People Like That Should Stay Home

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When I got home the other day I got with the phone company and placed an order on Mom's behalf for DSL service at her place. The modem and assorted parts arrived yesterday and the service was scheduled to be on today.

She has a laptop thanks to the generosity of a JU couple, to whom she and I are very grateful. I set it up with Linux so I don't need to worry about her getting a virus or something on it. She's not all that computer literate and I figured it would just be safer that way. I set it up as automatic as I could make it so her learning curve is minimal. I also have it set up so that I can access it remotely if there's a problem while I am away.

I went over this morning and set everything up for her, and she now has access to the net. This will make things a lot easier for her as she can now communicate via email to handle a lot of the things she's had to rely on others to do for her via telephone. This will give her back some of her independence. It will also give her the ability to communicate with me while I am out on the road.

She seems pretty pleased by it.  I set up an email account for her, so she can happily email to her heart's content. She already has the email addresses of several of her friends, and I put them in for her and taught her how to add more as she goes.

After lunch they were heading for Wally World and as I needed a few things I rode along with them. We did our shopping and met up again at the front of the store to return home. On the ride home Mom handed me a note that read "A little girl asked her mother what was wrong with me. She told the little girl that I had throat surgery, and that people like that should stay home".

Needless to say I was livid. What a fucking bitch! It's probably a good thing that I hadn't heard this shit, that bitch would have got an earful from me. What a thing to teach a child! Instead of teaching her kid to have some empathy and understanding for other other people this bitch is just teaching the kid to be judgmental and selfish.

I can only hope that this bitch goes through the same thing after her kid is older, and the kid makes her selfish, self-centered, uncaring ass stay in the house. It would serve her right. What a cunt.

While at the store I picked up a nice chuck roast. I'll probably make it for dinner tomorrow. It's a nice big one so I'll get a nice dinner out of it with enough left over for some nice roast beef sandwiches for a couple of days. I haven't made a roast in a while and am looking forward to it.

Tonight I'm making pizza. :D

Frank told me he overheard my asshole neighbor talking to his grandson the other day (before I got home). I guess the kid had asked about the screen house I erected on my carport, mainly to keep the assholes from using my carport as a public sidewalk. Frank said the old fart actually told the kid "That stinking asshole put that up so you kids can't walk through there any more".

What an ass. He knows damn good and well I put it up to keep his ass from walking through there. Kinda gives me a chuckle to know it pissed him off. Serves him right for not respecting my property. He's old enough to know better. Of course he hasn't had the guts to say anything to me personally about it, which is fine because I don't want to talk to the old bastard anyway.

Ah well, life is never dull is it? Time for a cold one.

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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top

Hey!  The end is near if your mother and my mother now have computers! :LOL:

I have it set up so I (and my brother) can get in to her computer and help her as well.  I just used LogMeIn as the price is real good for a year and I can also do the same for my Aunts (2) and a couple of clients.  It beats a 12 hours drive to fix them up! ;) (as long as they can boot of course).

Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top

Wow!  Amazing the cynicism of some people.  I'm sure the lady had someone say that about her she'd flip out pointing out a double standard.  My heart goes out to your mom that she was treated in such a manner.


Your mom is 'lucky' to be alive and GAAAAAAAH the gaul. 

 

:sick:

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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top

It's very easy to tell other people that certain people should stay home, but much harder to actually live while staying home.  Or have it said that you should stay home.  Or to tell someone to their face they should stay home.

Because if you do, they'll know you're all those words that Mason uses that I don't. :P  And if they know, then eveyone will know that you're the one who should stay home.

Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top

Quoting Dr, reply 1
Hey!  The end is near if your mother and my mother now have computers!

I have it set up so I (and my brother) can get in to her computer and help her as well.  I just used LogMeIn as the price is real good for a year and I can also do the same for my Aunts (2) and a couple of clients.  It beats a 12 hours drive to fix them up! (as long as they can boot of course).
End of Dr's quote

 

That's one of the advantages of Linux, no needs for buying additional software or services, it's already designed for such things. :D

Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top

Quoting Adventure-Dude, reply 2
Wow!  Amazing the cynicism of some people.  I'm sure the lady had someone say that about her she'd flip out pointing out a double standard.  My heart goes out to your mom that she was treated in such a manner.


Your mom is 'lucky' to be alive and GAAAAAAAH the gaul. 

 

End of Adventure-Dude's quote

 

Yeah, I just don't get some people. Selfish and self-centered is all I can say.

Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top

Quoting Jythier, reply 3
It's very easy to tell other people that certain people should stay home, but much harder to actually live while staying home.  Or have it said that you should stay home.  Or to tell someone to their face they should stay home.

Because if you do, they'll know you're all those words that Mason uses that I don't.   And if they know, then eveyone will know that you're the one who should stay home.
End of Jythier's quote

 

Yeah, personally I'd much rather see people with medical and/or physical issues out walking around in public than the type of people like that bitch.

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

People like that woman should stay at home.  That was a horrible thing to say. 

Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top

Quoting Boudica, reply 7
People like that woman should stay at home.  That was a horrible thing to say. 
End of Boudica's quote

 

I agree.

Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top

Just when I think I've heard the lowest, someone comes along and stoops even lower.  That is a horrendous thing to say about someone else and incredibly gutless too.

Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top

Wow!  I am so sorry for what your mom had to hear.  That was incredibly insensitive.  I simply cannot believe how much ignorance exists in this world.

 

BTW, you need to set your mom up on KnittingHelp!  We would have a GRAND time chatting!  Please give her my best.  <3

Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top

Quoting dynamaso, reply 9
Just when I think I've heard the lowest, someone comes along and stoops even lower.  That is a horrendous thing to say about someone else and incredibly gutless too.
End of dynamaso's quote

 

Yeah, there's always someone out there that can lower your opinion of the human race regardless of how low it is already.

Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top

Quoting auburnchick, reply 10
Wow!  I am so sorry for what your mom had to hear.  That was incredibly insensitive.  I simply cannot believe how much ignorance exists in this world.

 

BTW, you need to set your mom up on KnittingHelp!  We would have a GRAND time chatting!  Please give her my best. 
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Thanks. She knows about KH but hasn't really expressed any interest. She's not really much of a website person but I'll be showing it to her anyway.

Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top

Shameful, people never really do stop amazing me by their ignorance and selfishness. My kids have made comments about people they see around and I always make sure they understand they are people too, they just do things a bit differently because of their situation. Such as a lady that picks up her children at my kids school who only has 1 leg. My younger son was very curious how she could get around with 1 leg, I told him because she refuses to stop her life simply because she is missing a leg, she can move just as fast as he could, just another normal person that just looks a little different from him, like everyone else does.

I really would have loved to see you give her a piece of your mind. I believe sometimes people really need to be told just how stupid they really are, in public. While hearing about older people making they way around computers is not something I hear often, I find it even more intreguing your mom is using Linux. Goes to show how anyone can learn to use anything these days.

Your neighbor story reminded me of a Peoples Court episode I saw yesterday. Neighbors who have been at war with each other for 30 years were in court over a dumb issue which the judge felt the accuser allowed the issue to happen just to be able to sue his neighbor as part of his payback relationship with them.

Of course he hasn't had the guts to say anything to me personally about it, which is fine because I don't want to talk to the old bastard anyway
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Dude, I'm not too sure there are a lot of people out there who would say anything to you. I've seen your pictures. 8C :waaaa: x_x }:)

 

:rofl:

 

Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top

Dude, I'm not too sure there are a lot of people out there who would say anything to you. I've seen your pictures.
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Me? I'm just a big old teddy bear

 

with teeth :LOL:

Reply #15 from JoeUser Forums Top

Me? I'm just a big old teddy bear



with teeth
End of quote

Hmmm.... A sehlat perhaps? ;)

Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top

Quoting Dr, reply 15

Me? I'm just a big old teddy bear



with teeth
Hmmm.... A sehlat perhaps?
End of Dr's quote

 

:LOL: I shoulda known a fellow Trek fan would catch that reference.

Reply #17 from JoeUser Forums Top

Got to point something out here.

Linux is as prone to getting a virus as any other OS. It's more about protecting users from themselves and their web surfing habits.

And given the fact that, lately, OSX and linux (in all it's various iterations) have become big targets, they aren't any safer than windows.

And to dump linux on a novice ? man.... what were you thinking?!

Reply #18 from JoeUser Forums Top

Quoting ShadowGryphon, reply 17
Got to point something out here.

Linux is as prone to getting a virus as any other OS. It's more about protecting users from themselves and their web surfing habits.

And given the fact that, lately, OSX and linux (in all it's various iterations) have become big targets, they aren't any safer than windows.

And to dump linux on a novice ? man.... what were you thinking?!
End of ShadowGryphon's quote

 

At the moment I'm thinking that you don't know as much as you think you do. I think you've been reading too much FUD propaganda.

Firstly, there aren't any known Linux virus "in the wild". Secondly, Linux doesn't allow for self-executing/self-installing applications and even if they could somehow magically self-execute their access would be limited to user files only as a normal user (and applications they run) can't access system files. Thirdly, I've used Linux for a great many years with absolutely no stability issues at all. Lastly, critical patches to fix any potential security holes are turned out far faster in the open source world than Microsoft can possibly manage (typically a matter of hours).

 

Linux is as easy to use as any other GUI OS so her being a novice isn't relevant at all.  She's been using daily now since I installed it and except for forgetting her email password a couple of times she's had no problems at all.