Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1921393)

Nothing quite as sad as a sick cat. Hope she makes a full recovery. Is this the one that only came back recently after having been away for years? Or am I mixing you up with Merit? I'm pretty sure you said your cat had reappeared after so long you thought you'd never see her again...

Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1921277)

Well, that was a fun day! :rolleyes:
In the middle of typing a reply to Frownland in this very thread, everything began to crawl and then finally stopped. Computer hung totally. No choice but to reboot. Once I did, nothing would work. Booted into safe mode, ran virus and spyware checks, nothing. Tried restore, no dice. Was supposedly "recovering files" for about two hours before I gave up and shut the machine off again. Got my Windows installation disk, tried Repair. You're joking, mate! Finally had no choice to but to totally reinstall Windows, which meant reinstalling all my old programmes, getting the likes of Spotify back up running and basically being a big pain in the arse. Finally finished about 3am.

I tell you, I've ****ing had it with Windows. I'm now looking into Linux, because I am tired of being subject to the tyranny of Microsoft and their ****ty system, but it (Linux) looks very daunting. I know I spoke of this before, but if anyone has any practical advice for me vis a vis Linux I'll be happy to talk to you.

Aside: having no other choice after reinstalling Windows I had to use Internet Explorer to get online. It tells me it's out of date, and I have to download the latest version, 11. So I do that, and what happens? "Microsoft has protected you by blocking this download"!!!! ****ing thick ****s blocked THEIR OWN SOFTWARE from downloading! Says it all really. Now SP1 won't install for me. **** you, Bill Gates. **** you to hell and back. I'm done with you. As soon as I can, you're getting kicked to the kerb.

(Ten years later, Trollheart says to himself: "I really should look into Linux. This is the tenth time this year I've had to reinstall"....) :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by rubber soul (Post 1921281)

I was wondering what happened to you, Trolls. I thought something had happened. Yeah, Microsoft is a pain in the butt, especially now that they want to update Windows 10 every three hours. I don't even have my computer enabled to look for updates anymore. Linux isn't really an option in the US. I'm assuming it's a no frills OS.

Anyhow, glad to see you're still around. I think I killed the guess your song thread (I won again yesterday).

Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds (Post 1921419)

How come?

Originally Posted by rubber soul (Post 1921423)

No one responded after I shut down. I have to stop going to bed so early :laughing:

Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1921307)

Wait. Do you get the reference?

Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1921396)

Nah, different cat. And she's not sad. She had breathing problems at first but after an antibiotic shot from the vet and some meds at home she's thriving. And she never stopped being a super-friendly attention-whore with a big mouth. Even if she literally was operating on one lung since the other was completely full of fluid.

Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds (Post 1921419)

Hope things work out for you, Chio.



Linux >>>



How come?

Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 1921474)

More rummaging through old **** = more lumps in the throat.

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