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The Hobbit Hole XXXII - Sweet is the sound of falling rain
The Freeper Hobbit Hole Blog ^ | December 1, 2006

Posted on 12/01/2006 12:55:15 PM PST by ecurbh

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Sing hey! for the bath at close of day
That washes the weary mud away!
A loon is he that will not sing:
O! Water Hot is anoble thing!

O! Sweet is the sound of falling rain.
and the brook that leaps from hill to plain;
but better than rain or rippling streams
is Water Hot that smokes and steams.

O! Water cold we may pour at need
down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed;
but better is Beer, if drink we lack,
and Water Hot poured down the back.

O! Water is fair that leaps on high
in a fountain white beneath the sky;
but never did fountain sound so sweet
as splashing Hot Water with my feet!

See also: http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net

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To: RosieCotton; JenB

Deee-nied... well snaiged indeed. :-)


5,021 posted on 02/01/2007 6:50:44 PM PST by Ramius ([sip])
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To: 2Jedismom

Hey... I keep hearing great things about San Antonio. Granted... it's mostly from ~Texans~, so yer mileage may vary... LOL.

But really. Sounds like a great place.


5,022 posted on 02/01/2007 6:54:08 PM PST by Ramius ([sip])
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To: 2Jedismom
size doesn't matter...


5,023 posted on 02/01/2007 7:04:08 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (http://www.virginiaisforrudy.com)
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To: Ramius

Thanks. ;-)

And it was truly innocent!

Long day fer me, too. Another day, another problem I don't understand, another day of pleasing users whilst ticking off my boss on account of he'd do everything just a *little* differently.

Ah well. I tried, at least.


5,024 posted on 02/01/2007 7:06:52 PM PST by RosieCotton
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To: Corin Stormhands

You're a very bad dwarf today, ain't ya?


5,025 posted on 02/01/2007 7:07:34 PM PST by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton
Another day, another problem I don't understand, another day of pleasing users whilst ticking off my boss on account of he'd do everything just a *little* differently...

Fix the people first. Then the machines. That's what I say. :-)

5,026 posted on 02/01/2007 7:11:59 PM PST by Ramius ([sip])
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To: RosieCotton

5,027 posted on 02/01/2007 7:12:57 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (http://www.virginiaisforrudy.com)
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To: Ramius

Hrm...and what definition of "fix" do we get to use?

Some days, I rather like this one:
7. kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study


5,028 posted on 02/01/2007 7:14:20 PM PST by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton

I spent five hours in a code review. And forty five minutes explaining the difference between an "index" and a "key" to someone who'd presumably been using them for six months...


5,029 posted on 02/01/2007 7:17:53 PM PST by JenB
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To: RosieCotton

Workable. :-)


5,030 posted on 02/01/2007 7:19:31 PM PST by Ramius ([sip])
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To: Ramius
Good evening :~)

This is the funniest thing I've read in a long time: Why is Elizabeth Edwards waiting until her lights burn out to switch to CFL's???

DU going around and around debating the environmental impact by/of the light bulbs in the Edwards home. :~)

5,031 posted on 02/01/2007 7:26:19 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: Ramius; RosieCotton; JenB
So at Fangorn today...I confirmed that, as I suspected the sound card is shot on my laptop. Because it's under warranty, it has to go back to Gateway. So, I said that, since I didn't get the larger screen and the side keypad on the last go 'round a couple of years ago, could we look into an upgrade since I'm the only one in the executive office not to have that. I was told that's not allowed and now no one can have larger than a 15 inch screen. 17 is required for the side keypad. That's apparently policy.

I'm appealing that decision. So, there's that.

5,032 posted on 02/01/2007 7:27:08 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (http://www.virginiaisforrudy.com)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Good grief. What a cartoon of themselves they are.


5,033 posted on 02/01/2007 7:34:29 PM PST by Ramius ([sip])
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To: JenB

So...what's the difference between an index and a key?

Just kidding. 'Sides, I'm assuming it's what you'd think: the index is kind of a list of contents and the key is...well...a list of what = what, kinda.

At least today I can officially say I've lost four pounds since the beginning of the year. Less than a pound a week, so I'm not speedy, but it's something. If I don't welch out, by late spring I might actually finally get to the goal I tried for three years ago.


5,034 posted on 02/01/2007 7:37:28 PM PST by RosieCotton
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To: Corin Stormhands

As a temporary deal...they do make USB keypads that aren't super pricey. I had one at one point...because the one game I still really like is mostly key controlled. Kind of a sad reason. ;-) But it was a lot easier than carrying around a full keyboard if I wanted that numeric keypad.


5,035 posted on 02/01/2007 7:39:03 PM PST by RosieCotton
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To: HairOfTheDog

I figger it's related to their Walmart phobia and they're afraid to send a staff person...


5,036 posted on 02/01/2007 7:39:36 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (http://www.virginiaisforrudy.com)
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To: Corin Stormhands

I can't even fathom the denial of a halfway reasonable request. I've approved things so ridiculously less reasonable than that... I guess I just don't get it.

And I'm not even including TheBalrog's $15,000 Alienware laptop. Number six of six. Four of which he travels with.

Most users, about $3k worth of laptop every two years is pretty standard. I know a lot of places are tighter than that, but they're pinching pennies and wasting dimes.


5,037 posted on 02/01/2007 7:39:51 PM PST by Ramius ([sip])
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To: HairOfTheDog

Gee whiz...that is a HUGE thread.

Wonder how much power they burned makin' all those posts...


5,038 posted on 02/01/2007 7:39:55 PM PST by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton
I was offered that and refused. I don't need/want something else to plug in and keep up with.

Thing is...They bought me the Crackberry I didn't want, and more importantly don't use...but by golly, I have to keep it with me...

So, there's that.

5,039 posted on 02/01/2007 7:41:18 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (http://www.virginiaisforrudy.com)
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...Now I half expect the boss to come up behind me to explain why those keypads are a really bad idea and shouldn't be recommended...*sigh*
5,040 posted on 02/01/2007 7:42:03 PM PST by RosieCotton
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