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  1. IF the incoming number is not spoofed, the iPhone can block them in the contact list. I block by entire Area Codes and Exchanges. Create a contact name Block Area 415 Set the various phone numbers to 415 *** ***** Block the contact. This works on real incoming calls. It fails when the incoming number says "415", but is actually coming from a different area code.
  2. Estate sales are another place to look. Many times the widow simply wants it all gone, and sells it at firesale prices.
  3. I replaced Photoshop with ON1 (non-subscription) after Adobe invalidated my 7 year old license. They said somebody in China registered with my serial, so they invalidated mine. Then offered to sell me a subscription to their online Photoshop. Being in the computer business... my Photoshop continues to run just fine. This morning I got the Win10 out of support message that will occur on October 14 this year. Yawn. A few months back, I grudgingly moved from Win 7 up to Win 10 on my big workstation. Not because the OS stopped working, but because I was forced to do so. Turbo Tax, Lacerte, Firefox, RODE and so many others now have built-in refuse-to-load code unless at Win 10 or higher. I keep a current copy of the offline Win 10 installer, and will update it again just before October 14. Full retail licenses are readily available for $55, which I have picked up now and again.
  4. Yep. I'm a decades long ASM coder. I remember my epiphany at my first mainframe school. Kingston NY at the IBM plant. I was there 3 months on the 3168 when it was first coming out. They took us all through the microcode that made that beast work. The lights came on, the curtain went up, the fog went away, and then a marvelous "wow" at how it all worked. I did five tours at Intel since 1997 after IBM fired all us old farts who were too close to our pension time. Intel had work to accomplish so open source or 3rd party stuff was strictly verboten.
  5. Paying less than five cents each is a breath of fresh air.
  6. I never bothered with Open Office. "Free" loses its value very quickly when the problems arise. I do a huge amount of work in Excel with VBA. This isn't available in 3rd party knockoffs. Office can be bought for as little as $60 for a version that you own forever. Mine is 2016, and works just fine. I bought it before I retired from HP, for $5 on the employee price. Also bought Visio 2016 for another $5.
  7. This is a wakeup call from God: start documenting your accounts and passwords. If this is a windows machine, there are free password breakers out there you can use. Install it on a thumb drive and boot the machine with the breaker code. It will ask which account to unload. Either your user name or Administrator (if you have the pro versions of Windows). This will let you log in. Then you change the password and DOCUMENT IT.
  8. Disagree. The bikinis don't match each other. The coverups match the bikini.
  9. "The white liberal is the worst enemy to America, and the worst enemy to the black man." --Malcolm-X, Berkeley, 1963
  10. My Yamaha digital does a respectable Bosendorfer. And takes up a whole lot less space than an upright or a grand. However, if I could find another Hammond B3 or C3 and Leslie, I would sleep standing up in the garage to accommodate that in my small house.
  11. I'm told by a CCW holder that having a CA pot card will get your Class A drivers license taken away. He drives for the USPS.
  12. The movie was excellent in DVD, and even better in Blu-Ray.
  13. My eldest daughter is a Navy Captain. She is required to deliver a urine sample on a regular basis. A corpsman is required to watch this being taken at a very close distance.
  14. There was no mention of color. Dunno where "red" came from, but not from the original statement. Cover-ups are a garment worn over bathing suits. The purpose is being more presentable in situations where just the bikini is not appropriate. The girls have a perfect right to walk through a biker bar wearing only a bikini (of any color). I would not advise doing this, so a cover-up would be a bit more useful. I still wouldn't advise doing this, but this is the World of Alpo™ so anything is possible.
  15. True that, but hey... since we are on an imaginary trip, lets get in early on inventing the John.
  16. ON1 is a more reasonable alternative to Photoshop. For starters, you can own ON1 outright... no subscription. I've owned Photoshop CS6EE for a decade now without a hitch. A few months back, mine quit working. I contacted Adobe and they told me somebody in China registered my serial number. I've had mine for a decade. But Adobe invalidated it. And that is it for customer loyalty. Above is correct... I have MANY hours of learning curve and technique development in PS. Send your one-off requirement to somebody who has the skills to do what you want. You need the highest possible resolution images for it to work the best.
  17. Gall bladder is now a literal drive-by surgery. She waited to be prepped longer than the surgery took. She is already home, doing well, and her Mommy is there to hover and take over. She is an R.N. and knows what to expect. Thanks for the kind words.
  18. Naa... it was a restaurant franchise.
  19. Yep. My Alaskan is my most kind shooter regarding knuckle slaps. My Redhawk is the worst. I have a set of Hogue for the Redhawk and SP101 357 that are both knuckle slappers. Free time being none, they remain uninstalled for now. It is easier, cheaper and more fun to shoot a bucket of 22s every week....
  20. My dad played trumpet in school, and said it was a better idea for me to play piano instead, which keeps the mouth free. He was right.
  21. It is also "gall bladder day" for my youngest daughter. She is under the knife as I write this.
  22. I also enjoy my 22s at the range every week. This week is 44 day... my Redhawk, Alaskan and a virgin Smith 629. I'm curious to see if the Smith smacks my knuckles like the Redhawk does (and Alaskan does not). 44 is all I want to tolerate for recoil..
  23. One does not jump from the bunny hill to a Black Diamond ski run nor from a Yugo to a fuelie dragster. I’d have had her work her way up in kick. That would piss off the impulsive but I’m ok with that. Imagine the consequences if she got injured or maimed from her ignorance.
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