On 8/15/2014 11:35 AM, jmcquown wrote:

> That's just goofy. Coins have different weights. Coin wrappers come in
> different sizes for each denomination. Pennies, nickles, dimes, quarters.

In my stint as a bank teller, taking in coin was not the favorite
thing. People would have to write their account number on each
roll and you can be sure if the roll was short or there was a slug,
we'd deduct it from their balance.

At the end of the day, your drawer had to balance to the penny,
so all that coin you counted and wrapped, we had to unwrap and
count before adding it to our drawer.

nancy

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 07:30:30 -0700, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
>
>> But...how do you know it will be there? You don't, unless you reserve it,
>> and if it's not in at one location, online can show you at what Redbox
>> nearby where it's available. Give it up Julie, reserving online is the
>> way
>> to go, and then you really "don't have to go through things." I can sort
>> of
>> see where you have some of your problems with shopping and things since
>> planning ahead saves a lot of time and energy.
>
> Occasional movie watchers don't care. If it's there, it's there and
> if it's not - maybe it will be there next time. It's just one of
> those Us and Them things that avid watchers don't get. Sometimes, I
> want to see a movie. If I do and it's in my husband's queue, I'll
> move it closer to the top, but never to #1. Even the movies I select
> on my own (maybe 3 times over the last "god knows" how many years)
> don't go to the top - #3 is as close as they go. I can wait because
> I'm not an avid movie watcher and most of the time, the movie bores me
> enough that I don't even watch it all the way through anyway.

Occasional movie watchers aren't reserving online as a rule, but if they are
occasional movie watchers, I'm sure they want to see what they want to see
when they want to see it. Julie's argument holds no water, since it's like
asking her why do you shop online when you can go to the store and just buy
it? Why indeed, because of the convenience of getting what you want without
having to chase all over town for it.

Cheri

On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:08:24 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Doris Night" > wrote in message
>news
>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 00:01:36 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>>>>
>>>> "sf" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I'm not familiar with Redbox other than I've seen it and somehow you
>>>>> can order a movie online to pick up there. Don't know what the
>>>>> process is, don't care. I don't watch very many movies and Redbox is
>>>>> completely unnecessary for us. We subscribe to Netflix via USPS.
>>>>> Most of what we get don't interest me - hubby is the subscriber (but
>>>>> he tries to order movies he thinks I might like from time to time) and
>>>>> we live just a few miles from a processing center - so we can put a
>>>>> DVD in the mailbox one day and get another within the next 48 hours.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I use Redbox all the time. I reserve them online and pick them up when
>>>> I'm
>>>> out grocery shopping. What I like about Redbox is that you can return
>>>> the
>>>> DVD's at any Redbox, not just where you picked it up. Cheap at $1.20 a
>>>> movie. I had Netflix for awhile, but didn't like having to rent movies
>>>> to
>>>> make it worthwhile, so stopped it.
>>>
>>>We have Netflix online. I wouldn't use it but husband and daughter do.
>>
>> We just download what we want from The Pirate Bay. My DH has
>> accumulated a veritable library of interesting movies, series,
>> documentaries, etc, and we'll watch one just about every day.
>
>I don't download things. I don't see the need to clutter up my computer.

I don't see the need to pay for something I can get for free.

Doris

On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:44:29 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 10:14:08 -0400, Doris Night
> wrote:
>
>> We just download what we want from The Pirate Bay. My DH has
>> accumulated a veritable library of interesting movies, series,
>> documentaries, etc, and we'll watch one just about every day.
>>
>Did you do it or did someone do it for you? BitTorrent wasn't the
>easiest thing in the world to set up and use when I looked at it years
>ago. It used too much computer terminology for set up, I had no idea
>what they wanted me to do - and that, was the end of that.

I can't remember if my son set it up or if my husband did it himself.
It involved downloading a piece of software from TPB. Since it was set
up, it's been very easy to use.

Doris

Nancy Young wrote:
>
>In my stint as a bank teller, taking in coin was not the favorite
>thing. People would have to write their account number on each
>roll and you can be sure if the roll was short or there was a slug,
>we'd deduct it from their balance.
>
>At the end of the day, your drawer had to balance to the penny,
>so all that coin you counted and wrapped, we had to unwrap and
>count before adding it to our drawer.

I don't mind rolling coins, I have a set of plastic tubes that when
filled to the line contain the right amount. Then I put a finger into
the bottom of the paper roll and pour the coins in, tuck the tube over
at both ends and I put a small piece of scotch tape at each end too.
Then I write my acct # on each and bring them to the bank... I have
1-2 rolls a month. I end up with change because mostly I pay with
cash. My rolls have never been short or over. I've never had a
teller count my coins in front of me. I've no idea what counting
system they use, I'll ask next time.

On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 11:45:41 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>On 8/15/2014 11:35 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> That's just goofy. Coins have different weights. Coin wrappers come in
>> different sizes for each denomination. Pennies, nickles, dimes, quarters.
>
>In my stint as a bank teller, taking in coin was not the favorite
>thing. People would have to write their account number on each
>roll and you can be sure if the roll was short or there was a slug,
>we'd deduct it from their balance.
>
>At the end of the day, your drawer had to balance to the penny,
>so all that coin you counted and wrapped, we had to unwrap and
>count before adding it to our drawer.
>
>nancy

I've never had to give my account number or anything else. I just
give them the bag of rolls, generally totaling over $100 and they give
me cash in return or put it in my checking account
Janet US

On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:11:54 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>>
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>> "Cheri" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>>> We rent a one or two movies a year. Redbox is a couple of blocks
>>>>>> away. No subscription fees. You order what you want on the 'Net, no
>>>>>> different than you would if your wanted something from Netflix. You
>>>>>> go to the box, press the pick up button, insert your credit card and
>>>>>> your movie is ejected from the machine. Really easy and cheap. Recent
>>>>>> prices here have risen from $1.00 to $1.25 per night.
>>>>>> Janet US
>>>>>
>>>>> You don't have to go through all that. Just go to the machine and get
>>>>> what you want.
>>>>
>>>> Who wants to stand there going through movies to see if there's
>>>> something you like, much easier to reserve on the net and it's waiting
>>>> when you get there, plus you get to see the reviews and the trailer that
>>>> way.
>>>
>>> If you know what movie you want, you just get it! You don't have to go
>>> through things.
>>
>> But...how do you know it will be there? You don't, unless you reserve it,
>> and if it's not in at one location, online can show you at what Redbox
>> nearby where it's available. Give it up Julie, reserving online is the way
>> to go, and then you really "don't have to go through things." I can sort
>> of see where you have some of your problems with shopping and things since
>> planning ahead saves a lot of time and energy.
>
>*I* don't rent them and wouldn't. Angela got them three times and there was
>no problem. I won't drive her there again to rent or pick them up. She has
>her license now and if she wants to go do it, fine. But I doubt that she
>will.

Ah, your standard disclaimer that it doesn't matter to you anyway
because you wouldn't ever do it. That has nothing to do with what you
said.
Janet US

On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:56:25 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>
>"sf" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 07:30:30 -0700, "Cheri" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> But...how do you know it will be there? You don't, unless you reserve it,
>>> and if it's not in at one location, online can show you at what Redbox
>>> nearby where it's available. Give it up Julie, reserving online is the
>>> way
>>> to go, and then you really "don't have to go through things." I can sort
>>> of
>>> see where you have some of your problems with shopping and things since
>>> planning ahead saves a lot of time and energy.
>>
>> Occasional movie watchers don't care. If it's there, it's there and
>> if it's not - maybe it will be there next time. It's just one of
>> those Us and Them things that avid watchers don't get. Sometimes, I
>> want to see a movie. If I do and it's in my husband's queue, I'll
>> move it closer to the top, but never to #1. Even the movies I select
>> on my own (maybe 3 times over the last "god knows" how many years)
>> don't go to the top - #3 is as close as they go. I can wait because
>> I'm not an avid movie watcher and most of the time, the movie bores me
>> enough that I don't even watch it all the way through anyway.
>
>Occasional movie watchers aren't reserving online as a rule, but if they are
>occasional movie watchers, I'm sure they want to see what they want to see
>when they want to see it. Julie's argument holds no water, since it's like
>asking her why do you shop online when you can go to the store and just buy
>it? Why indeed, because of the convenience of getting what you want without
>having to chase all over town for it.
>
>Cheri
>
I am an occasional watcher. As I said, I rent 1 or 2 movies per year.
Janet US

On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:19:56 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 21:44:19 -0700, "Cheri" >
>wrote:
>
>> Who wants to stand there going through movies to see if there's something
>> you like, much easier to reserve on the net and it's waiting when you get
>> there, plus you get to see the reviews and the trailer that way.
>
>The occasional movie watchers who do it in person more than likely
>already know what they want and go in for something specific, rather
>than paw through the selections until something catches their fancy.
>

Is that what you do?
Janet US

On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:07:31 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 21:19:30 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
...
>>>
>>>> We rent a one or two movies a year. Redbox is a couple of blocks
>>>> away. No subscription fees. You order what you want on the 'Net, no
>>>> different than you would if your wanted something from Netflix. You
>>>> go to the box, press the pick up button, insert your credit card and
>>>> your movie is ejected from the machine. Really easy and cheap. Recent
>>>> prices here have risen from $1.00 to $1.25 per night.
>>>> Janet US
>>>
>>>You don't have to go through all that. Just go to the machine and get
>>>what
>>>you want.
>> why would I want to stand out in the weather, in a line with fidgeting
>> people behind me, squinting, as I surf through the offerings? And
>> then find out what I want is already rented out and not available. I
>> am going to the machine and getting what I want the way I do it. If
>> you can make your choice at home, why be rude and take up other
>> people's time as you quibble about what to get? Besides which, I can
>> find out what machines near me have what I want. I get free offers
>> with computer ordering. I can set up a wish list. I can get notified
>> when new releases are available.
>> Janet US
>
>I don't know why you would have to squint through the offerings. You just
>put in the name of the movie that you want. Took less than a minute.

Why reply to just one thing to invalidate what I said? You are the
queen of obfuscation.
Janet US

On 8/15/2014 2:28 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> In my stint as a bank teller, taking in coin was not the favorite
>> thing. People would have to write their account number on each
>> roll and you can be sure if the roll was short or there was a slug,
>> we'd deduct it from their balance.
>>
>> At the end of the day, your drawer had to balance to the penny,
>> so all that coin you counted and wrapped, we had to unwrap and
>> count before adding it to our drawer.
>
> I don't mind rolling coins, I have a set of plastic tubes that when
> filled to the line contain the right amount. Then I put a finger into
> the bottom of the paper roll and pour the coins in, tuck the tube over
> at both ends and I put a small piece of scotch tape at each end too.

Naturally it became easy and fast to count coins and I could
wrap them in a split second if I had to.

You count 2 coins at a time, say quarters you move two at a
time and count 50 1 50 2 50 3. Easy to line up in your hand
and slide into a roll, though we didn't wrap much coin at a
savings and loan.

> Then I write my acct # on each and bring them to the bank... I have
> 1-2 rolls a month. I end up with change because mostly I pay with
> cash. My rolls have never been short or over. I've never had a
> teller count my coins in front of me.

No, we didn't count it in front of the customer. That's what
the account number was for, when we got around to using that coin,
we'd count it before it went into our drawer.

nancy

On 8/15/2014 2:32 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 11:45:41 -0400, Nancy Young
> > wrote:

>> At the end of the day, your drawer had to balance to the penny,
>> so all that coin you counted and wrapped, we had to unwrap and
>> count before adding it to our drawer.

> I've never had to give my account number or anything else. I just
> give them the bag of rolls, generally totaling over $100 and they give
> me cash in return or put it in my checking account

That's nice of them. They must eat it when the rolls are
short (no, I don't mean you, some customers do hope to get
away with a slug or a dime or two short). Where I worked,
the VP in charge didn't let a nickel slide.

nancy

On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:59:21 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

> On 8/15/2014 2:32 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> > On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 11:45:41 -0400, Nancy Young
> > > wrote:
>
> >> At the end of the day, your drawer had to balance to the penny,
> >> so all that coin you counted and wrapped, we had to unwrap and
> >> count before adding it to our drawer.
>
> > I've never had to give my account number or anything else. I just
> > give them the bag of rolls, generally totaling over $100 and they give
> > me cash in return or put it in my checking account
>
> That's nice of them. They must eat it when the rolls are
> short (no, I don't mean you, some customers do hope to get
> away with a slug or a dime or two short). Where I worked,
> the VP in charge didn't let a nickel slide.
>
She's probably a well known customer, but I can remember putting my
telephone number or something on rolls of coins back in the days when
I was on a first name basis with my bank's tellers decades ago.



--
Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them.

On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:39:07 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:19:56 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 21:44:19 -0700, "Cheri" >
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Who wants to stand there going through movies to see if there's something
> >> you like, much easier to reserve on the net and it's waiting when you get
> >> there, plus you get to see the reviews and the trailer that way.
> >
> >The occasional movie watchers who do it in person more than likely
> >already know what they want and go in for something specific, rather
> >than paw through the selections until something catches their fancy.
> >
>
> Is that what you do?

That's what Julie led me to think, I've never used Redbox.


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Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them.

On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:02:35 -0400, Doris Night
> wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:44:29 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 10:14:08 -0400, Doris Night
> > wrote:
> >
> >> We just download what we want from The Pirate Bay. My DH has
> >> accumulated a veritable library of interesting movies, series,
> >> documentaries, etc, and we'll watch one just about every day.
> >>
> >Did you do it or did someone do it for you? BitTorrent wasn't the
> >easiest thing in the world to set up and use when I looked at it years
> >ago. It used too much computer terminology for set up, I had no idea
> >what they wanted me to do - and that, was the end of that.
>
> I can't remember if my son set it up or if my husband did it himself.
> It involved downloading a piece of software from TPB. Since it was set
> up, it's been very easy to use.
>

See if it's something you could set up by yourself and let me know.


--
Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them.

On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:09:27 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:02:35 -0400, Doris Night
> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:44:29 -0700, sf > wrote:
>>
>> >On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 10:14:08 -0400, Doris Night
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> We just download what we want from The Pirate Bay. My DH has
>> >> accumulated a veritable library of interesting movies, series,
>> >> documentaries, etc, and we'll watch one just about every day.
>> >>
>> >Did you do it or did someone do it for you? BitTorrent wasn't the
>> >easiest thing in the world to set up and use when I looked at it years
>> >ago. It used too much computer terminology for set up, I had no idea
>> >what they wanted me to do - and that, was the end of that.
>>
>> I can't remember if my son set it up or if my husband did it himself.
>> It involved downloading a piece of software from TPB. Since it was set
>> up, it's been very easy to use.
>>
>
>See if it's something you could set up by yourself and let me know.

The BitTorrent file is located he

http://www.bittorrent.com/downloads/win

We just have BitTorrent Stable. The BitTorrent Plus, you will notice,
is not free.

Then, go he

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtLr7c4kf9U

for a video tutorial on how to download files from The Pirate Bay.
This is a very good video. Watch it carefully. I particularly like how
they tell you not to click the big green download button.

Good luck!

Doris

"Doris Night" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:08:24 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"Doris Night" > wrote in message
>>news
>>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 00:01:36 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>>>>>
>>>>> "sf" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm not familiar with Redbox other than I've seen it and somehow you
>>>>>> can order a movie online to pick up there. Don't know what the
>>>>>> process is, don't care. I don't watch very many movies and Redbox is
>>>>>> completely unnecessary for us. We subscribe to Netflix via USPS.
>>>>>> Most of what we get don't interest me - hubby is the subscriber (but
>>>>>> he tries to order movies he thinks I might like from time to time)
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> we live just a few miles from a processing center - so we can put a
>>>>>> DVD in the mailbox one day and get another within the next 48 hours.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I use Redbox all the time. I reserve them online and pick them up when
>>>>> I'm
>>>>> out grocery shopping. What I like about Redbox is that you can return
>>>>> the
>>>>> DVD's at any Redbox, not just where you picked it up. Cheap at $1.20 a
>>>>> movie. I had Netflix for awhile, but didn't like having to rent movies
>>>>> to
>>>>> make it worthwhile, so stopped it.
>>>>
>>>>We have Netflix online. I wouldn't use it but husband and daughter do.
>>>
>>> We just download what we want from The Pirate Bay. My DH has
>>> accumulated a veritable library of interesting movies, series,
>>> documentaries, etc, and we'll watch one just about every day.
>>
>>I don't download things. I don't see the need to clutter up my computer.
>
> I don't see the need to pay for something I can get for free.

Me either. I also don't watch many movies. I was taking my parents and
Angela when she was young. They loved them. Thankfully the appeal has worn
off for Angela. She will see them with friends and we did see two this
summer, mainly just to be in the AC. But the one movie was very funny.
Something with Melissa McCarthy and Susan Sarandon. I can't remember the
name. And the Cop movie that just started looked funny but it's not likely
we will go.

My mom has a small theater complete with popcorn where she lives. They have
two showings each day and the movies change each day. They are all older
movies. Some very old but since most who live there are in some stage of
senility, that doesn't seem to matter.

I did see Napoleon Dynamite on TV last night. It was okay. Okay for TV I
guess. Wouldn't have wanted to pay to see it. I'm just not big into
movies. Once in a while one will come along that I like. But that's rare.

"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Cheri" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> "Cheri" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We rent a one or two movies a year. Redbox is a couple of blocks
>>>>>>> away. No subscription fees. You order what you want on the 'Net,
>>>>>>> no
>>>>>>> different than you would if your wanted something from Netflix. You
>>>>>>> go to the box, press the pick up button, insert your credit card and
>>>>>>> your movie is ejected from the machine. Really easy and cheap.
>>>>>>> Recent
>>>>>>> prices here have risen from $1.00 to $1.25 per night.
>>>>>>> Janet US
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You don't have to go through all that. Just go to the machine and
>>>>>> get what you want.
>>>>>
>>>>> Who wants to stand there going through movies to see if there's
>>>>> something you like, much easier to reserve on the net and it's waiting
>>>>> when you get there, plus you get to see the reviews and the trailer
>>>>> that way.
>>>>
>>>> If you know what movie you want, you just get it! You don't have to go
>>>> through things.
>>>
>>> But...how do you know it will be there? You don't, unless you reserve
>>> it, and if it's not in at one location, online can show you at what
>>> Redbox nearby where it's available. Give it up Julie, reserving online
>>> is the way to go, and then you really "don't have to go through things."
>>> I can sort of see where you have some of your problems with shopping and
>>> things since planning ahead saves a lot of time and energy.
>>
>> *I* don't rent them and wouldn't. Angela got them three times and there
>> was no problem. I won't drive her there again to rent or pick them up.
>> She has her license now and if she wants to go do it, fine. But I doubt
>> that she will.
>
> Exactly! YOU don't rent them, so you wouldn't know the best way to do the
> renting but you keep arguing a point that you really don't know much
> about. It's kind of like some people arguing with you about what's best
> for your house, when they really know nothing about your house. Same
> principle.

I didn't say that it was the best way. I just said that was what we did.
It just sounded to me like it would take a while to do whatever you did on
your computer to get the movie. We just went there, got the movie and left.
There was no searching or anything. Took less than a minute except for the
part where you have to put the card in and such. That took the longest.

"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
news
> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:11:54 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>>>
>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> "Cheri" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We rent a one or two movies a year. Redbox is a couple of blocks
>>>>>>> away. No subscription fees. You order what you want on the 'Net,
>>>>>>> no
>>>>>>> different than you would if your wanted something from Netflix. You
>>>>>>> go to the box, press the pick up button, insert your credit card and
>>>>>>> your movie is ejected from the machine. Really easy and cheap.
>>>>>>> Recent
>>>>>>> prices here have risen from $1.00 to $1.25 per night.
>>>>>>> Janet US
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You don't have to go through all that. Just go to the machine and
>>>>>> get
>>>>>> what you want.
>>>>>
>>>>> Who wants to stand there going through movies to see if there's
>>>>> something you like, much easier to reserve on the net and it's waiting
>>>>> when you get there, plus you get to see the reviews and the trailer
>>>>> that
>>>>> way.
>>>>
>>>> If you know what movie you want, you just get it! You don't have to go
>>>> through things.
>>>
>>> But...how do you know it will be there? You don't, unless you reserve
>>> it,
>>> and if it's not in at one location, online can show you at what Redbox
>>> nearby where it's available. Give it up Julie, reserving online is the
>>> way
>>> to go, and then you really "don't have to go through things." I can sort
>>> of see where you have some of your problems with shopping and things
>>> since
>>> planning ahead saves a lot of time and energy.
>>
>>*I* don't rent them and wouldn't. Angela got them three times and there
>>was
>>no problem. I won't drive her there again to rent or pick them up. She
>>has
>>her license now and if she wants to go do it, fine. But I doubt that she
>>will.
>
> Ah, your standard disclaimer that it doesn't matter to you anyway
> because you wouldn't ever do it. That has nothing to do with what you
> said.
> Janet US

*Sigh* I rented them three times for my daughter. The procedure was very
quick and there was no searching through things like you or whoever said it
said.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 21:44:19 -0700, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
>
>> Who wants to stand there going through movies to see if there's something
>> you like, much easier to reserve on the net and it's waiting when you get
>> there, plus you get to see the reviews and the trailer that way.
>
> The occasional movie watchers who do it in person more than likely
> already know what they want and go in for something specific, rather
> than paw through the selections until something catches their fancy.
>

Yes. That's what we did each time.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:39:07 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> > wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:19:56 -0700, sf > wrote:
>>
>> >On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 21:44:19 -0700, "Cheri" >
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> Who wants to stand there going through movies to see if there's
>> >> something
>> >> you like, much easier to reserve on the net and it's waiting when you
>> >> get
>> >> there, plus you get to see the reviews and the trailer that way.
>> >
>> >The occasional movie watchers who do it in person more than likely
>> >already know what they want and go in for something specific, rather
>> >than paw through the selections until something catches their fancy.
>> >
>>
>> Is that what you do?
>
> That's what Julie led me to think, I've never used Redbox.

That's exactly what we did.

"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 07:30:30 -0700, "Cheri" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> But...how do you know it will be there? You don't, unless you reserve
>>> it,
>>> and if it's not in at one location, online can show you at what Redbox
>>> nearby where it's available. Give it up Julie, reserving online is the
>>> way
>>> to go, and then you really "don't have to go through things." I can sort
>>> of
>>> see where you have some of your problems with shopping and things since
>>> planning ahead saves a lot of time and energy.
>>
>> Occasional movie watchers don't care. If it's there, it's there and
>> if it's not - maybe it will be there next time. It's just one of
>> those Us and Them things that avid watchers don't get. Sometimes, I
>> want to see a movie. If I do and it's in my husband's queue, I'll
>> move it closer to the top, but never to #1. Even the movies I select
>> on my own (maybe 3 times over the last "god knows" how many years)
>> don't go to the top - #3 is as close as they go. I can wait because
>> I'm not an avid movie watcher and most of the time, the movie bores me
>> enough that I don't even watch it all the way through anyway.
>
> Occasional movie watchers aren't reserving online as a rule, but if they
> are occasional movie watchers, I'm sure they want to see what they want to
> see when they want to see it. Julie's argument holds no water, since it's
> like asking her why do you shop online when you can go to the store and
> just buy it? Why indeed, because of the convenience of getting what you
> want without having to chase all over town for it.

Granted, we only got three movies but there was no chasing all over town.

On 8/14/2014 12:01 PM, Cheri wrote:

> Where I am, mostly teens and young adults using them daily at one store.
> When my kids were young, we saved coins and when we got a jar full, they
> got to cash them in, but putting them in rolls in those days. They would
> have loved Coinstar. :-)
>
> Cheri
>
> Cheri

There's one at my local Giant Food and I've been meaning to cash in my
coins, but they're in a giant sized plastic beer bottle about 3 feet
high. It's pretty full so I can't even lift it. I put it on top of my
high dresser back when it was empty but even when I'm cleaning my room I
have to dust around it, or just move it a little to get under it. I
don't know what I'll ever do with it.

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On Wednesday, August 13, 2014 11:15:08 AM UTC-5, James Silverton wrote:
> For at least a decade, I have collected my loose change at the end of
>
> the day and put it in a plastic jar. I used to take the contents of the
>
> jar about once a month to the no-fee coin counting machine at my
>
> Capital-One bank. Now, the bank has discontinued its machines. I wonder
>
> if any other banks have such machines and I am sufficiently displeased
>
> to think of changing banks even if Capital-One's online banking is
>
> fairly satisfactory.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)
>
>
>
> Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

Ok you are probably on another suubject by now, but here is what I do, I toss my chanage into a container and evry once in awhile I take it to the only place I know , and use coinstar, yes I think they take 10% but I still end up with a nice chunk of money.

I bank at a bank and at a credit union, and they both have free change-counting machines in
the lobby. You have to be an account-holding customer to use them, though.

N.

"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 11:45:41 -0400, Nancy Young
> > wrote:
>
>>On 8/15/2014 11:35 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> That's just goofy. Coins have different weights. Coin wrappers come in
>>> different sizes for each denomination. Pennies, nickles, dimes,
>>> quarters.
>>
>>In my stint as a bank teller, taking in coin was not the favorite
>>thing. People would have to write their account number on each
>>roll and you can be sure if the roll was short or there was a slug,
>>we'd deduct it from their balance.
>>
>>At the end of the day, your drawer had to balance to the penny,
>>so all that coin you counted and wrapped, we had to unwrap and
>>count before adding it to our drawer.
>>
>>nancy
>
> I've never had to give my account number or anything else. I just
> give them the bag of rolls, generally totaling over $100 and they give
> me cash in return or put it in my checking account
> Janet US

Ours required name, address and phone number.

"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:07:31 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
. ..
>>> On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 21:19:30 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
m...
>>>>
>>>>> We rent a one or two movies a year. Redbox is a couple of blocks
>>>>> away. No subscription fees. You order what you want on the 'Net, no
>>>>> different than you would if your wanted something from Netflix. You
>>>>> go to the box, press the pick up button, insert your credit card and
>>>>> your movie is ejected from the machine. Really easy and cheap. Recent
>>>>> prices here have risen from $1.00 to $1.25 per night.
>>>>> Janet US
>>>>
>>>>You don't have to go through all that. Just go to the machine and get
>>>>what
>>>>you want.
>>> why would I want to stand out in the weather, in a line with fidgeting
>>> people behind me, squinting, as I surf through the offerings? And
>>> then find out what I want is already rented out and not available. I
>>> am going to the machine and getting what I want the way I do it. If
>>> you can make your choice at home, why be rude and take up other
>>> people's time as you quibble about what to get? Besides which, I can
>>> find out what machines near me have what I want. I get free offers
>>> with computer ordering. I can set up a wish list. I can get notified
>>> when new releases are available.
>>> Janet US
>>
>>I don't know why you would have to squint through the offerings. You just
>>put in the name of the movie that you want. Took less than a minute.
>
> Why reply to just one thing to invalidate what I said? You are the
> queen of obfuscation.
> Janet US

Whatever that means. But you implied that it was rude to get the movie at
the machine. She knew what she wanted and it took less than a minute to
get. And not all people have computers. My friend who doesn't have one
often gets them for her grandson when he is staying with her.

On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 17:33:32 -0400, Doris Night
> wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:09:27 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:02:35 -0400, Doris Night
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:44:29 -0700, sf > wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 10:14:08 -0400, Doris Night
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> We just download what we want from The Pirate Bay. My DH has
> >> >> accumulated a veritable library of interesting movies, series,
> >> >> documentaries, etc, and we'll watch one just about every day.
> >> >>
> >> >Did you do it or did someone do it for you? BitTorrent wasn't the
> >> >easiest thing in the world to set up and use when I looked at it years
> >> >ago. It used too much computer terminology for set up, I had no idea
> >> >what they wanted me to do - and that, was the end of that.
> >>
> >> I can't remember if my son set it up or if my husband did it himself.
> >> It involved downloading a piece of software from TPB. Since it was set
> >> up, it's been very easy to use.
> >>
> >
> >See if it's something you could set up by yourself and let me know.
>
> The BitTorrent file is located he
>
> http://www.bittorrent.com/downloads/win
>
> We just have BitTorrent Stable. The BitTorrent Plus, you will notice,
> is not free.
>
> Then, go he
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtLr7c4kf9U
>
> for a video tutorial on how to download files from The Pirate Bay.
> This is a very good video. Watch it carefully. I particularly like how
> they tell you not to click the big green download button.
>
> Good luck!
>
Thanks! I like to diddle around every now and then to see what I can
do. It's kind of like graduating from nursery school to kindergarten.



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On 8/15/2014 12:42 AM, Cheri wrote:
>
> I use Redbox all the time. I reserve them online and pick them up when
> I'm out grocery shopping. What I like about Redbox is that you can
> return the DVD's at any Redbox, not just where you picked it up. Cheap
> at $1.20 a movie. I had Netflix for awhile, but didn't like having to
> rent movies to make it worthwhile, so stopped it.
>
> Cheri

I like Netflix streaming, but too many times I look for something and it
isn't available for streaming. That's ok. I use Amazon Prime for movies
I can't get from Netflix and then if all else fails, FIOS on demand. I
don't watch a lot of movies unless I get in the mood and then it's a
movie marathon. But I like some of the Netflix series, like Orange
is the new black, and Hemlock Grove. I like Breaking Bad and have
watched a few seasons, but haven't watched it in a while. That's what's
good about Netflix. You just start up where you left off when the mood
strikes.

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"Cheryl" > wrote in message
news:53ee89b7$0$50649$c3e8da3>

> There's one at my local Giant Food and I've been meaning to cash in my
> coins, but they're in a giant sized plastic beer bottle about 3 feet high.
> It's pretty full so I can't even lift it. I put it on top of my high
> dresser back when it was empty but even when I'm cleaning my room I have
> to dust around it, or just move it a little to get under it. I don't know
> what I'll ever do with it.

LOL, yes one thing about the Coinstars they do get overwhelmed fairly
quickly and you have to wait for them to catch up. You might want to take
them in increments.

Cheri

"Cheryl" > wrote in message
eb.com...
> On 8/15/2014 12:42 AM, Cheri wrote:
>>
>> I use Redbox all the time. I reserve them online and pick them up when
>> I'm out grocery shopping. What I like about Redbox is that you can
>> return the DVD's at any Redbox, not just where you picked it up. Cheap
>> at $1.20 a movie. I had Netflix for awhile, but didn't like having to
>> rent movies to make it worthwhile, so stopped it.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> I like Netflix streaming, but too many times I look for something and it
> isn't available for streaming. That's ok. I use Amazon Prime for movies I
> can't get from Netflix and then if all else fails, FIOS on demand. I don't
> watch a lot of movies unless I get in the mood and then it's a movie
> marathon. But I like some of the Netflix series, like Orange is the
> new black, and Hemlock Grove. I like Breaking Bad and have watched a few
> seasons, but haven't watched it in a while. That's what's good about
> Netflix. You just start up where you left off when the mood strikes.

I'm not big into marathons, though I did watch 3 or so seasons of 24 that
way. I bought Breaking Bad, but I watched it slowly since I didn't really
care for it all that much. Right now, I'm really enjoying Hell on Wheels,
but not all at once. i'm not set up for streaming, though I keep saying I
will.

Cheri

On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 15:09:53 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
>news
>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:11:54 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>>>>
>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> "Cheri" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We rent a one or two movies a year. Redbox is a couple of blocks
>>>>>>>> away. No subscription fees. You order what you want on the 'Net,
>>>>>>>> no
>>>>>>>> different than you would if your wanted something from Netflix. You
>>>>>>>> go to the box, press the pick up button, insert your credit card and
>>>>>>>> your movie is ejected from the machine. Really easy and cheap.
>>>>>>>> Recent
>>>>>>>> prices here have risen from $1.00 to $1.25 per night.
>>>>>>>> Janet US
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You don't have to go through all that. Just go to the machine and
>>>>>>> get
>>>>>>> what you want.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Who wants to stand there going through movies to see if there's
>>>>>> something you like, much easier to reserve on the net and it's waiting
>>>>>> when you get there, plus you get to see the reviews and the trailer
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> way.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you know what movie you want, you just get it! You don't have to go
>>>>> through things.
>>>>
>>>> But...how do you know it will be there? You don't, unless you reserve
>>>> it,
>>>> and if it's not in at one location, online can show you at what Redbox
>>>> nearby where it's available. Give it up Julie, reserving online is the
>>>> way
>>>> to go, and then you really "don't have to go through things." I can sort
>>>> of see where you have some of your problems with shopping and things
>>>> since
>>>> planning ahead saves a lot of time and energy.
>>>
>>>*I* don't rent them and wouldn't. Angela got them three times and there
>>>was
>>>no problem. I won't drive her there again to rent or pick them up. She
>>>has
>>>her license now and if she wants to go do it, fine. But I doubt that she
>>>will.
>>
>> Ah, your standard disclaimer that it doesn't matter to you anyway
>> because you wouldn't ever do it. That has nothing to do with what you
>> said.
>> Janet US
>
>*Sigh* I rented them three times for my daughter. The procedure was very
>quick and there was no searching through things like you or whoever said it
>said.

Choosing from what was available -- making a selection from many --
not searching.
Janet US

On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 15:42:52 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:07:31 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
...
>>>> On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 21:19:30 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
om...
>>>>>
>>>>>> We rent a one or two movies a year. Redbox is a couple of blocks
>>>>>> away. No subscription fees. You order what you want on the 'Net, no
>>>>>> different than you would if your wanted something from Netflix. You
>>>>>> go to the box, press the pick up button, insert your credit card and
>>>>>> your movie is ejected from the machine. Really easy and cheap. Recent
>>>>>> prices here have risen from $1.00 to $1.25 per night.
>>>>>> Janet US
>>>>>
>>>>>You don't have to go through all that. Just go to the machine and get
>>>>>what
>>>>>you want.
>>>> why would I want to stand out in the weather, in a line with fidgeting
>>>> people behind me, squinting, as I surf through the offerings? And
>>>> then find out what I want is already rented out and not available. I
>>>> am going to the machine and getting what I want the way I do it. If
>>>> you can make your choice at home, why be rude and take up other
>>>> people's time as you quibble about what to get? Besides which, I can
>>>> find out what machines near me have what I want. I get free offers
>>>> with computer ordering. I can set up a wish list. I can get notified
>>>> when new releases are available.
>>>> Janet US
>>>
>>>I don't know why you would have to squint through the offerings. You just
>>>put in the name of the movie that you want. Took less than a minute.
>>
>> Why reply to just one thing to invalidate what I said? You are the
>> queen of obfuscation.
>> Janet US
>
>Whatever that means. But you implied that it was rude to get the movie at
>the machine. She knew what she wanted and it took less than a minute to
>get. And not all people have computers. My friend who doesn't have one
>often gets them for her grandson when he is staying with her.

We weren't talking about your friend. Your friend has nothing to do
with this. I don't care about her grandson. Again, obfuscation.
Janet US

On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:10:14 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 21:17:36 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>> snip
>>>
>>>I don't even know what you're talking about! Most of the time I don't
>>>even
>>>VOTE!
>> snip
>> It's not surprise that you are not a good citizen.
>> Janet US
>
>So you think being a good citizen means voting? I disagree. Often, I don't
>understand the issue or the things being voted on simply don't affect me at
>all. Or I don't like any of the candidates who are running, which is
>usually how the presidential election goes.

Yes, I do.
Janet US

On 8/15/2014 8:12 PM, Cheri wrote:
>
> "Cheryl" > wrote in message
> news:53ee89b7$0$50649$c3e8da3>
>
>> There's one at my local Giant Food and I've been meaning to cash in my
>> coins, but they're in a giant sized plastic beer bottle about 3 feet
>> high. It's pretty full so I can't even lift it. I put it on top of my
>> high dresser back when it was empty but even when I'm cleaning my room
>> I have to dust around it, or just move it a little to get under it. I
>> don't know what I'll ever do with it.
>
> LOL, yes one thing about the Coinstars they do get overwhelmed fairly
> quickly and you have to wait for them to catch up. You might want to
> take them in increments.
>
> Cheri

I might donate it to my sister and let her 14 year old son deal with it.
Oh, how he'd love that. He loves anything money. He has to give me back
the bottle, though. It's a Washington Redskins Commemorative thingamajig
that used to hold popcorn.

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On 8/15/2014 8:12 PM, Cheri wrote:

> LOL, yes one thing about the Coinstars they do get overwhelmed fairly
> quickly and you have to wait for them to catch up. You might want to
> take them in increments.

Heh, the first time I used it, something came up on the
screen like My, you do have a lot of coins! Funny.
You can only slide in so many coins at a time from the
hopper. Just keep tilting it up as it digests.

nancy

On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 17:15:42 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:

> Right now, I'm really enjoying Hell on Wheels,

Not Googling - what is that? Sounds like a motorcycle gang!


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On 8/15/2014 6:29 PM, Cheryl wrote:
> On 8/14/2014 12:01 PM, Cheri wrote:
>
>> Where I am, mostly teens and young adults using them daily at one store.
>> When my kids were young, we saved coins and when we got a jar full, they
>> got to cash them in, but putting them in rolls in those days. They would
>> have loved Coinstar. :-)
>>
>> Cheri
>>
>> Cheri
>
> There's one at my local Giant Food and I've been meaning to cash in my
> coins, but they're in a giant sized plastic beer bottle about 3 feet
> high. It's pretty full so I can't even lift it. I put it on top of my
> high dresser back when it was empty but even when I'm cleaning my room I
> have to dust around it, or just move it a little to get under it. I
> don't know what I'll ever do with it.
>

Call some hunky handy-man to lift it for you. Then you could sit on
the floor and wrap coins. <giggling>

Jill

"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:10:14 -0700, "Julie Bove"

>>So you think being a good citizen means voting? I disagree. Often, I
>>don't
>>understand the issue or the things being voted on simply don't affect me
>>at
>>all. Or I don't like any of the candidates who are running, which is
>>usually how the presidential election goes.
>
> Yes, I do.
> Janet US

I think so too. I don't really take people who don't vote too seriously on
many issues.

Cheri

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 17:15:42 -0700, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
>
>> Right now, I'm really enjoying Hell on Wheels,
>
> Not Googling - what is that? Sounds like a motorcycle gang!

Actually, it's a series about the building of the railroads after the Civil
War. I have enjoyed it immensely so far. Funny thing, in the series the
politicians are acting about the same as they do now and the greed mongers
too.

Cheri