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It aggravates me that some companies get my e-mail address and start sending me multiple emails every week, advertising their stuff, but then won't let me unsubscribe. Best Buy is one of them but not the only one. I bought a computer from Best Buy, and somewhere along the way, probably when I...

https://www.yahoo.com/style/walmart-closing-hundreds-stores-laying-140952700.html So I read this on all the financial pages today, but I ask myself, what is to blame for this? In Ames Iowa, where I live most of the year, a town of maybe sixty thousand, we have a Walmart, a Super Walmart, and...

I'm using Verizon, and I'm in a situation where I do not have internet access otherwise, so I either use my phone, or the hot spot. So the questions, when I am using my tablet on the hot spot, does it use more data than if I'm doing the same things on the phone itself? Second question, if a page...

Any recommendations for a folding bicycle? I also need to have it shipped to Puerto Rico, and for some reason that seems to be a problem, even though Puerto Rico is a US protectorate and is served by the good old US Postal Service, FedEx, and UPS. I don't know why it is so hard to get stuff...

I'm just thinking that unless wind turbines are attracting bald eagles and somehow provoking them to commit suicide, to me this is a good indication that there are getting to be a lot of them around. I know that we have a lot of wind turbines in Iowa, and over the last couple of decades we have...

I am going to put this stuff here for a week before I put it on e-bay. I lost my medical a few years back and I doubt that I will need these in the future. Time to move on. So if you are interested let me know. I set these prices by looking at similar items on the internet. If you think...

The company that my wife works for is having their annual conference in Oakland, CA. My cousin lives in San Jose, but he was born and raised in Oakland. I'm trying to get him to come up and see us while we are there. He said he would come up for lunch, but he didn't want to be in Oakland after...

I have a 2010 Chevy Silverado that I want to trade for a midsize SUV. First of all, I'm not interested in used vehicles. I'm also not interested in resale value. I also don't plan to buy the bottom of the line in any model. One of the most important things is gas mileage, however I'm not...

Ten years ago I restored a 1983 Yamaha XS650. I used to get on e-bay in the evenings, type in XS650 and then I would get five or six hundred items to go through. I would just go through them all and see what I thought that I might need. So today I was bored and I got on e-bay. I typed in XS650...

I've always really appreciated art. I love the galleries in NYC. I recently went to Santa Fe, NM to look at art. I'm a Burning Man veteran. So at the ripe age of 63 I've decided to become an artist of some kind. I took a class and I'm really getting into sketching. I have no idea if I will ever...

We are planning on escaping from Iowa this winter and we want to stay in San Juan. We have been there for a week or two at a time, but we want to stay there three months. I know this is probably not the best place to ask, but does anyone know a reputable property management company or realtor in...

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I know that Google, Facebook, Yahoo, and everyone else on the internet magically track me and gather information about me. That is a non-issue with me. I am not a real private person and I certainly am not a paranoid person so I don't think about it that much. Most of the stuff that I buy on...

I am a Jeep enthusiast. I own a 1975 CJ5. Well, most of it is 1975 anyway. It is not restored, or in show room condition, or even original, but it is driven, and driven hard. Me and my friends in the Jeep Club drive our Jeeps, bust them up, tear them down, put them back together, and bust them...

I have an old ASUS Eee PC that I use pretty much for surfing the net and nothing more. I think that at one time I put a gig of ram in it, but the hard drive is 752mb. Years ago I put the Ubuntu Netbook Remix on it. When the Remix got old I tried to upgrade it, but I just didn't have enough...

My in-laws had a bunch of terracing and landscaping done this summer. So for Christmas we decided to get them a real fancy bird bath to put out there. So we ended up at this place called Birds Unlimited. The sales clerk was so knowledgeable and enthusiastic about birds that it was infectious. I...

I need to get out of SZ, it is driving me crazy. So with a little nudging from my wife I decided to take the winter off from working. I need something to do however. So I've decided to find a Jeep CJ5 or CJ7, 1974-1979 and restore it. I've been driving all over Iowa, Missouri, and this next...

I'm just going to do a little thinking out loud here. You guys can comment. I got my private pilot certificate in 1968. I flew off and on over the years. One time I took a twenty-six year layoff, but got back into it four years ago, give or take. I flew around for a couple of years, then lost my...

Those of you who know me, either personally or through the forum, know that I am retired and work part time as a lifeguard supervisor or as a lifeguard. During the fall and winter I lifeguard a lot for lap swimmers and water aerobics classes. Because I am 61 years old, and because I have to meet...

After more than a year dealing with bad reception, or no reception at all. After more than a decade of paying bucks for bundled channels that I don't even watch, I installed an antenna on the roof, and canceled my cable. I hooked up everything myself and learned a lot. The most incredible part...