Yeah. I was not a fan of this new vet. I'll make a point of avoiding her in the future. Anyone who thinks it's okay to essentially starve a dog so he can reach a weight well below the breed standard is a fucking moron.
not so serious but I want to rant II: Redemption
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the way of transforming a peaceful protest into a non-paceful one: sending in the police to get the camped protesters out of the place they are... because it's where victories of Barcelona's football team are usually celebrated, and they may win tomorrow.
Nicely done.
Nicely done.
So you have people squatting in a public place? How long has the protest been going on (since they are camping) when the police came to clear the streets?
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Wasabi Poptart
Why are you sending me text messages apologizing for not being home yet? Especially when you tell me you're trying to write your cover letter for your advancement package! I appreciate you letting me know you're running late (which you aren't really), but get this shit done and quit telling me about it in 5 separate texts!
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makare
I made a pretty significant mistake at work tonight. Sigh. I hate that shit.
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makare
Never mind. Apparently upwards of three people all made mistakes but I didn't. Yay me.
Oh you made a mistake alright. Your mistake was assuming the problem was your fault. You should punish yourself harshly - I recommend a good book and a cozy cat.
So, I've met a few girls from dating sites and such. Every time, we meet, things seem to go well, and then I stop hearing from her. They just seem to fall off the face of the Earth. At this point, I can only assume that I'm doing something wrong. I'm the common denominator in all this. I just don't know what it is that's driving these women away. I'm to the point where I just don't care anymore. I just want to delete my profiles off the sites and resign myself to being lonely for the rest of my miserable little life.
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vagoo that's definitely a serious rant 
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Wasabi Poptart
My best friend was recently telling me the same thing. She talks to these guys, things go well, they meet up for a date, everything seems good, then the guys just vanish. She's also getting pretty discouraged by it.
Respond with "I have no power over nature."
This reminds me of a windstorm that occurred while I was renting out of a duplex some years back. The landlord, a friend of mine, lived next door. As the wind is blowing garbage down the street, he, a short and chubby guy in his boxers, is chasing the garbage down the street and picking it up as he goes. A neighbor lady came out and started yelling at him (she always seemed to bitch and moan about us for some reason, even though we made no noise and bothered nobody).
Finally he had enough and as he is bending over to pick up more junk he says to her, "Ma'am, I can't control the wind".
This reminds me of a windstorm that occurred while I was renting out of a duplex some years back. The landlord, a friend of mine, lived next door. As the wind is blowing garbage down the street, he, a short and chubby guy in his boxers, is chasing the garbage down the street and picking it up as he goes. A neighbor lady came out and started yelling at him (she always seemed to bitch and moan about us for some reason, even though we made no noise and bothered nobody).
Finally he had enough and as he is bending over to pick up more junk he says to her, "Ma'am, I can't control the wind".
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makare
lol that second one looks way better to me. we should trade pizza places. in my opinion the pizza there is practically raw.
Oh god... we're gonna spend 50 posts bitching about Pizza again, aren't we?
I prefer mine to look like this.
Love me some Margherita, but it's hard to find outside of small pizza places or pricier restaurants.
I prefer mine to look like this.
Love me some Margherita, but it's hard to find outside of small pizza places or pricier restaurants.
I've been working away for weeks now building a stand up stand alone jukebox. This thing is a full fledged stand alone machine akin to what you would find in a pub. It's not great on looks yet and still needs some work, but it sounds awesome.
My rant is the box though. Every little thing has been a major fight. Now that I've finally gotten past all the old bad hardware I was trying to use and actually just scrapped one of my working machines, reformated and got Ubuntu installed, it plays music great. BUT THERE IS NOT ONE SINGLE MUSIC PLAYER SKIN OUT THERE THAT LOOKS LIKE IT BELONGS TO A REAL JUKEBOX!!
My rant is the box though. Every little thing has been a major fight. Now that I've finally gotten past all the old bad hardware I was trying to use and actually just scrapped one of my working machines, reformated and got Ubuntu installed, it plays music great. BUT THERE IS NOT ONE SINGLE MUSIC PLAYER SKIN OUT THERE THAT LOOKS LIKE IT BELONGS TO A REAL JUKEBOX!!
Stupid freaking drivers!!! My father-in-law borrowed my minivan (that my wife typically drives) and some dumb idiot decides to back up on to the front of it when it's sitting in the parking lot of the local job office then drives off leaving damage to the van. The white van that now has green and rust colors on the front (and on the dang hood!). Luckily it's just cosmetic damage to the front bumper, grill, and hood, but good god, can't people take responsibility for their actions anymore?
The security guard at the job office said this thing happens a lot there. Wisconsin requires vehicle insurance, so either the person didn't care at all (security guard's opinion) or didn't have insurance (which is my opinion), so they took off hoping they wouldn't get caught. The job office has cameras in the parking lot, so I'm hoping they can find the vehicle's plates that hit it. I should find out by tomorrow if they do.
It had to have been a 4x4 truck to get up on the hood of the minivan without completely smashing up the front end of the van. I took off from work for a while and headed over there and talked to the police officer and got a police report and talked to my insurance company, since I'm the owner. I'm going to be looking for body shops in the area next.
If we do get their plate # and they don't have insurance, I believe that's a court appearance now in Wisc, and leaving the scene of an accident probably is just a fine, plus anything else the police decide to do.
In the event of not getting the plate #, I'm only out my deductible and I get at least a new grill and hood out of it (unsure if they'll have to replace the bumper, it just scraped some of it - the hood took the most damage).
The security guard at the job office said this thing happens a lot there. Wisconsin requires vehicle insurance, so either the person didn't care at all (security guard's opinion) or didn't have insurance (which is my opinion), so they took off hoping they wouldn't get caught. The job office has cameras in the parking lot, so I'm hoping they can find the vehicle's plates that hit it. I should find out by tomorrow if they do.
It had to have been a 4x4 truck to get up on the hood of the minivan without completely smashing up the front end of the van. I took off from work for a while and headed over there and talked to the police officer and got a police report and talked to my insurance company, since I'm the owner. I'm going to be looking for body shops in the area next.
If we do get their plate # and they don't have insurance, I believe that's a court appearance now in Wisc, and leaving the scene of an accident probably is just a fine, plus anything else the police decide to do.
In the event of not getting the plate #, I'm only out my deductible and I get at least a new grill and hood out of it (unsure if they'll have to replace the bumper, it just scraped some of it - the hood took the most damage).
Cyberpower PC faillllll.
I got my new computer the other day from Cyberpower PC and it has some major issues. When we started it up the first day, it had a video issue where my monitor was just showing lines of color all frozen up. Jake ran a couple tests and then it seemed a-okay. It worked fine after that for a day until it blue screened!
Jake ran a stress test on it and everything checked out fine. Any time we tried to run Windows updates, it would freak out. We got the strangest message yesterday...
Jake double checked everything to make sure I had 64b and it was indeed 64b. We checked the disc, and it showed 64b on the label and also 3 versions of 64b on the disc. The problem with Windows updates though... it told us that we couldn't download a 64b update to a 32b computer. THEN it went on to say that we should purchase a 32b computer to support the 32b program we're going to download... So it contradicted itself, wtf?
So last night he gutted it and reinstalled everything to see if maybe someone just improperly installed Windows. After that, it worked fine again. This morning I turned it on and ran into the video issue again. /rage
I tried to call Cyberpower's tech support today to see what they could do and they took my name and phone # to give me a call back later since they were too busy. They have a 30 day money back guarantee so I think we will just return it and order from somewhere else. This is the second time Jake has ordered from them, and the first time they took forever to ship his computer to him (they were out of something he had ordered so they had to wait for a long while) and when he finally received it, his fan was bent. So 2/2 orders have had issues and we won't be ordering from them again.
I got my new computer the other day from Cyberpower PC and it has some major issues. When we started it up the first day, it had a video issue where my monitor was just showing lines of color all frozen up. Jake ran a couple tests and then it seemed a-okay. It worked fine after that for a day until it blue screened!
Jake ran a stress test on it and everything checked out fine. Any time we tried to run Windows updates, it would freak out. We got the strangest message yesterday...
Jake double checked everything to make sure I had 64b and it was indeed 64b. We checked the disc, and it showed 64b on the label and also 3 versions of 64b on the disc. The problem with Windows updates though... it told us that we couldn't download a 64b update to a 32b computer. THEN it went on to say that we should purchase a 32b computer to support the 32b program we're going to download... So it contradicted itself, wtf?
So last night he gutted it and reinstalled everything to see if maybe someone just improperly installed Windows. After that, it worked fine again. This morning I turned it on and ran into the video issue again. /rage
I tried to call Cyberpower's tech support today to see what they could do and they took my name and phone # to give me a call back later since they were too busy. They have a 30 day money back guarantee so I think we will just return it and order from somewhere else. This is the second time Jake has ordered from them, and the first time they took forever to ship his computer to him (they were out of something he had ordered so they had to wait for a long while) and when he finally received it, his fan was bent. So 2/2 orders have had issues and we won't be ordering from them again.
figmentPez
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Hey Pez! Go to bed you damn fool!
Seriously, no sense in that poor boy's head.
Seriously, no sense in that poor boy's head.
North_Ranger
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Ai saakeli, I hate charlie horses... Got one when I was stretching this morning when I woke up, and while the sharp pain is gone I still limp a bit.
I do the exact same thing when stretching in the morning. It really ruins your day.
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Aww Im sorry. It is so sad when we lose a pet.
Those are both just google image searches to illustrate my point. I would rather have pizza of a golden hue than burned black.
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Wasabi Poptart
So sorry for your loss.
Rest in Peace Boo.
Go For The Eyes Boo!!
I know I am going to hell, but that name just reminds me of MINSC, and his miniature giant space hamster.
I know I am going to hell, but that name just reminds me of MINSC, and his miniature giant space hamster.
figmentPez
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Aww, that's really sad.
(as a Megatokyo fan I'm picturing Boo wearing little wings holding up a sign telling you to behave now that he's gone.)
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