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Re: Taxes in iPhone bills - 9 years ago

This obviously depends on your local taxing entities. Here the taxes + fees are about 13% (the Feds, State, County, and Town all have a piece of the action). There is no difference whether you have an iPhone or not.

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Re: I don't know if anyone here is old enough to remember them, but The Moody Blues will be on Jimmy Fallon - 9 years ago

Even now, I listen to them everyday. Gypsy is my ringtone.

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Re: A question regarding my Verizon cell plan. - 9 years ago

No problem. Your contract covers the features on your phone. You have an unlimited data feature that you had before you got that iPhone. You can change your plan without affecting the contract: change minutes, change texting, add another line (which then has its own contract). A new line will have its own data feature, currently $30 for 2GB. I know, because I sell VerizonWireless. If a shady sale

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Re: Official new iPhone launch thread!!! - 9 years ago

Which carriers?

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Re: I guess this means summer is over - 9 years ago

Nope, its not over until my tomato plants give out. And I just harvested 5 cherrys this morning, with 10-15 ripening and many smaller green ones acomin'...

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Re: Hibiscus - 9 years ago

QuotergG I have a hibiscus in a large pot by my front entrance. I overwinter it each year in the garage. I do the same with our 6 potted hibiscus plants. It makes for a crowded garage with 6 large pots, but the reward in large red, yellow, or orange flowers from spring through fall is worth it. And several continue to flower during their winter garage stay with daily CF illumination.

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Re: Rain-X: Grrrrrrrrr - 9 years ago

I used to use Rain-x and it worked great, as long as you followed instructions as others have pointed out. Now that I'm older, my shoulder muscles just don't put out like they used to. So, I switched to silicon windshield wipers. They hold up well in southern summer heat, and leave a silicon "film" on the windshield which acts just like Rain-x, but only in the wiper pattern obviously. M

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Re: I don't know if anyone here likes Pink Floyd, but . . . - 9 years ago

"Overhead the albatross..." Meddle indeed is a great work.

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Re: Just when I was beginning to think Breaking Bad had lost its mojo. - 9 years ago

Deadlier and deadlier...

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Re: Homosexuality Is ‘More Dangerous’ Than Terrorist Attacks - 9 years ago

No, because implying that ONLY gays contract AIDS is just stupid.

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Re: Blackberry can't not open Word attachment - 9 years ago

Then her BB probably can't open it without a newer app than that which comes on the phone. She should go to BB App World and search for an app that will open said .docx files.

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Re: Blackberry can't not open Word attachment - 9 years ago

.doc or .docx?

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Re: Android phone for pageplus - 9 years ago

Don't buy a Droid Eris. I don't know if PagePlus has access to Verizon's 4G LTE network, so it might be a waste of money to buy a 4G phone. The Ally is a low end phone, the HTC Merge is better if you can find one, and the others will be fine.

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Re: Are your weekend plans shot, too? - 9 years ago

Looks my weekend will be fine in Charleston, if the current projected path holds true. My daughter in Waltham is gonna have a bit of rain though.

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Re: ......EARTHQUAKE....!!!! - 9 years ago

The wife reports she felt it in Nantucket, MA. I didn't feel a thing in Charleston SC.

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Re: My Droid X has landed… - 9 years ago

Those permissions allow the app to detect incoming calls and texts and emails, etc, so it will interrupt the game to let you know.

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Re: Verizon gurus - a question on plans - 9 years ago

No change will occur to your line unless your Verizonwireless plan is so old that it cannot have a line added. Which plan do you have? The data package is a feature added to individual lines of service. Your line has the $29.99 unlimited data feature, which is no longer available for new lines of service. That feature is part of your contract. The contract terms are binding on you as well as V

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Re: South Carolina nominates another resident to Religion Hall of Fame - 9 years ago

Look, I live in Summerville, and anybody can be a "Pastor" here. There are 2 churches on every block. More churches here than car mechanics, and everybody here (except me) has at least one brother or cousin who calls himself a car mechanic. The guy who painted my house was a pastor. That's how he actually made a living. Most pastors here are not ordained by any nationally-organized rel

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Re: Anyone using a Verizon/Motorola Droid X? - 9 years ago

I've had my X for about a year. Never had a battery issue, though I have an extended battery and it never gets below about 20% charge. Never had any issue with it. I still have the original OS 2.2.1, never saw a reason to update it. About 60% of the VZW reps I work with have this model. It seems to have the least number of problems, based on the number of customers who come in with a problem on t

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Re: OT: Purchasing Hills Prescription Food - 9 years ago

Or if you get the vet to write the prescription for it, you can buy it at Petsmart.

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Re: Verizon trying anything to kill Grandfathered data plans - 9 years ago

QuoteGeneL I was on a shared plan in my s/o's name and wanted to make sure that I had the unlimited data, so I opened a new account in my own name the day before the option disappeared. I was assured by the rep, that I've worked with since we switched from Sprint to Verizon, that I would be grandfathered on the unlimited data plan. I wanted to make sure that I would have the unlimited data pla

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Re: Just wondering - who here is against the 2007 light bulb efficiency standards, and why? - 9 years ago

" The savings over the lifetime of the bulbs are immense". Not for me. My electricity surges and dims during storms. I have replaced about 10 CFLs in the last six months. They don't last nearly as long as advertised. My incandescents have been fine. I'm all for energy efficiency, but this is going to cost me big time compared to the savings in electricity costs.

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Re: Aliteration Thursday - 9 years ago

Bob, the brown buffalo, bellowed belligerently at this BS badonkadonk, but blithely bent the beige backup breadthwise until he could boldly

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Re: Another iPhone related question...what about upgrading to a new phone? - 9 years ago

"I was told if you switch phones in the middle of your unlimited plan, you will be switched to tiers. If your current phone breaks down and you need a replacement, you can buy the same phone. But if you decide to get a different one, say the iPhone 5, you won't get to keep your unlimited. That's what a Verizon B&M employee told me this weekend. He was a manager." And he is wrong.

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Re: Now that the weather is warmer, how productive is your garden? - 9 years ago

My tomato plants are 6 feet high, been picking for a month now. Bottom stems are yellowing/dieing from the heat even with adequate water, that's just what they do in South Carolina. First time I've tried cherry tomatoes, they have a hint of sweetness and are prolific; I pick 10 or so every day or 2 from just one plant. The plants will be dead by the end of the month. New crop gets planted end of

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Re: Need phone recommendation - 9 years ago

I prefer the customization ability of the android's multiple screens over the iPhone. And free audible navigation. The incredble has a front facing camera for video chatting, as does the iPhone, but the X2 does not. X2 is larger and bulkier than the other 2. Whatever you do, be sure to get a VZW smartphone BEFORE July 7, as July 6 is the last day to get unlimited smartphone data for $29.99 per

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Re: Recommendations for Cape Cod Stuff To Do? - 9 years ago

Friendly's! Tuna roll and Milkshake! Yum!

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Re: Crap ~!~ In life-saving mode' in western Massachusetts - 9 years ago

My BIL in Southbridge hasn't called in yet, phone lines down?

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Re: Android handsets vulnerable to account credential theft - 9 years ago

Seems like its vulnerable via wifi only? I never have to use wifi on my Droid phone.

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Re: Looking for stair railing idea to flare out the handrail. - 9 years ago

You'll need a few more small rocks to more securely chock up those stringers too. ;)

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