Cancer Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 Cherish these times. My own mother passed away last summer on Hiroshima Day (though she had been incapable of communication for about three weeks by then). And I get a call today that my mother has had a mild heart attack. So I get ready, rush across the capital and catch a train to Plymouth. Turns out she is alright but spending the night in the hospital. Might have been an angina attack. Still a close one. I hate being foresighted. Just hate it. Best wishes, DT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 My mother is home. Came home yesterday. We'll take things easy. I'll make her takes things easy. And thanks for the best wishes. Don't sweat it Cancer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Hope she has a speedy recovery, Tribble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted June 28, 2015 Report Share Posted June 28, 2015 My mom is back at the ER. She has had a severe headache for 5 days, and her health has obviously declined... MRI ordered, otherwise no real info. So tiring... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 28, 2015 Report Share Posted June 28, 2015 Sorry to hear that, Greg. Best wishes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted June 28, 2015 Report Share Posted June 28, 2015 Sorry to hear that, Greg. Best wishes. Thanks. I have seen it coming, but there is only so much that I can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted June 28, 2015 Report Share Posted June 28, 2015 Best wishes for your mother, gewing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 28, 2015 Report Share Posted June 28, 2015 Best wishes gewing. Try and take care of yourself too as much as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netzilla Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Okay, I know that this is small potatoes compared to what far too many (read as any value greater than zero) of you are dealing with but... Why, dear Dog why, am I having to explain the concept of time zones to someone who has nearly 20 years experience in software support? Why have I had to spend half of my day explaining that, just because it says 5:30 on your PC in the Central Time Zone, it does not mean that there is a problem when the server you are viewing shows 6:30 when it's in the Eastern Time Zone! I suspect that there's a reason this person has never been promoted past level 1 support in 17 years. Sorry, just needed to vent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted June 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 I cannot say I blame you there. I'd want a good vent too after that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 It's hot outside. Like nuclear hot. Perhaps a slight exaggeration but it feels that way. I hate at a local Mexican food establishment and got sick as the proverbial dog. Combine the two and it made for a miserable day. Top it off with the wife saying that she isn't getting a promotion so the boss can hire somebody from outside to do the job that my wife has been doing. Stupid day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted July 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 Empty out bookshelf very carefully so I can actually move it on my own, long tedious process, but finally it's light enough. Push Bookshelf into new location... curse loudly as the @##@ing bottom third of it crumbles, the piece of ####. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Why, yes, I am working with the department who was smart enough to arrange the vendor visit ahead of time, and no, your last-minute "emergency" call to that other vendor isn't really likely to be worked on today. Especially since your vendor had been telling you that you needed to reserve IT support in advance, and that he'd gladly make an appointment for tomorrow with IT to fix your issue once and for all*. Yelling through the bars that I'm needed urgently really doesn't cut it, as I also had to organize the security escort yesterday, and I'm not going to drop helping the department that did what they were supposed to do for your emergency. Calling the Help Desk won't make much of a difference, either, as the department I was working in is a cell phone dead zone**. *Appointment made for tomorrow, vendor tech had been suggesting it to them for several hours. **The voice mail came through 45 minutes later, after I'd returned to my office and was about to call my boss. The next call came through as I was walking out of the office to meet the tech, the next call came through as I was about to put my car into drive, 5 minutes after punching out. Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 Skin coming off again like paper. Rent agency ring about showing the flat, even though I said from start August and that was before I went off for two weeks because of my mother being ill. Ho hum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 What happens if you just peel all the skin off already? Are you just molting or is it like a chrysalis and there's something completely new underneath? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Maybe like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Sigh. Just got word that one of my PhD supervisors passed away at the end of May. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Condolences, Cancer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Sigh. 29 years and one day after my defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Fornication. Left my thumb drive at home. Looks like my spare isn't here at the office either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 I seem to remember just why I walked away from teaching last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 Held my nose and logged in to Facebook to get some contact info. "Enter your mobile number to enable two factor authentication", it said. Well, I've done it for a bunch of other sites, might as well do this one too. Then I start getting text notifications for birthdays, PMs, tags, likes... God. F__k you, Facebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 Held my nose and logged in to Facebook to get some contact info. "Enter your mobile number to enable two factor authentication", it said. Well, I've done it for a bunch of other sites, might as well do this one too. Then I start getting text notifications for birthdays, PMs, tags, likes... God. F__k you, Facebook. They'll never get me back on facebook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 Ain't never been there a first time. Burrito Boy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 I missed an appointment today because I didn't get a reminder of the appointment. I made the appointment a couple of months ago, and things got hectic, so I didn't remember. So I called to reschedule. I had an important question to ask, and the person I was talking to kept interrupting and talking over me. Small wonder I snapped at her. I could have made the new appointment for later today, but I'm still pretty irritated with that person on the phone, and I'd give the staff an earful about their crappy customer service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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