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"There's no I in team. So fuck you, I ain't doing anything"?
Rant VII: Now With 25% Less Drama
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Element 117
"me no help you" just doesn't have the same ring to it.
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"me no help you" just doesn't have the same ring to it.[/QUOTE]
Heh. I laughed.
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So eat the team meat?
There's no "I" in paycheck, either. Just throwin' that out there...
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But there is in retired. Haha.
... Byte me
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Yes/no.
My kingdom for a save point!
My sister is a drama queen and a bitch. I may or may not expand on this later. Augh tonight blows.
I have been putting off going to the dentist cause of the money as well as the fact that I am scared to death of them. Fast forward to today and one of my teeth felt a little weird and I touched it and a little piece broke off. I don't think it broke all the way to the root but it did chip and so now I am having to make an appointment for the dentist. I know I shouldn't have waited so long but I am still scared as all get out and on top of that I just went to the doctor last week for my back and I haven't even received the bill in for that yet.
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makare
Damn man you are just falling apart. Did your warranty wear out?
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makare
Dissolve salt into water and then boil it with a bay leaf. Rub the (cooled) water all over your body.
Bam no more evil eye/voodoo.
Bam no more evil eye/voodoo.
Fight, Item, or Run?
So, the school I work for uses a third-party webapp for online applications. This webapp "requires" a social security number entered for all US citizens. I misjudged this "requirement" and made an assumption I should not have, which was that the webapp would require a valid SSN (XXX-XX-XXXX). Turns out, it just checks to see if something is entered there, even if it would be, for example, a blank space.
So, then, if I, hypothetically, wrote code to match all existing data entries that include the user-entered SSN to avoid entering in duplicate individuals, and that SSN is blank, my program would match every individual in the database, and update them with this individual's information. So, it appears my program may have just wiped out about three million records. Time for disaster recovery and repeated swearing.
So, then, if I, hypothetically, wrote code to match all existing data entries that include the user-entered SSN to avoid entering in duplicate individuals, and that SSN is blank, my program would match every individual in the database, and update them with this individual's information. So, it appears my program may have just wiped out about three million records. Time for disaster recovery and repeated swearing.
Yes, I have the data scheduled for backup before the automated import scripts run, so fortunately it was a quick fix once the data server became responsive again (turns out that updating three million records simultaneously is a bit taxing on the data server). Now I just have to "fix the glitch". And continue swearing.
So I went to the dentist today and the tooth I chipped is fine but there are several cavities that need to be fixed and possibly 2 root canals (it depends on how it goes when they start drilling) Even with my insurance I am going to be looking at a lot of money here. I am going to try to spread the procedures out over a couple of months but still. 
Step 1: Go on long family vacation with car that you just spent a cool grand on fixing with the mechanic still going, "I just don't know why it's still misfiring!"
Step 2: The electrical system completely dies... then comes back to life the second day of the trip.
Step 3: Find a parts store with the alternator in stock, find a mechanic willing to replace it last minute, same day. (aside - the auto parts place comes out and tests the alternator and declares it good - but they're still happy to sell me a replacement. Go to mechanic and they've got a really nice in vehicle alternator tester, and it fails immediately under load. I no longer trust the "testers" the auto parts stores have, yet you'd think they would want to use testers that really deeply test parts in order to sell more parts. Anyway.)
Step 4: Travel for two more weeks until we start experiencing electrical problems again - only this time getting over voltages instead of undervoltages, and only after driving for 6+ hours (ie, it won't fail on the tester at the auto parts store)
Step 5: After months of waiting for it to fail in a way that we could cause regularly (because I know it won't fail at the auto parts store on their bench tester) I finally have time.
Fast forward to today:
A: Charge car (alternator no longer charges the car)
B: Start car and warm it up for 30 minutes (Alternator needs to be hot)
C: Drive to auto parts place and request they come out and test it, on vehicle, while it's obviously failing (Yeah, 8 volts is a little too low...)
D : Listen to them explain that they don't care if it's failing on the car, I have to bring it in and test it on the bench.
sigh...
E: Take it home. Remove alternator. Take alternator to store. By this time it's cooled off.
F: Thankfully it fails the bench test! Woo! Home free!
G: They ask if we want to bench test the replacement. Sure, why not?
H: Oh, the replacement also fails. Test all the others they have in stock. They all fail.
I: Listen to them explain that they can no longer assume mine is broken, that the tester may be broken, and I'll need to go to another store to have them test it.
J: Go to the other store. Alternator is now below room temperature (it's 45F/7C outside).
K: They test it. Three times. It passes each and every time.
L: I explain the symptoms, and they agree that if I put it in the car and demonstrate the problem with their in-vehicle tester, they will replace it.
M: I go home, put the bad alternator back into the car, and go through the procedure I've developed to drag the alternator down.
N: I go back, and the problem isn't as bad as it usually is, but it's very slightly undervoltage, so they will replace it anyway.
O: Go home, remove alternator, go to store, get it replaced, go home, put in the new alternator.
tldr version:
I wasted 6 hours on a 1 hour car fixit problem because of the stupidity and/or ineptitude of the auto parts chain who didn't want to honor their warranty.
The only advantage I now have is that I can remove or install an alternator on a 2000 ford windstar in under 15 minutes. Not sure where that particular skill will ever come in handy, but by golly it's going on my resume now.
Step 2: The electrical system completely dies... then comes back to life the second day of the trip.
Step 3: Find a parts store with the alternator in stock, find a mechanic willing to replace it last minute, same day. (aside - the auto parts place comes out and tests the alternator and declares it good - but they're still happy to sell me a replacement. Go to mechanic and they've got a really nice in vehicle alternator tester, and it fails immediately under load. I no longer trust the "testers" the auto parts stores have, yet you'd think they would want to use testers that really deeply test parts in order to sell more parts. Anyway.)
Step 4: Travel for two more weeks until we start experiencing electrical problems again - only this time getting over voltages instead of undervoltages, and only after driving for 6+ hours (ie, it won't fail on the tester at the auto parts store)
Step 5: After months of waiting for it to fail in a way that we could cause regularly (because I know it won't fail at the auto parts store on their bench tester) I finally have time.
Fast forward to today:
A: Charge car (alternator no longer charges the car)
B: Start car and warm it up for 30 minutes (Alternator needs to be hot)
C: Drive to auto parts place and request they come out and test it, on vehicle, while it's obviously failing (Yeah, 8 volts is a little too low...)
D : Listen to them explain that they don't care if it's failing on the car, I have to bring it in and test it on the bench.
sigh...
E: Take it home. Remove alternator. Take alternator to store. By this time it's cooled off.
F: Thankfully it fails the bench test! Woo! Home free!
G: They ask if we want to bench test the replacement. Sure, why not?
H: Oh, the replacement also fails. Test all the others they have in stock. They all fail.
I: Listen to them explain that they can no longer assume mine is broken, that the tester may be broken, and I'll need to go to another store to have them test it.
J: Go to the other store. Alternator is now below room temperature (it's 45F/7C outside).
K: They test it. Three times. It passes each and every time.
L: I explain the symptoms, and they agree that if I put it in the car and demonstrate the problem with their in-vehicle tester, they will replace it.
M: I go home, put the bad alternator back into the car, and go through the procedure I've developed to drag the alternator down.
N: I go back, and the problem isn't as bad as it usually is, but it's very slightly undervoltage, so they will replace it anyway.
O: Go home, remove alternator, go to store, get it replaced, go home, put in the new alternator.
tldr version:
I wasted 6 hours on a 1 hour car fixit problem because of the stupidity and/or ineptitude of the auto parts chain who didn't want to honor their warranty.
The only advantage I now have is that I can remove or install an alternator on a 2000 ford windstar in under 15 minutes. Not sure where that particular skill will ever come in handy, but by golly it's going on my resume now.
Dear students: I understand your professor told you that the library has the book you're looking for. We probably do. But if you don't know the title, author, or subject, I'm not going to go through each one of our 30,000 books to see which one sounds vaguely familiar to you. When your professor tells you to find something, you'd be better off writing it down than trying to remember it while high. Yes, you are. I can smell it on you.
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Chazwozel
Dear librarian, fuck you man! You're totally a tool for the man! Do you have any Cheeto's on you, man. I love you, man. Why am I here? WHOAOOAAHHH! Like, look at my hands... they do what ever I tell them to.
We had to give up our rat, Odin. He was withdrawing from us and depressed, and everything we tried couldn't bring him out of it. When he wouldn't be sitting at the top of his cage, staring in the corner, he would be biting at us or the baby rats we brought home to try to socialize him. He tore at his own skin at times and we'd come home from work to find bloodstains in his fur.
I've had pets die and I know how to handle it, but I've never had to voluntarily hand one to a stranger knowing I'd never see him again and having to wonder if he's going to be confused, why he isn't home, or why I'm not calling to him in his cage (which for all I knew just annoyed him). The vet seemed like a nice guy and really concerned, and he said he'd only put Odin to sleep if he seemed like he couldn't recover from the year of isolation he'd spent in the pet store and was too aggressive, otherwise he'd go to a rat recovery place where a couple rehabilitates them. I told the doctor that he's not vicious; he just doesn't have any experience socializing with humans or other rats, so he bites.
I'm sure the vet will understand the situation and put him in the recovery, but he said he'd call; he hasn't, so I don't really know. He took Odin's treats that we brought, so I hope that means well. The separation was also very abrupt, and I blame myself for not popping open his carrying box to pet him and let Julie see him once more. I blame myself for not being experienced enough with rats--he was our first and I feel like if we'd had rats before, we could've had the knowledge to help him. Our attention has to go to the baby rats now and give them a good life so they don't turn out like Odin.
I've had pets die and I know how to handle it, but I've never had to voluntarily hand one to a stranger knowing I'd never see him again and having to wonder if he's going to be confused, why he isn't home, or why I'm not calling to him in his cage (which for all I knew just annoyed him). The vet seemed like a nice guy and really concerned, and he said he'd only put Odin to sleep if he seemed like he couldn't recover from the year of isolation he'd spent in the pet store and was too aggressive, otherwise he'd go to a rat recovery place where a couple rehabilitates them. I told the doctor that he's not vicious; he just doesn't have any experience socializing with humans or other rats, so he bites.
I'm sure the vet will understand the situation and put him in the recovery, but he said he'd call; he hasn't, so I don't really know. He took Odin's treats that we brought, so I hope that means well. The separation was also very abrupt, and I blame myself for not popping open his carrying box to pet him and let Julie see him once more. I blame myself for not being experienced enough with rats--he was our first and I feel like if we'd had rats before, we could've had the knowledge to help him. Our attention has to go to the baby rats now and give them a good life so they don't turn out like Odin.
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makare
Aw that's terrible that he is that way. At least he had some people who really care about him for a time. *hugs*
Hopefully he will be rehabilitated and be able to have a happy life.
Hopefully he will be rehabilitated and be able to have a happy life.
Thanks, makare. I'm hoping we did right by him in acknowledging we just didn't have the rat chops to help after what the pet store did.
Sorry you had to give up your rat.
Was Odin neutered? One of my rats became very aggressive when he reached adulthood. He gave me two serious bites and had his cagemate cowering in the corner. I had them both neutered and it was like someone flipped a switch on him--he became the sweetest, cuddliest rat ever. It may not help Odin (considering his background with the pet store), but it's something to keep in mind for the babies (if they're male).
Sorry you had to give up your rat.
Was Odin neutered? One of my rats became very aggressive when he reached adulthood. He gave me two serious bites and had his cagemate cowering in the corner. I had them both neutered and it was like someone flipped a switch on him--he became the sweetest, cuddliest rat ever. It may not help Odin (considering his background with the pet store), but it's something to keep in mind for the babies (if they're male).[/QUOTE]
Well, we surrendered Odin to the vet's care, so we couldn't get him again.
He wasn't neutered, but I don't feel it would've helped his non-aggression problems.
Anyway, we got an answer from the vet and he's doing good.
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darkangel6988
Toyota messed up the date to pick up my car.....I thought all day it was today and now I find out it's tomorrow! I'm totally bummed I spent all day super excited to be let down........It's almost like a bad date but expect with a car lol BOOOOOOOOOOOO TOYOTA!
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