[QuickTidal]

My grandmother is on her way out. The doctors say she's probably got days. She's nearly 100 so it's not unexpected...but damn it's hard. She's the closest to my personality in the family. And it's crushing my dad.

[amphibian]

QuickTidal, on 23 July 2015 - 01:18 PM, said:

As for engineers, Illustrator is far more exacting and flexible...I wonder why they liked Corel at all?

Because WordPerfect was so good from 1989 to about 1995.

Those years were the "flourishing" phase of the civil engineering shift to computer based programs for writing/creating reports and for logging inventory/reports.

WordPerfect did everything better than MS Word, on more systems, and the additional features that let engineers draw up plans inside WordPerfect was a home run with them. The wikipedia entry on WordPerfect talks about law firms really liking WordPerfect, but I'm not sure they liked it more than civil engineers in the Northeast did.

I know all of this, despite being 7 in 1992, because as part time IT guy at the company, I was asked to install WordPerfect 7 (from 1996 or so) and associated programs on the senior engineers' computers of today. They don't use it much anymore, but they do use it now and then.

Anyways, there are worse backwards compatibility issues and clearly bone-headed sub-contractor-of-the-gov't issues with modern engineering programs than the Corel-associated headaches.

What's messing with my groove is back pain in the sacroiliac joint area, which I hurt almost a decade ago and never healed back up to 100% again. I really, really wish my cousin hadn't dropped his end of the washing machine without notice (me on one side, my father and cousin on the other).

[RACHEL]

Puckstein, on 23 July 2015 - 12:18 PM, said:

The next person to ask me when I plan to get married and produce offspring and THEN claiming I'll eventually mature enough to want to when I say 'Not at all.' or 'None of your business.' is going to get their eyes scratched out, I swear it. I respect everyone's decision to want/have a family but that does not figure on the list of things to do with my life, never has and higly likely never will. This condescending shit is annoying and I'm losing the will to even stay respectful to everyone who thinks their way of life is the absolute best evar.

/rant

My sister gets the "when are you having kids" question a lot from co-workers. She finds it infuriating to have to explain that her stepsons are enough and that she is happy with not having "her own" kids. Its frustrating that people don't understand that not everyone wants to get married and have kids. I think you need to come up with a snarky comeback that lets people know that your answer is no and also hints that they are being rude by asking (or should I say pressuring).

[Abyss]

RACHEL, on 23 July 2015 - 07:46 PM, said:

Puckstein, on 23 July 2015 - 12:18 PM, said:

The next person to ask me when I plan to get married and produce offspring and THEN claiming I'll eventually mature enough to want to when I say 'Not at all.' or 'None of your business.' is going to get their eyes scratched out, I swear it. I respect everyone's decision to want/have a family but that does not figure on the list of things to do with my life, never has and higly likely never will. This condescending shit is annoying and I'm losing the will to even stay respectful to everyone who thinks their way of life is the absolute best evar.

/rant

My sister gets the "when are you having kids" question a lot from co-workers. She finds it infuriating to have to explain that her stepsons are enough and that she is happy with not having "her own" kids. Its frustrating that people don't understand that not everyone wants to get married and have kids. I think you need to come up with a snarky comeback that lets people know that your answer is no and also hints that they are being rude by asking (or should I say pressuring).

"When my lord and master Satan commands me to spawn forth the antichrist and kickstart the End of Days."

[worry]

Puckstein, on 23 July 2015 - 12:18 PM, said:

The next person to ask me when I plan to get married and produce offspring and THEN claiming I'll eventually mature enough to want to when I say 'Not at all.' or 'None of your business.' is going to get their eyes scratched out, I swear it. I respect everyone's decision to want/have a family but that does not figure on the list of things to do with my life, never has and higly likely never will. This condescending shit is annoying and I'm losing the will to even stay respectful to everyone who thinks their way of life is the absolute best evar.

/rant

But when are you gonna get a puppy?

[Puck]

worry, on 23 July 2015 - 08:17 PM, said:

Puckstein, on 23 July 2015 - 12:18 PM, said:

The next person to ask me when I plan to get married and produce offspring and THEN claiming I'll eventually mature enough to want to when I say 'Not at all.' or 'None of your business.' is going to get their eyes scratched out, I swear it. I respect everyone's decision to want/have a family but that does not figure on the list of things to do with my life, never has and higly likely never will. This condescending shit is annoying and I'm losing the will to even stay respectful to everyone who thinks their way of life is the absolute best evar.

/rant

But when are you gonna get a puppy?

I'm more aiming to become a crazy angry cat person. So probably no puppies, unless Studious Lock decides to drop by. I'm quite confident I have the crazy and angry down pat, so should start working on acquiring the cats sometime. Or rats. One I can name Blend and an albino one I can name Silchas. Yes, now that DOES feature on the list of things to do with my life.

RACHEL, on 23 July 2015 - 07:46 PM, said:

My sister gets the "when are you having kids" question a lot from co-workers. She finds it infuriating to have to explain that her stepsons are enough and that she is happy with not having "her own" kids. Its frustrating that people don't understand that not everyone wants to get married and have kids. I think you need to come up with a snarky comeback that lets people know that your answer is no and also hints that they are being rude by asking (or should I say pressuring).

Unfortunately, those rude enough to not get the hint are my mom's friends, and I don't want to antagonise her by being in turn rude to them. We've just struck some kind of precarious truce agreement, and I'm already skirting the line by telling them it's none of their business. Fortunately, at work nobody sticks their nose into anybody else's business unless asked to.

This post has been edited by Puckstein: 23 July 2015 - 08:37 PM

[worry]

Makes sense. I heard all cats are honorary Germans already.

[amphibian]

Briar King, on 23 July 2015 - 08:51 PM, said:

Ok so how do you put a PC in safe mode?


I mean is it any wonder I have problems?

From Silencer up above:

Quote

When you start up your pc press and hold f8 *before* the windows screen starts up. This will boot you into safe mode/allow you to choose it in the advanced boot options.

When you do this, it will (should) prevent other programs from making changes. This is the environment you want to be running your anti-malware in, to prevent the malware from protecting itself/reinstalling itself, in layman's terms.

After you've run the tools a couple of times (for safety - sometimes they don't find everything/other problems because the first issue they find is masking them) you want to restart your pc, probably into 'safe mode with networking', and check if you get internet access that works.

Then reboot into normal windows and check if everything is ok. Make sure you don't do anything important for a day or so to make sure it doesn't come back.

Other thing you want to do is update/replace your antivirus program with something better. Before doing anything other than a quick check on the internet to see if it works after the safe mode stuff.

[Baco Xtath]

Accidentally knocked a champagne bottle out of the fridge. It had a plastic resealable cap. I picked it up and it shot me in the fucking eye. I'll probably go get stitches tomorrow. Got it butterfly bandaged for now. Bloody fucking mess.

[worry]

That sucks a lot and is also hilarious.

[Tsundoku]

Baco Xtath, on 24 July 2015 - 12:25 AM, said:

Accidentally knocked a champagne bottle out of the fridge. It had a plastic resealable cap. I picked it up and it shot me in the fucking eye. I'll probably go get stitches tomorrow. Got it butterfly bandaged for now. Bloody fucking mess.

worry, on 24 July 2015 - 12:31 AM, said:

That sucks a lot and is also hilarious.

Did you give yourself a name and bless all who may sail you?

Glad you're OK though.

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 24 July 2015 - 08:54 AM

[Baco Xtath]

worry, on 24 July 2015 - 12:31 AM, said:

That sucks a lot and is also hilarious.

Between laughing and bleeding out, it was a close thing.

[Illuyankas]

I hope you get either a full recovery with no permanent damage, or a wicked rad eyepatch.

[Andorion]

So my girlfriends superbusyness has escalated to another level. Since she is juggling an academic degree anda full time job this is entirely understandable. But the end result is we are barely scraping up 15 minutes a day to talk . And I have noticed over the last day or three that she is talking in a rather flat voice and keeping things really short. Now I hope this is because of exhaustion and fatigue and it will blow over. What I am afraid of is that I have messed up in someway and she is mad at me for some reason and I haven't spotted it yet.

Feeling nervous.

[Andorion]

QuickTidal, on 23 July 2015 - 03:39 PM, said:

My grandmother is on her way out. The doctors say she's probably got days. She's nearly 100 so it's not unexpected...but damn it's hard. She's the closest to my personality in the family. And it's crushing my dad.

Sorry to hear that QT. This must be a very difficult time. You have my sympathies

[King Lear]

Puckstein, on 23 July 2015 - 08:31 PM, said:

worry, on 23 July 2015 - 08:17 PM, said:

Puckstein, on 23 July 2015 - 12:18 PM, said:

The next person to ask me when I plan to get married and produce offspring and THEN claiming I'll eventually mature enough to want to when I say 'Not at all.' or 'None of your business.' is going to get their eyes scratched out, I swear it. I respect everyone's decision to want/have a family but that does not figure on the list of things to do with my life, never has and higly likely never will. This condescending shit is annoying and I'm losing the will to even stay respectful to everyone who thinks their way of life is the absolute best evar.

/rant

But when are you gonna get a puppy?

I'm more aiming to become a crazy angry cat person. So probably no puppies, unless Studious Lock decides to drop by. I'm quite confident I have the crazy and angry down pat, so should start working on acquiring the cats sometime. Or rats. One I can name Blend and an albino one I can name Silchas. Yes, now that DOES feature on the list of things to do with my life.

don't forget the crocodile pond!

[Maark Abbott]

Baco Xtath, on 24 July 2015 - 12:25 AM, said:

Accidentally knocked a champagne bottle out of the fridge. It had a plastic resealable cap. I picked it up and it shot me in the fucking eye. I'll probably go get stitches tomorrow. Got it butterfly bandaged for now. Bloody fucking mess.

Note to self: Taking the Bloody Mess perk and then shooting yourself in the eye is a good way to get bits everywhere.

MMG: Erm. How many new cases are coming through at work just now? Fifty each over the last two days. I'm in on my tod tomorrow. Let's hope I don't get the office fisting of a lifetime.

[Morgoth]

Baco Xtath, on 24 July 2015 - 12:25 AM, said:

Accidentally knocked a champagne bottle out of the fridge. It had a plastic resealable cap. I picked it up and it shot me in the fucking eye. I'll probably go get stitches tomorrow. Got it butterfly bandaged for now. Bloody fucking mess.

My need to pendantically point out that if the bottle had a plastic resealable cap it was not a bottle of champagne.

Actually, no, I guess I kind of like doing it.

[Baco Xtath]

Morgoth, on 24 July 2015 - 10:57 AM, said:

Baco Xtath, on 24 July 2015 - 12:25 AM, said:

Accidentally knocked a champagne bottle out of the fridge. It had a plastic resealable cap. I picked it up and it shot me in the fucking eye. I'll probably go get stitches tomorrow. Got it butterfly bandaged for now. Bloody fucking mess.

My need to pendantically point out that if the bottle had a plastic resealable cap it was not a bottle of champagne.

Actually, no, I guess I kind of like doing it.

It didn't come with the champagne. It's a compression cork that you use if you don't finish champagne. Sold separately for those who like their champagne to keep their bubbly goodness.

[QuickTidal]

Andorion, on 24 July 2015 - 04:31 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 23 July 2015 - 03:39 PM, said:

My grandmother is on her way out. The doctors say she's probably got days. She's nearly 100 so it's not unexpected...but damn it's hard. She's the closest to my personality in the family. And it's crushing my dad.

Sorry to hear that QT. This must be a very difficult time. You have my sympathies

Thanks Andorion, much appreciated.