# The end of an era – a reflective MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [December 4, 2006, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era-a-reflective-mmp/382799 "2006-12-04T10:18:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era-a-reflective-mmp/382799/401 "2006-12-08T20:46:50Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] Speaking of which, Haze you got that other paper done yet, young lady? :dubious: [/QUOTE] Funny you should ask. This morning I woke up bright and early, ready to wrap up my paper so I could enjoy a night of drunken debauchery with a clean conscience. I turn my laptop on… and it reboots itself. Again. And again. And again. And again. OMFGWTF#\*@%!!! I scampered to the nearest computer store and shelled out over 60 bucks, all the while trying to get them to realize that I AM ROYALLY SCREWED unless they can retrieve my My Documents folder at least 3 hours before midnight so I can turn my paper in on time. There is no way I’ll be able to reproduce what I wrote over the past two days within the next 8 hours. Plus it’d be a mess. GAHHHHHHHH. I just sent an email to my prof explaining my situation and asking for a 24 hour extension. Please God make her believe me. Why do I never backup on a seperate disk? I am so stupid. STUPID. :smack: Right now I’m trying to write the rest of my paper so I can save time when I get my actual document back. This shall not stop me from drinking tonight! -shakes fist in air- ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era-a-reflective-mmp/382799/402 "2006-12-08T21:07:31Z")
Oh no, Haze! Good luck recovering your paper. That would suck so bad. Happy Anniversary Eve, **FCM**! 23 years - wow! I’ve been married for 24 years now - but not in a row or to the same guy… 😃 Actually, Tom and I will have our 3rd anniversary this February. I’m a very lucky woman. Love the reindeer antlers, **Rosie**. I envy you your hot tub, **Swampy** , tonight especially. It’s supposed to hit around 30° Ammurikan. Pretty durn cold! I’m makin’ comfort food for dinner tonight. That’s right, tuna casserole! But no crushed potato chips on top. That’s just gross. I got my Depo shot this morning, so Mr. Rebo will be happy. No more PMS for about three more months. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era-a-reflective-mmp/382799/403 "2006-12-08T21:07:39Z")
OK, just for future reference, pull the handle OUT to open the flue. \ Yeah, the smoke alarm works, but you can get it to turn off by waving a newspaper under it. Meanwhile, with just two matches and some really dry kindling, I’ve got a fire going. Two logs standing by and a bunch more outside - I should probably stack some in the garage to get us thru the night. \*\*FCD \*\* just called - he’s just leaving work, so he won’t be home till about 5:30 or later. Oh well… ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era-a-reflective-mmp/382799/404 "2006-12-08T21:21:46Z")
**Hang** – okay, fine … Haze – Hope everything works out. In my experience though, spontaneous reboots _usually_ don’t mean corrupted data – or at least, if it is it’s usually more likely to be some critical Windows system file that’s gotten snuffed and causing Windows to just shrug during the boot process and say, “Whaddya want _me_ to do?” followed by a reboot. That sort of problem is generally a pretty easy fix, involving replacing the affected files by performing a repair install. (There are other ways, but this is the lazy man’s “I don’t wanna babysit this” digital panacea) Your data will probably end up being fine. YMMV of course, but in my years fixing other people’s problems I’ve never actually come across a case of data corruption that lost a client any important stuff (read: porn) _except_ where the hard drive just completely died. But you’d probably know if that happened even before you took it in. (You wouldn’t even get Windows to start loading) ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era-a-reflective-mmp/382799/405 "2006-12-08T21:27:54Z")
Yeah. I may have told Mr. Lissar wrong. A friend and I looked it up, and we got conflicting information. Why isn’t there a nice bulletin or something? I just went Christmas shopping with my Mum, and I bought Mr. Lissar an Ipod Shuffle. I feel royally screwed because it’s over $100 for something the size of a book of matches. I’m suffering financial trauma. He’s going to have to sign in blood that he _will not_ drop it down a sewer grate or something. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era-a-reflective-mmp/382799/406 "2006-12-08T21:56:06Z")
**Sean** , bwahahahahahahahahaha! That was disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era-a-reflective-mmp/382799/407 "2006-12-08T22:20:24Z")
I was home at 3:20 p.m! I have been to Target and have started to set stuff up for the French toast casserole. And I put cranberry juice and orange and lemon slices in a mold in the freezer for tomorrow morning’s punch. Now I’m going out to dinner and to make sure that everything’s set up for the brunch. Hi everyone! Back to actually catch up later this evening. It’s Friday!!! Yay! GT ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era-a-reflective-mmp/382799/408 "2006-12-08T22:26:24Z")
Thanks for the sympathy/enouragment, **Rebo** and **Mindfield**! I just got my laptop back and everything is as good as new. Of course, I ended up paying over 100 bucks in the end, but it was worth it. Gah. NOW I am really going to finish that b\*tch of a paper. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era-a-reflective-mmp/382799/409 "2006-12-08T22:55:41Z")
That’s great! ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era-a-reflective-mmp/382799/410 "2006-12-08T22:56:35Z")
Quick post before Mass. Had the world’s slowest driver today. We were still unloading at opening time, and we have to unload throgh the front door. He also cursed me out for telling him to speed up. Why do they send the new, unstable guys to us at Christmas? **gt** , I get it from both sides. Also the illnesses. I didn’t want to work today either, but I did because I’m a boss. Nice house, **Sean**. You even got a porch to sit on when you tell those damn kids to get off your lawn. **LiLi** , one Christmas when I went to Mass, I broke the door handle on my car, the passenger side wiper snapped off and the steps up to the church were covered in a Teflon like sheet of ice. So there. Besides, “Suffering builds character” **Jahdra** , binary rocks. Just the gift for the geek with everything. Spend the $4870 on a multi keg office toga party. That will raise morale, and lower morals. 😃 **Drae** , I was planning on lying on the floor with a bottle Christmas day, wanna join me? Haze, there’s hockey tonight, so I’ll join you in the debauchery. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era-a-reflective-mmp/382799/411 "2006-12-08T23:07:51Z")
I have possession of my car now. I feel physically ill from putting all that money on a credit card. It’s the first time I’ve charged something in 4 years. I had to call a cab to take me to the repair shop, since everyone is either out or leaving early today. Another $20 down the drain. The upside is that at the moment, my car is essentially at 0% emissions. So, I was driving home, and I noticed a little yellow light on the left side of the dashboard. Wha? It goes off and then it comes on again. It’s the upshift light. My car is telling me when to shift. Every time the tachometer goes over 2,000 RPM, the shift light comes on. There aren’t enough :rolleyes: for this little “feature.” You either know when to shift or you don’t. If you know when, the light is annoying. If you \*don’t \* know, you shouldn’t be driving a stick in the first place. What is it supposed to be for, training wheels for driving a stick? **swampy** , I’m all for the hot tub in the break room, or even out on the patio. There’s plenty of room out there! Sadly, that money has to cover our offices in the Pacific Northwest, Northern California and Hawaii. Hey, maybe we could have our next meeting at one of the offices in Hawaii. That would improve **my** morale. **Haze** , yay for a quick fix and no lost data. **FCM** , I’m impressed. Congrats on 23 years! I was reading the paper at lunch today and there was my grandpa. It’s one of the nice things about my family; reading the paper occasionally catches me up on them nicely, so I don’t actually have to speak to them. The joys of growing up in a small town! ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era-a-reflective-mmp/382799/412 "2006-12-08T23:53:23Z")
Haze - See? Everything’s cool. Just think of the repair cost as sucking less than losing your paper would have. I can’t believe it. I lost my bank card. I don’t know how, when or where, but it just disappeared completely. It’s a good thing I was actually in my bank doing actual banking stuff when I discovered this, so I was able to get a replacement immediately. Still, I don’t lose stuff like that. I mean, I’ve lost the odd thing from time to time but rarely anything out of my wallet. And nothing else is missing from my wallet – credit and store cards are still there where they ought to be. Maybe I left it in a bank machine (though they usually beep at you to take your damn card) or when paying with my card, but I haven’t paid by Interac in at least a week, and I _never_ leave my card in the bank machines both because of the alarm and because you can’t get your receipt until you remove your card. Oh well. Quickest crisis aversion I ever experienced. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era-a-reflective-mmp/382799/413 "2006-12-08T23:56:17Z")
Haze paper first, then drunken debauchery, young lady! Remember, grad school exists to make you suffer. We went to the pizza buffet place. It was good and the pizza was fresh and hot so I’m glad. In just a bit there will be hot tub soakin’ a happenin’ leading to other things which I will leave to your imaginations to figure out. 😃 Happy Anniversary Eve **FCM and FCD**! Is that one of those Japanese places where they throw knives at ya? Cause nuttin’ says celebration better than flyin’ cutlery. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era-a-reflective-mmp/382799/414 "2006-12-09T00:06:47Z")
Ooh, I loves me a hibachi restaurant. I’ve only ever been to one, at a company Christmas dinner, but it was awesome. The culinary acrobatics just make you want the food more. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era-a-reflective-mmp/382799/415 "2006-12-09T00:11:19Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Ooh, I loves me a hibachi restaurant. I’ve only ever been to one, at a company Christmas dinner, but it was awesome. The culinary acrobatics just make you want the food more. [/QUOTE] Yeah, surviving hurtling knives and cleavers does tend to make one hungry. 😃 Ok, off to the hot tub! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era-a-reflective-mmp/382799/416 "2006-12-09T00:31:12Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] Is that one of those Japanese places where they throw knives at ya? Cause nuttin’ says celebration better than flyin’ cutlery. 😉 [/QUOTE] Honestly, I don’t know - we’ve never been there. Tomorrow will be the first time. So you’ll have to wait to find out. hmmm, torturing the \*\*bear \*\* - added bonus for me! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era-a-reflective-mmp/382799/417 "2006-12-09T01:16:23Z")
[QUOTE=Lissla Lissar] Yeah. I may have told Mr. Lissar wrong. A friend and I looked it up, and we got conflicting information. Why isn’t there a nice bulletin or something? [/QUOTE] It is a Holy Day of Obligation unless it falls next to a Sunday, then it is not, except for the United State where Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception is the patron saint where it is celebrated regardless of which day it falls on. Oh it was in last Sunday’s bulletin, too. Does that clear things up for you, **LiLi**? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era-a-reflective-mmp/382799/418 "2006-12-09T01:52:44Z")
I am DONE! DONE I TELL YOU! MUAHAHAHAHA! Ahem. Excuse me while I go drink my face off. 😃 PS - thanks for all your support! ('specially **swampy** and his nagging, heh) ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era-a-reflective-mmp/382799/419 "2006-12-09T02:17:32Z")
Hmmm, it’s 9PM here, that makes it 8PM in Chicago… [calculates]… **Haze** , I want another post from you in five hours reporting on how much you love all us good peoples. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era-a-reflective-mmp/382799/420 "2006-12-09T02:26:54Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Ooh, I loves me a hibachi restaurant. I’ve only ever been to one, at a company Christmas dinner, but it was awesome. The culinary acrobatics just make you want the food more. [/QUOTE] Next time you’re on Lawn Guylandt, I’ll take you to the one by me - the theatrics are only outdone by the quality of the food. Plus they do Kareoke on Thurs and Fri nights [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era-a-reflective-mmp/382799.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era-a-reflective-mmp/382799.md?page=22)