blustocking: (sucks to be you)
blustocking ([personal profile] blustocking) wrote2002-03-08 01:12 pm

The office smells like burned popcorn

The collective amount of stupidity on the roads today, could end civilization. That, or it's NATIONAL DRIVE 20MPH DAY AND NO ONE TOLD ME. Assholes. Thanks for doubling the time it takes for me to get to work.

I foolishly thought this stupidity curse was merely laid upon the drivers of the world on this fine, sunny, SoCal day...no, it's more widespread than that. The minute I get in, I had to take a phone call from a mental midget who couldn't figure out a signup form...needless to say, he was on AOL*.

*this in no way means I think you are stupid if you use AOL. Some people just stick with it out of convenience...but damn, the majority of AOL users I would like to kill with a spoon.

[identity profile] khayman.livejournal.com 2002-03-08 01:25 pm (UTC)(link)
AOL! ~hides~

[identity profile] ericjevitts.livejournal.com 2002-03-08 01:32 pm (UTC)(link)
AOL = Internet for beginners.

Heheh

[identity profile] blustocking.livejournal.com 2002-03-08 01:54 pm (UTC)(link)
and WinXP=AOL of Operating Systems. :)

Re: Heheh

[identity profile] ericjevitts.livejournal.com 2002-03-08 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't know..... I haven't tried it yet.

Re: Heheh

[identity profile] blustocking.livejournal.com 2002-03-08 02:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm almost to the point where I'm considering installing Win2k instead. There's a stupid wizard for EVERYTHING. It's gimpy, yo.

Re: Heheh

[identity profile] ericjevitts.livejournal.com 2002-03-08 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm still happy with my Win98 SE.

[identity profile] blustocking.livejournal.com 2002-03-08 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I was pretty happy with my Win98 as well, but WinXP came pre-loaded. Blech.

Love the new icon by the way. :)

[identity profile] ericjevitts.livejournal.com 2002-03-08 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
yes.... new icons are fun.

[identity profile] nic.livejournal.com 2002-03-08 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I remember reading somewhere that the average speed of traffic in London is 8mph. That is down from the previous years of 9mph. They were saying that sooner or later it will be quicker to get out and walk. A National 20mph day in London would be a great improvement...maybe a National "Don't keep switching lanes you wont get there any faster" Day would be nice too :)

And WinXP is awful. I will never ever use it. Fucking POS. (On top of being a hand-holdy happy wavey shite operating system, it also has a nasty habit of breaking applications that used to work fine... I think PGP b0rked on my install, and so did WinRoute...)