Error'd: Patience

Surprise-hating Adam R. worries"I thought I ordered some outdoors gear, but apparentlyI'm receiving some not valid today. I hope I don't geta box full of surprises!" I get it Adam; I don't likesurprises either. But they're better than spiders.

Thoughtful Jeremy P.writes in with an observation from over there at that other column.Fortunately, it wasn't this column, eh? Whew."This web site that I have totally anonymised to protectthe embarrassed seems to have an issue with double posting.I'd say it was finger trouble but three different posters?
And yes, I did think about posting this submission twice....
... but thought better of it."

Frequent FlierOrion S. frets"Trying to check in for my flight, I got an ominous errormessage. I hope this is just a tech having fun with hexadecimal error codes..."TBQH, Orion, I think it's just coincidence. Hope I'mright and you arrived in one piece.

PerceptivePeter pointed out"A quick look in Power BI showed a worrying trend for lastyear. But after a more thorough inspection, I noticed thatit abused the statistics." This one took me a minute, perhaps because of the faint font.

Returning reader Gear H. shares an email, concluding "UVM Health Network provides sound advice. I won't accept the invite."Me, I'm just glad their technology helpline is patient. It's a very important job skill.

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