Category: Computers/Internet

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Tanning Beds

Having a nice tan is the least of my concerns, I spend so much time outside tending to the farm and the animals, I found that I have darkened a few shades since I took over the place just the last couple of years. Although I have to admit that from the waist down I am pretty darn pale, wickedly so. Guess I’ll have to start wearing some shorts at times come next summer in an effort to even up some, but I’ll always have white feet, you’ll not see me any whereon this property with out good shoes or boots on. Too many things that could hurt a person’s foot in this type of environment.

I don’t know if there is a tanning bed salon in any of the towns that are anywhere close by here, I may just have to stick my feet out in the sun for a bit each day or just deal with it.

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Rave Clothing

Received a short but sweet email from my 12 year old niece today, she is turning 13 in a few weeks and is passing around birthday hints and wishes by way of the Internet this year. Hard to believe that she will be a teenager, and she is growing straight and tall, built much like her mother, and will be breaking many hearts in the up and coming years, you can be sure.

She is just now getting into and paying attention to today’s newest fashions and has requested numerous clothing items for her birthday. She sent me the link to the site that has several pieces that she is wishing for and I’m going to go ahead and order her the rave pants that she is drooling over, after checking with her mother first, of course.

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Shooting The Breeze

Spent the afternoon talking computers with my brother-in-law, the family computer geek. Although most of what he talks about I really don’t have a clue on, but I usually walk away learning something. Today it was about secure data backup, not something that I really have to worry about but it was interesting non the less.

It felt good not having to ask him over to take care of any of my computer/Internet issues, it was just to basically hang up and catch up, since I haven’t really seen him since the 4th of July. We had a few cold beers, ate some chow and spent a few hours on the front porch enjoying a nice day that only got into the mid 80’s. A nice change from this extremely hot and humid summer that we have had to deal with. As much as I hate the winter I’m almost ready for the cold weather, this heat has been sucking the life out of me.

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Takes Money To Make Money

So many people have been telling me that I should start using eBay to sell off some of the stuff around here that I don’t have a need for. Either that or have a couple of yard sales, to be honest holding a yard sale would be nothing but a major pain in the rear. I don’t have the time to gather, sort, fix, price and all the other necessities that are needed in order to have a yard sale.

My sister is going to come over in the next couple of days to assist me in getting an eBay account started and show me what all it takes to get a few items put on there to start out with. I really need to buy some sort of scale that I can weigh the items with for shipping and handling purposes. I thought we had one around here but darned if I can put my hands on it, so I’ll just go ahead and purchase one. After all it takes money to make money, right?

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What Is The Best Debt Relief Plan?

Most of us are still reeling from the recent turn of events with the economy, well I guess it isn’t all that recent, this has been going on for over 5 years now. And it is most unfortunate that there really doesn’t seem to be any form of light, what so ever, at the end of this long dark tunnel.

There is a lot of debt relief advice out there that we have all heard from friends and relatives, co workers, neighbors, at church, in magazines, books, lawyers, credit companies and of course it’s all over the Internet. From what I gather there really isn’t a quick fix or a one size fits all plan that fits everyone in every situation. What I would do, as I do with most advice, I read and listen, ask a lot of questions and then take what I want from it all, use what I can, toss out the rest with the garbage while hoping and praying that I’ve done a good job with all that I have. The rest I leave in God’s hands.

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Look It Up On The Internet

It just really floats my boat that you can turn on your computer, go straight to Google, which many of us have as our Home Page anyway, and type in something as simple as “house for sale louisville ky” and badda boom, badda bing, you’ve got some of the most up-to-date and accurate information right there in front of your sweet Baby Blues.

I can’t tell you how often I ask someone a question and instead of them supplying me with the answer or telling me that they don’t know, I am told to “Look it up on the Internet” don’t get me wrong the Internet is awesome but sometimes I worry that we depend on it too much and what the consequences of that will be for all of us and at what point.

 

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Leaking Issues in the Basement

Upon making a quick trip down to the basement, trying to make my way to the root cellar, that stores many food items during the year, I noticed that there was some water on the floor in one corner. It appears that I am in need of a new sump pump. I worked on this piece of ancient equipment myself for a while and finally gave up and came back upstairs to my computer to see what I can find about getting this leaking basement and sump pump issue resolved. I haven’t a clue as to who my parents would have called for this type of problem, this wasn’t an issue that was ever talked much about, so I had to start from scratch on this one, so I’m glad that I have Internet access and was able to use it to my advantage for locating a good company to contact for immediate service, which I found at B-Dry.com.

At their website, they gave me an opportunity for a quick and free estimate, but I just skipped through that due to the urgency of this matter and gave the closest office a call, toll free of course, and they are coming up late this afternoon to assist me with this mess. One of their new submersible sump pumps will be the first order of business and then I would like to talk with them about addressing the leakage problem and give me their free estimate at that time.

It is always something is seems, but I guess it all comes with running and maintaining a house and home, and this old home is in need of some hard work along with some love and care.

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Comments

I was surprised when I logged into my blog today to see that I had 118 spam comments waiting for me to approve or mark as spam.  I don’t really understand why I am getting so many spam comments, and why those folks are thinking that their comments will get approved – their comments aren’t even relevant to the posts they are commenting on!  What a crazy world we live in!  Well folks, comments are moderated, and are not approved if they are not relevant to the post.  Sorry to rain on your parade!

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Back To School Supplies All Ready

Every year the Back To School commercials start coming on the TV earlier and earlier. Around here the last day of school was around June 23rd, and I swear right after the 4th of July holiday was over the Back To School commercial commenced. What’s even crazier is that they are scheduled to go back to school at the end of August. Not much of a summer vacation if you ask me.

So right now there are great deals on laptops for students and I’m seriously considering taking advantage of these savings that anyone can cash in on. Not to mention pens, pencils, paper and all the other various “back to school” supplies that we all tend to need around the house, not just at school.

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Taking Size in Consideration

Thinking hard about installing a whole new bathroom vanity and sink for the master bath here at the farm. The plumbing leaves a lot to be desired and needs updating badly, but that will have to wait until next year some time.

Bathroom vanities are not something that I really have paid much attention to in the past, but now that I have had to look and deal with this prehistoric model that has been here in the house since day one, I have been taking a look around on the Internet to get some ideas to ponder on.

I will forward the links to the Bathroom Vanities that I find and like online by email, to my older sister for her consideration, something that I find myself doing with most major decisions that come around regarding this old house and home. She has a vested interest in the place and I like to keep her in the loop for many reasons, and it’s just a common courtesy in my mind.

So far I have found one such Bathroom Vanity that looks promising, the bathroom is not big at all and I need to take that in consideration and find one on the petite and small side although I would like to be able to have room to install a Double Vanity. Maybe when I redo the bath on the upper level in the place, I can get one then.