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There seems to be something wrong with my mac A few times today when I've tried to open a photo stored on my desktop the screen has frozen and I have had to re-start. Last time it happened it wouldn't re-start for ages. It just kept giving me a light grey screen with a sort of folder symbol (?) and a question mark. I am sure that it is something to do with opening the photos so I am only going to use ones from Dropbox tomorrow to see if that gives the same result or not. Has anyone got any ideas what the problem might be, bearing in mind that I am not a techie?

Thanks everyone for the input. Husband's in London at the moment so I can't talk to him to find out what's happening The plans seem to change on an almost hourly basis at the moment as something big is being sorted out business-wise. I will go to Germany if one of the other wives goes too but, otherwise, I'll leave the boys to it.

The sad thing is that I seem to fit in pretty well

Builder49, not surprised you felt ripped off by that sort of 'counselling' There again I don't actually believe in marriage guidance counselling, as it used to be called. In my experience, once one or other partner has decided that they are no longer in love the relationship is doomed. I am a great one for leaving relationships that aren't working but my track record freaks my husband out as he's convinced that one false move and I'll be off. Keeps him on his toes though

I daren't tell you. You'd be running back in here screaming for sanctuary within seconds. "Depressed" women are a pretty fearsome bunch I'll have you know p.s. please note I am not taking the mickey out of people with genuine problems, just the moaning minnies who seem to think that their lives are so much worse than anyone else's despite many people coping bravely with a whole range of genuine and horrible problems. In fact, that's my main issue with the whiners, they assume that everyone else leads a charmed life when we all know that life can be pretty sh!tty for all of us at times. I'm not going to tell them because it's too dangerous and I can't risk them being emotionally scarred

The G Man, I'm not sure what 'mentally disabled'Â actually means or how you can classify it to various degrees? Sounds a bit odd to me. I am sure that you are right when you say that talking can help, after all Sigmund Freud pioneered the 'talking cure' all those years ago and who am I to argue with him? Well, except the bit where he thinks I want a penis. I really don't Isn't it the case though that talking to the right person is what leads to the greatest therapeutic success? It's quite right that you challenge prejudice by discussing your mental health issues openly but wouldn't you get more help by talking to someone trained if you wanted to overcome your issues? That's the bit I can't understand on the other board. If these women, one of whom is currently busy calling me 'a knob' to use her own words, really wanted to ameliorate their condition then surely they would seek professional input rather than just whining on endlessly on a public forum?

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"I think the women you are referring to, have what is called WBS - Whiney Bitch Sydrome". Cragus, I'd love to see what happened if you posted that statement on the board in question. I just got a load of whiny bitches coming after me in a pack because I said something similar Chesterfield, I agree with every word you say, especially "I think it's almost becoming fashionable to have some sort of ailment or condition". Why on earth anyone would want to claim a condition or syndrome, any condition or syndrome, just to gain themselves attention is totally beyond me. Zugara, yep, I just won't go away will I? Admit it, you love me really. Dontcha? DannyBoy , again I completely agree that most people who are genuinely suffering from a mental health problems don't go shouting about it. I know one chap on anti-depressants but he hasn't even told his family or employers. I only found out because I saw his pills by accident. Oops! As far as women discussing their intimate details, even or especially with strangers, flummoxes me as I would never do it. The case is building for me being a man isn't it? Husband always accuses me of being a geek which is a bit rich since he is the uber-geek to end all uber-geeks. Sorry for wasting your time Stew but I do agree with this, "I believe there are two answers to the question 'How are you?' the first is 'fine.' and the second is 'sh*te. Thanks for asking.' No more details required! "

Not all women though! Oh wait, I am moaning about women liking to moan. Damn, didn't think that one through properly did I?

I'll take that as a yes Given my interest in gender differences, and no, I don't mean physical ones I was wondering if the men of this parish would ever consider using a general internet forum to air any mental health problems from which they were or suspected they were, suffering? I haven't seen any examples of this and I think I already know the answer but I am a new member here so there will be plenty of history that I've missed. The reason that I ask this particular question is because, on the other predominantly female board that I frequent, some posters spend hours a week dissecting what they refer to as their 'mental health issues'. Now, I am not belittling mental illness. I have a fairly sunny disposition myself and have never suffered from depression but I do realise that it is a horrible condition. However, I am not convinced that all the women of whom I speak actually suffer from depression in a clinical sense but rather that they like to have a 'syndrome' of some sort. If I am truthful their posts get on my nerves as there often seems to be a fairly simple and incredibly obvious solution to their so-called problems but if they actually took some action solved their problems I guess they would no longer have anything to whinge about. I wonder if I am being unfair on them or if, as I suspect, most men wouldn't air these sort of 'problems' in public, maybe I am just a man trapped in a woman's body p.s. sorry for the huge essay. I bet no-one replies and I end up feeling like I've got a syndrome, Billy No-Mates syndrome perhaps!! p.p.s. I've got to say that I have never heard any self-pitying posts from the women on this board either so not tarring us all with the same brush. Right I think I've finished going on now

Wasso, so that is what you look like Check out those moves

Who are we talking about here? Me and husband or Chris'l and my husband

Oh they are adorable little creatures! I am guessing that they must be related to the Egyptian Sphynx (sic) cats as they have very little fur?

Chris'l, not sure if you're his type but I'll put in a good word for you Maybe you could sleep on the sofa?

"...and FFS go with him" Why? So you can have a weekend free of my daft questions?

Wasso, that's very sweet of you but, being a lady, I've never actually told any of you how old I am or whether I resemble not so much the back end of a Zed but a bus! Maybe the single lads would prefer to stay in on Saturday night

Thanks Dave. It looked like raised marks yesterday afternoon in the pouring rain. Didn't want to stand outside for too long to be honest and daughter was so upset by what she'd done that she was in tears which just added to the general wateriness of the day

Like your analogy Attak but I'm pretty sure the commercial flight won't keep stopping every few yards to pick up more passengers from every cloud

He says I can go but not sure if it will be worth it for such a short time. He took me shopping yesterday and I spent plenty on shoes so I've already had my treat

Ok too horrid n rainy to even go and have a proper look at moment got lots of cleaning products tho for when sun finally appears!

They said they'd send it to Leeds Bradford as he needs to be in Leeds on Monday. He's been on lots of little private planes before to get down south etc and its much better to just get in board without any hassle he says. That's the main reason I hate flying as the hanging around is so tedious.

That's what I figured. No idea how big jet will be? Suppose they come in at least small, medium and large it's going to spoil whole weekend I think and we were supposed to be going to a party so I'll have to go on my own

Daughter has learnt to drive and is generally very good but someone boxed her in in a very tight car park yesterday and she's scraped the car against a bollard. Doesn't look very scratched but car has red and yellow paint stripes on it from bollard and it's a pale metallic blue car. Any advice on how to best clean it off? Thank you

Sorry if this is a silly question but my husband has to go to Germany at the weekend and the people he's seeing are sending a private jet. Since he's not normally a member of the international jet set I was wondering if it would take him longer to get there on a non commercial flight? I'm trying to plan the weekend and the commercial flights take 3 hours but not got any info through yet about the other flight. Any ideas?

Oi, whose calling me weird? I'm not amoosed by that remark