Notices by Irina (irina@wandering.shop)

@JubalBarca @ktoddbrown @futurebird The rationale was "you'll need that in your job later" but now it's later and practically none of what they learned is still relevant, whereas the basics (which they didn't learn) of course still are.

@JubalBarca @ktoddbrown @futurebird When my kids had "digital lessons" in the late two thousand and zeros, it was more "windows for dummies" than anything else. What buttons to press rather than how things actually worked. (Grrr.)

Today it's indeed Sunday. I've washed the dishes (which I usually do on Sunday morning) and made pasta dough (which I don't usually do on Sunday morning but we're planning lamb-and-pork lasagna).

@mekkaokereke @TheBreadmonkey My uncle had a Rottweiler, and whenever we were visiting he made fun of me for being afraid of it. Once it lay under the table that I was sitting at, and growled every time I moved one muscle, and my uncle laughed every time. (Until my mother and aunt came back from wherever they'd been and rescued me).

Later, it bit my cousin, and was put down.

@Rasp I have to work with them (well, alongside of them) in the local ecumenical think-tank, and the actual guy doing it is okay, but I can't forget the horrible organization behind him.

@cstross also magnetic cards and punched paper tape. (Which came with paper correction tape and a one-hole punch. I got so good at it that I could spot the error by eye, as if it was a kind of Braille.)

@cstross @JetlagJen @davidtheeviloverlord Argh. I see the problem and sympathize.

@davidtheeviloverlord Can I softly whisper "LibreOffice" or do you need Word in particular? (It does export compatible .doc and .docx, tracking changes and all)

@cstross oh like the Naomi Kritzer story? ("So Much Cooking" iirc)

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@Polychrome Isn't it still a jacket?

Someone I told the story to suggested that the box was actually *from* the restaurant, and either the delivery guy misread that or the people sending him had put the wrong address in the box.

@cavyherd Nah, not that restaurant. The proprietor is a jerk who buys up every bit of nearby real estate and tries to turn public space into his private space, turns the music up the moment our lights go out so we often keep the downstairs lights on when we go to bed, also set his dog* on me once for laughs (and still laughs at me every time he and I meet in the street while he's walking said dog).

* the dog is cavy-sized, I could crush it under my heel, but a vicious growler while on a leash

@cavyherd I don't think the guy misread the address, I think he honestly thought it was [next street] because the situation is a bit confusing. But he might at least have read the nameplate on the door. And believed me when I said it wasn't for us.

Doorbell rings at 9pm on Saturday night. We're not expecting anyone but I open anyway in case it's someone confused about there not being Saturday night church services in summer.

It's a man with a huge black meal box.

Me: That's not for us.

Man: Yes it is!

Me: What's the address?

Man: There's no need to get angry!

Me: WHAT.IS.THE.ADDRESS?

Man: Hey, calm down!

Me: What is the ADDRESS on the BOX?

Finally, he reads. Next Street, same number.

1/2

2/2

Me: This is This Street, same number.

Man: No, it isn't.

Me: *sigh*

Man: Okay, then you don't get to eat!

Me: *slam door in man's face*

Back upstairs, still shaking, I realise that the address on the box is a bleeping RESTAURANT. Why would they order meal boxes? It was one of those cook-your-own things.

(also, wouldn't I know my own address?)

@cavyherd I once went to [street called almost the same as ours, same number] to exchange their package which had been delivered to us for our package which had been delivered to them. But we haven't had a wrong food delivery for ages. It used to happen every weekend, so I made a note "This is [right address]. [Wrong address 1] is about 100 meters to your right, [wrong address 2] is right behind you." Never hung it up because then (almost) everybody got wise.

@auscandoc @randahl Me too! I'm a choir director, much of my work is on my feet.

@randahl Argh that would make me boycott them but Eccos are the only shoes that actually fit me.

@auscandoc @randahl Yes, that's what I do too. There used to be an Ecco store in town where I went whenever they had a "two for one" sale and get 2 pairs of the same.