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Post by fumobici on Feb 22, 2017 23:05:01 GMT
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Post by breeze on Feb 22, 2017 23:55:20 GMT
That's a relief! Thanks for letting us know.
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Post by Kimby on Feb 23, 2017 2:32:15 GMT
Whew! All's well that ends well.
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Post by lagatta on Feb 23, 2017 3:17:47 GMT
In the meantime, I still haven't been paid for several contracts owed... But at least I'm not losing my mind. Important, that.
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Post by tod2 on Feb 23, 2017 17:13:36 GMT
Oh I am so glad for you. Doesn't hurt to double and even treble check where you have looked before. Did you scream "halleluja", jump in the air, or simply bash your forehead with a fist?!
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Post by rikita on Feb 24, 2017 0:12:18 GMT
glad you found your money!
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Post by lagatta on Feb 24, 2017 2:44:46 GMT
Just fist to forehead. I'd looked several times at the (very logical) place where the money was, and simply didn't see it or feel it. A sign of panic.
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Post by whatagain on Feb 24, 2017 19:25:33 GMT
I found the $$$. In a pocket;
Ok. I knew it was you honey. stop writing on this forum and heat the soup...
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Post by lagatta on Feb 25, 2017 1:56:13 GMT
I made lovely soup today, and a poulet colombo. One cannot live in this climate without soup-making abilities. But today was your climate: about 3⁰C and a very fine chilly misty rain. And yes, I rode my bicycle, because the ice at the side of the roads has melted. To get cat litter for one thing, easier to transport in my bicycle bags than on foot, and several small errands.
Tomorrow it is supposed to go up to 16⁰C, then back to zero, then up again.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2017 16:34:00 GMT
For the first time in my life, I actually accepted an offer by a telemarketer. I have hung up immediately on the last 2000 who have called in the rare cases where I deigned to pick up the telephone.
In all fairness, the offer was by the telephone company to change from ADSL to optic fiber service, and unless I am a total imbecile, it should lower the rate that I am paying now.
I still don't feel comfortable about having accepted, and I am all the more surprised that I accepted because the voice of the woman who called was extremely aggressive and annoying. Anyway, as per French law, I have 21 days to change my mind, and the technician will come on March 7th. So even after it is installed, I can get rid of it if I choose to do so.
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Post by tod2 on Mar 1, 2017 17:07:19 GMT
I am the person who knows nothing about technical stuff. But, I do know that optic fibre lines are being laid all over our city. The sidewalks are a virtual mole hill of dirt - sometimes it takes them months to complete what they started. This is mainly due to the work being given to privateers who may be kicked off the job but mainly collect the money and disappear leaving trenches everywhere. A new crew arrives eventually, and start finishing the job.
This tells me it it going to be the future for computers. I don't think you have made a bad move unless another company offers you a better deal.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2017 17:21:50 GMT
Go for it! I didn't know that ADSL even existed any more. Whidbey Island is being wired for Gigabit fibre optics, and if we sign up now we get a fixed rate for life.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2017 18:03:07 GMT
Optic fiber was announced for my building almost 10 years ago, and each announcement fizzled for a very simple reason -- all of the companies would lose money on my building on the installation costs because there are only 7 apartments. But finally last year one of the companies finally connected us, and then another company did (there are four possible companies total in France). Then the first company tried to pressure us, making it sound like we were still in the stone age. Since I have been completely happy with ADSL for a long time, and my television, telephone and internet connections are fully satisfactory, I saw no reason to change, especially since I don't use streaming services or any of that stuff. On top of that, there was an installation fee of about 150€ which would be waived but only if we hurried up top speed to sign a contract. So I ignored them.
Today, the installation fee was waived again, and the aggressive woman really did take the time to detail item by item what I was paying now for various things and what the price would be for the new service. So I relented. One thing I lose is most of the free calls on my mobile phone, but since I never use it as a telephone, I absolutely do not care. My computer based land line gives me unlimited calls for an unlimited time to 110 different countries. So wait and see...
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Post by onlyMark on Mar 2, 2017 5:08:46 GMT
I've just had it fitted yesterday in Zambia. Still waiting for a router though.
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Post by Kimby on Mar 10, 2017 14:39:42 GMT
My petty trauma is that after enduring months of bitter cold in hopes of a big "powder dump" for skiing, it finally snows, just after we had to return home to care for two sick kitties, an ACTUAL trauma. Ski area got 16" in 24 hours. Woulda been sweet. And worse, I left my ski boots at the cottage, so can't even ski at an area closer to our house. Arrrgh!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2017 16:23:08 GMT
That indeed does suck.
Could you maybe splurge and buy another pair? It would really do you good to get out and clear your head from all this stress dearie.
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Post by Kimby on Mar 10, 2017 17:39:04 GMT
Not ready for another pair of kitties, yet. Oh, you meant BOOTS? ;-)
Ironically I just DID buy a new pair, haven't skied on them yet. Kitty illness intervened, and I left BOTH pairs at the cottage. Stoopid mistake.
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Post by tod2 on Mar 10, 2017 17:40:18 GMT
Kimby - kitties have Feline Aids?? Kitty 'flu??
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Post by Kimby on Mar 10, 2017 18:34:28 GMT
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Post by questa on Mar 10, 2017 22:19:54 GMT
How very sad for you, Kimby. At least if they go around the same time you won't have the sorrowful situation of the other kitty pining and looking for the her sibling. That is a miserable time, but you can have lots of happy memories to look back on.
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Post by Kimby on Mar 10, 2017 23:14:42 GMT
I remember 17 years ago when we lost our first cat how very empty the house felt, and how purposeless our existence became till we got the tiger twins, Mo & Mia. I understood how parents who lost a child felt their marriage shaken. With two cats, we assumed we'd lose them one at a time, but now....
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Post by tod2 on Mar 11, 2017 13:29:20 GMT
Oh so sad but they have lived very long lives - very long for cats although some do go on to around 20 years old. I don't think they would like to be alone after one of them goes. They must very attached to each other Kimby. As long as they are comfortable and not suffering you have time to tell them they have had wonderful kitty lives.
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Post by questa on Mar 11, 2017 13:48:52 GMT
When my son's dog suddenly died my grandkids were 5 and 7. It was unexpected with no time to prepare them and they were very miserable. My son wrote a letter "From the dog" thanking kids for all the love and fun times they had together and "remembering " funny incidents they'd shared. He finished by telling them he was happy and knew kids would be too soon, as maybe there was a new puppy waiting to meet them. Kids knew Dad had written it but it lifted their spirits What would happen if you wrote a letter to yourself as if it were from your kitties? what do you think they would say to comfort you, and make you feel better?
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Post by Kimby on Mar 11, 2017 13:55:47 GMT
(Role playing exercises have always traumatized me...)
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Post by lagatta on Mar 11, 2017 20:48:32 GMT
So do stories of dying cats. My eyes still well up over Renzo, who did live to 20, when he died of geriatric renal failure. Despite my madcap Livia...
This is something that does NOT get easier with age, as I'm very unlikely to ever live with another human again, so I really am a catlady.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2017 21:07:26 GMT
You are not really a catlady, lagatta. Catladies visit the cemetery or a local park every day with a load of cat food for their 20 friends. You are a lady with a cat.
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Post by questa on Mar 12, 2017 7:08:46 GMT
May I leave cats for a short while? I have not posted about petty traumas before...I guess I'm lucky.
As some of you know, the group of nurses that trained 1960-4 still have our annual reunion. Our numbers have dropped now to 12, as can be expected as we all turn 75 this year.
This year we decided that my city would be our venue, with the rest flying in from all points east. I was told to find a nice house for us which I booked for 7 guests
Four days before the start we learnt that one of the women had just had a cancer diagnosis. Due for op. the day we meet up Then another phones...severe flu...can't fly. At this point we did the unthinkable, we invited the husbands to join us. Two were able to do so but at this stage we had two couples and 2 sole women. The men could only stay a couple of the 5 nights, but it helped with finances.
At this point one of the women received a call from her daughter to say she had just been diagnosed with breast cancer. All the joy of the reunion had fled, but the way we just clumped together with support had not changed when 50 years ago we held and de-briefed each other after a bad day on the wards.
Then I saw that a dear friend, a Vietnam Vet, had been trying to call me. Turned out he has cancer of the spine (along with shrapnel in his skull) and has decided to not have any treatment. He sees no point going through an unpleasant end of life with "Bloody chemicals" when it could be shorter but less invasive.
And thus the reunion finished. We 3 remaining nurses have decided that there should be no more formal ones, just visit each other as we can.
To round off...100% success for my besty...all cancer removed (along with a kidney)... Breast cancer caught early, very treatable and as for my mate, well he has always been an enigma.
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Post by bjd on Mar 12, 2017 7:24:28 GMT
What a sad end to a long set of happy reunions, Questa, and it's not really a "petty" personal trauma. It's good that you are all still in touch and able to support each other morally, if not always in person.
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Post by mossie on Mar 12, 2017 10:06:32 GMT
Sad, but inevitable, Questa. I was taught from a very young age the little saying, "If it has got your number on it......"
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2017 10:34:06 GMT
I guess this non-petty trauma was inevitable, questa, but it's not fair when it all happens at the same time.
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