In a time where most people are using their smartphones to surf the Net – and the average smartphone gets replaced every couple of years – it seems almost laughable to use an 11...
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Month: January 2019
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Those of us who are of a certain age can remember our parents or grandparents talking about the “Phony War” that took place 80 years ago at the beginning of World War II. This...
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Our main desktop PC is an old timer. We got it in 2012 when it was time to replace an aging Dell that ran Windows XP. Even in 2012 the mini-tower Acer Veriton M...
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On one of our earlier cruises, a lady spotted Maria trundling our grandson across the deck in a stroller. “That’s a handsome young fellow. What’s his name?” “Teddy.” “Oh. We have a man in...
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Train simulator games (a.k.a. Train Sims) are a form of video game – but they differ from your normal Grand Theft Auto or Fortnite in several ways. Train Sims are yesterday’s news. The most...
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OK, so maybe I don’t get those fun-filled business trips to Baltimore any longer, but there’s a lot to like about how January shakes down in retirement. With the Christmas and US college football...
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I am no stranger to the Carole King experience. I listened to many Goffin – King hits in the 60s, although who wrote them back then seemed to be less important than who sang...
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Yesterday afternoon we heard a knock at the front door. The young woman who called noticed that Maria was already talking on the phone. She cut her sales pitch short and promised to come...
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Many seniors in my neighborhood run some form of PC with Windows installed on it. And they always complain that after a while the computer has slowed down. They never seem to be able...