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Re: They're back! - 3 years ago

QuoteJPK I had wild turkeys in my backyard yesterday. I have never seen them in my area before (western burbs of Chicago) JPK It's only the beginning. Soon you'll see them everywhere. When I was a kid I never dreamed that wild turkeys and bald eagles would become part of my daily life, but they have.

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Re: murder she ROTe?!.....were you excited when they went from ROTary phones to button, push dial....... - 3 years ago

My sons, now in their early 20s, were with me in an antique shop about 10 years ago. Rotary phone for sale. I asked them if they knew how to make a call using it. Of course, they had no clue.

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Re: Friday Funnies - 3 years ago

Three ladies are chipping up to the fourth hole at River Hill Golf Club, when a naked man wearing a paper bag over his head jumps from the trees and streaks across the green. The three ladies stand in awe at the size of his manhood. The first lady says, 'He is definitely not my husband.' The second lady gazes at his manhood and says, 'He is not mine either.' After a very considered in

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Re: Upgrading internal drive in early 2015 MacBook Air; am I headed for trouble? (a little long, sorry!) - 3 years ago

Quotereezekeys If you don't mind my asking: what brand adapter? Stubby or "sled"? Stubby. I don't recall the brand.

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Re: Upgrading internal drive in early 2015 MacBook Air; am I headed for trouble? (a little long, sorry!) - 3 years ago

I tried the adapter route to upgrade my son's MacBook Air. At first it worked, but after a short time the machine became very unstable, to the point of being unusable. Bought a used OEM Apple SSD instead and put it in, and it's worked perfectly since then. Personally, I would not try the adapter thing again.

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Re: MR Forum Random Confessions - 3 years ago

Quotespace-time I don't understand why men walk around naked in the locker room at the gym, when they have a towel in their hand and they could easily warp it around their genitals. Especially when those organs are smaller than average. What are they trying to display? According to my wife, women do this too in her locker room

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Mick is ailing; Stones postpone tour - 3 years ago

NEW YORK — The Rolling Stones are postponing their latest North American tour so Mick Jagger can receive medical treatment. The band announced Saturday that Jagger was told by doctors "he cannot go on tour at this time." The band added that Jagger "is expected to make a complete recovery so that he can get back on stage as soon as possible." No more details about 75-ye

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Cleese and Palin smiling - Dead Parrot in the House of Commons - 3 years ago

(Don't think it's necessary to post this on the other side) Opposition lawmakers declared May's deal as good as dead. Labour Party legislator Ian Murray likened it to the dead parrot in a Monty Python comedy sketch. "Her deal is no more," he said. "It has ceased to exist. It is bereft of life. It rests in peace. It's a deal that has been nailed to its perch. It's an ex-parrot

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Re: Don't cha just HATE when this happens...... - 3 years ago

QuoteThrift Store Scottnobody looks out the window anymore, they're either working on their computer or watching a movie.

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Re: Olden toon question. - 3 years ago

Alum also featured in a Laurel & Hardy short, with the same effect.

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Re: Canadian Pharmacy? - 4 years ago

I've used these guys for years; never a problem

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Re: MR Forum NCAA Men's BBall Bracket Pickem, Join NOW - 4 years ago

The brackets have arrived in Minneapolis outside my office:

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Re: Teenagers react to Windows 95, cannot imagine what their elders endured - 4 years ago

When I changed jobs in 1992 I went from a Mac environment to a DOS environment. It was extremely painful.

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Re: major drama all winter - 4 years ago

I have a 2019 list that rivals yours. Not a fun year so far. But that's life.

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Re: What is this USPS tracking mean: "Delivered to Agent" - 4 years ago

When I have packages sent to me at work, they are delivered to the company mailroom and received/signed for by someone there. Those packages show up on tracking as "Delivered to Agent."

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Re: use Turo - car rental service? - 4 years ago

Rented a car for a day in Nashville. Owner came to us with the car, then we dropped him off nearby. Enjoyed the use of the car for the day (drove to Lynchburg to tour Jack Daniels), then met up with the owner at the designated time. All pretty painless. I would do it again.

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Re: together......@ last @ twilight time?!....trailer for the CBS All Access 'Twilight Zone' reboot is out..... - 4 years ago

QuoteNewtonMP2100 and at the 21-second mark in the trailer, you can spot the same gremlin that appeared in the iconic 1963 installment, “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” which starred William Shatner. And that's not all. I also spotted the fortune teller box that haunted Shatner in "Nick of Time"

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Re: no ands, ifs OR butts?!.....the worst thing about 'The ORville' is..... - 4 years ago

Forbidden Planet did not have a transporter. That still shows the ship's stasis chamber where the crew had to hide out every time the ship went to/from hyperdrive.

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Re: A U.S. trophy hunter paid $110,000 to kill a rare mountain goat in Pakistan - 4 years ago

Quotegraylocks i learned a lot from that report and it made me consider getting a hunting license even though i'll never hunt. Do what thousands of stamp collectors have done for decades: buy a duck stamp.

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Re: Share your MR Forum random confessions - 4 years ago

QuoteThrift Store Scott The Wizard of Oz, on the other hand, is worth watching just to see what could be achieved 80 years ago using the most primitive of practical special effects if for no other reason. The tornado bearing down on Dorothy as she tries to enter the storm cellar is stunning. Couldn't be done any better today.

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Re: boots on the ground?!....this 90s TV show reboot ordered to series..... - 4 years ago

In the original series the parents were killed in a car crash. The reboot will be "ripped from the headlines" of today.

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Re: 8TB WD Elements USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive + 64GB Sandisk Ultra Fit USB 3.1 Flash Drive $140 shipped - 4 years ago

8 TB. I guess I could have Time Machine backups for about four years or so.

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Re: USA Today Ad Meter for Super Bowl Commercials (spoilers) - 4 years ago

#1 for me was Sex in the City/Big Lebowski (with a quick cameo of the Most Interesting Man in the World). After watching those inane Bud Light ads all football season, it was great to the see them annihilated for the last football game of the year. If the Super Bowl is the only game you watch all year, this ad probably gave you no joy. The Walmart/cars ad (aired before kickoff) is also a bl

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Re: Super Bowl w/out cable tv - 4 years ago

No antenna on your tv?

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Re: silk STOCKings?!.....Apple refurb store reSTOCKED with iPhone SEs.... - 4 years ago

"Clearance Products Find special deals on select new and unopened products."

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"I hope we passed the audition" 50 years ago today - 4 years ago

The Beatles final public performance, on the rooftop of their London headquarters: New film by Peter Jackson using restored unseen footage from the Let it Be sessions:

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Re: -25°F and I tried to bike to work, here's how it went - 4 years ago

Stayed in bed when I woke up to this.

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Re: Happy National Croissant Day - 4 years ago

I celebrated by having one this morning. And I didn't even know it was a holiday.

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Re: Tim Cook admits prices might be a tad high for iPhone - 4 years ago

Wife switched from an SE to an XS last week. She's adapting pretty quickly. (Employer picked up the tab, so nothing out of pocket.)

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Re: Weather - 4 years ago

We're surviving.

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