So, OK, it's not a self-allergy (aka block) either..... Or, if it is, it's nothing simple.
On the matter of the 'puter not shutting off properly, then chastising and penalizing you for not shutting it off properly... Towards the end of my previous puter's life it was happening almost daily (the final reason for getting a new one and *not* getting one with Windows), and drowe me up the wall. But even earlier it would hapen quite frequently, because we often have sudden -- and momentary -- power outages. Thunderstorms, squirrels shorting a transformer, too many people running their ACs... Boom. Usually, it's restored within minutes, sometimes seconds. And all other appliances resettle themselves without trouble (except, of course, for having to re-set timers on most of them. The answering machine has a backup for up to 3 hrs, so doesn't need re-setting). But, of course, not the 'puter... "You've done me wrong, you stupid cow, now it's payback time; I'll spend the next 45 minues checking my belly button for lint" it says (or words to that effect)...
Well, the Mac seems to deal with the problem differently. When an oops happens (like this time, when I had to cut the power supply to shut it off), it, too, has to "examine and heal" itself. But it does the same thing with more grace; it never blames you, just goes about its business. Must have taken taken a page from the military: "don't ask, don't tell"... :) And while it takes a bit longer than usual, it's only a minute or two longer (it seems like forever, when you're in a state of panic but the previous times, I barely noticed the difference <g>)...
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