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Re: anyone had experience with knee tendon repair? - 4 months ago

Not tendon repair, but patellofemoral replacement, where the knee cap (patella) is misaligned or otherwise needing repair as it doesn’t align or function as needed. A bit invasive, you could say, but not as bad as a full knee replacement. That was a possibility when the surgeon did my knee. Six to eight weeks recovery before returning to work. Overnight stay in the hospital, only long enough to

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Re: DeathSantis bars school masking. - 4 months ago

QuoteOmbligo DeathSantis just issued an executive order forbidding mask requirements in schools. Kids can't vote and teachers are liberals, so who cares about either group. A week ago, Stitt (R, OK) did the no-mask thing also. A look on the oklahoma.gov website today (regarding Covid) says that they follow the CDC Guidelines. Where’s the popcorn?

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Re: Ugh! Where does MS Word store autosave files? - 4 months ago

I could be wrong (Sarcany will tell us, I’m sure) but I think the Autosave function creates temporary files that get deleted when the file is saved. I’m unsure how it functions with a “save as”. I always thought to use the “save as” file as the changed one, thereby leaving the one I’m working on as essentially unchanged until I saved it (with changes). No changes, then I normally ju

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Re: A day... sigh - 4 months ago

I use that iPad for drawing/sketching/“painting”. So yes, I will be not happy if the color profile, depth, and/or accuracy changes. When I put in the repair at the Apple website it brings up these other locations; I thought I would check to see what others said, and their reasoning if given. I think the Apple store for repair is the way to go.

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Re: A day... sigh - 4 months ago

Quotejdc bummer.... and yay for AC +. Since its got USB C, any ol' USB C device will work for hard backup.... or a USB stick.. like this Order placed.

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A day... sigh - 4 months ago

Such a day. Currently backing up the iPad I bought last year. It has never been backed up, because, of course, I would NEVER drop the thing, and if I did, it would hit carpet or something and never shatter. EVER. And besides, I've never dropped one or had any issues... except for today. Dropped it. Shattered the screen. One corner is dinged, and the screen hit just right on a corner of the foo

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Re: Scam (?) email from Apple TV+ has my last 4 CC numbers - 4 months ago

Independent of the email, sign onto your Apple account. You should see a tab for your subscriptions, as Apple TV+ is a subscription service. If there are issues, it should show up there. Good luck, Diana

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Re: Cooking a chicken breast with peach juice and cornstarch. How to proceed? - 4 months ago

Depends. If you are wanting to use it to bread the chicken, then use it like Newt said. If you are wanting to use it in the sauce, like Freeradical and Ombligo said: Take about a teaspoonful, add cold water to make a slurry. If you have cooked your sauce prior to adding the cornstarch, take it off the burner and cool it down; adding it to a hot solution will cause the cornstarch to immed

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Re: EKG sensor glue - 4 months ago

Dumb question, but here goes. Are you sure it is glue, or is it a reaction you have to the glue that raises welts? I ask because it does that to me and it’s easy to mistake the raised spot for glue.

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Re: The Handmaid's Tale - 4 months ago

This just begs for groups of “concerned citizens” to hang around known abortion clinics getting license tags of individuals stopping and going inside. If I still lived in Texas, and my friend asked me to take her, I still wouldn’t hesitate AS IT ISN’T MY DECISION as to how she lives her life, only to help a fellow human in need. This just begs to be taken to the Supremes.

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Re: Do you cut the curly-Q ends of fresh green beans? - 4 months ago

Green beans or string beans? They are not necessarily the same. String beans have strings as others have noted; snap the end off and pull the string. Both sides of course. If you neglect it, the cooked strings are woody and not very appealing. String beans are more like heirloom beans. Modern green beans are often string-less, but I’ve seen some beans in the batch having a few strings, just not

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Re: Study finds Pfizer and Moderna vaccines may offer COVID protection for years, with one BIG caveat... - 5 months ago

Also, keep in mind that the (immunized) parents of these kids now getting covid are getting, in some or even in most cases, massive amounts of viral load until the kid is either over it in the case of home confinement, or until the kid goes into the hospital. Delta is more transmissible, and thus more contagious and assumedly more infectious. When the load exceeds what the immune system can handl

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Re: On the subject of cars; 268 Nashs sitting at the bottom of Lake Michigan - 5 months ago

QuoteAcer Let me paraphrase: QuoteDiana Let me add: "and cold!"

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Re: On the subject of cars; 268 Nashs sitting at the bottom of Lake Michigan - 5 months ago

Dig deep enough and you find you have indeed fallen down the rabbit hole. As others have found, much to their chagrin! And thanks all who read that. Diana

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Re: On the subject of cars; 268 Nashs sitting at the bottom of Lake Michigan - 5 months ago

QuoteRAMd®d If you want the details regarding how heat is involved in reactions, let me know. I started to write it out and realized it was probably going to be a bit much. Yes, please! Only for you, RAMd®d. The following discussion touches on various topics of chemistry (and some would rightly say physics); if you find your eyes glazing over at the mention of CHEMISTRY or PHYSICS, p

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Re: On the subject of cars; 268 Nashs sitting at the bottom of Lake Michigan - 5 months ago

As Ombligo says, too cold and too deep. Rust requires oxygen to react with the iron, as rust is a combination of FeO and Fe2O3. The bacteria and organisms that consume wood require oxygen to survive. The colder the water, the more oxygen it can carry as compared to warmer water. However, the deeper the water, the less oxygen it contains (the term is "anoxic") and thus the organism

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Re: calling sleep apneacs - 5 months ago

My brother and I talked about this same topic the last time saw him back in January. Since he travels a lot, and various countries have different electric systems and thus require different adaptors (and in some places electricity is not constant), it makes a lot more sense for him. He had a lot of good things to say about it. However, the problems he has includes that whenever he has dental w

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Re: Costco moving in about two miles north of my house ... - 5 months ago

Quotespace-time QuoteDiana ... And Space-time: If it was going in south of my house it would be in another town with a higher tax basis and that has a bit of a reputation of "high(er) class" of people, and would be basically next to the medical complex, banks, apartments, etc. In other words, not a lot of room there. By going in north of the house, they are in a town with a lower tax

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Re: Costco moving in about two miles north of my house ... - 5 months ago

Lots of opinions, I see! Thanks all. Newt: Mayo? Make your own--its stupid simple and quite tasty, if you don't mind the eggs going into it. Carnos: Better quality food: I get my food at a large "warehouse" type grocery store. They are a chain (don't know how local) but the quality is the best I've seen without going to half a dozen little stores. I say "warehouse" becau

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Costco moving in about two miles north of my house ... - 5 months ago

and we're looking at a membership. So I have a few questions for those of you who are members, since there are only the two of us and we don't purchase a lot of stuff. All values can be ball-parked, and of course, your situation may not be reflective in any way to mine. 1. How much discount do you get on gas (percentage wise, so I can compare from one part of the country to another)? 2. How

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Re: Choosing an optometrist/receiving satisfactory eye-wear? - 5 months ago

DewGuy, I’ve a confession to make: I’ve worn glasses since I was three years old; this year I turned 60. I don’t remember when I started wearing bifocals, sometime in late elementary school I think. I have a “lazy eye” and the remains of astigmatism that has largely cleared up. I have cataracts building in both eyes, but as my vision is still correctable to 20/20, my doctor won’t d

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Re: The Ecosystem Strikes Back! - 5 months ago

Bears are omnivores with no compunction about eating protein when it’s available. I classify the ones on this continent, no matter the species, as a “top” predator and treat them accordingly. Much like the mountain lion, which is making a comeback. Or in the west where the wolf has been introduced. There is a reason the wolf and the big cat leave the bear alone. And no, I wasn’t tryin

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Re: The Ecosystem Strikes Back! - 5 months ago

I’ve been to the Smokies many times. It’s one of my favorite memories as a child. We used to put food in whatever container or ice chest we had, until the bears tore up the containers and ice chests. Then we put it in our cars, until the bears started tearing up the cars to get to the food. Today, we now elevate it above the reach of the bears. Bears used to forage in the woods, then tra

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Re: Apple Watch Series 6 being delivered today, any tips on setting it up? - 5 months ago

Quotetestcase Quotecbelt3 Once you have it set up, look into alternate watch bands. Your personal choices will drive that. And be prepared for the biometric stuff to amaze you. Pulse tracking... so cool. Sleep tracking .. so useful ! EKG... very cool. Pulse Oxygen ... you can breathe easier. (FWIW calibration is a bit questionable with any consumer medical device, and also subject to melanin

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Re: Apple Watch Series 6 being delivered today, any tips on setting it up? - 5 months ago

Quotecbelt3 Once you have it set up, look into alternate watch bands. Your personal choices will drive that. And be prepared for the biometric stuff to amaze you. Apple's is the most expensive; I found lots on Amazon. Bumpers and screen protectors as well. I'm hard on watches and tend to scratch and gouge them, no matter how tough they are. Quotecbelt3 Pulse tracking... so cool. Sleep track

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Re: Napier Backroadz 13 Series Full Size 2 Person Truck Bed Tent $101.15 - 5 months ago

I’m 5’3”, so getting into the back of the pickup is not easy for me. Gonna need a ladder. The spouse is about 6-foot tall, so the height of the tent is not quite tall enough. Yeah, we’re quite the pair

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Re: Interesting News Article: "Tornado warning: Death and destruction are spreading eastward across the South" - 5 months ago

With tornadoes, death and destruction go hand-in-hand, smashing and rending their way eastward. Texas, Oklahoma and northward tend to generate the storms in the afternoon, and they then march eastward. Warm weather leads to warmer ground, which then feeds energy into the air and thus feeds the storms. It takes time for them to reach the east, feeding on the available energy all the way. The

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Re: “ A Utah student with Down syndrome was left out of a photo of her school’s cheerleading squad “ - 5 months ago

Some things never change. When you look back on it, the reason why things never change is because of @#$%& like this. The ADULTS in the room should have stood up and said "Not happening!" My father was in the Navy when I was born, up in Massachusetts. A year later, my brother was born in Virginia. Dad got out of the Navy (this was the early '60s) and then tried to find a job that

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Re: Rats! - 5 months ago

QuotePeterB Quotemrbigstuff I think. Or, a very healthy mouse. But probably a rat. I've seen them of late since construction was nearby. Not many, but I'll assume there are more where the one or two came from. I've seen them in a nearby field and scurrying into my shed. But today I saw one go under my back porch, into the opening of the lattice. So, I don't want to poison them, as that's ba

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Re: ALIEN sighting in metro Atlanta... - 5 months ago

My dad worked there when I was a kid in the late ‘60s to early ‘70s. I remember the C5As screaming overhead.

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