"Everything Old Is New Again" - except me !
By Ray on December 29, 2007 - 4:32am
Here's one from my files, from a year ago this week, in West Van.
This is showing a cute little jogger whose front view I completely missed while looking the wrong way at the right time - and also some of the damage from that big wind storm on December 15th, 2006 that wrecked Stanley Park and other places. Along the seawall walk in West Van, some of those curb stones were moved from the edge of the walk and tossed into the middle of the walkway, along with rocks and gravel. City Works was busy for about a week cleaning up the mess. Those curb stones are almost four feet long, and very heavy. I have no idea how much that cute little jogger weighs...but I hope she's well and happy wherever she is! Enjoy your day, everyone.
Here's why I tend toward being pessimistic about "saving the planet":-
The last time I bought a little bottle of "white-out" (correction fluid) it was a kind that is soluble in water. I don't use it all the time, so the bottle sat around until the white stuff turned to stone inside. Being water-soluble, that was no problem at all. I simply grabbed a handy eye-dropper, and added a few drops of hot water to it, and gave it a good shaking. Voila! fresh white-out! (Still with me?) Yesterday I went to Staples for a new bottle of it, because the old one was finally used up. This new one is not water soluble. Its "fine print" warns about keeping it away from sparks and flame, and says "Contents may catch fire. Do not smoke. Use in a well ventilated area." (So let me get this straight - this stuff might fry my ass or ruin my lungs unless I take it outside to apply it!) And here's the kicker: It's made in Thailand for a company in Oakville, Ontario. A company that probably wants you to think it is trying to be "green" because it doesn't make any flammable white-out here in Canada! Face it, Kids - we're doomed!
Most programs are removed in one of two ways - either by their own uninstall feature which came with the program, or else by using the "Add/Remove" feature in Control Panel. But nobody admits that they lie a lot, and that there will be remnants of that program in other places on your machine. Places you wouldn't normally think to check, and to get rid of those "ghosts of Christmas Past", here's what to do:- As soon as you've done the uninstall, and you think it's now gone, go to Start -> Search For -> Files and Folders. Under Options, select "Advanced", to look in all those hidden places. Then do the search, and you'll probably be surprised to discover there were several or maybe many other files that were not removed like you thought they were. Files that will cause you some problems perhaps. When the search is complete, select all those files and delete them. Then, do a system reboot, to get everything reset to its proper relationships. And now, at last, you're rid of that pesky program and all its secret hidden parts. Why am I telling you all this? Because I just had a hell of a time removing something that I thought was completely gone, but wasn't, and you may find this helpful.
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