HSH this evening


I've just watched Mr Bean's Holiday, having been told it was shit, and really enjoyed it.

What's pleasantly surprised you lately?
( Maladicta, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:01, 58 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Getting through to the fishing
tournament I was banging on about the other day.
Didn't think I had a chance.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:09, Reply)

Woo and yay for you!
How very exciting :)
( Maladicta, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:10, Reply)

Thank you!
It's actually given me the motivation to get up and get help for my depression. I've turned into an anti-social slob but my friends forced me out with them last Friday.

Am now on happy pills and had my first therapy session last night. Time to get my motivation and my life back!
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:18, Reply)

you on happy pills too? i started in zoloft 8 days ago...
keep getting the most intense rushes, positively mdma-like at times.
wow, seratonin is AMAZING!

and this is why i've not been round HSH much of late.
i've missed you guys.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:24, Reply)

And we've missed you too b69
* gives hug to stimulate b69's serotonin production *
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:40, Reply)

*joins in group hug*

( Maladicta, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:44, Reply)

reciprocates!
*feels seratonin levels rise*
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:46, Reply)

*feels fluffeh*

( Maladicta, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:50, Reply)

that's not the serotonin levels.
it's something in althegeordie's pants
(tuqueboy has been in a medically -induced coma since, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 21:00, Reply)

Eep, you want to stay away from that.
It could go off at any moment.
( Maladicta, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 21:03, Reply)

nothing against althegeordie but i'll be having nothing to do with his underpants, thankyou.
or what is in them.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 20 Aug 2009, 21:09, Reply)

cheers dude ;-)
been finding it all a bit tough lately.
compounded by lack of OT time?
probably.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:45, Reply)

If it's any consolation
I've not had much OT time myself lately. Glad to see you back.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:54, Reply)

glad to be back.
you cool?
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 20 Aug 2009, 21:10, Reply)

.
* puts on shades and leather jacket *

* gels hair *

I am now.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 21:23, Reply)

*breaks into a rendition of Summer Nights*

( Maladicta, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 21:29, Reply)

* pretends my mountain bike is really a motorbike *

( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 21:53, Reply)

Yeah, know that
one.

*hugses*
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 21:24, Reply)

*hugses back*
feels gay.
x
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 20 Aug 2009, 23:31, Reply)

Yeah,
They put me on Lexapro yesterday, and I'm sweating profusely and getting head rushes!
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:50, Reply)

so that's escitalopram? i had citalopram (subtle difference?) a few years ago...
maybe 5 years ago?
i had really bad sweats. horrid hot and cold.
this zoloft is all together nicer (for me), except the rushes are starting to die down a bit now. i shall miss them.
i mean, if you're gonna get a side-effect it you may as well enjoy it?
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:58, Reply)

Did anyone else read citalopram as clitopram?
I now have visions of genitalia-shaped baby-transportation devices.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 21:25, Reply)

rude
boy
;-)
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 20 Aug 2009, 23:19, Reply)

That's excellent; I'm really pleased for you!
Now if only I could get my arse back into counselling, we'd all be good :)
( Maladicta, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:28, Reply)

Nothing
Old PC monitor is borked (it won't switch on), so bought a new one only to find that the widescreen type doesn't seem to allow you to view anything other than in really stretchy mode, which is as irritating as fuck. And also there are no speakers, and no visible means of connecting any externally, despite the review of the model saying the sound was really good.

I'm going to see if the old monitor is going to repairable as it's less than two years old (yes, I should have looked into that option first but I wasn't thinking straight at the time) and send the new one back and get a refund because it's not what we want.

This has been the icing on the cake of a really shit day at work and I wish it was Saturday tomorrow so I don't actually have to get up.

I'm a bit pissed off. Can you tell?
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:22, Reply)

have a man-hug!
*man-hugs*
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:26, Reply)

Ring them up and YELL AT THEM LIKE BRIAN BLESSED
I hate it when customers do this to me, but it makes you feel better!
( Maladicta, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:28, Reply)

HAve you ever tried ringing PC World?
I did tonight and failed to speak to a hooman. When I got to the repairs option I was told to log onto the tech section of the website by some pre-recorded voice, which then hung up on me.

I've emailed them instead.

And the new monitor return policy states that goods should be returned unused and unopened, but the no-speaker situation only presented itself when everything was hooked up to the pooter.

I am therefore going to drink beer until I can no longer stand up.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:33, Reply)

No, but I imagine it would make me feel better to scream obscenities at the robot.
I do it to automated cold callers; the real ones I babble at in French and then hang up on!
( Maladicta, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:42, Reply)

Buying stuff from PC World is as pleasurable as sitting your bare bum on glowing coals with sharp edges.
Got my Laptop from them. Laptop itself is what I expected it to be, but finding out it's specifications was like scraping my fingernails on a chalkboard (and afterwards the remains of my bum after the coal-torture). Needless to say, when I get my Desktop PC, I'll be buying the parts from a specialist shop and assembling it myself.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 21:03, Reply)

.
My widescreen monitor does sometimes let me view pictures unstretched with black borders at the sides, but it does not have a 1:1 pixel-display mode for viewing things fullscreen, and to add insult to injury, it always blurs the stretched image regardless of whether or not I want it to blur. This takes some of the joy away from playing Retro-Games in fluuscreen-mode.

Some monitors come in two versions. A monitor-only version and a version with built in TV-Tuner and speakers. Perhaps you just got the wrong one. Can't you just connect your speakers to your soundcard?
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:59, Reply)

Don't have any speakers
The last monitor's were in-built. This one is going back and I'm not leaving until I get a full refund.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 20 Aug 2009, 21:10, Reply)

Any chance you could connect the sound-input from your old monitor to your soundcard?
That way, the monitor will be a glorified set of speakers.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 21:26, Reply)

I have absolutely no idea how to do that
*techno luddite*
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 20 Aug 2009, 21:29, Reply)

How do you normally connect the PC to the monitor?
Is it one cable for everything, or do you connect the sound-output to a separate monitor-input than the video?
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 21:54, Reply)

Right DG
Is the old monitor less than 2 years old?

If so quote EU directive 1999/44/EC at them and suggest they phone head office.
Then they will shit their pants and give you your money back. End of.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 20 Aug 2009, 22:02, Reply)

Mp3 player totally frozen.
I can't even contemplate how shit this really is. And I'm really sick and nobody cares. I was supposed to be out with friends but I'm on the sofa with a blanket feeling very sorry for myself.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:35, Reply)

Hit it once briefly on a hard surface
failing that, leave it alone till it runs out of battery. Hopefully then it will unspazz.
( Maladicta, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:43, Reply)

Ha, I fixed a DVD player by dropping it on Sunday.
I love it when geeks witness my stupid rituals being more effective than their superior knowledge. The mp3 player will take forever to run out of battery...
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:47, Reply)

Bah :(
I used to do it to my old laptop; stand over it with an inflatable mallet when it froze, yelling "IS IT HAMMERTIME? IS IT?"
( Maladicta, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:49, Reply)

Haha!
I was feeling so sorry for myself earlier. Now I think I'm in love with you!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:52, Reply)

D'aww.
It used to make me feel better... until the laptop BSOD'd :(
( Maladicta, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 21:02, Reply)

Evening Roota
You can spend the evening with us. Just take your laptop under your blanket and get all cozy with us.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 21:07, Reply)

Ain't got a laptop
But my phone fits lovely under the duvet! Evening! Cuppa? Viscounts?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 21:23, Reply)

Maladicta's already offered me beer, so I'll just have the Viscounts.
Ta.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 21:28, Reply)

Giev viscounts!
*noms*
( Maladicta, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 21:29, Reply)

Yes!
See how they're on a grandma cake-stand so that they look posh?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 21:32, Reply)

The metal kind that folds out like a giant oyster?
The very best!
( Maladicta, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 21:35, Reply)

Evening
My most recent pleasant suprise was finding that they've installed an air-conditioning unit just above my desk in the office. My most recent unpleasant suprise was finding out that they didn't bother turning it on today.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:36, Reply)

That wasn't my most pleasant recent surprise.
*glomps* you're insane, but you rock.
( Maladicta, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:43, Reply)

.
Now that is now my most recent pleasant surprise.

* glomps back *

Have been out these past two nights so haven't been on much this week.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:49, Reply)

A glomp from me?
My, these things are powerful... I've been enjoying being a lady of leisure for the past couple of days. Beer, sir?
( Maladicta, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:51, Reply)

Why yes please.
Mine will be a pint of the local bitter, or failing that, a Guinness.

In other news, my most recent un-pleasant surprise is that my SMTP server is b0rked, and I cannot send any outgoing e-mails.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 21:09, Reply)

That sucks :( I remember bullying Thunderbird into receiving my uni email.
*pours the local bitter and adds a cherry*
( Maladicta, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 21:20, Reply)

Yay! Cherry!
* watches cherry float in the bitter before I drink it *
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 21:29, Reply)

It's the best bit, isn't it?
I call it a Lazy Cocktail.
( Maladicta, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 21:30, Reply)

I'm really addicted to this song
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-tts0dzvp4

and I am SO ASHAMED.
( Maladicta, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 21:36, Reply)

@44secondsish "i'll let you in my back door"...
it's almost like the opposite of the origins of actual "rock'n'roll". using lovely subtle phrases and slick 21st century production and sexy-gal-singer-chap to talk about doing "the animal".
a far-cry from Howlin' Wolf!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 20 Aug 2009, 23:27, Reply)