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Re: dammit! my Seagate is failing - Today

Quoteanonymouse1 Seagates have been the worst for me. Seagates used to be about the best, but that was years ago. When drives became commodity items selling for just a hundred or two the quality and reliability tanked. I still have some 20+ year old Seagates that run fine the occasional time I start up the systems. Can't say the same for newer drives from them or WD for that matter.

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Re: [ what a ] tool__time?!.....Casey Wilson says Tim Allen was a b*tch on ‘Santa Clauses’ set...... - Today

QuoteN-OS X-tasy! Quotevision63 QuoteTiangou Famously misogynist. (Also, a convicted drug dealer and right-wing conspiracy zealot.) Not at all surprising. She stayed there and took the money. I must be the only human that quit jobs I didn't like. She was a child actor at the time. No, her part was playing the adult version of a character from the earlier movies in the TV series The Sa

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Re: Who Knew? About Norman Lear - Today

QuoteDeusxMac QuoteOmbligo They were also split up by nationality, so Americans were not housed with British, etc, and also by branch. Airman were held in Luftstalags, while sailors or infantry were housed in camps run by the Kriegsmarine (navy) or Heer (army). Do you mean not "housed" in the same barracks/building, or not in the same prisoner camp? Separate camps, though initially

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Re: PSA for those traveling on the 15 - Yesterday

QuoteN-OS X-tasy! Quotejdc I think there is only one Bobs Big Boy left? When I was a kid we did the one in Lakewood, off Carson and ... I cant remember. Four locations still in operation: . In this region we had Abdow's Big Boy until about 30 years ago when they got into a disagreement with the Elias Brothers who owned Big Boy then. They pulled 14 restaurants from the group of regional franc

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Re: I wouldn't be a good guy with a gun - 2 days ago

Quotekj Quotepdq Would you fire a flare gun 30 to 40 times at your neighbors, then take potshots (using a real gun) at police when they responded, before you blew up your house? This Law Abiding Responsible Gun Owner™ did. Hate to break it to you, but he is clearly not a law abiding responsible gun owner. Well apparently he was, until he wasn't. That change can happen all too quickly.

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Re: Apple TV HDMI CEC Control Always Takes Over! - 2 days ago

Sounds like an issue with your TCL TV, not the Apple TV. I have mine connected to a LG TV along with a Comcast Flex box and a BluRay player and do not see that happening. I turn on the TV through the Flex or the BluRay and the Apple TV stays off.

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Re: does anyone know how accurate home C19 tests are against current virus? - 3 days ago

The word on the latest variants is that they tend to take longer before the at home tests will detect COVID. So it may take 3-5 days before you test positive. Or you could have gotten one of the other flu-like viruses going around.

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Re: whats your favorite way to roast a chicken? - 4 days ago

QuoteTiangou At the Friars Club, but I hear the Hollywood Palladium isn't too bad. ... First spatchcocked turkey and chicken were last year and they were too much work and while on the whole the results were very good, they weren't better than I get with the old standard. I have a very large and very old pyrex glass roaster with a thick glass cover. It's big enough for a large chicken or

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Re: Decent deal on a thunderbolt for dock from Abker: $90 - 5 days ago

Quoteanonymouse1 I think the $90 price is for prime members. QuoteAugust West At the posted link I get $179, although I know I saw this one at 90 something recently, Our sponsor also offers a very similar thunderbolt hub at a similar price when on sale. I got one for under $100. Yes, it states "exclusive Prime price" in the listing when I go to the link. I do have Prime.

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Re: RIP Sandra Day O'Connor - 5 days ago

Quotevision63 QuoteJoeH Quotevision63 ... People aren't that focused. It would at least bring up Nader. The real villain. I don't hear anybody talking about that either. ... We're not good at remembering or learning any lessons. ... Well you didn't learn much from that either. Nearly 3 times as many Democrats voted for Bush in Florida than voted for Nader. So starting right there you have mi

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Re: RIP Sandra Day O'Connor - 5 days ago

Quotevision63 ... People aren't that focused. It would at least bring up Nader. The real villain. I don't hear anybody talking about that either. ... We're not good at remembering or learning any lessons. ... Well you didn't learn much from that either. Nearly 3 times as many Democrats voted for Bush in Florida than voted for Nader. So starting right there you have misdirected your ire. The

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Re: Any recommendations for a Dutch Oven? - 5 days ago

Part of the weight is the size, a 7 qt Dutch Oven will be heavier than a 6 qt one by 5-6 lbs. The lid made to also be usable as a grill pan on top of the stove adds a bit more weight, it will be thicker than one made just to be a lid. And yes you can have flame directly on the porcelain enamel, it would take temperatures near 1000 degrees to damage it. At most it may slightly discolor over t

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Re: Genuine OEM oil filter, but... - 7 days ago

The town here will take waste oil for free at the transfer station. Not sure what they do with it now. But decades ago they had a waste oil burner they used for heating the public works building. I heard they discontinued that at some point.

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Re: Henry Kissinger Is Dead at 100 - 7 days ago

Quotevision63 QuoteJoeH Quotevision63 QuoteJoeH May he R ..., no wishes for peace in his case. Don't be mad at him. Be mad at what made him possible. Nixon was totally avoidable. Then use that information as a resource moving forward. Whenever we end up with "ratchet," we must remember our lessons. Nixon was only part of it, by Fall of 1968 it was already an election for him to lose

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Re: Henry Kissinger Is Dead at 100 - 7 days ago

Quotevision63 QuoteJoeH May he R ..., no wishes for peace in his case. Don't be mad at him. Be mad at what made him possible. Nixon was totally avoidable. Then use that information as a resource moving forward. Whenever we end up with "ratchet," we must remember our lessons. Nixon was only part of it, by Fall of 1968 it was already an election for him to lose after the death of RFK.

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Re: a Sachs_less marriage?!.....Apple ending 'Apple Card' partnership with Goldman Sachs..... - 8 days ago

QuoteKen Sp. Apple, buy a smaller bank and do it yourself. That is pretty much what Sears did years ago when they started up the Discover Card.

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Re: Henry Kissinger Is Dead at 100 - 8 days ago

May he R ..., no wishes for peace in his case.

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Re: Anyone here with appliance repair experience? - 8 days ago

Quote For kicks, I searched for the model number of this incubator on partselect.com, and incredibly, the model came up as a refrigerator... which it isn't really, but is close in terms of design. Quite possibly it started as a standard refrigerator and was modified to the needs of being an incubator. Probably many of the parts are the same, but possibly the modifications may need adjusting t

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Re: Amps are not what? - 9 days ago

Quotetimg If it really was 150A at 110V, just think of the size of the wires they'd need to feed that sucker! It would be a copper thief's dream! Same as at any other voltage, 1/0 copper.

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Re: Anyone have the Herman Miller gaming chair? - 9 days ago

QuotergG You can add a headrest to the HM Aaron chairs. Yes you can, but those are up to $12-1300. Refurbished or used ones can be half that price, or about what this gamer chair is going for.

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Re: Musk in Israel - 9 days ago

Musk is more libertarian than liberal, and I do mean that in the negative sense. But his fanboys and apologists keep making the mistake of assuming he has liberal leanings because a few of his goals happen to coincide.

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Re: local stores checing receipts at exit - 10 days ago

QuoteSDGuy note to self...per members of this forum, it is perfectly reasonable to walk out of a store with a cart full of stolen merchandise Note to you, that is not what anyone said. A store wants to stop someone they actually observed taking items and not paying for them is fine. But this general assumption that everyone walking out the door is a suspect is just f-ing wrong. Either hire t

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Re: local stores checing receipts at exit - 10 days ago

QuoteC(-)ris QuoteJoeH Quoterz I don't know if they still do it, but Best Buy used to. The frickin' annoying part is that you would literally walk 5 feet from the register to the checkout guy, with him watching you the whole time, where he would demand to see your receipt. Where is the sense in that? The guy literally just saw you pay for your item and walk directly to him. Was a stolen item

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Re: local stores checing receipts at exit - 10 days ago

Quoterz I don't know if they still do it, but Best Buy used to. The frickin' annoying part is that you would literally walk 5 feet from the register to the checkout guy, with him watching you the whole time, where he would demand to see your receipt. Where is the sense in that? The guy literally just saw you pay for your item and walk directly to him. Was a stolen item supposed to magically a

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Re: Explore Scientific Telescopes: FirstLight 10" Dobsonian $500 (normally $2k) - 11 days ago

Quotepdq Sold out. BTW, how are you supposed to track stars with a Dobsonian and it’s flat, turning bottom? Seems like they ought to include a wedge of sorts on the bottom that will get you pointed the right way for your latitude. The wide field of view means it just needs small nudges to track. For finer tracking people add an equatorial platform of some sort to place the Dobsonian mount

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Re: Yams vs Sweet Potatoes - 12 days ago

QuoteLemon Drop Visit a high end grocer like Whole Foods or Fresh Market to get the special varieties. Sometimes Costco carries them too. They are way more expensive than regular but worth it for holiday dishes. Even the high end grocers in this area do not carry such varieties. For example the closest Whole Foods has Japanese, purple, and Boniata sweet potatoes and that is more variety than

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Re: Yams vs Sweet Potatoes - 13 days ago

QuoteLemon Drop My Grandma always said candied yams and sweet potato pie, though she was using the same vegetable. Red Garnet sweet potatoes have the best flavor, color and texture. Expensive but worth it, especially for holiday dishes. Made my casserole out of those this year. Super good. Jewel is my second favorite. Here they just show up in the store as generic sweet potatoes, us

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Re: Pete's friend likes kids - 13 days ago

QuoteMr645 QuoteDennis S QuoteMr645 QuoteDennis S So we should elect an insane, uneducated Nazi for president? Didn't realize Talib was running for President Well, she IS educated to the point she can spell her name. Sorry, I don't speak terrorist No, just gibberish.

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Re: Anti gunners, the minority - 13 days ago

Knowing the poster and the failure to provide a link, probably an outright misrepresentation of what the poll actually showed. The OP has a history of using news items that actually say the opposite of what is claimed in their posts.

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Re: The Dividing Line: Pumpkin vs Sweet Potato - 14 days ago

There's a dividing line? I like both and have since I was young. Though I have lived most of my life in the Northeast, I have family connections to the South where sweet potato pie originates from. Pumpkin was much more easily found in this area decades ago, but sweet potato pie is now about as common as pumpkin. Also like sweet potatoes roasted.

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