Absolutely

... does not mean they don't have the right to write it. I'm with you there. It's clear that for some people, the forums are places where they can share things they can't share in their 'real' lives. If that helps them in any way, then it's surely a good thing. And if they're identifiable from what they write, if they're OK with it, then why should the rest of us object? I choose not to write about some things on here, while other people have found great solace from forumites' responses to similar traumas in their lives. You're a lovely bunch of people!

Could you restore from an earlier backup?

I only had one little glitch updating to iOS5 and running it again the update completed OK. However, I didn't restore, I just re-synched with my mac which copied back iTunes, Apps, Contacts and Bookmarks.

Yep, me too.

*says nothing*

W

I sometimes worry about the spouses and children of people who post highly personal information because they haven't given their permission to air these things and will be identifiable by association.

My moan is being double-booked because the Trust postal system hasn't sent cancellation letters out in time and people are turning up thinking they have an appointment. Having to do a lot of apologizing for things that aren't my fault! Bah.

So that's what the 'W' stands for!

Let the person who has posted worry about that.

Mel, that is a right pain. However it was the Trust who did not send out the cancellation letters and not you. It might be you who is 'the messenger' and hence doing the apologising, but the thing both you and the clients have in common is you are affected by their mess.

Do explain how and to whom they need to complain, empathising with them for an unnecessary journey.

When you can, make sure the person concerned understands just how inconvenient this has been for you. Obviously be as diplomatic as possible, but as this is not your fault, whoever it needs to know the effect of their mistake (and if necessary their line manager does too!)

Good Luck.

I'm sorry about your problems with your iPhone, but I love this smiley

A spring on my car came off and tore my tyre apart as I was driving. Luckily, I didn't crash and the police drove past and stayed with me until the rescue people arrived.

Glad you're OK and that the police were there to help.

Glad you're ok nicki-flute

Just be glad you didn't sneeze and inadvertently spend a penny.

- sorry, I know it does happen and it's not funny when it does. But just for now

I've had what amounts to about 2 1/2 weeks off work over Christmas....loved it all, but tomorrow's the day I go back and to say I'm not looking forward to it is an understatement at best!

The issue was that instead of restoring my calendar/texts/contacts from the back-up it took at the start of the process, it restored to the last full back-up which was in October.

I'm going to troll around Google to see if there's a way of accessing the back-up that was taken yesterday (we're talking windows Vista here....)



Ho!

First day of "real" work today ... pupil was a no show and I'd forgot how much patience you have to have when restoring a flute! Better news was I was back working and still got 2 hours in on the piano!

I hope it won't be as bad as you think, Pianotastic. Two members of my household are in a similar position and not looking forward to the return to work either. I'm so glad I'm no longer working!!

Eek! Glad you're OK, Nicki.

Hubby has gone back to work today after nearly a month at home due to the holidays and a knee op.


The house is so quiet!


But time for me to get back to work too and my studio is part of the house so I can't complain about the commuting (and the office cafeteria is right next to my easel )

Irritating rather than disastrous, but....

Started today with such fine intentions of getting all sorts of stuff done before Andante-in-C comes round for some music and lunch.

Managed to load the dishwasher. So far so good.

Did the provisional allocation of accompanists for Egham (will be sending out the final lists this evening). Went downstairs for a coffee, and noticed the dishwasher had finished.

I unloaded the dishwasher, noting that I had unloaded the bread box, and realised that this means I had forgotten to start a new loaf in the breadmaker.

Hurriedly I loaded up the breadmaker - scattering flour and suchlike everywhere in the process, switched the breadmaker on, started clearing up mess.

I wondered as I cleared up what the odd noise the breadmaker was making meant. It meant the breadmaker has died. So I opened it up, tipped the ingredients into a bowl so I could investigate the machine, and concluded that the gadget had baked its last loaf, leaving me with a bowlful of wet and not very mixed ingredients and very little clue of what to do next. So I mixed the stuff together as best I could and left it on the side while I had a little panic.

Obvious answer - grab the nearest laptop and google "how to bake bread". Once I'd rebooted the router, that is, and then convinced the laptop to talk to it. All the time, of course, covering the laptop in flour. It's my husband's laptop rather than mine but he won't be here to complain until teatime....

Anyway, I found some bread recipes. They all seemed similar in the timings and processes and stuff, so a bit of thinking convinced me that if I gave the mix a quick knead, I could leave it to prove while I dashed off to Sainsbury's for a loaf.

Sainsbury's, at this time of day, is invaded by the Grey Brigade. So grabbing one loaf, paying for it and leaving is not a straightforward option (see http://www.abrsm.org/forum/index.php?showt...32342&st=27 for details)

Anyway, you'll have worked out by now that the Aaaaaggh is that my coffee has gone cold.

The microwave comes in handy at times like this Katyjay (unless you are scared that might break too).

Sounds like an interesting morning. At least the school holidays have ended. It would have been they grey brigade + mums with their bored school-aged children. (Not a good combination).

Went for a walk this morning with the dog and the kids.

The dog is well disciplined, the kids are not (despite intensive training ). We got the dog 2 years ago and I've been telling the kids since then that when we are out only I'm to call the dog in order to avoid any situations. When it's only me and the dog, she is fantastic and will come to me as soon as I call her and she gets on well with other dogs (not all - little yappy dogs are not her favourite and there's one boxer that she hates but because she's so good she is usually back on the lead well in advance). When the kids are with me, I say "Lily come here", they then join in with "come here Lils" etc over and over (very loudly). Needless to say, the dog doesn't know what to do and doesn't listen at all. She's also very protective of the kids when they're with us.

Well, today I think they've realised why I've been telling them the same thing over and over. The dog was off the lead on a narrow path and we met someone walking 2 small (yappy and aggressive) dogs. I called the dog, the kids joined in, dog took no notice and went for one of the smaller dogs and punctured its skin. I managed to separate the dogs, apologised profusely, and had to endure being told that my dog should be muzzled and on a lead. She has never ever done this before.

My aaaagghh is why oh why can't kids listen?????

Work let me go this morning - I know I was moaning last night about not wanting to go back but this wasn't quite what I had in mind as an alternative!!

All good today

Oh no hope things sort themselves out Pianotastic

Sorry to hear this, Pianotastic, but you didn't seem very happy at work so perhaps it will turn out to be all for the best. I suppose at least it has made your mind up for you about whether to do the course. I hope there's a more congenial post waiting for you around the next corner.

Oh dear. Keep cheerful Pianotastic and I'm sure you will find something even better.

Oh dear - not a nice thing to come back to after the holidays. However, one of the best decisions I ever made was to leave a job so hopefully this is the start of something better for you.

Good luck finding something new.

Over Christmas, I had a letter asking me ring an book a hospital appointment. When I rang this morning, the earliest they could give me was the 4th March, 2013...yes...2013!!! It's so ridiculous you can only laugh!

Unbelievable. it couldn't be a mistake in their system, could it? Some kind of programming error?

I don't think so - it just seems to be a very popular clinic - the chap said he's happy for me to ring every month to see if there are any cancellations!

My 17 year old cat has just relieved herself on the kitchen sink. I hope she's not becoming incontinent.

Is it very windy near you? She may not want to go out. How clean is her litter tray.

If she is becoming incontinent she will develop favourite places, and a few strategically placed puppy training mats should sort things out.

Lets hope it is just the weather both for your cat and your sake.

Plato is out of sorts today. I'm putting this down to the weather. He was very thirsty this morning but now has tucked into his food. I will monitor him carefully as he yowelled throughout the night.

I understand it's annoying, but well done her for choosing somewhere quite friendly. The one and only time our cat had an accident, it was bang in the middle of our bed. Somehow, the duvet survived unscathed and the cover recovered after a really hot wash!

Sometimes they go elsewhere than the litterbox because they are discombobulated. The only times mine have done this were 1) after we just moved (also, bang in the middle of the bed!) and 2) when mr c went on holiday and his cat was annoyed that he'd left her with me to look after (bang in the middle of the rug)

Sophie is different in every possible way to Sarah Jane (maybe there should be a new thread entitled Cats) in that she loves to make herself known. The litter tray is cleaned every day, sometimes twice as she does produce very smelly wees and poos, again unlike Sarah Jane. I guess she's upset about something, as when we have to take her to the vets or give her a wash to keep the fleas away, she either wees or poos herself, or goes for a ###### somewhere other than the litter tray.

I'm concerned that she is now a very old lady, when we got her she was 11 and quite playful. Now, she doesn't want to play on our catnip mat, or with our toy mice. Her eating habits have changed too - give her too much food and it'll come straight back up again, but she will eat four times a day!

Poor Sarah Jane. Elderly cats are a problem. I do hope it is not a renal problem. Both Plato and Gandalf have renal problems (in addition to Plato's diabetes) they are both 14 1/2. It is controlled by diet. Sarah Jane's behaviour is ringing a few bells. If you are concerned I suggest you take her to the Vet.

I hope you don't hear anything you don't want to.

Cats: they wriggle their way into your affection.

Its actually Sophie that's the elderly cat I'm concerned about, Jod. She's been okay since but she likes to spend a lot of time on the kitchen windowsill looking at the back garden.

SJ is only five, andthere's nothing wrong with her, apart from the fact she's very antisocial - she hates anyone else other than my wife and myself.

It's probably only a passing thing. There are lots of solutions to hygiene difficulties in older animals if it does become a problem. Our last elderly dog actually wore a nappy at night - you can get special ones for dogs, cats and even rabbits.

Just go on loving her to bits - she is bound to slow up a bit as she gets older - we all do!

My BT email account for my business has just been hacked for the third time and someone has changed the password.


This is beyond a joke and I am currently trying to calm down before I kick butt on the phone to them.


Can anyone recommend an email system that is totally reliable with good security PLEASE????? Is googlemail any good? Or Yahoo? Anything else? Suggestions pleeeasseeee!!!!!! I don't know how it's happened because my password was really obscure!!!!!


I am now going to have to inform 100s of contacts and order new business cards. And there's the worry of the people I can't reach now no longer able to contact me

I haven't had any problems after nearly 10 years of Hotmail, and three of Yahoo! mail. Microsoft do take security seriously I think.

Apparently the fault lay with my Macmail software It just decided to reject my password but the account was safe - BT were wonderful via phone, very efficient!! I'll let the Apple people know when I go to the Store next week

relief

Ouch! My credit card is going to hurt when I pay Plato's vet bill tomorrow it is going to be expensive.

Hope its not too expensive, Joanna, so, you had to take him/her up this afternoon, I'm assuming.

Would love to see a photo of Plato and Gandalf, even give them a lovely cuddle! I love cats!!

I feel for you over that one. I just dread to think what we will be paying for Theo. Our vet bills us on a two monthly basis and the last two months have seen us at the vets at least six times with one overnight stay.
But it's only a little aaaaggghh because when I look at him and see the difference between the cat we picked up at the beginning of November and the animal he is now I can't help thinking it's worth the money.

The vet is going to work the notes out so we can claim as much back on insurance. Still waiting on some of the test results. Got to change his insulin dose. and diet, and his kidneys may be worse, but he's much happier today.

Sweet cat.

Right now I am hating budget airlines with a vengeance, (and especially the one with a bright orange livery).

I arrived at the airport in good time, only to find a huge queue of at least 120 passengers, and only one check in desk open.

I called across to the one member of staff on dduty and asked if I had enough time for the Newcastle flight. I was told just to wait in the queue. There were dozens of people with skis to check in, (presumably not flying to Newcastle), which all took a lot of time. When I finally got to the check in desk I was told that I was too late - not because the plane had departed, or even that the passengers were on board; but because it was now "less than [the arbitary] 40 minutes before departure, (35 minutes to be precise), and it was too late for them to re-calculate passenger numbers (i.e. taking a number and adding one to it).

When I asked for an explanation I was told (I quote) "you should have just pushed in". As much as I resent having to spend my Friday night in an airport lounge it has to be better than spending a night in A&E - which I suspect might have been the outcome if I had pushed in front of 100 budget airline passengers as suggested.

Oh, and when the queue had subsided, and I had missed my flight, they brought on six more check in staff.


SB