I was saddened to hear of the passing of Andrew Sachs, recently: http://n.pr/2gVkwi0 He was a multi-faceted actor in his time, and perhaps best known (at least here in the U.S.) as the hapless waiter "Manuel", in the British Sitcom "Fawlty Towers. I really felt that he was a good part...
Jump to postI wanted your opinions on contact lenses that you might use currently or have in the past, and what you liked or disliked about them... I went to my optometrist about a week ago for my annual checkup & while there, discussed that the current Accuvue Oasys (tm) [sic.] daily disposable lenses that...
Jump to postIf you find yourself in a mood for Tex-Mex food and don't mind driving about 45-minutes or so into Fort Worth (depending on where you are in Dallas), then consider making a trip to eat at "Joe T. Garcia's" restaurant. Here is the address: 2201 N Commerce St. Fort Worth, <acronym title="Caribéenne de...
Jump to postDown in these Southern & Southwest locales, we have a lot Harbor Freight stores, which cater very well to what you are looking for. Unlike a retail box store (Home Depot, Lowes (I actually do shop at Lowes sometimes), Sears (are they *still in business??!) etc., take a spin around the Harbor Fre...
Jump to postI'll say this - having been no stranger to doctor's office and hospital visits. Time slows down when you are waiting, but miraculously speeds up when you are actually visiting with the doctor. I mean, you always think that you are waiting too long (yes, three hours is a bit much for a few minutes' w...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/GuitrThree" class="quote" target="_blank">GuitrThree</a> (<a href="#36" class="quote">Reply 36</a>):<br/><i>Infinity are some of the WORST.</i><...
Jump to postThis past weekend, I saw an impeccably preserved and maintained 1989 Honda Prelude 2.0 Si 4WS (4WS=4 Wheel Steering) iin my local grocery store parking lot. If any of you out there are Honda/Acura fans, you know that this particular model of the Honda Prelude was somewhat rare to begin with, but to ...
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Jump to postDefinitely a bad V-Day for us -- we were both nursing the flu and had to cancel all our plans (a nice prix fixe 4-course dinner, roses, limo, etc.).
Oh well. There's always next year...
-N.
At the risk of sounding like one of those people who like to say things like "Well, when *I* was your age, we used to have to *walk* to school, Uphill *both* ways, in the snow..." And yes, I am an old fogey, so please forgive me this little opinionated rant. But, it never ceases to amaze me that thi...
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Jump to postI realize that the original post was about Bluetooth *headsets*, but I ran across this article -- check it out! <a href="http://www.avsforum.com/klipsch-reference-premiere-hd-wireless-system-with-wisa/" target="_blank">http://www.avsforum.com/klipsch-refe...iere-hd-wireless-system-with-wisa/</a> Yik...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Flighty" class="quote" target="_blank">Flighty</a> (<a href="#12" class="quote">Reply 12</a>):<br/><i>There is no set of Bluetooth noise-cancell...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ACDC8" class="quote" target="_blank">ACDC8</a> (<a href="#18" class="quote">Reply 18</a>):<br/><i>car takes forever to pair the phone with the b...
Jump to postA question, and some food for thought... [smile] A friend and I were discussing ingredient labeling on packaged food over dinner last night and neither could come up with any firm definition of this question: What exactly do "they" (the food manufacturers) mean when they label their product with the...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/KiwiRob" class="quote" target="_blank">KiwiRob</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>a double gulp is nearly 2 litres of c...
Jump to postWindows 10 takes a while to build it's databases and caches around your usage patterns - at first, you will notice a considerable amount of disk activity and a fair amount of network activity - this is normal. Let it do it's thing and after a few times that you log out and log back in, you will see ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Aesma" class="quote" target="_blank">Aesma</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>I want to drive a V12 engined car, preferably It...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/cjg225" class="quote" target="_blank">cjg225</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>A year or two ago it was Google Maps in 8-bit,...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/af773atmsp" class="quote" target="_blank">af773atmsp</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i>The lack of RWD is disappointing, but ...
Jump to postI ran across this NewsBlurb earlier today and I thought that I would pass it along: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/lincoln-continental-the-car-of-presidents-is-returning/2015/03/30/f525cb34-d691-11e4-bf0b-f648b95a6488_story.html" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/busine....
Jump to postAn interesting coincidence, the topic of this thread, for as I write this, I am sitting in bed, in a physical rehabilitation facility, recovering after a bad fall that shattered the upper right arm bone(s) near the ball joint and also fracturing the humerus in two places. This was caused by a bad fa...
Jump to postWhat a trip down memory lane...! Perhaps one of the first live band concerts that I saw was "ABBA", c.1977 or so (it was in the mid-late '70s, that much I remember). The venue was unique - it was when I was living in India - the concert was at a horse & dog trace track in Pune (then called "Poon...
Jump to postI have but one request to add to all the others: Please, Please, for the love of all that is worthy: Please make people stop saying "REALLY?" after each sentence, in an effort to try and make a point about something. It is hideously annoying, ineffective and is just unnecessary. I think that the fir...
Jump to postI concur with most of the above comments - these "Protection Packages" that the dealerships are really nothing but a cash cow. An example - many years ago, a friend of mine bought a Honda Civic, brand new, and I went with him to pick it up. The SalesCrook (oops, I mean salesman) pushed and pushed hi...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/TWA772LR" class="quote" target="_blank">TWA772LR</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>just something that will last me 5+...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/LAXintl" class="quote" target="_blank">LAXintl</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>Both Kroger and Safeway are generating good ...
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Jump to postI ran across this nostalgic web site - it contains a lot of information and images of the old (c.) 1960s to the last of the existing punch card machines, which were used for data storage. Here it is: <a href="http://homepage.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/cards/index.html" target="_blank">http://homepage.cs.ui...
Jump to postHello all, I hope that everyone had a happy Thanksgiving and were able to catch up with friends and family. At our family table this year, one of the forks in our conversation turned to a topic that we all got a kick out of and so I decided to try and compile a list regarding the subject. The Topic ...
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Jump to postI wish that I had a picture to share of what I think was quite possibly the filthiest aircraft that I have ever had the displeasure of flying in. Without much surprise, the airline was America West and the aircraft was a vintage Airbus A300. Obviously this experience was from well over a decade ago....
Jump to postI'll share my experience with a city that while not exactly known for it's nightlife, still surprised me with how nice the people there were. I'll explain: About 14-years ago, I found myself in Boise, Idaho, on business - Boise is a quiet town, to say the least - they roll up their sidewalks around ...
Jump to postI ran across this article about the Atomic Clocks that NIST and the USNO maintain, the very devices that countless other technologies depend on in order to function correctly. I thought that I would pass it along, in case any of you are interested in knowing more about this subject. Here is the link...
Jump to postI found out today that National Public Radio (NPR)'s "Car Talk" co-host, Tom Magliozzi, passed away at 71. He was suffering from Alzheimer's and other conditions. I used to catch their show as often as I could - it was part of my Saturday morning wake-up ritual, along with the show "Wait! Wait! Don'...
Jump to postI wonder - has anyone tried the Sennheiser series of Aviation Headphones (all are with ANC) and if so, your thoughts?
-Nick
You have an amazing eye for detail, as well as art form.
Please, Do post some more of your sketches and drawings!
-Nick
This would qualify as one of the shortest (commercial) flights: Some time ago, at least since 2002, the last time that I checked, Continental (CO) Express had a regularly scheduled flight from Houston Intercontinental (<acronym title="Houston - George Bush Intercontinental (IAH / KIAH), USA - Texas"...
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Jump to postAlthough I realize that this is in a slightly different vein of conversation in this thread, still in keeping with the subject of continuing drop in oil prices, I have noticed that the price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline here in Houston, Texas, according to GasBuddy.com and other such sit...
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Jump to postI am surprised that no one mentioned the BRAUN series of facial hair care products - I keep a light mustache and beard (much to the lady's dismay) but at least I am not a ZZTOP poster boy. I have always used Norelco products, as well as mechanical shavers - I even own a couple of straight blade razo...
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Jump to postTop 5 train journeys that I would love to take in my life: 1: The Amtrak Sunset Limited - the full route-and to be able to take my time in doing so.* 2: The Trans Siberian Railroad (probably would have to be in First Class, though.** 3: The New Orient Express*** 4: The "Australian" version of the 'O...
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