Gaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhh MK IV!

[Augustus Longeye]

Ava; I really am sorry that your job is at risk, but by God that was a fantastic response. Bravo

Mr. Oakes, I am very sorry to hear your troubles, I can't offer much more than that, but you have my support nonetheless.
~Longeye~

[Lady Ava]

Don't all be too worried, it was a beautiful response and it's only a minimum wage and minimum hour job, so can be replaced.

[citizen_erased]

There`s been a break-in at the caves. Some guys (the camping owner said he saw 3 men walk around at night, though strangely he didn`t act on it) hit through a wall, destroyed a fence, and went into the caves through an emergency exit. Then, they went through the caves, to the front, stole all the lamps the guides use (all 15 or so of them), and also broke through another bit of wall to steal climbing supplies of the company that organises wall climbing activities in a specific part of our caves. There were signs that they`d also been in other parts of the caves, but there was nothing to steal there luckily.

The whole nature of it all makes us suspect whoever did it is or was a guide, and must`ve been around recently, as they knew about the emergency exit (even most of the guides don`t know about that one), they knew the way around, knew the lamps were all in the caves even though they`ve only been there for two weeks because of the new building, and they knew where to get those climbing supplies.

Luckily, a colleague living nearby had 3 of the same lamps at home for camping purposes, so we`re using those now, but sharing 3 lamps with 4 guides when summer season is starting and there are several reservations for groups, turned into a huge chaos which I got to solve largely by myself, because I was at the register and all the managers were either out to get more lamps or were with the police or had other appointments. So I got to deal with all the ensuing chaos, telling people they had to wait for another 20+ minutes, dealing with people from the climbing company on the phone, and just overall trying to get some organisation into it all.

Then when I finally got home after an exhausting day, I saw the painters had painted the walls on my roof terrace, which I knew absolutely nothing about.

On top of that, I slipped off of the bottom step of the stairs and landed quite hard on the floor with my foot, and now my leg and ankle are still kind of hurting, which I really hope will just disappear as I`m doing tours for the next 4 days or so.

[rovingjack]

Gaming Cheats. and their users.

Does it bother no one else that this trend is not only no longer something to feel guilty about but entitled to.

Where once it was interactive play with people, now it asymmetric domination hobby. In a game of chess, or a game of cards the idea is to succeed by the power of thinking and planning, demonstrating style and skill. If somebody cheated every chance they got in those games it would be a sad pathetic individual. how did it become a badge of glory to cheat? and even more important why even bother playing at that point?

Really it's like saying, "I don't like how this game is played, and I'm not skilled enough to be successful in it anyway... so I'm going to go to such and suches web page and grab the cheat codes so I can win it easy."

It's even worse than that though because the games themselves could be fun and legitimate play with other could be nice... but we will never know because there is no way to get an honest game that isn't destroyed by people tromping in crushing people and declaring victory and continuing to repeat the process daily like some sort of troll.

[Lady Ava]

On the phone to the solicitors about the crash and the stupid lady who chose my car over driving on the road. Making me all sorts of angry.

[Wormster]

There`s been a break-in at the caves. Some guys (the camping owner said he saw 3 men walk around at night, though strangely he didn`t act on it) hit through a wall, destroyed a fence, and went into the caves through an emergency exit. Then, they went through the caves, to the front, stole all the lamps the guides use (all 15 or so of them), and also broke through another bit of wall to steal climbing supplies of the company that organises wall climbing activities in a specific part of our caves. There were signs that they`d also been in other parts of the caves, but there was nothing to steal there luckily.

The whole nature of it all makes us suspect whoever did it is or was a guide, and must`ve been around recently, as they knew about the emergency exit (even most of the guides don`t know about that one), they knew the way around, knew the lamps were all in the caves even though they`ve only been there for two weeks because of the new building, and they knew where to get those climbing supplies.

Luckily, a colleague living nearby had 3 of the same lamps at home for camping purposes, so we`re using those now, but sharing 3 lamps with 4 guides when summer season is starting and there are several reservations for groups, turned into a huge chaos which I got to solve largely by myself, because I was at the register and all the managers were either out to get more lamps or were with the police or had other appointments. So I got to deal with all the ensuing chaos, telling people they had to wait for another 20+ minutes, dealing with people from the climbing company on the phone, and just overall trying to get some organisation into it all.

Then when I finally got home after an exhausting day, I saw the painters had painted the walls on my roof terrace, which I knew absolutely nothing about.

On top of that, I slipped off of the bottom step of the stairs and landed quite hard on the floor with my foot, and now my leg and ankle are still kind of hurting, which I really hope will just disappear as I`m doing tours for the next 4 days or so.

OH MAN! - that just plain sucks! - makes my tiredness and aching muscules look feeble.

[James Harrison]

I'd be REALLY sad about it, if it wasn't a low paying job I hate, and if the circumstance hadn't been hilarious.:

Manager shouting at me: 'not even I can do 3 sections in an hour and a half!'

My retaliation: 'perhaps its because I'm blessed with more than one GCSE.'

*pulls out pen and paper*

I'll have to make note of that comeback; I'm also in the position of being directed about by people who could be outsmarted by chimps. 

[rod-on]

I'm building a nixie clock, I should say trying to ... I'm frustrated ... I've just soldered in the flying leads for the first tube and its supposed to cycle through the numbers 0 - 9, and it does ... once then it stays on 1 then 0 and back to 1 and stays there!  I've checked my soldering and its ok, I've cleaned the pcb and its ok too. 

Now I'm stuck and I don't know what to do next.

[Siliconous Skumins]

Got both my cars up for their annual MOT test next week, and BOTH have some issues that need sorted or they WILL fail. The classic Mini has an electrical problem with the hazard lights - they basically will not work. I can probably wire in a new cable to the wiring loom to get that sorted though, but it will be tricky (there is not a lot of room in the engine bay to work in...). Not looking forward to this, it's not going to be an easy fix - it never is on a Mini.    Also I can't wind up the driver side window, the metal chanel the glass sits in has rotted out, and has expanded with rust - needs a new one, but I can probably patch the old one enough to get it through the test.

On top of that the BMW MINI (AKA a "BINI") has a high level brake light (above the rear window) that the red lens has separated from the rest of the sealed case. Just epoxied it back together, but the weather seals are shot so it will be leaking worse than ever, so I can expect a boot ("trunk" across the pond) full of water. And joy of joys, it's currently raining while I have a nice large open hole where the light should be fitted.    It will be several hours before I can refit the light, so I will probably need to use the wet / dry vac to dry the carpet and boot area in the morning.

Also I have no fuel in the MINI, so I will have to drain some out of the classic one, and put it into the Bini to get it to the nearest petrol station, as the closest one to me has been closed (looks like it's getting demolished). A full tank on the classic Mini will barely wet the sides of the tank in the Bini.... And as I haven't used the classic mini at all in two years, the fuel will be lovely bloody stale and moldy by now. Should prove interesting to a fuel injected modern engine....  The old one will just about run on white spirit, it cares not as long as the stuff will burn.


So GAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!

SS

[citizen_erased]

Tonight at the caves, me and 2 other colleagues joined the evening tour. Me and another to go through it again because I`m starting them tomorrow and he`s starting the evening tours tuesday, and the third one joined just for fun. At the end, the 3 of us went back through the entrance, while the actual guide took the visitors through the escape routes. When leaving, one of my colleagues suddenly made us stand still, because he heard someone talking in the direction we came from. Considering the break in yesterday, and a strange occurence today in a tour of a colleague (someone asking all about break ins at the caves, which has never before been asked about), we were obviously worried.

When we got out, we informed the original guide, and called one of the managers who was there within 5 minutes. They decided to go into the caves to check it all out.

I wasn`t allowed to go into the caves, because I`m a girl, and they only wanted the men to go.

I do get where they`re coming from, it could be really dangerous, but then again, instead of someone who has done martial arts and who knows how to defend herself, they send in some scrawny 17 year olds. But no, I had to sit at the counter and listen to their conversations on the portable phone-things and call 112 (911 for you Americans) in case anything happened, and just wait until they came out again. I never before realised how much I hate having that part. I hate feeling so powerless, I hate those gender limitations, I hate basically being shoved aside because I`m a girl. I do realise it`s to keep me (and them, in a way) safe, I get it, I understand it, but I still really hated it.

[Xenos]

A normally level-headed and smart supervisor of mine made a rather poor decision, even after the relevant information was given him, and it ended up putting me at work an hour and a half late-because he thought his way was better.

When it turned out that it was NOT (as I had pointed out at the START of the damn day), he flips his sh*t at me.

The actual ****?

Couple that with the...  erm...  RATHER creepy girls hitting on me today at my #2 pickup (because I "Look like Billy Bob Thornton."), my shoulder giving out, my knee twisting, and getting Craft Herpes (glitter) all over my face/hands/clothes...

THEN I get home and find out my sister-in-law is getting stalked, and don't think she needs to get the cops involved.

The guy got her info off of her CREDIT CARD when she paid for her pizza.

He's tracked her to her house.

He knows her name.

He keeps asking if he can drive her home.

POLICE.

Like, YESTERDAY.

I am going to drink like, ALL OF THE ALCOHOL tonight.

EDIT:

So developments...

Yeah, this guy is beyond creepy.  And what's more, he's got a guy taking UP for him, saying he's done nothing wrong, and there's no problem.

Mostly because the guy doing the defending is the same guy I trolled the other day, and it's my belief that he's trying to do so again.

I am a bit tipsy, and so enraged.

VERY.

VERY.

ENRAGED.

Suffice it to say, I gave up my old lifestyle years ago.  My wife and daughter are the only things keeping me in my house right now.

[ForestB]

Husband just called- he got laid off....

[Banfili]

Bugger!
Buggers!

[Gerry Hunter]

I'm pretty sure this is far beyond a Gah!, but I literally have nobody else to talk to about this. I've pretty much kept to myself, I don't much socialize and other than when I had a job or people who lived in the same building I didn't get to know people. In the last year however that has all changed. I've been working on volunteer projects with people and getting a feel for connecting with other people doing good things.

Fourteen people I've gone to restaurants with and talked late into the night, played games and worked on projects with and got to know better than anybody else in a long long time.

And now it's fallen apart. The whole thing started when everybody tried to get people to help with a new big project that would benefit the areas most needy people and network with other volunteer organisations.

Half of my group of friends clustered and then made it clear that one groups who came at the invite of several of our group, because they do a lot of community gardening and farm teaching, was not allowed in any volunteer work that my friends were involved in. The reason they stated was because of differing political views and 'how they are a threat to our goals'. It quickly became clear that this was the closest acceptable excuse to exclude a group they didn't like.

But worse then making a scene at a public event where community members had been encouraged to attend, The half of my friends who were excluding people Basically said things like 'We don't need or want their kind here.' and 'It's us and them. You are either with us or you are one of them.'

And any in my group of friends who objected on the basis of this being unreasonable and how this is all supposed to be about benefitting other people not an exclusive society. These people were basically told they no longer have a place. The last year of side by side efforts we've been working on together are commandeered.

I was approached by one of the expellers as he tried to encourage me ignore the others and focus on 'the real group'. It's like a train wreck, it seemed completely unreal, I was stunned, and completely lost my calm.

I told him I was going to be blunt and I didn't feel that after this type of scene that I should be expected not to be upset. And he played it like he was all understanding as though it was unfortunate I had to be exposed to the horrors of the other side unreasonableness. I just lost it right there. I don't cry and I don't yell, but my tongue has some very sharp edges and a rapier point.

I used him for a target as a stand in for the whole group. I ripped into his justifications and before long he was using things like, what if the Nazis came in and offered people to work, should we just accept outsiders into take control. I ripped into this line of BS and hey gave that I give up this person just won't see reason sigh and look before saying he just wanted to let me know I could still come and work a big event coming up.

"How courteous of you to grant me permission, to what do I owe the blessing on such a humble one as myself." 

"No courtesies, you've never been obsequious." and he just turned and went back to the group.

The excluded group went to a separate area and went I walked out nearly shaking in rage I found a few of them just in complete shock and we talked and tried to figure out how much betrayal could come from people we just days ago shared food and jokes.

Theres now a torn split down the middle of the group and it turns out several others had been forced out by personality clashes with certain figures in the expelling half of the group and are coming back in to the expelled half, along with others who associated with the 'controversial group'. Meanwhile people I cared about and who I thought cared about me are trying to use the momentum of expunging undesirable to recruit more of a particular type of participant who wouldn't work with them before because of having too 'controversial associates'.

The side that was seeking cooperative and inclusive work for a common goal... they feel they are still the original group, because they held to the tennets of the group and the others feel they are more legitimate because they have the recognition of others.

The 'Legitimates' have been propaganda calling those that weren't there and those that don't know what was going on. Telling them about an attempted take over. There are those in the 'legitimates' and their converts that have been sending nasty messages and even declaring at me that it is their sole purpose in life to see people like me destroyed. These are not just people I know, these are people I shared myself with and with whom I'd talked about some of my more personal feelings and beliefs.

The savage and blind almost genocidal hatred is all one sided and scary as hell.

And I keep looking at it and seeing good people and honest good work being poisoned and destroyed, and my little attempt to come out and encounter the world is a series of bleeding gashes right now.

This isn't going to get mended. and there is a venomous hatred out there aimed at good people and at me, and it's the worst kind, the kind of hate that only comes from sickened and toxic conversion of kinship.

I just want to withdraw. I want to walk away and forget I even tried. But that's wrong, and yet I feel trapped. I'm also angry at the actions that made it happen, I'm angry because I can see and even reason why it is the way it is, but that isn't to say it's right. We volunteered to better the lives of people other than ourselves by working to improve the communities. Half the group maintains the inclusiveness and holds no hate, and dammit they are right.

forgive the horrible typing and rambled thought, I'm not clear right now. I've not slept in thirty three hours and I can't eat. Somebody else who worked hard for our group and was also branded a traitor broke out in hives this morning from all the stress. He's actually been threatened.

Is this what this shitty world is like out here? I don't see the attraction.

[elShoggotho]

Clashed rather violently with some idiot at my local hackerspace. Complains about stuff I left out and has the gall to THROW THE VERY SAME STUFF ALL OVER THE PLACE, making the cleanup after his "cleanup" harder work than any original cleanup would have been! And no, mein herr, NOT everything that looks like a lighter is automatically mine! Oh, and a lot of other people vented their mondays at me. Couple that with the fact that nothing worked at the tinkering front, often to the point of making the shiny new tools I bought pointless or obsolete, and you have a pretty big ARGH.

[Jedediah Solomon]

I'm pretty sure this is far beyond a Gah!, but I literally have nobody else to talk to about this. I've pretty much kept to myself, I don't much socialize and other than when I had a job or people who lived in the same building I didn't get to know people. In the last year however that has all changed. I've been working on volunteer projects with people and getting a feel for connecting with other people doing good things.

_>snip<

forgive the horrible typing and rambled thought, I'm not clear right now. I've not slept in thirty three hours and I can't eat. Somebody else who worked hard for our group and was also branded a traitor broke out in hives this morning from all the stress. He's actually been threatened.

Is this what this shitty world is like out here? I don't see the attraction.

Wait...Let me wrap my head around this.... So it is NOT middle-school? Do these clowns know that adults are not supposed to act like adolescents or worse, (Apologies to adolescents)
Dude, you need to hang around with some adults, man.

[SeVeNeVeS]

My Dad has developed some wierd skin disease where the whole of his body is covered in huge weeping blisters and the poor bugger is in agony, my fragile mum stumbled and broke her arm in 2 places and is in agony, at work today my mate, whilst smacking the bejesus out of something, missed and caught me clean in the head with a lump hammer. (did smart somewhat and there was alot of blood)...............And its only Tuesday!! (this may be looked back on as "That was a week that was)

~SeVeN~

[Gerry Hunter]

I'm pretty sure this is far beyond a Gah!, but I literally have nobody else to talk to about this. I've pretty much kept to myself, I don't much socialize and other than when I had a job or people who lived in the same building I didn't get to know people. In the last year however that has all changed. I've been working on volunteer projects with people and getting a feel for connecting with other people doing good things.

_>snip<

forgive the horrible typing and rambled thought, I'm not clear right now. I've not slept in thirty three hours and I can't eat. Somebody else who worked hard for our group and was also branded a traitor broke out in hives this morning from all the stress. He's actually been threatened.

Is this what this shitty world is like out here? I don't see the attraction.

Wait...Let me wrap my head around this.... So it is NOT middle-school? Do these clowns know that adults are not supposed to act like adolescents or worse, (Apologies to adolescents)
Dude, you need to hang around with some adults, man.

I just don't understand people I guess. I know what's happening. The 'legitamates' who were there and started the split have some things in common. Namely political views and identify with a single school of economics. While the other group is predominantly mixed. This means the mixed group is less organised and not as easily brought into line on processes and have more areas of divergent opinion, but they mange to do so well. The other group is organised and more regid which sadly also allow simple consumers easy access much like off the rack parts and clothing vs custom work of seamstress and tailor. But it's the devison that's savge and abusive.

[Lady Ava]

Going into work today early to sort my holidays. Not looking forward to it, as I may well get angry and quit or go on my days off anyway and get fired.

Essentially, I work 4 days a week, and need a specific 3 days off next week and the week after. Just plan the rota around them, right? No. Make me fill in a holiday form for two weeks off. Then they rejected my holiday form. So now we're back to step one, and I don't wanna get pissy with them but they said I could take any pre-booked holidays, and I told them about this one on my second shift, last month.

So, either they'll refuse to honour it, I'll lose my temper and leave, or they'll refuse to honour it, I'll take the days anyway and they'll fire me.

[Professor Phineas Brownsm]

Going into work today early to sort my holidays. Not looking forward to it, as I may well get angry and quit or go on my days off anyway and get fired.

Essentially, I work 4 days a week, and need a specific 3 days off next week and the week after. Just plan the rota around them, right? No. Make me fill in a holiday form for two weeks off. Then they rejected my holiday form. So now we're back to step one, and I don't wanna get pissy with them but they said I could take any pre-booked holidays, and I told them about this one on my second shift, last month.

So, either they'll refuse to honour it, I'll lose my temper and leave, or they'll refuse to honour it, I'll take the days anyway and they'll fire me.

if you got pre booked holiday take it anyway, they cant actually do anything, if they try to give you the sack that potentially could be an unfair dismissal.

[James Harrison]

Whilst trying to remove the remnants of a lead from an Edwardian propelling pencil of mine, I managed to both disintegrate the lead so it won't come out and damage the mechanism of the pencil so it no propels. 

That's two gahs, though the second is disappointing but I can still use the pencil as a clutch rather than a propellor. 

Then I found that replacement leads can be had for £2.50, but adding P&P on that brings up the cost to more like £8.

That's a third gah. 

All I wanted to do was to get a decent writing point on the lead....

[MsKim]

The company I work for is in the middle of a MASSIVE system conversion...and my team has been volunteered to help...

GAH the First - Only a few of us offered to come in. The same lot who always get stuck doing the extra bits without even the slightest kiss my *ss.

GAH the Second - this is our 'Go Live' weekend for the 2nd major block of business. Today is Wednesday and they still don't have the schedule figured out. Last I saw, I'll be expected to come in at 5:00 PM on Saturday evening and won't be leaving until 1:00 AM. Then I have to be back on Sunday for more fun and hooey.

GAH the Third - I'm a salaried employee. My reward is pizza, and maybe a prize from a drawing.

GAH the Fourth - I won't even know for sure what the schedule is until Saturday. We were instructed to call in at 2:00 PM to listen to a voicemail to determine what time we're to come in. We may have to call back after that periodically until they know.

Huzzah! I love unplanned plans! 

[SeVeNeVeS]

Further to my gah of yesterday, it appears amongst my "work colleagues" that being accidentally smacked in the head with a lump hammer, bleeding all over the place then still doing a full days work makes me some kind of hero.

Truth is, it hurt like hell and I cant afford to take a day off.

I keep saying it, but I so need to find another way of making money and distance myself from these neanderthal idiots.

~SeVeN~

[TVC15]

Further to my gah of yesterday, it appears amongst my "work colleagues" that being accidentally smacked in the head with a lump hammer, bleeding all over the place then still doing a full days work makes me some kind of hero.

Truth is, it hurt like hell and I cant afford to take a day off.

I keep saying it, but I so need to find another way of making money and distance myself from these neanderthal idiots.

~SeVeN~

As a favorite quote of mine: "Tis difficult to soar with eagles when you have to work with turkeys."

[Xenos]

College orientation.

Don't misunderstand me here; it's glad I am I'm in the school.

Fact is, I got up at 4:30 this morning, to drive up the damn mountain, to sit in a room with a bunch of strangers, to listen to a bunch of suits talk about how we're all dumb as bricks, going to fail, the instructors can do no wrong, do not talk to your peers about your problems, keep all your issues to yourself, and maybe, just MAYBE, if we like you enough we'll help you out when it strikes our fancy.

Ok, ok-in fairness, that's my translation of what they were saying (they did actually tell you that if you're one of their students, you CANNOT TALK ABOUT PERSONAL ISSUES WITH YOUR PEERS-you HAVE to go to guidance with it-IF you discuss your issues with your peers, they will not help you-also, your parents are a**holes and have no reason to be there, even if it's them what's paying).

After that, we go to register for classes.

Ugh.

I'm doing Simulation and Game Development.

I work during the day, and it's an hour and a half up the mountain from my job.

I need online courses.

They DID offer them-last year.  And up until about two weeks ago-when they dropped the online support for SGD 111, 112, 113, and 114.  The only one they offer online now is SGD 164, which is a 3D modeling II course.  And it requires SGD 112 and 114.

So, rather than taking any of my Major Related courses, I'm taking Anthropology 111, JAVA Programming Basics, C++ Basics, and Intermediate Maths.

It's going to be one hell of a workload, to be sure.  But, by Grace and Favour, I'll manage.