I finally did it. Bought a new tracfone and upgraded to camera and
broswser capability. I will send my daughter a picture on her
birthday, she being convinced I'm a cellphone dunce. Also jes got a
new flat panel LCD monitor, my old CRT monitor having died last
weekend. Jay-sus! ....I'm being dragged into the 21st century,
kicking and screaming.

Also bought a doz organic eggs from Safeway. The org eggs from Kroger
were abysmal, not even as good as their cheapo eggs. I'm sooo into
lemon bars, it's killing me. Jes wanna get a good recipe perfected b4
I burn out on the damn things ....which I need to do, they having 4
eggs and a whole stick of butter (1/4lb) per batch. Here I went semi
vague'n to lower my cholesterol and now I'm shooting myself in the
foot with a home baked desert.

Ya' can't deny yer palate.

nb

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On May 25, 3:28*pm, notbob > wrote:
> I finally did it. *Bought a new tracfone and upgraded to camera and
> broswser capability. *I will send my daughter a picture on her
> birthday, she being convinced I'm a cellphone dunce. *Also jes got a
> new flat panel LCD monitor, my old CRT monitor having died last
> weekend. *Jay-sus! *....I'm being dragged into the 21st century,
> kicking and screaming. *
>
> Also bought a doz organic eggs from Safeway. *The org eggs from Kroger
> were abysmal, not even as good as their cheapo eggs. *I'm sooo into
> lemon bars, it's killing me. *Jes wanna get a good recipe perfected b4
> I burn out on the damn things ....which I need to do, they having 4
> eggs and a whole stick of butter (1/4lb) per batch. *Here I went semi
> vague'n to lower my cholesterol and now I'm shooting myself in the
> foot with a home baked desert.
>
> Ya' can't deny yer palate. *
>
> nb
>
> --
> vi --the heart of evil!
> Support labeling GMOs
> <http://www.labelgmos.org/>

Have a couple or three shots of some good booze, smoke a joint...and
just calm down.

On Fri, 25 May 2012 15:34:19 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
> wrote:

>On May 25, 3:28*pm, notbob > wrote:
>> I finally did it. *Bought a new tracfone and upgraded to camera and
>> broswser capability. *I will send my daughter a picture on her
>> birthday, she being convinced I'm a cellphone dunce. *Also jes got a
>> new flat panel LCD monitor, my old CRT monitor having died last
>> weekend. *Jay-sus! *....I'm being dragged into the 21st century,
>> kicking and screaming. *
>>
>> Also bought a doz organic eggs from Safeway. *The org eggs from Kroger
>> were abysmal, not even as good as their cheapo eggs. *I'm sooo into
>> lemon bars, it's killing me. *Jes wanna get a good recipe perfected b4
>> I burn out on the damn things ....which I need to do, they having 4
>> eggs and a whole stick of butter (1/4lb) per batch. *Here I went semi
>> vague'n to lower my cholesterol and now I'm shooting myself in the
>> foot with a home baked desert.
>>
>> Ya' can't deny yer palate. *
>>
>> nb
>>
>> --
>> vi --the heart of evil!
>> Support labeling GMOs
>> <http://www.labelgmos.org/>
>
>Have a couple or three shots of some good booze, smoke a joint...and
>just calm down.

Hey don't bogart that joint

On 2012-05-26, BT > wrote:
> On Fri, 25 May 2012 15:34:19 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown

>>Have a couple or three shots of some good booze, smoke a joint...and
>>just calm down.
>
> Hey don't bogart that joint

After sorting out my new cellphone and my new monitor, I'm doing jes
that. Couple/3 shots of Wild Turkey, that is.

nb

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"notbob" > wrote in message
...
> I finally did it. Bought a new tracfone and upgraded to camera and
> broswser capability. I will send my daughter a picture on her
> birthday, she being convinced I'm a cellphone dunce. Also jes got a
> new flat panel LCD monitor, my old CRT monitor having died last
> weekend. Jay-sus! ....I'm being dragged into the 21st century,
> kicking and screaming.
>
LOL! I just cancelled my cell phone service today. It was a ridiculous
waste of money. I can't get a signal unless I walk to the end of the
driveway, cross both fingers, hop up and down on one foot while reciting
poetry We're talking serious lack of cell coverage here. I have a land
line. No longer a cell phone.

> Also bought a doz organic eggs from Safeway. The org eggs from Kroger
> were abysmal, not even as good as their cheapo eggs.

I'll jump on the non-organic bandwagon. It's a marketing scheme designed to
make you pay more for eggs. Unless you were there throughout the process,
how do you know the eggs are organic?

> Ya' can't deny yer palate.
>
> nb
>
Sure you can. Except when you get a craving for lemon bars

Jill

On 2012-05-26, jmcquown > wrote:

> I'll jump on the non-organic bandwagon. It's a marketing scheme designed to
> make you pay more for eggs. Unless you were there throughout the process,
> how do you know the eggs are organic?

It's definitely a crapshoot. The last organic eggs I bought were
terrible. OTOH, the organic cilantro and flat parsely I buy are
infinitely superior and more flavorful than the non-orgainic
offerings. I'm still exploring it.

nb

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On 25 May 2012 22:28:20 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>I finally did it. Bought a new tracfone and upgraded to camera and
>broswser capability. I will send my daughter a picture on her
>birthday, she being convinced I'm a cellphone dunce. Also jes got a
>new flat panel LCD monitor, my old CRT monitor having died last
>weekend. Jay-sus! ....I'm being dragged into the 21st century,
>kicking and screaming.

Amazing difference on the monitor huh? I have a 19" CRT TV that I'm
unable to give away. Tomorrow it goes to the curb with a "free" sign.
I offered it to a nursing home and they had no interest.

You do have a H-iDef TV don't you? Amazing difference.

notbob wrote:
>
> It's definitely a crapshoot. The last organic eggs I bought were
> terrible. OTOH, the organic cilantro and flat parsely I buy are
> infinitely superior and more flavorful than the non-orgainic
> offerings. I'm still exploring it.

The best oranges I ever had were organic.
Packed with flavor. I've heard it claimed
that fertilizers cause large growth but low
in flavor, while growth without fertilizer
or just organic fertilizer causes smaller
but more concentrated growth.

Another possibility is that the type of
farmer who grows organic is also the type
who invests more care producing a quality
product, rather than quality being a result
of organic methods.

On 5/25/2012 11:01 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 25 May 2012 22:28:20 GMT, > wrote:

>> Also jes got a
>> new flat panel LCD monitor, my old CRT monitor having died last
>> weekend. Jay-sus! ....I'm being dragged into the 21st century,
>> kicking and screaming.
>
> Amazing difference on the monitor huh?

It's hard for me to believe how big my monitor used to be
and how much room it took up on my desk.

> I have a 19" CRT TV that I'm
> unable to give away. Tomorrow it goes to the curb with a "free" sign.
> I offered it to a nursing home and they had no interest.

Nobody wants it. I couldn't give mine away, either. It's the
first time I replaced a tv that was working fine, but I had
to get that big clunky thing out of here.

nancy

On 5/25/2012 8:42 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>
> "notbob" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I finally did it. Bought a new tracfone and upgraded to camera and
>> broswser capability. I will send my daughter a picture on her
>> birthday, she being convinced I'm a cellphone dunce. Also jes got a
>> new flat panel LCD monitor, my old CRT monitor having died last
>> weekend. Jay-sus! ....I'm being dragged into the 21st century,
>> kicking and screaming.
>>
> LOL! I just cancelled my cell phone service today. It was a ridiculous
> waste of money. I can't get a signal unless I walk to the end of the
> driveway, cross both fingers, hop up and down on one foot while reciting
> poetry We're talking serious lack of cell coverage here. I have a
> land line. No longer a cell phone.


Often it is just a matter of switching carriers since it is pretty
common for the carriers to have different cell site locations. My phone
is on VZW and there are 3 bars when in the basement. tmobile as an
example might be available here if you walk down the street and find
just the right spot and don't move.

>
>> Also bought a doz organic eggs from Safeway. The org eggs from Kroger
>> were abysmal, not even as good as their cheapo eggs.
>
> I'll jump on the non-organic bandwagon. It's a marketing scheme designed
> to make you pay more for eggs. Unless you were there throughout the
> process, how do you know the eggs are organic?
>
>> Ya' can't deny yer palate.
>>
>> nb
>>
> Sure you can. Except when you get a craving for lemon bars
>
> Jill

In article >,
says...

> I'll jump on the non-organic bandwagon. It's a marketing scheme designed to
> make you pay more for eggs. Unless you were there throughout the process,
> how do you know the eggs are organic?

In the UK, you'd know because the Organic label is so strictly
regulated , accredited and inspected that cheats have no hope of getting
away with it.

Legitimate local rivals would dob them in right away. I've seen this in
action; a farm shop selling meat it falsely advertised was both Organic
and raised on the farm lasted less than 24 hours before their trading
operation was reported, inspected, forcibly shut down on grounds of health
safety and the operators subsequently prosecuted.

Anyone who has ever tasted eggs produced on true free range pasture by
organically managed hens will never mistake them for lesser-quality eggs.


Janet.

On Fri, 25 May 2012 23:01:11 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 25 May 2012 22:28:20 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
>>I finally did it. Bought a new tracfone and upgraded to camera and
>>broswser capability. I will send my daughter a picture on her
>>birthday, she being convinced I'm a cellphone dunce. Also jes got a
>>new flat panel LCD monitor, my old CRT monitor having died last
>>weekend. Jay-sus! ....I'm being dragged into the 21st century,
>>kicking and screaming.
>
>Amazing difference on the monitor huh? I have a 19" CRT TV that I'm
>unable to give away. Tomorrow it goes to the curb with a "free" sign.
>I offered it to a nursing home and they had no interest.

I had a Dell 21" crt, was sent as a warrenty replacement, but in the
interim I bought a flat panel monitor so never used the crt. It sat
for nearly two years when I decided I would never use it. No one I
offered to for free would take it. Finally I put it to the curb,
where it sat for most of a week until the trash truck came by and the
driver dumped it in with the recyclables.

On Sat, 26 May 2012 06:08:04 +0000, MotoFox
<confucius-say@enlightenment!to!him!lead!it!for!bangpath!foll ow!man!wise.UUCP>
wrote:

>And it came to pass that jmcquown delivered the following message unto the
>people, saying~
>
>> LOL! I just cancelled my cell phone service today. It was a ridiculous
>> waste of money. I can't get a signal unless I walk to the end of the
>> driveway, cross both fingers, hop up and down on one foot while reciting
>> poetry We're talking serious lack of cell coverage here. I have a
>> land line. No longer a cell phone.
>
>Yup. Been that way all along, myself.
>
>> I'll jump on the non-organic bandwagon. It's a marketing scheme designed
>> to make you pay more for eggs. Unless you were there throughout the
>> process, how do you know the eggs are organic?
>
>Legalised fraud. "Organic" is just Hippiese/Marketr0idish for "pay more
>for an inferior product that spoils sooner". The whole "organic" fad is
>just a scam meant to dick more money out of consumers whilst making them
>think they're getting something that's somehow superior or better for
>them. Really, it's just exactly the same old product you'd been getting
>for years, except it now costs 40% more and is justified by feel-good
>buzzwords.
>
>It's fraud, plain and simple.

'Zactly! There is no such thing as organic food, not so long as
there's precipitation and gravity. And it's very easy to tell that
produce isn't organic, if it has no insect damage it's not organic.
The idiots who pay nearly double for perfect looking organic produce
have smaller brains than an insect. I don't use any insecticides in
my vegetable garden, it's rare I harvest anything that doesn't show
some sign of insect nibbling.

On 2012-05-26, Janet > wrote:

> In the UK, you'd know because the Organic label is so strictly
> regulated , accredited and inspected that cheats have no hope of getting
> away with it.

I wish it was so, here, Janet. Sadly, it's not. Agribiz has been
hacking away at the basic tenents of organic ag for a long time and I
can see it becoming a mere folly of the true concept.

> Anyone who has ever tasted eggs produced on true free range pasture by
> organically managed hens will never mistake them for lesser-quality eggs.

I bought some org eggs from one store. Pitiful. Little/no flavor
improvement, not even as good as the store's cheapo egg-factory eggs.
I'm trying another org brand from another store. We'll see.

I used to buy eggs from a cow orker who raised chickens at home. They
were beyond good, almost freakishly excellent. Yolks bright orange!
Not yellow. They stood up like Pam Andersons hooters. So thick and
rich, were like yellow honey. I've never seen eggs like that again,
organic or otherwise. That was 30 yrs ago. I'd raise some egg
chickens if I could, but can't. So sad.

nb

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On 2012-05-26, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> offered to for free would take it. Finally I put it to the curb,
> where it sat for most of a week until the trash truck came by and the
> driver dumped it in with the recyclables.

I wish. Costs $10 per to unload 'em, here. I've got $30 worth of
dead CRTs, so far.



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notbob wrote:
>
> On 2012-05-26, Janet > wrote:
>
> > In the UK, you'd know because the Organic label is so strictly
> > regulated , accredited and inspected that cheats have no hope of getting
> > away with it.
>
> I wish it was so, here, Janet. Sadly, it's not. Agribiz has been
> hacking away at the basic tenents of organic ag for a long time and I
> can see it becoming a mere folly of the true concept.
>
> > Anyone who has ever tasted eggs produced on true free range pasture by
> > organically managed hens will never mistake them for lesser-quality eggs.
>
> I bought some org eggs from one store. Pitiful. Little/no flavor
> improvement, not even as good as the store's cheapo egg-factory eggs.
> I'm trying another org brand from another store. We'll see.
>
> I used to buy eggs from a cow orker who raised chickens at home.

Cow orker's really do sell the best eggs, imo.

On Fri, 25 May 2012 20:42:37 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

> I'll jump on the non-organic bandwagon. It's a marketing scheme designed to
> make you pay more for eggs. Unless you were there throughout the process,
> how do you know the eggs are organic?

Organic yes, I go along with you on that... but the other catch phrase
on egg cartons is "cage free"... a term with many interpretations.

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On 5/26/2012 7:27 AM, George wrote:

> Often it is just a matter of switching carriers since it is pretty
> common for the carriers to have different cell site locations. My phone
> is on VZW and there are 3 bars when in the basement. tmobile as an
> example might be available here if you walk down the street and find
> just the right spot and don't move.

I have a work blackerry with verizon service and there is a hotkey combo
to update your phone occasionally with the best reception. I think it's
*22 or *21. I'll have to go look up my last support email when I get a
chance.

On 5/25/2012 11:29 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
> It's hard for me to believe how big my monitor used to be
> and how much room it took up on my desk.

I have an old 17" monitor that I can't even lift. It's staying put
downstairs until someone either takes it to a recycle place or someone
wants it. Works fine, it's just too heavy.

My cats used to love old monitors. They could sit on them and stay warm.

In article >,
says...
>
> On 5/25/2012 11:29 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> >
> > It's hard for me to believe how big my monitor used to be
> > and how much room it took up on my desk.
>
> I have an old 17" monitor that I can't even lift. It's staying put
> downstairs until someone either takes it to a recycle place or someone
> wants it. Works fine, it's just too heavy.
>
> My cats used to love old monitors. They could sit on them and stay warm.

Yep. I remember a Sears tube-type console TV that usually had 9 Siamese
cats piled up on top of it. OTOH, you can get a 2x3 foot purpose made
electric cat bed for 50 bucks that probably uses less power.

On 5/25/2012 11:29 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 5/25/2012 11:01 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 25 May 2012 22:28:20 GMT, > wrote:
>
>>> Also jes got a
>>> new flat panel LCD monitor, my old CRT monitor having died last
>>> weekend. Jay-sus! ....I'm being dragged into the 21st century,
>>> kicking and screaming.
>>
>> Amazing difference on the monitor huh?
>
> It's hard for me to believe how big my monitor used to be
> and how much room it took up on my desk.
>
> > I have a 19" CRT TV that I'm
>> unable to give away. Tomorrow it goes to the curb with a "free" sign.
>> I offered it to a nursing home and they had no interest.
>
> Nobody wants it. I couldn't give mine away, either. It's the
> first time I replaced a tv that was working fine, but I had
> to get that big clunky thing out of here.
>
> nancy

Same here. First time I replaced a working TV. It took two people and a
hand truck to wheel it out. Nobody wanted it. But we lucked out. The
county already announced they were overwhelmed with electronic recycling
from the prior year. A local TV station has an annual home show at a
local mall. In conjunction with that they were going to hold free
electronic recycling. I couldn't believe it the traffic. There were two
queues formed leading into two unloading areas and there had to be
10,000 TVs near where we unloaded.

On 5/26/2012 6:23 PM, Cheryl wrote:
> On 5/26/2012 7:27 AM, George wrote:
>
>> Often it is just a matter of switching carriers since it is pretty
>> common for the carriers to have different cell site locations. My phone
>> is on VZW and there are 3 bars when in the basement. tmobile as an
>> example might be available here if you walk down the street and find
>> just the right spot and don't move.
>
> I have a work blackerry with verizon service and there is a hotkey combo
> to update your phone occasionally with the best reception. I think it's
> *22 or *21. I'll have to go look up my last support email when I get a
> chance.

*228, It updates the PRL (Preferred Roaming List). It was also the
famous thing that Verizon CS folks are trained to tell you about even it
it makes no sense. So when you called about a problem they would tell
you it had to be because you didn't update the PRL. The PRL actually
only does something if you are not using native coverage.

4G Verizon phones use SIMs and are now automatically updated. If I dial
*228 on my current phone it gives an error message.

Cheryl wrote:
>Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> It's hard for me to believe how big my monitor used to be
>> and how much room it took up on my desk.
>
>I have an old 17" monitor that I can't even lift. It's staying put
>downstairs until someone either takes it to a recycle place or someone
>wants it. Works fine, it's just too heavy.

Try lifting my 36" Sony, it weighs 207 pounds. It got electricuted
during a lightening storm and would only turn on occasionally and then
after a couple minutes cut off. Sony wanted me to ship it to their
repair shop in Florida, R U Nutz! I managed to lift it off its stand
onto a blanket on the floor and dragged to the next room where it sat
for six months. Meanwhile I bought the 55" Vizio. One day I went to
try the Sony and amazingly it turned on and played perfectly, it took
that long for the charge in its built in spike arrestor to bleed out,
least that's what I was told by the cable tv tech. I offered it to a
few people but the cheapo *******s would only take it if I delivered
it... I decided to keep it, it plays well and has an excellent picture
for a flat screen crt. It cost $2,200 ten years ago, when flat panels
first came out and a small one cost $10,000.

>My cats used to love old monitors. They could sit on them and stay warm.

Peachie:
http://i49.tinypic.com/30sygp4.jpg

Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> >My cats used to love old monitors. They could sit on them and stay warm.
>
> Peachie:
> http://i49.tinypic.com/30sygp4.jpg

My old ferret, Fred, loved to sit on top of my aquarium. He would take deep
breaths and stick his head underwater trying to catch the fish in there.
Smartly, the fish would stay at the bottom of the tank whenever they saw his
head underwater. It was funny.

gary

On 5/27/2012 8:27 AM, George wrote:
> On 5/25/2012 11:29 PM, Nancy Young wrote:

>> Nobody wants it. I couldn't give mine away, either. It's the
>> first time I replaced a tv that was working fine, but I had
>> to get that big clunky thing out of here.

> Same here. First time I replaced a working TV. It took two people and a
> hand truck to wheel it out.

Right? Mine wasn't even that big, but it was heavy and
awkward. Not surprising, since that's the reason I wanted a
new tv. I just thought How did we get it up here in the first
place?

> Nobody wanted it. But we lucked out. The
> county already announced they were overwhelmed with electronic recycling
> from the prior year. A local TV station has an annual home show at a
> local mall. In conjunction with that they were going to hold free
> electronic recycling. I couldn't believe it the traffic. There were two
> queues formed leading into two unloading areas and there had to be
> 10,000 TVs near where we unloaded.

Cool. We have to take ours to the town recycling center. I see
what happens to refrigerators and the like, it's stripped down almost
completely recycled. I wonder what they do with tv sets.

nancy

On Sun, 27 May 2012 10:06:43 -0400, Nancy Young <replyto@inemail>
wrote:

>On 5/27/2012 8:27 AM, George wrote:
>> On 5/25/2012 11:29 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> Nobody wants it. I couldn't give mine away, either. It's the
>>> first time I replaced a tv that was working fine, but I had
>>> to get that big clunky thing out of here.
>
>> Same here. First time I replaced a working TV. It took two people and a
>> hand truck to wheel it out.
>
>Right? Mine wasn't even that big, but it was heavy and
>awkward. Not surprising, since that's the reason I wanted a
>new tv. I just thought How did we get it up here in the first
>place?
>
>> Nobody wanted it. But we lucked out. The
>> county already announced they were overwhelmed with electronic recycling
>> from the prior year. A local TV station has an annual home show at a
>> local mall. In conjunction with that they were going to hold free
>> electronic recycling. I couldn't believe it the traffic. There were two
>> queues formed leading into two unloading areas and there had to be
>> 10,000 TVs near where we unloaded.
>
>Cool. We have to take ours to the town recycling center. I see
>what happens to refrigerators and the like, it's stripped down almost
>completely recycled. I wonder what they do with tv sets.
>
>nancy


Goodwill accepts electronics. If it works, they resell it after
cleaning the hard drive. If it is not working it goes to center that
strips and sells the material in them. Check with your local Goodwill
and see if they will pick up.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

On 5/27/2012 10:06 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 5/27/2012 8:27 AM, George wrote:
>> On 5/25/2012 11:29 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> Nobody wants it. I couldn't give mine away, either. It's the
>>> first time I replaced a tv that was working fine, but I had
>>> to get that big clunky thing out of here.
>
>> Same here. First time I replaced a working TV. It took two people and a
>> hand truck to wheel it out.
>
> Right? Mine wasn't even that big, but it was heavy and
> awkward. Not surprising, since that's the reason I wanted a
> new tv. I just thought How did we get it up here in the first
> place?
>
>> Nobody wanted it. But we lucked out. The
>> county already announced they were overwhelmed with electronic recycling
>> from the prior year. A local TV station has an annual home show at a
>> local mall. In conjunction with that they were going to hold free
>> electronic recycling. I couldn't believe it the traffic. There were two
>> queues formed leading into two unloading areas and there had to be
>> 10,000 TVs near where we unloaded.
>
> Cool. We have to take ours to the town recycling center. I see
> what happens to refrigerators and the like, it's stripped down almost
> completely recycled. I wonder what they do with tv sets.
>
> nancy

Don't know. Most of the large scale recycling processes don't work out
because they are so many different materials involved in TVs and
monitors. So the equipment and labor needed to separate the different
materials is higher than the resale value of those materials.

On Sun, 27 May 2012 08:33:53 -0400, George >
wrote:

> On 5/26/2012 6:23 PM, Cheryl wrote:
> > On 5/26/2012 7:27 AM, George wrote:
> >
> >> Often it is just a matter of switching carriers since it is pretty
> >> common for the carriers to have different cell site locations. My phone
> >> is on VZW and there are 3 bars when in the basement. tmobile as an
> >> example might be available here if you walk down the street and find
> >> just the right spot and don't move.
> >
> > I have a work blackerry with verizon service and there is a hotkey combo
> > to update your phone occasionally with the best reception. I think it's
> > *22 or *21. I'll have to go look up my last support email when I get a
> > chance.
>
> *228, It updates the PRL (Preferred Roaming List). It was also the
> famous thing that Verizon CS folks are trained to tell you about even it
> it makes no sense. So when you called about a problem they would tell
> you it had to be because you didn't update the PRL. The PRL actually
> only does something if you are not using native coverage.
>
> 4G Verizon phones use SIMs and are now automatically updated. If I dial
> *228 on my current phone it gives an error message.

This is all new information to me and I've been with Verizon for at
least 10 years, probably a lot more. Shows how many times I've needed
to call customer service if that was a standard part of the CS spiel.

Are you saying that this is a way to be covered when we're in an area
that coverage the map tells us Verizon doesn't cover, or does it just
cover us when we are in a "black hole" within a coverage area? If it
really switches carriers, I could have used that before my mother's
death because she lived between two coastal mountain ranges in an area
that was only covered by AT&T; so I had to borrow her cell phone if I
wanted to make a long distance call.



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"George" > wrote in message
...
> On 5/25/2012 8:42 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> "notbob" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I finally did it. Bought a new tracfone and upgraded to camera and
>>> broswser capability. I will send my daughter a picture on her
>>> birthday, she being convinced I'm a cellphone dunce. Also jes got a
>>> new flat panel LCD monitor, my old CRT monitor having died last
>>> weekend. Jay-sus! ....I'm being dragged into the 21st century,
>>> kicking and screaming.
>>>
>> LOL! I just cancelled my cell phone service today. It was a ridiculous
>> waste of money. I can't get a signal unless I walk to the end of the
>> driveway, cross both fingers, hop up and down on one foot while reciting
>> poetry We're talking serious lack of cell coverage here. I have a
>> land line. No longer a cell phone.
>
> Often it is just a matter of switching carriers since it is pretty common
> for the carriers to have different cell site locations. My phone is on VZW
> and there are 3 bars when in the basement. tmobile as an example might be
> available here if you walk down the street and find just the right spot
> and don't move.
>
George, I'd rather spend the $35/month on groceries. I live on what is
pretty much a string of barrier islands. None of my friends and neighbors
have cell phones because they don't work here, regardless of the carrier. I
was late to the game on figuring out I don't have a need for a cell phone.

Jill

On 5/27/2012 10:06 AM, Nancy Young wrote:

> Cool. We have to take ours to the town recycling center. I see
> what happens to refrigerators and the like, it's stripped down almost
> completely recycled. I wonder what they do with tv sets.

A couple of times a year there is a recycling event at a local minor
league baseball stadium in town (Go Bowie Baysox!) and they take
electronics, old paint and other hazardous material (the list isn't all
inclusive), old appliances, and they even have big paper shredders. I
haven't seen an event lately but I'm on the watch for it.

On 25 May 2012 22:28:20 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>I finally did it. Bought a new tracfone and upgraded to camera and
>broswser capability. I will send my daughter a picture on her
>birthday, she being convinced I'm a cellphone dunce. Also jes got a
>new flat panel LCD monitor, my old CRT monitor having died last
>weekend. Jay-sus! ....I'm being dragged into the 21st century,
>kicking and screaming.
>
>Also bought a doz organic eggs from Safeway. The org eggs from Kroger
>were abysmal, not even as good as their cheapo eggs. I'm sooo into
>lemon bars, it's killing me. Jes wanna get a good recipe perfected b4
>I burn out on the damn things ....which I need to do, they having 4
>eggs and a whole stick of butter (1/4lb) per batch. Here I went semi
>vague'n to lower my cholesterol and now I'm shooting myself in the
>foot with a home baked desert.
>
>Ya' can't deny yer palate.
>
>nb

Which model of phone did you get? I am thinking about upgrading my
Tracfone but can't decide what I want.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

On 2012-05-27, The Cook > wrote:

> Which model of phone did you get? I am thinking about upgrading my
> Tracfone but can't decide what I want.

I got the cheapest smartphone ever, only $29.95 at Walmart. It's an
LG501C and has even more stuff than I ever dreamed of. I bought it
merely to trade cellphone pictures to my daughter (MMS), but
discovered I can also access the internet, if necessary. It also has
a real qwerty keyboard. Amazing!

One thing to know, Susan. What you can get from tracfone is dependent
on your location. I'm waaay out in the CO boonies, so only certain
low end models are available in this area. I can't get the better
models available If I lived in, say, Denver. It seems to be an area
code thing. I could buy a more featured phone if I purchased it in
Denver and settled for a Denver area code. OTOH, I can't imagine
wanting more features than this cheapo LG model has. Pictures, txt
msg, www access, qwerty keyboard, waaay more than I'll ever use.
Plus, I got my 5 hr time xfered, no problem. Fees are more than
reasonable. Reg voice phone and internet connection is a straight
min-per-min fee. Txt msgs are only 1/3 min for the entire msg (120
characters). Lastly, I think this model automatically qualifies me
for dbl-time mins, though I'm not real sure how that works. We'll
see. I more than happy, as I thought I was gonna hafta spend 2X-3X as
much for this level of phone.

nb

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On 27 May 2012 20:28:30 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2012-05-27, The Cook > wrote:
>
>> Which model of phone did you get? I am thinking about upgrading my
>> Tracfone but can't decide what I want.
>
>I got the cheapest smartphone ever, only $29.95 at Walmart. It's an
>LG501C and has even more stuff than I ever dreamed of. I bought it
>merely to trade cellphone pictures to my daughter (MMS), but
>discovered I can also access the internet, if necessary. It also has
>a real qwerty keyboard. Amazing!
>
>One thing to know, Susan. What you can get from tracfone is dependent
>on your location. I'm waaay out in the CO boonies, so only certain
>low end models are available in this area. I can't get the better
>models available If I lived in, say, Denver. It seems to be an area
>code thing. I could buy a more featured phone if I purchased it in
>Denver and settled for a Denver area code. OTOH, I can't imagine
>wanting more features than this cheapo LG model has. Pictures, txt
>msg, www access, qwerty keyboard, waaay more than I'll ever use.
>Plus, I got my 5 hr time xfered, no problem. Fees are more than
>reasonable. Reg voice phone and internet connection is a straight
>min-per-min fee. Txt msgs are only 1/3 min for the entire msg (120
>characters). Lastly, I think this model automatically qualifies me
>for dbl-time mins, though I'm not real sure how that works. We'll
>see. I more than happy, as I thought I was gonna hafta spend 2X-3X as
>much for this level of phone.
>
>nb

I think I am going for the Samsung R455C since I want something I can
see and type on. It has more bells and whistles than I really want
but most of the others are about the same size as the one I have now.
I may decide that some of the other things are useful, like taking
pictures. I almost always have my phone with me but rarely do I have
my camera.

The double minutes means that if you buy 60 minutes your actually get
120. Right now I have 1200+ minutes and pay $6+ per month to keep the
account active. I am sure I can transfer my current minutes to the
new phone. I have done that before when we got new phones. I will
get it a soon as I get back from vacation. I have been using Tracfone
for over 10 years.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

On 5/27/2012 6:35 PM, The Cook wrote:

> I think I am going for the Samsung R455C since I want something I can
> see and type on. It has more bells and whistles than I really want
> but most of the others are about the same size as the one I have now.
> I may decide that some of the other things are useful, like taking
> pictures. I almost always have my phone with me but rarely do I have
> my camera.
>
> The double minutes means that if you buy 60 minutes your actually get
> 120. Right now I have 1200+ minutes and pay $6+ per month to keep the
> account active. I am sure I can transfer my current minutes to the
> new phone. I have done that before when we got new phones. I will
> get it a soon as I get back from vacation. I have been using Tracfone
> for over 10 years.

I'm happy with Tracfone, too. I have a couple of Motorolas, the most
recent one is the EX124G which has a lot of features, not that I use
any of them.

It replaced a Samsung, which was horrible to talk on. Read reviews
and good luck.

nancy

On 5/27/2012 6:35 PM, The Cook wrote:

> The double minutes means that if you buy 60 minutes your actually get
> 120. Right now I have 1200+ minutes and pay $6+ per month to keep the
> account active. I am sure I can transfer my current minutes to the
> new phone. I have done that before when we got new phones. I will
> get it a soon as I get back from vacation. I have been using Tracfone
> for over 10 years.

It's also easy to transfer your phone number from one tracfone to the next.

On 05/26/2012 12:28 AM, notbob wrote:
> I finally did it. Bought a new tracfone and upgraded to camera and
> broswser capability. I will send my daughter a picture on her
> birthday, she being convinced I'm a cellphone dunce. Also jes got a
> new flat panel LCD monitor, my old CRT monitor having died last
> weekend. Jay-sus! ....I'm being dragged into the 21st century,
> kicking and screaming.

O.M.G nb, what's next - you gonna jine FB? (Or is that old news already?)

;-)

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On 5/28/2012 2:49 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sun, 27 May 2012 19:31:33 -0400, Cheryl wrote:
>
>> It's also easy to transfer your phone number from one tracfone to the next.
>
> They have only gotten it right one out of five times for me. I have
> had four different phone numbers in 4 years. One time when I
> complained they said they'd overnight me a new pre-programmed SIM with
> my old phone number. Called back 3 days later and they no record of
> the case #, my call, nor the shipment.
>
> Only this last time, in February, did they transfer my number
> correctly.

Strange. I've transferred my number probably 5 times without a problem.
I've had the same cell phone number since 1995.

On 5/28/2012 10:42 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sat, 26 May 2012 22:47:35 -0400, Cheryl wrote:
>
>> My cats used to love old monitors. They could sit on them and stay warm.
>
> At work I would sit my frozen Stouffers entree up there when I came in
> in the morning and it would be thawed by lunchtime. Then microwaving
> it only took a couple minutes.

I usually just leave mine on my side table or in the desk drawer until
lunch and it's thawed. I thought I was the only one that did that.
Everyone else at work takes theirs out of the freezer and hogs the mw
for 6 minutes. I've never found anything wrong with it when heated up
thawed.

On 5/28/2012 10:42 PM, Sqwertz wrote:

> At work I would sit my frozen Stouffers entree up there when I came in
> in the morning and it would be thawed by lunchtime. Then microwaving
> it only took a couple minutes.

Just being nosy as usual, what kind of Stouffers do you buy?

nancy

On Tue, 29 May 2012 10:27:11 -0400, Nancy Young <replyto@inemail>
wrote:

> On 5/28/2012 10:42 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>
> > At work I would sit my frozen Stouffers entree up there when I came in
> > in the morning and it would be thawed by lunchtime. Then microwaving
> > it only took a couple minutes.
>
> Just being nosy as usual, what kind of Stouffers do you buy?
>
I wish Stouffers wasn't so salty! I'd eat their french bread pizzas
if they tasted better. I also think their vegetable lasagna is great,
but it's too salty and they skimp too much on garlic & parmesan... so
although I have the inclination, I don't buy them because salt doesn't
equal flavor in my book.

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