Friday Hug

First day back in work... hopefully I can make it the full day. Not feeling too bad so far.

(((((((9-5 hugs))))))))

by michael jay Nov 2, 2009

(((((HUGS)))))

by nicknielsen Nov 2, 2009

((((hugs))))

Good luck today, Shelley. Don't try to make the whole day if you can't.

by jck Nov 2, 2009

I had a 3 day weekend!

Too bad I spent all of it working on big home projects, like home maintenance and improvement.

I was out in the Florida sun for 11 hours yesterday. Joy.

Oh well, life goes on.

(((((((((((((((((((((( wish I had more vacation hugs ))))))))))))))))))))))))

at least ya got something done....two weeks out of work an all i got dome was my dang xmas cards..
a bit early for them i know..but figured i'd get em sorted while i was sittin there doin nothin..

by hal 9000 Nov 2, 2009

I had to go back to work to have some time to myself.

Over the entire weekend I managed to pot 1 plant for myself. The rest of the time I was running around like a Mad Person fixing computers. :(

I can't stand weekends as I work way too hard and never get anything that I planned to do done. :_|

{{{{{{{{{{ [b]HUGS[/b] }}}}}}}}}}

Col 0:-)

that only 1 pot plant planted then?
tee hee...

ya just have to learn to say no to work Col :)

by purpleskys Nov 2, 2009

hope you had a good day Shell :) ((glad for you hugs))

surprisingly not too terribly much work accumulated while I was out.. so I'm happy about that.

made till about 4.45..then I had to call it a day.. but i made it most of the way so..woo hoo..
quite tired now though..so should sleep good tonight...
(and i've an insane choclate craving..omg..i might die if i don't get any)

((((((((sleepy hugs)))))))))

so far so good...feeling a bit of discomfort...but not too bad..
gonna try and make it till 5 at least.

kinda nice to be outa the house and having people to talk to...

by jck Nov 2, 2009

Sitting home for a week or two sounds nice right now. I could use the break.

Oh well. I am glad you're feeling better :)

especially when ya can't really do anything.

TV gets very tired very quick..i had no attention span for reading..so pretty much sucked..
wasted way too much time on facebook :(

by jck Nov 2, 2009

i was in bed from April til June.

Gets old. But right now, I need some time off. i'm about to burnout.

by purpleskys Nov 2, 2009

good to hear you had a decent day...as for the chocolate craving...well heavens woman...go get some chocolate already ;) can't have you "dropping off" for lack of chocolate :D ...

i'm considering going for a 10 minute amble around the block.. ya know..pass by the store and accidently go in and get some choclate...and the amble woul dmake me feel better about it :D

i just don't wanna overdo it though.. :(
but...chocolate.......it could be worth it..

actually mentally going through the ingredients for haystacks..i think i have everything..could be a better option..the raw oatmeal makes them healthy doesn't it????
fibre an all....
:D

by purpleskys Nov 2, 2009

as for the haystacks...sure...raw oatmeal is very healthy...lots of fibre, and besides, cocoa is better for you than that prefab type chocolate ;) (i'm all for whatever it takes to justify a good dose of chocolate )

Get me some chocolate while you're at it!!! :^0

Just kidding. Hope you're feeling better Shell :)

(((((((((((((((((((((( hugs from the big dork ))))))))))))))))))))))

by hal 9000 Nov 2, 2009

Mainly because

[b]SWMBO[/b] insisted that I do the work. Apparently she likes spending my money. :0

But on the up side on Monday I got to put away all of the stuff that I was going to use on the [i]weakend.[/i] It's just so much a waste of my time pulling it out to use. :D

But as I now realize that I got the bare fuel tanks of the Ducati Undercoated with some pressure pack paint so at least when I get back to trying to paint them I will not be faced with a pile of rust and no tanks. :^0

Col

by purpleskys Nov 3, 2009

((((cold, wet, soggy hugs)))) from Eastern Canada; it's a downright rotten day out there :(

I'm sorry :(

I'd actually like to be up there today. I am so sick of work, I can barely focus.

((((((((((((((((((((((( some sunshine hugs from Florida )))))))))))))))))))))))

by purpleskys Nov 3, 2009

at least it's not snowing...sorry you're having a rotten day though...even with the sunshine :|

by nicknielsen Nov 3, 2009

But I was in no mood for it. Out till 1am last night moving a pharmacy into its new home, then had to be back at 9am to finish up the job and move the IVR PC. Spent most of the day there, then had to drive from Augusta to Columbia, almost falling asleep twice.

Now I'm home and wide flipping awake! :( Ain't that always the way it goes!

i'm trying to stay positive too. just hard to do when you're asked to do something but given no latitude to devise or engineer the plan.

ugh. i need a margarita.

by purpleskys Nov 3, 2009

our class was set for the last few weeks to do a video conference this morning assuming the topics of discussion were to be 2 upcoming admin. assist. conferences this spring; we were notified by our instructor yesterday that the other campus we were conferencing with were doing "presentations"...we mananged to throw together 2-30 min sessions on our business office and on our fundraiser that we did last week in under half an hour...our instructor was pleased we did so well with such short notice...

amazing that people do that to you.

I once got told I was speaking at a state science conference, and I put together a speech about radio wave propagation in relation to temperature variance.

It was boring, but the professors all liked it. :^0

Hope you get to relax the rest of the day :)

by jck Nov 4, 2009

(((((((((((((((((((((((( Big TR Hug ))))))))))))))))))))))))

Hope everyone has a nice day.

I'm just gonna try and make it to 4:30pm lol

:)

by nicknielsen Nov 4, 2009

Should be a quiet day for me (at least I hope!)

Headed for MB (((((hugs)))))

by jck Nov 4, 2009

Oh well. Maybe within the next few months, I'll get a job I've been looking at and can join you there sometime for a beer.

I'll even bring my new laptop. :^0

by shellbot Nov 4, 2009

loooooong day....bedtime won't come quick enough ...

plus i still need choclate..vast amounts of it...

((((((((((chocolate hugs)))))))))))

by michael jay Nov 5, 2009

((((((HUGS))))))

by shellbot Nov 5, 2009

when will it be friday???

I'm making it through the week..but its been tough going.. i'm getting rather annoyed at not being able to carry on with my regular life....i've things to do, places to go, people to see...

(((((((((sulking hugs)))))))))))

by nicknielsen Nov 5, 2009

After ping-ponging between Columbia and Augusta for "higher priority" calls.

by cmiller5400 Nov 5, 2009

((((((((((HUGS))))))))))!!!!

by shellbot Nov 6, 2009

i thought it would never get here...

hope all is well with everyone..

((((((((hugs))))))))

by hal 9000 Nov 7, 2009

It's Sunday Morning here just gone 08.25 Hours on the 8th November 2009.

I'm determined to have a quite day today so the phone off the hock and there is nothing I have planned to do at all. ;)

{{{{{{{{{{ [b]HUGS[/b] }}}}}}}}}}

Col 0:-)

by shellbot Nov 7, 2009

just have to be a day ahead to be different don't ya ?? :D

hope ya had a relaxing day..i just got back from seeing Zombieland..coolio..laughed my @rse off :)

by shellbot Nov 7, 2009

(((((((((((Birthday hugs))))))))))))))

:x

Hope it was a good one...

by purpleskys Nov 7, 2009

but still have tons of homework and assignments i need to work on...(((happy weekend hugs))); everyone needs a goof-off day and i'm taking mine this afternoon :) hope everyone has a chance to do some goofing off too :D

by shellbot Nov 7, 2009

I went for my usual coffee and crossword, then indulged in the female sport known as shopping...

treated myself to a pair of leather gloves..first pair i've ever had..they all delicate and pretty...aweeeeeeee..
and spent a ridiculous amoutn on a sweater..its got so cold here just freezing..so thought i needed one :)

going out tonoight to see "Men who stare at goats"..i've heard mixed reviews..but whatever..it will just be nice to get out and do somehting after being house-bound for so dang long!!

(((((((((popcorn hugs))))))))))))

by michael jay Nov 7, 2009

Hee hee

by nicknielsen Nov 8, 2009

((hugs))

Now, it's off to work.

by nicknielsen Nov 9, 2009

but headed for Myrtle Beach today (((((HUGS))))).

by shellbot Nov 9, 2009

(((((grumbly hugs))))))

had an incident over the weekend in the office, so us IT folks can't go into our office..
so we scattered around the building on whatever free PC's we can..only problem is, I can't do much without spending a bunch of time installing all my software .. and even the few bits i can do, i'm running up and down floors to talk to people ect...highly frustrating and getting nothing done at all.

by rookietech Nov 9, 2009

and go to funky town you'll be okay

by shellbot Nov 9, 2009

ah man..very distressing to have to use a PC thats not yours and set up the way you want it :(

now..I'm only 5 hours begind in getting work done..* sigh *

by rookietech Nov 9, 2009

patients is a virtue shell patients my young grasshopper

by shellbot Nov 9, 2009

hmmm..not one of my stronger traits I'm afraid
i'm kinda a "seize the moment" type of girl..
gets me into all sorts of trouble ..but thats half the fun of life
:)

by nicknielsen Nov 10, 2009

Doctors have patients.

Patience was one of the doctor's patients.

Hoping to actually get some work done today..

(((((((bright sunny hugs)))))))

Which cautious insect was most adept
at sniffing out treasonous plots
and insurrections in Communist
Russia?

The Cagey Bee

by michael jay Nov 10, 2009

That was so bad its good.

Silly Hugs

by rookietech Nov 10, 2009

im 48 out of 100 and your 14 outta 100 im comin im gonna catch up to ya annd then pass ya and ill have the last laugh ha ha ha. . . . . . ha

by purpleskys Nov 10, 2009

been a bit of a slug the last few days getting my hugs out there, soo much homework...we are on a study break for the next five day (woo hoo), but we have a bunch of homework and assignments to go with...game time Pens vs Bruins tonight...(((sluggy, sleepy hugs)))

by nicknielsen Nov 10, 2009

You always sleep better in your own bed (((hugs)))

try your best grasshopper.....
]:)

by rookietech Nov 10, 2009

but for all we know im already ahead :P grasshopper you have attacked me in my own Dojo :P so its on gurl :)

by rookietech Nov 10, 2009

((((((((((((HUg)))))))))))))))))

by rookietech Nov 12, 2009

im catchin up im comin for ya im gonna beat ya

it might happen some day :)

a victory hug for me for being in number 14 spot...
thanks Rookie ]:)

hehehehe < evil laugh >

by boxfiddler Hot topic Nov 10, 2009

:D

((((((( HUGS! )))))))

by boxfiddler Hot topic Nov 10, 2009

That made no sense to me at first couple of reading.

Yeh, I've tried Nitpickers Anonymous. B-)

by shellbot Nov 11, 2009

omg..today just won't end :(

at line 17,000 of a 73,0000 line SQL Trace ((((((gone blind hugs))))))

by boxfiddler Hot topic Nov 11, 2009

it's the never-ending hug! :D

((((((((((((((((((((( hugs)))))))))))))))))))))

by purpleskys Nov 11, 2009

i can't even fathom what that must be like (i really don't get sql, that's the "boss's" forte) but i get the distinct feeling that it deserves a huge (((((hug)))))
edit for poor grammar...don't need that "boss" growlin' at me ;)

by shellbot Nov 11, 2009

when I question the sanity of being a DBA...

however, I tempted fate and declared "i am not leaving this office untill I know what the problem is"

4 days of my life..nearly blind from scanning log/trace files, and 1/2 brain damaged from banging my head against the screen..BUT...I figured it out..

I tell ya, users never cease to astound me..somehow..someway..they managed to type in thier own file paths in the system when publishing documents to the websites, for folders which do not exist in the system..
I guess they figured if they just typed in what they wanted to, the system would automatically create folders on the webserver????????? So no wonder if "barfed"..it was trying to reference file paths that do not exist.

I'm gonna have fun in the morning spanking some sense into the offender...
I'm a day rate contractor..that was a mighty expensive "user error" on thier part.

(((((((happy hugs)))))))

by nicknielsen Nov 11, 2009

Server won't ping after a reboot, but all indications are it's up and running (stand-alone box with no keyboard or monitor). Used a physical trace and the hosts file to figure out which IP address it has; on a network that uses BootP for assigning addresses to fixed equipment, the server pulls a DHCP address. It pings, but I can't connect to the VMware web interface...weird.

Since I've already reached the limit of what the customer says I can do, I call the help desk and spend the next two hours rebooting the server (with no satisfaction) and getting escalated. Finally talking with level three who has me connect a monitor and keyboard and log in as root. "ifconfig -a" gives us the first solid information we have: four ethernet ports on this server and not a one of them is passing packets. A little checking reveals that the primary MAC address is assigned to Eth2; the network connection is on Eth0.

Fixed it by, get this, changing ports on the switch. Seems the ethernet interface in this brand new server doesn't negotiate well at higher network speeds. Moving the connection put it on a port that is configured to allow speed negotiation.

Three hours on the phone to learn I could fix the problem by moving the server's network connection at the switch from port 15 to port 12. Sheesh!

A 73,000-line trace? My eyes are burning just thinking about that! Glad it's not me (((hugs)))! I think I'd rather spend the time on the phone...

i fixed it .. 20 mins later..broke again..

sunofa...somebody is going to die

((((((close to insane hugs))))))

now that just rots

think its fixed now..

cornered the person who caused all this problem..she said "well, i've not been trained on how to do that"..
I say "well, when the first one didn't work, why did you continue on without asking for help? And why did you not report the errors?"
she replied "I thought eventually it might work."

guess who's getting all permissions removed untill training has been recieved.. (which is funny, because your not meant to have permisions untill you've recieved training...)

by rob miners Nov 11, 2009

for everyone, and another HUG for those suffering from the 3hr outage.

by nicknielsen Nov 12, 2009

Who's suffering?

B-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-doy-doy-doy-doy-doy....

Not me holding on as tight as I can to the restored TR (((((hugs)))))!

by rob miners Nov 12, 2009

I was entertained for an hour and a half as, I had unexpected visitors, that dropped in, on there way home. Chess can get boring, when you can't get your fix. :D

for that spankin' :D

by hal 9000 Nov 12, 2009

A running Chain Saw with the Chain Break Disabled is a far better implement to inflict the Punishment with. ;)

{{{{{{{{ [b]Blood Soaked HUGS[/b] }}}}}}}}

Col :^0 :D :^0 :D :^0 :D :^0 :D :^0 :D

or is that mu-hahahaha ]:) either way, that could work too ;) .
In response to James, yes, I have no doubt you're right, but the "boss" wanted to start me on a decent one first before moving to something a little higher quality (better to know if I at least liked it before wasting $$ on something I wouldn't drink).
And Shell, I haven't had to many red wines that I actually liked; although one of my brothers and his wife bought me a bottle of 7 Deadly Zins a couple years ago for my birthday, it was to die for it was sooo gooood!!

you didn't beat her too hard with that paddle did ya? ;)

ya just really have to wonder how some of these people exist in their day to day lives.. ???

I have to admire her spirit though..if it doesn't work the first time, just try try again...

i need a drink..its just that type of day..

(((((((((cranky hugs))))))))

i can't even imagine what possessed the girl...Darryl brought me home a little bottle of Glenfiddich to try the other night (I've never had good scotch before), wow! it sure was good :) maybe you should have a bit of a kick-back and relax this evening

by jamesrl Nov 12, 2009

For a single malt, its very accessable, not too strong, balanced, smooth and a little sweet.

You won't drink the cheap blends again.

And you will get used to it and venture into more complex single malts.

James