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aaaah... that makes sense. do they not have some kind of backup system though??? i know that at school we are supposed to save under the my documents thing too - but they back it up to the server every friday night.
good to know you don't have to pay for it to get fixed. and good to know his degree actually worked! lol!
They do have a very, very irritating backup scan that seems to run daily and always chooses to automatically run just when you are busy and it slows your machine to a crawl.
Biggest issue with it is that it rarely backups the email because you always have Outlook running and it can't back up files in use. But, it would have backed up the majority of docs, so all would not have been lost.
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Besides the grad party, I didn't do much today except be awed by the thunderstorms. Truly I think they were the worst I've ever seen. So PH & V, your day is putting me to shame.
Oh, I did do a load of laundry, I guess.
Yeah they put me to shame too.
I loved watching the thunderstorms in Florida. Even the kids miss them.
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that's good. i've got to say - i love my iphone and itunes.... i may lose my messages - but i'll always have my contacts...
i back up pretty frequently - depending on what i'm doing - i haven't backed anything up in almost a month - but i haven't really done anything either. once i finished my portfolio i was done done done..
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I guess that (the online houseguest) isn't that much worse than us Pondies visiting each other. Just seems riskier with teens / young adults for some reason.
It can be. I'm impressed that her parents let her come out but apparently they asked a lot of questions too.
And she does seem to be pretty able to handle herself. Still, it's kind of scary, right?
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It can be. I'm impressed that her parents let her come out but apparently they asked a lot of questions too.
And she does seem to be pretty able to handle herself. Still, it's kind of scary, right?
It reminds me a bit of myself, my junior year of college.
Um, I'm old enough that there wasn't an internet then, but we did have a thing called Bitnet Relay set up with chat rooms where you could chat with people from all over. I started chatting in November and one of my first nights there, I "met" a guy who was going to college in Rochester, NY. We chatted often throughout the winter, talked on the phone and snail-mailed each other a few times, and realized by the middle of March that there was strong possibility for more than just a friendship. We discussed our options for meeting in person, what calendar dates would work best, and he surprised me with plane tickets to fly to Rochester in mid-April.
There was no way I could have told my parents about it. They would have croaked. Heck, I almost croaked, LOL. I had never been on an airplane before! I did tell my older older sister and gave her his phone number in case of any emergencies. My other sister was due to give birth to my niece any day - so I didn't tell her because she had enough on her mind.
Long story short, we dated for 18 months before the distance and my parents' objections got to be too much. (Mom and Dad met him and seemed to like him until they learned he was Jewish. ) I don't regret having the relationship one bit. He was one of the best people I've ever met.
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It reminds me a bit of myself, my junior year of college.
Um, I'm old enough that there wasn't an internet then, but we did have a thing called Bitnet Relay set up with chat rooms where you could chat with people from all over. I started chatting in November and one of my first nights there, I "met" a guy who was going to college in Rochester, NY. We chatted often throughout the winter, talked on the phone and snail-mailed each other a few times, and realized by the middle of March that there was strong possibility for more than just a friendship. We discussed our options for meeting in person, what calendar dates would work best, and he surprised me with plane tickets to fly to Rochester in mid-April.
There was no way I could have told my parents about it. They would have croaked. Heck, I almost croaked, LOL. I had never been on an airplane before! I did tell my older older sister and gave her his phone number in case of any emergencies. My other sister was due to give birth to my niece any day - so I didn't tell her because she had enough on her mind.
Long story short, we dated for 18 months before the distance and my parents' objections got to be too much. (Mom and Dad met him and seemed to like him until they learned he was Jewish. ) I don't regret having the relationship one bit. He was one of the best people I've ever met.
Oh PH, that's so sweet!!!
Yeah, it's scary, then I have to think about what *I* did in my twenties. I went to Atlanta for grad school but quit and stayed there. But I went tons of places my parents never knew about.
Interestingly, I met DH via the GT computer, originally. The Cyber filled a room at the computer center. Back before PCs.
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Wow there were bad storms today.
My sister is still having problems breathing. As soon as she moves, she's panting. Don't get it...whatever.
I''m so angry about work putting my paycheck in the estate account again. Stupid. It's been 4 weeks since I requested it. It was supposed to be done last pay cycle but they didn't and then sent me a paper check that I couldn't deposit because nobody signed it. Um, hello??
Carol I hope your sister feels better. The breathing stuff is scary.
Good luck with your paycheck. That has GOT to be WAY too aggravating. Grrrr.
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Besides the grad party, I didn't do much today except be awed by the thunderstorms. Truly I think they were the worst I've ever seen. So PH & V, your day is putting me to shame.
Oh, I did do a load of laundry, I guess.
Holy cow Marge. Those storms can be so beautiful though--just terrifying. I guess it's a good thing you had the party indoors. I just want to see a picture of you in a pretty summer dress though!
Laundry... ooops. That needs to happen here soon, too.
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I guess that (the online houseguest) isn't that much worse than us Pondies visiting each other. Just seems riskier with teens / young adults for some reason.
Well I think even if we did have mad passionate wild nannygoat sex while visiting, pregnancy would not be an issue. Well... except maybe for Bo!
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My laptop is fried. Need to take it to IT at work first thing Tuesday. Steve managed to locate, using LINUX, all my files and move them off. Which was a huge relief because it appeared everything under My Documents and Outlook was empty.
Holy cow Marge.
Ack I guess I need to start backing up some files to a thumb drive.
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It's my work machine and we are "ordered" to save there so that if we get laid off, other colleagues know how to access files. Uniformity and all that.
He was able to recover the files. Expense to fix it will be the company's, not mine. Ironic thing is, they refreshed my laptop 2 weeks ago - got a brand new one. But Steve says fallout on the drive will happen early....
Steve's education FTW!!!!
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Well, it's a bit more than just friends. But what can you do when you live a couple thousand miles away most of the time?
But they finally got to meet! How wonderful! There's something very sweet about that. It's been such a wonderful thing to meet you, PH, Taylor and Nadine even without it being more than friendship.
I think having that friendship means the world though--no matter where you find it.
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It can be. I'm impressed that her parents let her come out but apparently they asked a lot of questions too.
And she does seem to be pretty able to handle herself. Still, it's kind of scary, right?
I'm impressed that her parents--and you and DH--asked those questions but still understood and respected that DS and friend wanted to take that risk, and accepted it. I think too many parents don't want to trust their kids to that degree, or let them make their own mistakes.
That's got to be the thing I respect the most about all of you as parents--how you see your kids as ultimately their own people and seem to have that sense that guiding and caring for them, and wanting them to make sound decisions means you tread that line between care and control. You all seem to work so hard to stay on the caring side of that line.
I know that has to be so hard but I think it's a huge gift.
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Originally Posted by PH in VA
It reminds me a bit of myself, my junior year of college.
Um, I'm old enough that there wasn't an internet then, but we did have a thing called Bitnet Relay set up with chat rooms where you could chat with people from all over. I started chatting in November and one of my first nights there, I "met" a guy who was going to college in Rochester, NY. We chatted often throughout the winter, talked on the phone and snail-mailed each other a few times, and realized by the middle of March that there was strong possibility for more than just a friendship. We discussed our options for meeting in person, what calendar dates would work best, and he surprised me with plane tickets to fly to Rochester in mid-April.
There was no way I could have told my parents about it. They would have croaked. Heck, I almost croaked, LOL. I had never been on an airplane before! I did tell my older older sister and gave her his phone number in case of any emergencies. My other sister was due to give birth to my niece any day - so I didn't tell her because she had enough on her mind.
Long story short, we dated for 18 months before the distance and my parents' objections got to be too much. (Mom and Dad met him and seemed to like him until they learned he was Jewish. ) I don't regret having the relationship one bit. He was one of the best people I've ever met.
Oh PH. He sounds wonderful. And bless your sister for keeping your confidence.
The distance thing is so hard. Not to mention parents' objections. That's so sad.
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Well, as much as I hate to disturb Allie bean, who's sitting next to me purring, it's off to put the plants I bought yesterday in the ground.
Not sure I can handle using the Roundup yet. I may just have to stare at it in the garage for a while and try to develop a Buddhist sense of detachment toward all my sweet little crabby grasses. Although that may not work either since I don't think there's a Buddhist sense of obligation to chemically exterminate them.
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I'm impressed that her parents--and you and DH--asked those questions but still understood and respected that DS and friend wanted to take that risk, and accepted it. I think too many parents don't want to trust their kids to that degree, or let them make their own mistakes.
That's got to be the thing I respect the most about all of you as parents--how you see your kids as ultimately their own people and seem to have that sense that guiding and caring for them, and wanting them to make sound decisions means you tread that line between care and control. You all seem to work so hard to stay on the caring side of that line.
I know that has to be so hard but I think it's a huge gift.
Thank you, Jane. *snuffle*
I think one of the most difficult things about being a parent is letting your kids make their own decisions, learning from their mistakes when they make them, and figuring out how to resolve problems resulting from their mistakes. But it's all part of letting them grow and learn.
I need to clean the aquarium, and both the garden and the flower border need to be weeded.
I'd rather make cards. I have some ideas floating in my head that want to get out. Plus I do need to make a birthday card for my mom to mail by Wednesday (her birthday is Friday).
I don't like laughing when my kids are being sassy because I don't want to encourage them, but OMG, YDS just cracked me up.
He got me hooked on Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons, etc. He's kind of given it up since the levels got harder for him, but I'm still working at it.
For those of you who haven't played it, you earn points for how much destruction you do, and you get stars based on the points. One of the objects of the game is to try to get 3 stars for each of the levels. YDS and I have had discussions about whether it's "better" to have completed more levels, or earned 3 stars on the levels you've completed. I like to go for the 3 stars. He prefers to just complete the level.
So yesterday, I (finally ) earned 3 stars on all the levels in the Valentine version of Angry Birds Seasons on my phone. I took a screenshot of the game's congratulatory message and emailed it to him.
He just emailed me with his high score from a totally different game I've never tried playing. His message included "I bet you can't beat my score!", but what really made me LOL was at the end he put, "Take that, Miss Angry Birds!"
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Woke up, walked Shadow and then sat outside with a few cups of coffee and started reading Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, that my neighbor loaned me. I think I might have read it, many years ago, but really don't remember much.
Then started working in the storage room to organize it and make room for Steve's apartment stuff. He is still sleeping, so will finish up after he wakes up. It is cool down there too.
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I need to clean the aquarium, and both the garden and the flower border need to be weeded.
I'd rather make cards. I have some ideas floating in my head that want to get out. Plus I do need to make a birthday card for my mom to mail by Wednesday (her birthday is Friday).
I weeded and planted all morning. Pretty horribly sweaty and nasty now. I guess I'll paddle then shower and head to Debbie's, after that off to visit friend in rehab next to the hospital. He's doing MUCH better--obviously well enough to start the rehab process but it's a long road.
Love and friendship definitely mean the world in rough times. I guess nothing helps keep things in perspective at times quite like having that chance to be there for other people maybe just a little bit.
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He just emailed me with his high score from a totally different game I've never tried playing. His message included "I bet you can't beat my score!", but what really made me LOL was at the end he put, "Take that, Miss Angry Birds!"
What a smarsey little goof.
I LOVE it!!!
Can we all start calling you 'Miss Angry Birds?'
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Woke up, walked Shadow and then sat outside with a few cups of coffee and started reading Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, that my neighbor loaned me. I think I might have read it, many years ago, but really don't remember much.
Then started working in the storage room to organize it and make room for Steve's apartment stuff. He is still sleeping, so will finish up after he wakes up. It is cool down there too.
Love that book. Love the movie. LOVE the soundtrack!
V, PH, ERK and Marge... I GARDENED today!!!! Put lots of bloomey nasty allergens in the bed out front--will have to post pic later!
I feel so... covered with mud and sweat! Ewwww!!! LOL!
Sounds a little like my perfect day. I love the gloves I grabbed this season. Will have to get a new pair of them next time I'm at Lowes.
We've been cleaning up and just had lunch. The dishwasher is ready to run after DH takes a shower. We'll take the kids to the park, I may ride my bike. Then hopefully if all goes well we'll have finished the fence repair.
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Sounds a little like my perfect day. I love the gloves I grabbed this season. Will have to get a new pair of them next time I'm at Lowes.
We've been cleaning up and just had lunch. The dishwasher is ready to run after DH takes a shower. We'll take the kids to the park, I may ride my bike. Then hopefully if all goes well we'll have finished the fence repair.
Yeah except for your day it wouldn't be in the 90s with 90% humidity!!! LOL!!
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I suppose I should explain what we're repairing on the fence. When my sister lived here they had a big travel trainler so they tore down one section of the fence and replaced it with two full size panels that meet at a point to close allowing the trailer room. Since they left the panels have been over lapped and held closed by a block of cement. Not ideal.
So dh has dug a hole, placed a beam and will cut down one of the panels to meet that beam so both panels can be secured to a large beam . You know, like fences are supposed to be lol. We are keeping the panels on the hinges because there is noting else supporting them along that side of each panel. There are brick pillars that were with the old fence but now not part of the new fence. Assbackwards much?
) I don't regret having the relationship one bit. He was one of the best people I've ever met.
) earned 3 stars on all the levels in the Valentine version of Angry Birds Seasons on my phone. I took a screenshot of the game's congratulatory message and emailed it to him.
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