Update. Good news. Just the pathway and original email were enough. My parents are out of that contract with no penalty. And, for what it's worth, the woman who tampered with the email is probably losing her job.
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Cass - Feb 28, 2013 2:34:55 pm PST #22143 of 25501
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
le nubian - Feb 28, 2013 2:36:33 pm PST #22144 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
oh, awesome. That the matter is closed.
The woman needs to lose her job.
Liese S. - Feb 28, 2013 2:36:58 pm PST #22145 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Good, Cass.
§ ita § - Feb 28, 2013 3:30:59 pm PST #22146 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, that's great, Cass. Simple and JUSTICE. The Tick would be proud.
Cass - Feb 28, 2013 4:58:50 pm PST #22147 of 25501
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Simple and JUSTICE.
Yes.
And thank you all so much. Having this thread was invaluable because I could give her suggestions when she was freaking out. Okay, and I was stressed about it too.
Liese S. - Mar 02, 2013 2:01:55 pm PST #22148 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, this is a great thread.
Tom Scola - Mar 03, 2013 3:38:30 am PST #22149 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
What’s the best way to clean my unibody MacBook Pro for resale?
The outside, I mean. I know how to wipe the disk and all that.
Jessica - Mar 08, 2013 11:04:27 am PST #22150 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Is anyone an Excel wizard?
I have a massive (1000+ lines) spreadsheet that I've been mapping onto a different one (same basic info, but some columns named differently and in a different order). I'm almost done except for three sections which are AWFUL.
The current spreadsheet has each possible value as its own column with a value of Y/N. (So, for example one is Age Range, the current column has Age Range K-3, Age Range 4-6, Age Range, 6-8, etc).
The new version has ONE column for Age Range, into which you are supposed to enter all values that apply. (In theory this is supposed to be a drop-down menu with multi-select but right now it's just a free text field).
There has to be a way to use the current dataset to generate a single set of values that I can paste into the new spreadsheet, because I am definitely not doing this manually for 1047 lines.
(And before anyone points out that this spreadsheet should really be a database, I KNOW, but unfortunately I am not in charge.)
meara - Mar 08, 2013 11:07:41 am PST #22151 of 25501
Probably not the easiest way to do it, but I think for each column, I'd replace the yesses and nos with the appropriate number, and then sort by those columns so I could copy and paste by chunks into one column, and then I'd have one column all with numbers.
...but that's probably not a great way to do it.
NoiseDesign - Mar 08, 2013 11:19:58 am PST #22152 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
I don't have an answer for you, I just wanted to say I really don't understand why databases are not more accepted. I see Excel forced to do things that should be in a DB so often and there's always someone at the top of the chain decreeing that's the way it has to be. I'm sure it's driven by the fact that there's a site license for Office, so just use the tool we have.
Right, next time I need to remove a screw I'm going to do it with a hammer, because I'm sure i can make it happen somehow and it's the tool that we have.