The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

MinnieM123

Premium Member
Our school district has always had 3 district servers. One server for administrative, one for staff and one for student use as security safeguard. This practice was started a good 20+ years ago long before hacking became the game it is today. In 2003 a boy in my DDs class in middle school so maybe 11-12 years old was arrested in the school. He had managed while in the computer lab to hack the administrative centers server which was not in the same building. Nothing became of the arrest, he just wanted to see if he could hack it. :cautious:

This kid for years had already been teaching teachers how to use digital cameras, load CD-Roms, operate software.
Thinking of how new computers were to schools and staff that at that time feared them, did not originally embrace or have any education with them this kid by age 7 knew at least as much as the tech director especially when it came to their inner workings.

Just think of what this 22 or 23 year old young man would be capable of now. :eek:

I tend to think that the world has tipped off its axis, and everything is jungle rules now. How many times have we all heard about internet criminals who get hired by big companies, to come in and "help" them fix/upgrade their own computer security systems from hackers, etc.??!! The "message" is that if you commit a crime, you can get a really good, legitimate job out of that!! :eek:
 

MinnieM123

Premium Member
I'm starting my day with -20 outside and inside our electricity is out! The electricity is out across our whole small town. Our school has been delayed for 2 hours so I don't go to work until 9:30 so I'm staying warm cuddled with the doggie. And I'm wide awake.

I'm assuming you have your power back on now? (I've been at work all day, so I didn't see any post after this one you sent, and I'm hoping that the power came back on today for you.)
 

StarWarsGirl

Well-Known Member
In the Parks
No
Oh no . . . do you have medication that might help you?
Yup. Oral steroid, nebulizer medication, everything. Just all of the sudden went downhill. I knew I was probably getting this, but my doctor's been out of his office this week, so I've just been taking Sudafed to try to clear it. But then my asthma got bad fast and my doctor advised me to go on the antibiotic (he has us keep some in case this happens on vacation) since my ear hurts so badly and I can literally hear that there is fluid there, so I'll be in his office first thing tomorrow. For some reason this hit me really hard. My peak flow, a measurement of how I'm breathing, normally runs about 380-400. After my nebulizer, it was 180, my red zone. I don't even want to know what it was before my nebulizer treatment.
 

MinnieM123

Premium Member
Yup. Oral steroid, nebulizer medication, everything. Just all of the sudden went downhill. I knew I was probably getting this, but my doctor's been out of his office this week, so I've just been taking Sudafed to try to clear it. But then my asthma got bad fast and my doctor advised me to go on the antibiotic (he has us keep some in case this happens on vacation) since my ear hurts so badly and I can literally hear that there is fluid there, so I'll be in his office first thing tomorrow. For some reason this hit me really hard. My peak flow, a measurement of how I'm breathing, normally runs about 380-400. After my nebulizer, it was 180, my red zone. I don't even want to know what it was before my nebulizer treatment.

Wow. That's rough dealing with all those issues, especially before leaving for a trip. I know you've experienced some of these things in the past, and usually the medications help you a lot. I'm hoping this is case now for you.
 

StarWarsGirl

Well-Known Member
In the Parks
No
Wow. That's rough dealing with all those issues, especially before leaving for a trip. I know you've experienced some of these things in the past, and usually the medications help you a lot. I'm hoping this is case now for you.
Thanks, Minnie. It's been over a year since I've been this bad; I wasn't even this bad when I had bronchitis, so I was about due for a bad bout. Considering that my best friend's sister just got out of the hospital after spending 5 days there with her asthma, I'm actually feeling pretty lucky.
 

MinnieM123

Premium Member
Thanks, Minnie. It's been over a year since I've been this bad; I wasn't even this bad when I had bronchitis, so I was about due for a bad bout. Considering that my best friend's sister just got out of the hospital after spending 5 days there with her asthma, I'm actually feeling pretty lucky.

I think we need to page @seahawk7 here for you before your trip, for some of her helpful respiratory therapy assistance! :)
 

ajrwdwgirl

Premium Member
I'm assuming you have your power back on now? (I've been at work all day, so I didn't see any post after this one you sent, and I'm hoping that the power came back on today for you.)

Yes the power came back on and I had to go to work. The power came on about 20 minutes after the school called a 2 hour delay. So I had time to work out and relax a little before going in. It is good though that the power came on, with the temperatures we had this morning it could have been dangerous without heat for too long. I'm glad our pipes didn't freeze.
 

Cesar R M

Well-Known Member
I am freezing, exhausted, a litte under the weather, and a bit hungry.

I will address these issues in order:
First I will don my fluffy robe (on top of being fully dressed), and curl up on the couch with a blankie.
After a brief nap, I will make tomato (I know, I know - I only hate them RAW!) soup with two slices of hot buttered toast ... a glass of ice cold milk, of course.

Later, Peeps.
sounds like a plan!
 

Cesar R M

Well-Known Member
Yup. Oral steroid, nebulizer medication, everything. Just all of the sudden went downhill. I knew I was probably getting this, but my doctor's been out of his office this week, so I've just been taking Sudafed to try to clear it. But then my asthma got bad fast and my doctor advised me to go on the antibiotic (he has us keep some in case this happens on vacation) since my ear hurts so badly and I can literally hear that there is fluid there, so I'll be in his office first thing tomorrow. For some reason this hit me really hard. My peak flow, a measurement of how I'm breathing, normally runs about 380-400. After my nebulizer, it was 180, my red zone. I don't even want to know what it was before my nebulizer treatment.
just take it easy.
flying with an infection in your ears can be really painful!
 

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