January 29, 2008 – 11:33 am
If you delete a user account and XP shows you a message about saving that user’s files in a folder on your desktop, that message is a prompt, not a promise. Save them yourself as XP is not going to do it automatically.
January 23, 2008 – 7:22 am
(Today’s “Thought for the Day” is courtesy of a neighbor with some vigilante tendencies.)
If you spy people driving around your neighborhood in the middle of the night with headlights off, then creeping up on porches, you might want to call the police instead of loading your gun, jumping out at them, and firing a shot [...]
December 28, 2007 – 11:13 am
It’s rather scary to feel a sneeze coming on while a dentist is using sharp implements in your mouth.
December 19, 2007 – 11:52 am
If you pay your mother to add the 200 texts-per-month message plan to your cell phone, you might want to stop at 200 before the billing month ends. If you send an extra 240 in the last three days, you may not see your allowance again till after Easter.
October 22, 2007 – 4:15 pm
If you use the self-checkout line at the grocery store, you might want to make sure you get ALL of your bags off the little round rack that holds them.
And if you’re going to forget one, try not to leave the one with all the refrigerated and frozen foods in it.
October 2, 2007 – 9:22 am
Sometimes the reason a great parking spot is open on a city street is because it’s actually a bus-loading zone. Also a tow-away zone.
(Today’s “Thoght for the Day” is courtesy of HS, who is learning the downside of city life.)
September 19, 2007 – 2:11 pm
If you slip off for a one-night anniversary getaway with your husband and forget your contact lens case and decide to store your contact in a clean cup overnight, you might not want to leave the cup by the sink in case your husband decides to use it for a drinking glass.
For the record, contact lenses are non-toxic.
September 8, 2007 – 4:16 pm
When sweeping all those cobwebs off the front porch, keep in mind that they were created by spiders. Once the arachnids discover that they are homeless, they may send one of the larger refugees out to examine the wrecking crew–starting with landfall on your neck.
And, no, I will NOT categorize this under “Animal Friends.”
“Blackened chicken” earns it name. Even though it’s delicious, you might want to think twice about cooking it for company. And take the batteries out of the smoke alarm first.
Even if you’ve almost finished that cup of coffee when it’s time to leave the bagel shop, you might want to get a lid for it.
Failing that, you might want to avoid taking a sip when the driver of the car you’re in approaches a stoplight.
Failing that, you might want to keep an extra shirt handy.
