lol! well i'll join ya, then.  i just downloaded inteen last night so a teen sim whose "real life" counterpart is pregnant- coulld be pregnant. so far-MY kittens are still alive (don't know if i killed anyone elses by this act of irresponsibility  ), but the darn thing won't WORK. i spent half the night checking n re-checking files, n hunting down possible hack conflicts (which are MANY-sheeesh) having to take out hacks i consider to be "awesome" or at least "handy in a pinch", until all i had left were the baby controller n no baby harassment hacks that seemed might possibly be in conflict, n STILL it won't work(i REFUSE to play without those hacks) so God prob'ly doesn't kill kittens-that just doesn't seem like Him-prob'ly just lets it's quirkiness drive ya batty until you repent in sackcloth n ashes 

ROFL! looks like how i type when i'm trying to eat or something while i'm typing-lolol!

does it have anything to do with the fact that it asks you how long you want to stay logged in? The default is "forever". One time it'll say i've been logged in for 7 days, even if i am only here for a few minutes every couple of days (and i always close my browser when i leave), another time for three days-this time it says 23 hours.   it seems to depend on how often you clean out your cookies.

geez! this is like de-fragging n i never knew about it before? Considering how i'm shocked when someone tells me they've never de-fragged their computer-i think i feel sheepish-lol

thanks a BUNCH, you guys. Going to try one or both of these suggestions now. Your responses are very much appreciated!

update: ok-there was nothing in my teleports file, but i'll keep an eye on it as i go to see if it collects anything-thanks for that tip   i deleted the groups cache next to see if that was it n am now lookin' for stuff to install  it made it through one lot installation anyways (had to go to bed so that's all the farther i got) so far so good. i should've asked a long time ago instead of having this 'i wanna figger it out mySELF" thing goin' on. Remind myself of my kids sometimes 

i need someone much more awesome than me, here-lol

my game keeps doing this thing where it won't even load. it's been doing it for a while and i've spent FOREVER trying to peg it down to what's causing it. i know nothing about editing anything in simpe (for me to try to learn might be the LAST straw for my family and friends who like to interact with me occasionally-lol) so if that's where the problem is-i'm in trouble. i've taken out hacks, taken out neighborhoods, taken out my entire downloads folder and nothing helps but re-installing.  i can add everything back one at a time, including my entire downloads folder-complete with hacks and it works fine UNTIL(i FINALLY noticed-grrr)-i install a simpack of any kind-whether it be a house (even houses clean of all custom content or hacks) or a sim (i'm not sure about the ones that are just walls or floor) as soon as i install a simpack-it won't load again(meaning-the first little splash screen pops up, but it never actually starts-no "ea" logo or any of the usual "game is starting" stuff). i don't know enough about where everything in a simpack GOES to look for what might be happening. Does anyone have any ideas for the simpe illiterate-about why that might be?

i wish there were more of these too that look really realistic in shadows n muscle definition. i have kids that play this game, for one thing and it's embarrassing to open up body shop to show someone something and have the "anatomically correct" body parts showcased all over the skintones section 

i had a sim die on a community lot. it was her own business lot. The grim reaper popped up and said "it looks like all your sims have died. you have two choices. you can exit without saving and go back to your last saved game, or you can wait for the ghost of your sim to return home. it's up to you." (or something very close to that) then he sat down and turned on the t.v.  i have not played her home lot since to find out if she actually went home, nor have i tried to re-load that community lot, though (i'm not sure what would happen if she lived alone. A grave stone at that lot? At the community lot? Not sure. Maybe i should try them to find out what happened. ) it was entertaining to see all the customers being shooed out of the lot by a ghost though 

lolol! i bet this is what God said to Himself too: "oh GEEZ! I can see i'm just gonna have to come DOWN there! Aye yai yai" and in Bethlehem-a baby cried.... 

i'm with you on this one. It would't be any fun unless you write stories in your head to go with the sims.  The hacks make it possible to make your game go by the story you create, so i'm all for hacks! i play adventure/strategy games when i get tired of making stories for sims.  then play sims when i'm tired of shooting things and taking over maps-lol! moral: don't be scared to take some risks, Nadira.  That's what makes life and sims boring 

well spoken! hear hear  i'm kinda sorry i've been a "lurker" for so long n so i didn't know Inge herself either, but have long admired her talent (ofb drove me out of lurking-lol!)  Thank you from me, also, Inge.


yeah-it works fine for me too, n i have all three eps

was it the new alarm clock? i decided to wait on downloading that one too  i was looking through my folders, and it looks like i only kept SOME of them. i hate it when i decide i have to STOP being a pack rat and clean stuff out-isn't that always when you find out you should've kept it? geez! i have all the school stuff, and the kids stuff, and quite a few of the globals. i forget what else. i don't know how to upload stuff to these forums, but i'll figure it out if you guys end up missing anything that i have. Maybe post a list later?

lol! i keep wondering if i'm gonna log back on to find this there  i've been wondering how long Pescado's tolerance would hold out. He kinda reminds me of the way my hubby is-in that "semi-lovable grouch" way-lol! My hubby would sit here (if this conversation were going on in person) looking bored n blank for a while n then say with a raised eyebrow: "Can we talk about something else now?" n you'd KNOW he was "not at ALL impressed"-lol!

Added comment: WHOA! i was just a thread hog! so sorry you guys! That's what i get for commenting as i go, i spose 

ROFL!!!!

yup-me too. Whenever i suddenly have the urge to shut everything down-it's usually cuz i'm tired, burned out n feel taken for granted. i gotta boo-hoo to God a whole bunch to keep "walkin' the line"   

my "slightly off topic" opion is that this is WHY Americans are so overly obsessed with the human body.  All the puritanism led to repression, repression led to obsession, obsession led to something "i" think is a vast problem right now-which is that anything to do with the human body is now seen as sexual to where we practically make our sexuality our IDENTITY and all our thinking seems to revolve around it instead of it just being ONE of the parts of life. i wanna be more than that. Come to think of it-you don't see the lil native guys in south america with pin ups of boobs all over their walls-there are naked ones all over the place n they are seen as "bottles'-nuttin more or less-lol!  There's "modesty" which is natural, n then there's moribd fear (being taught everything to do with the body is dirty, nasty, etc)-which is not. Morbid fear leads to obsession >>steppin' off soap box<< 

i think in other society's and "longtime yestergo's" this is known as a 'wet nurse" 

yeah-me too. Inge's awesome stuff is how i found MATY. i have just about everything she's done in a folder for "just in case" situations. her baby stuff is indispensable....ummmm-now that's juz not right. i was talking like she's the stuff she makes-dang it.  sometimes you wanna be more than juz what you do for people

update: i finally got around to playing again tonight and the option to "breastfeed baby" only came up on HUNGRY babies this time-not with every click like it did at first.  i didn't try it with the baby controller, so i don't know what happens with that. otherwise-haven't had any wierd stuff happen.  Works like a charm so far.  Thought you guys who were hesitant to try it because of the "annoyance" factor would like to know the "every click" option must've been a fluke

ah! good to know! i use the baby controller too, but have yet to play a lot with babies since downloading this hack. Thanks for the warning!

it's happening to me, now, too. it's in a home flower shop, and it does it with snap dragons and wild flowers. The MOST interesting thing about it is how i noticed it (big lot-lots of trees) CARS (a cheap carpool car, an expensive carpool car and an ambulance)were piled up in the back corner of my lot. i whizzed over there to see what was going on and when i got there-they disappeared-leaving out of stock signs  thought that was interesting.

yeah-i was the one being characteristically ditzy by responding without checking (all eye rolling is for self entirely  )

i downloaded this yesterday (while i was trying to figure out something ELSE. i'm easily distracted-ahem!) but never played a lot that had babies/toddlers. Nevertheless-it was a hoot that whenever you click on a sim with the intent of a social interaction with another adult (or ANYthing really) you get the "breast feed baby" option. Made me snicker since it DOES apply to a lot of adults i know  

update: i finally got around to playing again tonight and the option to "breastfeed baby" only came up on HUNGRY babies this time-not with every click like it did at first.  i didn't try it with the baby controller, so i don't know what happens with that. otherwise-haven't had any wierd stuff happen.  Works like a charm so far.  Thought you guys who were hesitant to try it because of the "annoyance" factor would like to know the "every click" option must've been a fluke

yeah-that's always the problem for me too-if it's there-i'll think "what the heck!" n ruin all my fun by cheating-lol!  then i'll wonder why the game is so boring all a sudden-bruddah! 

Never mind! a good thing to do is check the latest hacks on Pescado's page to see if there's a new one-lol!

i want to know too! i was thinking of quite a few possible conflicts between the "hire family" hack and normal family behavriors as i was wracking my brain trying to think why it wasn't working for me, and this was one of them(the sim disappearing altogether). so i gave up trying to make squinges hack work for fear that ultra strange things happening would be the logical outcome.