The Virtual Pub
Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Snoopy on November 22, 2007, 02:08:37 PM
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Four days work has simply vanished from my PC. When I try to open it I get a message saying "File is corrupted" and it then gives a list of possible ways to open and repair it NONE OF WHICH WORKS! Meanwhile the printer has called to say he is very busy and can I get the proofs to him today or tomorrow at the latest. Anyone here know a relaible source of midnight oil? I think I am going to need some.
Do not expect much in the way of contributions from me for a couple of days. evil:
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Bugger. Perhaps your computer geek had a hand in this?
Virus?
Run AVG?
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What file extension was it? .doc? .xls? .ppt?
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AVG Runs permanently
It was saved as a word file on the desk top.
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Tried renaming it as a .text file and then copying and pasting to a new .doc document?
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Yup! Tried everything ... even tried converting to PDF, tried emailing it to myself, consulted the runes, read the tea leaves, made sacrifices to the Gods of Computing (I burnt a floppy disk with due ceremony and lit three joss sticks) and even contacted three local Geeks ~ the consensus there being "It's fvcked mate" 'tho one offered to "'ave a look at it next week" but wanted beer vouchers whether he got it back or not.
However whilst talking to Geek types I remembered my last Geek ~ prior to his visit on Monday I had saved a copy of all work done on it up to that point a CDR (Just in case) Found the disc and BINGO! Almost two thirds of it saved cloud9: ...... So not such a long recovery task as first feared. In fact I should be finished by lunchtime tomorrow.
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It's ironic that the one time I never forget to do a complete back-up is prior to the arrival of the Mac doctor - just in case, like ;)
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Snoopy - what a silly old Hector you are!
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Get a flash drive/memory stick, nice and cheap these days
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In Wales? Hahahaha!
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I have two such sticks but am too old and infirm to crawl around the floor to find the port to stick them in.
I know! I know! Banghead
Move the bloody PC Tower to somewhere that is easy to reach ~ but I'm too busy to do that today. OK evil:
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All I did was buy a USB extension cable and have the end socket on the desk. happy088
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I am too old and infirm to crawl around the floor to find the port to stick them in.
But you always manage the Vicar's ankle. whistle:
It's a dogs life. noooo:
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All I did was buy a USB extension cable and have the end socket on the desk. happy088
Nobody loves a smart arse! evil:
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Done it! All bar the page end fillers (which for this edition will be "Little known Christmas Facts") I have got it all back on paper. Proof reading is underway and I have three copies ~ known in the trade as "Irish Copies"*
Phuck ~ my shoulders ache and my fingers are sore. I hate typing!
And to please Uncle Mort I have now got an extension USB cable with plug in facility for a memory stick, or any other device .... mind it keeps falling to the floor but I 'spect some blu-tac will resolve that problem.
*To be sure, To be sure, To be sure lol:
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at work we have loads of velcro stuck on everything. Far better than blue tack.
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Velcro has some nasty memories for me eeek:
But I know I have some Blu Tac somewhere rubschin:
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Half of me really wants to know what bad memories and the other half is frightened to ask! eeek:
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Half of me really wants to know what bad memories and the other half is frightened to ask! eeek:
Oh I'm sure you've worked it out by now eeek:
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Half of me really wants to know what bad memories and the other half is frightened to ask! eeek:
Oh I'm sure you've worked it out by now eeek:
Nope! noooo:
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I may have done, but then again I might be wrong and my idea could be a little ummm out there. redface:
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I may have done, but then again I might be wrong and my idea could be a little ummm out there. redface:
I bet it isn't. whistle:
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I still have no idea... noooo:
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I still have no idea... noooo:
I'm thinking how much some body hair can resemble velcro. redface:
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I still have no idea... noooo:
I'm thinking how much some body hair can resemble velcro. redface:
Knowing the beagle, you are on the right track. noooo:
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<shudder>
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lol: lol: lol: redface:
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OUTSTANDING! drumroll:
"WE ARE NOT WORTHY, WE AR NOT WORTHY!"
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I still have no idea... noooo:
I'm thinking how much some body hair can resemble velcro. redface:
Ah... redface:
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I'm besniffed today. sad24:
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There's a lot of it about they say.
Do you borrow Mr Wench's man sized hankies or treat yourself to those Kleenex with the Aloe Vera in them?
When I was a kid half the class was walking round with Vaseline smeared across their top lips (Alright Darwin, Berek et al you know what I mean ::)) at this time of the year. Don't see that anymore but my children still all get colds during this half term leading up to Christmas and sniff all day long with the resultant red upper lip and soreness.
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There's a lot of it about they say.
Do you borrow Mr Wench's man sized hankies or treat yourself to those Kleenex with the Aloe Vera in them?
When I was a kid half the class was walking round with Vaseline smeared across their top lips (Alright Darwin, Berek et al you know what I mean ::)) at this time of the year. Don't see that anymore but my children still all get colds during this half term leading up to Christmas and sniff all day long with the resultant red upper lip and soreness.
We used to have Vick rubbed on our chests... whistle:
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Borrow Mr Wench's hankies?!?! Are you mad man?!?!? The years of crust on those things I'm not touching them!
I have tissues with balsam, not aloe vera though because I am allergic to it. sad24:
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There's a lot of it about they say.
Do you borrow Mr Wench's man sized hankies or treat yourself to those Kleenex with the Aloe Vera in them?
When I was a kid half the class was walking round with Vaseline smeared across their top lips (Alright Darwin, Berek et al you know what I mean ::)) at this time of the year. Don't see that anymore but my children still all get colds during this half term leading up to Christmas and sniff all day long with the resultant red upper lip and soreness.
We used to have Vick rubbed on our chests... whistle:
That too. Pity the poor teachers who must have found the collective sniffing and stench of Vick hard to put up with. No wonder they dashed for the staffroom and a drag on a cigarette at breaks. Mind we had some who used to smoke in the classroom as they taught.
One, who taught art, used a cigarette holder and wore yellow socks ~ we were very suspicious of him. rubschin:
Another, an ex army man, smoked a pipe. Used to get one of the boys to nip out for an ounce of shag from time to time.
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Borrow Mr Wench's hankies?!?! Are you mad man?!?!? The years of crust on those things I'm not touching them!
I have tissues with balsam, not aloe vera though because I am allergic to it. sad24:
Ah ~ He is not a fresh hanky a day man then?
I have about a hundred man sized hankies in my drawer. All washed and ironed and the kids get the slightly worn but softer ones from the bottom of the heap whenever they get a cold. These are then boiled, dried, ironed and put back at the bottom of the pile ready for the next cold. In this house they are known as "Bed-hankies"
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Borrow Mr Wench's hankies?!?! Are you mad man?!?!? The years of crust on those things I'm not touching them!
WARNING, Mr Selection has suffered a seizure caused by self-restraint.
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Borrow Mr Wench's hankies?!?! Are you mad man?!?!? The years of crust on those things I'm not touching them!
WARNING, Mr Selection has suffered a seizure caused by self-restraint.
Somehow I knew that would happen eeek:
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It's hard enough trying to second guess you lot without a head of snot. I don't stand a chance. noooo:
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It's hard enough trying to second guess you lot without a head of snot. I don't stand a chance. noooo:
Thank you for that graphic description sick2:
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Borrow Mr Wench's hankies?!?! Are you mad man?!?!? The years of crust on those things I'm not touching them!
WARNING, Mr Selection has suffered a seizure caused by self-restraint.
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Very well controlled under the circumstances… noooo: