Random Rants

[Chris]

@unharmed:

Printers are shits. Bane of my existence when I used to do desktop support.

Yes, this exactly. Even back in the dark ages of Windows 95 and local printers hard wired to the desktops, printers were the source of 75% of my work.  The other 25% was "user error"; the unbelievable stupidity of the people having problems with their computer.

[Chris]

@Giles:

quite frankly I'd  rather chew my toes off and sprinkle the raw stumps with salt

Well, that's hardly a fair choice, given your deficiency of toes…

[Seul]

Quite!..

[Giles]

Oh come on guys, i do get phantom pains in the missing ones….

[Giles]

@Chris:

"user error"; the unbelievable stupidity of the people having problems with their computer.

Oi! You talking to me?

[Seul]

Giles: you really should meet my dad and watch his PC skills… Told him to aim his mouse at the mid of the screen and he physically picked up the thing and placed it against it... My uncle witnessed that as well and I honestly didn't think either of us was gonna survive the 15 minutes of breathless laughter which ensued...

[Chris]

I once had to explain to an older lady in our office how to comply with the command, "press any key to continue".  She couldn't find the "Any" button on the keyboard.

If you're past that stage, you're fine, Giles.

[Seul]

[Chris]

Yeah, I remember that, too.  That's why I thought she was joking when she called me to ask for help.  I nearly hung up on her.

[Seul]

How many tabs did she order eventually?..

[Madame Buttonfly]

@Giles:

Actually, she is going away with her family (20 of them) to a Villa in Spain.  I was invited, but quite frankly I'd  rather chew my toes off and sprinkle the raw stumps with salt unfortunately someone has to run the business…..

Actually, it’s 5 nights (4 days in Spain) and there will be 23 of us and of course I am delighted devastated that G isn’t joining us, I will just have to drink his share of cava…

Thanks for good wishes, I am looking forward to it 

[rocket]

sounds like a plan, much fun…

[Chris]

Isn't Giles's absence the definition of a fun vacation?

[rocket]

nah you can have good fun with him…..

[Seul]

DYING. SOMEONE STOP ME FROM MELTING. HOW DO Y'ALL COPE WITH HANGOVERS IN THE WARMER CLIMATES?..

[Guest]

@Seul:

DYING. SOMEONE STOP ME FROM MELTING. HOW DO Y'ALL COPE WITH HANGOVERS IN THE WARMER CLIMATES?..

drink more

[scroogen]

Eat a raw egg!

I saw a guy do that once… then his friend tried and ralphed everywhere

[Chris]

Air conditioning helps.

[Seul]

I just finished my 2nd airco and it's not helping so far… How many do you guys normally have?..

[Morose_Penguin]

Depends how many days has this been going now? I'm usually limited by having to work the next day. My usual hangover cure consists of lying quietly in a darkened room and hoping.

Failing that - two dissolvable Vitamin B tablets in drinking yoghurt, topped up with cream soda.

Although I did manage a 7hr shift at work today by drinking some green tea, moving slowly and glaring at anyone who looked like they might cause problems. (And swearing off alcohol for the foreseeable future, which could be 24hrs depending on how tomorrows shift goes…).

This has turned into a bit of a ramble, sorry.