Things that frustrate us all
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People who think my hubby is their 24 hour IT support guy.
You need to take it to the professionals? You can't just uninstall the unwanted programs yourself, or do a system restore?
Speaking as one of those people with disabilities, and who has several friends in the same boat, all I can say is:
^I would also add people who treat the elderly worse than they would treat a dog. Just because you're old doesn't mean you're less of a person. Society in general seems to have forgotten that.
Yea, since they're the ones who did a system restore to fix Windows 8 bugs. Doing a complete system restore basically reinstalls that piece of crap. They removed it last time, when it was screwing my laptop up.
I removed part of it last time, but there was enough left that I didn't know where every file was. This was after a local computer place (one I hadn't been to before then) removed some of it. They left some behind. I got what I could, but there was still some leftovers I couldn't find. I'm more familiar with Windows 7's structure than I am with 8's.
I'd do it, but it's pretty complex. I'd hate to mess things up. It's an annoying program.
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The Sandbar is current ly run by a couple named Gale and Eddy.
Quiz: what do you call a really small jet
((((((eeeiiinnntt))))))), sorry, times up! a jetty
Glad you like!
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I hope you noticed that it was a prop and not a jet.
^ Hey now, I thought only my FISH puns got facepalmed! 
People who drag a meeting on and on for no other reason than they like to hear themselves talk.
^that sounds like every meeting I have ever been to.
My grandfather had to deal with one of those once. At EVERY meeting when a subject came up he HAD to be first to stand up and give his point of view, using those $2 words nobody else there understood, then ask what everyone else thought. Of course because no one understood him, no one said anything, so my grandfather went home and got out his dictionary, and the next time it happened, he said:
"The expediency of acquired knowledge is preponderant upon determining a justifiable conclusion, unattainable at this time."
The guy never did it again.
CCC.
The lie on the Preparation H package, which says that things like hemorrhoids and anal fissures should heal up nicely in a week or so if you use this product.
Then, a year down the road with a "small problem" you now realize will likely accompany you the duration of your stay on Earth, you've become a profitable captive customer for the firms that manufacture Metamucil and all the other nostrums you laughed at when you saw them advertised on Star Trek reruns back in the 1970s.
Since it's not disabling or terminal, you can be thankful. But you'll never look at a chair or a toilet seat the same way again. These rituals will become the minor ordeals through which you prove bravery in middle age.
Then, a year down the road with a "small problem" you now realize will likely accompany you the duration of your stay on Earth, you've become a profitable captive customer for the firms that manufacture Metamucil and all the other nostrums you laughed at when you saw them advertised on Star Trek reruns back in the 1970s.
Since it's not disabling or terminal, you can be thankful. But you'll never look at a chair or a toilet seat the same way again. These rituals will become the minor ordeals through which you prove bravery in middle age.
Damn. I'm tired of computers -_-. Been trying to connect my mom's laptop to the net and it's being a pita.
Checked and found out that the way to see connections is via the command prompt. Did some more checking and found an old connection. Can't find out the password for it though, since it says it doesn't exist. /facepalm
Who was the jackass who decided to remove the more practical/common sense way to find wireless connections? That was the DUMBEST Windows 8 idea I've ever seen :\.
Windows 7 is far more easy to work with. At least I can find the connections, even the non existant ones and be able to 'delete' them.
*ugh* Was just trying to do something basic so I could go on and delete Wild Tangent.
This is becoming a BAD joke.
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Finally got the wireless back up and running. And I got most of WildTangent removed. The thing is a pita to remove.
Checked and found out that the way to see connections is via the command prompt. Did some more checking and found an old connection. Can't find out the password for it though, since it says it doesn't exist. /facepalm
Who was the jackass who decided to remove the more practical/common sense way to find wireless connections? That was the DUMBEST Windows 8 idea I've ever seen :\.
Windows 7 is far more easy to work with. At least I can find the connections, even the non existant ones and be able to 'delete' them.
*ugh* Was just trying to do something basic so I could go on and delete Wild Tangent.
This is becoming a BAD joke.
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Finally got the wireless back up and running. And I got most of WildTangent removed. The thing is a pita to remove.
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My grandfather had to deal with one of those once. At EVERY meeting when a subject came up he HAD to be first to stand up and give his point of view, using those $2 words nobody else there understood, then ask what everyone else thought. Of course because no one understood him, no one said anything, so my grandfather went home and got out his dictionary, and the next time it happened, he said:
"The expediency of acquired knowledge is preponderant upon determining a justifiable conclusion, unattainable at this time."
The guy never did it again.
CCC.
The opposite side of the coin is also extremely aggravating. I have no problem with the "2 dollar words," as long as they are the right words that make the situation more clear. Someone who simply can't communicate beyond a grade-school level is equally hard to deal with.
Years ago, I worked in an outdoorsy-themed boutique that carried books,clothes, bags, etc. We had monthly meetings where we had to "brainstorm" new ideas--hard to do when most of the staff were uneducated, high and just plain stupid.
OK, book sales are way down. Why do you think that is?
"The book section is too weird. That's why."
Weird how? What do you mean?
"It's just, you know, weird."
Poorly displayed? Unorganized? Too diverse? In what way is it weird? Is the selection too esoteric?
"Why do you have to use such big words?"
I'm trying to understand what you meant by 'weird.'
"It's just weird!"
Can you explain that?
"Stop hassling me!"
*sigh*
