Negative Events & Occurences

[Paul.Power]

Well, I dunno. When Amy turned me down when I was about 18, her two main reasons were the fact that we'd be a long way apart if I got into Cambridge, and that she'd be the sort of wild spirit who'd drag me down and mess my academic career up too much. Since she then fell in love with someone who lives in Vienna and my academic performances went in the toilet at Cambridge anyway, I can't help feeling somewhat miffed. I accept the current situation, but it han't exactly done my confidence much good.

[SupSuper]

Well, if there's something I figured out, is that girls always come up with excuses to break up / turn you down.

[MonkeyforaHead]

Or just, like, fail to exist in any noticeable fashion. They're pretty good at that too.

[AndrewTaylor]

Well, if there's something I figured out, is that girls always come up with excuses to break up / turn you down.
The best one I ever heard was a couple of months ago. I went out with a friend of mine just after his exams ended, and me, a mutual friend of ours, his girlfriend, and her friend Naomi (if you follow) got ahead of the group (as they were on the slowest pub crawl yet recorded) and we were sat in the Original Oak in Headingley talking. I was liking Naomi more and more, and eventually we left and went on somewhere else. I had to go home so I took the opportunity to ask her out.

"I'm just getting out of a long term relationship".
"Oh, right, I understand..."
"Also I'm moving to Italy."

I would have thought she'd have mentioned that sooner. If I was out with friends and also moving to Italy I think I would have at least hinted at it.

Ho hum.

Edit: My last girlfriend is in China. I wonder what I'm doing wrong that makes girls leave the country.

[FutureWorm]

FutureWorm, if I wanted your opinion or even a fragment of it, I would ask. kthx.
Good god, man. I'm trying to be helpful. What's your deal?

[SupSuper]

Making the bad stay bad wouldn't really be considered helpful at this point, no matter how right/wrong you may be.

[Zero72]

Well what else can you do? If he doesn't, then sooner or later someone else will, and she'll still be the same person then. At least Zero knows her already. As weird as it sounds, this could be a sensible move. The problem really is trust -- if the new relationship does go well, even if it doesn't work out in the long term, it will be a great thing for Zero and a very positive step from Avry. If it doesn't, then we can just hope that Zero manages to stay focussed and realise that it's only her who's hurt him and not take it out on future relationships and sabotage those too.

I think. I realise I'm not the guy to ask for relationship advice.
Once again, we're on the same page.Good god, man. I'm trying to be helpful. What's your deal?I have many "deals" against you, and I will save us all some time by not bothering to relate all of them. They can be summarized, but I won't do that either. I knew the content of your post without reading it, and I really have no reason at all to give a flying damn about what you think. :)

[MonkeyforaHead]

I'll help.
Being manipulated, or manipulating someone else, isn't "love".
Seriously FW, think carefully about what you are saying here. Yes, manipulation did occur. No, it was not exactly a very loving action. However what is happening here is they are acknowledging that this has happened and trying to see if they can give the whole thing another chance regardless, as there is at least some genuine regret for what has happened. While I can't say I personally have a great deal of hope of this working out fully, that is nonetheless the current scenario. What you are doing here is clinging to the one past subject that everyone is aware of, and driving it into the ground with no helpful input rather than even seeming to acknowledge that it isn't the only thing going on. You're not helping in the least.

Think. carefully. before. you. speak. Otherwise you can only expect to be snapped at, particularly on such a touchy subject.

[Star Worms]

Our house was struck by lightning last week. Luckily it only broke some roof tiles...

[FutureWorm]

I'll help.

Seriously FW, think carefully about what you are saying here. Yes, manipulation did occur. No, it was not exactly a very loving action. However what is happening here is they are acknowledging that this has happened and trying to see if they can give the whole thing another chance regardless, as there is at least some genuine regret for what has happened. While I can't say I personally have a great deal of hope of this working out fully, that is nonetheless the current scenario. What you are doing here is clinging to the one past subject that everyone is aware of, and driving it into the ground with no helpful input rather than even seeming to acknowledge that it isn't the only thing going on. You're not helping in the least.

Think. carefully. before. you. speak. Otherwise you can only expect to be snapped at, particularly on such a touchy subject.
The problem is that I've only seen one side of the story but went right on talking anyway. If had a greater knowledge of what this person is like, I could offer a more substantial view of the matter. All that I know about is what happened before, and I am basing my response on that.

Because Zero hasn't given me a great deal of information about the subject, aside from the "we're trying to work it out" thing, for all I know she could be lying through her teeth. If she did it before, why wouldn't she do it again?–such is my train of thought. That's really my biggest frustration: I haven't heard enough to truly know what's going on.

Therefore, I suppose I should apologize for my ignorance and move on. Sorry for offering a rather debased and useless opinion.

[MtlAngelus]

touchy subject.
There are no touchy subjects, only touchy people.
I hold nothing against people being touchy, tough it does annoy me when I can't talk about something with someone because that someone might get upset/angry for me talking about it.
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Edit: On another subject, Lopez Obrador keeps wrecking havok in Mexico City's "plaza del Zocalo", where he has gathered hundreds of thousands of idiots until the federal elections tribunal agree to a vote for vote recount. Altough I have a feeling that he'll keep pushing this until he gets his stupid presidency.
God I so feel like punching him in the face for being such an asshole.

[worMatty]

Back on topic: Grr, my boss is a fool. Today he accidentally deleted all of our accumulated documents, (my) planning work, staff information and emails from the office PC. He even deleted them from the Wastebasket and they cannot be restored.

[SupSuper]

Our fridge broke. Right in the middle of Summer. And stuff expires much quicker without one, besides other inconveniences.

[MtlAngelus]

Been there. Had to get EVERTHING inside a couple of those box shaped coolers with ice for an entire week.( you know, those that you normally use to take cold stuff to picnics/short trips, like water, beer, soda, ham, mayonaise and stuff.)

[Star Worms]

Back on topic: Grr, my boss is a fool. Today he accidentally deleted all of our accumulated documents, (my) planning work, staff information and emails from the office PC. He even deleted them from the Wastebasket and they cannot be restored.So he "accidentally" deleted them and then "accidentally" deleted them again?:p

Our freezer stopped working while we were on holiday during the summer. We had to bin everything and the kitchen stank.

[FutureWorm]

Edit: On another subject, Lopez Obrador keeps wrecking havok in Mexico City's "plaza del Zocalo", where he has gathered hundreds of thousands of idiots until the federal elections tribunal agree to a vote for vote recount. Altough I have a feeling that he'll keep pushing this until he gets his stupid presidency.
God I so feel like punching him in the face for being such an asshole.
Lopez Obrador is an asshat. He's not going to be elected, and I'll be glad when they shove it in his face.

[MonkeyforaHead]

I've somehow been screwed out of another $32 from work. Yes, I'm trying to deal with it, but a number of factors are making it near impossible.

Moral of my story: McDonald's management sucks and will take advantage of you, deliberately or otherwise I'm not sure.

[Slick]

Im sad now because I just saw the offical art for the W: OW game for the PSP and DS.
Yeah I know its been out for a while now...but still...the art could of been soooooo muuuuuuuuuuch beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeettttttttttttter. :(

[Pigbuster]

I'm genuinely worried that BitTorrent has dropped the two torrents of The Thief and the Cobbler and the 3rd Digimon season for no reason whatsoever.
The files and folders are all still there, right where the were at the beginning. They aren't complete, but BitTorrent doesn't seem to like reading them anymore.
Also, I can play back the things that are fully completed, which I'm not supposed to be able to do until the download is finished, which BitTorrent seems to think that it is.
And they've both been going for a number of months now.
DAMMIT.
I hope it gets back into gear tomorrow, but I'm not too optimistic.

EDIT

Yeah... it was just downloading to a wrong folder. I got it up and going again.
Shows that I care a little too much about this, I think. :p

[MtlAngelus]

My throat HURTS. And I have to be taking calls for 8 hours...

[Zero72]

I just pretty much broke it off with Avry.

I'm tired of dealing with a long-distance relationship with a bunch of failed plans to meet. We only have any time at all on the weekends because of my work schedule, anyway. I just don't feel like she's what I need. I hope she can do better than me, too. No huge challenge, I'm sure...

Even with something like this which I had been considering for quite a while, as soon as I do it, I feel a ton of regret, and second-guess everything...

...I... don't know. Ugh.

I know she's taking it hard. I didn't want to hurt her, but I felt like it had to be done.

[worMatty]

Respect to you, buddy. You'll both be all right.

[SupSuper]

That's a big step you took there, props for having the courage to do it. Feeling like crap about it is perfectly normal, but you'll get over it, as should her. If you get back together out of guilt, you'll end up worse than before.


On my share of news:

I'm still not going to college this year! Nosiree, because I passed everything... BUT PHYSICS! So now I get to spend another whole year at school doing one measly slimey subject.

To add to the sheer joy of it, my school is no longer gonna have the "course" I take, so instead of going to a school that's right across the street, I'm gonna have to move to one that takes one long walk and one long bus ride to get there! All this for one subject! Woo, I'm so happy! :rolleyes:

[Pigbuster]

That's a big step you took there, props for having the courage to do it. Feeling like crap about it is perfectly normal, but you'll get over it, as should her. If you get back together out of guilt, you'll end up worse than before.


On my share of news:

I'm still not going to college this year! Nosiree, because I passed everything... BUT PHYSICS! So now I get to spend another whole year at school doing one measly slimey subject.

To add to the sheer joy of it, my school is no longer gonna have the "course" I take, so instead of going to a school that's right across the street, I'm gonna have to move to one that takes one long walk and one long bus ride to get there! All this for one subject! Woo, I'm so happy! :rolleyes:
I'm going to be taking physics next year.
I'm actually not that bad at science, but there are some things that make my grade go down. (I took chem last year, I'm taking physics next year)

1) I'm not very good at learning from textbooks. There were multiple times when I tried to read a chapter and I just couldn't understand it at all, and my teacher would then give us a lecture on the day before the test, and I'd understand a lot better. I learn a lot better from lectures than from other things.

2) The teacher I just talked about had a liver problem during the last half of the school year, and we got no one but substitutes to take her place. Many of them just assigned the work without telling us much about the subject, and since I don't learn well from textbooks, I was screwed. It's a good thing that we had the chance to take a credit/no credit, as I had an A, but I think it went down to a D.

Yeah.
Anyway,
PART TWO OF GIANT POST

I have now not ONE, but TWO songs that have come up my dreams that I loved, but forgot when I woke up. The one I had a week back, which was some sort of boat/city fanfare, I DID remember quite well, but I focused on writing down the rest of the visual stuff in the dream, that I forgot the song by the time I was done.

The one I had last night was some kind of orchestral piece, that may actually be real. I got a bit of the song down immediately, but that was the finale of the piece. I can't remember the beginning or the middle, nothing.

It's really depressing. I loved both of the tunes, but they were in my dreams... and I can hardly ever pull stuff back from my subconscious. It makes me feel hopeless. I'm telling myself every night 'I want to hear that song again in my dream tonight", so I'm hoping that if I do that long enough, they'll both come back.

[Zero72]

If you get back together out of guilt, you'll end up worse than before.It's probably a good thing you told me that.

I mean, even though I was the one who broke it off, it feels extremely hard for me to let her go. Is that odd?

Of course, as a previous acquaintence once told me, I am rather jealous and possessive, so maybe that's it.I'm still not going to college this year! Nosiree, because I passed everything... BUT PHYSICS! So now I get to spend another whole year at school doing one measly slimey subject.

To add to the sheer joy of it, my school is no longer gonna have the "course" I take, so instead of going to a school that's right across the street, I'm gonna have to move to one that takes one long walk and one long bus ride to get there! All this for one subject! Woo, I'm so happy! Sweet crud, that sucks.

How do you only take one subject for an entire year?

[worMatty]

It's normal to feel like that, Zeor. It's the loss of any kind of potential relationship but you just have to let go regardless of how you feel right now. You're not in the right state of mind to immediately reconsider reversing your decision. After a few months you'll have gotten over it completely. I speak from experience.

Buster, leaving you to copy down information from text books is not teaching, it's an excuse for the teacher to do a crossword and drink coffee. Learning is something that I think requires more than just reading; practice and association with different experiences and senses is key to successful retention. The quality of your education is very important and if you think you aren't receiving decent quality teaching you should complain. If you do, they'll likely come back at you with short staff levels and illness as their reasons so you should be prepared with evidence.

[Zero72]

...That makes sense.

Thanks.

[SupSuper]

It's probably a good thing you told me that.

I mean, even though I was the one who broke it off, it feels extremely hard for me to let her go. Is that odd?It's not odd at all. Nobody wants to go back to "being alone", but if you get back together purely out of guilt, you'll also be on the relationship out of guilt, and you'll end up wanting to break up again as soon as the guilt wears off. And I speak from personal experience.

Sweet crud, that sucks.

How do you only take one subject for an entire year?You just can. :p Well I could do all the subjects again, but I'm bored enough with school as it is.

And the exams (the things that ACTUALLY COUNT towards college) are only on the end of the year, so I might as well keep my brain stimulated until then. Yes, if I wanted I could spend one whole year without doing anything and just sign up for whatever exam I wanted in the end.

[MtlAngelus]

Well, my father has threatened once again with leaving the house.
Why do I care? Because it means I can no longer order the PC I was planning on ordering soon...

[Pigbuster]

The chemistry teacher I was talking about... the one I liked that left halfway through...
My school sent out an email saying she died.
...
I thought that she was recovering from her liver condition, but...

I'm rather depressed, now.

[Zero72]

...Wow.

You'd think after all this crap, I'd be better at saying useful things to other people, but I'm not. I don't know what to say except I'm sorry.

[Paul.Power]

The chemistry teacher I was talking about... the one I liked that left halfway through...
My school sent out an email saying she died.
...
I thought that she was recovering from her liver condition, but...

I'm rather depressed, now.Oh dear. I'm sorry to hear that. I can only imagine what it would be like if I'd lost one of my favourite teachers like that at school. A Uni friend of mine who's doing his PhD lost his Chemistry supervisor during last term. He was only thirty-odd, and they were very good friends. So although I don't know what it's like, I have second-hand experience of it...

[Star Worms]

My maths teacher died of cancer a few years ago. Such a shame, she was a great teacher - The first person at our school to get straight As at A levels.

[Vader]

I kicked my computer and now my foot hurts.

Computer 1-0 Vader

:(

[Star Worms]

You're meant to take the case off and then kick it...

[MtlAngelus]

I wear Caterpillar boot like shoes, so if I were to kick my (now defunct) computer, I would probably kill it (again).

[Paul.Power]

Mine's a laptop, so I'd probably have to learn some sort of martial art before I could kick it in a fit of rage.

(Because going to the trouble of unplugging it and putting it on the floor would give you time to cool down and realise how silly you look...)

(And I don't really get fits of rage, anyway)

(Oh well)

(I think that's enough brackets now)

[MtlAngelus]

Or you can kick it football style.
(soccer for the americans)
(like when the goalkeeper grabs the ball and kicks it off)
(hehehe brackets)
(:p)

[worMatty]

Bracket in, both of you.

[Zero72]

(these are parenthesis)
[these are brackets]

Eyelash... innnnnnnnnnnnn EEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABBSJSKJBSSdBJAjsadk fjasjfjsdrt

[AndrewTaylor]

Both of those things are brackets.
Eyelash... innnnnnnnnnnnn EEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABBSJSKJBSSdBJAjsadk fjasjfjsdrt
God, I hate when that happens.

I find the best way is to get a bit of tissue just wet enough that it doesn't sting your eye, and nudge the lash to the corner of your eye. When it can't go any further it bend up off hte eyeball and you can grab it. It did for me, anyway. I'm not promising anything.

[Zero72]

Generally, I just dig at it until I finally get it out. Your idea is probably better. I should try it sometime.

But crud, it happens to me all the freakin' time. I swear my eyelashes conspire against me and dispatch deliberately on missions to reach my brain.

[Paul.Power]

Both of those things are brackets.

God, I hate when that happens.

I find the best way is to get a bit of tissue just wet enough that it doesn't sting your eye, and nudge the lash to the corner of your eye. When it can't go any further it bend up off hte eyeball and you can grab it. It did for me, anyway. I'm not promising anything.I have enough trouble finding the eyelash most times.

But that sounds kind of useful for when I do find it. Cheers.

[Zero72]

Took me forever to find this one because it was under my upper eyelid, the jerk.

By the way, the brackets / parenthesis thing is probably a regional thing. Now I think I'll hop on this elevator so I can watch the soccer game.

[Paul.Power]

It seems:

() are called round brackets in Britain and parentheses in America
[] are called square brackets in Britain and brackets in America

Also, {} are curly brackets and braces, respectively.

[Vader]

I burnt my coffee.

It's a beautiful coffee - Kenyan AA, medium/dark roast - and I burnt this cup. Now it tastes of burns.

Not Mr Burns, you understand. Nor third degree burns.

[Star Worms]

Second degree burns?

[Vader]

Is that an offer?

[Lex]

I have to go to bed now to go to work in the morning, but I was away all day and really want to catch up on everything I could have been doing during the day. Also, I don't want to go to work in the morning, especially because I have to use earplugs and a face mask while I blow compressed air at the insides of really dusty student workstations at the University Of Waterloo (where I work). It stuffs up my nose despite the facial mask, and gets in my eyes and all over the lab where I have to do it. My headphones broke last Thursday in the middle of the day, so I couldn't listen to any more music for the rest of the day, and cleaning computers with a super-loud air compressor is an insanely dull and bleak job, especially with no music. Now, I don't have any headphones to go to work with tomorrow, so it'll be bleak and horrible all day. I don't care about proper order-of-thought or paragraphing for this post.

Bah. I wish I could get back to more interesting computer work. Cleaning them with compressed air is not my idea of a computer job, though I suppose it still has to be done.

[Slick]

I no longer have health insurance, and I'm close to being broke. :D

[Lex]

How close are you to being broke? Do you need health insurance at this point? Of course, I see its desirability. How did you lose your health insurance?

[Slick]

Pretty much all because of age. I am covered untill I graduated highschool under my parents heath care provider. However if I go to collage the I still am covered, but I guess I took to long getting ready for collage...and we received the notice that I am no longer eligable. Which sucks. I've been having back/neck pains alot...and who knows when somthing could happen.
I currently have $100 or so to my name. yet I have bills that have to be paid...and I get a paycheck every two weeks. That makes it more difficalt to save money for things I need. And to add to that probelm I'm only getting one or so days on the schedual to work.

I hope I can getting this painting job soon... then I'd work my ass off and be bringing in about 3-500 dollars a week. :p

[MtlAngelus]

I hope I can getting this painting job soon... then I'd work my ass off and be bringing in about 3-500 dollars a week. :p
O_O
And people wonder why we risk our lives crossing over there.
That said, I get paid and equivalent of 600 dollars a month, and I'm one of the lucky ones.

[Zero72]

Yeah, you'll certainly be kicking my ass if you pull that one off.

[bonz]

I get €350.- (~$445.-) at the moment for 32 hours of work per month.
(Histology/laboratory work & care for the lab mice)

Nicely paid job, but still I don't manage to get rid of my >€1000.- of debts... :p

And I need something new to live in till the end of August or I'm gonna live under a bridge.

[Vader]

I get an average of 15 hours work per month at the minute.

I need to find a new job but I can't bring myself to leave this one. *sigh*

[SupSuper]

I get €100/site for making erotic websites!



*sigh*

[Vader]

Really?

Can't you just change the title and colour scheme each time? Kerching!

[FutureWorm]

Now there's a dilemma. How do you put one of those in your portfolio?

[Vader]

With a plentiful of "CENSORED" stickers.

[Lex]

I make $13/hour and I'm working 96 hours this month. I get over $1000 per month now. :) I can't wait to get a promotion or something! Well, even if I don't get promoted, working in the computer science facility at a technology-oriented university is great for my resumé!

This post really should be in the positive events thread. Oh well. The discussion for this is here.

[worMatty]

Some lanky druggy stole an inverter from our shop today. I saw him stuff it up his jumper so I informed my assistant manager. We followed him around but we didn't confront him before he left. "Why?" I asked him. "We're not supposed to anymore." Wish they'd told me that. I was ready to rip his face off.

Oh, and I sent a lady and gent down the back to get £190 worth of computer gear and they came back saying the lad at the back said they might be able to "blag the lad down the front to take £10 off it." I told them I didn't have the authority to discount anything so they left saying "It's the principal!" Thanks a lot you long-haired stoner!

[SupSuper]

Really?

Can't you just change the title and colour scheme each time? Kerching!Possibly, but then again, I reuse my code a lot and nobody can tell. Plus I've only done one so far, though according to my customer, I'll be doing a lot more.

Now there's a dilemma. How do you put one of those in your portfolio?Like this (http://supsuper.10e.net/supspider/portfolio.html)?

[Slick]

O_O
And people wonder why we risk our lives crossing over there.
That said, I get paid and equivalent of 600 dollars a month, and I'm one of the lucky ones.
Well you see the catch is that I'll be working my **** off all day in the sun and hanging from 5 storys up, perhaps.
Besides...
I woulnd be surprised if the govenment takes a crap load out of my paycheck. :confused:

[FutureWorm]

Like this (http://supsuper.10e.net/supspider/portfolio.html)?
So a camwhore contracted you to build her website? Fun.

[Zero72]

You might remember the mention of the online entity Pi a good few pages ago in either of these infernal threads, or maybe a different one, but anyway, she's coming up again, because I can't get her out of my head for like the third time. Even though I barely ever talk to her. Ugh.

We actually had a rare chance to talk for a few hours last night and catch up on things and discuss life in general. I guess most of this part can be skipped, but towards the end, she said she considered me a strong person. This, somehow, is the single most encouraging and empowering thing I have been told in a very, very long time. I sat there with tears standing in my eyes because I couldn't believe somebody -- let alone she in specific -- thought that about me. And it's inspired me. I still don't feel like I'm very strong, but when I remember her saying that to me, it makes me want to be. It helps me try to become what I've always wanted to be. I've been trying harder to keep my chin up and my chest out, to put in that extra step, to smile more often... etc.

Why is this going in the negative events thread, you ask? Well, I just broke up with Avry because I was sick of the distance, and now I've gone head over heels for someone else with probably more distance. Damn it to HELL.

She'll be moving to Virginia (bordering Pennsylvania on the South, a drive of a good few hours, but nothing horrible) for college later this week, and she directly invited me to drop by and visit her for a weekend some time. Needless to say, the thought sends my head into the clouds, but there again, I'm conflicted because I always expected Avry to come see me.

But I suppose that boils down to that I just really didn't / don't feel much for Avry anymore.

Bleh. This kinda bites. Just when I thought I had everything straightened out.

Edit: Nitpicky stipulation: Now that I think of it, I guess Virginia doesn't directly border Pennsylvania, but almost. To get there, you'll have to hit a little of either Maryland or West Virginia, if I recall.

[MtlAngelus]

Well, the Federal Elections Tribunal did a recount of some percentage of the votes(I think it was 10%... not paying much attention...) and the recount ended pretty much the same. Now Lopez Obrador is threatening on staying there forever.
Also, several restaurants in the area where the manifestation is being made are reported to be closing down soon because of a lack of customers, and some plays in the area's theaters are also ending seasons earlier.

Zero, I wish I could say something helpfull, but I'm horribly bad at dealing with human relations.
I've been ignoring my feelings for a while and now I can't seem to be able to reach them anymore to make any sort of sensitive comment...

[Zero72]

Zero, I wish I could say something helpfull, but I'm horribly bad at dealing with human relations.
I've been ignoring my feelings for a while and now I can't seem to be able to reach them anymore to make any sort of sensitive comment...I know just how you feel. Don't sweat it, I appreciate the thought.

I guess I just need to try to be strong and deal with this... :p

Anyway, that stuff about elections and all sounds really serious. I might have to catch up on all of this...

[SupSuper]

I don't really know what to say to you either Zeor, there's a lot of reasons why you could be in "conflict" and going over those wouldn't help a bit. However, it's not everyday that a girl asks you over.

[Slick]

Fallen for another girl? That's normal dude, don't worry about it. You can just eaither get over one person fairly quickly if the other may be a possable...girl friend or whatever- to take Avry's place. That or you're just on the rebound right now.

[Zero72]

That or you're just on the rebound right now.I have observed that this is a sort of feeling I haven't felt in a long time, which adds to my conflict.

[Zero72]

Couple more little annoying body gripes: I have a really bad sore under my upper lip, and I knocked a nice little divot out of at least one layer of skin on the end of my left thumb at work today. With a screwdriver.

[MtlAngelus]

I got ***ed. This woman called in to change a new phone she had purchased over the phone, she didn't like it after all and wanted a different model. She was still in the 30 day exchange period which ended tomorrow, so I sent her a return kit so she could return her device and then attempted a warm transfer to Telesales to get a new one. Warm transfer means explaining stuff to the person you are transfering to before you hit the transfer button.
So there I was explaining, and the woman who answered me tells me that they can't send a new device if the customer hasn't returned the other one first. I explained that given I had just sent the return kit, it would take 3 days for the customer to receive it so by the time she sent it back she would no longer be in the 30 day exchange period, so I asked if something could be done about this. She puts me on hold for a couple of minutes and then gives me a phone number where I could get help with this issue. The number seemed oddly familiar but I still wrote it down and ended that call.
Then right as I was going to dial the number she gave me, I noticed that the number she gave me was... customer service... and I am customer service...
Stupid b1tch :mad:

[Lex]

Wow, Angel, that'd suck! I hope your day ended satisfactorily.

[MtlAngelus]

The quality team is there to assure I don't :p
Honestly, they always happen to monitor my worst calls.
I still like the job tough, it pays relatively well and it's quite fun sometimes :p

[Slick]

I had a sub sandwich from SubWay, which contained extra pickels and various hot peppers.
Twas very, VERY good...and I enjoyed eating it all the way though.
And why is this in the Negative Events thread? Well, we'll just see what happens next.:p

[Lex]

So, what happens next? Surely you're done eating it by now. It sounds delicious. I always get loads of pickles and banana peppers on my subs. Subway is great. :)

[Vader]

What's a banana pepper?

[AndrewTaylor]

I'm going to assume it's the same as a jalepeno, since Subway serve those.

[Lex]

No, banana peppers are pickled pepperoncinis (I think), and the form one usually eats them on a sandwich is when they have been cut up into small slices. You can buy them at a grocery store and they come in several different colours in the same jar: yellow, red, and green. They don't taste much like jalepeño peppers, but they're quite delicious! They are slightly spicy. Some people would say they're very spicy, but I wouldn't say so.

[AndrewTaylor]

pepperoncinis

Well, I've never heard of those either. Maybe I'll just look them up.

[Slick]

As of about 5 minutes ago...this has become an negitive event...:S
Those jalepeno peppers are as hott going in, as they are going out. :(

[Paul.Power]

As of about 5 minutes ago...this has become an negitive event...:S
Those jalepeno peppers are as hott going in, as they are going out. :(Wouldn't that be better as "as hot going out, as they are going in"?

[Pigbuster]

Slick eats the other way around, Paul.

[SupSuper]

Ewwwwwwww.

[Blinx]

My girlfriend's step brother has Acute Leukemia. And he's getting worse...

:(

[Paul.Power]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/5268886.stm

:eek:

[AndrewTaylor]

The one thing I don't understand is why anyone would care about five runs. Don't people routinely score 400 in these games?

[Star Worms]

I think it was more about the principle than the actual amount of runs. We won anyway:p

[Zero72]

So let me get this straight:

Blinx: Cancer
Paul: Cricket

:-/

[SupSuper]

I didn't really know what "Acute Leukemia" meant.

[Lex]

Yay for Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/leukemia) then! :)

And Blinx, you and I already talked about that. I understand the harshness of your situation.

[Vader]

Blinx, I'd say something but I'd only make things worse.

For example:

"I bent my Wookiee.

It's okay, though. It's a lego Chewbacca."

etc.

[Pigbuster]

Woah, I had no idea leukemia was a form of cancer.
I never knew that it was that serious.

Some other related symptoms
Fever, chills, and other flu-like symptoms
Weakness and fatigue
Loss of appetite and/or weight
Swollen or bleeding gums
Neurological symptoms (headache)
Enlarged liver and spleen
Um... I'm probably just REALLY paranoid, but I think most of those apply to me.
God, I want to go to the doctor. I feel like I haven't gone for ages, and it would settle my mind that I don't have a serious condition.

I hope that he can pull through, Blinx. That's all I can do, at least.

[MtlAngelus]

Um... I'm probably just REALLY paranoid, but I think most of those apply to me.
God, I want to go to the doctor. I feel like I haven't gone for ages, and it would settle my mind that I don't have a serious condition.

Same here, except for the enlarged liver and spleen, haven't really taken a look recently.
I think it's more to do because I haven't been eating or sleeping well in the past few years.

[Lex]

Um... I'm probably just REALLY paranoid, but I think most of those apply to me. God, I want to go to the doctor. I feel like I haven't gone for ages, and it would settle my mind that I don't have a serious condition.Those are also common symptoms of malnourishment (that is, not eating your required vitamins). Do you have much vitamin B, C, D in your diet?

[bonz]

If you are a seafaring pirate you might suffer from scurvy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scurvy). Arrrgh!

[Pigbuster]

Well, I chew vitaballs, which give 100% vitamins for a day.
But I haven't been eating too well, lately, so it could still be something like that.

[Star Worms]

I wouldn't be surprised if I OD on vitamin C....

[Pigbuster]

I heard that you just dispose of vitamin C when you urinate, so an OD of C isn't much of a problem.

And OD seems to have a new meaning, now. It's for those who overdose on the forum. Or something.

[bonz]

so an OD of C isn't much of a problem.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_c#Other_effects
And OD seems to have a new meaning, now. It's for those who overdose on the forum. Or something.
Yeah, I'm a junkie.

[Pigbuster]

Oh. Diarrhea. Okay.

Why is every food company obsessed with packing vitamins into everything?
I don't need it. I get a daily supply from a gumball, dang it, and they doesn't taste bad, either.

[worMatty]

Why do you think? Gullible people use those reasons to justify buying the food, and all the talk of vitamins and stuff attracts more such people to buying it. I don't know about the rest of the world but in the UK Omega 3 fish oil and 'friendly bacteria' are the fashion right now. The human race has survived and multiplied for thousands of years without such stuff.

[Zero72]

I was just thoroughly a very unhappy and unlucky person today.

The climax being that my car battery is dead for some reason. Car's still sitting at work.

Edit: Actually, you know, since I had a friend helping me out at work for a change, I kept my spirits up fairly well.

[AndrewTaylor]

I don't know about the rest of the world but in the UK Omega 3 fish oil and 'friendly bacteria' are the fashion right now. The human race has survived and multiplied for thousands of years without such stuff.
That's not strictly true. We just didn't take it in such ludicrous quantities until now.

There was a study a bit ago that showed Omega 3 isn't anything like as good for us as was thought, as it goes. I don't know who's right, but considering how important advertisers say it is you'd think they'd want to be sure.

[worMatty]

I heard about that. I guess the manufacturer mixing it in to milk is choosing to ignore that study's results.

[Vader]

We like Cravendale but when we go to the convenience shop we can't get it so we get Yeovale milk with Omega 3 in. No harm done.

[worMatty]

"Yeovale tastes so good, the fish want it back."

[Lex]

Yesterday at work, I was so tired because of a messed-up weekend sleep schedule that I was falling asleep on the job and needed to request to take the rest of the day off. I really hope that doesn't affect my position.

[MtlAngelus]

Turns out they ran out of prizes at work so I'm not receiving my Disco Ball keychain and my mug :(
Instead, I got bubblegum...

[Zero72]

That's mean. :(

As for myself, I had what may very well have been my worst night of work ever, and my car battery is not only mostly dead, but, in fact, all dead.

[Blinx]

Thanks for your support guys. He's getting better slowly, the treatment will take about three years.

He's currently on a steroid that makes you diabetic (as a side effect), he has to take it for about a month. But their finding it difficult to lower his glucose level, despite him not eating any foods containing glucose.

Sorry to sound like an idiot. Does Milk contain any sugar?

[Zero72]

Given that it's produced for nourishment, I'd assume so.

[AndrewTaylor]

It contains lactose, surely?

[Vader]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactose

[Star Worms]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac_operon

[MtlAngelus]

First day of Acrobatics(or is it Acrobacy?) class, and my legs hurt like hell :(

[philby4000]

One of my cats, Ringo died.:(

He was around 16 years old. He was rescued by the Cats protection leauge, so we never knew his exact age. He aparantly lived under a car for the first few years of his life. When they brought him in they were shocked to see his 'black' fur was a thick layer of oil and grease.

The spooky thing is that just a few hours ago I wrote the final scene of my comic, in which the character I loosely based on him died.

[Zero72]

I'm sorry for your loss. :(

As for me, it turns out that my ceiling leaks.

Badly.

Really badly.

[bonz]

As for me, it turns out that my ceiling leaks.
Maybe the neighbour above you die in his brimful bath tub.

[Pigbuster]

The spooky thing is that just a few hours ago I wrote the final scene of my comic, in which the character I loosely based on him died.

This is creepy.
And also, sad. :(

I actually had a dream about having cats again the other night.

I really want to have a cat in the house again...

[MtlAngelus]

I want a kitten, my cat is no longer fun. He's too lazy now.

[worMatty]

Sorry to hear that, philby. Sounds like the majority of his life was good.

[Vader]

:(

Sorry philby.

I have news. Bad of course. I can't afford my rent. Again. I'm going to have to borrow. Again.

I still have no job security. I resigned a week ago on Friday and I'm still being asked to work. Oh, and yes, because I am broke I am taking the work, including over this weekend and Bank Holiday Monday.

I can't get out of this hole. The harder and faster I climb the deeper the hole gets and doing nothing just doubles the problem. My life is one big paradox.

*ceases to exist*

[Lex]

Aw, Vader, that sounds tough. Seriously, I empathise with you.

[worMatty]

I empathise with you, too, but comedically, and with an 's'.

[Vader]

Ah, now I understand.

I'm not very good at many foreign languages. ;)

[worMatty]

Me either. I picked up a few things over the years, thankfully.

[SomePerson]

Katie has another boyfriend.

...I can't deal with this again...:( I just can't...

[Slick]

Girls...suck.

[Blinx]

Girls...suck.If you ask very nicely.

Haven't spoken to my girlfriend for...2 days? It doesn't seem like much, but then again. I haven't seen her in over a week. :( *begins to slowly die...well faster*

[AndrewTaylor]

If you ask very nicely.
I suppose it was inevitable someone would say that.

I should have known it'd be you... you and your slender grasp on gender relations. (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=276116&postcount=10)

[Vader]

Ha! That thread was hilarious.

SomePerson - the best thing you can do is move on entirely. Seriously.

[SupSuper]

I suppose it was inevitable someone would say that.

I should have known it'd be you... you and your slender grasp on gender relations. (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=276116&postcount=10)Oh man, the memories of that thread. "boobs and stuff". What was I thinking?!?

[FutureWorm]

SomePerson - the best thing you can do is move on entirely. Seriously.

Given your previous track record with Katie, I would say that's a very smart idea.

[Slick]

I got a haircut today. I don't like it. :mad:

[Zero72]

SomePerson - the best thing you can do is move on entirely. Seriously.I came here fully intending to say the same thing. I understand that you probably don't want to do it and don't think it's possible, but you really should try. All she does is hop from boyfriend to boyfriend, and I would hesitate to say it's likely that she'll ever bounce back to you. All your affection is only getting you more hurt.

[Paul.Power]

I got a haircut today. I don't like it. :mad:Snap, although mine's fine...

[Blinx]

I suppose it was inevitable someone would say that.

I should have known it'd be you... you and your slender grasp on gender relations. (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=276116&postcount=10)Heh. What happened there anyway?

[AndrewTaylor]

Not a great deal.

We got on pretty well, although their taste in TV was utterly dreadful. Haven't been in touch with them since moving out, except for The Bizarre Incident (http://apathysketchpad.com/index.php?id=col/mindtrap).

[Blinx]

Currently : I don't think my girlfriend loves me anymore. It just seems that she's stopped trying? Previously she used to think i'd run off with another girl or something, but now she seems to think i'm secure, she doesn't have to bother displaying signs of affection so much. Added with the fact that I haven't seen her for about nine days, it's beginning degrade my feelings towards her.

This holiday I have seen her three times during the past six weeks. Due to her going to England for three and then her brother becoming ill. I know she can't help it, and I don't want to be a **** by saying she should spend time with me when she can, but she honestly doesn't seem to want to anymore. The seven a day text messages have been reduced to one a day if i'm lucky. It's depressing me a great deal.

[Vader]

Have you talked to her about it?

If you tell her how you feel and ask her how she feels you will know where you stand.

If you're in a relationship with her you are obliged to discuss relationship issues with her, otherwise it will never work.

It's a necessary evil.

[Lex]

Yes, I have found discussing those things often increases your connection with her an extreme amount. Vader makes a good point.

[Vader]

I have found discussing those things often increases your connection with her an extreme amount.

Very well put.

I know it sounds whack but the more you share your feelings with each other, the deeper and stronger your bond will be. The deeper and stronger your bond, the more stable the relationship.

Even if by sharing your feelings you are admiting to not being interested in each other anymore, you will be in a better position than you are when you are both guessing and just sort of going along with it.

[Blinx]

I texted her and explained. Obviously not as good as talking but I can't actually talk to her face to face till Saturday.

[Lex]

Well, that'll give her some time to roll the thoughts around in her head and decide whether or not she wants to be enthusiastic with you about it on Saturday. :)

On the other extreme of Vader's advice, I have found that "Give her some time. Give her some space." is a good piece of advice. If you are always confronting her directly about serious issues, she may start thinking you are just worried all the time, or something like that. Having a good balance between silly fun and serious topics is tough to achieve, but is quite vital in a healthy relationship.

[Vader]

Yes. You can't expect to constantly stick to one or the other.

If you are good together it will naturally happen that way. On this occasion, my advice was simply to provoke what seems necessary, really. It's still true, but the balance is key.

Yin and yang and all of that.

[Slick]

Everything that could go wrong, goes wrong. If there was a person in the whole state of Ohio who is cursed, it's me.
Painting job: Failed.
Wallet with credit card/ drivers license: Lost in poor neighborhood.
Back: Horrable pain.
Eyes: Burn from paint that splashed into them.
Athsma: Killing me slowly.
Bank account: POOR.
Gas tank: just above E.

And I could go on.

[MonkeyforaHead]

Wallet with credit card: Lost in poor neighborhood.
S**t, THAT'S not good. Priority one here, I think, if you haven't already dealt with it.

[Zero72]

...If I'm so good with words, why do they keep failing me?

Anyway, Munkee's right. If you haven't already, you need to figure out what to do about a lost credit card, like, soon.

As for the painting thing, too... Just... ouch.

[Slick]

So it turns out from the results of my dad's weekly/monthy test at the doctors, that his brain is basically just shrinking. There is nothing to do to help him, he'll just keep getting worse and worse till...you know.

****

[Paul.Power]

So it turns out from the results of my dad's weekly/monthy test at the doctors, that his brain is basically just shrinking. There is nothing to do to help him, he'll just keep getting worse and worse till...you know.

****Bloody hell.

Also, belated I know, but I'm sorry to hear about your girlfriend's brother. I'm also sorry about how I cut in front of your post with one about cricket :(

[MonkeyforaHead]

figure out what to do about a lost credit
That would be to report it to whoever issued it to you. Post-haste.

[SupSuper]

Yeah, a stolen credit card is serious business. Not that it's worse than the rest of the events you posted (which I'm really sorry to hear about) but it's the only one you can do something about.

[Blinx]

My girlfriend is allergic to Latex.

[Squirminator2k]

Such pathetic allergies never stopped the Vikings.

[Blinx]

O_o. Being an adult Ben. Do you have any advise on alternatives?

[SupSuper]

My girlfriend is allergic to Latex.And that matters because?

...oh wait, this is Blinx we're talking about. Nevermind.

[Zero72]

O_o. Being an adult Ben. Do you have any advise on alternatives?

Better question: Can this be discussed elsewhere?

[worMatty]

There are alternative methods of contraception and condoms made out of polyurethane. STIs shouldn't be a concern if you don't have an open relationship. I tried looking on Durex's site to see what availability's like but apparently there's a coding problem, as it didn't go all the way.

[Pigbuster]

I'm also sorry about how I cut in front of your post with one about cricket :(

I've felt like that in this thread before, but then, should we really feel too bad that we don't have anything terrible happen that would require posting in this thread?
It's good that all your post was about was cricket.

O_o. Being an adult Ben. Do you have any advise on alternatives?
Birth control pills?
Because everyone knows what an expert I am on this stuff, of course.

[CyberShadow]

I am sure I have heard of hormone-supressing pills. They are more common for females, however I have once read about a similar drug which causes spermatozoids to not grow a tail, and thus making it impossible for them to get to the ovary. Not sure about their price/availability, but I heard they are quite fail-proof if administered correctly (although administration must start around a week before any actual, err, contact). Either way, just go to your local pharmacy and ask the guys there, or ask a qualified doctor.

[Slick]

I think I've reached the point where I can say, the only reason I don't shoot myself, is because I don't have a gun.
And with that, this will be my last time posting crap about myself in this thread. There is no need to drag you people in.

[MtlAngelus]

Slickster, don't give up man, you have talent.

On a different, unrelated, note, the PRD(Lopez Obrador's political party) deputees stopped Vicente Fox(president of Mexico) from giving his last anual report... They all stood there in the... uh... congress-podium-thingie... blocking it.
Obrador then proceeds to announce this is just a "taste" of what's comming on december first when Calderon is suposed to take Fox' place as president...
For extra information on whats going on, here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/mexico_election_dc

[worMatty]

I think I've reached the point where I can say, the only reason I don't shoot myself, is because I don't have a gun.

Don't be silly, Slick. If you'd have wanted to get rid of yourself you would have done it by now.

STEVE IRWIN IS DEAD! (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5311298.stm)

Such a shame. He's left behind a wife and two young kids, and a zoo. At least he'll meet up with his old pal Suie the dog.

[SupSuper]

as it didn't go all the way.... *snicker*

[Zero72]

STEVE IRWIN IS DEAD! (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5311298.stm)

Such a shame. He's left behind a wife and two young kids, and a zoo. At least he'll meet up with his old pal Suie the dog.That's such a shame. He was a good guy.

[Zero72]

aaughggajghabja abababababababa

http://forum.team17.co.uk/image.php?u=28659&dateline=1157592982
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[Slick]

Kawaii =^_^=

[Lex]

aaughggajghabja abababababababa

http://forum.team17.co.uk/image.php?u=28659&dateline=1157592982
DESTROY DESTROY etc.Please explain.

[SupSuper]

aaughggajghabja abababababababa

http://forum.team17.co.uk/image.php?u=28659&dateline=1157592982
DES...TROYI'm getting rather irritated with all her "loving". Plus whenever I post in her thread, I get ignored.

Ex: She asks to do someone's av (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?p=526814#post526814), I request, Plasma gets an avatar. Go me! :p

[Slick]

Did anyone hear somthing?
Well would you look at that. We're on the next page. :)

[philby4000]

aaughggajghabja abababababababa

http://forum.team17.co.uk/image.php?u=28659&dateline=1157592982
DESTROY ... DESTROY
I concur.

[Zero72]

Please explain.That avatar... The horrible, horrible avatar! RAPE.

[FutureWorm]

saved to computer for posterity

[Zero72]

*sends ninjas after FW's computer*

[Lex]

Yeah, that avatar sucks. I agree.

[Zero72]

...Yeah... The Pi thing is off. I'll have to settle for good friends.

...I henceforth give up on online relationships forever for all time. They just don't work. Ever.

Should've known better than to get my hopes up that high...

[Slick]

Well I wouldnt go as far to say never try a relationship again... but yeah... I know it sucks. From experiance, all I can say is, tough sh!t. You just gotta keep going, because the worst thing you can do is to dwell on it. Besides, "good friends" isnt that bad. You still have a 30% chance. :p

[SupSuper]

Well he didn't say he would never try a relationship. Just no online relationships. Makes sense.

And Slick, "good friends" IS that bad. Even worse sometimes.

[Slick]

And Slick, "good friends" IS that bad. Even worse sometimes.
I can see where your coming from with that... but in the long run it's good.

Well he didn't say he would never try a relationship. Just no online relationships. Makes sense.
Aye, agreed.

[worMatty]

Why do women always call the shots? Why does what we do have to be dependent on the way they feel? Why can't it be the other way around? "Well I don't want to be good friends, I want us to be much more than that." "Okay!"

[SupSuper]

Why are we always the ones that have to ask them out? Why is no women ever happy with herself?


It's just the things that make men men and women women. :p

[AndrewTaylor]

Why can't it be the other way around? "Well I don't want to be good friends, I want us to be much more than that." "Okay!"

It's not either "way around". Both people have to want it.

[Slick]

AT said exactly what I was about to say. So this post is pointless...unless...

http://www.londonstimes.us/toons/cartoons/richdiesslin_permanent.gif

I post somthing related to what we are talking about.

[Zero72]

From experiance, all I can say is, tough sh!t. Pretty much.

[Slick]

Ya know, I know I said I was just about done with my problems in this thread... but I 'ought to let you guys know how everything is getting wrapped up here.
One out of the two care takers that watch my father has become too sick to watch him. She has quit, and will be offically done after October. The other one's husband has just died not to long ago, he was also a good friend of mine, and cannot expect to come over here from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm every day...6 days a week to watch my father. (If we would get diffrent caregivers that we didn't know, they would just rob us blind, like the ones before these.) Even though I have requested every Tuesday and Thursday off work, I still don't think that would work. Because of collage comming up and well...basically life and general. I'm being forced to make the fun choice of watching my father or living life. Even though it's pretty safe to say that I couldn't really watch him, no one thinks it should be my responsabilty. I don't care what anyone says, there is a moutain of guilt there. But basically what is going to happen is that he will be put into a nursing home. Where his wife and son might drop by to visit for a while, depending on theyre busy scheduals, as he kind of just sits there and waits to die. Thats ****ed up. Majorly. I don't wish that on any person, ever, yet it's happening to my father. But with him gone, there goes the care givers, and someone to kinda keep an eye on the dogs. Who knows what may happen. If worst comes to worst we might have to sell the dogs or somthing jacked up like that. I doubt it...but who knows.
I've always knew this would happen eventually, but just tried to put it out of mind. Now I see it happening...and ... yeah.
Besides that, a girl that I liked, pretty muched told me to go **** myself. Well, I'll be more carefull about asking a girl if they want to go see a movie next time.
Mold is starting to grow in the basement (aka) my room. Due to the dampness and whatnot. I do have two dehumidi- I can't spell it at the moment, but you know what I mean I'm sure.
I've just about ran out of money and I have a phone bill along with car insurance to pay.
It seems most of my "friends" have been ditching me.
My brothers consider me a failer because I didn't take the same interests as them and that I didn't get that painting job. And my sister is *****ing at me for not keeping up on the yard work.
I'll just stop there. But it sure has been a fun few days.

..yup

[Squirminator2k]

That's sh!tty (bugger the word censor, there are no other words to describe the situation Slick is in, with the possible exception of "Unfortunate". And "disasterous". I guess I should've considered alternatives before writing this rant. Oh well, back to our regularly scheduled empathy).

My Mum's in a similar situation. Well, I say "similar" - it's nowhere near as epic as the problems your Dad is having. But she's diabetic, it's quite bad, and she can't really do much - some of you may know about the surgery she had last year. She's requested home help and been declined on several occasions, so it basically falls on my sister to take care of my Mum, which isn't fair. I moved out before Mum's diabetes got worse - that makes me sound bad, I know, but we didn't know what would happen... would happen. I go over to Mum's every now and then to help out but sometimes she just breaks down while I'm there and it's very difficult to hold her together and convince her that everything will be okay. She's so low right now...

I know we're not in the exact same boat, but they're pretty similar - made by the same manufacturers at least. I can't promise to know exactly what you're going through (I don't think anyone really can) but if you ever want to chat, you know my email address and you probably know my MSN/AIM/ICQ/Yahoo/Skype/GTalk stuff. Feel free to get in touch.

[AndrewTaylor]

... ..yup
This isn't going to help at all in the short run, and won't make you feel any better, but I think I ought to say it:

I can't imagine for one second that your father would be happier at home with the constant care and attention of someone who loves him but doesn't want to be there all day than he would in a home with professional care and that same person coming by every week to tell him about the great life he's leading despite everything.

At least that way he could live vicariously.

Of course, my usual disclaimer (my total ignorance of the world around me) applies.

[Paul.Power]

I've had a rather nasty bout of (probably) allergic reactions over the past few days, that culminated in that horrible spots-before-eyes, hearing-going, fainty feeling on Sunday.

[Pigbuster]

My ears seem to have a strangely large amounts of wax in them.
Whenever I wake up, the ear that was facing the pillow is all blocked up by it.

Being deaf in one ear isn't very fun, even if it's only temporary. It's disorienting.

[worMatty]

Crikey, last month it was relationships, this month it's illnesses and ailments. Hopefully next month won't be incontinence, impotence or self-harm, there's not much anyone can say about those.

[Star Worms]

My relationship problems are still going on...

[thomasp]

Relationship? What's that?

[Xinos]

Relationship? What's that?

Some kind of boat that you can relate too.. You know, calm people may like sailboats, while others like speedy motorboats?

[AndrewTaylor]

Relationship? What's that?

It's a bit like an argument but it lasts longer.

[Paul.Power]

It's a bit like an argument but it lasts longer.OD or not, I'm so tempted to sig that.

I suppose I could do it over at RealVG, then people are less likely to think it's OD related.

[Zero72]

...but it lasts longer.Usually .

[Vader]

I suppose I could do it over at RealVG, then people are less likely to think it's OD related.

If people asked, you could claim it was from a WA game or MSN conversation or something.

[Slick]

It appears that I've lost my car insurance and I wasnt aware of it. The pay online option wont work for me. On THREE diffrent browsers. Gah...

Oh, and I got shot down by a totall of 7 girls tonight. Yay lack of self esteem.

Bed time...

[FutureWorm]

If people asked, you could claim it was from a WA game or MSN conversation or something.
And really, who's going to ask?

Put it in your sig. :p
It appears that I've lost my car insurance and I wasnt aware of it. The pay online option wont work for me. On THREE diffrent browsers. Gah...

Oh, and I got shot down by a totall of 7 girls tonight. Yay lack of self esteem.

Bed time...
:(

[Star Worms]

You can always say it was a discussion at RealVG and then plug it. 2 birds with one stone.

[SupSuper]

It appears that I've lost my car insurance and I wasnt aware of it. The pay online option wont work for me. On THREE diffrent browsers. Gah...

Oh, and I got shot down by a totall of 7 girls tonight. Yay lack of self esteem.

Bed time...I'm surprised you made it to 7 girls in one night. I would've gotten fed up by the 3rd.

[Vader]

www.gp2x.de is down. How will I download cool GP2X apps now?

*sobs like a small sobbing child*

[Slick]

My life has hit a new low! Beer for every one!

[MtlAngelus]

New supervisor, so I was changed to the 4th floor. Used to be on the third.
The new supervisor isn't bad, but the change of floor is, the 3rd floor is cold and has large bathrooms, the fourth floor is hot and has stupidly tiny bathrooms...

[Zero72]

I miss Pi. :(

[Squirminator2k]

I've been made redundant. My last day of work is December 19th.

Oh, ****.

[Paul.Power]

I've been made redundant. My last day of work is December 19th.

Oh, ****.Oh, **** indeed. What happened?

[MonkeyforaHead]

Our new robot overlords are finally taking over, I'd wager.

[Slick]

"I want a guy who is smart, funny, nice, loyal, happy with what he has, and blah blah blah."
This is what I was told the other day, and let me translate this for all the other guys here.
"no no no no no...I want a guy just like YOU, only NOT YOU."
-1 for me
Well, the morning wasn't that good...but could the day get better today?
I had plans later that day to go see a girl that I had liked and had told me this over the phone : "Yeah I would like to hang out like we planed, but I'm kinda hanging out with my boyfriend. Could we do it another time." Why was that so bad? Because a month ago she had told me when I attmepted to ask her out: "I see you only as a really good friend and nothing more. And it's not that I don't want to date you, it's just that I don't want to get into a relationship for a while."
Ouch...
-2 for me
Then I'm just hanging out with a good friend of mine, trying to forget about the day when I run into another girl who I had worked with at Target. I had always liked her, and I always felt there was somthing mutual. She was up there to get a job app. I was just feeling better and I was in the mood to get in a nice conversation when non other than her newly to be engaged main squeeze walked up. Well that put a damper on things, especially when they started making out infront of me on the spot.
And when I thought the day couldn't get worse than that, down to -3 for me.
Not that there is anything wrong with the people and what they did. It's just been not fun on my part.
That was yesterday, and today I found that yet another girl who didn't want to get into a relationship with me has another boyfriend.
-4

Ahhhh....I feel like sh!t. And I think I just give up on relationships all together. I'm considering just dying alone rather than get kicked in the nads over and over.

[MonkeyforaHead]

See, that is exactly why I don't even try. Not that I've ever experienced anything quite like that to begin with, but I can just imagine it's how things would inevitably turn out.

Probably the only thing that makes solitude so difficult is when it seems like everyone around you is happily coupled up. Seriously, everyone in my workplace has a significant other. Of course then I also get to thinking about, for example, the two (or more) guys on the Something Awful forums who are in their late forties and have never had a girlfriend. On the one hand, schadenfreude; no matter how bad you are at something there's always somebody worse. On the other hand, I can just imagine I'll be in the exact same damn situation 30 years from now. And frankly that scares me.

[SupSuper]

That sucks Slick. I usually only make it as far as having people (stupidly) telling me "you'll have no trouble getting a girl" or "everyone eventually finds someone".

Probably the only thing that makes solitude so difficult is when it seems like everyone around you is happily coupled up. Seriously, everyone in my workplace has a significant other.I know how that feels, the same thing happens to me at school. (or even in my family). Anywhere I look, there's a couple making out. Or if I'm simply talking to a friend, suddenly their partner pops around and they both disappear off somewhere to smooch around. (or simply do it in front of me and disregard me completely) Or whenever I don't see someon for ages, you can bet they'll be coupled next time I see them. I lose more friends that way. Or if it's not that, then it's people constantly telling you "you should get a girl" or "why don't you have a girl?" or "I can't believe you don't have a girl". Plus how can you concentrate in classes when you've got couples making out in front of you? Bleh. Can you tell I started school today? :p

[MtlAngelus]

1) Lopez Obrador has declared he will run his own goverment, and completely disregard the official goverment, as "it is a fraud". He basicly did a reunion with all the people that support him, and asked them to vote wheter he should be president, to which, obviously, most agreed to, and basicly crowned himself new president. He also announced he will disrupt every official event from the actual president.
FUN. I hope he dies.

2)My arms hurt a lot. The left one more than the right one. I can barely stretch it.

3)I woke up today with stomachal problems, fever, arms still hurting, and a headache... which probably won't be enough to get a justification from the social security to not go to work. So I either go feeling like ****, or not go and have that affect my scores.

4)I concur with everything posted above, in that I'll probably end up the same. I also think I have Asperger's syndrome or something.

[FutureWorm]

Probably the only thing that makes solitude so difficult is when it seems like everyone around you is happily coupled up. Seriously, everyone in my workplace has a significant other. Of course then I also get to thinking about, for example, the two (or more) guys on the Something Awful forums who are in their late forties and have never had a girlfriend.

GBS is probably not an accurate microcosm of the world at large.
1) Lopez Obrador has declared he will run his own goverment, and completely disregard the official goverment, as "it is a fraud". He basicly did a reunion with all the people that support him, and asked them to vote wheter he should be president, to which, obviously, most agreed to, and basicly crowned himself new president. He also announced he will disrupt every official event from the actual president.
FUN. I hope he dies.
Good god, this is going to turn into an all-out war.

[MonkeyforaHead]

Lopez Obrador
Wow, I have no idea who this jackass is, and already I have less respect for him than Bush. Which is already in the negatives, if you hadn't guessed.

GBS is probably not an accurate microcosm of the world at large.
Perhaps not, but it's a fairly accurate microcosm of people generally similar to myself.

"Similar" excepting the fascination with pants-****ting and the like.

[thomasp]

My milk's frozen :(

Someone turned the temp up in the fridge, and my milk was on the top shelf. Went to it this morning, and it was a block of white ice :(

[MonkeyforaHead]

Well, no use crying over frozen milk.

Or split milk, if you wound up dropping and breaking it.

[Squirminator2k]

Oh, **** indeed. What happened?
In order to "improve the customer experience" our callcentre is being shut down at the end of the year, with our duties being passed to another call centre, temporarily, until something else is decided upon. This has three fundimental flaws, at least one of which you might have already noticed:

Closing down not just Credit Control's best call-centre, but what has been voted the company's best and top-performing call-centre, will probably not improve the customer experience.
Nor will handing over our duties to an inexperienced group of idiots who, even now, are calling us for help and advice.
And I'm quite sure having fewer people able to answer the phones isn't an improvement, either.

So now I'm desperately looking for a new job. Eek.

[Zero72]

That's the most astoundingly stupid thing I've heard in quite a while.

As for me, my knees are freakin' killing me. I need new shoes. Soon.

I have the money, you see, I'm just a blithering idiot.

blah blah blah Lopez Obrador blah blahAm I wrong for thinking that assassination is completely justified here?

[thomasp]

In order to "improve the customer experience" our callcentre is being shut down at the end of the year, with our duties being passed to another call centre, temporarily, until something else is decided upon. This has three fundimental flaws, at least one of which you might have already noticed:

Closing down not just Credit Control's best call-centre, but what has been voted the company's best and top-performing call-centre, will probably not improve the customer experience.
Nor will handing over our duties to an inexperienced group of idiots who, even now, are calling us for help and advice.
And I'm quite sure having fewer people able to answer the phones isn't an improvement, either.

So now I'm desperately looking for a new job. Eek.
Could be worse - they could be moving it over to India.

Or are they?

[MtlAngelus]

Am I wrong for thinking that assassination is completely justified here?
No. But if he was killed, he would become some sort of a martyr to his followers, and would make things worse. :(

[Pigbuster]

I live by a train-track, and every once a year or so, there's some train with a whistle that comes by.

Now, it's all fine during the day. Train comes, blows the whistle. TOOT TOOT YAY.

But guess when they decided to blow the whistle last night?

3 IN THE MORNING.
"HEY! COME OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO SEE OUR WONDERFUL TRAIN! WE HAVE A WHISTLE! SEE HOW LOUD IT IS? IT WOKE YOU UP SO YOU CAN COME SEE THE TRAIN!"

I think that it's gone now, thank goodness.

[Lex]

Rofl! Once a year!? That's ridiculous!

[worMatty]

Maybe it was national train whistle blowing day. OR it could be a GHOST TRAIN! From a different time zone or even dimension!

[philby4000]

The firealarms in my building at Uni are tested every wednesday at 5 to nine.

[Pigbuster]

Well, I have something a fair bit more serious, now. Beware. Longwinded rant ahead. Drive with caution.

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/3449/islanddiagramwf6.jpg

Let me tell you a story about a private school. That school is De La Salle, and they are the white building at the bottom of that picture.
The private, christian school lived HAPPILY with the islanders.
Well, maybe not too much.
They wanted to EXPAND.

And so that building got larger and larger as they took more island space for themselves. Now, the map shows the size of the school currently.

Now, the De La Salleans suddenly realised, THEY WERE OUT OF ROOM.
But unfortunately, all they had was a football practice field, not a genuine stadium, and there was no place to put it!
GOD FORBID the high school children have to go play their dumbass game on a stadium THAT ISN'T REALLY THEIRS. They have to "borrow" another schools.

But that wasn't good enough. "WE WANT A STADIUM, DAMMIT. THE GREAT LORD GOD-JESUS WANTS HIS CHILDREN TO HAVE SOME ALL-AMERICAN FOOTBALL ON A GODDAMNED HOME STADIUM."

Quite some time ago, the islanders created a new bridge over the train tracks, and they also created Grove street (the road right in the center of the map.)

What a street it was! Though narrow, it created another route across the island, which is rather essential.
Not to mention that if there was ever a train, all the islanders would have to do is drive up it and over the bridge!

But back to the current day, the De La Salleans suddenly had an idea.
"RIGHT THERE! RIGHT THERE IS WHERE WE'LL BUILD OUR BIG USELESS PIECE OF CRAP!"
They had decided on a place for their piece of crap (also known as a "staydiuhm"), RIGHT ACROSS GROVE STREET!

But oh, the islanders didn't like this! For one thing, the loss of grove street!

For another thing, the planned stadium would have many seats, tall bright lights, and loud speaker systems, and all less than a block away from one of the islander's windows!

And for another thing, and the biggest thing of all, would be the HANDING OVER OF ****ING PUBLIC PARK LAND TO A ****ING PRIVATE SCHOOL. PUBLIC. PRIVATE. ANTONYMS. THEY CANNOT BE INTERCHANGED, CITY COUNCIL.

The islanders rejected the idea! So what would De La Salle do?
Why, what any good natured, true Christian would do!

SMEAR THE HELL OUT OF THEM.

Since De La Salle had many connections everywhere (The newspapers, the park board, the fire department, the city council, every god-damned place in Minneapolis...) they were able to do many things!

They just plain insulted us in the local paper (Including trying to make it look like we are bat-**** insane rather than eccentric. Personally, I ****ing love how our neighbors have a chicken farm. That is awesome, so shut the hell up and report on news instead of a hate-story. Oh, and he said that all of our houses should be bulldozed into the river I ALMOST FORGOT. :( )

They formed counter protests! The islanders had a party is support of Grove street, and it was a rather nice affair, with folk music and the like.
But De La Salle wouldn't have that, NO. They made their OWN protest a block away, with cardboard signs, and a band and drunken dumbassery. One guy yelled at one of my neighbors, who is black, "WE'RE DOING THIS FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU!"
They spread the rumor that the we're racist, you see.

Oh right, THEY SPREAD RUMORS!
The aforementioned RACIST.
The "rich snobs", showing that they don't know how a co-op works (The island has both rich and middle-lower class people, I am of the latter.)
The worst of them all, SQUATTERS. They spread the rumor that we never pay taxes, and boy did that imbed itself into people's minds. We've always paid taxes. Ironically, De La Salle tries to dodge taxes itself, I think.

----------------------
Well, what else to say, really? The stupid park board has approved it today, and now that nice field will be replaced with their "FIELD OFF DREEMS LOL".

Well, actually, we're going to sue them for the public-to-private land thing, and that might be held up in court for a while, but the idea of our last shot being entirely in the hands of just one judge isn't appealing.
He'll probably be a De La Salle graduate.

:(
If you honestly read all of that, go eat a cookie. You deserve it.

[Star Worms]

*eats a cookie*

That sucks. Sue them for all its worth.

[Squirminator2k]

Could be worse - they could be moving it over to India.

Or are they?
After being assured our jobs were not being outsourced to India, we started receiving calls from "NTL India" askign us to take payments they're not authorised to take. This started about a month or so ago. We get calls like this:

Me: "Hi, you're through to NTL Credit Control, my name's Ben. Can I take your account number, please?"
Guy: "Hello? This is Parvinder calling from NTL India? I have a customer on the line who wants to make a payment?"

(Note that these aren't questions - for some reason the Indian call centre staff seem to think that you're supposed to end every sentence by going up an octave with your voice.)

Me: "Okay, what's the account number?"
Parv: "It's 7? 5? 4? 3? 2? 9? 9? 1?"
Me: "Er... that's too short to be an Acco-"
Parv: "2?
Me: "Ah, there we go."
Parv: "Yes, it is Mr Dupree on the line? He's passed DPA and he wants to set up a Payment Plan?"
Me: "Right. Firstly it's his wife's account and there's no password so he couldn't have passed DPA. Secondly, even if he could have, he needs to speak to Churn [special side of Credit Control for customers who have over 60 days of outstanding bills]. His wife will need to call in and speak to Churn. Shall I give you the number?"
Parv: "Okay, shall I put him through?"
Me: "Well, no, because I can't help hi--"
Parv: "Okay I'm putting him through now? Thanks for calling NTL?"
Me: "I can't help the guy, it's not--"
Mr Dupree: "'Ello?"
Me: "Ah, Hello Mr Dupree. Is your wife available?"
Mr Dupree: "No, she's onna loo. I wanna sort out this bill."
Me: "Right, because the account's in her name we would need to discuss it with her. She'll need to speak to the Specialist side of Credit Control. Can I give you their number for her to call them?"
Mr Dupree: "Nah, just put me through, I'll 'ave a word wiv'm."
Me: "I'm afraid they won't be able to discuss the account with you."
Mr Dupree: "Why not?"
Me: "Well, it's your wife's account. Due to the Data Protection Act we can't discuss the account with you without her authorisation."
Mr Dupree: "You wot? We've been married for 3 months, mate. Stick your f**kin' Supervisor on."

Yes. We get loads of these. I nearly walked out of work last week because every call I had was like this.

[SupSuper]

*steals cookie*
IM T3H PRIVAT SCHOL I *** UR LAND LOL!!!11

For less serious matters: I got a cold.

[Pigbuster]

Cold's always seem to linger around afterwards.
I've had a runny nose for weeks. It's annoying.

Also, it sucks that you're losing your job, man. Outsourcing blows.

[MtlAngelus]

Ben, I feel your pain.
Well, there's (fewscarce) rumours going on, but nothing close to certain. But's that's how things start, isn't it? :-/

And Pigbuster, I feel your pain too, altough it was the goverment deciding to run a elevated metro system trough the middle of an avenue that runs next to my neighborhood, instead of doing it underground, with pathetic, unrealistic, unproven excuses, and an obvious case of OBVIOUS benefit from a relative to the governor who happens to run a company that just happened to have recently bought this thing that is particularly useful for building large pilars.
Also while several other construction/architectural companies that were running for the job had pretty much concluded that building a metro system, either underground or elevated, wouldn't really solve anything, also stating a better, cheaper idea would be to reinforce the bus system...
Oh and did I mention releasing a bunch of cheesy commercials to make people think "we"(people on strike) were causing "them"(people watching the ad) to waste their taxes because we wouldn't let their awesome project to be worked on?
Also worth mentioning: several people made a camping strike right at the point where the avenue gets to my neighbourhood for about a month. At one point the goverment stated they would agree to have another talk with them later that week, to try to reach a common ground(read:get them to accept the elevated system), then the next day after the announcement, around 4 AM[also worth noting, they let the media know before so they had enough time to get there with their cameras to capture the whole thing and print it all over the first page/early broadcast in that day's news] suddenly flooding the place with over 100 heavily armed cops (read: the people who stayed overnight in the camp were like... 7? Obviously unnarmed too, and mostly composed of old ladies) to have them removed by force, and everything they had set up there( A nice tent, fridge, stove, microwave, tv, etc) being thrown around and eventually crammed into containers, that they left in some grass area in the avenue(as some sort of trophee, also left unprotected against rain or anything that could have obviously damaged the stuff) with cops watching over it for a couple of months till the juridical process was settled before it could be given back.
Then the company that was in charge of the project tried to sue the "whiners"(they actually referred like that to the people on strike in local newspapers) to get them to pay some ungodly millions of moneys they suposedly lost trough the whole month. Actually threatened to take their houses away from them etc.(can't recall what happened with that)

Oh and don't get me started on the Forum of Cultures or whatever it's called that is being hosted in my city next year. All courtesy of the great governor Natividad Gonzalez Paras, which is the same hero that brought us the elevated metro system.

Oh and the giant mexican flag that cost about $100000 US that sits there in a hill that has no real purpose and was only built because some primary school kid suggested it in a letter to the president because he tought a giant flag is something to be proud of. And the thing has ripped, gotten stuck in funny ways and lost colour countless times.

Oh, oh, and the stupid string based or whatever you call it bridge that was built across a almost always dead river(only lives to it's name around September), that was stupidly expensive because the governor at the time (Fernando Canales) wanted to make something to be representative of the city(architecturally speaking) that wasn't necessary at all and could have been made a lot less expensive with a regular design(that was really what the river required).

I should stop now(No cookies, I'm broke :( )

[Pigbuster]

:(

Oh, oh, and the stupid string based or whatever you call it bridge that was built across a almost always dead river(only lives to it's name around September), that was stupidly expensive because the governor at the time (Fernando Canales) wanted to make something to be representative of the city(architecturally speaking) that wasn't necessary at all and could have been made a lot less expensive with a regular design(that was really what the river required).

Why do people love building expensive bridges?
There was a huge one built in Alaska a while ago that, IIRC, wasted a ton of money to connect to a remote island with only a couple people on it.
It's called the "Bridge to nowhere" by the locals.

[Zero72]

Yeah, I was really freaking stupid to let my hopes get that high over the whole Pi thing. I took it fairly gracefully at the moment because I was not alone in the room, but the emotions I set aside then are kind of gradually resurfacing. I'm back at square one once more, more or less. That edge of having the motivation to improve myself as a person is lost, along with most of my general energy, it seems. I've gone back to feeling like life is knee-high mud I'm stuck slogging through. When I let the rest of my life go like this, it just feels like my damnable job swallows me back up again.

I've only spoken with her -- on AIM -- once since. I usually lose my nerve every time I try to.

Stupid me. Stupid everything. Stupid life.

[SupSuper]

Current mood:
28691

[Star Worms]

Current mood:
28691Mine too.

[Zero72]

Yeah, I think that sums up a lot of us.

[SomePerson]

Pretty much. The Katie situation has been especially hard for me lately...

Today marks 300 days of suffering... I just...I'm trapped, and I can't get out, and I don't know what to do...

[Zero72]

Man alive, I gotta say, not even I'm that bent...

...You may consider seeking professional council. It doesn't look like we can do much to help you.

[Zero72]

Garry's Mod somehow managed to crash itself so ****ing violently that my beautiful, brand-new keyboard that I love so very very much no longer works.

I hate you, life. I don't know how I ****ed you off, but I really do hate you. Please take on a physical form so I can strangle you and drown you in a bathtub.

At least the G key on this goddamn stone-age heap of **** works now.

**** EVERYTHING. GOD DAMN IT.

[MonkeyforaHead]

There's apparently a convicted murderer on the loose in my general neighbourhood.

I do carry my Swiss Army Knife with me at all times anyway since it's attached to my housekey, but I doubt it would do much good if some maniac jumped me.

[Pigbuster]

Garry's Mod somehow managed to crash itself so ****ing violently that my beautiful, brand-new keyboard that I love so very very much no longer works.

I hate you, life. I don't know how I ****ed you off, but I really do hate you. Please take on a physical form so I can strangle you and drown you in a bathtub.

At least the G key on this goddamn stone-age heap of **** works now.

**** EVERYTHING. GOD DAMN IT.
How could a program crashing ruin your keyboard?
I mean, I'm not doubting you, but why would it do that?

[KamikazeBananze]

I once crashed my PC by unplugging a pair of headphones.

Windows is weird, and crashes if a slight breeze blows on it.

[Pigbuster]

I've had problems with Macs, such as random kernal errors occasionally and my parents' iMac is on the fritz since we never ran some sort of reparation CD that we're supposed to use every month, but ruining a keyboard... that's just weird.

[KamikazeBananze]

That's Windows for you.

If my Zen's Removeable Disk function worked on Kubuntu, I'd never log into a Windows machine in college if I could help it.

[MonkeyforaHead]

The general media hotkeys on my keyboard, including a handy volume control knob, just stopped functioning at one point after a fairly nasty crash.

Another time my graphics card drivers got completely corrupted and wouldn't uninstall, or reinstall (because they were already installed). That was fun.

[FutureWorm]

I've had problems with Macs, such as random kernal errors occasionally and my parents' iMac is on the fritz since we never ran some sort of reparation CD that we're supposed to use every month, but ruining a keyboard... that's just weird.
Kernel panics are fun and entertaining

[Pigbuster]

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/4426/kernelpanicmessagesad8.png

Whee.

[thomasp]

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/4426/kernelpanicmessagesad8.png

Whee.
How helpful is that :D What use is a BSOD to anyone who doesn't know everything about computers???


While we're on the subject of computers, one of the lads on my floor in uni halls was having problems getting his brand new out-of-the-box-last-week Dell Inspiron laptop to connect to the uni network. In the network setup prefs, it was saying that there was no ethernet cable connected to the card even when there was. The wall socket and cable were working fine on my PowerBook, so that wasn't the problem.

In the end, we called computing services and they sent a techhy over (who also owned a PowerBook :D). We realised that there was a fault with the card - enabled in BIOS, Windows thought it was enabled, but the Broadcom controller was saying it wasn't. Tried reinstalling the drivers and all that nonsense, but nothign worked.

Eventually, we found out that the network socket wasn't making a good connection with the motherboard - to get it to work, you have to pull the cable upwards in the socket :confused:. Also, his PCI (or whatever its called) card socket is bent, so you can't get any cards in.

Brand new computer - almost totally useless!


And for the record, I've never had a single kernel panic on my PowerBook - I've had it for about 14 months

*Touches wood*

[MtlAngelus]

Hey stop touching my fake wood.

Oh yes I forgot, I can't find/remeber my Steam password :( :( :( .