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Re: Got my hands on some Faygo Cola - Yesterday

My favorite has been Mexi-Coke. The Coke made in Mexico has been make with sugar cane rather than the high fructose corn syrup they use here in the States and tastes like Cokes I used to get back in the 50s. I read that Mexico is switching to the same stuff they use here unfortunately. I have one bottle of the good stuff left for a rainy day.

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Re: Apple Watch Series 6 being delivered today, any tips on setting it up? - 2 days ago

Apple is giving 3 months of Apple Fitness + free with that Apple Watch and Best Buy will send you an email that will extend it another 3 months. After signing up, I found it really didn’t interest me but you may like their programs. Also, if you’re working out using indoor walking on a treadmill and tracking your routines be aware that the watch will not add all of your walking time to you

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Re: Anybody else get an HBO MAX email: Integration Test Email #1 - 2 days ago

Tossed it as soon as it showed up in my inbox. My trial period is up next week and they informed me that my new subscription rated will be $14.99 a month so I’ll be cancelling.

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Re: Success! - 8 days ago

QuotePeterB QuoteJoeM QuotePeterB QuoteJoeM QuotePeterB Oh and as an aside -- anyone know how to work macro mode on the SX50? I think I've got it, but it doesn't seem to be working the way I'd expect... You need to be in manual, P, TV, or AV modes. Once you select your mode you press the MF button on the left of the ring and select Macro (the flower). I forget the minimum distance you need to b

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Re: Success! - 8 days ago

QuotePeterB QuoteJoeM QuotePeterB Oh and as an aside -- anyone know how to work macro mode on the SX50? I think I've got it, but it doesn't seem to be working the way I'd expect... You need to be in manual, P, TV, or AV modes. Once you select your mode you press the MF button on the left of the ring and select Macro (the flower). I forget the minimum distance you need to be at for the SX50 to b

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Re: Success! - 8 days ago

QuotePeterB Oh and as an aside -- anyone know how to work macro mode on the SX50? I think I've got it, but it doesn't seem to be working the way I'd expect... You need to be in manual, P, TV, or AV modes. Once you select your mode you press the MF button on the left of the ring and select Macro (the flower). I forget the minimum distance you need to be at for the SX50 to be able to focus but if

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Re: Best way to Clean Headlights - 9 days ago

I have a 2012 Highlander whose lights had become so foggy I was having trouble driving at night. I tried the toothpaste method and it helped a bit but I happened upon Turtlewax’s headlight restorer and figured I’d try it for the $11 and change cost. It did a great job on my lights and they are just about good as new other than scratches I didn’t bother trying to get out. At this point the f

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Re: Apple Watch Series 6 GPS Smartwatch w/ Sport Band (44mm, various colors) $359 - 12 days ago

My Fitbit died a week or so ago so I grabbed a 44mm space gray from this deal. I was all set not to like it but I have to admit I’m really enjoying it at this point. If you grab it now you’ll get 3 months of Apple Fitness + for free and then Best Buy gives you another 3 months added on the end fir another 3 months.

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Re: That Colonial Pipeline ransom, it’s been mostly recovered - 13 days ago

Quotespace-time QuoteJoeM I've been seeing this statement in headlines today but unless the report I read was wrong, I wouldn't call recovering $2.3M of the $4.4M ransom paid "mostly recovered". On Monday, the US Justice Department said it had traced 63.7 of the roughly 75 bitcoins Colonial Pipeline paid to DarkSide, which the Biden administration says is likely located in Russia. The

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Re: the eagle(s) has landed?!....'The Eagles' push up date for 'Hotel California Tour’ and add 3 cities..... - 13 days ago

Quotebfd Deacon Frye is his dad. Saw them two years ago, and it was almost impossible to "hear" a difference. He’s grown into a very credible singer/ musician and he does a great job in the band. That being said, I’ve seen them twice with his dad and won’t be seeing them again.

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Re: Cubano Sandwich - Where To Get Bread? - 14 days ago

QuoteNewtonMP2100 ....you can probably use any 'loaf' bread.....it's similar to making a panini [ if you happen to have a panini press ]..... I'm married to a Cuban and my best friends for over 45 years are Cubans from West New York, NJ so I've been eating those sandwiches for muchos años. Short answer: no.

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Re: That Colonial Pipeline ransom, it’s been mostly recovered - 14 days ago

I've been seeing this statement in headlines today but unless the report I read was wrong, I wouldn't call recovering $2.3M of the $4.4M ransom paid "mostly recovered".

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Re: The Concorde is coming back (kinda) - 18 days ago

QuoteSteve G. thanks for the photo! Sure! I hadn’t looked at them for quite some time. Really fun to look through those photos I took at the Intrepid.

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Re: The Concorde is coming back (kinda) - 18 days ago

QuoteSteve G. QuoteCarnos Jax It’s a smaller plane They have a Concorde at the Intrepid Air and space Museum on the Hudson here in NYC. I was surprised to see how small a plane it was. Give me a leisurely 1000 passenger airship any day. Yes, it's really small inside. We took the tour with the presentation. The presenter did a great job and took a bunch of photos of us:

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Re: The Concorde is coming back (kinda) - 18 days ago

My brother got to fly on it during its heyday on a trip to the UK. He went with his best friend, whose wife was a BOC exec that got them on the flight for free. My brother sat next to the golfer, Arnold Palmer and he said the meal was amazing. As a memento all the passengers were given a pewter flask with the flight details inscribed on it. I never had his luck but I did get to sit in the Conc

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Re: 15+ yr old Maytag dryer auto timer not turning off - would you replace the part or buy a new dryer? - 18 days ago

Lol! I actually did that the other night. Also used the timer in my microwave. Not elegant but it worked fine.

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Re: 15+ yr old Maytag dryer auto timer not turning off - would you replace the part or buy a new dryer? - 19 days ago

Quotemodelamac QuoteJoeM I've got a Maytag dryer bought in 2005. It works fine except that the auto dryer timer doesn't advance or turn off. If it turns out to be a defective timer it's an easy fix to swap out the part but would cost about $150. for the part. Given that the dryer is over 15 yrs old I'm wondering if I should just opt for a new one. Anyone running the same dryer longer than 15 year

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Re: 15+ yr old Maytag dryer auto timer not turning off - would you replace the part or buy a new dryer? - 20 days ago

Thanks everyone! Repair it is. I actually repaired my old Kenmore dryer which I bought at the same time I purchased my first house back in1992. In 2008 I replaced a $40 belt. The dryer and the matching washer both were still running fine when I sold the house in December of 2018. Those old Kemores were built to last but I know these newer units with computerized modules are built to only make it

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Re: 15+ yr old Maytag dryer auto timer not turning off - would you replace the part or buy a new dryer? - 20 days ago

QuoteFritz what hal said. and repair . here's a start. Thanks Fritz! I’ll run through all of them.

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Re: 15+ yr old Maytag dryer auto timer not turning off - would you replace the part or buy a new dryer? - 20 days ago

Quotehal QuoteJoeM I've got a Maytag dryer bought in 2005. It works fine except that the auto dryer timer doesn't advance or turn off. If it turns out to be a defective timer it's an easy fix to swap out the part but would cost about $150. for the part. Given that the dryer is over 15 yrs old I'm wondering if I should just opt for a new one. Anyone running the same dryer longer than 15 years? g

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15+ yr old Maytag dryer auto timer not turning off - would you replace the part or buy a new dryer? - 20 days ago

I've got a Maytag dryer bought in 2005. It works fine except that the auto dryer timer doesn't advance or turn off. If it turns out to be a defective timer it's an easy fix to swap out the part but would cost about $150. for the part. Given that the dryer is over 15 yrs old I'm wondering if I should just opt for a new one. Anyone running the same dryer longer than 15 years?

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Re: Old Bluesman that I've never heard of - Scrapper Blackwell plays Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - 20 days ago

The real deal. Amazing how it holds up almost 100 yrs later.

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Re: meat me in St. Louis?!....here we go again, cyberattack on largest meat supplier in North America.... - 20 days ago

While we keep hearing that these are independent criminal enterprises you can probably bet there are governments learning everything they can from these attacks. At some point I expect they will attempt to take down our electric grid on a large scale. And I know a number of people that are now talking about pulling money from banks and looking for a nice mattress to stash it in.

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Re: Apple Watch Series 6 GPS w/ Sport Band (44mm, Various Colors) $359 - 23 days ago

Thanks for posting. My Fitbit just died so I just used the deal to grab one.

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Re: What is Hip cover performed by japanese girl funk group - 26 days ago

Quotehal so funky and so japanese at the same time - amazing band - remarkable musicians I had no idea that Japanese instrument could be played like that... That’s Juna Serita on bass. She calls herself “Princess of Funk” and has quite a following for obvious reasons. She was the first bass player of Tokyo Groove Jyoshi, a band of Japanese session musicians, and has been over here

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Re: Got a hankering for some tasty alt country rock al la Jackson Brown? - 4 weeks ago

QuoteDennis S QuoteJoeM Quotejonny QuoteDennis S Did David Lindley record the slide guitar? I was wondering the same thing. I was sort of bummed to see he wasn’t in the video. That’s Greg Leisz on lap steel. He’s been with Jackson Browne for a number of years now. Here’s a great video of them: He's Lindley-esque enough, but Jackson really needs David Lindley. Sort of like Buck Owe

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Re: Got a hankering for some tasty alt country rock al la Jackson Brown? - 4 weeks ago

Quotejonny QuoteDennis S Did David Lindley record the slide guitar? I was wondering the same thing. I was sort of bummed to see he wasn’t in the video. That’s Greg Leisz on lap steel. He’s been with Jackson Browne for a number of years now. Here’s a great video of them:

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Re: Aw hell, I might as well share the good news. - 4 weeks ago

Congratulations! I just attended my first ever grandchildren soccer games last weekend. It was quite special for me!

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Re: Bloomberg: 40-core Mac Pro and 32-core Mini in development - 4 weeks ago

Quotecbelt3 $125,000 with 8GB of RAM and a 225 GB SSD. 225 GB SSD -

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Re: Cholesterol testing on the cheap - help me interpret my results - 5 weeks ago

QuoteSpeedy QuotergG QuoteSpeedy Take a statin. Truly hope you are kidding. Statins are overprescribed and nearly killed my husband I like a combo of 2 and 3. Also, my husband’s cardiologist says cholesterol numbers are not the be all end all for judging heart health. Read a little on how many think they are not as important as once thought. Ok, how about niacin and fish oil? The

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