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Re: Comcast raises sports and TV fees again - 5 years ago

Quoterz Do they require you to rent their modem, or can you BYO? $11/month for a modem that you can most likely buy for under $100 is insane. In the 50 years I've lived in the Beaverton/Hillsboro Oregon area I've never had one of their modems, except once for a brief period (2 months) many years ago. LyleH

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Re: Smart remote for elderly mother - 5 years ago

Is there a way to build up the blue voice control button so it's higher than the rest, such as a small piece of plastic glued on that button? LyleH

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Re: Have a chance to buy 1998 Toyota Sienna?, Thoughts? - 5 years ago

Bought a 2001 Toyota Sienna XLE in May of 2001. Only have 64,000 miles on it, although it is my primary vehicle. I've had some air-conditioning issues with compressor replaced and rear shocks, and some minor things, but the motor/transmission has been rock solid - the only "engine-related" stuff was a new timing belt when it was due to be changed. The light brown paint on the vehic

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Re: YOO-HOO!!! it's a candy bar! - 5 years ago

Our local Dollar Tree (in Oregon) sells yoo-hoo candy bars. I've never bought one. They have a website, so you may be able to order them online. I bought 24 bags of a certain candy once from them and I believe they were delivered to the store for free. LyleH

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Re: Batch Processing in Photos App (Mac) - 5 years ago

I'm not that knowledgeable, but maybe Automator could do what you want. It can do a lot of post-processing to photos. You can see the photo "Actions" that it can perform by just starting a WorkFlow and look at the photo options. Not sure how well it works under Sierra. LyleH

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Re: More deep hatred for Apple, inspired by Music app - 5 years ago

Off topic, but thanks for letting me know iMazing works on APFS, iOS's new file system. LyleH

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In El Capitan I cannot copy text when viewing text file with the Finder - 5 years ago

I keep a couple of text files (created with TextEdit) on my Desktop. Using Mavericks (10.9.5) with one of these files selected (single-left-click), I could press the spacebar to view the contents. I could then select and copy one word (or more) from this file to the clipboard. I could then paste the word(s) into Safari, or wherever I needed it. Then pressing spacebar again deselects the d

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Got my Glucosamine/Chondroitin Settlement Check Today - 5 years ago

Got my Glucosamine/Chondroitin Settlement Check Today. (Submitted my claim on 4-21-2016.) I certified that I had purchased 12 bottles from Costco during the time period. They indicated we would get a settlement of $8 per bottle, or reduced pro rata. I got $26.17 total = that means I got a total of $2.18 per bottle - what a rip... But not uncommon with these situations. LyleH

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Re: New TSA travel restrictions a bummer - 5 years ago

You realize these restrictions only apply to 8 countries, and only when you are coming to the USA from those countries - not when you fly to those (or any other countries). (Unless I read it wrong) Here's a link: LyleH

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Re: Favorite hiccups cure? - 5 years ago

Just ask someone who has the hiccups - "What color are they???" LyleH

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Re: Source for Canon inks? - 5 years ago

I do most of my shopping for remanufactured ink carts (including CLI-8 in the past) at Swift Ink. No real issues with their products. But I'm not a heavy user of ink as I use my Brothers laser for 75% of my printing. LyleH

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Re: Up yours..... - 6 years ago

This link is to a pic of Portland, Oregon's Tillikum Crossing Bridge, it's the newest bridge across the Willamette River. The photo shows it not quite completed, but it is fully operational now. I'm only posting this because of the similarity to the bridge in the first post. LyleH

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Re: Several web sites that I like to visit are NOT allowing access because I use an ADBLOCKER... - 6 years ago

In Safari, if you QUICKLY click on "Reader" at the far right of the link's url you may be able to see one article. LyleH

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Re: Speaking of listening like Lew's Fools; TV headphones rec needed - 6 years ago

I've used my Sennheiser RS 120 wireless headset for a year and a half. Not that expensive $53+, and it charges by just setting the headphone on the charging station - nothing to plug in. Charging station can attach to the wall, if desired. Never had it's batteries die while using it, and use it listening to TV in the living room (so wife doesn't have to hear shows she doesn't want to hear)

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Re: Having a snow day in Portland, Ore - 6 years ago

QuoteWags Our hummers are tough. Our 3 feeders in Hillsboro, OR are all under cover, but get a lot of the east wind, and some of the blowing snow today. One of the hummers still sits all day long (7 am to 5 pm) one one of the feeders. Tough bugger. He chases away the other guys. Just a P.S. - I put about a teaspoon of pink gatorade in my feeders' solution so I can more easily see when

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Re: In house TV antenna suggestions - 6 years ago

QuoteFritz check with the forums at TVfool.com, AVS, DTV, Solid Signal (seller), Dennys (seller). Some very knowledgeable types in the forums. www.tvfool.com will let you display a map of your current location and show on the circular map the location of many TV stations along with their location by degrees and distance from you. Works good. LyleH

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Re: 40" Sony TV, $150 At Amazon, 43" Sharp with Roku $180 BB - 6 years ago

Here's a DealNews deal for a 39.5" LCD Smart TV - Seiki SE40FYP1T $186 net - today only. I know nothing about this particular TV except three HDMI inputs. Also, don't know if the deal is still valid/active. YMMV LyleH

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Re: 40" Sony TV, $150 At Amazon, 43" Sharp with Roku $180 BB - 6 years ago

Sony at Best Buy is $229. Looks like only 1 HDMI input. I didn't really check out all the specs. LyleH

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Re: A shameless plea for support - 6 years ago

Two Sets (4 total sleeping bags) SE EB122OR-2 Emergency Sleeping Bag with Drawstring Carrying Bag (2 Pack), Orange - Delivery Dec. 5, 2016 LyleH

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Re: Auto body repair advice request - 6 years ago

Maybe for future-proofing you could glue some felt on the bottom of the garage door so it would just slide over the tailgate without gouging the paint. Wouldn't have to do the whole garage door. (Oh, I closed my garage door on our van's open hatch once myself. Then somewhat later I backed the van into the closed garage door - After that episode I had to replace the whole rear hatch door -

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Re: Just had to report... - 6 years ago

In Portland, OR we had a larger hummer at our feeders for about two weeks. Now he seems to be gone, but could just be migrating south. We have some hummers at our feeder now, and all winter. When it's below freezing I bring the feeders into the house at night to be sure they don't split. LyleH

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Re: Anyone else have trouble with iDrive customer service? - 6 years ago

Check out these customer reviews about iDrive - and Lots of Luck. I (luckily) have never used their services. LyleH

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Re: what kind of gun to scare small animals (squirrels) - 6 years ago

I had a similar Motion-Activated Yard Enforcer, which kinda worked. One issue I had was i originally used a cheap hose, and with the hose having full 125 psi water pressure for a long time and being in the sun, the hose expanded and finally broke. And, of course, the squirrels got smart and learned to avoid it after awhile. Remember, you'll also chase away birds if they also feed in that a

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Re: IPad 2 Kaput - 6 years ago

The older iPads make a very nice digital photo display. I have 1600 photos on my iPad3, and my daughter uses her iPad2 for the same purpose. We both leave ours plugged in all the time, but turn them off at night with the iPad's off/on switch. For my iPad 3 I used an app called Slideshow, which lets me easily set up several different slideshows with different sets of photos. I select a differe

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Re: Wife's iMac Crashed Hard. Ideas? Status bar restart horror - 6 years ago

Is Disk Warrior worth a shot?? LyleH

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Re: How large is your secret password stash? - 6 years ago

I have probably 200+ passwords that I keep in an 8.5 x 11 notebook with tabs A to Z, with Amazon (for example) on the "A" page(s), etc. Each letter has 3 pages (I don't use the back of the pages), and I may get 10+ on a page. I write the password in pencil so I can erase and add changed passwords for each site. If I wanted to get tricky, I could add a false letter/number to the fro

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Re: The 50% owner of In N Out Burger is about to inherit the other 50% at age 35 - 6 years ago

Looks like Grants Pass, OR will be the next Oregon In n' Out. Only 30 miles from Medford. Still too far from Portland !!! LyleH

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Re: UYF (Update You Fools) - 6 years ago

QuoteOmbligo I 'm on Yosemite, the App store requires El Crap for either the system patch or the Safari patch. I'll skip for now. Just installed Safari 9.1.3 on my 2009 iMac with Mavericks. Originally installed 9.1 in March of this year. Wonder why there's a problem with Yosemite, a newer OSX? LyleH

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Re: Grill Grates: Stainless? Cast Iron? Coated? Uncoated? - 6 years ago

Quoterz QuoteKludgy Thingy Have you looked here: www.grillgrate.com? (Sorry, don't know how to do links/shortcuts). Easy, just include the http :// part (no space between the http and the colon) Or, if the link is lengthy, just copy the link from your browser and paste into your MacResource message. LyleH

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Re: Okay. I never took to the time to understand the recent Spotlight - 6 years ago

Quotehal Quoteriley5108 With the results of your search in Spotlight showing, highlight your file then Hold down the Command key. The actual location will be indicated at the bottom of the preview --- that's how it works in El Cap not sure about Mav. It might have been 'option' or both keys in 10.9 - I seem to remember it changing after upgrading to 10.11. In 10.9 (Mavericks) you still hold

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