What's messing with your Groove?

[Flixy]

On what browser? My plugins on firefox are crashing recently, too

[termite]

Firefox had an update recently and afterwards it had a BIG warning telling me to update FLASH immediately - so I did.

No crashes here.

[GGT]

Melting, sweating. Thermostat says it's 98 degrees. Feels like 198 out there. ugh.

[oldmunchkin]

On what browser? My plugins on firefox are crashing recently, too

FireFox! Fucking thing!

Firefox had an update recently and afterwards it had a BIG warning telling me to update FLASH immediately - so I did.

No crashes here.

I got that message too, so I did update immediately...still getting crashes!

Melting, sweating. Thermostat says it's 98 degrees. Feels like 198 out there. ugh.

You lucky puppy! It's about 55 degrees here, and the high today was about 65 with a cold wind blowing!

My groove is all fuckered up today! 3 years ago today, July 6, 2007, my beloved Daddy died at about 4:15AM! Today has been really hard on me but I know he is in a better place simply because he isn't in the pain he was in during his last 2 years of life!

[Ominous Gamer]

MGM's pile of debt has managed to do what no villian has managed before. Kill James Bond. The next 007 flick, Bond 23, has been shelved, and we won't seen another movie set in that universe for a very very long time, if at all

[Dattu]

Palm Pre Plus issues.

Last night, I slid it open to use the keypad, and there was a loud (electrical?) pop. The hinge is now coming apart, the phone gets too hot to hold up to my ear, and the cellular signal is almost nonexistent (1-3 bars in places I used to get 5, cutting in and out, constant static). So, I went to the AT&T store where they directed me to call technical support. They assured me that AT&T would replace it for free based on the issues I described.. So, I call and the rep keeps telling me that Palm won't let them replace it because it's an issue with the hinge and they haven't put out an advisory. I ask about the insurance I had put on the phone when I got it (because my previous phone didn't have insurance and I remembered going through hell with that). Guess what. They forgot to apply the insurance! God damn it, these people suck. They said they could order a new phone for $549 and charge me that much. What happens when that phone breaks? I'm supposed to buy another and hope for the best?

So I call Palm as they directed me to do and explained the problems. He tells me that this will be treated as a mishandling of the phone, so I will be charged $100.99 to get it replaced. Yes, apparently using the slider is considered mishandling. I told him that I've never dropped it, that I keep it in the case all the time, and have basically baby'd it since I got it. He says that there's no reason for him to believe me, and that he's keeping it like that. What the hell?! If I knew that I was going to be taking such a risk with build quality, I would have never gotten this phone. You expect the phone to last as long as the contract you're on, right? So I ask to speak to his supervisor, so he puts me on hold. Waiting, waiting... He's back! Wait, this isn't the supervisor. He says he talked to his supervisor and got an exception for me. I'm supposed to send in my phone so their engineers and look at it. If they decide it's my fault, they'll send it back. If they decide it's not my fault, they'll replace it free of charge. So, I'm going to be without a smartphone for 5-8 business days as they decide if it's my fault. Hint: it's not. Spoiler: they're going to tell me it's from improper handling.

I'm not looking forward to paying for AT&T's and Palm's mistakes. As much as I hated The Home Depot, they had an excellent customer service policy of "Do the Right Thing" even if it meant losing money on a customer for the day. Too bad these two never adopted such a policy.

[Ominous Gamer]

Brandy has a possible kidney infection that won't quite, even after meds, so its hospital time. My mom and sitter are both on vacation. Which means I'm about to leave work, and have no idea when I'll be coming back.

[Khendraja'aro]

You're got a weird warranty system in the US, Dattu.

[GGT]

We are having rolling brown-outs. The grid can't keep up with demand in this fucking heat. Started yesterday on the east side, all the businesses, shops, banks, ATMs, gas stations, the Galleria mall....by evening it took out the grocery stores, movie theatre....and all the traffic lights and homes in between. It's a matter of time before it comes my way.

[Timbuk2]

Yeh it made the news over here. Fans being donated to centres. Everyone whacking up the aircon to beat the heat has drained the grid.

[GGT]

Not just that, but the underground cables are melting.

[RandBlade]

Day off today, but spent practically the entire day doing housechores, cleaning and doing the laundry. Started at 12, still not finished.

[Nessus]

Hire a maid

[RandBlade]

I always do in The Sims, I doubt they're as cheap in real life.

[Ominous Gamer]

Punisher: Warzone

Finally got around to watching it. Its nothing like the first Punisher movie. Its violent, extremely. I didn't know this, so I allowed Ocean to stay up a little later than usual to watch it with me.
Through the entire movie of people getting their heads punched in, axes through their chest, poles through the neck, and grenades in the gut, she couldn't stop laughing. Every time something squirted or popped, she laughed.

I think I broke Brandy's kid

[Nessus]

I always do in The Sims, I doubt they're as cheap in real life.

I thought you were making monnees

[Dattu]

Palm Pre Plus issues.

Last night, I slid it open to use the keypad, and there was a loud (electrical?) pop. The hinge is now coming apart, the phone gets too hot to hold up to my ear, and the cellular signal is almost nonexistent (1-3 bars in places I used to get 5, cutting in and out, constant static). So, I went to the AT&T store where they directed me to call technical support. They assured me that AT&T would replace it for free based on the issues I described.. So, I call and the rep keeps telling me that Palm won't let them replace it because it's an issue with the hinge and they haven't put out an advisory. I ask about the insurance I had put on the phone when I got it (because my previous phone didn't have insurance and I remembered going through hell with that). Guess what. They forgot to apply the insurance! God damn it, these people suck. They said they could order a new phone for $549 and charge me that much. What happens when that phone breaks? I'm supposed to buy another and hope for the best?

So I call Palm as they directed me to do and explained the problems. He tells me that this will be treated as a mishandling of the phone, so I will be charged $100.99 to get it replaced. Yes, apparently using the slider is considered mishandling. I told him that I've never dropped it, that I keep it in the case all the time, and have basically baby'd it since I got it. He says that there's no reason for him to believe me, and that he's keeping it like that. What the hell?! If I knew that I was going to be taking such a risk with build quality, I would have never gotten this phone. You expect the phone to last as long as the contract you're on, right? So I ask to speak to his supervisor, so he puts me on hold. Waiting, waiting... He's back! Wait, this isn't the supervisor. He says he talked to his supervisor and got an exception for me. I'm supposed to send in my phone so their engineers and look at it. If they decide it's my fault, they'll send it back. If they decide it's not my fault, they'll replace it free of charge. So, I'm going to be without a smartphone for 5-8 business days as they decide if it's my fault. Hint: it's not. Spoiler: they're going to tell me it's from improper handling.

I'm not looking forward to paying for AT&T's and Palm's mistakes. As much as I hated The Home Depot, they had an excellent customer service policy of "Do the Right Thing" even if it meant losing money on a customer for the day. Too bad these two never adopted such a policy.

Update: both Palm and AT&T were supposed to have called by today. They didn't. I called AT&T again and they got a supervisor on the phone. This time they seemed a little more willing to help than last time because they said that if I go to the local AT&T store again to get them to document the condition, they can move forward. So I go, wait a bit, got a super helpful representative who understands completely. She brings the Pre to a back room with her manager and they look it over for ten minutes before bringing it out again. They documented it and gave me the insurance that should have been on it from day one. AT&T's warranty department said they would call back once they got that documentation, so I'm just waiting on that.

I would have sent my phone in to Palm, but they never sent the email they promised which would contain information about what to put in the box and where to send it. Great.

Edit: Praise be to Yahweh. AT&T is sending a new phone out. When I get it, I'm supposed to send this phone back in the box given. Lesson: if you bitch enough, they'll get sick of you and just do what you want.

[oldmunchkin]

Does anyone give a flying fuck??

[termite]

Does anyone give a flying fuck??

I tried to once but landed awkwardly...

[littlelolligagged]

Fucking is the only thing that makes being in an airplane bearable.

[Catgrrl]

I don't even know if that would make the plane trip bearable....

[Hazir]

I don't even know if that would make the plane trip bearable....

It makes it less boring, so I'd have to say yes.

[Flixy]

30 minutes until I have an oral exam on Mathematical methods for physics & classical mechanics

My head is overflowing with information and hurts

[xaero1]

What's messing with my groove?

The garlic chicken mossala I had from the local Indian restaurant last night.

It tasted amazing at the time, but this morning my arse is simply toxic. I could kill flowers at 100 paces and I'm even choking on my own. Not good!

[GGT]

My Asiatic lilies finally got to the cutting point, so I could bring them inside and make arrangements with big puffy chartreuse hydrangea heads, dainty white daisies, purple coneflower, and Japanese painted fern. The aroma is heavenly, as each pod opens up and releases the perfume. I love making floral arrangements from my garden! But the cats keep chewing on the ferns and batting at the flowers, dipping their paws in the water, knocking the vases over. No matter where I put them. It's like a summer cat game....find the flowers, attack and destroy!

[termite]

Get rid of the cats, problem solved.

[GGT]

Get rid of the cats, problem solved.

Never!

We hear the cat fights in the night, and see the dead baby rabbits and birds the Indoor-Outdoor pet cats leave behind. It's not like we live in the country or need mousers for our barn, and they don't need to kill prey to eat. They do like green things for playthings that make them puke.

I was just whining.

[GGT]

Well hell, while I'm here and whining, may as well continue.

I didn't realize the anxiety building while my ex father-in-law was in town, staying with the ex and his soon-to-be-wife. But he's been just a mile away for over a week, and we haven't seen each other yet. He leaves on Thursday, and the ex decided we could cram in a meal before he goes.

It's just a really strange situation. George and I always had a really good relationship, but now it's like the ex is orchestrating what he thinks is best for his dad and soon-to-be-wife. The kids, as always, are in the middle, being twisted this way or that. I've tried to be accommodating and flexible, mostly hanging in the background and not saying a peep. This seems to be "the time" my ex has decided his dad will bond with his new daughter-in-law.

Just makes me sad he thinks that means ignoring the history George and I have, or our relationship that goes back several decades. I might even be a bit angry, truth be told. But anger never did much good.

[GGT]

Oh yeah, I also have the "being immature" thing to deal with. There's not really a single soul I can complain to, because my ex and I share friends from years ago as well as acquaintances in town. But I just have to say (because I can say it here), there's something weird about my ex husband taking a three hour drive with his fiancee, his father, and our youngest son.....they were going on a "field trip" the ex decided would be fun for the whole group.....and the woman spent the whole time READING ALOUD while he drove.

My kid said he and his paw paw got bored and fell asleep, since there was no room for conversation. Can't say I blame them. I just think it's FRICKING WEIRD that this happened. Who the fuck does that, reading aloud from a book to the driver, while there are passengers who don't care about the book? For three hours.

So much for getting to know one another, huh. It's all about him, and she's fine with that. And both are fine with dragging elderly dads and young kids into their goo goo eyed world that's all about them, for them. It makes me a bit nauseous.


ps the "being immature" means me. I ought to be able to let much of this "just ride". But it's much harder than it sounds. Many people here can talk about having divorced parents and all that drama, but not many post as the parents with children. Or shifting from being part of a family for 20 years, to suddenly being an outsider, with the tugs and pulls from extended loved ones, but the ex says STOP.

I just don't know how or why certain people can compartmentalize that way, or expect everyone else to do it just because they do. Any answers or insight that way, anyone???

[Hazir]

Well, just a little story.

My brother in law died last sunday and he had expressed the wish of being buried in Morocco. He even had an insurance to cover some of the costs. Basically what the insurance was for was transportation of his body from his home in holland to the family home in Morocco. Added to this the fee of 2 tickets for people to accompany the coffin would be included.

The fuck-ups started almost immediately; after they were informed that he had died it took them up to 6 hours to move his body to a cooled facility. And that with tempereatures between 25 and 30c. Then these lovely people told my sister that they could simply not book a ticket to travel from Amsterdam to Casablanca before the following monday. Let me tell you that in the islamic tradition it's considered best if a deceased person is buried the next day. So that announcement was more than a bit shocking.

My niece said that she wanted to try herself to arrange things. That may not have been the wisest decision because she didn't have a clear idea about what was important for herself or others. For which reason everybody was talking all the time about what could be done while nothing happened. Except, that is, the prices of tickets for 7 members of the family going up by the minute. I was listening in on the conversations, discussions (it was even considered driving all accross Europe, trying to get an idea of how this all could be solved. Since the internet at my sister's house wasn't working I couldn't really do anything.

What emerged was; my sister wanted everybody to fly, tradition demanded since immediate burial had been impossible that it should happen on friday at the latest. After I went home I started looking for tickets, and by sensibly spreading them out over 3 different flights managed to get them booked. That is, half-way, because at the end of my booking I got the message that there was 'a problem' with my credit card. It also told me not to make a new reservation as the one I had made had already been confirmed. I could call after 9 in te morning. I woke up early called them and was told that for some reason they needed to verify my ID. That took some real effort because I haven't got any idea where to fax something. You can't at post offices any longer, appearantly. Anyway in the end I got that managed.

Then I print out the e-tickets, deliver them to my sister. Then we first get confirmed that Royal Air Maroc has ok-ed the transport of the coffin too. Then all that needs to be done is get all the official paperwork done and all is set. But not quite, because after the people from the insurance company started to object that RAM 'had gone behind their back' and that they could not accept the arrangements made.

Thank God at that point my oldest sister had the good sense to approach the consul of Marocco in Amsterdam who then decided to apply some pressure and as I am typing this, it is certain that tomorrow they all will be in Morocco and that the funeral will take place on friday.

So after a day of groove messing, I actually feel quite good.