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Re: A pleasure for the eyes- A Frank Gehry slide show - 1 year ago

He designed this building while I lived in Cincinnati and worked/trained in the hospitals across the street.

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Re: BREAKING: Shots fired at Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles; possible hostage situation - 1 year ago

Best Christmas Movie ever!

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Re: It's a miracle, Happy Festivus To All! - 1 year ago

Quotepdq I find all those grievances to be like tinsel... distracting. Maybe someone should hang THAT on the pole.

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Re: TCL Roku TV's ... Anyone have any current recomendations? - 1 year ago

We got a 55" 5 Series TCL Roku last year on Black Friday and still love it. Great picture and colors. The Roku functionality works well (we also have had 3 other Roku units, a FireStick, and AppleTV).

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Re: Happy Birthday Forum member Grateful11 - 1 year ago

Another year older is something to be Grateful about. Happy Birthday!!

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Re: Favorite new band(s) for 2021? - 1 year ago

1. Billy Strings. A mix of bluegrass, rock, and country. He usually throws in some Grateful Dead covers at his live shows as well. If you have not heard of him before, you will soon. Check him out. 2. JRAD. If you are a fan of the Grateful Dead, you're probably aware of Joe Russo's Almost Dead. They take Grateful Dead songs, do some new arrangements with them, and generally speed them

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Re: The man who threw half a billion in bitcoin in the trash - 1 year ago

That makes me feel better about losing the access to my blockchain wallet thing when I upgraded my iPhone and erased the other before selling it. I think it was worth about $100.

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Re: Anne Rice, known for the Vampire Chronicles series of novels, passed away at 80. - 1 year ago

One of my favorite authors. I've read the majority of her books and have pictures in front of her former house in the Garden District of New Orleans. She will be missed.

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Re: Air Fryer: Essential, Not Essential but Useful, or a Shelf Queen? - 1 year ago

Quoterichorlin We have both an air fryer and Instant Pot. If either one broke, I would run out the same day to buy a replacement. We use both constantly. Another thing I would immediately replace is my vacuum food sealer. We have both, and I fully agree (more for the Instant Pot than the air flyer, though). However, I'm pretty sure we got rid of our vacuum sealer. We also got rid of our bread

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Re: Uggh. Lousy day. - 1 year ago

Best wishes and prayers to both of you. We all have days/weeks/months like this that we wish would never end. As I tell my patients, getting older is no fun, but it's better than the alternative. I did have a 94yo once tell me I was wrong and I would hopefully get to be old enough to realize that myself.

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Re: 80 years ago today...Lest we forget - 1 year ago

I took my family to Hawaii this past May. Although we stayed on the Big Island, we flew to Oahu for one day, specifically to go see Pearl Harbor. Being there, seeing the museums, and going to the USS Arizona Memorial was really touching. Although my family was more involved in the European Theater of WWII (both fighting for the US and being victims of Nazi persecution and death), seeing Pearl

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Re: Bidets are big, but do you really need one? - 1 year ago

My wife had rotator cuff surgery 18 months ago. Her right arm was going to be immobilized for about 4-6 weeks afterwards. She went out of town the weekend beforehand, and I installed a fancy bidet attachment with a heated seat and water warmer in our master bathroom. When she got home, I told her that I love her, but there are certain things I will not do. Thus the bidet. She said it's o

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Re: RYF : Apple 44mm Watch Series 6 GPS $330 44mm$300 40mm - 1 year ago

Great deal. I upgraded my Series 2 to a Series 6 last month. Microcenter had it on sale for $359, and I got Best Buy to price match it. They actually price matched it for lower instead of the same price, so it worked about being about $335. Not enough to bother getting them to re-price match this price vs. the hassle of dealing with the customer service.

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Re: conundrum purchase - 1 year ago

Conundrum is actually one of my favorite wine blends. Both their red and white blend are very good. I highly recommend a purchase. Plus, they have bottles for a reasonable price at Costco (at least at my two local stores). I'm not sure if they are on sale for Black Friday weekend.

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Re: MBA 2020 - 8GB vs. 16GB RAM - 1 year ago

Thanks, Zoidberg. I also just found this link from back in January. It answered my question.

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Re: MBA 2020 - 8GB vs. 16GB RAM - 1 year ago

Quotespace-time Here we go again. I am getting the pop-corn. I looked back for previous discussions and could not find much. I'll check again. Instead of a smart-a$$ comment, an answer or link would be preferred.

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MBA 2020 - 8GB vs. 16GB RAM - 1 year ago

I've always tried to max out the RAM when buying laptops. We are getting my daughter a 2020 MBA (w/512GB SSD) for Chanukah. There are deals on the 8GB model but not much on the 16GB. She will be upgrading from a hand-me-down 2014 MBA and will be using this for the next 4 years at least, mostly school work. Is the speed difference noticeable or will she be fine with 8GB instead of maxing it ou

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Re: I'm hanging in there with 'Foundation' - not really sure why - 1 year ago

After a few decades of it being on my "to read" list, I finally made it through Foundation earlier this year, just to get ready for the TV series. Now you tell me it has little/nothing in common with the book. Oh well. I guess I won't read the other books, as I did not find the first very interesting. Now I'm wondering if I should bother with the TV show or if I'll be pleasantly sur

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Re: Dean Stockwell Dies - 1 year ago

Wow. Hard to believe he was 85yo. He seemed much younger and somewhat timeless in appearance. R.I.P.

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Re: rant: Concert tickets - 1 year ago

QuoteWill Collier QuoteJoeM Just for poops and giggles I thought I'd see what current prices are for The Eagles, 1St row: Eagles Sat Nov 6 at 8:00pm · Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA Floor D, Row 1 $2,265 each I've seen them twice pre-Glenn Frey passing and they really do put on a great show but I wouldn't pay that much to see me play. The only time I've ever seen them live was the

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Re: Bravo to the Braves! - 1 year ago

Great Series and great team! So happy for my home town!!

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Re: Ring Alarm System Owners - 1 year ago

Funny you should post this now. Both Sing and Simplisafe are on sale for $130 at Costco over Black Friday weekend. I’m looking to change over as well but would love to be able to use my previous wireless contact sensors from my current system. I am looking into options.

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Re: rant: Concert tickets - 1 year ago

I’ve seen him in concert. I’ve met him in person. Don’t bother, save your money. He’s not that good in concert and not that nice of a person. That said, I also love his early music, which my wife and I listened to on our first date.

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Re: rant: UPS Follow My Delivery - 1 year ago

And it finally showed up!! The UPS driver said that their app gives them a specific route, but he usually does not follow it b/c it has him driving back and forth and criss-crossing the area too much. I did not tell him that he drove past my house 3x. LOL.

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Re: rant: UPS Follow My Delivery - 1 year ago

Update since I know y'all are eagerly following along. HE JUST DROVE PAST THE HOUSE AGAIN WITHOUT STOPPING!! He did turn into the next neighborhood down the road, so maybe he'll be circling back. Of course that would entail him making a left turn instead of a right turn.

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Re: rant: UPS Follow My Delivery - 1 year ago

QuoteJoeH Right by your house on the same street, or just a nearby street? UPS gives their drivers routes to deliver packages that use as few left turns as possible, almost all turns will be right turns. Our house is on the corner of a main road and the entrance to our neighborhood. The address is the neighborhood. He drove by twice on the main road without turning in to the neighborhood (wh

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rant: UPS Follow My Delivery - 1 year ago

I'm expecting my son's refurb MacBook Air to be delivered today. I'm following the delivery truck on the UPS website. He has driven by our house twice already but has not stopped to make the delivery. He is now about a mile away in another neighborhood.

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Re: rant: UPS receipt - 1 year ago

Or at least a traditional bar code to scan! QuoteFritz how come they still don't have a QR or bar code on their receipts so one doesn't have to enter 20 characters? Do they not know it's 2021?

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Re: Migrating to M1 MBA and back again - 1 year ago

QuoteMrNoBody I'll just add to reset the M1 MBA back to 'day zero' before the son starts to use it. That goes without saying.

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Migrating to M1 MBA and back again - 1 year ago

My wife has a MacBook Air 2018 that has some keyboard and case damage. I want to get it fixed while her AppleCare is still active ($299 charge for accidental damage). However, she needs her computer daily for work. We just bought my son a refurb M1 MacBook Air that is due to be delivered today. I made a Time Machine back-up of my wife's computer and plan on restoring it to my son's computer

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