton virus protection as after begining with tech support, all my virus protection disappeared. I also purchased Pcon Point which is a program designed to find and correct errors. As a result, I have only been on line for about 9 min. each day in hopes of limiting the opportunity for hard drive corruption by virus, worm, etc.

Ah, ok. Well, without turning this into a technical topic, I'll just add that my XP SP2 firewall + Norton Internet firewall combination seem to be working quite well. I do run a seperate anti-virus app, but the real-time scan has never found anything since the firewalls do a pretty good job. Anyway, good luck.

Spock · 02-08-2006, 02:36 PM

quick response; I got a message stating I could not have both windows firewall and the Norton running at the same time so I activated the Windows one. I've XP 2000.

Spock · 02-08-2006, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Giroth

vent of the day:

my appointment with the spine specialist, where i can be finding out whether my scoliosis will require surgery or not, and the prospect of surgery freaks me out so i'm nervous! *shivers*

That's perfectly normal. I won't even try the shot my orthopedic doctor suggested to ease back pain...forget surgery for me altogether, I can't handle that type.

All the best wishes .

Lotesse · 02-08-2006, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bombadillo

Sorry to hear bout that BoP. That doesn't sound like a comfortable place at all to become all infected. Get better soon!

Friday morning I got pulled over. I would just sigh if I deserved it, but all I did was slow down instead of stopping at a ridiculously unnecessary stop sign, and the pompous cop lectured me that "these stop signs. were installed. in an attempt. to prevent high school students. like your roudy self. from speeding down these roadways. You only slowed down because you saw me." Which was bull, 1) I would have stopped if you hiding there waiting for revenue, idiot! I slowed down, more than enough, to see up the incline of the road that angled toward mine at that intersection (IOW, I had the clearest view imaginable). and 2) however my 1993 minivan with more rust than paint gave him the impression I was a regular school-aged motorhead I have no idea. The guy could have been lenient, but he was too dumb, and also the van, my dad's, has been overdue for inspection since last July. So that very day the guy mails me the summons and they're at my house and in my parents' hands before I'm even home from school. $215 to pay now, and I don't deserve that.

*shahkes head, smiling* Oh, kids these days! Bomb, yes you DO deserve that ticket my boy! Laws are laws; rules are rules, and as you get older you'll learn better the right laws to break and how not to get caught,

and the laws to always comply with and not ever to screw with - like stopping at stop signs. Do you even know how MANY car accidents, or pedestrian injuries, happen every year from peolpe sailing through stop signs with total disregard for the sign? Look, I have no love for cops either, but that cop you got ticketed by had very valid points and had EVERY RIGHT to give you a ticket and a talking-to. You've got a long life ahead of you; you'll get it as you get older! I mean, sometimes you gotta pay 2 play. Sometimes when a person gambles with the rules, they lose a hand here & there. Just be stoked you only got a ticket.

Spock · 02-08-2006, 03:17 PM

.........................you tell 'em..............

***Rían*** · 02-08-2006, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Giroth

vent of the day:

my appointment with the spine specialist, where i can be finding out whether my scoliosis will require surgery or not, and the prospect of surgery freaks me out so i'm nervous! *shivers*

Good luck, Giroth! Let us know ...

littleadanel · 02-08-2006, 03:31 PM

Oh Giroth, scoliosis too?

Same here; without my dear doc who took care of me ever since I first went to him when I was 12, I might be for surgery too... All the best.

Lotesse · 02-08-2006, 03:57 PM

Yes, good vibes to you two, and to Beard of Pants, too.

Hoping all goes well with your health concerns.

littleadanel · 02-09-2006, 05:28 AM

Vents of this morning

- Urgh. Do you know how DISGUSTING a bathroom can be, if the washing machine is removed and you are suddenly exposed to the sight of all the... ahem... DIRT which has been under it? Makes you want to run for the rubbergloves and the strongest disinfectant (sp?) available and clean the whole mess up. I just did that. >P

- I hate being bugged about political questions

And PLEASE, not even by my own FAMILY! There's no need repeating the friendly suggestions! Last time I could manage without them. Of course I'm going to vote in April, but according to my own thoughts. Meh.

02-06-2006, 09:37 AM	#641
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	True. However, some ideologies seem to attract annoying people... __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

02-06-2006, 02:37 PM	#642
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	bump? __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

02-06-2006, 05:37 PM	#643
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	Sheesh, BoP, get better soon! I've only had one UTI my entire life, and it was really annoying! Are you getting antibiotics? And there's a little pill you can take that turns your "output" a vivid orange, but also numbs the discomfort. __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

02-06-2006, 10:39 PM	#644
Bombadillo "The Bomb" Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: all over the place Posts: 1,601	Sorry to hear bout that BoP. That doesn't sound like a comfortable place at all to become all infected. Get better soon! Friday morning I got pulled over. I would just sigh if I deserved it, but all I did was slow down instead of stopping at a ridiculously unnecessary stop sign, and the pompous cop lectured me that "these stop signs. were installed. in an attempt. to prevent high school students. like your roudy self. from speeding down these roadways. You only slowed down because you saw me." Which was bull, 1) I would have stopped if you hiding there waiting for revenue, idiot! I slowed down, more than enough, to see up the incline of the road that angled toward mine at that intersection (IOW, I had the clearest view imaginable). and 2) however my 1993 minivan with more rust than paint gave him the impression I was a regular school-aged motorhead I have no idea. The guy could have been lenient, but he was too dumb, and also the van, my dad's, has been overdue for inspection since last July. So that very day the guy mails me the summons and they're at my house and in my parents' hands before I'm even home from school. $215 to pay now, and I don't deserve that. __________________ Could it be that one path to enlightenment leads through insanity? Last edited by Bombadillo : 02-06-2006 at 10:41 PM.

02-07-2006, 03:33 PM	#646
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Thanx bomb & ri. Yes, I am on antiobiotics - the first course didn't work, and it spread to my kidneys, so I'm on another lot now, but they're still not working, and my kidneys are still moderately sore (enough that it's uncomfortable to sit in a chair). Ugh. Bomb, that sounds like a frustrating experience. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

02-07-2006, 11:18 PM	#647
olsonm Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: minneapolis MN Posts: 920	Hope you feel better BoP! __________________ Gandalf lives...oh and Frodo too. Haldir Lives!!!

02-08-2006, 10:59 AM	#648
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Well after two weeks of hardly any computer operation; nine days of 5-8 hrs. per day with tech support from Microsoft, Gateway and Symantic; I think my system and all are working at last. .....boy what stress __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

02-08-2006, 11:47 AM	#649
Rev. Justin Timberlake Andúril the White Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Your thoughts Posts: 672	What happened? Reinstallation? __________________ Nothing can stop me now cause I just don't care.

02-08-2006, 12:17 PM	#650
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	I wish it were that simple. My computer was bought from relatives, three years ago. They didn't supply me with the O.S. disc as they couldn't find it. All they had were application and driver discs. So whatever caused the crash ( I couldn't use Word nor any buttons, such as "next", "submit", "enter", etc., on any www site) was really never found out. The only good thing was that I was given an extended warranty through this year at that time which allowed me to get help. OH, and although I had created a "restore point" only weeks ago, I was unable to use that function (it simply did not open) and my internal Help and Support file was totally non operative. I managed with e-mail assistance and purchasing a new browser disc from Netscape, got another free disc from Earth Link, and ordered 2006 Norton virus protection as after begining with tech support, all my virus protection disappeared. I also purchased Pcon Point which is a program designed to find and correct errors. As a result, I have only been on line for about 9 min. each day in hopes of limiting the opportunity for hard drive corruption by virus, worm, etc. As of today, I have e-mail back to normal (it wasn't working yesterday at all) and my browsers are BOTH working well although I don't care for Netscapes display of my favorites. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." Last edited by Spock : 02-08-2006 at 12:18 PM.

02-08-2006, 01:19 PM	#651
Giroth The Dragonqueen Join Date: May 2002 Location: sunny Cali! Posts: 423	vent of the day: my appointment with the spine specialist, where i can be finding out whether my scoliosis will require surgery or not, and the prospect of surgery freaks me out so i'm nervous! shivers __________________ Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost 'So choose today whom you will serve..as for me and my family we wil serve the Lord.' " Now if you were a hot dog,and you were starving,would ya eat yourself? I know I would! First I'd smother myself in brown mustard and relish..I'd be so delicious!" It's pronounced 'Hether', not 'Heether', biznotch!

02-08-2006, 02:36 PM	#653
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	quick response; I got a message stating I could not have both windows firewall and the Norton running at the same time so I activated the Windows one. I've XP 2000. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

02-08-2006, 03:17 PM	#656
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	.........................you tell 'em.............. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

02-08-2006, 03:31 PM	#658
littleadanel of the House of Bëor Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Eastwards. Posts: 979	Oh Giroth, scoliosis too? Same here; without my dear doc who took care of me ever since I first went to him when I was 12, I might be for surgery too... All the best. __________________ I'm good in bed - I can sleep for days

02-08-2006, 03:57 PM	#659
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Yes, good vibes to you two, and to Beard of Pants, too. Hoping all goes well with your health concerns. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

02-09-2006, 05:28 AM	#660
littleadanel of the House of Bëor Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Eastwards. Posts: 979	Vents of this morning - Urgh. Do you know how DISGUSTING a bathroom can be, if the washing machine is removed and you are suddenly exposed to the sight of all the... ahem... DIRT which has been under it? Makes you want to run for the rubbergloves and the strongest disinfectant (sp?) available and clean the whole mess up. I just did that. >P - I hate being bugged about political questions And PLEASE, not even by my own FAMILY! There's no need repeating the friendly suggestions! Last time I could manage without them. Of course I'm going to vote in April, but according to my own thoughts. Meh. __________________ I'm good in bed - I can sleep for days