Hmm...Dell's website shows it was built in August 2016, shipped in May 2017, but when I go to their warranty service page and enter my service tag, it says "No information available."
--Patrick
Last edited:
Whine like a baby, now with 500% more drama!
- Thread starter strawman
- Start date
--Patrick
You know those days you're kicking ass with a workout, so you try that pose/exercise/maneuver that seems like a stretch, but you can do it--and then it turns out you totally can't do it and hurt yourself?
I did the emotional equivalent of that.
I did the emotional equivalent of that.
*sigh* Welp, I'm officially 40 years old.
Not really a "happy" birthday when all I see behind me are failures and disappointments. And no hope of things improving in the future, either.
Not really a "happy" birthday when all I see behind me are failures and disappointments. And no hope of things improving in the future, either.
I still have a stuffy nose and sore throats and noticed that my tonsils seem to be swollen...I should probably see a doctor, but MY GOD this is literally the worst possible timing.
Zappit
Staff member
Got a sharp pain in my neck and shoulder on Saturday. Looks like a pinched nerve that will hopefully work itself out. It's happened before, but this one has been particularly nasty. I actually used to think it was a muscle strain. I can do a lot of things, but drawing isn't one of them. I had to go on the Webcomics Disabled List, at least for this week.
I don't wanna drive all the way to Pittsburgh for Asian market food, but it's more efficient given the quantities I need I don't have the space for the 24-packs of instant yakisoba that Amazon is selling. I just need two of that one and two of the other (and other stuff). And if I get there right at opening time, I can still get home before the closer store even opens for the day.
GasBandit
Staff member
AGH. First it was Giuseppe Ottiviani ending Go On Air last year, and now Mike Push has just announced he's bringing an end to Club Elite Sessions after a 14 year run. What's next, is Roger Shah going to call it quits on Magic Island? Hell, will Armin Van Buuren decide to hang up his hat and cancel A State of Trance?! Why are all my favorite Trance DJ-producers throwing in the towel?! 
GasBandit
Staff member
My long-running subscription to DI.FM is coming to naught!
Dave
Staff member
I stopped at Walmart on my way home from work today as I had to pick up a new shower head. There was this lady shopping who had two kids with her - a blind girl who looked to be about 11 and a baby that was probably a year or less. The baby was crying and this old lady walked past the girl and said, "FIX THAT!"
I stopped, the mom (M) stopped, and the old lady (OL) stopped.
M: Excuse me?
OL: Fix that! (pointing at the crying baby) You need to FIX THAT!
M: He's tired. He will get a nap when we get home.
OL: I don't care what he needs - he needs something. FIX THAT!
M: The hell?
Me: What the hell is this shit?
OL: (Moves away muttering under her breath.)
M: Thank you. What the hell was that about?
Me: Crazy old ladies will crazy, apparently.
Oh, did I mention that the OL was white, the M was white and the kids were obviously mixed race? Apparently the old lady had been following them around and muttering stuff but didn't really say anything until the baby started crying. But she left as soon as I said anything.
I still don't know if she was crazy, racist, or just hated crying babies. Or maybe blind pre-teens.
I stopped, the mom (M) stopped, and the old lady (OL) stopped.
M: Excuse me?
OL: Fix that! (pointing at the crying baby) You need to FIX THAT!
M: He's tired. He will get a nap when we get home.
OL: I don't care what he needs - he needs something. FIX THAT!
M: The hell?
Me: What the hell is this shit?
OL: (Moves away muttering under her breath.)
M: Thank you. What the hell was that about?
Me: Crazy old ladies will crazy, apparently.
Oh, did I mention that the OL was white, the M was white and the kids were obviously mixed race? Apparently the old lady had been following them around and muttering stuff but didn't really say anything until the baby started crying. But she left as soon as I said anything.
I still don't know if she was crazy, racist, or just hated crying babies. Or maybe blind pre-teens.
A
Anonymous
Anonymous
Sometimes I think some parents volunteer at a school just so they can lurk around school, take liberties, and make everyone feel too awkward to sit them down for a serious conversation about boundaries.
One thing I've learned while teaching: There's love, and then there's obsession. And I admit that I say that without having an understanding of what it feels like to be a parent. But I remember by upbringing. Mom and Dad made mistakes, but they never made me feel like this flawless being in need of constant attention and protection from everything. I remember mom holding me and saying, "I wish I could take the pain away, but this is just part of growing up. It hurts, but it will pass." How many times must she have wanted to march into my school or badmouth another parent. But she didn't. She didn't gossip about other people or assume that I was 100% blameless. I am lucky enough to know mostly amazing mothers who love fiercely while still understanding that some things children say must be taken with a grain of salt, AND that hardship is necessary for growth. And if this particular hardship which has me so aggravated were putting this child in serious emotional or physical danger, of course we would intervene. But it just isn't, and she won't accept that.
Get another volunteer opportunity, lady, because we don't want you. Get your own life.
One thing I've learned while teaching: There's love, and then there's obsession. And I admit that I say that without having an understanding of what it feels like to be a parent. But I remember by upbringing. Mom and Dad made mistakes, but they never made me feel like this flawless being in need of constant attention and protection from everything. I remember mom holding me and saying, "I wish I could take the pain away, but this is just part of growing up. It hurts, but it will pass." How many times must she have wanted to march into my school or badmouth another parent. But she didn't. She didn't gossip about other people or assume that I was 100% blameless. I am lucky enough to know mostly amazing mothers who love fiercely while still understanding that some things children say must be taken with a grain of salt, AND that hardship is necessary for growth. And if this particular hardship which has me so aggravated were putting this child in serious emotional or physical danger, of course we would intervene. But it just isn't, and she won't accept that.
Get another volunteer opportunity, lady, because we don't want you. Get your own life.
One of the things that I dislike the most about my job is the amount of death I get to deal with.
Our factory is out in the middle of the country. I see mostly dead insects and rodents, but lately also dead baby birds that have fallen out of nests made around our facility.
This morning as I'm checking the outside garbage cans to see if they need changing, I open one to find it empty except for what looks like a flattened kitty. Apparently it appears the poor thing was probably caught between our nearby giants stacks of bins when one of our operators began moving them and it couldn't get out in time.
Our factory is out in the middle of the country. I see mostly dead insects and rodents, but lately also dead baby birds that have fallen out of nests made around our facility.
This morning as I'm checking the outside garbage cans to see if they need changing, I open one to find it empty except for what looks like a flattened kitty. Apparently it appears the poor thing was probably caught between our nearby giants stacks of bins when one of our operators began moving them and it couldn't get out in time.
The pharmacist called and baffled me with an argument about why I’m on a certain class of beta blockers to help manage my severe migraines which cause stroke like episodes vs another type because mine can cause a rise in blood pressure when combined with an epi-pen. I have no idea because I’m not the neurologist who prescribed it. However, I refuse to stop taking it because I don’t want to ever have another one of those stroke like episodes again.
I have a condition that causes hives and swelling and could cause anaphylaxis and was prescribed an epi-pen. So I turned in that prescription. If there is a medical debate to be had about whether I can have this epi-pen or need the Junior one, call my doctor.
I don’t have a medical or pharmaceutical degree. Have a revenue recognition or consolidation question? I can help.
I have a condition that causes hives and swelling and could cause anaphylaxis and was prescribed an epi-pen. So I turned in that prescription. If there is a medical debate to be had about whether I can have this epi-pen or need the Junior one, call my doctor.
I don’t have a medical or pharmaceutical degree. Have a revenue recognition or consolidation question? I can help.
I get it. I hear about someone who was killed a block from our house, hit by a semi truck because the intersection was just redesigned to have wider cut-outs and everyone is not used to the new layout yet, and I think, “that’s too bad,” and move on, but I see a flattened kitty a block from my house, and suddenly I’m imagining some tearstained kid who wonders why Fluffy isn't coming home.Apparently it appears the poor thing was probably caught between our nearby giants stacks of bins when one of our operators began moving them and it couldn't get out in time.
—Patrick
Last edited:
Arguing with a professional who's prone to argue with you is probably beyond pointless, since they're also likely to dismiss anything valid you say, anyway.
But it seems to me that a rise in blood pressure is a completely acceptable (perhaps even positive) side effect for you. Hey, maybe you could even start taking an epi-pen every day so you don't have to drown your food in salt.
my father died of nightmarish cancer 3 summers ago, tonight I felt fucked up and I couldn't place why, tomorrow is the anniversary of the diagnoses of his terminal cancer. Suddenly my compulsion to drink is reasoned but unstoppable, if anyone needs me ill be in the best bottle of scotch in my cabinet trying to forget the man who was the fabric that held my childish world together has been cold ashes in the ground for almost 3 years now, that this is as it always was the time we found out the end was coming and the road to Bones having to shut up and be a man was beginning.
Last edited:
HR finally found your posts here, did they?I'm interviewing the next batch of interns for my department.
All of the candidates are guys.
Google's estimated shipping date thing is really starting to piss me off now. If they'd actually been upfront and honest with me about how long it was going to take to ship me the device using their free shipping option, I would've chosen to pay extra to have it shipped faster. As it was, the options were:
- Free shipping with delivery sometime between June 1 and June 3,
- Pay for 2 day with delivery sometime between May 31st and June 2,
- Pay for overnight delivery with delivery slated to be sometime between May 30th and May 31st.
You get what you pay for. Did they promise you something more than what they are able to deliver? Or what exactly is the problem here?
Their failure to tell me that the true expected delivery date for free shipping isn't June 1st through the 3rd, but that it's June 5th through the 15th. Sorry, I know the original didn't convey that as clearly as it could have. Had I known that free shipping meant waiting two weeks (as opposed to the week that they displayed on the shipping estimates), I would've happily paid extra for the faster shipping. I didn't, not because I was being cheap, but because they somehow completely misunderestimated how long it would take to ship me a device from 600 miles away using FedEx Smartpost's mule-train option.
Ah, okay. Well, here's hoping your parcel arrives as soon as possible.
So we're still without hot water because we couldn't get a guy to come out until today. But now my husband finally has an excuse to get a tankless water heater....
Which also means he can't be run out of the shower due to running out of hot water, so after this goes in, I may never see him again the next time he takes a shower.
Which also means he can't be run out of the shower due to running out of hot water, so after this goes in, I may never see him again the next time he takes a shower.
Last edited:
Wow, google is selling it's own products with 2-4 week shipping estimates? That's ridiculous.
Must be why they removed "Don't be evil."
I ordered some batteries from Amazon. The price was a little too good to be true. Because they are SHIPPING the damn things from China. So I have to wait a month and a half for some damn batteries that may not even be the ones I need, to get here on a leaky boat.