[ ]   [ ]   [ ]                        [ ]      [ ]   [ ]

Warning: file_get_contents(/home/www/settings/mirror_forum_db_enable_sql): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/html/content/Forum/functions.php on line 8
Framed - movie guessing game - Red_Dragon - May 12, 2025 - 9:42am
 
Wordle - daily game - marko86 - May 12, 2025 - 9:41am
 
Trump - Red_Dragon - May 12, 2025 - 9:29am
 
NY Times Strands - ptooey - May 12, 2025 - 8:48am
 
Today in History - islander - May 12, 2025 - 8:47am
 
Celebrity Face Recognition - islander - May 12, 2025 - 8:07am
 
Radio Paradise Comments - islander - May 12, 2025 - 8:02am
 
NYTimes Connections - ptooey - May 12, 2025 - 7:42am
 
No TuneIn Stream Lately - rgio - May 12, 2025 - 5:46am
 
Global Warming - rgio - May 12, 2025 - 4:39am
 
New Music - miamizsun - May 12, 2025 - 3:47am
 
Talk Behind Their Backs Forum - winter - May 11, 2025 - 8:41pm
 
Name My Band - GeneP59 - May 11, 2025 - 6:47pm
 
The Dragons' Roost - triskele - May 11, 2025 - 5:58pm
 
Photography Forum - Your Own Photos - Manbird - May 11, 2025 - 5:26pm
 
Bug Reports & Feature Requests - epsteel - May 11, 2025 - 12:30pm
 
Ukraine - R_P - May 11, 2025 - 11:03am
 
Things You Thought Today - GeneP59 - May 11, 2025 - 9:52am
 
Breaking News - Steely_D - May 10, 2025 - 8:52pm
 
May 2025 Photo Theme - Action - fractalv - May 10, 2025 - 7:54pm
 
Republican Party - Red_Dragon - May 10, 2025 - 3:50pm
 
Strips, cartoons, illustrations - R_P - May 10, 2025 - 2:16pm
 
Israel - R_P - May 10, 2025 - 1:18pm
 
Real Time with Bill Maher - R_P - May 10, 2025 - 12:21pm
 
Artificial Intelligence - q4Fry - May 10, 2025 - 10:01am
 
No Rock Mix on Alexa? - epsteel - May 10, 2025 - 9:45am
 
Kodi Addon - DaveInSaoMiguel - May 10, 2025 - 9:19am
 
What Makes You Laugh? - Isabeau - May 10, 2025 - 5:53am
 
Upcoming concerts or shows you can't wait to see - KurtfromLaQuinta - May 9, 2025 - 9:34pm
 
Immigration - R_P - May 9, 2025 - 5:35pm
 
Basketball - GeneP59 - May 9, 2025 - 4:58pm
 
The Obituary Page - GeneP59 - May 9, 2025 - 4:45pm
 
Pink Floyd - miamizsun - May 9, 2025 - 3:52pm
 
Freedom of speech? - R_P - May 9, 2025 - 2:19pm
 
Questions. - kurtster - May 8, 2025 - 11:56pm
 
How's the weather? - GeneP59 - May 8, 2025 - 9:08pm
 
Pernicious Pious Proclivities Particularized Prodigiously - R_P - May 8, 2025 - 7:27pm
 
Save NPR and PBS - SIGN THE PETITION - R_P - May 8, 2025 - 3:32pm
 
How about a stream of just the metadata? - ednazarko - May 8, 2025 - 11:22am
 
Baseball, anyone? - Red_Dragon - May 8, 2025 - 9:23am
 
no-money fun - islander - May 8, 2025 - 7:55am
 
UFO's / Aliens blah blah blah: BOO ! - dischuckin - May 8, 2025 - 7:03am
 
Positive Thoughts and Prayer Requests - miamizsun - May 8, 2025 - 5:53am
 
Into The Wild - Red_Dragon - May 7, 2025 - 7:34pm
 
Get the Money out of Politics! - R_P - May 7, 2025 - 5:06pm
 
What Makes You Sad? - Antigone - May 7, 2025 - 2:58pm
 
USA! USA! USA! - R_P - May 7, 2025 - 2:33pm
 
The Perfect Government - Proclivities - May 7, 2025 - 2:05pm
 
Musky Mythology - R_P - May 7, 2025 - 10:13am
 
Living in America - islander - May 7, 2025 - 9:38am
 
DQ (as in 'Daily Quote') - JimTreadwell - May 7, 2025 - 8:08am
 
Pakistan - Red_Dragon - May 6, 2025 - 2:21pm
 
SCOTUS - R_P - May 6, 2025 - 1:53pm
 
Canada - R_P - May 6, 2025 - 11:00am
 
Solar / Wind / Geothermal / Efficiency Energy - ColdMiser - May 6, 2025 - 10:00am
 
Lyrics that strike a chord today... - ColdMiser - May 6, 2025 - 8:06am
 
What's your mood today? - GeneP59 - May 6, 2025 - 6:57am
 
China - R_P - May 5, 2025 - 6:01pm
 
Trump Lies™ - R_P - May 5, 2025 - 5:50pm
 
Song of the Day - rgio - May 5, 2025 - 5:33am
 
Love the Cinco de Mayo celebration! - miamizsun - May 5, 2025 - 3:53am
 
how do you feel right now? - miamizsun - May 5, 2025 - 3:49am
 
Mixtape Culture Club - miamizsun - May 5, 2025 - 3:48am
 
The Bucket List - Red_Dragon - May 4, 2025 - 1:08pm
 
260,000 Posts in one thread? - winter - May 4, 2025 - 9:28am
 
Australia - R_P - May 3, 2025 - 11:37pm
 
M.A.G.A. - R_P - May 3, 2025 - 6:52pm
 
Democratic Party - Isabeau - May 3, 2025 - 5:04pm
 
Philly - Proclivities - May 3, 2025 - 6:26am
 
Race in America - R_P - May 2, 2025 - 12:01pm
 
Multi-Room AirPlay using iOS app on Mac M - downbeat - May 2, 2025 - 8:11am
 
YouTube: Music-Videos - black321 - May 1, 2025 - 6:44pm
 
Museum of Iconic Album Covers - Proclivities - May 1, 2025 - 12:24pm
 
Regarding cats - Isabeau - May 1, 2025 - 12:11pm
 
When I need a Laugh I ... - Isabeau - May 1, 2025 - 10:37am
 
Index » Radio Paradise/General » General Discussion » Things that piss me off Page: Previous  1, 2, 3, ... 824, 825, 826  Next
Post to this Topic
haresfur

haresfur Avatar

Location: The Golden Triangle
Gender: Male
Posted: Mar 11, 2026 - 4:35pm
 maryte wrote:






+1
ScottFromWyoming

ScottFromWyoming Avatar

Location: Powell
Gender: Male
Posted: Mar 11, 2026 - 3:52pm
 kcar wrote:


Did her home school have her go through an application process to study at this other school? Did they have an exchange arrangement? Even if this study abroad path was rarely travelled, didn't UW ask why she wasn't showing up for classes, housing etc. at UW? 

I wonder if this is due to an idiot department head deciding that the foreign school's standards didn't meet UW standards and kiboshing the deal. Or maybe there's a lot of glue sniffing out there. 

I'd be seriously pissed. Yeah, a lawyer may be just what you need. 



I'm really not sure what steps she went through; trying not to do TOO much hand-holding but she started the process with the study-abroad person, so ... I'm sure there's going to be some argument that an i wasn't dotted or a t not crossed. *breathe* 
kcar

kcar Avatar
Posted: Mar 11, 2026 - 2:52pm
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Daughter AFW just got notified that her study abroad 15 credits don't transfer to UW so hey tra-la. Now her scholarships, housing, graduation, sanity, finances are all in the shitter because someone somewhere dropped the ball. 

I tell her to *breathe* but I fucking hate the evilness of college bureaucracy and oh joy I work at a college now and have to fight it all day.



Did her home school have her go through an application process to study at this other school? Did they have an exchange arrangement? Even if this study abroad path was rarely travelled, didn't UW ask why she wasn't showing up for classes, housing etc. at UW? 

I wonder if this is due to an idiot department head deciding that the foreign school's standards didn't meet UW standards and kiboshing the deal. Or maybe there's a lot of glue sniffing out there. 

I'd be seriously pissed. Yeah, a lawyer may be just what you need. 
ScottFromWyoming

ScottFromWyoming Avatar

Location: Powell
Gender: Male
Posted: Mar 11, 2026 - 2:31pm
 rgio wrote:
I'd be surprised if there wasn't a very detailed page somewhere in the labyrinth of the website 

Yeah and that's what ticks me off the most: They're the professionals but they leave it to the kids or the graphic designers to navigate the minefield. 

However, she very clearly had a sitdown with the UW person and said "I'd like to do an art major study abroad in Ireland, what ya got?" and that person scrolled through offerings and found this one and said "ah, this will work!" 

Plus the Ireland school's site says in black and white that the credits will transfer. So at no point did either school say "watch out for this gaping pitfall or you're going to have a sad face." I'm giving them a couple of days to work it out (I emailed both schools together and said "sort it") and if they can't get it fixed, I have no problem going right to lawyering up. I don't feel like letting things run their course is a good plan here.
rgio

rgio Avatar

Location: West Jersey
Gender: Male
Posted: Mar 11, 2026 - 1:03pm
 black321 wrote:
not so unusual, especially when the two schools dont see a lot of transfers, which i assume is the case with the foreign studies....but you can push to get them to make exceptions.
Good luck. 

yeah...I was going to say that repetitive harassment sometimes will do the trick.  I'd be surprised if there wasn't a very detailed page somewhere in the labyrinth of the website that explained why they aren't going to accept them. 

The big issue is paying for the damn credits.  It would have cost us $20k less to buy the credits direct from the host school, but the program at our kids school was "run" through their admin.  It was a scam....but was better than not going and in the end cost us the same with or without the vacation studying in Europe.
black321

black321 Avatar

Location: An earth without maps
Gender: Male
Posted: Mar 11, 2026 - 12:55pm
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Daughter AFW just got notified that her study abroad 15 credits don't transfer to UW so hey tra-la. Now her scholarships, housing, graduation, sanity, finances are all in the shitter because someone somewhere dropped the ball. 

I tell her to *breathe* but I fucking hate the evilness of college bureaucracy and oh joy I work at a college now and have to fight it all day.



not so unusual, especially when the two schools dont see a lot of transfers, which i assume is the case with the foreign studies....but you can push to get them to make exceptions.
Good luck. 
Red_Dragon

Red_Dragon Avatar

Location: Gilead
Posted: Mar 11, 2026 - 12:48pm
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Daughter AFW just got notified that her study abroad 15 credits don't transfer to UW so hey tra-la. Now her scholarships, housing, graduation, sanity, finances are all in the shitter because someone somewhere dropped the ball. 

I tell her to *breathe* but I fucking hate the evilness of college bureaucracy and oh joy I work at a college now and have to fight it all day.



Hope it gets sorted soon.
maryte

maryte Avatar

Location: Blinding You With Library Science!
Gender: Female
Posted: Mar 11, 2026 - 12:48pm
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Daughter AFW just got notified that her study abroad 15 credits don't transfer to UW so hey tra-la. Now her scholarships, housing, graduation, sanity, finances are all in the shitter because someone somewhere dropped the ball. 

I tell her to *breathe* but I fucking hate the evilness of college bureaucracy and oh joy I work at a college now and have to fight it all day.
ScottFromWyoming

ScottFromWyoming Avatar

Location: Powell
Gender: Male
Posted: Mar 11, 2026 - 12:14pm
Daughter AFW just got notified that her study abroad 15 credits don't transfer to UW so hey tra-la. Now her scholarships, housing, graduation, sanity, finances are all in the shitter because someone somewhere dropped the ball. 

I tell her to *breathe* but I fucking hate the evilness of college bureaucracy and oh joy I work at a college now and have to fight it all day.
GeneP59

GeneP59 Avatar

Location: On the edge of tomorrow looking back at yesterday
Gender: Male
Posted: Jun 17, 2025 - 10:11am
 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:

note to self: don't remodel the house.



This is why I do all the work that I can myself.
Steely_D

Steely_D Avatar

Location: At the dude ranch / above the sea
Gender: Male
Posted: Jun 17, 2025 - 10:00am
 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:

note to self: don't remodel the house.


Certainly don’t do mine. I’m scared now to rake. 
miamizsun

miamizsun Avatar

Location: (3283.1 Miles SE of RP)
Gender: Male
Posted: Jun 17, 2025 - 8:01am
 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:

note to self: don't remodel the house.



hope you all don't have access to hgtv  
Coaxial

Coaxial Avatar

Location: Comfortably numb in So Texas
Gender: Male
Posted: Jun 17, 2025 - 5:47am
 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:
note to self: don't remodel the house.
 
Hear! Hear!{#Eek}
NoEnzLefttoSplit

NoEnzLefttoSplit Avatar

Gender: Male
Posted: Jun 17, 2025 - 5:43am
 DaveInSaoMiguel wrote:

There are so many ex-cowpats here buying houses


 Looks like you've become pretty well integrated in the local culture
DaveInSaoMiguel

DaveInSaoMiguel Avatar

Location: No longer in a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA
Gender: Male
Posted: Jun 17, 2025 - 4:52am
Its real fun here in the Azores getting contractors to actually show up and do something also. I've been here 3 years now and my house remodeling is less than half done. There are so many ex-cowpats here buying houses that they want fixed up that the workers are spread way to thin. The guys working for me do really nice work but I am lucky to have them show up more than 2-3 times a month. When they are here they get a lot done but still its gonna take another 3 years or more to get the place done if I am lucky. Nearly every room in the house is in some middle stage of completion and mostly unusable. There are 3 full bathrooms and only one is functional etc. 
Its even worse for the natives as the ex-cowpats can usually pay lots more than they can and the contractors go where the money is. They say if you want a new house built here its a minimum of 3 years. And it will get worse as all the contractors are getting old and usually their kids would work as apprentices and take over but none of the kids want to do manual labor anymore. And there are no schools that teach that stuff here.  
ScottFromWyoming

ScottFromWyoming Avatar

Location: Powell
Gender: Male
Posted: Jun 16, 2025 - 9:50pm
Who knew dealing with home handyman types was so fraught?

I installed dad's new toilet after work and told him if the guy comes tomorrow or whenever, he'll have to pull the toilet but shouldn't start the clock until he's done that and actually starts work on the floor. 
NoEnzLefttoSplit

NoEnzLefttoSplit Avatar

Gender: Male
Posted: Jun 16, 2025 - 9:47pm
note to self: don't remodel the house.
islander

islander Avatar

Location: West coast somewhere
Gender: Male
Posted: Jun 16, 2025 - 9:45pm
 Steely_D wrote:


I guess that’s something to hope for.
When we remodeled, our electrical guy killed himself. And our drywall guy died from an asthma attack.


During a remodel I had to fire our cabinet maker. Things got a bit ugly and there was some finger in chest confrontational stuff, but he grabbed his stuff and left.  A couple weeks later, he shot up a police station in an attempted suicide by cop. He's in jail now, and has lambasted the police for their poor aim. Our next cabinet guy was really fantastic though.
GeneP59

GeneP59 Avatar

Location: On the edge of tomorrow looking back at yesterday
Gender: Male
Posted: Jun 16, 2025 - 8:26pm
Stupid azzed people who act like a child.
Steely_D

Steely_D Avatar

Location: At the dude ranch / above the sea
Gender: Male
Posted: Jun 16, 2025 - 3:23pm
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:


ON THE JOB? 


At their homes, not in our house. Otherwise I’d be selling it for cheap.
Very sad thing was that the drywall guy’s father called our contractor and asked what he had left undone that he was willing to come finish the job.
Page: Previous  1, 2, 3, ... 824, 825, 826  Next

Warning: pg_close(): supplied resource is not a valid PostgreSQL link resource in /var/www/html/rp3.php on line 474