EvilDrPuma Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 Re: The cranky thread Nah' date=' too soft. Plus I'm not hearing any chewing noises.[/quote'] That's good. Be careful not to ignore any future symptoms, though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh1exCwGiY0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 Re: The cranky thread They're starting to cut my hours again. I'm going to raise a big stink on Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Re: The cranky thread It's official, no internet at home. Far as I can tell, it's my Ethernet connection on my motherboard. Everything else has been replaced: new modem, new cables, new splitter. It's been disintegrating for a long time, now nothing's getting through at all. To add to the frustration, the modem has a USB connection, too, but the damn thing will not install that way! I checked online and this is not an uncommon problem. No real solutions, either. Well, computer has been very slow, the whole thing is ready to be put out of its misery. Five year old Dell XP box, it gave its heart for a good long time. *sniff* I'll miss it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Re: The cranky thread It's official, no internet at home. Far as I can tell, it's my Ethernet connection on my motherboard. Everything else has been replaced: new modem, new cables, new splitter. It's been disintegrating for a long time, now nothing's getting through at all. To add to the frustration, the modem has a USB connection, too, but the damn thing will not install that way! I checked online and this is not an uncommon problem. No real solutions, either. Well, computer has been very slow, the whole thing is ready to be put out of its misery. Five year old Dell XP box, it gave its heart for a good long time. *sniff* I'll miss it. Laptops are ultra-affordable nowadays. You could probably get a desktop on the cheap, too, depending on what you need it for. 5 years is a good long life for a desktop. I had one that lasted 10, but then I maxed out the upgrades on it and used it sparingly after I got my replacement for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Re: The cranky thread Laptops are ultra-affordable nowadays. You could probably get a desktop on the cheap' date=' too, depending on what you need it for. 5 years is a good long life for a desktop. I had one that lasted 10, but then I maxed out the upgrades on it and used it sparingly after I got my replacement for it.[/quote'] I'm leaning toward a laptop, but with a docking station so I can still use the dual monitors for stuff like photoshop and WoW. The prices are much better than I expected these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John T Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Re: The cranky thread I'm leaning toward a laptop' date=' but with a docking station so I can still use the dual monitors for stuff like photoshop and WoW. The prices are much better than I expected these days.[/quote'] Photoshopping defeated enemies with their pants (kilts, whatever) yanked down around their knees in near-real-time is important. Wait... what were we talking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Re: The cranky thread From "You're awesome and I could spend the rest of my life with you" to "Let's just be friends, cause we're awesome together but I'm just not in love with you" to "This is kind of awkward, maybe we shouldn't communicate" in 4 months. The death of the friendship was slow and I could see it coming a mile away but why agree to hang out and then the day of the dinner decide to back out. Wouldn't have it been better to say this idunno...5 days ago when I said, "We should check out that new Lebanese place."? Oh well. I never liked real life much anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted September 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Re: The cranky thread Sorry, man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Re: The cranky thread It's ok, I'm being a drama queen for sympathy. Mission accomplished! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Re: The cranky thread Yeah, that sucks. Sounds like that one didn't take the drop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barwickian Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Re: The cranky thread I feel at a very low ebb creatively. Games I plan to run don't survive the enthusiasm of the initial idea. I pick up rules system after rules system listlessly - what grips me as a must-use in the morning is forgotten or rejected by the evening. They're either too complex or too simple, require too much input or not enough. I'm prepared to play what others want to, and yet I want to proselytise for stuff I love. I want to run Trav - but which version? I want to run something that makes many of the decisions for me, yet I don't like the decisions it makes. I'm tired. If I go to bed early, I wake early. Social events - which I enjoy, don't get me wrong - eat into game prep time, but it isn't a loss because I'm not prepping. I need my mojo back, and I'm not sure where I left it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Re: The cranky thread I feel at a very low ebb creatively. Games I plan to run don't survive the enthusiasm of the initial idea. I pick up rules system after rules system listlessly - what grips me as a must-use in the morning is forgotten or rejected by the evening. They're either too complex or too simple, require too much input or not enough. I'm prepared to play what others want to, and yet I want to proselytise for stuff I love. I want to run Trav - but which version? I want to run something that makes many of the decisions for me, yet I don't like the decisions it makes. I'm tired. If I go to bed early, I wake early. Social events - which I enjoy, don't get me wrong - eat into game prep time, but it isn't a loss because I'm not prepping. I need my mojo back, and I'm not sure where I left it. I've been in a similar boat for some time. Our group has been in kind of a RPG slump lately in general (nobody wants to run, so we play board games or just skip) and I was actually kind of glad for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Re: The cranky thread See my latest Blog entry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barwickian Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Re: The cranky thread See my latest Blog entry. I did. I didn't have anything to add, other than, "Keep your chin up, it'll get better." I think one of the things that's difficult for me is that I've just emerged from a double-whammy, at least as far as social and gaming life goes: I was working anti-social hours, and had different weekends to everybody else. That stopped me gaming regularly for a couple of years (we had occasional one-offs). Then came a major relaunch, with associated workflow upgrades, then the holiday season - first others, then me. There are many social commitments put on hold which now need effort to reintegrate myself within the social group. My social group is, aside from a very small overlap, different from my gaming group. I feel a bit like the donkey that starved to death between two haystacks. Too much to do, too little time. It was easier when it was work taking all the time - that puts the roof over the head and bread on the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Re: The cranky thread Production report for 9/15/12 is complete, and it's ugly. I shall now go home and have a good cry, then contemplate fracking the entire county. (In the "hydraulic fracturing" sense of the word, of course. What did you think I meant?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Re: The cranky thread Hey Xavier: I know your life is tough, but that post above is the funniest thing I've read all day. Unfortunately, I already repped you recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Re: The cranky thread Hey Xavier: I know your life is tough, but that post above is the funniest thing I've read all day. Unfortunately, I already repped you recently. It's alright, SK. As long as our family business has these kind of problems, I've got job security. And a really full workload! Thanx heaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Re: The cranky thread Oh my GOD. I completely *HATE* the Epson WorkForce 840 printer & it's support on Epson's site. There is no manual on Epson's site that gives me screenshots or a step-by-step way to enter the wireless network's password. The pinter's interface is so F*#$!#g user-unfriendly and non-intuitive it takes a G-D degree to talk someone though it on the phone (not that I was successful despite trying for over two hours). I am so feeling* like going F-ing postal on the nearest Epson offices it's not funny. *disclaimer: No matter how I feel, I wouldn't actualy do this. EDIT: Two and a half hours on the phone with my mom trying to get this D@M#3D printer set up with no success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Re: The cranky thread It's been my experience that printers in general are a PITA. I've had many a smooth-running project come to a grinding halt and/or blow up in my face because I had the poor sense to try and print something. (WTF was I thinking?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilDrPuma Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Re: The cranky thread Funny, I haven't had any trouble with my printer. But I've only had it since March. Since this is the cranky thread, though, I'll point out that I'm so far behind grading the weekly journals for my writing sections that it isn't even funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Re: The cranky thread EDIT: Two and a half hours on the phone with my mom trying to get this D@M#3D printer set up with no success.[/size][/size] There's an Eddie Izzard routine that you need to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John T Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Re: The cranky thread "Printer not found? But it's there!" Love Eddie Izzard. And this cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Re: The cranky thread I said the heck with doing photo prints at home finally and now have a nice little laserjet that's cheaper to run and I don't fuss with color at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 Re: The cranky thread I'm going to kick someone's ass tomorrow, and the bastard fully deserves it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 Re: The cranky thread I look forward to the youtube! More seriously, don't get into trouble. It's unlikely the bastard is worth it. Unless it's bunneh, then fire away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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