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Re: Forum member "Pops" - 2 days ago

Thank you Acer. How sad. R.I.P.

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Re: Forum member "Pops" - 2 days ago

QuoteSpeedy Gosh, very sad news. Very, very sad. QuoteGGD Quotefreeradical "The board requires you to be registered and logged in to view this forum." I'm not registered so if someone will post the information from AS, that would be nice. Same here.

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Re: Just buy Windows 10 retail for college-bound kid? - 9 days ago

Just remember that if you get the OEM version, when your child gets a new MBP, they will need a new Win10 copy. OEM licenses are not transferable.

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Re: Adobe Photoshop Elements & Premiere Elements 2018 + 2x 16GB Flash Drives $80 - 11 days ago

Says deal has expired. :-(

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Israeli reasoning? - 18 days ago

Why is Israel supportive of the US pullout from the Iran deal? I would think if Iran now restarts their nuclear program it would seriously destabilize the region, causing Israel to become much more vulnerable. Is it Netanyahu or do most Israelis agree that the pull out was a good idea?

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Re: Something we don't see every day... - 26 days ago

Must be across the whole state, we have the red flag warning here in western Michigan as well. It's gorgeous outside right now, mid 70's, sunny, but breezy.

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Re: Canon EOS-80D Lens Choice - 27 days ago

I also have the Tamron 16-300 and it's a nice general-purpose lens. The 25.6mm (equiv) of the 16mm at the wide end makes it easier to get group shots than the 28.8mm (equiv) of the 18mm.

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Re: Trump confirms Cohen represented him in 'crazy Stormy Daniels deal' during Fox interview - 27 days ago

Eww... I did not need to see that.

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Re: Trump and his cell phone....interesting evolution - 4 weeks ago

Actually Obama used a Blackberry.

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Re: The Tax Experiment That Failed - 5 weeks ago

Just another commie-inspired, liberal propaganda piece.

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Re: 16-300 or 18-400? - 5 weeks ago

I have the 18-270 but went with the 16-300 specifically for the wider end. I guess it depends on how zoomy you want to be. Remember in 35mm (full-frame) Canon terms you are looking at 26-480 vs 32-640.

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Re: What music albums are good from the first to last song? - 5 weeks ago

Interesting suggestions. Either we as a collective are old, or there are hardly any current album-worthy artists.

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Re: 'Credit card signatures are ending in the US on April 13th' - 6 weeks ago

QuoteRAMd®d I use a debit card most of the time, instead of any credit cards. My debit card and one credit card are on my Watch. My local Safeway (or someone in their chain-of-command) requires the use of a PIN with the Watch, which I expect when using my debit card or the Watch. I've yet to use a credit card for provisions, or from my Watch. Since all my cards are chipped, I'd like to hav

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High Sierra OK? - 6 weeks ago

I have a mid-2014 15" MBP which is running Sierra, a mid-2010 13" MBP on Yosemite, and a mid-2010 iMac that just had a new hard drive put in it. I tried installing Sierra onto it, but got an error that I haven't been able to figure out yet (it may be my installer USB stick that is the problem). So... I was thinking about just going ahead and installing High Sierra onto it, and then foll

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Re: T-Ball coach sends out a list of equipment for the parents to purchase... $$$ - 6 weeks ago

Good thing we had a girl, requirements were all of the following - soccer (when younger) - shin guards, soccer ball; volleyball - knee pads, volleyball (OK, league play required spandex and volleyball shoes); basketball - nothing, (community league gave each kid a basketball upon registration); rowing - umm... nothing (OK, no loose fitting clothes); bicycling - helmet, swimming - Speedo.

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Re: Just bought and registered applecare for my imac - 6 weeks ago

I stupidly missed out on getting Applecare+ for my iPad Pro, I thought I had gotten it, but just found out yesterday that I wasn't covered. I wonder if I can call Apple and beg them to allow me to purchase it, even though it's been 4 months since purchase. I generally will get Applecare on portable equipment; laptops, phones, iPads, etc. but not on desktops.

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Re: Buffalo suburb Police, fed up with lingering cold weather, ‘arrests’ winter - 6 weeks ago

QuoteAllGold Quotecbelt3 All of us in the Lake Erie winter area agree with Buffalo. Especially the people in Erie, PA. Winter can just shove right off... Add Michigan people, too. We got more snow today. Agreed. We were fortunate in that we just had non-sticking snow showers yesterday. My daughter was on the river rowing with her team and said that it was pretty wild getting snowed upon. It

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Re: RYF (use a flashlight after dark) - 6 weeks ago

Coupon code now dead. Oh well.

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Re: Walk briskly you fools: 2TB Micron 1100 2.5" SATA III SSD - $270 shipped - 6 weeks ago

There's a debate on Slickdeals whether Micron will honor the 5 year warranty on this deal. I guess Platinum Micro is not an authorized dealer? Still tempting, however.

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Re: Anyone know this radio host: Chris Plante? - 7 weeks ago

Michigan has an NPR station run by the University of Michigan that is all talk, they do the regular NPR news programs, plus pretty much any of the NPR talk shows. In the evenings and overnight they broadcast the BBC radio programs. The station has repeater throughout the state, so it has a lot of coverage. Maybe check around for all the NPR stations? Here's another Trumpista far-right winger w

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Re: Royalty (card puzzle) - 7 weeks ago

I agree with bik

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Re: I want a new laptop . . . - 7 weeks ago

I have the mid-2014 model, which I don't think is much different from yours, and I don't feel a need to update mine. It's still fast and speedy and does what I need it to. Having said that, if I was able to get a 25% discount, that would tempt me, as I could pass mine off to either my wife or daughter and they'd be quite thrilled with it.

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Re: "Why Americans Haven’t Noticed Their Tax Cuts" - 7 weeks ago

QuoteSarcany Quotesekker Also, for many people their health insurance also went up. Often far more than any tax cut. My right-wing co-workers blame that on the ACA: "Health insurance went up because of Obamacare."

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Re: Apple to stop using Intel chips in Macs in 2020 - 7 weeks ago

So much for Windows compatibility with Bootcamp, Parallels, etc.

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Re: never give up. never. - 7 weeks ago

But he did give up. Exited the 10k race after 3.5k 39 minutes later.

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Re: The 45 interns. - 7 weeks ago

I'm surprised that 45 didn't have the photographer place all the nubile young blonde interns next to and around him.

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Re: What to do?... fix or get a new bike - 8 weeks ago

Thanks for all of your input! I decided to go ahead and have them fix up my RB-2, especially since the mechanic who I talked to and probably is going to work on it has himself owned Bridgestones and is still currently riding an XO-1. The Bianchi Volpe we decided to not fix, he didn't think there was much value in doing so. However, thanks to doing research on the Volpe, it seems like this was als

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Re: A question about calendars - 8 weeks ago

Quotefreeradical I don't think that the general public really cares about the metric system, and it was kind of silly to try and force it on the public. In places where it matters such as science, manufacturing, and engineering, the metric system has been in use for a very long time. When was the last year that an American car was manufactured with English system fasteners? Decades ago? Q

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Re: What to do?... fix or get a new bike - 8 weeks ago

Answering a few questions, the tires for my bike that they want to put on are the Specialized All Condition Armadillo Elite, it's rated as being quite puncture-proof. On my wife's they want to put on the Specialized Trigger Sport o I guess that these count as higher-end tires. Both bikes have rusted chains, so would be getting new chains added to the rust, my chain is well used, it's quite stre

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What to do?... fix or get a new bike - 8 weeks ago

OK, turning to the collective forumite wisdom... I have a Bridgestone RB-02 road bike that I've loved and over the years have put on thousands of miles. I haven't really ridden it in the past 10-15 years, so it has accumulated some issues, but I now want to get back into biking. I took it in for a tune-up, along with my wife's 20+ year old Bianchi hybrid, and they said mine needs $260 worth of wo

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