Sparky, you were the first person I thought of. I'm so glad your dh is not involved. God, the pictures are chilling. One train on top of the other, sheered open like a tin can.
Buffy: How was school today? Dawn: The usual. A big square building filled with boredom and despair.
Buffy: Just how I remember it.
'The Killer In Me'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
beekaytee - Jun 22, 2009 1:30:00 pm PDT #25264 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
flea - Jun 22, 2009 1:42:48 pm PDT #25265 of 30000
information libertarian
Ooh, that accident looks bad. I explained to Dillo that I was sad about a train crash and people getting hurt, and he earnestly told me that "they were wearing their SEAT BELTS." Somehow I doubt that would have helped.
I did not know about the Varsity pens, and they come in pink! I used to use a fountain pen; I should get back into it. I hate ball points. I just never write much any more.
Steph L. - Jun 22, 2009 2:06:40 pm PDT #25266 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The document looks clean as a whistle in Word and like a fucking multicolor nightmare in PDF, and I can't find any other edit/proofing anything to opt out of.
JZ, in Word, did you click on the green checkmark that means "Accept All Changes"? Because just turning off the "Show changes/reviewers/etc" doesn't make them go away.
That's my best guess.
t edit Sometimes I highlight the entire document and click on the Accept All Changes checkmark.
JZ - Jun 22, 2009 2:19:44 pm PDT #25267 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Sigh. I tried that and the upload just crapped out, so now I have to wait another 20 minutes before trying again. Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, how I hate thee!
beekaytee - Jun 22, 2009 2:22:33 pm PDT #25268 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
I've had similar experiences JZ and the frustration burns.
In desperation, I've cut and pasted the entire text into a new document in hopes of leaving the formatting poltergeists behind. Sometimes it works.
Steph L. - Jun 22, 2009 2:23:50 pm PDT #25269 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
JZ, I looked at their site, and I'm curious -- you upload the Word doc, and then their site makes it a PDF? Weird.
Polter-Cow - Jun 22, 2009 2:24:43 pm PDT #25270 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
LiveLink will do that too.
JZ - Jun 22, 2009 2:29:50 pm PDT #25271 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
In desperation, I've cut and pasted the entire text into a new document in hopes of leaving the formatting poltergeists behind. Sometimes it works.
Last time I tried that, the poltergeists traveled. I haven't even tried it this time; I just assumed it was one of those clever ideas that never really works. I'll have to upgrade that to "sometimes."
P-C, the PDF is a giant composite of all the MS bits that have been uploaded: Word doc, tables, figures as JPEGs or GIFs or whatnot, etc.
Jesse - Jun 22, 2009 2:32:58 pm PDT #25272 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Some of the federal govt funding sites do that, too.
Scary train crash!
And I don't get keyboard cat, either...yet. It may grow on me?
I have turned my day around with a manicure and Panera, even though he didn't grill my panini long enough.
Tom Scola - Jun 22, 2009 2:33:46 pm PDT #25273 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Where is Panera?