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Tuesday Morning I filled out and signed all the Legal Power of Attorney and Life Insurance stuff so my wife can function in case something happens to me on my China Trip.
Last night I found out that of my mentors and best friends died from Cancer...
Vigil tonight, Funeral Saturday.....
I woke up this morning to a Dead Mac.....I can run programs, but cannot restart, shutdown, burn disks, see the server, etc...... One of my other macs can see this computer so I just started pulling 40GB of information so I can reformat and reinstall everything.
Is there a button I can press to restart this week? I think I could use a Command + Shift + Escape
morea
11-03-2005, 06:51 PM
aw, so sorry to hear that Joe! What a crummy week! I wish there really WAS an easy button for life. (((HUGS)))
http://www.staples.com/sbd/img/ico/ic185-foot-easybutton.jpg
aw, so sorry to hear that Joe! What a crummy week! I wish there really WAS an easy button for life. (((HUGS)))
http://www.staples.com/sbd/img/ico/ic185-foot-easybutton.jpg
Thanks Morea! I tried Double clicking on your easy post, but nothing happened....no lights, no choirs singing, nothing going backwards back to Monday.......probably because I'm on a PC today....:eek:
Craig B
11-03-2005, 06:58 PM
That sucks Step. Hang in there.
jimintn
11-03-2005, 07:29 PM
Sorry to hear all of that Joe. Wish we could transport you back.
morea
11-03-2005, 07:30 PM
Joe:
Sometimes in our lives we all have pain
We all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there's always tomorrow
Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on!
Hope that made you smile a little ;)
morea
11-03-2005, 07:35 PM
Joe - this is one of my favorite poems... maybe you will like it too.
The Rainy Day
by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings to the moldering wall,
But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.
My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
My thoughts still cling to the moldering Past,
But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast
And the days are dark and dreary.
Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
Joe:
Sometimes in our lives we all have pain
We all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there's always tomorrow
Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on!
Hope that made you smile a little ;)
Thanks Morea.....that helps.....things a looking better. I was able to pull all of my personal stuff and my current jobs off my computer onto another one.
BTW the "Last Picture of my Cat" thread.....now that knocked me out of my chair laughing!
:D
morea
11-03-2005, 07:37 PM
lol... yeah, that was pretty funny... but don't tell Tyger I said so ;)
morea
11-03-2005, 07:40 PM
oh, and I am a strong advocate of "laugh therapy" (aka, the power of humor) when things are going really lousy... so make sure you see these threads for a 'pick me up':
http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11848
http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11819
JPnyc
11-03-2005, 07:40 PM
Ya know, it's for occasions just such as this that the good lord gave us booze. Just a thought.
Rocketpig
11-03-2005, 07:41 PM
I woke up this morning to a Dead Mac.....I can run programs, but cannot restart, shutdown, burn disks, see the server, etc...... One of my other macs can see this computer so I just started pulling 40GB of information so I can reformat and reinstall everything.
You lie! Macs don't crash! Apple is perfect!
*smacks his Powerbook and chuckles*
morea
11-03-2005, 07:44 PM
Ya know, it's for occasions just such as this that the good lord gave us booze. Just a thought.
LMAO @ JPnyc!
And Joe, there's always Cows With Guns (http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11322) ;)
Jason Fraker
11-03-2005, 07:55 PM
All you have to do is get Superman to fly around the earth counter-clockwise a few times and that should take care of it. I think I have his business card somewhere. Doh! I forgot, Patrick said they fired him!
Besides, Superman's method only allows you to relive the crappy stuff from this week. Maybe it's better this way...
JPnyc
11-03-2005, 08:20 PM
I was worried about getting too religious on ya all. But apparently it flew.
morea
11-03-2005, 08:23 PM
"lord" is a safe enough word though - it's not inherently religious.
For example, you could have meant that the medieval liege who manages the feudal estate provides alcoholic beverages...
JPnyc
11-03-2005, 08:47 PM
That ain't the feudal system I remember learning about in school. The serfs were barely provided ANYTHING under that system. The right to exist, and little else.
morea
11-03-2005, 08:48 PM
oh sure! See if I defend YOU again! ;)
Mynock
11-03-2005, 08:57 PM
I thought we were an autonomous collective?
morea
11-03-2005, 08:59 PM
You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship. A self-perpetuating autocracy!
JPnyc
11-03-2005, 09:07 PM
All government is in the business of subjugating it's populus. Our big advantage is that our gov. knows that nothing subjugates like comfort. Comfort breeds complacency like nothing else in this world.
Mynock
11-03-2005, 09:08 PM
I don't remember Dennis saying that, Joe.
morea
11-03-2005, 09:08 PM
There you go bringing class into it again! ;)
PersonasBinar
11-03-2005, 09:42 PM
wow where did this come from ?
Macs HA! *having spent the afternoon rebuilding his G5Tiger user account that kicked over and died last night.
JPnyc
11-03-2005, 10:03 PM
Dennis? Are we talking Dennis Leary or one of those other self-appointed talking heads?
Mynock
11-03-2005, 10:05 PM
Oh boy, have you people not watch the required Monty Python?
JPnyc
11-03-2005, 10:22 PM
Yeah but about 25 yrs ago. LOL
Mynock
11-03-2005, 10:25 PM
It's from the Holy Grail. You should brush up. It's new and on DVD! It looks bright and colorful.
13yrGuru
11-04-2005, 01:29 PM
Joe:
Sometimes in our lives we all have pain
We all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there's always tomorrow
Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on!
Hope that made you smile a little ;)
Thats my dad's shower song!:rolleyes:
JPnyc
11-04-2005, 01:39 PM
Who's in there with him doing the leaning?
13yrGuru
11-04-2005, 05:03 PM
Who's in there with him doing the leaning?
Shutup
morea
11-04-2005, 05:30 PM
chill out 13yrgoo.
My Mac is back and running....(Still 10.3.9) I haven't done the Tiger upgrade because of some incompatible hardware....(PC of course :) )
When I pulled everything back to my computer, Norton found a Virus in one of my e-mail archives and killed it. I didn’t think Macs got viruses very often.
Funeral is Tomorrow......I’m feeling better about that as well....
I leave on Sunday.......and no, I’m not bringing my laptop! No Internet, No E-mail...Whatever shall I do??
Oh boy, have you people not watch the required Monty Python?
Will need to watch it again......haven't seen it in 20+ years!
morea
11-04-2005, 08:15 PM
condolences again on the loss of your friend and mentor. In time the pain does fade, leaving only happy memories.
Have a safe trip!