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antibiotics will do that, unfortunately. have you tried some yogurt? or taking acidophillus pills? that will usually even out the effect. ah well, it's the last day, anyway. hope you are feeling better!!
That was an amazing signing, right? Sign a premier wide-out and go with an all-rookie O-Line that can't protect the QB or open up the running game at all.
He knew what he was getting into when he signed up. I say, let 'em crash!
I need the Lady with the Alligator Purse...
19:30 Nov 24 2009 Times Read: 1,202
...the Doctor called. The tests show pnemonia, which sucks... not because that is such a bad result or I'll need more meds... the treatment is the same and over the same amount of time...
...except now I will need to have follow-up x-rays done in two weeks.
Yay for spending more money on over priced healthcare services that my insurance won't cover!
But they really need to know if it's all gone or just a little bit remains such that it is asymptomatic. That's what leads to the various resistant strains of infection.
Day 10...
15:00 Nov 24 2009 Times Read: 1,211
Feeling better... but what little coughing I am doing this morning is causing splitting headaches...
...and this is another one of those "gotchyas" regarding mailing in rebates.
A customer here wanted to get a new computer for his daughters because their old one would not keep up with newer flash driven websites like Webkinz and such. So a couple months ago he started asking me for my opinion on what he could get them with a budget in mind.
My suggestion, which remained my suggestion throughout this story was, we have a custom built system on a promo for only $459. It is relatively loaded and comes with a 3-year parts & labor warranty - perfect for a PC that will be used by kids for the next 3-5 years until they go to college.
He hemmed and hawed over the price. Wanted to go a cheaper route.
He looked at refurbished, that with warranty would save him $100 or so... would probably suffice, but the cost still bothered him.
So he came to us last week with a mainboard & processor combo he got a "great deal" on from NewEgg... and asked us to simply upgrade his old system.
1. His old system was proprietary being a Gateway, so the only useable parts were the drives. So he needed to buy a new case and a new power supply and new memory.
2. The CPU he bought didn't come with a heatsink and fan, so he needed to buy one of those too.
3. And of course he needs to pay us to assemble it all.
So... assembly finished and... the mainboard he got was DOA. We tested it, we troubleshot it for a couple hours... no response from the mainboard.
The kicker... since he already cut the UPC off the box for his rebate, NewEgg won't support the board anymore. He's out of luck and out the cost of the board unless he works with the manufacturer directly.
This has been a whole lot of time, cost and aggravation that would have been completely avoided if he would have just taken the advice given in the first place.
Yup, I have to agree 100% as a fellow IT tech, this happens all the time. Second guessing the experts...lol. Eventually they learn to just go with the advice, sometimes too late though.
PLEASE tell me why people insist on asking for advice from porfessionals, then absolutely REFUSE to take it, then BITCH when exactly what you told them would happen, does.
Yahoo riddles more than answers..
19:45 Nov 19 2009 Times Read: 1,304
Today's beauty of a question:
"most laptops do not need power lines anymore today?
I still use a power line. But today I just find out it work wthout a power line."
Really? Just discovered the battery in it that makes it... portable? Aren't you the quick one....
They'll be peace when you are done. Lay your weary head to rest...don't you cry no more.
Damn...now I'm going to have to go dig up that album...
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22:14 Nov 16 2009 Times Read: 1,358
I don't know what is worse... reading journal entries with no punctuation or reading journal entries with too much punctuation used in the wrong places and the wrong way.
There is nothing more romantic than to share your germs with the one you love ~grins~ kidding. Get better mang! That way you can share your goodness with her without infection ;)
MIne just ended about 45 minutes ago. And a damn good thing, elsewise I woulda gone postal after anymore.
Came home to find my husband had installed the new high power shower head...
*sigh*
I love men sometimes...
Exactly how I WILL NOT run my business...
19:33 Nov 04 2009 Times Read: 1,473
...you're a third-party warranty provider with many, many employees. We are one of your service agents. You send us on a service and we report back to you the repair that needs to be made.
One of your employees sends us an authorization for the repair on company letter-head giving us to go-ahead to get the repair parts and schedule the service.
The customer - YOUR customer - is also notified by YOUR employee and is expecting the service to be performed.
Now you decide at the last minute that this repair does not fall under the terms of their warranty...
Do NOT call me and tell me it is my responsibility to work this out with YOUR customer.
Do NOT tell me that the money we spent on parts for the repair is non-reimbursable and it is OUR responsibility to bill it to YOUR customer.
Do NOT call me with this information and then tell me it is a different department that is actually handling this and I have to call back in and sit in their 45-minute hold queue to speak to someone about it.
BULLSHIT.
We work on YOUR behalf. The CUSTOMER bought the warranty from YOU. If you have a problem with YOUR warranty terms, you work it out.
I know all of that is meaningless to everyone who reads this, but trust me, I would never do this to one of my customers.
Ahhh, yes. Customer service and the dreaded warrantee. I feel your pain my friend from the customer perspective to be sure and I hope never to be in a situation where I have to tell my customer who services other customers that they are wrong and need to pull their head out of their ass.
You know Blueberry Muffin Man.. I never actually thought about that....
I will stop doing that and actually censor myself with some of the shit I post. I keep forgetting it is not like my VR journal (which I have been in a way neglecting) and that everyone within my friends list on Facebook gets the update...
o.0
Thanks for the reminder. :P
Something else to fix...
17:05 Nov 02 2009 Times Read: 1,530
...I don't think the thermostat zone in my office works. Set to 68F, temp is reading 61F... the rest of the building is at 65-67F...
you know, you can make a simple campfire out of common, household objects.
and/or office supplies.
note: ThothLestat is not responsible for personal injury, physical damages, loss of life, arson, or explosions. Please consult your employee handbook and all applicable local statues before taking his advice.
I'll trade your temp for the 77 it is in here o.0 at least in those temps you can put on a coat, I cna only get so nakie before people would start to think I was a perv in my own office. Well...they might think that already, but at least I know better ;)
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Rosenrot78
21:51 Nov 27 2009
antibiotics will do that, unfortunately. have you tried some yogurt? or taking acidophillus pills? that will usually even out the effect. ah well, it's the last day, anyway. hope you are feeling better!!
madamefate
01:23 Nov 28 2009
mine are making my tongue break out!
birra
03:02 Nov 28 2009
Funny, I just got the yogurt recommendation from Morri's sister too.
I guess I'm having yogurt for breakfast. :)