What first world problem did you have today?

[igor_kavinski]

Is this really that old that of a computer that a simple printer driver will bring it to its knees?

You choose HP printer, you deserve the pain. Sorry but fact of life.

And no, I bet your CPU is faster than my i7-3720QM, at least in responsiveness.

On battery, yeah it may be less than usable.

 

[pete6032]

You choose HP printer, you deserve the pain. Sorry but fact of life.

And no, I bet your CPU is faster than my i7-3720QM, at least in responsiveness.

On battery, yeah it may be less than usable.

It's a Brother printer, not HP.

 

[igor_kavinski]

It's a Brother printer, not HP.

Oh Brother!

 

[Red Squirrel]

Bugs are super bad this year. They really had a field day with my legs for the short hour or so I spent in the bush. Black flies this time. Mosquitoes, black flies, and deer flies seem to all take their turns.

 

[Chaotic42]

Bugs are super bad this year. They really had a field day with my legs for the short hour or so I spent in the bush. Black flies this time. Mosquitoes, black flies, and deer flies seem to all take their turns.

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[Red Squirrel]

Ticks terrify me, hopefully none of those bites were ticks... think it was only black flies. The idea that you can get a life altering disease from a microscopic bug is pretty horrible. There's been some reports of ticks here but I don't know how true any of them are. I heard of a few cases a few years ago but think they got them out of town then found out when they were here.

 

[BoomerD]

Ticks terrify me, hopefully none of those bites were ticks... think it was only black flies. The idea that you can get a life altering disease from a microscopic bug is pretty horrible. There's been some reports of ticks here but I don't know how true any of them are. I heard of a few cases a few years ago but think they got them out of town then found out when they were here.

Do you have critters? Deer, bears, raccoons, etc. are all tick carriers. About the only wild critter that's NOT prone to ticks are opossums...they find them tasty.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Do you have critters? Deer, bears, raccoons, etc. are all tick carriers. About the only wild critter that's NOT prone to ticks are opossums...they find them tasty.

Not too many deer here, raccoons are around but never seen one myself. Bears are more common though. Same with moose. I think moose also can carry them. Saw a post of someone who posted a rabbit that had ticks on it, but it was the bigger ticks that are visible with naked eye, at least with those if you have one on you you can see it before it's too late. Although it would still be easy to miss them if they end up in the hair or beard or back.

As a totally side note I saw a tortoise crossing the road today, had to stop for it. Never actually seen one here before. I heard they've always been around, but first time actually seeing one in person. It was a decent size too, about the size of a medium pizza.

 

[igor_kavinski]

It was a decent size too, about the size of a medium pizza.

How long did you wait for it to cross? Should've just picked it up and put it down on the other side.

 

[BoomerD]

Not too many deer here, raccoons are around but never seen one myself. Bears are more common though. Same with moose. I think moose also can carry them. Saw a post of someone who posted a rabbit that had ticks on it, but it was the bigger ticks that are visible with naked eye, at least with those if you have one on you you can see it before it's too late. Although it would still be easy to miss them if they end up in the hair or beard or back.

As a totally side note I saw a tortoise crossing the road today, had to stop for it. Never actually seen one here before. I heard they've always been around, but first time actually seeing one in person. It was a decent size too, about the size of a medium pizza.

A tortoise? How do they keep from freezing solid in the wintertime? Fly south until spring?

 

[Red Squirrel]

How long did you wait for it to cross? Should've just picked it up and put it down on the other side.

I seriously considered that, but it was going at a decent pace. They can really move if they want to lol. I was a bit concerned if a car was coming the other way if it didn't see it, but it had crossed by the time any car came. They are tricky to pickup though, you're suppose to pick them up by the stomac and not just grab the shell so I felt it was best to leave it alone as long as it was not in danger.

I wish I would have gotten a pic of it but there was a car behind me so didn't want to delay traffic further. Was kinda neat to see. Funny thing is I was heading into the bush so that's where I expect to see wild life, but this was right in town lol. I see lot of rabbit and partridge when I'm in the bush though. Partridge always make me lol, the most dumb birds. Mother with her kids will just take off and let her kids in danger. Then again there are human parents out there who are just as dumb.

 

[igor_kavinski]

A tortoise? How do they keep from freezing solid in the wintertime? Fly south until spring?

Brumation

 

[pmv]

I've probably ranted about this already on this very thread, but, GOD, I HATE automated telephone menu systems. There surely ought to be a design rule about how many layers of such menus people can be expected to go through? Been through about four levels of "press 1 for indecipherable, barely-audible option that has nothing to do with what you are calling about, press 2 for another irrelevant option, press 3 for another entirely-unrelated thing, press 4 for something that sounds as if it just might vaguely relate to what you are actually calling about, etc" crap.

And they make you give all your details to a machine, and then when you finally get to speak to a human they ask for all the same information all over again.

Oh, and stop telling me how important my call is to you (especially as you seem to be doing it in a stupid American accent, when you are a UK government entity).

 

[igor_kavinski]

Oh, and stop telling me how important my call is to you (especially as you seem to be doing it in a stupid American accent, when you are a UK government entity).

Can the machine sue you if you tell it to fock off?

 

[pete6032]

I've probably ranted about this already on this very thread, but, GOD, I HATE automated telephone menu systems. There surely ought to be a design rule about how many layers of such menus people can be expected to go through? Been through about four levels of "press 1 for indecipherable, barely-audible option that has nothing to do with what you are calling about, press 2 for another irrelevant option, press 3 for another entirely-unrelated thing, press 4 for something that sounds as if it just might vaguely relate to what you are actually calling about, etc" crap.

And they make you give all your details to a machine, and then when you finally get to speak to a human they ask for all the same information all over again.

Oh, and stop telling me how important my call is to you (especially as you seem to be doing it in a stupid American accent, when you are a UK government entity).

OK there hi Sir, let me just take a minute to pull up your account OK?

2 minutes of silence.

OK sir can you provide me your account number please?

*Provide account number*

Thank you.

4 minutes of silence.

OK Sir I have your account pulled up....

 

[Red Squirrel]

What I hate is menus that send you around in circles and you can't even talk to a human. I found that if you spam 0 sometimes it gets you to a human.

 

[BoomerD]

What I hate is menus that send you around in circles and you can't even talk to a human. I found that if you spam 0 sometimes it gets you to a human.

Or, it takes you right back to the start.

 

[lxskllr]

His clothes wearing advice is what I've been doing forever, but I'm not sure about his 95% protection number(sans permethrin). I still get ticks with everything buttoned up pretty tight. Shorts are unacceptable backcountry wear. I think less of people when I see them wandering rugged(ish) terrain in shorts.

 

[pmv]

What I hate is menus that send you around in circles and you can't even talk to a human. I found that if you spam 0 sometimes it gets you to a human.

Yeah, sometimes they are like an intricate maze, as if it's some sort of computer adventure game, that you have to find the exactly correct sequence of directions to get anywhere - you are in a maze of twisty little menu options, all alike

 

[lxskllr]

 

[IronWing]

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You’re using the wrong terminology. I have had success with, “Get me a fucking human” on two different systems.

 

[igor_kavinski]

The harder the menu is to navigate, the scummier the bank, is my thought on the matter.

 

[KLin]

Flying into Chicago for the first time in a couple weeks on a saturday. Second direct flight ever w00t.

Am I going to experience first world problems with Saturday afternoon traffic driving north from O'Hare to Wisconsin?

 

[pete6032]

Flying into Chicago for the first time in a couple weeks on a saturday. Second direct flight ever w00t.

Am I going to experience first world problems with Saturday afternoon traffic driving north from O'Hare to Wisconsin?

No. The fibs have usually all passed through on Friday night or Saturday morning.

 

[KLin]

TIL what a fib is. rofl