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Re: Need a new ‘used’ car - best sites for searching. - 19 days ago

I like CarGuru's as a search tool. I set my specifics-make, model, year, mileage, price and search radius--and let it send me a notice when my wants pop up. I start looking about a year out from when I want to replace, and wait for the right deal to hit my in box. For ease of doing business, definitely CarMax. But there inventory is way down this year and you pay $500-$1,500 for that easy tra

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Re: Do a lot of people use middle name as the name to go by? - 21 days ago

My Dad went by his middle name is entire adult life and his legal signature was along the lines of J. William Smith.

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Re: Two states tax some drivers by the mile. Many more want to give it a try. - 28 days ago

Our state just slaps a surtax on registrations of electric and hybrid vehicles. I pay $250 year higher registration on my hybrid than I do on my ICE only econobox.

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Re: Another day, another Johnny Manziel headline - 5 weeks ago

QuotepRICE cUBE Do we now refer to him as Johnny Golfball? Shouldn't that first "l" be an "o"?

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Re: Made Johnny Cakes instead of cornbread with Jiffy mix - 5 weeks ago

Grandfather's johnny cakes were nearly equal parts cornmeal and garlic. Boy did they stink, but tasted so good. Served as a main course with leftover gravy.

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Re: older daughter will be moving to tampa, fla! - 6 weeks ago

Congrats to your daughter and the proud father. One of the first things I was told on moving to central Florida: Do not roast marshmallows on an Oleander branch.

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Re: Happy Birthday MR Forum member pRICE cUBE - 2 months ago

Have a great day.

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Re: Happy Birthday MR Forum member TLB - 2 months ago

Thanks to all!

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Re: Possible to download Catalina? - 3 months ago

Link doesn't work for me. When I run it, it says it can only an update an existing Catalina install. What am I missing?

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Re: Celebration 01/31 -- Happy Birthday: TLB!!!! - 1 year ago

Thanks for the kind thoughts. Unfortunately I don't get around here much any more.

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Re: First Victim of 2020 in the continuing Retail Apocalypse... Pier 1 closing half the stores - 1 year ago

Ours started its closing sale on Christmas Eve. I don't recall ever setting foot in a Pier 1 storefront.

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Re: BoobTube Tonight?!....Series Premieres: 'Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist'_'FBI: Most Wanted'.....Season Premieres: 'Schitt's Creek'_'Finding Your Roots'...... - 1 year ago

FBI is a Dick Wolf production. I expect about 4 versions by the end of next year.

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Re: milk, it does a body good?!.....Borden declares bankruptcy..... - 1 year ago

Almond milk here also. Dropped dairy after heart issues.

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Re: Tell me how to shop for lightbulbs - 1 year ago

I want to replace my T8 4 foot tubes with LEDs. But the bulbs are dependent on the ballast in the original fixture. How do I determine that?

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Re: North American Box Office Sales Come In About 4% Lower Than Last Year - 1 year ago

IMHO there are very few movies that "need" the theater screen experience, so I prefer to stay at home and watch it later, in my jammies if I feel like it.

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Re: Wow! On my last paystub of the year, I saw my health premium total - 1 year ago

$5,240 for spouse and I with $13,000 employer contribution. Plus $7,900 for my aged out daughter who is unemployed and living at home. Was able to get that down to about $4,800 on the open market this year.

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Re: Annual(?) poll - When does your Christmas tree come down? - 1 year ago

Valentine's Day Eve. At least when we had a tree. Couldn't keep the cats out of the tree so we stopped putting one up.

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Re: I feel the heat already... - 1 year ago

Despite longer days, statistically, the coldest day falls roughly 30 days after the winter solstice. At least that's what my HS science teacher told me.

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Re: Confess your holiday related sins here - 1 year ago

Quotemrbigstuff I want to keep the tree up far longer than it should remain standing in my living room Isn't the day before Valentine's Day the official day for taking down the Christmas tree?

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Re: RYF: Lots of Ryobi cordless battery and tools deal today! - 1 year ago

Quotemikebw Impact driver. Actually, no don't get that b/c I want it!! Good suggestion but sold out for me.

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Re: Half is the US adult population to be obese by 2030? - 1 year ago

I'm 6'1" and 189 lbs with a pretty slim physique and have done road races up to a half marathon. When my employer does biometric analysis each year, I'm listed in the yellow as overweight and only a couple of pounds shy of obese.

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Re: RYF: Lots of Ryobi cordless battery and tools deal today! - 1 year ago

I don't know what to get. Have nearly all the tools in Ryobi NiCad (blue bodies), that work fine with the Li batteries, or else in corded models.

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Re: One Lucky Person in Ohio gets a $372M Gift - 1 year ago

I'm in Ohio.

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Re: this Dietz and Watson thing has got out of hand - 1 year ago

Quotejdc My first thought was "who?" Clicked the link and said "never heard of it" Is it an east coast thing? Don't feel left out. I grew up 35 miles from Philly, visited many times and have never heard of them. I must've lived a very sheltered life.

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Re: What’s your Black Friday & Cyber Monday damages? - 1 year ago

Was loosely in the market for a new printer, TV and sliding miter saw. Bought nothing.

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Re: My dad has passed on. - 1 year ago

I share your pain. The 5th anniversary of my father's passing was yesterday. My thoughts and prayers with you and yours.

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Re: Question about conditional probability (Possibly as interesting as the Monty-Hall Question) - 1 year ago

Does birth order matter? If so, B-G <> G-B. j/k

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Re: Jackfruit - 1 year ago

QuoteRecipeForDisaster We love using this as a meat substitute... the young green kind, shredded and cooked in sauce. Yep. we have a local BBQ that makes a vegan "pulled" jackfruit that is quite tasty.

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Anyone have a Xerox 3335 AIO printer? - 1 year ago

Xerox has what looks like a decent price on this mono printer/copier for cyber Monday ($159 shipped). Anyone have any experience with this unit. I've been a Brother aficionado, but need a new printer and would like the auto scan and copier functions.

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Re: Musk claims 187k orders for his pickup - 1 year ago

I prefer a smaller truck, like I mentioned earlier, I drive a old model Ranger, 4 cyl. I use the bed at least 20 weekends a year, but otherwise it is my commuter vehicle, so I'm looking for an EV or PHEV in the future. Like Paul F. mentioned, I like the feature set, but it will take quite a bit to adapt to the cab design. I'm hoping between prototype and production there will be some mellowing

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