and it blew the cover that we were outside of the park and over at the base of the mountain, which we were all promptly forbidden to do again. In retrospect that's probably where the very few bears that hadnt been shot yet hibernated over the winter.

Both JZ and Bonny's stories were lovely.

Yes.

I have often wished for a typewriter again when I just want one label, but I don't feel like going through a whole rigamarole with the printer and Word label, and which number are these labels? I just want to label a file. That's all.

...and now I'm that person. Wow.

I will go to great lengths to avoid dealing with the printer. And before you all tell me to get a wireless printer, I have one. But apparently the wifi connection isn't strong enough in the room it lives in, and we have no other spot to put it. Oh, and although I have installed drivers several thousand times, my computer hates it, so I can't direct connect. I have to carry the stupid thing downstairs and use it wirelessly while my computer is setting next to it. Real practical. Also, I swear the ink has dried up every single time I need it. Which reminds me, I need to buy ink because I need to print stuff for Luna's passport renewal that I need to take to the embassy next week. Groan.

There needs to be a better way to print one label. My better way is that I have my student worker deal with it, but it is much more efficient to either hand write or type one off envelopes.

Callaluna, is that a Lexmark printer? Because I have the very same issues with mine. The wireless does not work, the ink cartridges last about four days and then it costs $80 to replace them, and now it's decided to not recognize my computer at all. I unplugged it and bought a simple B&W laser printer. Screw it. All I ever print are invoices and return labels anymore, anyway; what do I need expensive color ink for?

I have often wished for a typewriter again when I just want one label, but I don't feel like going through a whole rigamarole with the printer and Word label, and which number are these labels? I just want to label a file. That's all.

...and now I'm that person. Wow.

I'm that person too! Except I have a typewriter. It's my old manual typewriter from when I was a kid. It needs new ribbons now, but they do still make them! I love it. I recommend them to anyone who ever just needs one label, or to quickly type up one thing.

No, it's HP. And we got it just last summer and were so excited to replace our old HP which was even more irritating. Does anybody else miss dot matrix printers?

Not dot matrix, really, but I do miss printers that just f*cking worked.

Label maker

What msbelle said. At work we all have Brother P-touch label makers.

I don't think I could get them to go for buying a label maker. It has taken me 5 years to convince them that printing one label to a printer shared by the entire floor when your office and computer are far away from the printer is really quite difficult. I used to have to send my student down with the labels, have her call me, and then press print. Now I am using the color printer in my office even though it apparently wastes money because the ink costs more. I am supposedly getting a black and white printer soon, but it has been 2 years since we were first approved.