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Re: . - 2 days ago

“.” to you too, my friend. “.” to you too.

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Re: The Fabulist Four - 2 days ago

Quotegabester QuoteAmmo How did George find time to be members of both the Beatles and The Rolling Stones plus inventing R&B? Not to mention ghostwriting most of Mozart AND Beethoven's best known works. This thread is getting just plain absurd. Santos didn't ghostwrite the best known works of Mozart and Beethoven.. Mozart and Beethoven became famous after they stole the music from Santo

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Re: Okay, here's a weird on for you. (adding dryer buzzer) - 3 days ago

My wife likes using plastic dryer balls in the dryer to help with aeration. They are hard when cold, and make a heck of a racket until they have warmed up. When the dryer goes into “cool down” mode, the balls again make a heck of a racket. The built-in buzzer is turned off (it’s painfully loud), and I use the racket from the balls to alert me that the dryer is done. Doesn’t help if

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Re: RIP: Annie Wersching at 45 [ actress ] - 3 days ago

She was a very good actress, taken far too young. RIP

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Re: Mandatory armed guards in Chicago? - 3 days ago

QuoteMr645 But not schools? Protect the money, jewelry, food, but no concern for children. I have to agree that safety of children should come first.

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Re: Mandatory armed guards in Chicago? - 3 days ago

QuoteOmbligo One of my biggest huh moments while overseas in is seeing armed guards at fast food places like Wendy's. I'm talking about a guy with a rifle or shotgun walking around in the parking lot or by the front door. Never something I thought I'd see here. We had that at the Shop-Rite in my part of North Philadelphia in the early 1990's. Not with a rifle or shotgun, but with a sidearm.

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Re: Should I, as a white person living in the U.S., feel guilty about how black people were treated in the past? - 4 days ago

Angry about the injustice and violence? - Check. Disgusted by the injustice and violence? - Check. Personally guilty about the actions of others in the past? - Is this really a thing, or was it just invented for political purposes? The concept of personal guilt for the past actions of others never entered my consciousness before people like DeSantis began blathering on about it.

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Re: Apple Pencil alternative? - 4 days ago

Consider carefully before buying a third party pencil. I bought my wife a Pencil 53 a few years ago. The app it uses is no longer available on the Apple App Store, rendering the expensive device as useful as the $1.25 stylus I bought at Dollar Tree.

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Re: FU: My friend has passed... on his own terms, but, fought to the end. - 5 days ago

You have my sympathies during this difficult time.

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Re: and now to counter Mr645 false propaganda agains COVID boosters - 6 days ago

QuoteMr645 QuoteS. Pupp Quotemattkime QuoteMr645 Medical experts agree that natural antibodies from an Omicron exposure/infection provide exceptionally effective antibodies against even the latest COVID variants such as XBB. Exposing the benefits of 'natural' antibodies is common theme among antivaxxers. "The best way to prevent getting covid is to have already had covid" Catchi

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Re: Current case of CIDP - 6 days ago

Dammit! I’m so sorry to hear that! I hope and pray things turn around. Edit: That goes for you also, Tiangou.

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Re: 39 years ago yesterday - 6 days ago

I used a Mac Plus as my sole computer for nine years, and never got tired of the monochrome 9” screen.

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Re: and now to counter Mr645 false propaganda agains COVID boosters - 7 days ago

Quotemattkime QuoteMr645 Medical experts agree that natural antibodies from an Omicron exposure/infection provide exceptionally effective antibodies against even the latest COVID variants such as XBB. Exposing the benefits of 'natural' antibodies is common theme among antivaxxers. "The best way to prevent getting covid is to have already had covid" Catching COVID is also the bes

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Re: dammit! my printer died - 7 days ago

Quotehal btw, slapping/smacking it really hard doesn't help either - nor does throwing it down to the floor, but I tried those too I really miss those old tube TVs that many insist that giving it an openhanded slap in just the right way would make the picture better. Those were great days. Arguing over whether or not it should be hit, how it should be hit etc... My Mac Plus needed a slap on

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Re: dammit! my printer died - 7 days ago

QuoteRobert M S. Pupp, You're gonna have a tough time finding a printer manufacturer that doesn't treat them as disposable. They all do that these days. Robert I’m glad, then, that I bought my current printer, a Brother laser printer, for $8 at the thrift store. Another $6 got me a spare toner cartridge. So far so good.

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Re: and now to counter Mr645 false propaganda agains COVID boosters - 7 days ago

I, for one, do see Biden’s COVID policy as a failure; 15% compliance is not a success. Vaccine and COVID misinformation are to blame. Too bad that those responsible (e.g. conservative propaganda outlets) are not held responsible for the resulting morbidity and mortality.

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Re: dammit! my printer died - 7 days ago

My wife’s Canon AIO inkjet is still going strong after about 14 years. It’s a good thing I downloaded the Windows 10 compatible drivers when I did - they’ve been removed from the Canon website. My Canon inkjet printer lasted 14 years (printhead replaced after 7 years), and might still be going if another replacement printhead were available. My 2017 Canon AIO failed after four years.

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Re: Recommend me an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) under $200 - 9 days ago

QuoteBuzz Cyberpower puresine 1500VA? often snaggable for $200 on sale, otherwise ~$220. == That would be my recommendation also.

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Re: Ok, So Why Is He Shooting Insulin? - 11 days ago

You cannot predict ahead of time how someone will respond to insulin. The dose will likely be increased over time until diabetes is well controlled.

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Re: I've accepted that I'm mostly incompetent. But I'm lucky. - 12 days ago

I remember insider from the DM forum. When I found out about/joined MRF in 2016, I fully expected to find him here. Maybe he is, just under a different name, as others have done.

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Re: I hate Stealerships..... - 14 days ago

I recall going to my stealership’s body shop after a fender bender some time ago. The arrogant master was going over with his student how to maximize profits — right in front of me. The estimate came to $2,000. I took it down the street to Maaco and had it done for $250.

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Re: Windows Backup? something like CCC or Time Machine? - 15 days ago

Macrium Reflect does both cloning and full backup. It can back up daily changes on a schedule, also. It even adds a boot menu to Windows, allowing you to boot to into a Macrium Windows PE environment to restore from the backup. It has saved my bacon about half a dozen times over the past 10 years. There is a free version available.

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Re: Republicans want Biden home visitor logs - but not Trump's - 17 days ago

Democrats have been mean to Trump for 6 years, so it is time for Republicans to be mean to Biden. Pay attention, elementary school children - if you mature emotionally, you won't be eligible to serve in politics.

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Re: Bring this guy to the USA! - 18 days ago

I’ve seen my wife stand up to her supervisors in the same way. She’d make a great journalist.

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Re: Idaho-lee crap! ‘Women’s health? Let me explain how cows work…’ - 18 days ago

I’m a lifelong constipation sufferer. I’ve had external and internal hemorrhoids and anal fissures. I have definite opinions on buttholes.

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Re: What is this document-gate is a flase flag operation - 19 days ago

Quotegabester Quotegadje So that Biden has an excuse to resign AFTER Jan 20th so that Kamala becomes the first Woman president AND she is eligible for 2 more FULL TERMS? Hm... or, if Biden resigns BEFORE Jan 20th, does that mean he is eligible for 2 more full terms? If one goes by Trumpian logic, Biden already qualifies for a third term simply because Republicans are being mean to him.

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Re: McCarthy says he’s willing to look at expunging a Trump impeachment - 20 days ago

“Willing to take a look” is different from “willing to expunge.” Due to the risks of being throttled by an angry Trumpster, I’m not surprised he responded that way.

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Re: Breaking news: Biden’s home in Delaware is where second set of classified files were found - 20 days ago

The arrogance of politicians who play carelessly with the security of our country by their beliefs that classified documents are their own personal playthings is just beyond me. All politicians this careless, including Biden and Trump, need to be held accountable. At least Biden is behaving like an adult, and not following his GOP counterpart by refusing to cooperate and crying online in an e

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Re: New GOP Oversight chair launches probes into Biden finances, Hunter Biden laptop story - 21 days ago

QuoteSteve G. QuoteLizabeth Time to start complaining to your Republican reps... The GOP rep closest to me is George Santos. He'll get right on it. My senator is Lindsay Graham. Likewise.

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Re: Divided House Approves G.O.P. Inquiry Into ‘Weaponization’ of Government (NYT and WaPo gift links included) - 22 days ago

And what happens when the investigation of the weaponization of government leads straight to DJT?

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