Random Rants OA - I Have 71 Problems, But This Thread Ain't One

[Lemon Merchant]

There's a 5 cent per can deposit refund, which is why I keep track of them. I just can't understand why the numbers continue to come out wrong.

Quantum molecular drift.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Beyond a certain number of beers the probability of a can winding up in the regular trash or otherwise being misplaced rises exponentially.

 

[Takhisis]

They eventually go to the depot and you get some money for them, though... at least that's how it works here. We have three depots in my city for people to return their empties. Bottles, cans, jugs, and juice tetrapaks are worth 10 cents if under 2 litres and 25 cents if 2 litres or larger.

Sadly, Maddy's milk tetrapaks aren't worth anything. They don't take pet beverage containers.

The material's quite durable, you can fashion it into useful things sometimes.

Then your socks must be unusually cooperative. My lost socks have remained lost.

It helps that I do not live alone and so there's a larger number of weekly loads for the washing machine than for the average CFCer's.

a can (…) being misplaced

Oh, do tell.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

The material's quite durable, you can fashion it into useful things sometimes.

Sorry, not into washing out containers of cat milk. It's not like cow's milk - this stuff is brown, a bit smelly to the human nose (or at least my nose), and I don't like how it feels. It's also a frustration to clean it out of the carpet when the cat decides to help herself, bites into it, and then drags the box around, leaving a trail of milk behind her (lesson learned: never leave it unattended anywhere; the unopened stuff is in the pantry and the opened box is in the fridge).

But Maddy loves it, and since I don't give her any other kind of treats, I don't begrudge her.

It's just annoying that this is the same sort of material that juice boxes are made of but the depot won't take it.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

There's a 5 cent per can deposit refund, which is why I keep track of them. I just can't understand why the numbers continue to come out wrong.

When you take them in, do you use boxes or bags?

The depot here used to have a rule that cans had to be in boxes of 24, but since people complained about the inconvenience, I just separate stuff into whatever makes up even dollar amounts, put them in a bag, and I have an arrangement with the person who helps with housekeeping/organizing stuff. She doesn't mind being paid partially in empties, since she has her own to bring in every so often.

 

[Cutlass]

When you take them in, do you use boxes or bags?

The depot here used to have a rule that cans had to be in boxes of 24, but since people complained about the inconvenience, I just separate stuff into whatever makes up even dollar amounts, put them in a bag, and I have an arrangement with the person who helps with housekeeping/organizing stuff. She doesn't mind being paid partially in empties, since she has her own to bring in every so often.

I take it back in boxes. Easier for me. But others use bags.

 

[tjs282]

I had not considered that she is not a computer scientist. So I got one Excel file and one PowerPoint file.
And for sure everything is of low quality.

For right now not an issue, but for the final print, all of them need to be in high enough quality, and I'm unsure if I'll be able to easily reproduce them .

The problem: All figures should be high quality. Vectors at best. Print screen is not :/.

While I hate ExCel, and use it as little as possible (my job does not require me to use it to any great extent, thank goodness), I'm pretty sure I remember fiddling around with it on one occasion — precisely because we'd asked for high-res figures, and the author in question had sent us an .xls file instead — and found that the graphics it produces are actually object-based images, which can be relatively easily extracted/imported into e.g. Adobe Illustrator, as (infinitely scale-able) vector-graphics.

The typesetters at the scientific publisher I work for routinely/easily deal with this kind of file-conversion in-house (and will even tidy up graph axis-labels e.g. to correct typos and conform with house style), but we're a relatively small fish in a fairly specialised pond, so we offer this kind of (extra) assistance as one of our selling-points which the big players don't (need to) bother with. That being the case, I would be very surprised to learn that you were submitting your paper to us — so maybe you could find a tame Illustrator-whiz to help you out with this instead...?

 

[Synobun]

I threw up in my sleep last night and woke up mid-hurl.

First time that's happened to me. Usually I wake up ~10 seconds before which gives me enough time to scramble to the bathroom.

My body has betrayed me yet again!

 

[Arakhor]

If this is a regular thing (nocturnal vomiting, that is), why not keep a plastic bowl or similar near the bed?

 

[Synobun]

If this is a regular thing (nocturnal vomiting, that is), why not keep a plastic bowl or similar near the bed?

When it does happen, which isn't often since my body tends to err towards emergency expulsions on the other end, laying down makes it worse so I'll end up out of bed anyways.

But I do keep a bag nearby if I keep throwing up. Luckily I'm usually a "one and done" kinda guy.

 

[Arakhor]

I recommend copious amounts of high-fibre cereal for the other end.

 

[Synobun]

My IBS is cured!

 

[Arakhor]

High-fibre diets are also good for haemorrhoids and for keeping one regular in middle age.

 

[The_J]

and the author in question had sent us an .xls file instead — and found that the graphics it produces are actually object-based images, which can be relatively easily extracted/imported into e.g. Adobe Illustrator, as (infinitely scale-able) vector-graphics.

mmhh... if you'd had any idea how exactly, then I'd be grateful, else I'll do some googling next weekend.
Would be very interesting to know.

That being the case, I would be very surprised to learn that you were submitting your paper to us — so maybe you could find a tame Illustrator-whiz to help you out with this instead...?

The journal I had submitted it too belongs to Oxford University Press, so that doesn't exactly qualify as "small" (as you describe yours), but who knows, maybe in the future .

 

[Snerk]

Rant: morning is approaching and I haven't slept a wink. I hate insomnia :/

Edit: actually I think I cought about half an hour around 02.00

 

[Timsup2nothin]

So, about a month ago I had this job. That's not the rant. I don't look for work, but when some finds me if it was something to rant about I'd just duck it. This wasn't anything that called for ducking, or ranting. But I digress.

Anyway, I'm loading up for the job, and I can't find my duct tape. Now, that would be worth a rant sometimes, because duct tape is pretty vital to almost any job. But in this case I had to stop at the Home Despot for some materials anyway, so rather than get all worked up over my missing duct tape I figured I'd just get a fresh roll and bill it to the customer along with the materials.

I got sidetracked at the Home Debt Spot, because they had this Gorilla Tape on sale. They advertise this stuff like it is the duct tape to end all duct tape. Besides, it was on the end cap there so I didn't have to go down the aisle and get duct tape. Then, when I got to the job site I was getting some stuff out of the truck and found my duct tape. Still nothing to rant about there. You can never have too much tape, and besides I still billed the new tape to the customer.

But wait, you say. Where is the rant? Here it comes.

Yesterday I was working on my truck. Brakes. Never a favorite. Dirty. Lot's of springs that never want to cooperate. Little metal slivers. Tore off a fingernail when some pliers slipped pulling on a spring. Wait, digressing again.

I needed to hold this brake shoe in place while I wrestled with this spring. Lacking an actual clamp, I opted for duct tape...or, since it was in the truck, Gorilla Tape. Duct tape to end all duct tape my numb from sitting on the cold curbstone butt!!!! This stuff doesn't stick to ANYTHING but itself. Nothing. Period. I cut off a piece and tried to hang it on the fender where I could grab it when I got what I wanted held in place shoved into place AND THIS FRIGGIN' TAPE WON'T STICK ENOUGH TO HOLD UP IT'S OWN WEIGHT!!!! IT IS THE MOST WORTHLESS IMITATION DUCT TAPE I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!!! IT FELL OFF THE FENDER BEFORE I EVEN PICKED UP THE PART!!!! GAHHHHHH!!!!!

 

[Kyriakos]

Rant: morning is approaching and I haven't slept a wink. I hate insomnia :/

Edit: actually I think I cought about half an hour around 02.00

Some music to help you get by:

 

[Broken_Erika]

One last carton of Half and half creamer in my fridge, the best before date said "May 1rst" Yet it seems to be of the "Extra Chunky Variety"
I don't like having to slice off a shot of coffee-creamer from a block of curdled disgust!

 

[Timsup2nothin]

One last carton of Half and half creamer in my fridge, the best before date said "May 1rst" Yet it seems to be of the "Extra Chunky Variety"
I don't like having to slice off a shot of coffee-creamer from a block of curdled disgust!

Is it from last year? I don't think "best before May 1st" actual dairy half and half has even shown up on the shelves at the store yet.

 

[Broken_Erika]

I'm guessing Ma-01 means may-01...