TRP: Free of political butthurt since 1999.

[aparch]

Re: TRP: Free of political butthurt since 1999.

Bumping this thread since I wasn't sure where to put this. A friend of my wife and I is trying to raise money to help get a corrective surgery for her two boys. They both have Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome, which causes children to develop body parts faster than normal. Her boys were most affected with the growth of the tongue.

The boys had surgery once to reduce the size of the tongues when they were much younger but now need surgery again to correct the look of the tongues.

Our friend's insurance company already denied them, stating "they already had the surgery, they don't need it again."

Here is their Go Fund Me page with more details: http://www.gofundme.com/b45udg

[Scarlet]

Re: TRP: Free of political butthurt since 1999.

I disagree. Swatting a fly doesn't always work but getting spiders with vacuums does. I usually squish them in a tissue and flush down the toilet.

[jmh]

Re: TRP: Free of political butthurt since 1999.

Every time I see a spider when I'm vacuuming, I intentionally get him with the vacuum. (I'll leave it to you to debate where that lands on the spectrum between swatting at a fly and shooting a paintball gun at elderly pedestrians)

If you ask me it lands exactly at the same spot as swatting a fly.

[The Sicatoka]

Re: TRP: Free of political butthurt since 1999.

You could throw it down a flight of stairs and call IT and tell them it doesn't work anymore.

Shhhhh ... DAMMIT ... SHHHHH!!!! Don't give away my three year upgrade plan or everyone will do it!

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

Re: TRP: Free of political butthurt since 1999.

Every time I see a spider when I'm vacuuming, I intentionally get him with the vacuum. (I'll leave it to you to debate where that lands on the spectrum between swatting at a fly and shooting a paintball gun at elderly pedestrians)

What's odd to me about it is that each time it happens, I have the same recurring thought in my head: that the spider will go into bag* and the vacuum environment will cause the spider to suddenly grow in size at which point he busts out of the vacuum and takes his revenge. I'd almost call it an "irrational fear" (I know it's stupid, but it freaks me out anyway), but it's not like this has ever caused me to pause or think twice about vacuuming spiders. Does anyone else have an absolutely absurd irrational fear like that?

*I don't have a bagless vacuum, which is stupid, but in my defense I didn't buy the vacuum.

[jmh]

Re: TRP: Free of political butthurt since 1999.

I read this as, "sounds like a plan"....

Heh. The flaw here is that we don't have an IT department at my law firm, just one partner who handles IT in addition to his other work, and he's not here today (and I would guess won't be here tomorrow either) and I'd rather not leave myself without a functional computer until Monday.

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

Re: TRP: Free of political butthurt since 1999.

It's a tiny little Lenovo ThinkCentre, so it wouldn't actually even be that much effort to toss it down the stairs.

I read this as, "sounds like a plan"....

[jmh]

Re: TRP: Free of political butthurt since 1999.

You could throw it down a flight of stairs and call IT and tell them it doesn't work anymore.

It's a tiny little Lenovo ThinkCentre, so it wouldn't actually even be that much effort to toss it down the stairs.

[bigblue_dl]

Re: TRP: Free of political butthurt since 1999.

You could throw it down a flight of stairs and call IT and tell them it doesn't work anymore.

[jmh]

Re: TRP: Free of political butthurt since 1999.

Does the failure inform you that there's a proxy issue of some sort when trying to access either of those sites?

No, nothing about a proxy. It looks like this error message, except it says "mail.google.com" rather than "www.google.com". All other Google services that I've tried (search, calendar, drive) still work normally.

[St. Clown]

Re: TRP: Free of political butthurt since 1999.

So, this week I got upgraded to a new PC at work, and switched from Windows XP to Windows 8. For the past couple of days I've been having a problem with Internet access. The computer will lose Internet connectivity for like half a minute or so, and when it comes back, everything will be back to normal except that I'll be unable to access Gmail, and instead will get a "server not found" error. (Occasionally Facebook is also affected.) This happens regardless of which browser I'm using - Firefox, Chrome, IE all the same. All other sites work as normal. Outlook accesses our Exchange server normally. Rebooting my system fixes the problem temporarily, but nothing else I've tried (releasing and renewing my IP address, clearing cookies or browser cache, turning off the Norton firewall, etc.) works. I updated my drivers but this does not solve the problem. Anyone have any idea what the issue here might be?

Does the failure inform you that there's a proxy issue of some sort when trying to access either of those sites?

[The Rube]

Re: TRP: Free of political butthurt since 1999.

I'm happy to have assisted you, Mr jmh.

[jmh]

Re: TRP: Free of political butthurt since 1999.

Thanks Hoven.

[The Rube]

Re: TRP: Free of political butthurt since 1999.

Did you unplug and plug in your computer? Have you tried restarting your computer? Are all the cables securely fastened?

If none of these work, I can transfer you to a Techie to help you with your issue.

[jmh]

Re: TRP: Free of political butthurt since 1999.

So, this week I got upgraded to a new PC at work, and switched from Windows XP to Windows 8. For the past couple of days I've been having a problem with Internet access. The computer will lose Internet connectivity for like half a minute or so, and when it comes back, everything will be back to normal except that I'll be unable to access Gmail, and instead will get a "server not found" error. (Occasionally Facebook is also affected.) This happens regardless of which browser I'm using - Firefox, Chrome, IE all the same. All other sites work as normal. Outlook accesses our Exchange server normally. Rebooting my system fixes the problem temporarily, but nothing else I've tried (releasing and renewing my IP address, clearing cookies or browser cache, turning off the Norton firewall, etc.) works. I updated my drivers but this does not solve the problem. Anyone have any idea what the issue here might be?