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Re: Apple TV Plus' free-trial extensions set to end... - 2 days ago

My free subscription isn’t set to lapse yet, but I probably won’t renew it. I haven’t found much that I like there.

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Re: Reparations? - 2 days ago

The idea of simple cash reparations is troublesome to me because of the impossibility of administrating it fairly. I think a better solution would be to reserve assistance like scholarships, mortgage payments and medical costs to targeted groups. Some of this is already being done, but could be expanded. Perhaps an individual could be awarded a bank account to use for only those reasons - use it

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Re: Napier Backroadz 13 Series Full Size 2 Person Truck Bed Tent $101.15 - 3 days ago

My wife and I camped in her Toyota long bed truck with a topper for a couple of years. The first time it rains hard you understand why sleeping off the ground is pretty cool. When I looked at the photo of the above tent, I can see where the rain fly extends over the sides of the truck bed, which is good. However, where the tent meets the back of the cab might be problematic if rainwater built up

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Re: Oh the joys of hiring - 3 days ago

My wife has worked at the same factory for over 34 years, straight out of high school. It is the largest employer in our county by a factor of at least 3, and made 34k last year. Is this a full-times job?

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Re: Teen dies after choking himself out for social media "blackout challenge" - 4 days ago

I think it may be less of a matter of stupid than of judgement - they are different. Teens often don’t stop and think of consequences before they act. Either way, I don’t think this boy’s death should be treated lightly. His parents must be suffering terribly.

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Re: No Cake for You! (The Saga Continues...) - 4 days ago

Legalities aside, I don’t understand why anyone would want to eat a cake baked by someone who hates you.

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Re: My Feel Good Picture of the Day - 4 days ago

Quotetimg He's using a walker these days? I could be wrong, but I suspect he’ll be using a walker until it no longer serves to his legal benefit to do so.

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Re: Apple BTS deal - free airpods and 20% off Applecare+ - 4 days ago

BACK TO SCHOOL? GET OUT OF HERE!!!

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Re: RavPower got kicked off of Amazon... - 4 days ago

I run into these kinds of incentivized reviews on Home Depot and other sites. They typically contain a high rating but no comment. My solution is to ignore them and only go by the listed comments from independent reviewers. I also sort comments by newest rather than other criteria because who cares what somebody thought about this product 3 or 4 years ago. Sometimes it’s shocking to see how dif

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Re: investments - 5 days ago

Don’t forget to consider rebalancing your portfolio if your stocks allocation has grown more than you are comfortable with.

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Re: Ohio Woman - 5 days ago

Of course, this isn’t about menu choices. We hear about people flipping out over nothing almost every day and some result in fatalities.

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Re: Garland declares voting rights expansion 'central' to democracy - 9 days ago

A little late to the party, isn’t he?

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Re: To go to the ER or not, are you qualified to self-diagnose? - 11 days ago

I think it’s reasonable to ask patients with non-emergency conditions to go through their primary care system. As usual, the devil is in the details - will the patient be charged at all for that advice? And inevitably, a patient is going to dramatically worsen or even die after they are initially denied care even when they do (or don't do) something to contribute to their woes in the meanti

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Re: All of these new Vehicles. Empty lots! - 13 days ago

Apple knew what they were doing when they decided to make their own chips.

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Re: Costco is a strange animal - 14 days ago

I assume that the in-store close outs are designed to get people into the store. And then, if you’re like me, I walk out a hundred dollars or more lighter than when I came in. If you have a second store within reasonable distance, I have sometimes had luck finding things that were OOS at my preferred store.

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Re: Whoa! Mart, don't hit the security guy with you cart and spit on him - 15 days ago

The recipient of the punch looks like his head hit the floor very hard.

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Re: RI governor poised to sign ban on marriage under age 18 - 15 days ago

It seems like the chances for a successful marriage would probably have more to do with the maturity of the 2 individuals involved than anything else, regardless if it’s an arranged or romantic one. But who knows for sure?

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Re: Even though the roadways were empty for much of 2020, traffic deaths were WAY up - 15 days ago

. . . lotta stressed out folks. I’m beginning to believe that there are tremendous amounts of anger and rage among people these days as evidenced by increased violence, crime and political and emotional turmoil. There a lot of probable causes, but it seems to me like COVID really lit the fuse.

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Re: Trump considering a house run to become speaker - 16 days ago

Perhaps he no longer believes he can win a presidential election.

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Re: Gee, thanks Mark! - 16 days ago

I like the “Let’s keep this just between us” admonition at the end.

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Dispiriting story about Philando Castile Fundraiser - 18 days ago

As you may recall, African American Philando Castile was killed by police in Minneapolis suburbs in 2016. He worked in food service at a St. Paul elementary school and a white local College Professor started a fund to pay off lunch debts of students there in his name. AG Keith Ellison alleges professor misused funds raised in Philando Castile's name Complaint alleges Pamela Fergus donated

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Re: Texas woman/mother: there's so much wrong in just the title of this article - 18 days ago

QuoteLux Interior This is clearly the dog-owner's fault for for not properly training his dog and de-escalating the situation. But let's just use that "liberal logic" and blame the patriotic American who used a gun to defend her helpless child. Reminds me that I need to add this to the database of "Crimes prevented by guns." I think were on track for the typical 2

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Re: how often do you reboot your iphone? - 19 days ago

Put a reminder on your calendar if you want to reboot on a regular basis.

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Re: WATCH: A drone crashed into the lava of Iceland's Fagradalsjfall volcano. - 19 days ago

Cool . . . or maybe not.

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Re: Utah Kid Drivers: 9yr old with 4yr old sibling take car, crash into semi truck - 19 days ago

So multiple adults rewarded the 5 year old boy for risking his own and other’s lives? WTH? Truly we live in Bizzaro Land these days.

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Re: 17yo girl shoves mother bear away to protect doggies - 20 days ago

Not to minimize her actions, but I imagine that bear, even with cubs present, was a little on the docile side. I think the bear might have acted differently if she wasn’t balancing on the top of a fairly tall wall.

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Re: In Observance of Memorial Day, A Day of Rememberance - 21 days ago

My father was so proud of his service during WWII, but always remained humble. He said, “I was one of the lucky ones who got to come home.” Men and women like him must always be remembered. I was at the cemetery on Saturday and noticed a headstone of a Marine Corps vet who died in 1943. I googled her and found she was awarded the Purple Heart. She was only 20.

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Re: Guess I just need to talk, high probability of cancer - 24 days ago

Sorry to hear this, Grateful. I’m sure everyone on the forum will be interested in updates as you have them.

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Re: Happy National Hamburger Day (US) - 24 days ago

“I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.”

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Re: Antibodies testing for C19 - 25 days ago

Some previous mention here:

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