Nice People Thread No. 14, all Nice and Proper

vivatifosi

That's great news Sue! Well done Josh!

Going back to what you said a few months ago about instinctively knowing what was the right way to parent the boys, this just proves how right you were, again.

Generali

zagubov wrote: »

My emploiyer supplies MS Office on work computers and we allegedly have a version of Office 365 we can run on our macs and PCs at home. Only problem is, I've got a recent version of Office on my mac. If I load a free version via work, what happens if work change their mind? Do I have to delete software and find old disks and reload stuff?Is Office 365 better than Office 2011 and does it run alongside it or does it delete the old version? I don't want to take on a benefit that might have compicated disadvantages for me

If you use the MS Home Use Program there is a one-off cost to buy the software rights (AU$15 in my case) plus you can buy a DVD with a physical copy too if that floats your boat (AU$22).

All I had to do was go on the MS HUP website and put in my work details and they then sent me an email. Click the link on the email, wait a few minutes. Give them my MS username and password which I have already as I use Windows 10 at home and Bob's yer Uncle. Once it's downloaded you own it forever

I know people are pretty down on Microsoft but TBH I find them really good to work with these days. I've spent years using XP and getting copies of Office by hook or by crook. My entire legit experience has been a very good one and let's face it, they can't be stealing any more data from me than Facebook, Apple or Google do routinely.

Anyhoo, we had a nice day today. A bit more moving in, we messed about with Netflicks which we just subscribed to, The Boy had cricket this morning and we've definitely decided to send The Girl back to Ju Jitsu classes as I think that a young woman is well sent into the world if she can kick the living crap out of any wannabe wife-beater. We've had some pretty ordinary bullying experiences at school this term and she is definitely going to learn how to look after herself. She's really excited about it having done a couple of terms previously.

We sat about and watch The Boy play cricket in the sun. It really is a very civilised sport. Any game that stops for a meal break has to be a good thing. One of the things I like about cycling is that you spend the whole time eating and then eat again at the end!

The pool's clouded over again because I'm a cheapskate and decided to turn the chlorine production down just before a 37C day (hot sunny weather degrades the chlorine it seems). I think a pool blanket to reduce evaporation and chlorine degradation is the way forward. Aldi has them for $169 (£80) at the mo.

We got the Generalissimos' school reports yesterday. Hmm, not bad but we have kinda got used to excellence and The Boy's was definitely not excellent.

Glad you're enjoying the new car viva. Kia's are the new Toyotas IMHO: not necessarily the best car in absolute terms but in value terms you have to justify to yourself why you wouldn't buy one.

Love to all the NPs that are feeling unwell and indeed all those that are feeling well too!

ETA: Brilliant work Josh, brilliant stuff. The cream rises.

SingleSue

vivatifosi wrote: »

That's great news Sue! Well done Josh!

Going back to what you said a few months ago about instinctively knowing what was the right way to parent the boys, this just proves how right you were, again.

I made plenty of mistakes along the way though :rotfl:

Must admit, I did doubt the uni one for Josh especially in the first few days as he was so unhappy....if mum and ex mum in law (plus acting on my own not very much maternal instinct) had had their way, he would have been picked up and brought home.

I really wasn't sure if it was going to be a bridge too far for him but thankfully with the package of support he receives via the DSA and the uni, it made all the difference. Ok, he still can't get on public transport on his own or remember to do some things or misunderstands instructions but confidence and musically, it has done him the world of good.

zagubov

SingleSue wrote: »

This time next week, I will have all the boys back under one roof again....until the Saturday night as me and Josh are off to London for the weekend as we are going to see Nightwish (Josh's birthday present to me earlier in the year).

Update on Josh and uni - he is having the time of his life, he is one of the popular kids, his musical talents are very much in demand after a bit of a eek start when some of those in his year group just saw a fat kid and didn't want to work with him. All changed though when they realised just what he could do and on having to choose members for the next lot of class bands, everyone wanted him.

He is also in a band outside of uni as the drummer and a singer, one night at pre drinks, he was spotted air drumming and singing, questions were asked of his friends, video links were supplied and then he was approached....now we have the logistical nightmare of getting the rest of his kit up there (he took half of it up at the beginning) and finding a way of storing it in his room.

He also had a video drum cover professionally done by a producer, which then involved a Skype chat interview regarding it.

There is also the possibility of him performing some songs at his old high school next Thursday with him on his guitar and singing and no one else....something he wouldn't have done before, he just didn't have the confidence.

I knew going to uni would be the making of him, he used to be so full of confidence but the Academy had drained it out of him, he's got all that back plus more!

That is delightful to hear! :j

silvercar

If you use the MS Home Use Program there is a one-off cost to buy the software rights (AU$15 in my case) plus you can buy a DVD with a physical copy too if that floats your boat (AU$22).

All I had to do was go on the MS HUP website and put in my work details and they then sent me an email. Click the link on the email, wait a few minutes. Give them my MS username and password which I have already as I use Windows 10 at home and Bob's yer Uncle. Once it's downloaded you own it forever

The UK Home user group licence is more restrictive. If your employer relinquishes their licence or you leave your employer, the licence requires you to remove the software.

zagubov

silvercar wrote: »

The UK Home user group licence is more restrictive. If your employer relinquishes their licence or you leave your employer, the licence requires you to remove the software.

I was worried it was something like that. I had a computer that ran Office 2004, a very user-friendly edition. I later loaded Office 2008 which is a bloated user-hostile waste of space compared with the earlier one.
When I tried to remove it later so I could carry on with the better one it was a pig of a job. The computer used to keep looking for the wrong version of Office and I regretted ever loading it.:o
There's far too much hype for upgrading and no mention whatsoever about the difficulties of going back to the earlier version. It's a bit like that clip "Now, a warning!" from "Death Becomes Her" IYSWIM.;)

silvercar

I was worried it was something like that. I had a computer that ran Office 2004, a very user-friendly edition. I later loaded Office 2008 which is a bloated user-hostile waste of space compared with the earlier one.

I doubt Microsoft has any way of detecting that you haven't removed it. Happened at the NHS recently. I doubt every NHS employee in the country who installed Office has removed it.

http://www.alphr.com/news/enterprise/359836/thousands-of-nhs-staff-stripped-of-microsoft-office

Generali

silvercar wrote: »

The UK Home user group licence is more restrictive. If your employer relinquishes their licence or you leave your employer, the licence requires you to remove the software.

If the company I work for stops using Excel I'd be amazed and (more to the point) I'd no longer need Excel.

Word is helpful as is Powerpoint but, let's face it, they're just ways of sacking typists.

If I lose my job then I don't imagine HR will tell on me. They can't tie their own show laces let alone keep track on who does what.

michaels

I enjoyed this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35066940

My idea of what politics is often about...

Doozergirl

I have the worst hangover.

It is so bad, I have ordered a pizza delivery. The devil's food.

I have not left my bed.