<font face="Courier">I haven't created a new thread in quite a while so here's a new one.

Here's my gripe:
How's come I'm reading posts in threads that I read days ago? They're all marked as un-read. This is really starting to bug me. <font face="Comic Sans MS">I have an idea, but I want to hear others first.</font></font>

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CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\//
Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker
"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath

Could have something to do with [url=http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/]this<a>

May 9, 2005
Due to some network reconfiguring on our subnet here at the lab, the database server shut itself down fearing there was a power outage. It went offline around 01:00 UTC, but is back up now (06:00 UTC).

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"I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me

That happened after the DB server shut itself down, and then came back up, evidently loosing data.

My gripe is that I'm in Michigan fixing this house for sale (currently planning to pour a new concrete entry steps/stoop). I have to go back to SC for a doctor appt. My wife calls the other day stating that Black smoke was coming out the engine of my garden tractor/lawn mower, and the motor "Mysteriously" stopped running. Then she calls today saying "theres' some screen on the computer saying 'norton go back has detected an improper something or other'" so after trying to walk her impatient self through a start up procedure, I told her just shut it down. Then right after I to came to Michigan she decides to pay someone to sharpen the blades of the lawnmower she just broke. I bought a high dollar tool sharpener last spring and own a balancer. Man, the list is so damn long I'll stop here.

ARRRRRG now when I get back down there I have a list of crap to fix. Fix while she's kicked back on a cruise ship, I might add.

tony

<blockquote>That happened after the DB server shut itself down, and then came back up, evidently loosing data.

My gripe is that I'm in Michigan fixing this house for sale (currently planning to pour a new concrete entry steps/stoop). I have to go back to SC for a doctor appt. My wife calls the other day stating that Black smoke was coming out the engine of my garden tractor/lawn mower, and the motor "Mysteriously" stopped running. </blockquote>

Your garden tractor has not elected a new pope yet...

<blockquote>Could have something to do with [url=http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/]this<a>

May 9, 2005
Due to some network reconfiguring on our subnet here at the lab, the database server shut itself down fearing there was a power outage. It went offline around 01:00 UTC, but is back up now (06:00 UTC).</blockquote>

<font face="Times New Roman">Too bad I wasn't giving away a prize for the right answer Fuzzy. You were the first to reply with the same thought I had about this gripe. Cool....</font>

Oh, can't change the font of the thread title, bummer....

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CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\//
Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker
"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath

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ARRRRRG now when I get back down there I have a list of crap to fix. Fix while she's kicked back on a cruise ship, I might add.

tony</blockquote>

Tony, can I come over and annoy you with something? ;-)

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"I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me

<blockquote>Then she calls today saying "theres' some screen on the computer saying 'norton go back has detected an improper something or other'" so after trying to walk her impatient self through a start up procedure, I told her just shut it down.

ARRRRRG now when I get back down there I have a list of crap to fix. Fix while she's kicked back on a cruise ship, I might add.

tony</blockquote>

[I was going to say something else here, but decided against it.]

I've had many an occasion where someone calls me to fix their PC over the phone. My brother is the biggest culprit. He knows next to nothing about the PC and it's hard to walk him through something over the phone. I usually just jump in the truck and go see him since he's about 15 minutes away.

Can't believe you're working while the wife is going on a cruise.

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CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\//
Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker
"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath

Tony quit your bitching! atleast you have a wife! of course you might not live as long but at least you get sum if your a good boy!

EDIT: I'll be babysitting my 5 young ones while she's gone (5 dogs/puppies).

From your wife and not your dogs....
No glass houses here Domi! Lol....

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<blockquote>Can't believe you're working while the wife is going on a cruise.
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Wife and daughter planned this last year as part of Senior trip, was supposed to several 18 year old whiney, boy crazy chicks. I wanted NO part of that. Now, If I were 20 again, that might be different. I have to prep my big truck and a manlift for sale while I'm down there also. I was hoping to get me a little farm going, but now the two or three weeks I'll be down there will be filled with the same type of sh*t I'm doing up here. I'll be babysitting my 5 young ones while she's gone (5 dogs/puppies).

@ Fuzzy, sure fly on over, bring your work clothes, Warning: my dogs LOVE cats.

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Tony quit your bitching!
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Gripe of the Day BABY and I'm Gripping.

> I've had many an occasion where someone calls me to fix their PC over the
> phone. My brother is the biggest culprit. He knows next to nothing about

I bet nearly everyone in this forum has a story about that. My particular favorite, other than when I actually worked PC repair, was my brother-in-law calling and asking me to help. Walking him thru, so many wierd errors showed up, from BSDs to program errors to lockups to even an occasional POST error. I finally asked him to remove the cover and tell me what he saw. In short it turns out the kids had opened the computer and busted the memory slots, then just set the memory back in place and closed it up.

As for a gripe, well, that would probably be my parents signing up for AOL AGAIN last week after they've been abused twice by the service, completely ignoring my advice, then calling me up asking for my help troubleshooting it. I of course did so with little protest, so it helps to gripe here. :)

Maybe, She somehow found out I wanted time to build a little Farm and she decided to keep me busy with other things. Did any of you tell here???? HUH??

> Maybe, She somehow found out I wanted time to build a little Farm and she
> decided to keep me busy with other things. Did any of you tell here????
> HUH??

In-no-cent.

Hmm, my gripe today is that the board color is gray all the time.

This is just the greatest! I have tears running down my cheeks from laughing so much. I believe I created a very amusing thread. The stuff I'm reading is just too funny.

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CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\//
Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker
"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath

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@ Fuzzy, sure fly on over, bring your work clothes, Warning: my dogs LOVE cats.</blockquote>

Work clothes??? [b]Work clothes??? WORK CLOTHES!!!!</B>

I would bring my bikinis and cruise clothes!!!

Nah, after thinking it over, I don't think so! And I don't really like dogs!!

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"I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me

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Nah, after thinking it over, I don't think so! And I don't really like dogs!!

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AND just what is WRONG with DOGS?

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I bet nearly everyone in this forum has a story about that. My particular favorite, .....</blockquote>

My "favorite" computer help story is about a former girlfriend, who is, to put it mildly, very computer illiterate!! I think I walked her through inserting a picture in a Word document several times, both in the phone, where I had my computer booted up doing exactly the same to be able to tell her what to do and where to click, to sitting beside her and guide her through.

One night I came home after have been out, she had left a message on my answering maschine asking me to call her back, because she couldn't quite remember how to insert a picture in a Word document! .oO(

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"I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me

> One night I came home after have been out, she had left a message on my
> answering maschine asking me to call her back, because she couldn't quite
> remember how to insert a picture in a Word document! .oO( )

You do gotta love the people for whom the menu selection "Insert"->"Picture" isn't a bit of a giveaway. I empathize. :)

[EDIT] Advice to anyone who tries this: Gauge their level of competence with a simple insert before you bother trying to explain how to insert frames and wrap text. There's a lot of minds out there that just can't handle it. [/EDIT]

<blockquote>Hmm, my gripe today is that the board color is gray all the time.</blockquote>

What do you want Hot PinK?

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