Beast Released

Sometimes it's just too much.
I don't lose it often, honestly I don't. And when I do, I usually lose it here on the rant cloud. This morning was different. I apologise to all concerned.

Trivia.
Like most things, the catalyst was trivial: attempting to rescue a borked install of a printer on a Windows 7 laptop. Windows 7 - that OS that is marketed as user friendly but in reality has hardly changed in 15 years. Let me explain.

Printer Hellspawn.
To de-bork, I like a clean slate. That means uninstalling whatever the poor soul who made the first attempt did. Simple, right? Reboot. Login with an administrative account. Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month). Take a look at the printer queues installed. Right-click - Remove device (in this instance the printer). F5 to refresh. Oh, it's still there. (Bear in mind I am in a bad mood because Royal Mail have currently lost a £1000 package I sent, payment for which is needed to keep a small business running another month).

By this point I'm pretty pissed and lose my rag. (Note, there is no  internet at this location so a search for help cannot be done and it's not like I want to waste more of my life on this stupid issue when I have far more pressing issues to deal with - the very reason I had requested in the first place that the printer and laptop be brought back to base for me to fuck it all up personally from a known state).

I ask if I can take the laptop home and destroy it. Request denied. Well that's just asking for it isn't it?!

KA-BOOOOOOM!!!!
Eight months of stress is released through gritted teeth, language and spittle. The Mother of your children is probably not the best person to be on the receiving end.

She doesn't understand the full context, and perhaps I shouldn't expect her to.

I'll fallback to that famous Marilyn Monroe quote, paraphrased, no doubt; "If she can't live with the worst of me then she'll never get the best of me".

I'll cool down. I fear the damage is done.

THANKS MICROSOFT WINDOWS. A fucking OS of all things to be driving wedges into my relationship. Death by a thousand cuts, destroyer of souls.

Another reason the simplicity of Apple's eco-system can be worth the financial cost in the realm of personal computing (as opposed to enterprise computing which will always have fallout from letting users, you know, use it), if it strictly limits the emotional abilities of The Beast.

Well, I'm rambling now. Time to pick up and wash-up.