For those not on FB - Dylan got his driver's license yesterday and just now drove himself to school to take his senior photos. He needed a little guidance backing out of the driveway (it's a weird shape and is actually quite tricky without a lot of practice) but turned safely onto Rt 9 and I haven't heard a loud crunching sound or gotten a panicky phone call so fingers crossed it seems all is well!
Out. For. A. Walk. ... Bitch.
Spike ,'Selfless'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
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.
Jessica - Jul 16, 2024 7:55:11 am PDT #1574 of 3468
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 16, 2024 8:38:53 am PDT #1575 of 3468
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
That's just one battle Toddson, the war is far from over.
-t - Jul 16, 2024 8:53:09 am PDT #1576 of 3468
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Wow to Dylan driving!
Mostly I'm just very very angry and ready to argue with idiots on the Internet.
I'm very angry and not at all ready to argue with anyone which is pretty frustrating. But that is how anger takes me a lot of the time, so it's a familiar sort of frustration. Capybaras sound like a good alternative at the moment.
Jessica - Jul 16, 2024 10:12:18 am PDT #1577 of 3468
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Both Dylan and car returned undamaged AND he made bacon for lunchtime BLTs. I think this kid's a keeper.
DavidS - Jul 16, 2024 12:33:46 pm PDT #1578 of 3468
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Both Dylan and car returned undamaged AND he made bacon for lunchtime BLTs. I think this kid's a keeper.
Dylan is absolutely crushing Tuesday!
Hey, Shir!
I have the frustrum. Matilda needs a new laptop.
As you may recall, JZ got a new laptop right after she retired last July. But as soon as she logged into it, her work IT somehow (they could never figure out how/why) claimed her personal laptop as a UCSF machine. This was never resolved despite several visits back to UCSF IT.
Because of this UCSF issue, Jacqueline's computer was not allowed to get on the internet even though she was logged into our router. Thus rendering her shiny new computer fairly useless.
I've been loathe to do a factory reset on her computer because I wanted to make sure I had everything off it that I needed, but now I'm at that point.
Tried to do the Factory Reset and I get an error. The error is because.... the computer is not connected to the internet so it can't Factory Reset!
So I guess I'll haul it down to the Apple Bar and try to get them to do something.
It's a spanking new MacBook Air but it's just a shiny paperweight with cartoony Out Flag Means Death stickers on it right now.
Tom Scola - Jul 16, 2024 12:44:11 pm PDT #1579 of 3468
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
If you shut off the Mac, and then press and hold down the power button, it will give you an option to reinstall Mac OS. (You might have to wipe the disk first).
erikaj - Jul 16, 2024 12:58:40 pm PDT #1580 of 3468
Always Anti-fascist!
I do argue with them, but only as long as I enjoy it. If something really *hurts*, then I'm done(Which doesn't really happen that much now...not sure what that means) or if they're dumb enough to pursue it over days or something like that--not because I couldn't hang, because I am, almost officially, the stubbornest bitch in my state. But it's because of that I do have to remind myself that #shepersisted should have a weight limit or course prereqs or something.
DavidS - Jul 16, 2024 1:04:33 pm PDT #1581 of 3468
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
If you shut off the Mac, and then press and hold down the power button, it will give you an option to reinstall Mac OS. (You might have to wipe the disk first).
I'll try that but Apple support chat is telling me I have to get the profiles removed by UCSF.
Bah!
DavidS - Jul 16, 2024 2:08:58 pm PDT #1582 of 3468
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So I'm on the phone with Apple help and they're trying to help me reinstall MAC OS through the Start Up options that Tom suggested.
And I'm most of the way through and there's an Activation Lock noting "this Mac is linked to an Apple ID and password previously used on this Mac."
Except the Apple ID is her old work email at UCSF which has been discontinued. So...we're stuck again.
I've had to submit a request to remove the Activation Lock.
Theodosia - Jul 16, 2024 3:07:53 pm PDT #1583 of 3468
'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"
How infuriating -- this is a computer you legitimately own, too.
Work had a ballroom dancing instructor for the residents (they're really GOOD with the elderly infirm, and a couple of the men and women had The Moves back in the day) so there was fun dance music while I worked on my paperwork, and finally gave in and took a spin. I'm pretty terrible, but no toes were stepped upon and I was laughing hard, too.
Oh, and while I was out shopping for the residents, there was an amateur marching band practicing up and down the shopping mall sidewalks. It might have been School of Honk, I know I've seen that polka-dotted tuba before. Just loverly random!
(Still angry and want to argue with someone, but Reminded There Is Hope Still.)