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Re: Trivial Irrelevant Aggravations
« Reply #30 on: February 05, 2021, 02:29:46 PM »
My work computer has apparently decided that I should be writing in German, and has set the proofing language in German as default. I do not speak German.  I am a horrible speller, so it's not that unusual to see multiple words in a row misspelled, but when the spellcheck underlines entire sentences, I start to be concerned. Now, I am in a fight with the settings. I keep changing the proofing language to English, and it keeps switching it back to German. I just want to finish these documents and be done for today!
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Re: Trivial Irrelevant Aggravations
« Reply #31 on: February 05, 2021, 03:02:20 PM »
Mine does that when I've deliberately set it to French and then set it back. It somehow reverts even when I've re-set it two or three times.

It's also easy to bump the setting if you'd doing other formatting tasks, maybe symbols or something like that, as I recall.

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Re: Trivial Irrelevant Aggravations
« Reply #32 on: February 05, 2021, 03:39:36 PM »
Quote from: mamselle on February 05, 2021, 03:02:20 PM
Mine does that when I've deliberately set it to French and then set it back. It somehow reverts even when I've re-set it two or three times.

It's also easy to bump the setting if you'd doing other formatting tasks, maybe symbols or something like that, as I recall.

M.

My mother has had the same problem switching back and forth between Spanish and English.
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Re: Trivial Irrelevant Aggravations
« Reply #33 on: February 20, 2021, 03:08:06 PM »
My phone tends to switch between Spanish and English, but I don't know how that works for a computer, so I hope it got straightened out!

My trivial irrelevant aggravation is that I managed to get stuck in my coat---again---because I am apparently a toddler who can't zip it correctly.  Actually, toddlers are probably more proficient at zipping their coats.  Nothing makes you feel more like an adult than working at (read: yanking in frustration) the zipper to the point where you can push the coat to the floor around your ankles and step out of it.
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Re: Trivial Irrelevant Aggravations
« Reply #34 on: February 20, 2021, 06:14:54 PM »
My laptop cord will not charge my battery. Now, the icon at the bottom of the screen shows that the battery is charging, but when I look at the percentage, it steadily drops over time.
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Re: Trivial Irrelevant Aggravations
« Reply #35 on: March 03, 2021, 07:17:44 PM »
Did you figure out your battery charge issue, EPW?

Just coming here to be aggravated about having accidentally signed my ex-husband up for texts about computer keyboards.  His # is one off from my old one, one I keep attached to an old BlackBerry in case I don't want something bugging me on my newer #.  I'm sure he won't care that much but will know I did it if my email address is included in the welcome text since I had to sign up using both and confirm by text.  Luckily he is a nice guy.
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Re: Trivial Irrelevant Aggravations
« Reply #36 on: March 04, 2021, 08:10:11 AM »
Quote from: ab_grp on March 03, 2021, 07:17:44 PM
Did you figure out your battery charge issue, EPW?

Just coming here to be aggravated about having accidentally signed my ex-husband up for texts about computer keyboards.  His # is one off from my old one, one I keep attached to an old BlackBerry in case I don't want something bugging me on my newer #.  I'm sure he won't care that much but will know I did it if my email address is included in the welcome text since I had to sign up using both and confirm by text.  Luckily he is a nice guy.

I just bought a new cord and it works. Maybe, if I ever get some free time, I'll open up the old one and play around with it.
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Re: Trivial Irrelevant Aggravations
« Reply #37 on: March 04, 2021, 08:15:07 AM »
Quote from: evil_physics_witchcraft on March 04, 2021, 08:10:11 AM
Quote from: ab_grp on March 03, 2021, 07:17:44 PM
Did you figure out your battery charge issue, EPW?

Just coming here to be aggravated about having accidentally signed my ex-husband up for texts about computer keyboards.  His # is one off from my old one, one I keep attached to an old BlackBerry in case I don't want something bugging me on my newer #.  I'm sure he won't care that much but will know I did it if my email address is included in the welcome text since I had to sign up using both and confirm by text.  Luckily he is a nice guy.

I just bought a new cord and it works. Maybe, if I ever get some free time, I'll open up the old one and play around with it.

Good to hear! I have a ton of parts lying around that I might try to figure out the problem with someday. 
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Re: Trivial Irrelevant Aggravations
« Reply #38 on: March 04, 2021, 12:53:10 PM »
My office mate cannot hold a zoom call quietly.  She has her computer speakers turned all the way up, I'm sure, and her door is left wide open.  Even after closing mine, I can hear everything clearly through paper-thin walls. 
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Re: Trivial Irrelevant Aggravations
« Reply #39 on: March 04, 2021, 01:11:42 PM »
If only there were a way to direct sound to her ears, and her voice to its target as well, without  environmental acoustic saturation.  Someone should invent that..
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Re: Trivial Irrelevant Aggravations
« Reply #40 on: March 04, 2021, 01:32:04 PM »
I have considered placing cheapo ear buds on her chair.  But figured she'd know who they were from.  We are not friendly.
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Re: Trivial Irrelevant Aggravations
« Reply #41 on: March 04, 2021, 02:01:28 PM »
Quote from: wareagle on March 04, 2021, 01:32:04 PM
I have considered placing cheapo ear buds on her chair.  But figured she'd know who they were from.  We are not friendly.

Airhorn?
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Re: Trivial Irrelevant Aggravations
« Reply #42 on: March 04, 2021, 02:19:34 PM »
Seems drastic, but that might be appropriate.

However, the eavesdropping possibilities are quite entertaining.  I heard a lot about a local spa and their pedicures earlier today.  This afternoon it was a plea to contact your state senator about some bill regarding higher ed funding.  You never know what you might learn.
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Re: Trivial Irrelevant Aggravations
« Reply #43 on: March 04, 2021, 04:25:54 PM »
After presentation slides were 95% complete, my co-presenter changed the aspect ratio from 16:9 to 4:3, then noticed that the speaker instructions requested 16:9 and changed it back. Now I need to reposition and resize all of my graphics. Half an hour wasted, which will probably come out of my lunch break.
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Re: Trivial Irrelevant Aggravations
« Reply #44 on: March 04, 2021, 05:14:02 PM »
I went to the bank drive-through to shift money from one account to another, by depositing a check written to myself into savings. The teller deposited the check — from my checking account — into my checking account. Then it took her ten minutes to straighten everything out.
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