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It seems we not only have to worry about Hauwai installing spyware with their 5G systems, we now have this to worry about this:
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Sadly common sense has died. It was sometime after, IKE, Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan all died. It's been replaced by misplaced alarmism and one-agenda politicians who no longer wish to run their countries well or kow-tow for votes with unworkable, unaffordable policies. The world today is in a bigger mess and a larger powder keg than it was in the late 1930's and all the world's big powers armed to the teeth.
Those persons capable of actually being statesmen (ala Canada's Lester Pearson) prefer to avoid all the hassle of dealing with the above.
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12 hours ago, Emile said:
Have seen the Beatles, Stones, Queen, Clapton in concert in Holland and the UK. OK; 20 years ago, but never paid more than $100. Last "real" concert I went to was Pavarotti in Tampa, FL ... $120 and worth it. But, with inflation, these tickets should not be more than $200
Highway robbery ... I'll do the DVD
Priced a NHL hockey ticket lately? My last tickets were $191 each in CDN bucks and that was on the lower row of the second tier of the arena; closer to the net than the center line. Beer starts at $10.75 a glass and runs $11.25 for a can. My wife likes beer but even she will only have one or two at these prices. The arena food is wildly over-priced and uneatible.
It's much cheaper to go watch the Flames play in Arizona than here.
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12 hours ago, Emile said:
Don't know how you guys do this
I buy a basil plant every 2 weeks and it just dies Not even going to try garlic
Emile,
Basil is a tough herb to grow outdoors here as the summers are too short and unpredictible. We also sometimes get cold winds from the north and or east and basil plants hate wind and cool tempertures. Indoor grows are they way to go with this plant; here at least.
20 hours ago, Coytee said:So do I have this right? Wolfbane is afraid of Dracula so he's planting garlic?
Sounds like a plan! Instant Dracula protection while at the same time, you can eat the goods when Dracula season is over.
How are the mirrors in your house doing?
Hope I got my boogeymen correct.... with the mention of the full moon, I'm wondering if the Werewolf is also a threat?
The last full moon was October 14th and it's been waning every since. It has also behind heavy night time cloud cover here. Which is good because it stays warmer over night but bad because it is rather dark for planting bulbs. Our bigger threat here is bobcats and coyotes. Between the resident jackrabbits, squirrels and peoples' pets being let out in their yards and not watched, or small dogs being walked in the ravines around here by un-prepared city-folk they make a pretty good living. That poster assuming 'Fluffy has run away' is usually not correct.
No wolves yet (they pack further west, north and south of here by miles and there is no shortage of deer, elk, etc. in western Alberta). I've only seen one cougar up close around here so I'm pretty safe whether walking my Bichon in a ravine or not. I do tend to keep a close eye up in the trees while walking near them with a 13lb dog that won't bite anything but his own food. 🐺
I believe that the last Werewolves disappeared from central Europe when people quit eating too much rye bread in their diets.
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I have a 45 and a shovel. No one would miss the removal of a vampire here. 😉
In-laws are usually welcome.
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1 hour ago, MyOwn said:
Tri-Tip is very very good stuff...
I used to work at a meat purveyor years ago...I learned a lot about beef working there...
Hank, "the foreman" told me years ago...
Ribeye and Tri-Tip are the best....
You know what? He is right to this day...
I recall a High School moment, we had a Saturday party with food, live music and of coarse whatever high school students bring to a party...
Grilled Tri-Tip steaks to all that attended this party...
I will only use tri-tip in my Chili recipes...
With added beef fat it made for great hamburger too.
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Just now, oldred said:
Been running JRiver for a while.....both music and movies.....I am running version 25....once you figure everything out....it's nice
George
On what platform George? Does it work on your cellphone too, assuming you use a phone for music?
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We went to see Cher here in the spring. Xmas gift for the wife who used to watch her TV show. We sat right up by the stage and for an old gal she put on one Hell of a show. No singing on top of any battleship guns but the fall from one of these would kill her even if we could have floated one into the Saddledome from Hawaii, Texas or the UK.
She somehow managed to drag back Sonny's voice from the grave for part of her show that night and he still sounded just as good as he did in the movie Ground Hog Day. He and Ringo Starr should have hooked up for a short tour years ago.
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My condolences Joe. You'll miss him every day.
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On 10/16/2019 at 7:06 AM, Ron E said:
I keep going back to JRiver, and purchasing the newer versions, and then in a month or two I stop using it because of crashes. I think my last version was a year or two ago. I really wanted it to work for me, but it doesn't on Windows 7.
I am assuming yours works fine...what OS are you using?
Sent from my SM-T550 using Tapatalk
Stable as a rock on my Windows 7 professional 64 bit PC using Version 21 of JRiver. Also works just fine on Windows 8.1 on my MS Surface Pro 3.
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1 hour ago, morrel said:
I currently play sports and I would like to test out some Bluetooth earbuds was wondering which one to get, i've been checking out the t5 sport, r6i II(wired but phenomenal sound quality) or my old earbuds s4i rugged. Does the Bluetooth match the same signature sound as the wired?
See this article WRT the latest and the best: https://www.tomsguide.com/news/airpods-pro-release-date-price?utm_source=notification
WRT to sounstage the Sony earbuds mentioned above do, but they won't work best for you if you are actively sweating or walking in the rain while wearing them.
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20 minutes ago, YK Thom said:
I didn't realize you could grow garlic in Alberta.
Along with canola, soy beans, barley, oats, potatoes and the best hard wheat and mustard in the world garlic grows like a bad weed in Alberta. WRT garlic; even here at 4025 feet above sea level. Gilroy and China go for volume, I prefer quality and flavour.
You only plant the largest cloves from the previous year's crop. Illusrated to scale below are this years rejects:
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Yesterday's news regarding metal shavings in Taco Bell Beef was the last straw for me (first Death in the Box puts a half pound burger on their menu, then don't ensure that they cook it properly; you died quickly if you were lucky).
My faithful assistant was on had to supervise and ensure I had the fat content under control. So Ground Round and Ground Tri-Tip.
As usual I rewarded him with his high fiber dry food. But he is always optimistic that something will fall out of the sky and land in his mouth.
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Always fun to beat Detroit. Wish they had put up more of a fight tonight though:
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On 10/5/2019 at 12:42 PM, BigStewMan said:
When a question asks you to “briefly” state how your background and experience prepares you for the job ... how much can you write and still be “brief?”
Curious as to whether there are unwritten rules such as “x” number of paragraphs is acceptable -- go over that amount and the application is tossed without being read.
I’m getting answers ranging from one paragraph that consists of four to five sentences and others saying two double-spaced pages and one said 500 words.
so, if anyone here is in HR and reads mountains of resumes ... please let me know what recruiters think the limit of brief is. oh yeah, this wasn’t in regards to the resume; but, to three supplemental questions asked on the application. Thanks for the advice.
I used to have to hire people and do annual performance interviews before I retired (liked to hire people, hated to have to fire them - 3 for cause in 30 years, so I was pretty picky or pretty lucky). I always preferred a short concise resume or CV preferably with the highlights in point form. The old writing rule of tell them what you want to tell them, tell them, and then summarize always caught my eye.
Getting in the door is usually more than half the battle.
Good luck!
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38 minutes ago, YK Thom said:
Where do you live? Does it survive over winter?
Calgary is home most of the warm months and north of the 51st. 51.3 or so and 114. I plant hardneck Russian Purple Garlic (aka Lazlo or Lorenzo Garlic) which is the variety to grow at this altitude, latitude and longitude which is on the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The NA Great Plains and Grain Belt is east and south of here.
You have to plant it deeper than you would further south and cover it well into April most years. I used a combination of first peat moss, than straw to cover it this year. Usually I would just use straw but had some peatmoss just sitting around so I've decided to try it as well. I should have done one row with just straw and one with the combination of both but didn't think of it until afterward. In any case, I have always had 100% of the garlic I've ever planted grow in prior years. I will plant my herbs in the late spring (June probably). French Thyme, Chives, Parsley and Mint grow well here. Basil does not most years (too cold and windy).
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On 10/15/2019 at 2:29 PM, bharat said:
I have a pair of Forte II paired with a Marantz 2325 and absolutely love the sound! I have been thinking about diving into the world of tube amps for a while now and finally bit the bullet and picked up a Marantz 8 from 1959 and it seems to be in great condition (I will know for certain next week when it is in my hands). My question to the group is whether or not my Forte II would be a good speaker match to stand up to the Marantz 8 and fully obtain that warm amazing tube sound that all of you talk about so much? I plan to use my 2325 as a pre-amp until I can afford a tube pre-amp. Look forward to hearing from the group. I will post some photos later tonight.
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Great find, that Amp will go together with Klipsch speakers like butter on hot toast.
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Got anything that's made by Shindo Labs that you also don't want to have to move?
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I see the post is from Lebanon, TN.
At that price pickup may actually be Lebanon in the Levant.
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4 minutes ago, dtel said:
The Garlic will not care about the 9 days, now just wait 9 months.
I’m still between the full moon and the new moon but the sweet spot would have been the 25th.
I planted in late November here one year when the ground still hadn’t frozen solid. I still had shoots showing in March and 100% of my crop in by late August that year.
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24 minutes ago, WillyBob said:
They are great for out here. Weather and traffic are rarely a problem. I know that they have saved me ton of money in speeding tickets.When I was in Indiana, there was never enough open road.
They don't do well in hills and turns. They are on the throttle at the wrong time/s.
I have a Valentine One and a sun roof to shoo away the tickets. Also, the wife will snap awake if the speed timer dings on a road trip. God I miss the days of 'the reasonable and prudent' speed limit on Montana Freeways during daytime hours. Used to make Great Falls, Helena, Butte and Dillon from the Canadian Border in really good time with no 'legal' right seat squawking. 🚓
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Nine days sooner than ideal for here this month but things have been kind of hectic lately. Only issue was the moon is far beyond a layer of heavy cloud tonight. Had to use my flashlight.🍹
Now I just need to put a layer of straw on top when I can actually see to take the bale apart properly.
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22 minutes ago, oldtimer said:
The UK or more properly England does not have a written constitution. The consequences are manifest.
Things have improved since they closed the debtor's prisons. That said, I would not want to be an inmate in any UK prison today either.
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1 minute ago, WillyBob said:
you can say the same about cruise control. It never anticipates, only react.
Never use your cruise control on ice, snow or heavy rain!
React could end up an understatement.
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Highway robbery ... I'll do the DVD 
No More Manual Stick Shift Cars?
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Speaking of no manual transmission in the new C8 Corvette - UGH!: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a25862095/2020-ford-mustang-shelby-gt500-photos-info/