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My lawn vaccuum got something stuck in it, so I have to take it in to get pulled apart..the thing won't even start. Meanwhile, leaves and acorns pile up on my lawn. Then yesterday I get a piece of malware on my work PC. It wasn't hard to get rid of, but I was out of commission on that thing for a few hours while I ran Malwarebytes a couple of times. I ran it on my home PC for the hell of it and now something screwed up Firefox so it can't go to any internet site.

I guess so, Scott...but that's not a contest you want to win. Very sorry to hear that. My prayers go out to everyone in your family.

While they're not a close friend of mine, hearing that someone I know had a bout with cancer is pretty sobering. It puts everything into perspective.

My wife's company has been laying people off here & there for a while, but it's now at the point where massive layoffs are expected. Unfortunately, since her co-worker who does the same job has more seniority, she could likely be on the outs. At least she's interviewing and is waiting word from one place, but this still sucks.

Speaking of backwards...or maybe this is redundant... People complain too much. I'm not griping about people here (I understand this is an outlet), but in general. Several co-workers of mine must live to b*tch about the job, as all I hear is how "this place sucks". I can't disagree with that particular statement, but quit it. You have a job, unlike many Americans who probably work harder than you.

I fell victim to that...even the Toronto Sun reported he was dead.

The State of New York and its f##kin' bureaucratic system. We've waited 12-16 months to pay for support and maintenance on our network equipment because people downtown (who aren't even part of our own agency and likely don't have the first clue why this is necessary) have to approve it first. Now we have our wireless network down - not critical, but widely used and people are used to it. We can't fix it and we're trying ways to sneak through to open a support case for help. Of course, the vendor won't help us because we haven't paid them yet. :censored: :censored: :censored: :censored: :censored: :censored: :censored: :censored: Believe it or not, I'm maintaining my temper very well.

My lower back & legs have been killing me for a week. It feels like I'm dragging my entire lower body through quicksand. Probably too much golf and not enough sleep.

Three days off while playing in a golf tournament with beautiful weather...and then I came back to work. :wallbash:

What's worse is when those control freaks wave you into traffic when you know you have the right of way, anyway. They're acting as if they're doing a good deed by conceding the right of way to you. I swear...if people were required to pass a written driver's test these days in order to keep their license, we'd be saving billions on gas.

How many marriage proposals have you gotten from guys on this board?

People who talk over each other in meetings. I may have mentioned this more than once, but it keeps happening in my office for some reason. We even did one of those team-building/how-to-make-life-better-for-everyone things and created rules for meetings. Rule #1 said "One conversation at a time", which (last I checked) doesn't mean "2 people talking about the same topic simultaneously".

Almost as bad...when my company was being bought several years ago, it was clear we were all being laid off, so I posted my resume on a handful of sites. My resume clearly stated my IT/network experience (things like Cisco, Juniper for those who know them). I began getting calls and emails from places wanting me to get into financial advising, banking, and anything OTHER than IT. I don't mind them wasting their own time because they were going to get nowhere with me, but don't waste my time and/or get my hopes up by ringing my phone for something I have no experience with and no interest in.

My neighbors two houses away (are they really called "neighbors", in that case?) are having a guy re-roof their house. One guy. He starts banging away at 6:15am. Luckily, the wife & I are already awake by then, but the rest of the neighborhood gets a nice wake-up call. I also hate meetings. :death:

Thank you. "Reality" shows are all about attention these days. My wife used to be into Survivor and I told her that I don't mind watching the competitions/challenges, but the other 45 minutes of the show is watching people sit around and bitch about each other or scheme against the other players. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Give me a good sitcom or a classic cop show any day. 'Cheers' and '24' are probably my two favorite all-time TV shows - they're not realistic, but who cares?

I've been looking at TSW occasionally, but I tend to stay away for the period of time between the draft and free agency. Too much. On to my complaint: Tuesday night, I'm mowing the lawn in what felt like 150-degree heat at 7:30pm. As I'm finishing up, I notice the wife is putting in the window A/C unit in the bedroom, so I begin to look forward to a comfortable sleeping night. Not 20 seconds later, power goes out to my entire neighborhood (no, she didn't turn it on). So much for the brand new window unit...

I've been on FB for over a year and it's not that bad - as long as you don't "reveal" too many details. It's a pain to keep an eye on the privacy settings, but since I use it a lot to keep up with friends & family, I monitor that stuff regularly. The most private things I've added are my birthday (not the year, just the day) and email address. The friend requests can easily be ignored - I'll only confirm those who I know and I've ignored several people. I still don't get why people think it's a semi-private site, especially those whose "friends" are co-workers, and complain when they b*tch about something. Just don't say anything too private or too stupid or anything that can be considered inappropriate. I'm fortunate enough that my direct co-workers who are friends don't take anything seriously, but I still try not to say anything I'd regret. We all know how circular this world is.

26.5 hours until I'm officially on vacation for a week and the clock has never moved slower.

+1,000

I'm not sure if I should complain about Gov Paterson, the state legislature, both, or neither. Yes, I'm a state employee and I don't care if I'm furloughed, if they delay my annual raise, or if they lag my pay for a week...just as long as I keep my job. Either way, the so-called powers that be in Albany are fighting over band aids and stupid ways to save a buck while they try and pass a budget. Here's an idea - PASS THE F**KING BUDGET!!!!!

I wanted an OT, also. I guess they must think that the available ones weren't worth a #9 pick...even though Anthony Davis went right after Spiller. My complaint (you knew I couldn't go without one): tendonitis sucks.

We stayed late last night to do an application upgrade. Everything's working, except for one minor thing that we had to do a workaround for (for you IT/web geeks, it's a web page redirect to a non-verified https site). It's not perfect, but it works and gets the point across to everyone that their bookmarks need to be updated. This was an upgrade that was 9 months in the making with a lot of hard work, testing, and planning done. We come in this morning to upper management saying "I don't like the way you get to the new page". :censored:

No, but it comes up with "Schoenfeld".

How much had they been drinking? Sounds like a guy who wants to sound like he's tough at a hockey game. I'm a season ticket holder at Union College (Div I in Schenectady, NY). It's toned down over the past few years, but the group of people in the rows behind us (also ST holders) constantly kept yelling "Shoot it!!!" any time a Union player so much as touched the puck. They couldn't understand why they just didn't keep shooting the puck at the net. Any time a line change was desperately needed and they were carrying the puck out of the defensive zone, the folks couldn't understand why they didn't start an offensive rush. I think they're more educated about the game now (hence the toning down), but my Lord...

If I had kids, I'd want to pay for it - give them the best education I possibly can. I started college in the Fall of 1989. I didn't even bother looking at private schools, since I knew they'd be expensive and my mother (divorced w/3 other kids) didn't come close to that kind of money. I went to a SUNY school and still needed loans after she paid for it for 2 years. I then started working with a guy during my summer job who was a spoiled brat and kept bragging how he wasn't going to pay for squat while going to a private school. :censored: