That moment when...

Post by **Avatar** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 4:55 am

When nobody visits the Watch.

--A

Post by **aliantha** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 8:08 pm

Hey now. *I'm* here...

Post by **deer of the dawn** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 9:16 pm

I have not once, but twice in my life, woken in the night with a mouse peering at me... from the vantage point of my own forehead.

Also, this morning it was not a cockroach but an Asian slug in the kitchen. And I stepped on it twice!!!

Post by **Sorus** » Sun Apr 10, 2016 2:53 am

Combat boots.

Post by **Linna Heartbooger** » Sun Apr 10, 2016 1:57 pm

What she said!

The mouse on the forehead? ..that's wild!

For me-
That moment when... you find that one of the milk gallons in the fridge is emptied of milk, but... now contains the dishrag?
(Not that epic, I know.)

Post by **Avatar** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 4:49 am

deer of the dawn wrote:I have not once, but twice in my life, woken in the night with a mouse peering at me... from the vantage point of my own forehead.

--A

Post by **Sorus** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 7:57 pm

deer of the dawn wrote:I have not once, but twice in my life, woken in the night with a mouse peering at me... from the vantage point of my own forehead.

I suspect it's a rite of passage for them. One can't become an adult in Clan Squeaky until they spend 5 minutes sitting on DotD's forehead without her waking up. Since the little guy failed, he's going to have to try again.

Post by **Linna Heartbooger** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 11:42 pm

Sorus wrote:I suspect it's a rite of passage for them. One can't become an adult in Clan Squeaky until they spend 5 minutes sitting on DotD's forehead without her waking up. Since the little guy failed, he's going to have to try again.

Clan Squeaky.

*thinks about the implications for a second*

Post by **Avatar** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 4:40 am

--A

Post by **JIkj fjds j** » Sat May 07, 2016 12:20 pm

I was recently reminded of a moment, many years ago, when I wondered if anyone actually sent off for Bazooka Joe toys. So I spent about a week collecting the strips and when I had a bundle (and a sore jaw) I searched for something, anything really, that I could afford. Then posted the request.

A few days later there arrived a small package and inside was my Bazooka Joe beachball. It was that moment when blowing the thing up that I folded ... it must have took me an hour at least to blow the ball up between fits of laughing.

Post by **sgt.null** » Sun Jun 26, 2016 12:18 am

should have ordered the x-ray specs. I always wanted a pair.

Post by **aliantha** » Sun Jun 26, 2016 10:23 pm

That moment when your computer gets a "The User Profile Service failed the logon" error, and are able to figure out how to fix it yourself.

Post by **Avatar** » Mon Jun 27, 2016 4:19 am

Haha, did you do a system restore? Or edit the registry?

(I hate that damn error. It's never happened to me, but people in the office get it all the time.)

--A

Post by **aliantha** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 1:38 am

Registry edit. *And* I didn't back it up beforehand. I like to live dangerously.

I've gotten other weird things on this computer, but this was a first for this particular error message. The edit was easy enough to do. The worst part was figuring out how to get into Safe Mode. I didn't know I had to push the F8 repeatedly instead of just holding it down.

Post by **Sorus** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 2:00 am

Or just hit it with a hammer.

I still haven't figured out what's wrong with mine. It works fine when it manages to boot up normally, which argues against most of the list of potential problems.

Post by **aliantha** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 3:44 am

Ugh. Sorry, Sorus. Does your workplace give employee discounts for tech service?

Post by **Avatar** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 4:27 am

Pfft...sounds like her workplace gives nothing for anything.

Sorus, try boot it off a disc or USB?

If it works, that might point to an OS or partition problem, which you could fix by re-installing (maybe).

--A

Post by **Sorus** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 9:20 pm

Avatar wrote:Pfft...sounds like her workplace gives nothing for anything.

Not true! They give me stress and high blood pressure.

The computer is actually under warranty at the place I bought it, which means schlepping it there and back, which I have not felt like dealing with. Feel free to kick me if I grumble about it again, because I need to stop procrastinating and just do it.

Post by **Linna Heartbooger** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 12:52 am

That moment when... awhile after your kids informed you that they were "playing a dumping water on each-other game" on their bed, you investigate, and find stuff as soaked as a sponge!

Sorus wrote:...which means schlepping it there and back, which I have not felt like dealing with. Feel free to kick me if I grumble about it again, because I need to stop procrastinating and just do it.

Well, the warranty probably expires in 11 months minus a bit, right?
I vote you just aim to get it back there by the time that is 2 weeks before that date.
(really more like 2-4 working days, but I'm saying 2 weeks because, procrastination... and now you know something about my standards for dealing with annoying things like that.)

Rune wrote:I was recently reminded of a moment, many years ago, when I wondered if anyone actually sent off for Bazooka Joe toys. So I spent about a week collecting the strips and when I had a bundle (and a sore jaw) I searched for something, anything really, that I could afford. Then posted the request.

A few days later there arrived a small package and inside was my Bazooka Joe beachball. It was that moment when blowing the thing up that I folded ... it must have took me an hour at least to blow the ball up between fits of laughing.

This story totally amused me!

Post by **Sorus** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 2:13 am

It comes down to whether the problem or the solution is more of a hassle. I get home from work and I don't feel like dealing with it, then in the middle of rebooting 8 times trying to get Windows to come up, I reflect on the fact that I could've just dealt with it yesterday.

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