Mich Venting Here One of those days

[Mich 0]

Grr. I just have to vent some since my day has been one of those days. Got up this morning to rain and snow combined. The temperature is wavering so much that the weather doesn't really know what to do. Booted up my puter to do some printing. In the middle of things the printer decided that it doesn't know how to auto feed anymore. Sooo, I had to hand feed each page. Guess what. While I was hand feeding it, it ran out of ink!!!! In total frustration I gave up at that point. I was not really in the mood for refilling an ink cartridge.

 

Then I realize that I needed to get my driver license renewed before I go on a trip this Friday, because it will expire the day before I leave. So I had to go out in the yucky weather. As I stepped out the door, the eave dripped on my head and water ran down my face. That takes one's breath away. Got to the license bureau to find they were closed from 12:30 to 1:30. :fart: So I went over to Taco Bell and ate lunch; Double Decker Taco Supreme, yum.

 

After going through all the routine at the license bureau, having my eyes tested, mug shot taken, and parting with $35; I went to K-Mart to buy some jeans. Found my size ok, but they didn't have the style I want.

 

Need a cervical collar for my trip (to protect and ruptured disc in my neck), so I went to Rite Aid, Wallgreens, and 2 medical supply stores without any luck. Nobody seems to have them in stock. Since I am leaving Friday, there is no time to order one. Have one more place to check on Wednesday; our local Hospital.

 

Came home having only accomplished renewing the driver license. Was in such a bad mood, I sat and vented while playing solitare on my puter.

 

I still need to refill my ink cartridge before I can try to resolve the auto feed problem. Guess I will try tomorrow when I just might be in a better state of mind.

 

*****Heave a sigh of relief***** Now I feel much better.

[Saint_Michael 3]

How about a Giant Hug from your local saint Mich **hugs**, but hey think it like this you got something done out of this crappy day. I say take the night off come the EVIL computer and enjoy a fun activity of some sorts, but as to what I don't know but I think you will think of something .

[jlhaslip 4]

Going somewhere warmer? and dryer? Good for you.I'll bet you felt better after venting all that out. Quite a day you had there. Hope the trip makes up for it.Let us know when you get back. Bring some pictures...

[cangor 0]

Wow, that is a pretty bad day... I've had a lot of that sort of stuff lately, and it really angers me.Ah, well, enjoy your trip and ditto to the pictures.

[Mich 0]

Thanks people. Did finally get around to refilling my ink cartridge today, but the darn printer still won't auto feed. I guess it is time for a new printer as well as a new puter.

 

Leaving for Las Vegas day after tomorrow. We are going out and back via Amtrak. Just love trail travel. ***Choo, Choo**** Was in Florida for 2 1/2 weeks end of January and into February. Guess you didn't miss me much , cause nobody seemed to take notice.

 

If you want me to put a quarter in a slot for you, yell. Of course it will cost you 25 credits (just kidding).

 

Keep the SOTM from getting buried while I am gone.

Edited March 6, 2008 by Mich (see edit history)

[jlhaslip 4]

conspicuous by your absence... and throw away a quarter for me while you are there, Mich<_<

[Mich 0]

Hoorah. Off in a few hours for Las Vegas. Everybody don't go too wild while I am gone.

 

Will toss in a quarter with your name on it jlhaslip. You will have to trust me to be honest about the results.

 

Just hope we can get to see some of the shows we want to see. Look out Black Jack tables here I come.

Edited March 7, 2008 by Mich (see edit history)

[Saint_Michael 3]

If you get 21 tell them you want them to hit it again , but serious enjoy Vegas and don't forget to donate to the Xisto cause when you bust Vegas with that $20 bet ***hide in Mich's biggest bag*** off to Vegas I go to BWHAHAHAHAHA!

[sheepdog 10]

Well, now it's my turn. My dial up connection just kept getting worse and worse, and finally no way at all to connect to the internet. I finally decided to bite the bullet and go with satalite isp. Only problem is it is going to be over a week before the hook it up. So here I am at the public library pounding away with what little time you are allowed here online to keep my web site up and all my credits from running out. I could probably fix the old computer if I had a modem, but I am not sure that is what is wrong with it, and I hate like the devil to pay good money for a modem that I will only need for a week or so anyway. It's awful to be broke all the dang time. Even more awful not to have a computer I can check a dozen or so times a day in hopes of selling something.

[baphometslayer 0]

I don't know what the law says in your state, but it's typical that after your Driver's License expires you legally have 30 days to re-new it.Despite that, sounds like a bad day. Running out of ink messes my days up enough because the only time I ever print anything is when it's for something important. But have the auto-feed mess up too!???!!Tough luck. Hope things are better for you now.

[Mich 0]

Well, now it's my turn.

My dial up connection just kept getting worse and worse, and finally no way at all to connect to the internet. I finally decided to bite the bullet and go with satalite isp. Only problem is it is going to be over a week before the hook it up. So here I am at the public library pounding away with what little time you are allowed here online to keep my web site up and all my credits from running out. I could probably fix the old computer if I had a modem, but I am not sure that is what is wrong with it, and I hate like the devil to pay good money for a modem that I will only need for a week or so anyway. It's awful to be broke all the dang time. Even more awful not to have a computer I can check a dozen or so times a day in hopes of selling something.

Hey, somebody else who is on dial-up. My sympathies are with you. My connection seems to be getting worse as time goes by instead of improving as promised by my ISP.

 

 

Despite that, sounds like a bad day. Running out of ink messes my days up enough because the only time I ever print anything is when it's for something important. But have the auto-feed mess up too!???!!

Called my local puter specialist and he advised me to get a new printer. Mine is as old as my puter and both are lame. Auto-feed cannot be fixed.

[Saint_Michael 3]

Yeah that is what we learned in my computer hardware class, sometimes betting a new printer is usually cheaper then trying to repair it, just make sure your computer can accept the printer. As sometimes older can't accept the newer printers because of the technology gap. Haven't you thought of moving up to a broadband connection at all Mich?

[Mich 0]

Haven't you thought of moving up to a broadband connection at all Mich?

yeh, *******think, think, think, think******** Living in the middle of a national forest leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to technology. We just got touch-tone phone service. AT&T is not available here yet, as are none of the big ISPs. Cable TV is available, but cable internet access is cost prohibitive in our small community. Something like $60/month. Like, our telephone service has doubled in the past 2 years. Michigan government taxes us to death for telephone service and tacks on more charges for the 911 services. New puter is on my wish list, but somehow travel seems to come first when budgeting expenses. When I have traveled enough perhaps I will afford a new puter, but until then it is on the back burner as is the hope we will catch up with the rest of the world of technology (fat chance).

[Saint_Michael 3]

Could always move to Destriot , and if I remember correctly your horses(?) would love that Detroit air, and ouch what rip off right there. Of course I wouldn't be surprise as cable and ISP have ot jack up the coasts just to pay off the bills for HDTV and of course installing fiberoptics to replace the old stuff etc etc. Remind me why I shouldn't go back to dial up service??

[sheepdog 10]

Well, I should of known better than to whine about my computer problems, as it is now, things can (and did) get a lot worse. Oh sure, I got my satalite and boy do I LOVE IT, but everything else promptly went to hell in a handbasket. You probably all saw on the news last week about the torential rains we had here in the midwest, and all the flooding. It was a giant mess. Here were we are we got 7 inches of rain. Many people lost or had serious damage to their homes. Some even lost their lives. So, while I can be at least thankful to still be breathing, it really doesn't help all that much. We live on a hill, so the water coming up from the ground up was not the problem, it was the rain coming down that turned the whole ordeal into a first class nightmare. Our roof has been leaking for awhile, can't get enough money ahead to put on a new roof, so we just put a few buckets down to catch the drips and call it good. Well, with 7 inches of rain, well, the buckets just weren't cutting it. Water was just pouring into the bathroom, kitchen and utility room. I could hardly keep them dumped fast enough. Sometime after midnight the rain finally started to slow down. I went to bed later, but was having trouble going to sleep. We had been extremely busy with other projects around the kennel and had run out of firewood. So of course, the day of the big storm, we also ran out of propane, so the house was cold and damp. About 2am I hear this god awful crash in the kitchen. I was cold and miserable and tired and didn't even want to get up to see what it was. I really thought the kitchen ceiling had fallen in and the light fixture had broken. Oh if only that's what it was. One of my kitchen cabinetes had come loose from the top of the wall and tipped down, dumping all my dishes out in the floor. On the top shelves were my mothers set of beautiful antique dishes. Nearly every piece of the set was destroyed. It was a really fancy set of dishes, complete with every peice imaginable, gravy boats, sugar bowls, platters, salt and pepper shakers, the whole deal. I suspect they were probably quite valuable. They were very old and had that gold trim on them. I was just sick over loosing them. I got up the next morning and headed straight to the bathroom as always, and walked right into the next disaster. The bathroom ceiling had colapsed. It was just about the biggest mess I had ever seen, sheetrock, fiberglass insulation and that blown in insulation was covering everything in the bathroom. All wet and nasty and stuck to everything. It's taking hours and hours to get it all cleaned back up and of course with the big hole in the bathroom ceiling, it's a real pain to take a shower unless the weather gets warm, no way to heat the bathroom, it all just goes up and out. So, I'm sitting there trying to pee and in comes the old man to tell me the goats are out next door. I mean, I don't even get to finish my urgently needed first thing in the morning potty break for crying out loud! Off to chase goats, and by the time we get over there they have gone back in. We get back in the house, haven't been there 10 minutes when the neighbor lady out at the other places calls and says the other goat herd is out over there and in the road. So even though my bathroom is covered in soggy insulation and my kitchen floor is totally covered with broken glass, we are off to chase more goats. And the amazing thing, while I dreaded all morning long what it was going to be like if and when I ever made it down to check the dogs, when I finally got to the kennel, it was in absolutly amazingly good shape. I had one pen with 2 dogs in it that I had to move to another pen as it had some standing water in it. They still had a dry house and over 1/2 of their pen, so even that wasn't too bad. I really figured I'd be facing a lot worse. Still can't figure out how I lucked out down there!Sorry to be such a whine bag, but man, life sure can be a bit--- sometimes.