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Old saying ''Where there's a will there's a relative''
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I've been taking my work laptop (2018 MacBook Pro 15") home daily lately, so that my wife can use Photoshop on it.

I brought it home this weekend as usual, and she had it out Saturday to do some work on the freelance site. While she was doing that, I got a reminder email from IT letting me know that my password was expiring on Monday. I had left a note for myself to change it at the end of the day on Friday before I left, but promptly forgot to do that. So when she was done, I hopped on and changed my password.

I noticed that the battery was low (10%), so I plugged it into the charger and set it in the bag.

Sunday evening she went to use it again, and it wouldn't power on.

I checked the power cable to make sure it was working (it was). I reversed the cable (USB-C) in the charger (swapped end to end). I tried all four USB-C ports on the laptop. Nothing was working. I looked up how to power on a MacBook when it wouldn't power on. I did all the recommended tips (Hold Shift-Ctrl-Option-TouchID for 10 seconds, Hold Shift-Ctrl-Option-TouchID for 7 seconds, etc.) nothing worked.

Finally, in frustration, I did Ctrl-Command-Delete (Ctrl-Alt-Del for PC peeps). The computer chimed and the Apple logo appeared on screen.

When it finally powered up, it had 1% battery.

It would have been nice to know that I should use that key combination to get it to start.

It also would have been nice to have the charger actually charge the laptop over the weekend.

I went through 30 minutes of panic thinking I'd bricked my work laptop.
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On a lighter note the BMW developed an oil leak at the base of it's alternator cover a couple of months back and because it's mounted behind the exhaust headers I made the assumption that it was going to be a a header and fairing off job to fix it.

However with a bit of fumbling and cursing it turns out the Tech who had been working on Boxers for 40 years didn't tighten up the allen bolts enough the last time he worked on it and "bloop" out leaked the oil under pressure.

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Not really pissing me off but there isn't a "What do you find mildly annoying today" thread so I'm posting here.

X was formerly known as Twitter. We know. No further reminders necessary.
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X was formerly known as Twitter. We know. No further reminders necessary.
It's Twitter. I will continue to deadname it until it is in fact dead, which at this rate will not be very much longer.

Elon can fuck right the fuck off.
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I continued to call him Prince until he was dead, and carried on even after he was dead.

X my arse!
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I continued to call him Prince until he was dead, and carried on even after he was dead.

X my arse!
I used to call myself "The Artist Currently Known as Prince" after he quit using the name.
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Not really pissing me off but there isn't a "What do you find mildly annoying today" thread so I'm posting here.

X was formerly known as Twitter. We know. No further reminders necessary.
I think calling it "X (formerly Twitter)" is done to piss off Elon and the fanboys.
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I think calling it "X (formerly Twitter)" is done to piss off Elon and the fanboys.
Oooh! I'll go along with that...
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I think calling it "X (formerly a useful platform known as Twitter)" is done to piss off Elon and the fanboys.
FTFY.
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todays issues for me.

being told by the ortho doc I gotta have surgery on my shoulder arm for a muscle that slipped out of place or live with the pain. no therapy or manual manipulation will fix it. So now I wait for the ortho surgeon to get me scheduled, probably 6 weeks or more.

I guess the only bright side is it can be fixed and fully healed before spring riding season.
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Left or Right side ?
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Restoring from backup / setting up new phone like old phone is pissing me off today. Why is it so hard?
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Left or Right side ?
Quoting someone when asking a question will generally produce a better response, as they will receive a notification that they have been quoted. Unless you don't want a response, in which case carry on.
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To me it was obvious what I was asking.

Carrying on.
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jess wrote:
Quoting someone when asking a question will generally produce a better response, as they will receive a notification that they have been quoted. Unless you don't want a response, in which case carry on.
Yes! very often the reply will end up getting separated from the post the response was intended for by several other posts and can be very confusing.
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Left or Right side ?
Left for me. You do have to wonder though, why it ended up depending on where you live.
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To me it was obvious what I was asking.
I never said it wasn't obvious. Indeed, if OAD saw your question he might have responded. But since you didn't quote him, he probably didn't see your question.

To all the people not named Bill Dog (or some variation thereof): quoting is encouraged. It removes ambiguity and increases the odds that someone will see your post.
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A golden moment this morning while collecting my Ex up for a drive out for breakfast when her new squeeze turns up on the off chance that she was available.

A couple of things that made it funnier was that she'd just got out of the shower so it looked like my visit was "timed" and he had no idea who I was or why I was there.

Awks.
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Background:

We had our Department Thanksgiving Lunch today at work. We went to a diner and had lunch there. Usually I'll drive myself, and possibly one or two other coworkers will ride with me. Today I decided to ride with our Office Manager.

When I got out to her car, I learned that she also had our director, the Bindery Supervisor, and the other Production Specialist with her, so there were 5 total in the car. The ride there took about 20-25 minutes.

I sat at one end of the table, while the Office Manager sat at the far end. There were eight total people at the lunch.

We had a great lunch, paid, then went to head back to the shop. I chose to ride with our Production Assistant on the way back, since she didn't have anyone else in the car with her, and that way the Bindery Supervisor wouldn't have to crawl into the 3rd row of the Office Manager's vehicle.

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About a half-hour after we returned to the office, I received a text message from the Office Manager:
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I have day 0 of COVID. Sorry. She said everyone should be okay. but I needed to tell you. The old people r the ones at risk
Thing is, I can still catch it, and I've only had the first three vaccination shots. Add to that the fact that my wife is in a high risk group, and we were planning on leaving Saturday to drive up to Arkansas to visit her 84-year-old mother for Thanksgiving. I don't want either of them to get sick.

So now we have to figure out what we're going to do about our trip.

Edit:

My wife talked to her mom. We're going to wait until Monday, when I'll get tested. If I'm negative, we'll head up to visit her.
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Pissing me off today? Nothing, absolutely nothing at all.

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A couple of days back I visited a local Honda dealer with a friend who has been trying to talk me out of buying a CB500X.

Next door was a Triumph dealer so we had a mooch around that and lastly Harley Davidson.

The HD shop had a really strange high end boutique vibe about it which actually made me feel like I didn't belong there.

It felt more like a Jewelers or an exclusive Restaurant with items that were totally inaccessible to the common man.

We didn't stay long.
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The HD shop had a really strange high end boutique vibe about it which actually made me feel like I didn't belong there.

It felt more like a Jewelers or an exclusive Restaurant with items that were totally inaccessible to the common man.
It's weird, right?
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Weird in a way that made me feel totally unwelcome.

Weird in a way that made it very unattractive.

The staff were lovely but it's the general feel of the place that made me want to leave.
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I had a very interesting experience at the Hospital this morning.

I had an early appointment with the Cardiollogist from a reference from my Oncologist so I arrived at 8.00am as I was booked in for 8.15.

They are basically trying to find out if I'm going to last into the New Year so they can justify spending lots of money on my treatment

As I was sitting there waiting to be seen I saw the Cardiollogy Staff arriving which made me wonder why I had such an early appointment if the people actually doing the job hadn't arrived.

Anyway after about an hour of watching other patients with appointments later than mine going in before me I checked with the Receptionist that everything was OK. I'm sure you'll be seen soon she assured me.

After about waiting for an hour and a half I'd had enough so I got up and walked out of the Hospital and went for a coffee and then home.

Soon after that the phone started ringing. It seems they have a list but where you are on it has no bearing on when you'll be seen, well bollocks to that.

I'm really unsure about you asking me to attend at a specific time and then expect me to wait until everyone else but me is seen.

Na, see ya.
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Bill Dog wrote:
I'm really unsure about you asking me to attend at a specific time and then expect me to wait until everyone else but me is seen.

Na, see ya.
I hear you!

Many, many years ago I had a dentist appointment. On arrival, the (must have been) new receptionist found my file, and added it to the top of the pile. I was a bit early, so people with later appointments would come in, and then their files would be added to the top of the pile.

The dentist comes in to collect the next patient, takes the file on top, and calls out the name...

I erupted, and the rest of the waiting patients joined in!
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Not just me then eh ?

Now, I'll play my part just as long as you keep your side of the deal.

If you don't then I'm off.
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Unfortunately Bill this is the most efficient use of the cardiologists time.
Have had a similar experience here in orthopaedics.
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In all seriousness it's not just me is it ?

I'm given the option to pick an early appointment to get it out of the way and to free up the rest of my day but no, they couldn't seem to honour that.

I then get a frantic phone call asking me to come back to the hospital so that they can start the procedure or return later in the day.

It's too late as I've wasted enough of my day already. I looked at my phone and told myself if it reached 09.45 I'd walk. I walked.

It was quite empowering.
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Bill Dog wrote:
I had a very interesting experience at the Hospital this morning.

I had an early appointment with the Cardiollogist from a reference from my Oncologist so I arrived at 8.00am as I was booked in for 8.15.

They are basically trying to find out if I'm going to last into the New Year so they can justify spending lots of money on my treatment

As I was sitting there waiting to be seen I saw the Cardiollogy Staff arriving which made me wonder why I had such an early appointment if the people actually doing the job hadn't arrived.

Anyway after about an hour of watching other patients with appointments later than mine going in before me I checked with the Receptionist that everything was OK. I'm sure you'll be seen soon she assured me.

After about waiting for an hour and a half I'd had enough so I got up and walked out of the Hospital and went for a coffee and then home.

Soon after that the phone started ringing. It seems they have a list but where you are on it has no bearing on when you'll be seen, well bollocks to that.

I'm really unsure about you asking me to attend at a specific time and then expect me to wait until everyone else but me is seen.

Na, see ya.
I waited in reception for over an hour once (to leave was to return to work, so I waited). Finally, I was escorted to a treatment room, had blood pressure checked, etc, and was told the Dr would see me soon. An hour after that I walked out, knowing I should have an hour later. The next day I received a call wondering why I left? No apologies for wasting my time, just curious why I left. Before my next visit, I was on Medicare, and changed Dr's.
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That's the phrase isn't it. Wasting my time.

It's just like the people who will consistently arrive 30 minutes late and think that that's OK.

I'll be punctual, maybe even arrive early just so that I can be seen on time and they can get on with the rest of their day but the dynamic doesn't work like that does it.

Recognising when you are having the piss taken out of you and that you've had enough is an underated skill.

You have a choice and you can leave.
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I'll be punctual, maybe even arrive early just so that I can be seen on time and they can get on with the rest of their day but the dynamic doesn't work like that does it.
This ^^^^

I have numerous experiences with doctors, physios, work colleagues, vets (even the police) where they all think that taking the piss is the normal thing to do
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Since Covid it seems folk just don't give a flying fuck about good service anymore.

I know a lot of people are busier in all walks of life, but common courtesy of letting customers know things are running late is non-existent!

and to think, I did Clap For Carers every Thursday evening at 20:00 for weeks
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I guess that's what happens when health care has a monopoly. You don't have a choice unless you want to go Private in the UK.

I've just had a call about my "cancelled" appointment. I put them right on the cancelled part of it.

I'm rescheduled for this Monday at 08.45.

Moving on.
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Punctuality is simply good manners. The self-important chronically late a@@ holes are simply taking their time…….and everyone else's.

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The price of the stupid cat treats our two furry children are addicted to, thanks to the supremely kind woman who captured them as feral kittens, socialized them to humans enough that they were adoptable (well, sort of), then got them hooked on these little bags of EFFING GOLD freeze-dried animal matter things, that at $6.99 per 1.25 ounce bags, would run a tick under $99 per pound.

But we love these little poltergeists, and because it's my fault that every night before I head off to my sleep chamber, I have them accustomed to, and expecting, a small handful of these stinky treasures before my conscience will let me sleep.

So there it is, and I'm spending over twenty bucks for three depressingly skimpy bags of 'premium cat treats' about every ten days or so, and that doesn't include the cheapo daytime cat treats we still buy to supplement their champaign-grade evening pre-beddy-bye kitty treats fix.

I probably shouldn't complain, at least I never had any human children to spoil and maintain.
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The last time I had a Doctor's appointment in the UK, it was for 09:00. About 20 other people were in the waiting room - I enquired of my neighbour what time their appointment was, and he said 09:00. Everyone else started to chip in - all had the same time!

Eejits.
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Bill Dog wrote:
I'm rescheduled for this Monday at 08.45.

Until when?
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Oh, yeah, while we were away this last weekend, our water heater took a crap and semi-flooded our house's lower level.

Many pails of sopped up water poured down the bathtub drain, and $2200 for an emergency new water heater purchase and installation later, we're approaching some form of normalcy.

Such is life.

Our spirits were, as they say, 'dampened'.

But on the bright side, although they're predicting 1-3 inches of snow for us starting Wednesday evening, and a substantial dip in temperatures for the next week, tomorrow is predicted to be 64 degrees, so I will be able to take the Triumph up to Deadwood for very welcome mid-autumn coffee break.

Huzzah!
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