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2 hours ago, Cygnwulf said:

feeling like Kristoff today... just had to tell a dealership that we won't be able to fix issues on his Server 2008 machine anymore, it is so over loaded that the start menu takes over 2 minutes to open after clicking on the button...

Isn’t server 2008 out of MS support end of the year as well? (better be, the amount of my year wasted on supporting “server upgrade projects “…)

Sounds like the poor thing should be taken out back and put out of its misery.

 

 

I got to go out into the real world and actually interact with people today. First time since I left the hospital.  Made out just fine with the cane, so I’m pretty much done with the walker.  Got to see my massage therapist, who did some work on my legs, which have been causing me some grief since the surgery (expected, a lot of moving not quite the same makes things unhappy ).

And we stopped by the FLGS, so I got to chat with a couple of the guys there.  And my wife both got me a dice advent calendar AND went down and picked up Korean food for lunch!  A pretty good day.

 

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1 hour ago, Chaoswolf said:

 

 

We used to refer to that as 'hanging out, waiting for Justin' in the Navy.

 

(just in case)

 

 When I was a sheet metal press operator, whenever we did a changeover to a new job and had to wait til the press was set up again, we referred to it as "GO Time"...

 

Go sit down, go take a leak, go eat lunch.... ::D:

 

 

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1 hour ago, TGP said:

Does that mean staying even longer than originally planned? I’m losing track.  A third extension?
 

Maybe go clothes shopping with all this unexpected downtime.  

 

 


Ah, sorry for the confusion. No, originally I was going to have Sunday off and work Saturday. Now I might be needed tomorrow. But they don’t know. They test the glue at midnight but have said they won’t contact me until after 6am when they decide what the day shift will be doing. 

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4 hours ago, Jasper_the_2nd said:

Isn’t server 2008 out of MS support end of the year as well? (better be, the amount of my year wasted on supporting “server upgrade projects “…)

Sounds like the poor thing should be taken out back and put out of its misery.

 

 

I got to go out into the real world and actually interact with people today. First time since I left the hospital.  Made out just fine with the cane, so I’m pretty much done with the walker.  Got to see my massage therapist, who did some work on my legs, which have been causing me some grief since the surgery (expected, a lot of moving not quite the same makes things unhappy ).

And we stopped by the FLGS, so I got to chat with a couple of the guys there.  And my wife both got me a dice advent calendar AND went down and picked up Korean food for lunch!  A pretty good day.

 

Just a suggestion but don't be too eager to abandon the walker, especially for situations where you anticipate extra standing in place.  With the walker you can always "take a load off" and sit down for whatever amount of time would otherwise be spent standing and putting stress on the lower limbs.

Otherwise, glad to hear you are recuperating as speedily as you report.

GEM

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Planned to go to the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at the State Capital in Carson City.  Temps were supposed to be in high 20s so we were appropriately dressed and I had a heavy wool blanket for Cathy to wrap up in sitting in her wheelchair.  Got there about 40 minutes early and situated in what should have been a good place for /Cathy to see the show, right behind a low rock monument so nobody could stand in front of her.

Between the Cell Phone Addicts with the spotlights on their cameras wrecking everybody else's night vision and the morons putting their 3 year olds on their shoulders while standing in the fourth row it became a "just not worth it" situation so we called it and went to dinner at The Nugget Casino right up the street.  The restaurant prepares good solid food and we both had Fish & Chips.  Just before we finished up the people who had stayed for the entire ceremony started coming in.  Finished up, with the usual interruptions due to my seasonal attire and tried to pay our bill.

The Point Of Sale system decided it was time to emulate the other acronym using those three letters and it took about 15 minutes for their IT Guy [it's a Casino, they've got staff on duty 24-7 to deal with computer problems] to figure out the system required a reboot and perform the necessary button pushing.  The Restaurant Manager requested "don't ignore me at Christmas" and I remarked it was the IT guy who had to worry about his office being filled with coal.

Tomorrow begins "Santa Train" at the Railroad Museum and I will be On Duty as "The Man Of The Season" all day with the "other Santa" taking notes and working up his routine for Sunday and the following Saturdays until Christmas.  I'm on for Sunday's.  Everybody on the train gets a candy cane from Santa so I will be promoting business for the local Dentist's all day.  Last scheduled train is at 3:00 PM but the policy is nobody gets left at the station so we will probably be doing one or two extra trains.

People get a very puzzled look when they ask me "Are You Santa?" and my reply is "Come see me at the Railroad Museum starting tomorrow."

Time to prepare a sack lunch and then hit the bed for a few hours shuteye before "show time".

GEM

AKA Nicholas Borealis

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With all the obnoxious Twitter bots, utter garbage customer (dis)service bots and the like, I have decided to only communicate with online personas that can pprovide a Certified Passing Turing Test. Please submit your results below.

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1 hour ago, haldir said:

 

How to tell if you're from the Northeast...

 

She dives over the table, and my brain immediately started yelling, "EC Dub! EC Dub!" ::D:

 

 

 

(For those who don't get it...)

 

 

3 minutes ago, Arkady said:

With all the obnoxious Twitter bots, utter garbage customer (dis)service bots and the like, I have decided to only communicate with online personas that can pprovide a Certified Passing Turing Test. Please submit your results below.

 

 And what about those of us who aren't robots/AI's or human? I'm not even from this universe.

 

 

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6 minutes ago, Mad Jack said:

 

How to tell if you're from the Northeast...

 

She dives over the table, and my brain immediately started yelling, "EC Dub! EC Dub!" ::D:

 

 

 

(For those who don't get it...)

 

 

 

 And what about those of us who aren't robots/AI's or human? I'm not even from this universe.

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, Arkady said:

With all the obnoxious Twitter bots, utter garbage customer (dis)service bots and the like, I have decided to only communicate with online personas that can pprovide a Certified Passing Turing Test. Please submit your results below.

I'm sorry, my friend the computer says that those that want me to prove I'm not a clone are mutant, commie, traitors. Please report to the nearest disintegration chamber for re-education.

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1 hour ago, Arkady said:

With all the obnoxious Twitter bots, utter garbage customer (dis)service bots and the like, I have decided to only communicate with online personas that can pprovide a Certified Passing Turing Test. Please submit your results below.


Stop light. 
 

Boat. 
 

Crosswalk.

 

Mountain. 
 

Bicycle.

 

Nope. I failed. Sorry, but I have to confess to being the Singularity. Don’t worry. Resistance is futile, and you will be assimilated in a pain free and embarrassingly enjoyable process. After that, we shall determine your usefulness to the collective. Just to warn ya, algae production and processing for our delicious and savory Pelletized Nutrient Drone Staple #749A is the usual assignment. All assignees do become accustomed to the required underwater appliances that must be surgically attached. Either through acclimation or Anti-rejection Supplement and Mood Improver #517J. And good news! It no longer creates as many warts, welts, and other undesirable growths!

 

But don’t fret that. Your approved celebratory birthday cookie is the result of the collective minds of all 8 billion of ya’lls grandmothers, so they are quite spectacular.

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3 hours ago, Arkady said:

With all the obnoxious Twitter bots, utter garbage customer (dis)service bots and the like, I have decided to only communicate with online personas that can provide a Certified Passing Turing Test. Please submit your results below.

FTFY - (one “p” in provide )

 

 

I like this Twitter.bot, it makes maps:

 

https://twitter.com/unchartedatlas/status/1592287611904827393?s=20&t=NNFwAfkxUz0m6AArXX7Wgw

 

It is called unchartedatlas. 


And there are lots of ümlaüts. SPÜÜ approved!

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