Stupid maid

[Narra Girl]

I hired a maid, and all she kept doing was cleaning the CLEAN fish tank over and over again. she just stood there all day and at night she just said "its to late i have to go" then she came back the second day and did the same thing. I ended up firing her but i was wondering has anyone had the same or similiar problem?? :confused:

[Mirelly]

Were the fish dead?

[person123]

The same thing happens to me, but I really don't mind. I just hire maids so my romance sims can, ahem, "use" them.

[surprised_by_witches]

How very very shocking 123. ;)

It's a fish tank bug. Every maid I've ever had has done that if I have a fish tank. The rest of the house doesn't get clean, usually. Sometimes it's miraculously clean, but most of the time the toilets still need a swipe ... I don't buy fish tanks any more because of it. I hope EA fixes it in a patch because it's a bummer.

The only solution I know of is to delete the fish tank.

Unless Pescado has a hack for that.

[Mirelly]

LOL sbw. I had the problem myself and got rid of the darn things when I found out what a pain they were. Since then I've started using them again but keeping a stricter control over feeding and so far had no maid trouble. The fish seem to drop dead as soon as a feed is missed but (as I have said many times before) I don't play with a slide rule so I have no idea how long has to elapse after a feed before the fish die ... it just seems to be a very short time ... to short considering the time it takes a sim to starve to death! Clearly there are dramatic difference between the metabolic rates of poikilotherms in the real world and in the sim one. ;)

[surprised_by_witches]

No kidding. We have goldfish that winter in our basement in a fishtank after spending the entire summer eating mosquitos and other bugs in our backyard pond. (Actually, two fishtanks, those fish get pretty big ...)

We barely feed them all winter and they survive just fine.

The fish in the game must be some rare saltwater breed that dies if you look at it funny. ;)

[kuponutty]

My maid cleans the fish tank for a long time, but she finishes after a while. How come when the fish are dead they still bob up and down? I thought they float up to the top?

[surprised_by_witches]

Actually, in real life they bob a bit as well due to the currents caused by the filtration system. But you're right, they mostly float on top.

What's really fun is when they're too big to flush down the toilet. Then you have to get out the plastic baggie and toss 'em in the trash. If I bury them in the yard my dog digs them up again.

Eeew.

[person123]

That's horrible, surprised. I had a pet turtle once, and it died after only a few weeks. I still maintain that it was because the turtle used to belong to my cousins and they mistreated it (the shell was as soft as cheese!) but sometimes I feel guilty. Anyway, when we found out it was dead, my brother was like, "So, like, are you going to flush it down the toilet or something? I don't think it'll fit..." How insensitive!

[surprised_by_witches]

Well, that's brothers for you.

I know I sound insensitive, 123, but I normally don't get attached to my fish. I had one named Cleo who got to be about 9 inches long. She must have been about 10 years old when she died because when we bought her she was already pretty big for an indoor fish. Once we put her in the pond she started to grow even bigger. I was sad when she died, but she was starting to look kind of sick.

I've heard goldfish can live nearly 100 years but in my experience they usually last about 3 years, barring accidents. I'm sure that transferring them back and forth from pond to tank shortens their life expectancy, but leaving them in the pond would kill them. It freezes all the way to the bottom in winter.

So, we have a lot of goldfish turnover and I've learned not to be too sensitive about it. My dog and cat, and even the hamster, are another story. I'm dreading the hamster's death. My daughter is going to be a mess. That's the problem with short lived pets.

The cat just turned 20, but is in reasonably good health. The dog, thank goodness, isn't even 3 yet and is as healthy as a dog can get. I loves my dog the best.

[person123]

I have a hamster as well, but my heart has already turned cold from the turtle's death, so another won't hurt me.

Nah, not really. I would be devastated when Pooky dies, but not as much as the turtle--which I hadn't even properly named. My dad's goldfish die all the time, and he just goes out and buys more. Random rule of feng shui: always have nine goldfish at a time. Nine's, supposedly, a lucky number. My mom had me draw a mural on the kitchen wall of nine goldfish, but I never finished it. The last three are all lifeless and sketchy.

And you have a pond?! And a dog?! And a cat?! I envy you. I'm always asking my dad for a pond--a dog or cat are out of the question, as both my siblings are allergic--but he says it's too much work to dig out the hole.

I think this is the farthest off topic I've ever gotten, but I'm sure Surprised has seen better.

[surprised_by_witches]

Yep, I've ruined many a thread this way. Quick, someone, talk about maids ... :D

The pond was my husband's "baby." While I was pregnant he dug himself a little ecosystem. It's all organic, no chemicals used, which is good because the dog thinks it's a giant drinking bowl.

Nine goldfish. I'll have to remember that. Mine breed over the summer. Does that mean I'll have to kill some?

[person123]

Maybe you can have a multiple of nine.

As long as we're on the topic of Sims 2, since I don't feel like digging up my crashing thread, I was just furnishing one of my newest Victorian houses, and suddenly it crashed! It could be because of any number of reasons--but I was currently using the R Gile's Scarboro kitchen set. I was also using luslipz73's recolors of this set. Both are from MTS2, if you want to find them. Has anyone had any problems with either of those sets? I'm getting mad with all the crashes, and soon I'll seriously lose something important.

[surprised_by_witches]

I'm not sure, 123. Do you have the clean installer? You can get it from mod the sims 2. I use it and it alerts me if a file is corrupted. I've got a ton of downloads and my game seldom crashes. In fact it hasn't crashed since I had that buggy dorm a couple of months ago, and I think that was an in-game problem.

Do you have the latest patch? You can get it from the Sims official site.

Maybe you need to do a virus scan on your machine. It couldn't hurt to clean out all your cookies (you'd have to remind your sites who you were when you access them again). And I know Pescado would scoff but a defrag for good measure couldn't hurt.

You might want to look into some of the free virus scanning software that's available, such as Spybot and AdAware if you don't have them already. Everyone I know recommends having at least two scanning programs on your machine. Sometimes when you download viruses come along for the ride.

If all else fails you should move your downloads to a new folder that's not part of the EA games folder and try reintroducing them in small batches to the game.

These are just ideas. If anyone has a better one please chime in.

[person123]

Alright, my brother might not let me download any big programs like Clean Installer, but I'll try everything else you listed. Right now I believe we use Norton Antivirus. I'll ask my brother to do a scan on our Family account, as he hardly ever uses it.

Well, since soon this thread will be moved to the Troubleshooting forum, we better start talking about maids, or fish tanks. Sometimes when I buy a fishtank for my house, I don't remember it's there, and I forget to stock. :o That's certainly one way to prevent the maids from spending all their time cleaning it!

[DuzzyGirl]

. . . Sometimes when I buy a fishtank for my house, I don't remember it's there, and I forget to stock. :o . . . -- person123
I've done that numerous times as well!

The most recent problem I had with the fish tank is there would always be water on the floor in front of it. I'd mop it up or the maid would, after repeatedly cleaning it. It would come back. So, I called the repair person, they'd come, and say everything's in working order and leave. I deleted it from the house, cleaned up the water, put a new one in and it did it again. Needless to say, I won't be getting another fish tank . . . okay, maybe I will . . . we'll see! :D

[person123]

Hm...that's never happened to me...weird.

[Jiko]

I'm disappointed (regularly!) by the fact that we can build ponds complete with lilies and all, but no koi. I want a koi pond!

Hey, 123, we have a turtle (in the physical realm) named Flipper ("Flipper! Flipper! Faster than liiiiggghttning!") and he is 12 years old. He grows a tiny bit every year. He hibernates from about late October until April and eats snails and berries all day long in the summer. His favorite food is crickets, however, and if we let a bunch loose in his cage, he starts clicking and gets terribly excited.

[person123]

Oh, lucky, lucky you. What species? Turtles are my favorite animal, and I'm proud to say that I speant the better part of my 4th grade sitting in front of the computer, reading about them.

[J. M. Pescado]

I'm disappointed (regularly!) by the fact that we can build ponds complete with lilies and all, but no koi. I want a koi pond!
I want some pirahna, or maybe alligators.

[Kristalrose]

I want some pirahna, or maybe alligators.

That would be perfect in a moat around your sims houses. Hopefully they would eat the townies! :)

[person123]

I'd prefer crocodiles to alligators if we could choose what to put on our sims' lots.

That reminds me of what my friend said one time. Our teacher gave us a riddle: "Would you rather a crocodile eat you or an alligator?" Terence said, "I'd rather a crocodile eat me, because alligators are female(no idea where he got that from) and I'm all man." What an idiot.

[Jiko]

Flipper is a box turtle. He belongs to my daughter, who is now 21, and went through a very serious turtle-as-totem-animal phase. Followed by a brief wolf phase. She is now working at the zoo and getting quite interested in penguins (one of my favorite creatures).

Why not crocodiles? One tried to eat my camera once. I still have a film canister with big tooth marks.

[Lynet]

Tigers would be cool. My daughter visited some friends recently. I don't know who the tiger belongs to. My daughter is the girl sitting on the far left and she still had all her limbs when she came home.

[suitemichelle]

Lynet your daughter's cute....... I can't believe she's so grown up, I thought you were much younger.

[Vchat20]

I thought you were much younger.

Birthday:
June 19, 1949

:eek:

[Mirelly]

vchat! You will roast in a warm place for that!

[Vchat20]

Mirelly:
Birthday:
June 15, 1953

http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/faint.gif

[Lynet]

Lynet your daughter's cute....... I can't believe she's so grown up, I thought you were much younger.

:D :D :D :D You Sweetheart! My daughter is older than she looks and too wise for her age.

Never mind, Vchat, it'll catch up to you sooner than you think ;) .

[kuponutty]

Yeah, Vchat. I'm younger than ALL of you. I think.

Vchat:
Birthday:
May 27, 1987

While I am:
Birthday:
October 13, 1994
:p :p :p

[Mirelly]

Kupo. sweetheart, your parents must be very proud of you. To have raised such a mature-minded and intelligent person is awesome!

[surprised_by_witches]

All alligators are female?!!! :eek: How does he think we get more alligators, through osmosis?

Some people's children. I guess not everyone can be smart like 123 and Kopo. :)

[person123]

All alligators are female?!!! :eek: How does he think we get more alligators, through osmosis?

Some people's children. I guess not everyone can be smart like 123 and Kopo. :)

Terence really is an idiot sometimes, but he's pretty good at math--which earns him a lot of enmity from our fellow Asians. And yes, I am pretty smart for my age, aren't I? :p

[suitemichelle]

MY key board is dying>>>> can"t type numbers !(%! birth year in code>

[J. M. Pescado]

All alligators are female?!!! :eek: How does he think we get more alligators, through osmosis?
You mean fission? I'm not sure how alligators diffuse into places.

And yes, I am pretty smart for my age, aren't I? :p
No, you seem pretty average to me. Keep in mind that most people are of below average intelligence, and are not to be emulated.

[suitemichelle]

not fission, division


may 8, 1951 (ran spy ware.... think it found the problem)

[person123]

No, you seem pretty average to me. Keep in mind that most people are of below average intelligence, and are not to be emulated.

Pishpash, I was only joking. Could you ever imagine me, a humble 13 year old, bragging about my intelligence? I suppose you're right--most people are below average.

[kuponutty]

Kupo. sweetheart, your parents must be very proud of you. To have raised such a mature-minded and intelligent person is awesome!

I'm not trying to brag though! I'm just trying to say i've got a long, sad, life ahead of me. But i've planned it out! I'll play TS2 for a living! Pretty unlikely though... I don't like it when people say I'm mature, because I really ain't. I will find any reason to bash boys. Especially since I'm shorter and younger than everyone else in my class... (if your wondering, Í skipped a grade)

[Mirelly]

... (if your wondering, Í skipped a grade)

I'm not surprised. I don't treat anyone "like a kid" (apart from silly old farts who behave in stupid, petulant childish ways). But everyone should make room in their lives for some childish behaviour because it connects us with with ourselves -- I think I need a very long post adequately to explain that so I won't bother :p -- suffice to say that behaving like a kid is very important for everyone but never more so that for people who are short on years. Enjoy it cos it doesn't last nearly long enough. :D

[J. M. Pescado]

suffice to say that behaving like a kid is very important for everyone but never more so that for people who are short on years. Enjoy it cos it doesn't last nearly long enough. :D
You're only young once, but you're never too old to be immature. It's especially rewarding when you don't have any parents around to tell you no.

not fission, division
That's what fission means, yes. Perhaps you were thinking of fusion?

[DuzzyGirl]

Originally Posted by J. M. Pescado
It's especially rewarding when you don't have any parents around to tell you no.
Which is why, at the age of 29 and married, I continue to walk outside with socks and no shoes, call friends after 9 p.m., go outside with a wet head, have ice cream for supper, etc. . . . :D

[Mirelly]

It's actually even more rewarding when you do have parents around to tell you not to but you do it anyway. I tease my mum by texting her with messages like "hi mum i'm at the mall and i'm not wearing clean underwear! :p"

[surprised_by_witches]

LOL Mirelly. That's hilarious. I turn into a 12 year old when my mom's around, don't know why, she just pushes all my buttons. I never rebelled properly, I think. Duzzy, I'm with you on the wet head, ice cream thing ... I agree with Mirelly. Growing up completely means an important part of you dies. I'm extremely silly whenever possible and I don't always eat my veggies before my dessert.

As for the whole osmosis/fusion/fission debate, we're talking about a kid who thinks all alligators are female. I doubt he can spell fission. Maybe he thinks the alligator stork brings them, I don't know. Sheesh. :rolleyes:

123 and Kopo, you've got so many things ahead of you in your lives and having a good head on your shoulders is a good start. Don't listen to Pescado, he's being grumpy again. You are smart kids and don't let anyone tell you different.

[Kristalrose]

So, you're not supposed to eat ice cream for breakfast? :confused: (quick, kids, put that down and let Mommy make you some nice oatmeal.) J/K

[person123]

I'm sure Terence would be honored to know a whole bunch of random Sims 2-crazed adults are arguing about him right now. And, thanks, surprised. That made me feel a whole lot better. Well, really, you can't always take everything JMP says seriously.

[surprised_by_witches]

Or, possibly, anything he says. ;) He's very funny, you just have to see it in the right light ...

I once got to sleep over at a favorite cousin's house. She was my mom's cousin and approximately 60 years older than me. My grandpa teased me about breakfast, saying that Edna would feed me ice cream and cookies ... and you know what? She did.

She was a hero of mine for many reasons, mostly because she marched to her own drum. She died at the age of 93, a few years ago, and I miss her terribly.

Ice cream for breakfast today, tomorrow the world! :D

[J. M. Pescado]

I'm sure Terence would be honored to know a whole bunch of random Sims 2-crazed adults are arguing about him right now. And, thanks, surprised. That made me feel a whole lot better. Well, really, you can't always take everything JMP says seriously.
Who's Terrence? I thought we were arguing about Mirelly.

[surprised_by_witches]

Terence is the dimbulb who thought all alligators were female.

Try to keep up.

[Mirelly]

Try to keep up.

to JMP!!!!!! :eek:

... oh well ... just think of the money you'll save on lipstick ... :rolleyes:

[surprised_by_witches]

I'm not afraid. My lips are safe. You see, I bite. :D