Where is the Random Thread of Randomness stuff that doesn't belong in other threads thread?

[Cassie]

I bought a new waterproof digital camera on Amazon, even though it is a Chinese brand I never heard of. All the reviews were like YAY THIS IS A GREAT CAMERA. Not a single one said anything about how hard it is to get the freaking battery cover to close (which is the important waterproof area). It took me 45 minutes to get it closed, and now I dread having to open it again. lol

 

[Dr Dave]

 

[Loktar]

It could lead to a very en-chanting evening.

 

[Volpone]

"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn."

 

[whisky]

Typical printer day in my house, goes to print something for the first time in months, after buying new ink last time.

Immediately realises power cord is missing.

Spends next hour tracking down the cord, turns printer on.

Goes to print, realises is coming out all faint, tries to cancel ten pages, but they are already in the memory so it prints them all anyway.

Prints a test page and unclogs nozzles , three times.

Finally get to print, while the printer gleefully tells me I am running low on ink.

 

[Volpone]

Printers used to just work. Forever. My first practical modern printer* was some kind of cheap Canon that I got (I think) when I was still using a Windows 95 laptop. When the Windows 2000 desktop died (circa 2010) I had to replace it. Not because it stopped working but because it wouldn't work with XP. That one worked more or less flawlessly until around 2021, when its WiFi functionality started to fail (and once you've had a wireless printer, who wants to go back to having to stick your printer within 3' of your computer?). I guess the replacement printer is still with me but same deal--every time I want to use it, it says it is out of ink. WHERE DOES THE INK GO!? Do the Ink Gnomes come in the night and steal all the ink? WHERE?

*I had a...Packard Bell(?) laserjet for my Amiga but it was very limited in ability.