"Drop-your-rants-in-this-thread" thread

[MacHeadCase]

Ok I am so bloody tired of hearing of the Micro$oft/Yahoo! saga.

Do it or don't but stop splattering the headlines with your soap opera, you idiots. And this includes this Icahn guy too. :mad:

[JohnTheMacGeek]

I totally agree. But I have to admit I'm also bored sick of hearing the iPhone rumors as well.

[MacHeadCase]

Oh yeah the iPhone! We don't even have it here so I see all these news items for the blasted contraption. Augh!

[MacHeadCase]

Those spammers aren't the brightest lightbulb in the Xmas tree, you know? They log in time and time again and try to post and do their stuff.

But they have been BANNED! DUH!

:rolleyes:

[bobtomay]

Yeah, pretty funny. Have seen at least a couple of them trying to write messages.

[Stretch]

GAH, just updated to 10.5.3, and Lightroom now doesn't work properly with Spaces. Thanks alot Apple. Now I can't just switch apps, I have to manually switch to the space that Lightroom is in.

You make an update 420MB, and you break my productivity? What the crap?!?

[iBones]

GAH, just updated to 10.5.3, and Lightroom now doesn't work properly with Spaces. Thanks alot Apple. Now I can't just switch apps, I have to manually switch to the space that Lightroom is in.

You make an update 420MB, and you break my productivity? What the crap?!?Back to M$ I guess. :tongue:

[Ryan]

It would take a lot more than that for me to go back...

[Stretch]

I'll put up with it. I hope Apple fixes it real soon though. Looks like I'm not the only one with this problem either.

[iBones]

iPhone. :)

[Tanner31593]

You make an update 420MB, and you break my productivity? What the crap?!?

420MB?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!
That's like TEN TIMES the legal limit for us with dial-up!!!!! lol.
HOW DO I EVEN SURVIVE IN THIS WORLD WITH HUGE DOWNLOADS?!



My rant:

We're actually looking into satellite internet, but it's SO expensive to start up!
$180 equipment rental fee!

Oh, and router, cords, airport cards (or a substitute) and all that music.

We've got

2PCs
2 iMac G3s
and my PowerMac, and i'm in the basement.
I'll have to be wireless.
Depending on where the whole modem/router setup is, the iMacs might have to be wireless too.
If it uses the good PC, all of them will have to be wireless.

Expensive!

The thing is, I gave away my router last year.
Didn't think i'd ever use it, but it's getting used daily at my aunt's house so i'm fine with that.


WHY IS IT SO DANG EXPENSIVE!?
WHYYYYYYYYY?!?!

[Fallooza]

candied apples? what the heck is a "candied apple"? i always thought it was just a different way ta say "carmel apple". like "soda" and "pop". taday i find out its an apple with a hard red candy coatin. is it cherry? strawberry? maybe fruit punch? ill probably never know.

jam... preserves... jelly... marmalade... thank god peanut butter (Peter Pan FTW) isnt so complicated.

[Brown Study]

The thing is, I gave away my router last year.
Didn't think i'd ever use it, but it's getting used daily at my aunt's house so i'm fine with that.


WHY IS IT SO DANG EXPENSIVE!?
WHYYYYYYYYY?!?!What? You don't keep everything? Somewhere I've got a fishing-reel screw from 1953. You never know.

[Tanner31593]

Well, I figured that since according to the "waiting list" we won't get DSL until sometime in 2009, and we had a bunch of trees which obstructed our view of the southern sky (which have been cut down now), by the time we would get DSL that old Belkin router would be obsolete. I figured they'd have come out with WIRELESS XYZN that is 5,325,493,101,000 MB/S. lol.

I can't stand keeping everything.
I don't like clutter.
We still have the modem though....

[iKitten]

candied apples? what the heck is a "candied apple"? i always thought it was just a different way ta say "carmel apple". like "soda" and "pop". taday i find out its an apple with a hard red candy coatin. is it cherry? strawberry? maybe fruit punch? ill probably never know.

jam... preserves... jelly... marmalade... thank god peanut butter (Peter Pan FTW) isnt so complicated.
I used to think the same about them. Later realized, though the consistency is the same, the "candied" are red-colored sticky sugar-coated and the "caramel" are actually caramel with brown/dark tan color.

[MacHeadCase]

Argh!

Can't they stop this kinda stuff? (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-9972003-56.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20)

Then they wonder why people don't like them? Jeez. :glare:

[Stretch]

So yeah, apparently it is a complete pain in the ass to cancel your xbox live account. And after doing so, I have to agree.

[Tanner31593]

MY
STUPID
DVD
PLAYER
DOESN'T WORK.

I loved it while it works, the VCR half is still great.
I love the Samsung DVD/VCR, but the DVD is broken!
sad.

[MacHeadCase]

Oh dear! That's a total bummer, Tanner. :closedeyes:

[iRye]

I stubbed my toe. It hurts!

My JVC CRT gives me a headache when I watch it.

My coffee is cold.

:\

[BlueBell]

There's a splinter in my foot, I have no idea where it came from and it hurts like !@#$

[Tanner31593]

The commercial for a Disney Vacation:

I think it's stupid when the mom is like "Honey, come here!" to show the husband the vacation price, and he goes

"IS IT FOR ALL OF US?!"

Uh, no, it's a vacation for your wife and her new boyfriend.....

[iRye]

I know, I HATE those commercials.

*Image leeching/hotlinking not allowed*

[bobtomay]

There's a splinter in my foot, I have no idea where it came from and it hurts like !@#$

Well, I say son, don't just sit there,



pluck the durn thang out!!!

[Brown Study]

I downloaded Firefox 3.

So I moved all the Firefox 2.0.0.14 files — the app, the folder in Applications Support and the plist — to a folder on the desktop and installed the new one.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

One of the extensions I can't live without is the Preferences Bar. I hate cookies. They are disease-carrying corporate cross-site tracking spiders. PrefBar helps break the tracking chain with very little effort. Cookie control is only a click away in Firefox, SeaMonkey and Mozilla 3.1 for System 9. (Click on the grey bar below — it's a thumbnail.)

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/5169/peferencesbarlq2.th.jpg (http://img161.imageshack.us/my.php?image=peferencesbarlq2.jpg)

But PrefBar for Firefox 3 is bug-ridden. It knocks everything on the page way, way to the right, cutting off a quarter of the page and leaving a gap on the left with nothing in it. Some of the buttons on a previous version for Firefox 3 that I tried with a 3 beta a few weeks ago didn't work. PrefBar is getting worse, not better.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Another problem, more serious because this is intrinsic to the browser, not an extension, is the bookmarks file.

Firefox 3 can't find Firefox 2's bookmarks to import them, or any Mozilla bookmarks, for that matter. It claims to import Safari's, so I updated Safari's bookmarks from Firefox 2's Profile folder, then imported those into Firefox 3.

No go. It imported the few bookmarks I have outside the folders, but not the hundreds of bookmarks or the folders containing them.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

I had to import them (not that it would) because:

Since before System X was a gleam in teh Steve's eye, I've been using the bookmarks file that originated in Netscape in my 6100 66 (maybe even my LC). The file moved to Mozilla for OS 9, and to the final Mozilla update for 9, which was Mozilla 3.1, then on to the Mozilla suite for OS X and finally to Firefox in all its iterations. The same file. THE SAME FILE!

I still have it in Mozilla 3.1 for 9, SeaMonkey (the updated Mozilla suite for X) and Firefox 2. I've made AppleScripts that drag the file from one browser to the other — even cross-platform — so all three always match and are always up to date.

And because Firefox and SeaMonkey read the file that was originally created in the System 9 version, none of the baggage at the top of the bookmarks — all the crud, including the ads for Firefox disguised as "helpful" bookmarks, and all the junk in the bookmarks bar, and "recent" sites — was excised. Just MY bookmarks. None of that canned crap from Mozilla written in indelible electrons.

Not so with Firefox 3. It won't read the bookmarks.html file (it will read its own bookmarks.html file, but not that one!), leaving only the crap at the top of the bookmarks and nothing else. You can see the difference with the two side by side. The canned crap takes up almost as much room as my old bookmarks alone — not that it makes much difference, since Firefox won't import them anyway. (Click on the thumbnail.) Thanks Google/Mozilla.

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/4161/bookmarksvh0.th.jpg (http://img131.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bookmarksvh0.jpg)

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

So I trashed Firefox 3, secure-deleted it and reinstalled 2.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr. [/rant]

[iRye]

I use Safari. :D

[Brown Study]

Hi, iRye!

I don't, because it doesn't have mouse gestures, smooth scrolling (it claims it does but it doesn't), decent pipelining, and 20 other extensions I run with Firefox.

So Firefox (2) is better. :D

[BlueBell]

Am I the only one who thought the title of this thread was "Drop-your-pants-in-this-thread"? I swear I need to use my glasses when I read forums...

[BlueBell]

Well, I say son, don't just sit there,



pluck the durn thang out!!!

Gah, it's one of those that just digs into your foot and (not to be gross) it looks like your skin is trying to grow over it. I have 7 (ewwww I know) in my left foot, and this one is in my right, the first. (of many, I'm sure.:glare:)

[Kilted]

I dropped my pants years ago. I'm not called Kilted for nothing :lol:

[iKitten]

Am I the only one who thought the title of this thread was "Drop-your-pants-in-this-thread"? I swear I need to use my glasses when I read forums...
I'll say!! :O

[Mac0sXuser]

First off is the outsourced tech support. What the heck is worng with companies? Here's a well done cartoon about it that I agree with totally. http://www.illwillpress.com/tech.html [Explicit]

Secondly, what is with the car stickers that say in memory (insert name here) about? Most people plant a tree or something! http://wilddingos.com/ebay/vinyl/memory_of_cross1.gif
Seriously I dont get this. Is it like "Thanks for the life insurance money we got a BMW!! But to give you credit we slapped on a $10 sticker?"
Can someone explain this to me? There are hundreds over here ranging from people who were 2 all the way to 60. If I die throw me in a cheap wooden coffin and plant a tree to make up for it.

And then there's this http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20207743,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines
End Rant. That felt good! :)

[iKitten]

It doesn't seem to matter how many days go by, I must always "spread the rep around before I can give it to this user!!!!" I mean, c'mon, we only have so many users. :sneaky2:

[Stretch]

It happens to all of us. The only answer is more members.

[Fallooza]

animated avatars... i hate them.

[dtravis7]

My rant for the day is a family members computer I took in last night. Was told it was just a bad Modem. Oh boy, Virus's, Spyware, Issue with the motherboard and on and on and on. I was up all night getting no sleep to get it finished on time. My PC rant for the day!

I was dead all day and finally got out tonight to go shopping. Now to catch up on Email, messages on forums, ETC. Thanks Billy Gates! I blame you and Balmer for it all! :thumbdown:


And people wonder why I use Macs for my work/play!! :thumbup:

[Stretch]

And people wonder why I use Macs for my work/play!! :thumbup:

Because they look pretty? ;)

[dtravis7]

Oh yes, so pretty! :laugh:

[Mac0sXuser]

A corn-dog thats hot on the outside but cold when you bite into it

[MaDDoG]

It doesn't seem to matter how many days go by, I must always "spread the rep around before I can give it to this user!!!!" I mean, c'mon, we only have so many users. :sneaky2:

Same. And to prove it I couldn't give you rep or that comment.:thumbup:

[bobtomay]

My rant for the day is a family members computer I took in last night. Was told it was just a bad Modem. Oh boy, Virus's, Spyware, Issue with the motherboard and on and on and on. I was up all night getting no sleep to get it finished on time. My PC rant for the day!

I was dead all day and finally got out tonight to go shopping. Now to catch up on Email, messages on forums, ETC. Thanks Billy Gates! I blame you and Balmer for it all! :thumbdown:


And people wonder why I use Macs for my work/play!! :thumbup:

Hate it also. Use to love getting someone's computer and troubleshooting and getting it all fixed up for 'em again. That was in the days when I spent 1/3 of my time on my own machine keeping it tweaked and running at it's full potential.

Now that I have this MBP, have gotten spoiled with the lack of tweaking.

Travis, you could do what I do now. Actually, I try to get out of fixing those Win machines. But, it's hard to say no when it's a friend that already knows I can do it. I always let 'em know up front, this is done when I have time and I could have their machine for a week or so, depending on what it will take to get it fixed. And they know I won't charge 'em for doing it either. Maybe if I started charging, I wouldn't get asked.

[BlueBell]

A corn-dog thats hot on the outside but cold when you bite into it
Same goes for a Hot Pocket. :rasberry:

[Mac0sXuser]

lol it does look like drop your pants

[iKitten]

You need glasses, too?? :laugh:

[iKitten]

Delta is charging for more than one checked bag. It's bad enough you have to pay for over 50lbs!
Thanks to my sister for the heads-up.

[Mac0sXuser]

Dear Dillweed who works at SeaTAC,
I was a little upset when you stole my XM radio from my checked bag. But being as I moved to Hawaii I couldn't use it anyway. But did you have to steal the little cassette adapter for my car? Now I have to go buy a new one. And while they're cheap you could have at least not stolen my entire set-up. By the way the XM radio has been reported stolen and will not work on your car!

Sincerely pissed,
Jeff

[BlueBell]

Aw, I'm sorry about that MOSXU (That's the best I can do on short notice) I hope the thief gets caught, and your stuff returned. :)

Anyway, on to my rant...

I woke up at 3 PM today. That wasn't the plan. That wasn't the plan at all. Sure, I stayed up a little late, but who (besides me apparently) can sleep for 14 hours!?

[iRye]

SeaTAC?


Dear worker at MTC, Sony's Canadian repair contractor, if someone reports a fan noise complaint, TAKE IT IN TO A QUIET PART OF THE SERVICE AREA.. They didn't hear the clearly broken fan making a ttttttt clicking noise. GRR

[Mac0sXuser]

I have slept for 14 hours.

SeaTAC is the Seattle/Tacoma Airport.

Did they fix it iRye?

I couldn't resist doing this. I found this picture and though of this topic.

[Tanner31593]

WOAH, i've been thinking it looks like pants since i've joined here, but never said anything.
LOL.

[Tanner31593]

Okay

This Kid In My Drivers Training Class.

He Finds A Way To Laugh At All The Drunk Driver Movies.
This 19 Year Old Was Hit By A Drunk Driver, And She's Paralyzed So She Walks With A Limp From Side To Side And She Talks Really Slow, And He Sat There And Laughed His Ass Off.

And This Other 21 Year Old Girl Got Hit And She Can't Do Anything Except Facial Expressions.
And He Laughed Then Too.

Then This Guy Had To Have His Left Leg Amputated And He Goes "that Would Be Cool!!"

None
Of
Those
Things
Are
Even
Remotely
Funny!


Uuuuuuuugh Dumb People.....

[Tanner31593]

(lol, that WHOOOOLE post up there was in all caps....)

[BlueBell]

Whic explains why every word in that post is capitalized. :tongue:

Anyway, yeah some people can be absolute jerks, just ignore them. Was the teacher or whatever there to hear him?

He could grow up to be a serial killer someday too, so uh yeah, watch out for that.



I'm kidding. Maybe.





No really I am kidding. I think.



Yeah.

[iRye]

Okay

This Kid In My Drivers Training Class.

He Finds A Way To Laugh At All The Drunk Driver Movies.
This 19 Year Old Was Hit By A Drunk Driver, And She's Paralyzed So She Walks With A Limp From Side To Side And She Talks Really Slow, And He Sat There And Laughed His Ass Off.

And This Other 21 Year Old Girl Got Hit And She Can't Do Anything Except Facial Expressions.
And He Laughed Then Too.

Then This Guy Had To Have His Left Leg Amputated And He Goes "that Would Be Cool!!"

None
Of
Those
Things
Are
Even
Remotely
Funny!


Uuuuuuuugh Dumb People.....
Good lord, that's horrible.

[Tanner31593]

Go-Gurt:
I'd like it if we just had the REGULAR kind still, now it's all NICKELODIAN everywhere.


spongebob squarepants:
I'm sick of you. Please go away.

High school musical:
I'm sick of you. Please graduate from that loser high school.

[iKitten]

COLDS! :cursing:

[MacHeadCase]

You got a... cold? :scared:

[bobtomay]

Drag...:thumbdown:

Ooh, and look at that, bet you're the first 3 dotter in macapper history!:coolthumbup:

[MacHeadCase]

Stars also look good on iK, don't they? :)

Yay for the rep points to iK.

[Mac0sXuser]

3 Dots!! Madness!! Whats next?? 4?!??

Kudos iKitten

[Mac0sXuser]

High school musical:
I'm sick of you. Please graduate from that loser high school.

:lol: Hilarious! I cant stand High School Musical. I know a girl my age (22) who sang all the songs and new all the dances. Scary huh?

[Rxx]

The movie is terrible. Sorry if you like it, but I cant stand it.

[BlueBell]

Yep, that's one terrible series, though my 17 year old sister loves it.

This red bar of rep under my name is bothersome. Looks like I need to be more helpful. :) (And read the rules. :P)

It's my oldest sisters birthday "today" (June 27) she's turning 28. Too bad I won't get to see her, she has to work tomorrow and can't come home. She'll be here on Saturday, but still, missing your own birthday with your family? (She only lives like 3 hours away.) Maybe it's common for a few people, but my family takes birthdays really seriously so everybody's kind of disappointed.

[iKitten]

...

Ooh, and look at that, bet you're the first 3 dotter in macapper history!:coolthumbup:
Stars also look good on iK, don't they? :)

Yay for the rep points to iK.
3 Dots!! Madness!! Whats next?? 4?!??

Kudos iKitten
LOL!

I'd like to thank my fans around the world... :closedeyes:

[MacHeadCase]

These MacApper forum slowdowns... Ughhhhhh. :thumbdown:

[iKitten]

Will a RED LIGHT stop a RUNNING NOSE?! :mad:

[MacHeadCase]

No but maybe MacApper's server will. :laugh:

[Rxx]

Took this from craigslist.

Come live in a real honest-to-goodness s***hole. We take great pride in our inability to keep good tenants happy. Do you pay your rent on time every month? We will reward you by increasing it to the maximum allowable limit every year like clockwork. Love hot water for your morning shower? Who doesn't? Well, you won't find those kind of luxuries here. The water temperature is tepid at best. And if your bathtub stops draining, you'll be billed for the repair, even though that's illegal. Don’t worry when the ceiling leaks on sunny days. That’s the pipes above the ceiling that are leaking. All repairs will be made by unlicensed handymen found in the Home Depot parking lot. We will attempt to clean your stained couch cushions in our own laundry facility, right on the premises. We won’t do a very good job, though. What do you care? You live in a s***hole. Speaking of our laundry facility, please note that you will have a difficult time finding available washers & dryers. This is due to the fact that our on-site managers allow their various family members to do laundry when they make weekly visits. Even though you see air-conditioners in two other apartments, do not be fooled into thinking that you too may enjoy electrically cooled rooms. Should you decide to install one in your unit, you will find an eviction notice taped to your front door. We also like to snoop around your apartment once a month under the guise of smoke alarm checks. Enjoy the beautiful pool--but only during the week. Here's the schedule: Every Saturday at 10 AM the gardener uses his leaf blower to fill the pool with leaves & debris. It remains this way until the pool cleaner comes by on Monday. Perfect for kids that don’t yet have health problems.
The neighborhood gang activity keeps things lively as well. The dealers are all within walking distance. Convenient for drug users who are fed up with high gas prices. Enjoy real culture with vibrant artists ‘tagging’ their area. See that broken glass on the curb? That’s where a local artist liberated the contents of a car the night before. It’s OK, the owner needed a new stereo with iPod hook-ups anyway. Win-win.

We can’t imagine why this apartment has been vacant for over six months.

Large 2 bedroom 1 bath, newly painted, vertical blinds, ceiling fan, new appliances, pool, gated parking, new roof, laundry facilities, no pets, one year lease. Near Amoeba music, Arclight theaters, 24 hour fitness, The LA Film School, Sunset & Highland.

[MaDDoG]

Yep....sounds like a sweeeeet deal thar.

[BlueBell]

LOL did you really find that on craigslist? That's hilarious!

[iRye]

That is hilarious to the point of awesomeness™

[Tanner31593]

Lightning:

You've betrayed me.
I've always liked you.
You didn't have to go strike our computers. You owe my mom and me an apology. Our babies are injured.
And maybe you should apologize to my aunt for striking her. I wasn't there, but I heard the story, and it still happened!

[BlueBell]

What happened, Tanner? :sad:

EDIT: D'oh, I should learn to read the forums more.

Sorry to hear about that, hope everything turns out OK.

[Tanner31593]

What happened, Tanner? :sad:

EDIT: D'oh, I should learn to read the forums more.

Sorry to hear about that, hope everything turns out OK.
Thanks. (Sobs)

But hey, it could bring some good things.
If my mom decides to get a new computer, I could harvest her old one. That means i'll be looking at a 80GB hard drive. Oh yeah.
That also means my dad might be looking at doubling his ram, maybe a new video card. (His hasn't worked right from day one. If you shut his PC off and turn it back on it displays no video for at least an hour.)

But.....it could be just a power supply, so maybe she won't.
She doesn't know that though.
Nor do I actually. For all I know the motherboard could be fried.

If Frank's logic board has a problem, I don't know what i'm going to do with it. No internet=No Point.
I'll probably give it to my cousin. His PC died a couple months ago. He's only 9 so it'll do him well for a while.

Hopefully it's not that major though.

[Tanner31593]

CBS evening news:

Their arguments are totally one sided.
They're talking about how our generation is so "soft."
Dropout rates are higher than ever, we're getting fatter and lazier, and army recruits are down.

Well, times have changed. When you drop out of high school, it's no longer the end of the world. You can go back and get your diploma anytime with these programs they have now, can't you?

And it's not just our generation which is getting fatter and lazier. It's the whole world.

And come on now, army recruitment is down?! WELL DUH. I don't blame our generation for not wanting to join the army. Personally, i'd want to make sure that i'm not risking my life for something that currently doesn't seem to be going anywhere.


That's all just my opinions though.
But it's not just OUR generation gone soft. What generation hasn't?!

[Mac0sXuser]

CBS evening news:

Their arguments are totally one sided.
They're talking about how our generation is so "soft."
Dropout rates are higher than ever, we're getting fatter and lazier, and army recruits are down.

Well, times have changed. When you drop out of high school, it's no longer the end of the world. You can go back and get your diploma anytime with these programs they have now, can't you?

And it's not just our generation which is getting fatter and lazier. It's the whole world.

And come on now, army recruitment is down?! WELL DUH. I don't blame our generation for not wanting to join the army. Personally, i'd want to make sure that i'm not risking my life for something that currently doesn't seem to be going anywhere.


That's all just my opinions though.
But it's not just OUR generation gone soft. What generation hasn't?!

People have complained about every generation. I have seen a lot of people from the previous generation who are overweight and lazy. And when you think about it are we not a product of our past or of our environments? Just some grumpy person. CBS has done this before saying that we are a lazy generation. I dont think me working for $14 an hour, 10 hours a day, 6 days a week, and getting yelled at for drinking water in 110 degree weather makes me lazy. 100 other people from my generation worked there as well doing the same job. But that was my last job. It ticks me off when someone sees one bad apple and blames a whole generation. We wouldn't be so fat had the previous generations looked into food and diet better. It all has to do with how you are raised. My parents wouldn't let me get away with half the stuff kids are doing now. I thank them for that too.

Long story short <bleep> CBS.

[MacHeadCase]

I gotta get myself an APC UPS. :glare:

[Tanner31593]

Curse you, chronic dry eye.

You make wearing contacts so difficult.
If only I had some clear eyes tears, but no I only have clear eyes seasonal relief, which isn't nearly as good.

:crying:

That's what my eyes look like!
So dry, they try to compensate and they end up really watery....

[MaDDoG]

I gotta get myself an APC UPS. :glare:

Good idea. We have one on the server at work and one on each of the standalone pc's. I have one at home as well. Stops those nasty power spikes and generally filters the power.

[iRye]

MY DAD DOES NOT RECOGNIZE ANYONES EFFORTS!


Today I cleaned my Dad's SUV top to bottom, I received nothing more than a couple disgruntled "thanks". I did an excellent job, and I know it won't be kept. It took me 4 hours.

I've been doing everything to make our flight out east in a couple of weeks very pleasant and comfortable for him, from trying to pick the best seats to simply selecting the flights at the best times for his work schedule.

He's a very tall person, and he needs a big car to be remotely comfortable. Not a big car, but a tall one. We originally had a Ford Focus - not good, not good at all for him. I spent 1,2,3,4 hours to try and find him a bigger car, and it was only after calling and browsing repeatedly, I came across a HUGE corporate booking cancellation. I jumped on it and told my dad. Instead of a thanks for finding him a bigger car that actually saved him money, all I got was a indignant grumble of "Good."

Is it selfish or self-centred of me to think that i'm not getting much recognition for my efforts? He never tells my mom she's pretty, he never recognizes anyone's efforts except his own. It makes me feel like I haven't done a good job even though my mom reassures me I have because she's so friendly.

[MacBookMaster]

i like camino better than safari 3.1.1. :) i installed 3.1.1 and the browser would just hang. so i went to my library-> caches -> metadata -> safari and emptied the history and stuff in there. and unistalled and re-installed safari. and it works. but now i have been using camino. and i like the little booger! i have the tabs working so they look like safari. that was the only thing that bugged me. was how the tabs originally looked. but hey. i fixed it :biggrin: i hope you guys decide to give camino a try over safari or firefox. maybe i'll try shiira even....

[Stretch]

The fireworks laws all over the US are completely retarded.

[MacBookMaster]

they really are... but honestly i don't listen to them... but shhhhhhhhhhhh...

[Tanner31593]

The fireworks laws all over the US are completely retarded.
So true.
It seems like nobody obeys them anyways.
It's convenient having a sister who lives in Indiana who comes up to Michigan on the 4th of July.
If anyone asks, I was held at gunpoint when I said that.

[MacBookMaster]

hahahhahaha. we aren't allowed to do any mortars in oregon, but my uncle went to washington to get some.... :D

[Tanner31593]

I love how my whole family decides to watch a movie, but nobody bothers to say anything to me.

Because that's SO cool....

[MacBookMaster]

i know! really! i hate how my family says "we got a movie tonight!" and forget to tell me that they don't want me to watch it with them, and i end up by myself for 2.5 hours.... but hey! that's 2.5 hours i get to spend with you guys! :D

[iKitten]

The fireworks laws all over the US are completely retarded.
Haha, here in the desert I'm grateful for fireworks laws. We'd have as many fires as California if they allowed them!

[bobtomay]

Haha, here in the desert I'm grateful for fireworks laws. We'd have as many fires as California if they allowed them!

You're in a desert. What's a fire gonna burn? The sand? :blink:

[dtravis7]

You're in a desert. What's a fire gonna burn? The sand? :blink:

Houses. My place almost one year. Bottle rockets on my roof smoking.

[iKitten]

You're in a desert. What's a fire gonna burn? The sand? :blink:
Um, it isn't the Sahara! :laugh:

[Tanner31593]

GMC:

WTF were you thinking back in 1994 when you decided that the Safari we own didn't need a light or a beep for a low fuel indicator?!

[MacBookMaster]

i want to go sandboarding, but instead i'm stuck in the hotel, with wi fi of course :P. but its already 8:40am!!!! we should have been out on the dunes like... and hour ago!!!


hurry up and eat your darn food christopher!

[Tanner31593]

Chuck Norris:

YOU ARE OVERRATED.
THAT'S RIGHT, I FINALLY SAID IT. OVVVVEEERRRRRAAAATTTTEEEDDD.


EVERYONE'S ALL "LA LA LA LA, I LOOOOOVE CHUCK NORRIS" and i'm just like "no."



Chris Rock:

No. Just no.
Your comedy isn't funny, at all.

It's sexist.
And racist.
And homophobic.
And stereotypical.
And just plain dumb.

If I ever feel like sinking into new levels of mediocrity, i'll turn on your show.

[MacBookMaster]

Sunburn Can Burn In H E Double Hockey Sticks!!!!

[Tanner31593]

My eyelashes.

I'll explain later.

[Tanner31593]

I'm sick of fixing my parent's PCs!
UGH!

Fixing my mom's is one thing, because she can't do that stuff herself and my dad would take months if ever to help her.

I don't want to fix my dad's. I mean, he knows how to do that. He can do it himself. I'm not being selfish, but every time I tell him
YOU
NEED
MORE
RAM.
YOU
NEED
A
NEW
VIDEO
CARD.

Has he bought either? No, yet he still asks me to fix his modem.
I don't like working on a PC loaded with crap with very little ram. It's slow. I don't like slow.
I don't like working on a PC that you can't shut down without waiting an hour or more to turn it back on because the video card is bad.
I don't like looking at his card reader when dust is visibly pouring out of it from the outside.

He knows what he should do, but he doesn't feel like it. Why should I bother?


He wants me to look at his Pismo too. It's not finding his flash drive.

It's because his flash drive is an el cheapo from meijer. Mine didn't work right either and it's the same kind.

I told him
BUY
A
COPY
OF
10.3
IF
HE
WANTS
OSX.

Has he? No. So I went out of my way to clone the hard drive from my iBook. Took forever. Not something iwanted to do.

I wouldn't have such a big problem with helping him out occasionally if it actually WORKED RIGHT.

He needs to delete all his programs and games nobody's used in a year.
He needs to upgrade his ram. 512 was fine 4 years ago. Now....not so much, not if you're going to have all that kind of crap on it.
He needs to fix his aol settings.

I'm just killing an hour before I can to turn it back on to try to get it to recognize a modem because his got fried...because he didn't have a surge protector.

[iRye]

I really screwed up... I still do not have my PS3. It's in Calgary. My Dad said he could go pick it up today. He always does it after work so I assumed that was the case.

I wanted to see if the other person at Purolator who told me Sony packages could only have 1 delivery attempt. Sony said otherwise. I called Purolator and had them redeliver it tomorrow. Well, less that and more of a confirming it will be delivered tomorrow. I actually put in a request on Friday that it be delivered monday but it never came monday or today, tuesday. apparently it's wayy in the back where it can't be reached. it's purolators fault, but apparently my dad is "less than impressed" with me. grr.

[MacBookMaster]

i want a PSP. loco roco 2. yummy!

selling a bunch of older used games and systems. i will definetly get the 200 bucks without working too hard. :D JOY!

[Tanner31593]

i want a PSP. loco roco 2. yummy!

selling a bunch of older used games and systems. i will definetly get the 200 bucks without working too hard. :D JOY!
I love mine.


it's not new. It's all scratched and it has a crack in it, but I got it from my brother for free.



The fat ones are pretty uncomfortable to hold, but they rock.

Good luck getting it!

[BlueBell]

PC's suck. so. much.

Why can't they be simpler? If you're trying to install new hardware, why can't they just accept it and use it properly instead of having problems? I know that sounds stupid but I don't care. Everything is overcomplicated, especially in MS-DOS. Ooh, how I hate DOS. If you don't know the exact name and location of the file you are looking for, guess what? You're out of luck! GRRRRRRRRRR.

[/angry nonsensical rant]