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Re: Ebay really sucks these days - Yesterday

I haven't sold on eBay in over a decade and never, ever would again. It is absolutely nothing like it was before. To me, it's a borderline scam operation anymore. At first, it was geared toward small sellers to allow them to sell some stuff to a larger audience. Now, it's a free-for-all for scammers both on the buying and selling side. As said above, I'd rather donate or throw away an item ra

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Re: Anyone here viewed space ship launch at Cape Canaveral, FL? - 2 days ago

Seen several. Before 9/11, you could sign up to get a car pass to go on property to watch the launch. Saw Columbia go up on it’s ill-fated flight, and saw the last shuttle go up. Haven’t driven over for a Falcon-9 yet, but have watched them from home.

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Re: What’s the standard for face to face selling (CraisList, etc.)? - 4 days ago

I'm not that paranoid. I've had several people come to my house to buy stuff and have never had a problem. I'd be more worried about being scammed on eBay than having someone try to scam me at my own house. My nephew sells sneakers... used to do ebay. Until he had a buyer wait until 364 days after the sale to claim he never received them. They had a delivery receipt from USPS, but eBay s

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Re: Mustard shortage about to hit - 5 days ago

I just bought a bottle of Publix Dijon mustard, which I put on my sandwiches most days. Should last me several months.

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Re: WD easystore Portable Drive 5TB Certified Refurbished - $65 - 6 days ago

QuoteRacer X I'm holding out for deals on 20 tb drives. There was one recently. I think it was $749 for two.

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Re: You better have a leg to stand on - 6 days ago

No, I have pretty good balance.

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Re: buy low, cell high?!.....'T-Mobile' named 'Best' U.S. mobile network in 2022..... - 6 days ago

It's all subjective. T-Mobile may be great for some people, and suck for others. Same for AT&T and Verizon. My in-laws live in an area where only AT&T's service would get a signal (one bar). The other carriers at the time had no service. It's gotten a lot better though. I've been in areas where I have a strong signal, and people with other carriers have a weak signal. And vice-versa

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Re: What animal is this? - 6 days ago

We had a rat on our ring last night. There had been a feral cat in the neighborhood last year, but we haven't seen it lately. We had some mice that we'd seen, and they soon disappeared. I wish the cat would come back.

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Re: You better have a leg to stand on - 6 days ago

I can still put on underwear standing up without falling over, and can take off my socks standing up as well by pulling up my leg, and crossing my ankle across my knee as I slightly bend to take the sock off. I'm guessing I'm ok for now.

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Re: Wet ceiling in my Birmingham condo - who should be responsible for assessing and remediation? - 6 days ago

I used to have a rental condo. Got a report of water leaking into the MBR, manifesting itself with bubbled up wallpaper trim. Source of the leak turned out to be the balcony of the MBR upstairs. Since it was a concrete wall, there was no worries about mold proliferating in the wall. I cut out about 3' of the wallpaper trim, sprayed bleach on the wall just in case, touched up the paint, and pu

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Re: Today's Rant... Why the heck are glasses so easy to scratch ? - 7 days ago

I still have a pair of actual glass glasses from a few prescriptions back. My prescription hasn't changed much, so I can still wear them in an emergency. There is a small chip on the side of one of the lenses, but not a scratch to be found on them. My latest pair (about 18 months old at this point) scratched within a month or two. Not bad, but it annoys me every time I go to put them on.

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Re: Apple Superdrive on Mac Studio? - 7 days ago

Thanks. Already have the Superdrive though, so I'm not looking to spend any money. Finally found it last night, and gave it to my wife.

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Re: Apple Superdrive on Mac Studio? - 8 days ago

Answering my own question... according to this page, yes, it will work!

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Apple Superdrive on Mac Studio? - 8 days ago

Anyone know if the Apple Superdrive works on a Mac Studio? According to the page on apple.com, it says "The Apple USB SuperDrive is compatible with Mac models from 2008 and later that don't have a built-in optical drive." That seems to infer that it should work. Wife wants an optical drive on her new Studio, and I have a Superdrive (somewhere). If I could find it right now, I'd check

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what do we like for webcams? - 9 days ago

Wife is moving from an iMac to a Mac Studio and needs a webcam. It needs to be at least as good as the one on her 2010 iMac. What recommendations do you have?

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Re: No children allowed - 9 days ago

Many with the "least" children aren't surprising. They're either expensive cities to live in, or in the case of Florida cities, are meccas for retired people.

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Re: no monkey business?!...Monkeypox continues to spread [ not going away ]...... - 9 days ago

QuoteFilliam H. Muffman I hear a bunch of guys who were in in a U-Haul van last week just tested positive for Monkeypox. Oh, how I wish that were true!

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Re: Adobe CS6 Questions With OS Upgrade - 9 days ago

Perhaps you can run Sierra or other earlier OS inside Parallels or Virtual Box. I'm running a Parallels VM of Snow Leopard under Sierra.

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Re: ‘Rona rant - 10 days ago

Quotedecay I finally got it recently, after 2 shots & a booster. mild sore throat 2 days, nothing else. slight cough four a couple weeks. Same here, but it was a stuffy nostril and sore throat for 2 days. No cough, except when I was asleep according to my wife. Son "sorta" tested positive last week. Faint line on the home test. Subsequent tests the next two days showed ne

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Re: MS Office Home & Business perpetual license price drop to $39.99 - 11 days ago

Back to $49. Still not a bad deal if you need it

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Re: 2 20TB NAS drives - $750 - 11 days ago

very tempting... I could consolidate several drives into one.

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Re: Million dollar opportunity for one of you MRFers - 13 days ago

Anyone passionate about the Chevy Vega is insane.

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Re: the heavy leather gloves I wear for yard work saved my finger - 13 days ago

Quoted4 The EGO hedge trimmer has two trigger points on the handle to start and run. When one hand is off either trigger, the hedge trimmer immediately engages the brake. My Ryobi does too. Used to have a corded hedge trimmer... until I accidentally cut the cord.

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Re: License plates in Maine - 13 days ago

Saw one a couple of years ago that was: EM WOLB Hint - read it backwards

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Re: Microsoft retires Internet Explorer browser - 13 days ago

I liked IE5 for the Mac, and Netscape Communicator. Both had decent Usenet readers built it. We used Mosaic at work.

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Re: Local hospital keep calling my landline - 13 days ago

If you don't use the phone to dial out, then do what we do. If you recognize the number, answer it. If not, let it go to voicemail. Your outgoing message should state that you are NOT the IR. Ooma has a feature that will send you a text message whenever someone leaves a message. We went ahead and turned the ringer off on the "landline", so the only way we ever know it's ringing is if

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Re: ***es check-in but don't check-out?!....'hotel room' prices may be going up.... - 16 days ago

The worst part is, though, most hotels have cut amenities and services to the bone, and still they're jacking up the rates. I've traveled some for business, and got back from driving cross-country last week. Most hotels no longer offer daily maid service. In fact, they'll only do full maid service once every seven days if you're staying that long. If you need extra towels or sheets, you can c

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Re: Full size 5.25" USB Optical Drive? Albatross? - 16 days ago

I have a full size PATA enclosure that held a full sized optical drive, but we moved last year and it's in one of the many boxes we've yet to unpack. Sorry.

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Re: Any issues running an original Magic Trackpad with the latest OS? - 16 days ago

cool, thanks

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Any issues running an original Magic Trackpad with the latest OS? - 17 days ago

Years ago, when Radio Shack was circling the drain, I bought a Magic Trackpad from them because it was 50% off. I've never even opened the package. My wife is getting a new Mac Studio and wanted to get a trackpad for it. So I am giving her the Magic Trackpad. I know they've updated it since then but was wondering if there are any issues with it on the latest MacOS.

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