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by bloomingeek 6mo ago
Before our first trip to New Zealand, March of 2001, we did a lot of research because the plan was to drive up the South Island from the southern tip to the northern, then ferry across to the North Island. We consulted three different Trave
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by bloomingeek 6mo ago
If I may suggest, my wife and I are advanced in age. When we were young, like everyone else, we used maps and the travel atlases as we roamed around the US. I was a semi-expert at maps because of my Dad's guidance as a kid. My wife, on
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
This statement is from those who don't understand what's possibly at stake and those who are afraid to find out. Who can say how bad this will be for the kids in high school now, in the future? (Or most likely sooner.) While we in
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
Yes, I would definitely make backups on two or three different disc types.
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
Just guessing here, I'm left handed also. I don't trust myself to cut a piece of steak using the knife in my right hand. So, after cutting with my left hand, I put the knife down and use my left for forking. Or, it could be what m
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
Personally, I almost always forgive, however, I never allow that person to take advantage of me again. Trust has to be the gold standard. To err in human, thus forgive. To be taken advantage again by the same person is foolish.
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
We were in our local Target store yesterday. My wife purchased some OTC cough syrup, the self check out register wanted an employee for confirmation she was the proper age. (We're in our sixty's.) Instead of just looking at her dr
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
My rule has always been, forgive people, but never forget what they did. After they've made restitution, help them back to their feet, but don't let them ever get to the place where they can fail the same way. And whatever you do,
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
Sort of off topic, but almost the same can be said for music concerts. During slower or softer songs, people can be heard talking and laughing loudly. I get it, they paid their money, same as us, but we didn't pay to hear them.
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
Wow, what an epic looking trip! My brain began planning this out with my wife and I getting off the bus at a cool looking city and staying a few days for site seeing.
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
Indeed, after adding the NVME SSD card and installing Ubuntu on the drive, it's my daily driver.
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
I like the idea of your reply. This is what I'll add; Politics, religion and nation states, in a sense, are in some kind of shift. Politics: many nations with a lot of money and arms are engaging in world threatening actions. Religion:
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
<You can choose to not allow location tracking on those apps if that's your concern.> That's true, but can we really trust those settings? As for my laptop, like my desktop, it stays home where if/when it's tracked
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
Sorry, I should have noted. I haven't installed any apps from banks, FB, Amazon, ebay, credit card companies, reward programs or anything like that on my cell. Sure, there are apps in my cell that I basically can't uninstall that
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
I've always maintained one of the worst things that can happen to you is sitting in court before a jury of your peers, because most can't comprehend the meaning of the law outside of their feelings. NOW the worst thing is having y
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
Sorry, I disagree. This is an example of the corruption inside the American legal system. The cops are at the level of us regulars, and their judgement and actions seem to have no supervision or accountability.
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
You should tell that to Angela Lipps, I'm sure she told every cop she came in contact with she had never been to Fargo. Cops have a responsibility to do their job, part of that job is listening and relying on proof. ALL those cops were
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
Oh my, please rant on. I'd love to hear more about people not having the right to a decent and secure life. (After all, I've often thought that having my life tracked and used my a corporation or government would be a wonderful ut
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
I'm a tech loving boomer, I always use my PC for banking, ordering, etc. My wife, however, almost always uses her cell, which is great for when we are traveling. Even though we're only five years apart in age, she's lite year
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
Indeed, we tried it back in the early 80's. When they started on solid foods, it was simply terrible and unsanitary. With our first child we had to use a laundromat, they almost banned us. With our second, we had a own washer and we ba
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
<I think this is a really fantastic market move by Apple. ...as I read weirder and weirder things that Microsoft is doing with respect to Windows 12> I think this may well be what Apple is thinking! I've only ever purchased an Ap
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
Yes, on the shallow pockets. Also, I had the habit of putting my non-folding phone down when sitting, and then leaving it behind.(!) I would sit it down because it wouldn't fit into my pocket and I didn't always carry a hip pack.
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
I have a NexPhone on order for this very reason. I can't wait to see how it will work out.
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
Well...not to be disagreeable, I've had the Flip 4 and now, since it came out, a Flip 5. Both are excellent products. IF you keep a semi-fresh screen protector film on them, the screen will not break/crack in the flex/fold ar
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
Excellent info and article. I'd not heard of this paradox, but I've always told my kids, "If you have to spend more to get quality, go for it." I will say though, if I won't be using a product very often, but still
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
No doubt the system is broken. But like all systems, you get what you put into it. Something is always better then nothing, effort is always worthwhile, even if the results turn sideways. Why? Because guilt sucks.
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
Indeed, that's why we have to vote maga out and start over. We can't get lost in what we think will happen, we have to vote and then pay closer attention. We have to vote in people to congress who know exactly what the people dema
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
Well, you could bury your head in the sand, would that make you feel any better? Or one could vote out maga and, over time, start to rebuild. trump's election was helped mostly by two major factions: white women voters and many registe
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
Flippant be hanged! IMO, it all started with W Bush, who put the icing on that cake by invading Iraq based on a televised lie. He was "sneaky" but the current administration doesn't even try to sneak. The mid-terms may be our
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by bloomingeek 7mo ago
My new goals are: Seek beauty, Seek happiness and Don't make people sad. With a lot of effort, it's working. However, I soon discovered the last goal was the most difficult. Long story short, I keep my mouth shut a lot more. I fea

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