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Re: UPS Backup Recommendations - Today
I like Cyberpower. Too many issues with APC to recommend them.by rz - Tips and Deals
Re: Oh man. Pope caught on camera visiting a Rome record store - 2 days ago
Did he bless the Black Sabbath records?by rz - Tips and Deals
Re: Travel in Asia may not be on your mind, but... $399, 12 nights, with Air, China/Thailand. - 2 days ago
I'll be traveling to Japan next month. But I have to quarantine for 15 days before I'm allowed to take public transportation in-country. At least I'm not paying for it.by rz - Tips and Deals
Re: I screwed up and gave out my real phone (cell) number for a credit card - 2 days ago
QuotePeterW Makes zero difference if you give out your number or it’s listed or unlisted. The dialers that the scammers use will dial every number in an exchange. Not exactly true. If it were, I'd get a ton of scammer calls. I'm very selective about giving out my cell number, and I get maybe 1 or 2 spam calls a week. Literally. I just checked my recent calls for the last month, and I had 5by rz - Tips and Deals
Re: Because you are my virtual family, I wanted to post my personal loss - 3 days ago
Wow, so very sorry for your loss.by rz - Tips and Deals
Re: Any ex-Harry Potter fans here? - 4 days ago
I see the books at probably one out of every 5 or 6 garage sales I go to. We picked up the whole set in hardback over the course of about a year at about a buck each.by rz - Tips and Deals
Re: Ronnie Spector, Lead Singer of Classic Girl Group The Ronettes, Dies at 78 - 4 days ago
I saw a clip of her tonight in an interview from not that long ago where she just sang a few seconds of "Be My Baby", and she still sounded great. RIP.by rz - Tips and Deals
Re: We all have a date with omicron - 4 days ago
QuoteTLB Did we have it, who knows? I think you can get an antibody test, but I'm not sure what it would report if you've been boosted recently.by rz - Tips and Deals
Re: We all have a date with omicron - 4 days ago
She dumped me. Had it last week. Vaxxed and boosted. Had a stuffy nose for a couple of days and a scratchy throat. Cleared up quick. It wasn't even as bad as a cold for me. In fact, pre-covid, I probably would have still gone to work. I truly thought it was allergies. Two days before I showed symptoms, I spent 15 hours in a car with my wife and son, and slept in the same bed with my wifeby rz - Tips and Deals
Re: Express Scripts called at 2:06 AM last night - 4 days ago
My wife hates them. I don't take any medications, so I don't have any experience with them.by rz - Tips and Deals
Re: Picking a dishwasher - 5 days ago
Had a KA at the old house and loved it. Moved to a new house that had Electrolux “Elite” appliances. They suck. Bought a new KA and it’s awesome. I’m not home now so can’t tell you the model number, but will update when I get a chance.by rz - Tips and Deals
Re: Car shopping. Painful. - 6 days ago
I, personally, wouldn't own a Buick if you gave it to me. Oh, wait, I did for a while. I was given my uncle's Buick Regal. It was only driven a few months out of the year (snow bird). My aunt talked about it like it was this great luxury car. Biggest POS car I ever owned.by rz - Tips and Deals
Re: Where's My New MacBook Pro? Ordered 11-19-21 *Grumble, Grumble, Harrumph!* - 6 days ago
It's probably sitting next to the 85" TV we ordered from Sam's Club on 11/10. Was supposed to be delivered on 11/21. When my wife called on 11/22, she was told to wait at least 3 business days past its due date to complain. That made it the day after T'Giving. Then came the runaround. According to Sam's, it was picked up by Pilot on 11/11. Pilot initially said they still had it, and itby rz - Tips and Deals
Re: why it pays to drink inexpensive - 6 days ago
I can't imagine paying that kind of money for one bottle of any kind of liquor. But I'm not exactly a big drinker either. One line from the story pretty much sums the whole thing up: "Any good con man knows how to take advantage of someone’s greed."by rz - Tips and Deals
Re: at least he didn't url in my cold winter slippers .... - 6 days ago
It’s weird… we moved from a house that was about 50% carpeted to a house that’s like 99% hardwood and tile, and I’ve noticed our cats hardly ever have hair balls anymore. Our living room carpet had to be replaced before we moved. They ralphed on it the most. Now, I see maybe one fur ball a month whereas before it was a couple a week.by rz - Tips and Deals
Re: Any good sources for home COVID TESTS? - 6 days ago
We bought a ton before Xmas. We were driving through lightly populated parts of NC and VA, and stopped at two different places. One had a limit of 2 per person. The other had a ton, and no limits. Now, back home, they're very hard to find. But there's an urgent care clinic nearby that does the test for free. They open at 8:30. If you get in line by about 8:00, there's only about 30-40 peopby rz - Tips and Deals
Re: Digitizer/capture box for analog video? - 6 days ago
Many years ago, I bought a Lite-On DVD recorder. I transferred all my VHS tapes directly to DVD using it. Even some copy protected ones, because someone posted a firmware hack that disabled Macrovision. I think it still works... I copied a VHS movie to DVD for a friend a few years back. I could have done the pass-thru thing with a camcorder, but I didn't want to create files, then edit and buby rz - Tips and Deals
Re: If you're not going to entering offers, why accept them? (eBay) - 6 days ago
I'm guessing it's one of those things eBay turns on by default whether the seller really wants it or not. I have a friend who sells a lot of stuff on eBay and he has complained to me many times that he'll set up his listing a certain way, only to have eBay change it on him without his permission. The same kind of stuff happens on craigslist too. Someone has a cheap guitar listed. Originallyby rz - Tips and Deals
Re: RIP - Bob Saget - 6 days ago
Somewhere on a DVD that I made from an old VHS tape, is one of the Rodney Dangerfield specials from HBO back from when almost nobody heard of Bob. Others on the tape were Rita Rudner, Bob Nelson (my favorite) and an up and coming comedian named Sam Kinison. My favorite joke from Saget was this one: "I'm nuts over my girlfriend. She's this tall (holds hand just below waist level)"by rz - Tips and Deals
Re: I think I need a paper shredder. Recommendations? - 6 days ago
Quotebazookaman Haha. The problem WE have is what to do with the shredded stuff after its shredded. We're not allowed to put it in the recyclable bin. Ours is the same. We just throw it out with the regular trash.by rz - Tips and Deals
RIP - Bob Saget - 7 days ago
Breaking news... apparently found dead in Ritz Carlton hotel here in Orlando. No apparent drugs or foul play.by rz - Tips and Deals
Re: What is it with web sites that "disappear"? - 7 days ago
Happened on my old iPhone all the time. I just figured it was because I was using an old version of Safari.by rz - Tips and Deals
Re: I think I need a paper shredder. Recommendations? - 7 days ago
This is the one I got last year: It's very quiet, and has a nonstop 60-minute continuous run time. It's also very quiet compared to our last one.by rz - Tips and Deals
Re: Scammers are out in force today - 7 days ago
QuoteLizabeth “Most” of my spam calls hang up rather than leave a message - which is almost as annoying since I get up to check the number anyway. You need a talking caller id phone. I'd get something other than Panasonic though, unless they've upgraded their text-to-speech interface. Ours can't pronounce many common names or places properly. I get almost no spam calls on my iPhone, anby rz - Tips and Deals
Re: WWYD -- old iMacs, try to sell, or e-waste? - 8 days ago
My wife still uses her 27" 2010 iMac. She's hoping the new iMacs are at least 27". She doesn't want to go down to 24". If/when she gets a new one, the old one will go in her sewing room to watch videos.by rz - Tips and Deals
Re: Friday Funnies - 9 days ago
Apparently they did it several years ago, because there are a lot of memes from 2018 about it. As I said, it's more sad than funny. Being that it appears they did this well before Covid, at least it wasn't a Covid-fueled, anti-Asian statement. And since this is Friday funnies, here's my contribution:by rz - Tips and Deals
Re: Friday Funnies - 9 days ago
QuoteAcer I don't want to spoil the fun, but...? Yinz know it's a photoshop, and a crappy job at that? I dunno. Here's a pic of the same vehicle. Looks pretty real to me.by rz - Tips and Deals
Re: Friday Funnies - 9 days ago
Out of 8 words, she managed to spell 4 of them wrong.by rz - Tips and Deals