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icemaker works, but... - Yesterday

We've had issues with our icemaker in the past, but researching showed me the way to get it working again. It was a matter of cubes jamming when they're ejected by the 'fingers' of the icemaker itself. We notice it only because the basket doesn't refill itself with cubes. So I learned how to remove the front part of the housing, then just remove those hunks of cubes that get jammed up in there. P

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Re: Oy. Math problem. - Yesterday

The more I think of it, math doesn't lie. I'm guessing they screwed up and I'll bet the 10" is the width and your 16.5 is probably the height.

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Re: Oy. Math problem. - Yesterday

The more I think of it, math doesn't lie. I'll bet the 10" is the width and your 16.5 is probably the height.

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Re: Oy. Math problem. - Yesterday

Thanks for the quick reply, but that can't be right. The number I'm looking for should be the smallest of the three, since It's definitely taller than it is wide. Then again, the company may be providing incorrect numbers. Here's a pic. I don't care about the 5.5".

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Re: credit card anomaly (or not) - Yesterday

Interesting. Well, these were all Apple Pay purchases and processed by the only card I use with Apple Pay. The credit card statement shows two of the three names, but my iPhone shows the oddball name, which curiously is the one that doesn't show on the CC statement.

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Oy. Math problem. - Yesterday

Well, this is embarrassing. I tried googling and there's a lot of info but I guess I've been out of school for too long. I want to find the width of a rectangle. The height is 10". The diagonal is 19.3" It should be simple, but I'm having a brain freeze.

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credit card anomaly (or not) - Yesterday

First of all, I check my credit card statement regularly as soon as I get them. So nothing is out of the ordinary, except... Right down the street from us is a liquor store we frequent because of its convenience. We've been patronizing them for years. Nice folks, and their prices are fine. But one thing I noticed recently is that the name on the receipt, or on the credit card statement, or on

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Re: ‘ Fry’s Electronics going out of business, shutting down all stores ‘ - Yesterday

QuoteRgrF Quotefreeradical I thought it was funny how they had the merchandise return area right in the very front of the store just to the right of the entrance. Marketing my friend, making the return process painless allows those funds to reintegrate themselves into immediate sales. And the cynic in me always thought (part of me still does), it was to discourage people from walking through

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another Paypal question - 2 days ago

Can't seem to find the answer on Paypal's website (that doesn't mean it isn't there somewhere), so I thought I'd ask you fine folks. I have a client for my freelance business who would like to pay via Paypal or Venmo. It's a client I've worked with before so I trust him. Anyway, I don't have a Venmo account and I do have 2 Paypal accounts; a Personal and a Premiere, which they don't even offer

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Re: tax question - 4 days ago

Full-time employee, but also had have a side freelance biz for which I've been doing a Schedule C for many years.

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Re: Sound bar under tv? - 4 days ago

I'll be curious to see how you like it, Michael. As a hearing aid wearer, there's a bit of an artificiality to the sound enhancement, but you do get used to it. I'll be interested to know how this soundbar actually sounds.

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Re: tax question - 4 days ago

Well, that's kind of been the way I figure it. We are indeed small potatoes. It's almost not worth the time or effort of an audit to recover probably at best a couple hundred bucks in back taxes and potential penalties.

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Re: "It's déjà vu all over again." - 4 days ago

One of my faves: "He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious."

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Re: Sound bar under tv? - 4 days ago

That one that Michael linked to in Amazon is the same one that's in my Amazon wish list. The only reason I haven't ordered it is because my wife is fine with the built-in speakers in the Sony TV we bought. And I don't watch TV without closed captioning on, so I don't care enough.

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tax question - 4 days ago

For the past couple of several years I've been taking a home office deduction for using a portion of my home as my studio. It's a very small part of a very small room in the house, but every little bit helps. This year, I'm debating just skipping it because frankly, I think I used it once or twice for actual business work this past year. My question is, does it raise any flags if i claimed it

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Re: CPAC to host Traitor Trump - 5 days ago

I don't have the ambition to look for it at this hour, but I know I've seen an older video of Trump claiming himself to be a Democrat.

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Re: ‘ Entire East Bay school board resigns amid outrage over hot mike moment ‘ - 5 days ago

I couldn't resist. (Staples ad 1996)

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Re: ‘ Entire East Bay school board resigns amid outrage over hot mike moment ‘ - 5 days ago

Oh, come on. Not the resignations, but once again, the lack of an editor/proofreader. Entire East Bay school board resigns amid outrage over hot mike moment Mike? Really. You don't need to be in 'the biz" to know it should be mic.

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Re: Tube socks. Why? - 5 days ago

I just can't stand the bunched-up "heel" on top of my foot. I've only recently seen shaped socks in any size other than 6-12. I wear a size 12 shoe and I've never had an issue with the 6-12 range. Maybe that's just me. And I've certainly seen regular shaped socks in quite a variety of lengths, from below the ankle to nearly knee-high. To Sarcany's point, I've no doubt they're cheape

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Tube socks. Why? - 5 days ago

Time for a Saturday afternoon first-world question/rant. I went out earlier today to start clearing snow. Getting dressed, I grabbed the thickest pair of socks I could find to wear with my boots and I remembered as soon as I unrolled them that they were tube socks. I then proceeded to rip a hole in one while struggling to get in on over my normal socks. Whoever thought tube socks were a good

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I'd be willing to bet... - 6 days ago

...that a very high percentage of these COVIDiots trying to jump vaccination lines, using fake IDs, dressing as oldsters, etc., also believe that once they get the vaccine, they'll be immune. "Yippee! No more masks! Party time!" Unfortunate that the 'rona can't be a little more discerning.

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Re: Florida Women - 6 days ago

Quotebtfc “ Yeah, that one immediately jumped out at me, too. ” Me too. Florida web site... Me three. Sadly, it's not limited to FL websites, or newspapers, or TV captioning or...

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Re: Walmart to Amazon to USPS to me? - 6 days ago

Thanks. I think you may have it right with your first reply, Gareth. It was ordered from the Walmart website, but through a third party seller. I can't quite make sense of the price difference, but again, not complaining. One ebay seller has it for $299.99. Regular Amazon price is $120. I paid $57 and change. Go figure. Not a scam. The package arrived about 20 minutes ago

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Walmart to Amazon to USPS to me? - 6 days ago

Briefly... Ordered item from Walmart's website on Tuesday evening (less than half the price of same thing on Amazon, eBay and elsewhere) and apparently I got the last one, as it now shows as Out of Stock. Email order confirmation says Arrives by end of day Thu, Mar 11. No problem, as I'm not in a hurry for it. My USPS Informed Delivery Digest email today shows an item Out For Delivery, w

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Re: Trumpie bear comes out of hibernation swinging for Mitch's head - 9 days ago

Damn. If only he had written that a couple of weeks ago, Mitch may have changed his vote to acquit and perhaps persuaded others as well. And whoever wrote it should have hired an editor to eliminate the repeated paragraph (3 and 4).

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Re: Followup to followup on my Prius battery - 10 days ago

If you've gotten comfortable with the idea of installing it yourself, there's always the option (as I did) of buying the battery from the dealer and just paying for it online and picking it up. I'm sure if you asked, they'd be happy to bring it out to the car for you and put it in your trunk or back seat. No contact at all. I ended up with an OEM battery for not much more than an Optima or other

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Re: Good rock (and other) music concerts on DVD - 10 days ago

Well, the Concert For George is one of the best I've ever seen.

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Re: Any other Keyboard Maestro users here? - 11 days ago

Good. That answers my question. I use it regularly for a few things, but I'd have to dig through my Applications folder if i ever wanted to create another shortcut or edit an existing one. Nothing in the menu bar for it.

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Re: Password manager recommendations? - 11 days ago

Another happy Enpass user here. As for What happens when you Forget the "Master Password", most all of these password managers make it very clear that if you do, you're basically screwed. So think of one you'll remember.

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Re: ARGH!!! It's not VALENTIME"S DAY!!! - 11 days ago

It's eCspecially bothersome when you have no excuse, since you can't eCscape the displays everywhere you go.

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