Yesterday, my nephew who was writing a senior thesis, called and asked if I could scan him, some old pictures, and I said I would. I use an application called PaperPort to store all my scanned documents. It has an icon at the bottom of the application where I can drag whatever I want to Microsoft Outlook. I have an older version of Outlook (2007) and the newer version of PaperPort all running on Windows 7. I don't know if all that information is important, but it might be all connected. When I dragged those pictures, it seemed to be working fine, but then it hung there for about 3 or4 minutes. I had to use the" control+alt+delete to get out of the program. I then tried to start up Outlook several times, but it wouldn't respond.
My nephew called and said it would be easier to come get the pictures, which he did, but I still had those saved emails in Outlook, and I wouldn't be able to use the software to write or receive emails. I called Microsoft, but that was more like a sales pitch to buy the new Outlook 10. I went to Sam's to buy the student version which costs $229.
Now I had three problems. The first problem was the lost information. The second was that god-awful price, and the third was a non techie wife offering her advice of rebooting. I kept looking at the receipt for the unopened software box and went over to my laptop and looked at the settings for a working Microsoft Outlook. I went back to my desktops but the settings were the same as those on the laptop, so I said, " what could it hurt" and shut the desktop down. When it booted up, I had a working copy of Microsoft Outlook and a wife humming away all proud. I guess I cleared the cache and memory when I shut the computer down.
I took the software back to Sam's but held my composure when she asked me, what was wrong with the software, I smiled showed her the unopened box and said," it's not what I wanted" but that was the wrong answer because then she said I could trade in for something else. That's the second time in the last three months that they seemed reluctant to credit my debit card but rather do a merchandise exchange. She called her manager who properly gave me my money back.
I felt good about the exchange, but as I was turning into the driveway,I noticed and I had to bring in the trash can. You don't distract people who are prone to senior moments like myself because this morning, I was hunting all over the house for my keys and after about 45 minutes, I decided to go look for them in the truck. There they were; I left them in the ignition with the door unlocked all night long. I guess I was safe because the truck is too old and ugly for anyone to consider stealing besides crime rate is down in Victoria. It might have been a different story if I parked the truck alongside the Tanglewood Recycling Center;on second thought, maybe not.
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Stay clear of the fish eateries,tonight is Ash Wednesday and do the same every Friday until Good Friday.:-) .., Remember the fish sticks..lol
You have my word that I will steer clear!
There you go..In the debates tonight,I learned we don't need Fed at all...Privatize ...:-)
I learned that Rick Santorum is rationalizing his bad votes as 'taking one for the team' because 'politics is a team sport'.
Yea I heard....You don't have to admit your mistakes that way...
Yep, I've had days like that, Mike. One thing I preach at work, and also here at home is: when all else fails, turn off and back on. It applies to computers, Dish receivers, etc. At work, it applies to any instrumentation that acts like a spoiled child and won't do what it's supposed to. Rebooting remedies the situation 9 times out of 10. So many of the problems we have with instruments at work are now electronic and not mechanical, as it might have been 20 years ago. So we've had to learn a new set of troubleshooting skills: Turn off, turn on.
I will dip my big toe into politics here by saying one thing: Santorum is an extremist.
Okay, I'll say a little more: this nation will slide 50 years back in time if Santorum gets in any position of real power. Women's rights will certainly diminish. Folks, NEVER forget the presidency is not so much a powerful position just by virtue of being president, but because the president selects supreme court justices. Roe v. Wade? Gone under Santorum's court. And that's just the beginning. This man is dangerously fanatical about where the woman's place is: in the home and barefoot and pregnant. Don't say I didn't warn y'all.
Sugar--I think most, if not all, of us over on the Dem side have already pegged Santorum for what he is. He took a beating last night in the debate, and rightly so! He doesn't have a chance--that 97% of sexually active Catholics are not going to vote for the guy who is going to mess up their sex lives!
However, don't panic! Women are a formidible force when they are ticked off. Let those crusty old men in the GOP continue to dictate what the little woman should, could and will do, and it will bite them in the ass in a big way. Like a button I saw said: Women brought politicians into the world, and they can take them out in 2012!
Sugar
You should know we men like to make it seem a lot more complicated than it really is..That way people will admire our genius ,when we say it was "an ActiveX error of which the buffer had to be cleared" or as Sugar said..Shut it down and restart..:-)
lol...."Women brought politicians into the world, and they can take them out in 2012!"
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