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Re: Cat is gone - 2 months ago

Your first order of business may be to check with the local city/county agency that picks up animal carcasses. Sorry to be saying this but you can save yourself much time, worry, and expended effort trying to find him if he's already beyond your reach forever. I saved a next door neighbor much additional grief/worry when her worst fears were realized in this way. I know what yo

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Re: How to (mechanically) keep mom, 92, from driving - 2 months ago

Remove the power steering pump belt. Even if she somehow gets past some of the other disabling tricks, driving without power assist is beyond most mortals' willingness and capacity to maneuver without it in big city traffic!

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Re: Email save! - 3 months ago

Found it, GGD! I don't know why I missed it before. I use Earthlink as my email whatever. Ancient piece of software and a bit limited. Am somewhat sentimental about it too, as I've had it for over 25 YEARS! Plus the thought of informing all my previous correspondents of a mail change is almost UNTHINKABLE!! Though eventually to be confronted.

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Email save! - 3 months ago

Where does Apple Email store a saved message when it's being created? Saved due to fear of a time-out! Forgotten where it can be found.

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Re: Rosalynn Carter has been diagnosed with dementia - 3 months ago

That is so sad to hear, and this coming from a rock-ribbed Republican. She always seemed to be a graceful gentle woman thrust into a world where people like her are too often, too easily bruised. Sometimes longevity is not a blessing!

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Re: Help! Stepping into the world of hearing aids! - 10 months ago

Wow, modelamac! I also have CostCo HAs and my batteries last about a WEEK! I always OPEN THE BATTERY CASE at night disconnecting the batteries. Do you do the same? If you don't, maybe you ought to try doing so for the night or when you're not using them. That might help improve battery life.

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Re: ribbed for your pleasure?!…..McDonald’s McRib is back….. - 10 months ago

Thanks for the "heads-up", Newt! You made my day!

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Re: Be careful, new PayPal Scam out there. I tested the waters for you (but didn't take the bait, LOL) - 11 months ago

This is the way I ALMOST GOT SCAMMED for $3K!!! That's a phony non-existent charge which the crook(s) set up with some other confederate in an attempt to bilk you. I got contacted by the crook who I thought was a tech rep from PayPal. NOT SO! First thing he said was I need your passwords and IDs from all your accounts, bank and computer. Which struck me as strange! Paypal NEVER aut

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Re: Changed my iMac's resolution - 11 months ago

Likewise chopper! Suddenly I'm not squinting at my 27" screen anymore, even though it is pretty huge compared to laptops. That's also what's kept me from going into a laptop for a while. I need a bigger screen to accommodate my 88 year old eyes. But I'm weakening on that resolve.

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Re: ‘ hurricane that just made landfall in Mexico is triggering flood concerns in parts of southern California ‘ - 1 year ago

A peek at my Long Beach, CA iPhone Weather page doesn't show any rain predicted for So Cal this week. Curious!

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Re: If you could plant any variety of tree? - 1 year ago

Japanese (?) Cherry Tree - beautiiful aroma in full spring flower at the new/older family home which I still recall. Also attracted scores of birds dining on the fruit. Stubborn father insisted on taking it down - "Need a GARAGE!" (almost sinful!). Sugar Maple - Another stunner but in the fall. Planted a couple in Chicago at the family home after seeing them at the Morton Arboret

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Re: Tax refunds! - 1 year ago

Thank you, Michael. May wait till Monday when the office staff is at work. Having trouble with passwords though.

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Tax refunds! - 1 year ago

Have any of you NOT RECEIVED your 2021 state or federal tax refunds? I'm still waiting for mine from the state of AZ. I filled it out a month late (requested an extension) and filed it online. Refund of $155. No sign of it yet and they claim that the process requires ONLY 8 to 12 weeks! We're past 16 weeks now. $155 dollars I could use! Couldn't we all! Any ideas or leads?

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Re: Had a stroke last Tuesday. Not progressing very well. - 1 year ago

Good luck, Dennis S.! Hope for improvement in your symptoms and a full recovery back to normalcy. It sounds like you've gotten some sound advice from the board members.

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Re: Disgusting Roaches! - 1 year ago

Bravo, PeterW! And thank you for your good memory! That's the name I couldn't recall, though I did remember that Julie Andrews starred in the movie.

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Re: Disgusting Roaches! - 1 year ago

Reminds me of the movie where a penniless, starving actor in Paris who after ordering and eating a meal releases a "captive" cock roach from a match-box causing a near-riot with women screaming and attempting to stand up on chairs, men stomping at "phantom" bugs at random and a general pandemonium. During the disturbance, the now well-fed actor escapes the premises without pa

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Re: non 'ear'itating?!....doctors transplant 3D printed ear made of human cells..... - 1 year ago

Good news, mikebw! MIT just announced a potential breakthrough in treating deafness due to degeneraton of hair cells and ear drums.

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Re: buying discontinued furniture? - 1 year ago

Check if they have "warehouse clearance Items" or something similar associated with that brand "laying around" somewhere. Maybe by some furniture stores that carried that line. Inquire with that company (Aspen?) as to who does or who did carry that line. I had that experience with two endtables purchased a long time ago. Shortly after the initial purchase I went lookin

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Re: Finnish cross-country skier suffers frozen penis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - 1 year ago

The male organ is vulnerable to all sorts of hazards, dangling as it does outside the body's trunk. I found that out once the hard way. I probably should rephrase that last remark. Those of you who are or were "mainline" joggers/runners in harsher climes will know whereof I speak. Many, many moons ago during my running days, I made the mistake of NOT wearing more wind-resistant s

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Re: DJI drones... I am thinking about getting one... - 1 year ago

cbelt3, LOL! Got adopted by a loving family.... LOL!

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Re: When the gas station looks better than the apartments - 1 year ago

QuoteRgrF Quotemikebw With those prices I'd probably want to complain too! Ironically that station is about 2 miles from a oil refinery! And that section of Lomita/Torrance sits above part of the Long Beach oil field umpteen feet below! They're still pumping oil up from that reservoir and other fields further south along the coast.

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Re: Lunaz Answers Demand For Electric Classic Cars - 1 year ago

mrbigstuff, The problem with that approach is you're messing with the sprung vs. unsprung weight ratio. To get a softer, more comfortable,more controllable ride, you need a greater sprung weight vs. unsprung. Which is why on "super race" cars, they even move the braking assemblies inboard alongside and next to the differential with only the axle shafts and hubs/spindles going o

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Re: Lunaz Answers Demand For Electric Classic Cars - 1 year ago

mrbigstuff, The problem with that approach is you're messing with the sprung vs. unsprung weight ratio. To get a softer, more comfortable, more controllable ride, you need a greater sprung weight vs. unsprung. The objective is to reduce unsprung weight. Which is why on "super race" cars, they even move the braking assemblies inboard alongside and next to the differential with

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Re: World's Blackest Black Paint... On A Car? - 1 year ago

Racerx, why don't you process your film and light-sensitive materials using loader bags? They consist of nothing more than roomy bags for loading your developer, developing cans, and film prior to opening up the latter. They zip up to provide a light-proof and portable way to process film. You can access all of the latter through long sleeves in the bag with elastic around the sleeves to mak

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Re: Today was the last day of... - 1 year ago

Congrats Davester! You've reached a real milestone in life and I'm sure you'll enjoy it. And I hope you'll be here with us for a long, long time, giving us your cheer, and your sage advice and wisdom. Retirement is a little bit like being a kid again, with each day being a summer day, "no school", and all day to do your chores. With the latter being optional! I've been ther

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Re: We said goodbye to our dear kitty today - 1 year ago

So sorry to hear of your loss, mattkime! I went through that same experience about 12-13 years ago with my cat Dusty, and I'm still not "over it". That will take time, lots of it - if it ever does! Dusty lived to 20 years of age and was like yours, a friend and beloved companion, an "alarm clock", "sentry", 'greeter', etc...! I still miss her - and you will yo

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Re: Trouble with overflowing toilets - 1 year ago

Do you have any trees close to the septic tank? LIke within 20-30 feet? That might be your problem, a big problem unless you're good with a shovel and an ax. But mattkime might have the right answer for this one.

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Re: 88% to L2 - 1 year ago

It certainly is, jonny! Thanks for that heads-up! Very informative and a typical outstanding effort by NASA at informing the public. Decided to save the address in my Bookmark Folder for further look-ups and for a moment couldn't decide between putting it into my Astronomy Folder or my Travel Folder! Astronomy won out. LOL! Thanks again!

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Re: Late, late, late, etc. tax filing - 2020 using TurboTax Premier - 1 year ago

Thanks Davester and Paul F for responding to my problem. Davester, actually, E*Trade has the same type of data files for their clients going back to 2015 according to the E*T rep I talked to. The seven-year-rule"? And they're PDFs like the 2020 data I want to use. And yes, "that ship has sailed" as you put it because in a couple of days, even year 2019 data will be PDFed

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Late, late, late, etc. tax filing - 2020 using TurboTax Premier - 1 year ago

I'm up the creek using a "spaghetti paddle"! Help! I'm doing a late, late, late, late, etc. income tax filing for year 2020 using TurboTax Premier. Things were going fairly well until I got to the "Investments" portion of the return. Trouble is my brokerage firm (E*Trade) no longer has the "formatted" version of all my trades that would be downloaded on the ret

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