Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-30602727-20140827000707/@comment-32500188-20140927021236

^^ Second this. When you have a good chunk of money involved with getting any sort of music software, you really should keep in mind if you're going to be able to or want to learn how to utilize what you're purchasing for an extended period of time. You wouldn't want to spend a hundred to a couple of hundred bucks just for something you're not quite sure you want to continue with.

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I'm pissed off, so much so I'm in no mood for smileys... somebody decided that it was a good idea to have their dog off their leash in an unfenced yard today. Not a small one, either. My nephew and I were about to leave when said dog came like a bat outta hell and charged straight for my nephew. I got in between the two, and the dog stopped for a moment, still growling and barking, but the poor kid was freaked out of his mind and ran towards the street, with the dog almost going after him again. I'm out there screaming my head off at the dog trying to make my self as big as possible and scare him back towards his yard and keep him away from my boy, then his owner yells at my nephew to stop running, finally intervened and called the dog back.

So, I got my nephew in the car, traumitized and stiff as a board (he was clearly too scared to cry at the time), and I try to get him comforted... all while waiting around to see if there was any sort of apology to be offered. I wasn't about to pull him back out of the car and walk back in the yard where the owner was still clearly standing out there... he was already in bad enough spirits, and the fact that there were two more dogs around there didn't help the situation.

Five minutes later, what did we get?

None... I repeat, NONE. Just went on like nothing had happened moments earlier!

Seriously, what the actual eff is wrong with some of these people?! You literally put not just myself, but my brother's kid in a dangerous and potentially deadly situation, and you don't think it's worth the time of day to at least offer some form of apology right then?! Not to mention the emotional trauma that is now instilled in his brain... what used to be a love for dogs (as he's never had a bad instance with even a dog bigger than this one) is now absolute fear. It's not like we were in their yard at all, he came charging into the yard that we were walking out of... which, by the way, the house is full of very small children younger than my nephew is... suppose it had been one of them walking out with their parents? At least I made a couple of important calls, and his parents intervened and got the message out, along with that delayed apology (with the help of the law and animal control for added persuasion)... but the fact that it had to be forced out of them at all was ridiculous enough.

I just don't know... some folks just don't need any sort of pet if they aren't going to be responsible for them, especially when they're clearly in the wrong and it ends up being this sort of situation where someone could've been seriously hurt, child or otherwise. I mean, really, they might as well just get ready to write out a blank check for the next person who is unfortunate to get involved with their negligence.