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Re: Automatic Light Switch Turn off - Yesterday

I don’t think there is an alternative to that setup. All I can think of is is one of those mechanical spring wound timers to go into the light switch box.

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Re: Craving for a chili dog - Yesterday

There is a place in Dog River, Canada which serves great chili cheese dogs. Called rudy’s Or ruby’s.

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Re: Apple iPhone 6 Factory Unlocked GSM & CDMA 16GB--$119.00 - Yesterday

A 16gb phone can be useful for a person who just needs to have phone available and none of the extras. I bought a iPhone SE for my mom, who leaves it in her purse, never used it. But she has it for emergencies and so we can locate it if she goes wandering.

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Re: Map, parking, Sketch, Arrows, etc. What softwar eto use? - Yesterday

SketchUp free would be the best cost effective program. You do measured drawings and use a JPEG as template. It also be popped into google earth

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Re: Tire rental? That can't be good for the renter. - 2 days ago

Omg.... the next thing you know they’ll rent you a car the same way. My 2 cents

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Re: MILer time?!.... Apple Milanese Loop Band for Apple Watch $74.99 @ Bestbuy......... - 3 days ago

QuoteRAMd®d My Stainless is an AW, the first, Mk I Mod 0. While it still works, I don't know that I'd Invest $75 at this point. If it was a Gen 2, certainly. I’ve got first gen watch with a cracked face plate but functions perfectly well. I’ve bought a couple of bands which I plan to migrate to a new watch if and when I get one. Would like to get a gps with cell but as far I can tell

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Re: it's H(i)P to be square?!....HP unveils 'dual screen' laptop..... - 3 days ago

Lenovo one-upped hp with their folding screen laptop. Another example of Apple losing the edge in cutting edge. Sigh.

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Re: Rite Aid ice cream ? - 4 days ago

I lived for five years (moved two months ago) three blocks from a Rite Aid store. The ice cream counter has steady traffic and specially durable by summer weekends. The quality is consistently good. Worth a stop. It Is good American style not the super high fat Italian style. But it is nice and dense. If you’re near a rite aid. I think that they all have ice cream altho would not swear to tha

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Re: Rite Aid ice cream ? - 4 days ago

I lived for five years (moved two months ago) three blocks from a Rite Aid store. The ice cream counter has steady traffic and specially durable by summer weekends. The quality is consistently good. Worth a stop If you’re near a rite aid. I think that they all have ice cream altho would not swear to that. There is the same ice cream left in the freezer for sale:

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Re: So - My dad's lost iPhone 5s was just found (under the bed...). Reactivatoin? - 7 days ago

Quotespace-time Maybe Apple should show the last know location of an iPhone? I am not sure but maybe they already do that? or keep a 1-2% power reserve and make a firmware that boots up the phone once every other day and ping WiFi/Cell networks? There is an option on iPhone to send last location just before the battery runs out.

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Re: So - My dad's lost iPhone 5s was just found (under the bed...). Reactivatoin? - 8 days ago

I’ve had good success buying iPhones from swappa. Got a 6s for my dad. The Touch ID and headphone jack made it a must buy for a senior? Vision not too bad so no need for a bigger screen.

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Re: In Cold Water ! Gas hot water is leaking... - 9 days ago

Absolutely. Any leak is bad news. Top leak is really bad

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Re: Fixed a WD 500 GB External Drive - 11 days ago

Good save. But interface boards can go bad and take attached equipment with them. So a suspect interface board is a risk even if not a high one.

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Re: Mom can't find paid-off deed to house and land - 11 days ago

Do you have any friends in the real estate business? They should be able to get a copy easily and inexoensively if you don’t want to deal with the county.

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Re: keyboard in dishwasher (follow-up) - 19 days ago

I’ve never dishwasher a keyboard. The closest i’ve come is drenched a keyboard with iso alcohol to clean it after spilling a coffee on it. Seemed to clear up the keyboard stickiness.

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Re: Got my first one-day delivery Amazon Prime package — on a Sunday no less. - 20 days ago

That is cool. I wonder if it will work in my bldg? Probably not, since deliveries are made to the management office which is not open Saturday or Sunday. Oh well.

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Re: just fade away?!.....Apple just added this product to 'vintage'/obsolete status...... - 4 weeks ago

I think I now am using more obsolete apple products then not. Sigh. Anyone else?

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Re: pRICE pOLL-Anyone patronize MacMall? - 4 weeks ago

I think I bought my palm pilot from them. Amazing piece of technology. And I remember paying $600 for 32 mb of ram.

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Re: Can you return non-apple brand items back to apple retail store? - 4 weeks ago

Apple just added the 560 at $400. I am interested in it for use with a thunderbolt 2 hence wanting to be able to return if it didn’t work out. Also there is mention of the fact that it can’t be used with copy protected material (ie: DVDs) so again wanting to be able return it. $409 for a doorstop seems a little high.

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Re: Can you return non-apple brand items back to apple retail store? - 4 weeks ago

Ok. If I do spring for the egpu then i’ll ask at the store too.

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Can you return non-apple brand items back to apple retail store? - 5 weeks ago

I was thinking of buying the new $400 sonnet egpu. Can I return it or is that restricted to branded product?

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Re: Why would a house lot have a shape like this? - 5 weeks ago

Well head craveout.

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Re: Dutch fertility doctor used own sperm to father 49 children, DNA tests show - 5 weeks ago

QuotepRICE cUBE Quotepqrst Not that uncommon. There can any number of reasons including cost of obtaining “quality” donor sperm; difficulty of getting husband male sperm to “work”. Also the factor of making sure you gene pool keep going? 44 years ago in movie “A boy and his Dog”

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Re: Dutch fertility doctor used own sperm to father 49 children, DNA tests show - 5 weeks ago

Not that uncommon. There can any number of reasons including cost of obtaining “quality” donor sperm; difficulty of getting husband male sperm to “work”.

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Re: Roomba trapped in bathroom triggers armed response - 5 weeks ago

QuoteRAMd®d Better to respond to ten false alarms than ignore one real one. It's always a good day when you catch a crook. I agree. I am sure that this counted as a false alarm and in a lot of places there is a required fee if you report one.

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Re: Anyone got a film scanner they like? - 5 weeks ago

Glad you got it figured out. I had several hours of frustration with my v600 whose instructions did not make it clear how to setup the backlight or where to put the film holder. In the end, I watched a YouTube video which made it clear.

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Re: iPhone SE Clearance Sale restocked again - 5 weeks ago

I am in the camp that wants apple to upgrade the SE and would like to keep some kind of Touch ID.

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Re: Apple Watch slow charging... unexpected cause - 5 weeks ago

I have the same version watch. And had a similar problem when I first got it three years ago. Cleaning with mild soapy cloth restored it for me.

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Re: Anyone got a film scanner they like? - 5 weeks ago

Epson v600 does great job on my 35mm slides. The main downside is the speed. I am able to do 4-5 sets of four slides an hour at 2400 dpi. So on slow side especially if you have hundreds of slides.

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Re: 16x20 B&W Digital Prints in 2019 - 2 months ago

Printing photographs? Graphic arts? Type and text (ie: newspaper)? Desired finish. Weight of paper? How many prints of each image.

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