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    Need help! RCA woodgrain television from 1988 won't get off channel 91

    There's still one working analogue TV station in my area. I don't know why it's still up. Sadly, there's nothing worth watching on it.
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    Need help! RCA woodgrain television from 1988 won't get off channel 91

    Nice TV! You need a wood grain VCR to go with it. On my TV, channel 91 is the A/V input.
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    Wicat 150

    I've been waiting decades to find out what keyboard was in the Wycat 150. Thanks for the photo!
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    What do your happy places look like?

    That "happy place" is sadly missing some vintage computers. (and also in a No Parking zone) My "somewhat happy place": I'm also reasonably happy in this room:
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    Anyone else a member of PayPal who has lost access to thier funds in the past 2 days?

    I must admit that I learned a few things from Jeff Varasano (who resides well within the "Pizza belt") - although he knows nothing of Canadian flour, which requires radical changes to his dough recipes.
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    Anyone else a member of PayPal who has lost access to thier funds in the past 2 days?

    How did this thread get to pizza? You want to see pizza? Well, do you... punk? I grew the oregano. I grew the tomatoes. I even grew the damn basil. OK... I didn't grow the cows that make the cheese... but it was local to my island, I swear! Now THIS is a pizza.
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    I remember a website of computing history but can't find it

    I saved the original pages of that site over 20 years ago. The ones I have (stored on my Amiga 500 drive) have a date of 1998. The link has changed, but thankfully the author put a redirect link. Ken Polsson has done a nice job to collect this information over the years. (y)
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    Anyone else a member of PayPal who has lost access to thier funds in the past 2 days?

    :biggrin: Assuming you're not being sarcastic, I approve of this message and/or product. :p
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    Anyone else a member of PayPal who has lost access to thier funds in the past 2 days?

    No, it doesn't. Around 2013, I did have a VOIP service with a cable modem that supported it, but when it got fried by a power failure they replaced it with one that didn't support it. I then got a rotary to dial tone converter, which worked for a while before something changed with the VOIP that...
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    I remember a website of computing history but can't find it

    You mean like this? http://kpolsson.com/comphist/comp1969.htm
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    Anyone else a member of PayPal who has lost access to thier funds in the past 2 days?

    I wouldn't want to use the internet without Adblock Plus. I haven't seen a single YouTube commercial - ever. As for the sponsored crap, I'm always quick on the forward arrow. The second somebody starts talking about their sponsor, I press forward as fast as I can. I see brief flashes, hear bits...
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    Anyone else a member of PayPal who has lost access to thier funds in the past 2 days?

    I closed my PayPal account last year - and it took me months just to log in to be able to close the damn thing. They started demanding mobile phone verification to log in and I don't own a mobile phone. There was no way to bypass. Their "contact us" is an exercise in frustration and gets...
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    Repair vs Preservation

    I remember when "old people" were people born in the Victorian era. That generation is now long gone. These days, old people were hippies in the 60's. I once had a long conversation with a guy born in 1893. He was still bitter about the fact that the Canadian government lied when they...
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    Repair vs Preservation

    If anything involves potential breakage, I leave it alone. I've had a couple disasters that still haunt me. I do my half-assed best to get it working, but don't want to do anything that might make it worse. Of course I clean everything and make it as neat as possible without causing damage to...
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