Libertine: On the Prowl

Vidi, vici, veni -- I saw, I conquered, I came. _______________________________________________________________

Bad Week

12:41, 2008-Aug-27 .. Posted in daily life .. 16 comments .. Link

I'd written the other day that my AC had conked out though it was only four years old.

Well, the week hasn't gotten any better. The next day, my computer was acting slower than normal, so I rebooted it as that usually helps to speed it up a bit. When I came back online and opened the Firefox browser, I discovered that all my bookmarks had vanished. Poof! So, I've been laboriously going around to various sites trying to re-create what I had. But I had a complicated set of bookmarks and I know I'll never remember what all I had, so I won't get everything back.

The next thing I did was schedule a backup for the computer. It stopped midway through, informing me I didn't have enough space to perform a full backup. I was pissed off to find that it had retained what it had been able to back up until that point, however, and had eaten up what space I'd had available. And I have no fucking clue how to get rid of the partial backup I did so I can get back what space I'd had available before starting the backup.

I had the day off yesterday and though it was raining, I went out to pay some bills. It was clammy and humid in addition to being wet. Nevertheless, I was glad to be under my car's cool air conditioning considering I now have none in the house. As I paid the last bill at a drive up window, a man in the next lane pointed out to me that I had a flat tire. Fucking great. It was pouring down rain at this time and I certainly didn't want to be out trying to change a tire in that weather.

However, there was a tire store a block from where I was, so I crept down there carefully. It was OK, as it wasn't quite to the point of being a flopping flat tire just yet. I even clung to the vain hope that it was just a leak that could be repaired. But that was silly of me. It, of course, needed to be replaced, even though the tire in question was less than a year old. Money has been tight lately and I really didn't need to be buying another one now. But as I can't put it off and drive with only three tires, I did what I had to do.

As I sat in the waiting room, the TV was talking about tornado warnings all over my area. I commented on this to the clerk and he said the tornado sirens in town had gone off two times already that afternoon.

WTF? That's the first I'd heard of it. Though I lived a couple of miles from where the tire store was, I'd not heard any sirens at all. The closest siren to me is about a mile off and with two fans running in my house, there's no way I'd have heard it unless I stepped outside and even then, I'd have to listen carefully to pick it up.

We had several more warnings throughout the evening, though none in my direct area and the rain continued as the remnants of Hurricane Fay slowly made its way through the area. I'm under a tornado watch even as I type, but I'm guessing it's only a precaution, as I think the bulk of what's left of the storm has moved northward.

I can only hope the rest of my week get better.
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12:51, 2008-Aug-27 .. Posted by birdsnest
you need to get laid.
that makes everything better.

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01:21, 2008-Aug-27 .. Posted by libertine
I did get laid -- how do you think I spent the evening after leaving the tire store?

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01:25, 2008-Aug-27 .. Posted by lisalisabobisa
UGHHHH.....I hate when than happens...one thing after the next...I hope your week gets better too.:)

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01:45, 2008-Aug-27 .. Posted by Aielman
You need to find a 12 year old to help you with your system.

Chances are when you logged on, for whatever reason, it created a new profile for you. All the stuff like your bookmarks will be found in your old profile. As to cleaning the drive, there are a number of things to look for such as old temp files, a large amount of cached items in firefox, old windows patch files, etc.

Grab a geeky looking kid from work and they may be able to help.

As to the tire...I buy from a used tire place. Usually costs me 30-50 bucks for a good tire that lasts a year or two. Beats getting gouged on something new when money is tight.

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02:40, 2008-Aug-27 .. Posted by libertine
I've tried the discount tire places and I've not had good luck with them; the tires typically only last a few months when I'd bought from one. And yesterday, I had no real choice, as there wasn't any way I was going to change to a donut tire in the pouring rain, then driven to a discount tire store that was several miles away.

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03:31, 2008-Aug-27 .. Posted by Aielman
I've tried the discount tire places and I've not had good luck with them; the tires typically only last a few months when I'd bought from one.

Not discount tire...used tire. You can get quality named brand tires that are used. There are always plenty of useful idiots who trade in their pleasant riding stock size tires for bumpy but flashy low profile tires to keep some really good used ones in stock.

And yesterday, I had no real choice, as there wasn't any way I was going to change to a donut tire in the pouring rain, then driven to a discount tire store that was several miles away.

Ah...well...there is that.

Sorry the days sucked bud.

Hope the rest of the week is better.

03:34, 2008-Aug-27 .. Posted by Patty
Wow what a horrible week. You sure someone doesn't have a voo doo doll and they are causing you all of this pain and anguish?

Well you can look at it this way, it surely will all be up hill from here. Wasn't there any kind of warranty for the tire not even a year old? What about the AC being only four years old? Also didn't you just buy your computer about a year ago? I keep a back up of my favorite listings.

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04:01, 2008-Aug-27 .. Posted by slayerbarbie
It can only go up from here.
Keep your head up.

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04:12, 2008-Aug-27 .. Posted by logis
Be happy, it can only get better.

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04:20, 2008-Aug-27 .. Posted by birdsnest
you should be a giggalo.
that could help with your money problems.

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07:33, 2008-Aug-27 .. Posted by LauriesAsylum
Life sucks sometimes, doesn't it?

I hope your luck changes soon...:)

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10:11, 2008-Aug-27 .. Posted by texican
I know how you feel. I've had a fairly crappy week, myself...and I didn't get laid. I sincerely hope that yours gets better.

Will,

11:52, 2008-Aug-27 .. Posted by indigomoonarts
I agree with Aileman about the pc. Your pc made you a new profile somehow. Maybe you actually did log off and logged ON as a new person. Try logging off instead of shutting down the pc.
Firefox has a file called bookmarks in it's folder under the application data folder that is the same as what was on your browser. I learned to find it, copy it and post it to a new place as a back up. I also export mine every month and save them to a folder I have. That way I can just reinstall them by importing them if I need to.
I learned the hard way back when I was using Netscape 4 or 5....

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12:21, 2008-Aug-28 .. Posted by libertine
I clicked "restart" -- I never completely shut it down.

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08:25, 2008-Aug-28 .. Posted by littleMissConfused
Dayum! I hope your luck changes! Did you cross paths with a black cat or break a mirror or something? I've heard bad things travel in threes....the air conditioner, the tire, the computer....you should be good for a while!

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12:51, 2008-Sep-1 .. Posted by indigomoonarts
That's exactly how you log off and on. Go to your start button and log off again and maybe your old profile will come back.