WTF is it with me and hard drives crashing? Elsewhere, I have posted about the crashed hard drive on my desktop computer. That’s all sorted now (got another computer), with the slight problem that I had several files my wife wanted kept on that drive (and DAMMIT, I just remembered that all of my tax returns for the past five years are also there).
Then this evening, my daughter decided she wanted to watch Friends on TNT, or whatever channel is syndicating it. and now my DVR is not powering on. Called DirecTV, and they were able to diagnose a dead receiver due to, most likely, a crashed hard drive. There go four seasons of The Venture Bros. and two of The Big Bang Theory.
I work in a male dominated industry too, and I make sure they don’t leave me out, but I’ve been with this company for long enough to feel confident that I can hold my own. Are you new on this job? Do they make you feel uncomfortable if you walk into the boss’s office and start joining in, or is it possible they might not be so unwelcoming as you think? Would it be a problem for you to mention to the boss that you need something to do and ask about getting in on those choice projects? If you’re a newbie though you can expect to get handed scut work for a while anyway. Maybe you could look around and find your own projects to suggest that you be allowed to work on.
I remember when I was much younger and newer at my profession having a man I was being interviewed by tell me that he didn’t like to hire women because they “get rattled”. His loss, I’m one of the more competent electronic techs I know and have been for most of my career. I was less confident then so I didn’t let him have it like I should have.
Sounds like you might have funky power. Easiest fix for that is a big UPS, and plug in the boxes with hard drives into it. Hard drives detest power hiccups. All the PC’s and DVR’s here are on one
I’ve actually been here for a few years (although those in the “boys club” have been here even longer), and I’m not a spring chicken or anything. I’m excellent at my job, and I definitely keep myself busy working on other projects that I’ve created for myself. My boss insists it’s just a slow period, which it is – I see other colleagues with little to do right now – but Beardy McBearderton has STILL been assigned 2 projects in the same time where I have been assigned none. It’s difficult not to assume there’s some sort of favoritism going on; not sexism, just favoritism.
And I don’t really have the desire to go shoot the shit with the guys in my boss’s office – it’s just that I sit right in front of his office, and I have to watch them close the door and laugh and joke right in front of me. Kinda like, “I don’t WANT to be in your cool club; I just want to be INVITED to join.” sigh
PS… I’m only bitching about this 'cause it’s a mini-rant; this is actually the coolest, most awesomest place in the world to work. This is just one of the little drawbacks to working in a boy (not male)-dominated industry.
I guess this is rant-worthy. I’ll try to keep it simple.
My husband and I are infertile. We are at the point of IVF. One of my younger sisters is infertile (early menopause due to cancer treatment = no eggs) and last summer we decided that since we were heading in to IVF, we could do a shared cycle, where I donate a certain number of my eggs to her at the same time I’m cycling. Originally, we were lined up for a December IVF.
She has to do two mock cycles to make sure her body responds properly. The first two failed miserably, so they switched her to the most aggressive protocol this month. They just called and said she’s still not responding well. They want her to take a few months off, then start the mock cycles again.
Here’s the issue: do we continue to wait for another six month, hoping the mock cycles work next time, or decide to go it alone, and we can donate to them after I (hopefully) get pregnant and wean? We have been at this agressively for four years now, but have been trying for almost 10. They have been at this for six months. I’m 31, she’s 27.
We are very close, and I fear hurting our relationship if we back out now. She does have the option to adopt in the meantime, which is something they will likely do down the road anyhow.
I guess I pit infertility and tough life decisions.
That’s a terrible and tough decision. I hope you make the right choice for you and your husband. And I hope you get a baby real soon.
(You didn’t say your were looking for input from random Doper strangers, but I vote that you and your hubby go it alone. If you’ve been trying for this for 10 years, I hope your sister will understand. But it’s a terrible decision to have to make, so I’m sending good vibes your way.)
EmAnJ, I’m not trying to make you feel unwelcome or anything with this post…but I do think that you might want to start a new thread in IMHO or MPTIMS so that people who have had IVF can share their knowledge.
It sounds to me like you are doing the best you can do to meet your goal (i.e. a healthy baby) and you are such a loving person that you want to help your sister meet the same goal. She stumbled and you are wanting to pull her by the hand, but the goalpost is so close.
My internet access is flickering on and off. Gah. No internet yesterday, and only sporadic bouts today. I’ve about had it up to HERE with Charter, I’m going to give AT&T a call.
I have another ulcer, this time on my right toe. Oh, the joys of going to the podiatrist every week, and having him scrape dead tissue off of it. I had about enough of this last time. I mean, the toe where I had the other ulcer is still attached to me, even if I do have an ugly scar there. And I’d rather keep this toe attached, too.
And one of my favorite restaurants has changed the recipe for a dish that I could eat. My belly has been in an uproar for a couple of days.
I was actually going to start and Ask the… thread once we knew what was going on, but maybe I’ll start it sooner so I can get some advice as well.
We did come to an agreement last night that we all feel good about. We are going to do a stim cycle right away and donate all eggs to them, they can fertilize and freeze for when she’s ready. I’ll take a month off, then do my own IVF.
My sister called and left a message at the clinic last night and we should hear back first thing this morning. There are a couple of big ‘what if’s’, like what if I don’t produce well, but I’m expected to have a good response. So, we’re all just hoping for the best.
Excuse me, but why is this a pair of die? We never talk about a pair of pant or a pair of shoe. Why should we use the singular when talking about dice?
The nurse called my sister this morning to discuss and said she’d talk to our doctor. We’re still waiting on a call back. It’s almost 3:30, and I’m really hoping to get an answer today. You’d think after all these years of two week waits, and waiting for a referral, and waiting for test results I’d have more patience, but I don’t!
Two people in Lethbridge were killed in separate incidents by vehicles today while walking across a street in a crosswalk. I went for a long walk today, and when my walk light came on to cross a street, there were another two cars that tried to make left turns through my crosswalk still (one went in front of me, the other waited till I crossed and blocked traffic) - the second pedestrian was killed in just this left turn situation. What is the matter with these fucking drivers that they are so careless of pedestrians? I know pedestrians do a lot of stupid things and don’t pay enough attention, but I also know from all my walking that you have to be on your toes all the time as a pedestrian to not get hurt, and it pisses me off. Maybe people need to get out of their cars and go for a walk once in a while, and they might have an appreciation for how dangerous they’re making it for pedestrians by being so careless and lethally incompetent.
Copied and pasted from my Facebook page. Airman and the sprog probably have strep throat, which means that I get to nurse two sickies today. FML.
General public health rant: For the love of all things holy, if you or your child is sick, stay the hell home! I know the economy sucks and things are tight and what with Christmas and everything, you probably can’t afford to stay home. But my husband and my child probably have strep. My husband can’t afford to stay home any more than you can, and my child is going to miss his third day of school this year. Your selfishness (this is a categorical “your”; I know y’all are smarter than this) has consequences for other people, some of them pretty serious. F’rex, did you know that strep throat (S. pyogenes, or Group A strep) has the potential to turn into rheumatic fever or glomerulonephritis, either of which can kill? Yeah, I’m pissed off.
