We'll be in our bunk.

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Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


-t - Apr 05, 2020 1:20:53 pm PDT #19321 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Cooking together is excellent for fractions!

Excel is still not responding. It's just supposed to be clearing conditional formatting, that shouldn't take forever, should it? I might have to start from scratch. Bah.


Theodosia - Apr 05, 2020 2:10:10 pm PDT #19322 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

-t, sounds like you have one of those problems where a cell is trying to update a cell that is trying to update another cell... which is trying to update the first cell. It's been way long since I dealt with that, but I know there are ways to identify which cells are involved.

It's been so long that I've forgotten what the problem is called, but I know it's something that the Help section will have covered.


billytea - Apr 05, 2020 2:12:44 pm PDT #19323 of 30019
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

LALALALALA, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

You have a teenager of your own! The ageing process is calling from INSIDE YOUR HOUSE!


DXMachina - Apr 05, 2020 2:12:55 pm PDT #19324 of 30019
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

This means Owen turns 16 and Ticky turns 15 in the next eight days.

:: texts linear time, breaks up with them ::

I think we're into Jeremy Bearimy territory here.

Got an e-mail from one of my students that he has symptoms and will be getting tested tomorrow. His mother was exposed at her job at a nursing home, and he's an EMT besides, so he's not surprised.


-t - Apr 05, 2020 2:28:35 pm PDT #19325 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

It's not circular references, Theo, it's literally just clearing formatting, not anything with formulas. To be fair, the formatting is a mess due to rampant copying and pasting, but I don't get why clearing all conditional formatting isn't a snap. Seems like that would be the simple fix but apparently not. Maybe I will force quit one more time and try again...


JZ - Apr 05, 2020 2:29:34 pm PDT #19326 of 30019
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

My dad's attending called a little while ago, and I think we're in the end game. We have a conference call planned with the palliative care doctor tomorrow, and I think we need to affirm that it is time to withdraw support. He's not in active multisystem failure, but he is on the brink, and the hospital's supply chain for the narcotics that are keeping him pain-free (though they cause other problems, because of course) is fracturing and they're running low on the two main narcotics used for ventilated patients.

I emailed my brothers, but I need to call my dad's girlfriend to tell her. I can't even say or write the words; how can I tell her?


-t - Apr 05, 2020 2:31:12 pm PDT #19327 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I'm so sorry, JZ. Strength to you.


Atropa - Apr 05, 2020 2:36:30 pm PDT #19328 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I'm so sorry, JZ. Much strength and love to all of you.


amych - Apr 05, 2020 2:39:29 pm PDT #19329 of 30019
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

{{{JZ}}}


amyparker - Apr 05, 2020 2:51:07 pm PDT #19330 of 30019
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.

Oh, JZ, I'm so sorry.