Petty Vents

[Kayelle]

The Boston show wasn't televised here Addie, or I certainly would have chosen it over NYC. The Boston Pops is unbeatable!
We watched our own FW show from a hill in our little town without any music. I enjoyed it more than the ridiculous show we watched on tv in NYC!

 

[Cooking Goddess]

Hope you are feeling a bit better now

Thanks Kylie! Headache is gone - or at least until I head out to grocery shop. If I could send you about 15 of our degrees of heat I would. Back is also done aching for now. All I have is this toe and from what I saw a cousin post on FB I might be putting up with soreness until Christmas. *sigh*

 

[Cooking Goddess]

I've never used this thread before now, but I guess this is the place for my rant.

Did anyone watch the Macy's fireworks show in NYC last night? The light show was spectacular over the Hudson as usual, but the music was HORRIBLE!! ......

Welcome to the Crabbin' Cabin Kayelle! I completely agree with you about the NYC music choices. After Boston was done with their show we started to channel flip. Found the NY fireworks and stopped. But not for long. Himself and I also found the music to be completely distracting to the firework display. Watched for a minute on mute, then moved along. Kinda weird to watch big blasts of fireworks on a small T to begin with, and then to not like the music? Move along, nothing to see here....

 

[LPBeier]

Just got back from the clinic. I am finally feeling better from my abscess tooth, sinus infection, migraines and sciatica. But my eye has been watering (which I just passed off as allergies) and this morning was swollen shut.

I have a tear duct infection because of all the antibiotics I have been taking for the other stuff . At least the cure is simple - yogurt (the only dairy I can tolerate) and probiotics. In this weather, yogurt and fruit are a staple and I picked up probiotics at our health store!

 

[jabbur]

Or you could memorize the number. Himself used to panic when I rattled it off at a snap, even reciting the expiration date and my security code. Had to remind him repeatedly that I log into the account using the number as the I.D. and I pay a number of bills by phone using number/expire/security code. He's finally to the point where he now knows I'm not spending us into the poorhouse!

I can do the same thing! I memorized it when we got new cards with new account numbers. Had to go to all the websites we had a card on file for automatic payments and enter the new info. Car insurance, MAF, KLOV, EZPass, Amazon, PayPal etc. Now I can quickly enter it at a new site too since the numbers are burned into my brain!

 

[Andy M.]

I can do the same thing! I memorized it when we got new cards with new account numbers. Had to go to all the websites we had a card on file for automatic payments and enter the new info. Car insurance, MAF, KLOV, EZPass, Amazon, PayPal etc. Now I can quickly enter it at a new site too since the numbers are burned into my brain!

Aside from your one credit card number, can you remember the various passwords for all the different sites you use? What if some sites require you to change your PW every 3, 6 r 9 months?

 

[bakechef]

Aside from your one credit card number, can you remember the various passwords for all the different sites you use? What if some sites require you to change your PW every 3, 6 r 9 months?

I really don't know many of my passwords...

Last pass generates crazy ones and stores them for me and auto fills the boxes.

 

[Claire]

I don't have any of my passwords memorized. They're on a pad of paper near my computer. Real security conscious, right?

 

[Dawgluver]

I don't have any of my passwords memorized. They're on a pad of paper near my computer. Real security conscious, right?

I do the same thing, Claire!

 

[Cooking Goddess]

Me three Claire and Dawg. Except mine are on index cards by "department". (Cooking, Financial, etc) I remember to hid the stack if someone is coming over. Usually.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

I know everyone's passwords or how to find them in the office...because they have no clue how to go about fixing problems and I end up walking IT through any problems after my office mates have gone home. Most of the time I just have to access under my username, other times it is a problem with their accounts. My passwords at work are written down as they change frequently. Passwords on my home computer are all in my head...have to keep something in there.

 

[taxlady]

Well, at least having those passwords written on paper is a lot better than in clear text somewhere on your computer.

 

[Addie]

I used to have a different password for everything. Then when I set it up that my pharmacy would deliver my scripts to me at home rather than me pick them up, I for the life of me could not remember my password. I also had it set up that no one, not even me, could walk into the pharmacy and pick them up either. All done on the computer. It was a bad program to begin with.

I got out of that program when I joined ESP. Now I have one password for everything. There are some sites that I hate like Facebook. So there is a slight variation to my password for there. I only go in there to look at family pics. But ever so often someone will send me a site like the Family Tree and they have set up the password. I only go there maybe once or twice a year. Sure enough I forgot the password. Had to send for it. A real simple one. And I felt very stupid. Spike knows my password. And The Pirate also. Other than the use of my one credit card, I don't store anything on my computer that is of any consequence.

 

[Cooking Goddess]

Schmeggitty //*#!%#* Yahoo Mail! All the other times they upgraded the thing you could opt out and stay with the Classic. Guess they got tired of maintaining Classic because you have only two options: upgrade or...upgrade! The new mail offers Basic or Full Featured. I first selected Basic because I figured it might be closer to the old format. Um, wrong. Apparently they made it so bad it pretty much forces you into using Full. When I switched to that it didn't seem to do what I wanted it to do. Played around a while (all I had planned on doing was checking email real quick to see if I got anything important ) and finally realized its functionality is pretty much like using their mail reader on my smartphone. Not sure how well it will work for me, but we might be able to come to a truce of some sort.

I have Google mail. For about 3 years. You would think I would have switched my contacts over to gmail but this works out easier for me to be able to glance at junk mail quickly. Gmail has been used for more important stuff.

 

[MrsLMB]

So about a week and a half ago I was feeling like I was catching a cold - not happy about that ! After 3 days of doing what I always do when I catch a cold I was NOT feeling well. So a quick trip to the doc and holy crap .. I have walking pneumonia In addition to that COPD is rearing its ugly head. So I'm on antibiotics, steroids and nebulizer and inhaler treatments. I am feeling a bit better now, and DH says I have color in my face again, but I'm pretty much P.O.'d that I am so friggin' tired and weak. I am NOT a good patient but this is really kicking my rear. Guess I'm lucky DH is still here and has a tough skin. I really need to just calm down, relax and go with the flow but it's so not me to just sit around

 

[taxlady]

(((Hugs))) MrsLMB. Read a book; surf the web - look up all the stuff you don't usually want to waste time on.

 

[GotGarlic]

Well, I don't know if this is petty or major, but I'm irritated that my blood count is low again, for no apparent reason, so I have to go to the hospital for a transfusion. Sucks. On the bright side, I'll take my tablet and extension cord so I'll have plenty to read and watch. So I won't be cooking tonight See you later. I have to pack.

 

[taxlady]

Well, I don't know if this is petty or major, but I'm irritated that my blood count is low again, for no apparent reason, so I have to go to the hospital for a transfusion. Sucks. On the bright side, I'll take my tablet and extension cord so I'll have plenty to read and watch. So I won't be cooking tonight See you later. I have to pack.

Bummer. Be sure to ask the doctor if there is anything you can do to prevent this. (((Hugs)))

Good thinking about the tablet and extension cord. Will you be able to get online?

 

[taxlady]

I'm going to have to transplant some chives and parsley. The compressor of the ductless a/c I'm having installed has to go where my composter is, so it has to be moved. I knew that was likely, so I have been trying to figure out where it should go. I will move three or four feet further from the house. I want it near the water faucet for rinsing the bin I use to collect vegi scraps and used coffee grounds and tea bags. I am not looking forward to moving that composter.

 

[GotGarlic]

Bummer. Be sure to ask the doctor if there is anything you can do to prevent this. (((Hugs)))

Good thinking about the tablet and extension cord. Will you be able to get online?

Thanks. It's a long and complicated story, but there probably isn't anything that can be done. A med I have to take to prevent incapacitating headaches damages my small intestine, plus there are complications from another condition, etc. One of those things that can't be helped. Yes, I can get online. The hospital has a free wireless network for anyone to use. Time to go, DH is here to drive me over