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Griff · 12-19-2013, 08:02 PM

I thought the insurance company got to keep the deer?

Lamplighter · 12-19-2013, 08:56 PM

I've been working with my new Mac and trying out new financial software.
This involved moving files from my old Mac to an external drive
and then onto the new Mac.
In testing the software, I've moved various files into the Trash.

Well, since a few of these files held financial and personal data,
I decided to do an (irreversible) "Secure Empty Trash" deletion.

To my terror, an Alert window came up saying it was deleting 26,828 files

That was 3 hours ago... there are still 4,000 to go

footfootfoot · 12-19-2013, 01:20 PM

Between whoever hit it first and me rolling over it, I didn't want it. Someone else did though. It was gone this morning.

DanaC · 12-20-2013, 04:50 AM

Hahahahaha. Ouch. Yeah, that'll take a while.

glatt · 12-21-2013, 07:11 AM

Uh oh. The boy is puking this morning.

I'm dreaming of a stomach virus Christmas...

House guest (MIL) due to arrive tomorrow and sleep in his room, and him on our floor. May need to rethink this.

Bad timing.

Griff · 12-21-2013, 07:44 AM

Around here its been running about 24 hours. Am trying Cream of Rice now.

Carruthers · 12-21-2013, 08:08 AM

F3

Quote:

Vague, hazy, and indistinct feelings of restlessness and foreboding.

Yes, I get those constantly. They start when I get up and stop when I go to sleep. Otherwise known as 'life' in my case, I'm sorry to say.

orthodoc · 12-21-2013, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

Uh oh. The boy is puking this morning.

I'm dreaming of a stomach virus Christmas...

House guest (MIL) due to arrive tomorrow and sleep in his room, and him on our floor. May need to rethink this.

Bad timing.

Uh oh ... sorry to hear this. GI viruses survive on surfaces, so it's probably best to leave your son where he is and find other quarters for MIL. If you're fanatical about disinfecting surfaces and hand washing, you may contain it. Hand sanitizers work best for viruses.

I hope the rest of you escape it.

glatt · 12-21-2013, 08:45 AM

My hands are already getting a little dried out from all the hand washing I've done this morning. I'm going through the motions but feel like it's a lost cause. Part of me thinks we should all just deliberately infect ourselves now in the hopes it will run its course by christmas. Also, Clorox wipes are convenient, and I just fired up the humidifier to knock airborn viruses down to the floor. I still feel like it's a lost cause.

glatt · 12-21-2013, 10:26 AM

Hmm.
He's stopped puking and is happily sipping ginger ale. All perky and not happy that I'm confining him to his room. Maybe it wasn't a severe stomach virus after all. Or maybe it's that famous 4 hour stomach virus.

*raw, sanitized fingers crossed*

footfootfoot · 12-21-2013, 11:25 AM

the eye of the storm?

Rooting for you all.

orthodoc · 12-21-2013, 12:52 PM

Don't give up, glatt - it IS possible to escape it. And maybe it'll be a fairly mild thing, or even a bit of food poisoning and not nearly as infectious as rotavirus or norovirus.

Griff · 12-21-2013, 01:43 PM

... or the brown eye of the storm

glatt · 12-21-2013, 03:41 PM

Hey, it seems like it was not much after all. He's had a couple slices of plain toast and a bunch of ginger ale, and is feeling a little tender but is holding everything down.

orthodoc · 12-21-2013, 04:29 PM

Good news!

12-19-2013, 08:02 PM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I thought the insurance company got to keep the deer? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-19-2013, 01:20 PM	#3
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Between whoever hit it first and me rolling over it, I didn't want it. Someone else did though. It was gone this morning. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-21-2013, 07:44 AM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Around here its been running about 24 hours. Am trying Cream of Rice now. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-21-2013, 11:25 AM	#11
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	the eye of the storm? Rooting for you all. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-21-2013, 12:52 PM	#12
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Don't give up, glatt - it IS possible to escape it. And maybe it'll be a fairly mild thing, or even a bit of food poisoning and not nearly as infectious as rotavirus or norovirus. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

12-19-2013, 08:56 PM	#2
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	I've been working with my new Mac and trying out new financial software. This involved moving files from my old Mac to an external drive and then onto the new Mac. In testing the software, I've moved various files into the Trash. Well, since a few of these files held financial and personal data, I decided to do an (irreversible) "Secure Empty Trash" deletion. To my terror, an Alert window came up saying it was deleting 26,828 files That was 3 hours ago... there are still 4,000 to go

12-21-2013, 07:11 AM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Uh oh. The boy is puking this morning. I'm dreaming of a stomach virus Christmas... House guest (MIL) due to arrive tomorrow and sleep in his room, and him on our floor. May need to rethink this. Bad timing.

12-21-2013, 08:45 AM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	My hands are already getting a little dried out from all the hand washing I've done this morning. I'm going through the motions but feel like it's a lost cause. Part of me thinks we should all just deliberately infect ourselves now in the hopes it will run its course by christmas. Also, Clorox wipes are convenient, and I just fired up the humidifier to knock airborn viruses down to the floor. I still feel like it's a lost cause.

12-21-2013, 10:26 AM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Hmm. He's stopped puking and is happily sipping ginger ale. All perky and not happy that I'm confining him to his room. Maybe it wasn't a severe stomach virus after all. Or maybe it's that famous 4 hour stomach virus. raw, sanitized fingers crossed

12-21-2013, 01:43 PM	#13
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	... or the brown eye of the storm __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-21-2013, 03:41 PM	#14
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Hey, it seems like it was not much after all. He's had a couple slices of plain toast and a bunch of ginger ale, and is feeling a little tender but is holding everything down.

12-21-2013, 04:29 PM	#15
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Good news! __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

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