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Re: 18TB of fun! WD external drive, $280 - 6 months ago

It’s showing up for me at $350

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Re: Updating a Watch - 6 months ago

I knew that if I gave up and asked, it would be done faster. The goal has been achieved. Thanks all who looked, and thanks jdc for your reply. Diana

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Re: pocket doors - 6 months ago

We have one between the kitchen and the hallway to the downstairs bedroom. It had been pierced and held in place by a very long screw they had been used to attach a cabinet to the wall in the kitchen. It took a bit to fix it, but it has been refurbished and is now in use. I think it was original to the house. Diana

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Updating a Watch - 6 months ago

I’m updating my mom’s iWatch4 to version 7.1. I got through the download part of the install. Everything seemed fine and the watch went through it’s restart, “clock” update with the Apple in the center, all that. Now the watch appears to have updated, and it looks ready to take off the charger and using it as normal BUT the watch app on the phone is still in the “install” mode, sayi

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Re: how would you "weld" some plastic bits ? - 6 months ago

A Google search shows a 1-part high temperature epoxy. A guide: Linky Diana

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Re: diy yogurt - 6 months ago

Other plain yogurt. Mixed it into the milk and left it (in its own container, silly!) on the kitchen counter, covered with a cloth. Of course it was a warmer day.The speed at which the milk was converted depended on how much yogurt you added. It was just okay, nothing special.

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Re: Remodeling 2 small bathrooms. Removing wallpaper vs new Sheetrock. - 6 months ago

How old is the place? Years ago my family moved into an older home that had been wallpapered. I think it had been built in the 1910s to 1920s. Dad tried to paint over the wallpaper only to find that the wallpaper loosened and began to come down. Rolling water on the walls would do the trick slowly, and the use of steam was better: steam the wall and use a Sheetrock (mud) knife to scrape it up. T

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Re: Serious question after the 2016 election... - 6 months ago

Agreed. Entirely agree with you. However, replace “man” with “woman” and it’s a non-starter. Add on “Democrat” and it’s even worse. I live in such a place. If it weren’t for the universities and the more cosmopolitan (if you can call it that) City, then we wouldn’t have had a woman as governor, and as it is, she was heavily reviled outside of such areas. Oklahoma did not carry

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Re: Serious question after the 2016 election... - 6 months ago

QuoteRolando ... I still don't think "the protest vote" had the effect my Clinton supporters think it did. The Libertarian party, running two former Republican governors, got twice the votes the Green Party did. I'm comfortable saying the Libertarian votes would have been Republican otherwise. HRC just did not run a good campaign in the midWest. ... Keep in mind those who real

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Re: 38 years of marriage and communication just hit a high note ! - 6 months ago

Is this an acknowledgment that the little head rules ones life? Hypothetically, of course. Quotetestcase Men would be FAR more understanding, appreciative and caring if their pipes were cleaned more often. I'm just sayin' ..............

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Re: 38 years of marriage and communication just hit a high note ! - 6 months ago

Scott, Often they tell you what they think you want to hear because they think that if they gave you their honest opinion that you would turn away, not realizing that they essentially ensure it by saying what they think you want to hear. It’s fear that does it. It takes either some serious bravery or some serious time together (as cbelt3 and mrs cbelt3 have done). With enough time the barrie

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Re: Taking down the wood burning stove - 6 months ago

Thanks! There is a lot of work yet to do. We’re about 80-90% through the tear out. Since natural gas has made its way to the neighborhood about a year ago or so, I’m hoping to get the gas lines brought in and replace the wood burning stove with a gas fireplace type appliance. Having the gas lines will also enable us to eventually move heat from electric to gas when the old heat pump dies.

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Taking down the wood burning stove - 6 months ago

Yes, I know that some of you are putting in stoves, but this one was put in years ago (probably in the 80’s); not terribly efficient, and we’ve had nothing but problems with water penetration around the stack. Many attempts have been made to fix the problem, to no avail. Never mind that such stack was some 12-15 feet high, held up by guide wires and subject to the Oklahoma winds. We live in a

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Re: Any uses for PowerMac G4's? - 7 months ago

QuoteSpeedy Recycle them. I have Cube in original box that I couldn’t give away on the middle forum. If you still have it, PM me.

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Re: 140,000 NEW Covid cases in the past 24 hours - 7 months ago

QuoteSarcany ...and over 60,000 new hospitalizations. Is it getting more virulent?? Don’t have statistics either way, but my guess is that more have been infected than we know. The numbers are undercounted but by how much can not be determined because under testing, and social stigma, are taking their toll. Even if ahchumph caught it, and supposedly miraculously got over it in record time,

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Re: Paging Sarcany; the Pfizer vaccine... - 7 months ago

QuoteAllGold QuoteDiana QuoteAllGold .... The problem with the Pfizer vaccine is it has to be stored and transported at -103F and no one outside of specialty facilities has freezers like that. -103F is -75C. Freezers that go this low, while not cheap, are more common than you may think. Just about any university doing biological and/or chemical research would have one. Heck, I have one (a smal

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Re: Paging Sarcany; the Pfizer vaccine... - 7 months ago

QuoteAllGold .... The problem with the Pfizer vaccine is it has to be stored and transported at -103F and no one outside of specialty facilities has freezers like that. -103F is -75C. Freezers that go this low, while not cheap, are more common than you may think. Just about any university doing biological and/or chemical research would have one. Heck, I have one (a small, 1 cu ft size), that g

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Re: Did they stop collecting Payroll tax? - 7 months ago

My employer sent out an email that basically said “yes, we acknowledge that... but it would not be fair to our employees” to have to essentially pay two months of taxes per month (or more) to pay it back in the required timeline. Whoever was forced to take this deal is screwed unless they have the ability or the fortitude to save that money back, and unfortunately those individuals are the on

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Re: How do I set up Mom's iPhone to share her location, without sharing mine? - 7 months ago

Several years ago I set my mom up with the “Find My” (friends, I think) where it showed me her location when asked. This is somewhat important as I have received the call from her asking (a) where she was, or (b) how does she get somewhere. The “I’m lost” calls are disconcerting to say the least. The problem I have found with it is that sometimes it doesn’t find her; during the recent

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Re: One small ray of hope for humanity... - 7 months ago

Quoteanonymouse1 In my path, we call that an "allergy". Try substituting whatever other term works better for you--"the universe" "the divine" "spirit" etc. Works for me! An allergy is a cellular mediated response of the immune system wherein it responds to ... uh... you mean an allegory?

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Re: Say calming things - 7 months ago

QuoteS. Pupp Any world containing fluffy bunnies can’t be all bad. And can flip the switch to “Killer Rabbit.”

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Re: Have you had any productive projects during the quarantine? - 7 months ago

QuotergG I have finished one painting. I still need to frame it, after I figure out how I want it to look It is 12x16” IIRC Turn it 90degrees to the left, so the yellow is in the upper left corner. That I like! Normally, I see something and say “yeah I could do that” with the idea of “yeah, I would do this (or that) to it and make it better” but ... it is perfect and makes

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Re: Apple Pencil - can someone school me? - 7 months ago

I use the iPad as a notepad, a canvas, a sketchbook... and so the time lag as well as the precision both in placement of the “lead” of the pencil as well as the thickness of the mark made are important to me. I went through a few styli before the pencil came out, and the upgrade to the iPP was well worth it for me. I lost the little charger adapter somewhere (in the house? With two cats yo

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Re: The count at Wednesday noon; Over 50 wild tweets from Trump - 8 months ago

QuoteSteve G. Yes, he has the nuclear codes!! ...... "Now that the radical left Democrats got caught cold in the (non) friendly transfer of government, in fact, they spied on my campaign and went for a coup, we are entitled to ask the voters for four more years," Trump tweeted in all caps. "Please remember this when you vote." It was unclear if Trump was referring to

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Re: OWC has a Thunderbolt 4 hub. Apple does not have Thunderbolt 4 devices. - 8 months ago

QuoteS. Pupp QuoteNewtonMP2100 .....some find Thunderbolt [ and lightning ] to be very very....frightening..... Galileo, for example. Galileo and Figaro. Because, see, I’m just a poor boy and nobody loves me.

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Re: Migration '20: A first! - 8 months ago

See if there is a wildlife rescue organization near you. Adult birds don’t let themselves be captured unless they are very sick. Waiting until tomorrow may be too late. Pretty fellow. I hope he survives.

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Re: Idaho Man - 8 months ago

In some jurisdictions trespassing isn’t considered a matter for the local police, but rather one has to get a lawyer involved. Once a court order is issued and he then violates the court order, then it becomes a police matter. A letter from a lawyer may get his attention but, in this case, I doubt it.

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Re: Apple 2 factor auth - required for Apple card? - 8 months ago

QuoteA-Polly Quotejimbrady But what’s the objection to 2FA? I wonder the same. I have an Apple Card and use it all the time, so I must have set up the 2FA, but it's not something that I have ever noticed since, so am not sure where the intrusion comes from. However, I've not used the physical card (though it looks very cool!), only online or with Apple Pay. Is 2FA more of an issue with a ph

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Re: Speaking of invaders... I have a ton of brown invaders - 8 months ago

We’re seeing geckos in central Oklahoma. I caught one (a baby) in the house a couple of years ago, and subsequently gave him away. I found another one, but was unable to catch it. I saw one in the kitchen before he escaped under the fridge (don’t know if it was the same as before) and I got up Friday to find that the cats had killed a full grown one in the living room. I’ve tentatively iden

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Re: Almost crashed bike avoiding a squirrel - 8 months ago

Squirrels seem to be genetically engineered to: (a) freeze in place until the last nanosecond, (b) dart in unexpected directions and (c) always seem to go in the absolute worst direction at the worst time. So even if you had tried to avoid the little lunatic he would have jumped out in front of you anyways. Some say they’re suicidal and some think they are amassing a huge database of human beha

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