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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, November 05, 2009 - 11:39 am
LOL BOB!!
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Thursday, November 05, 2009 - 12:58 pm
Thank you so much for helping with my research! These are GREAT!!
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Karen
Member
09-06-2004
| Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 8:47 am
I need a few really quick helpers, please and thanks!! At this link, do you see a fully functional website, or just a splash page? http://www.aboutmen.ca
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 8:48 am
A fully functional website. Hope that helps!
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Karen
Member
09-06-2004
| Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 8:50 am
Yup, thanks. Client is freaking that they just announced the site on the news but they're only getting a splash page. Argh.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 8:52 am
I also get a fully functioning website.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 9:02 am
ANYONE KNOW where one can sell an old mac (a G5 specifically) for parts? My dh said the guy at our apple store said that there is a market for the innerds of old macs. My dh should have asked the guy WHERE, but since he did not, I thought I'd ask you guys...
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 9:10 am
The website looks fine to me as well, Karen.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 9:13 am
I see a fully functioning website.
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Karen
Member
09-06-2004
| Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 9:47 am
Thanks, guys. Turns out the firewall inside the hospital is blocking words like "testicle". It thinks the site is a porn site.
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Jeep
Member
10-17-2001
| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 7:34 am
I know nothing about selecting a good wine, but I'd like to buy some for the holiday. I have two dinners, one with steak and the other turkey, so I want one red and one white wine. I really like the dry wines. Do you have any suggestions on some nice ones to purchase?
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 7:43 am
Lance is our resident wine guy so maybe he can jump in here and help you.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 10:20 am
Jeep, what's your price range? And what region do you want? French? Italian? Australian? Californian? FWIW, you don't have to drink a white with turkey. In fact, for dinner, I'd prefer a lighter red (if I ate turkey anyways). I nice pinot noir or Beaujolais would be lovely with the turkey. Then you can get a deeper red for the steak dinner, such as a nice cabernet or shiraz. But really, without knowing if you have a dollar requirement or regional preference it's hard to say.
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Jeep
Member
10-17-2001
| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 10:52 am
Costacat, I'm not concerned about price or region since I'm not going to be buying it every week. I'd like something that would make a regular wine drinker "raise their eyebrows" LOL. And I like your idea of a lighter red with the turkey. Thanks for your help!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 2:09 pm
Then I'd suggest you go to your local wine store. Explain what you want and what you plan on serving, and let them make some recommendations to you based on what they've got on hand.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 2:13 pm
Jeep, a really nice wine is Bogel. They have a wonderful Chardonay (white) and a Petite Syrah and Merlot (reds). It's very reasonably priced and has a pretty label to impress the wine snobs! LOL i was hosting a dinner a while ago and there were going to be several very knowledgable wine drinkers attending. I asked my wine guy and this is what he suggested.
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 2:31 pm
Are they wine knowledgable or wine snobs (said in the nicest possible way LOL)? Wine snobs that I know tend to get wrapped up in fancy international vintages but some of the best wines in the world are from California and the Niagara Region of Ontario (depending on where you are). The snob I am married to (told ya it was said nicely) loves Ruffino (chianti), it's an Italian red and not TOO costly (about $25). Another one that makes our table a lot is more unusual and more popular with women for some reason, probably because it's lighter then most. It's a Portuguese white called Gazela and it's referred to as a green wine (that's the unusual part). If I recall, that one costs about $12. Wolf Blass Yellow Lable is always a popular choice as well especially the Shiraz which is what the Australians are known for if I am correct. I should disclose that I rarely drink and when I do I put 1/2 green wine, half ginger-ale and an ounce of cranberry juice... I make real wine drinkers shudder 
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 3:08 pm
LOL..these were wine knowledgable, but as my wine guy said 'it's a impressive label to impress the wine snobs'. Bogel is very reasonable. http://www.boglewinery.com/factsht.htm http://www.snooth.com/wines/bogle/1/0/
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 4:08 pm
This is for Lance too, although I think he mostly drinks whites. The brother-in-law of friends of ours has his own winery in Napa Valley, CA. We usually have a bottle of his red when we visit them, and the wine is divine. You want to open the bottle and let it breathe for a bit before you drink it, Lance can tell you how long, maybe a half hour? Winery is Rowland Cellars. Label on the bottle is Ramspeck or Cenay. Get the Ramspeck pinot noir for around $20 or the Cenay pinot noir for around $32 (but the liquor store lady told me the $20 is just as good as the $32). He also makes a Cabernet Sauvignon and a Merlot under the Ramspeck label. Those would be good as well. I think you can Google to find a wine store near you that sells Rowland Cellars, or just call your local shops. Since Rowland is a small winery, there is a good chance your friends would never have tried it, and a good chance they would think it is excellent. You can also Google Rowland Cellars for more opinions on his wines. If you can find it, I think it would be a hit.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 4:23 pm
I'd let a red breathe for at least 40 minutes. I don't know where you live, Jeep, but you may have to go to a wine store to find some of the wines suggested. If you don't have a wine store, you may want to check out Whole Foods. They used to have a pretty decent selection although I've not checked out their wines lately.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 4:24 pm
BTW, I wouldn't fret too much about the wine. If you are unsure, buy a bottle and decant it yourself a few days before the dinner. If you like it, and you think it'll go OK, unless you're fixing dinner for a bunch of snobs, you should be fine. If you ARE fixing dinner for a bunch of snobs, tell them what the menu is and ask them to bring wine to share. 
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 7:07 pm
Bogel here is definitely in the liquor stores and in several grocery stores.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 8:51 pm
I'll have to try to remember the Bogel, Texannie. We have Ben's Liquors (which is one of the majors in the Rio Grande Valley) right within stumbling distance of the condo here in South Padre. Errrr, I mean I could throw a rock and hit the Ben's from my kitchen window. I betcha they have Bogel, and they have a VERY knowledgeable wine buyer in there. The suggestion above to just tell the wine seller your criteria is indeed an excellent one. I would feel very confident with whatever the wine lady at Ben's recommends. Ditto the guy at the semi-foo-foo grocery store back home. Ditto any wine person in a Whole Foods grocery store.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 9:14 pm
NEW QUESTION: I was thinking of getting the fisher price kids digital camera for my 3 year old. But it is rather expensive. Keeping in mind all I want a camera for her to do is take a few shots and let her see on the camera, the shot she took. I bet I could find a super cheap camera that she may even want more as it would not look like a toy (kinda like when they make a cute toy remote control or cell phone, but the kid only wants the "real" one...) So I figured I'd look on Amazon, but is there a feature I can use to have them list just the cheap ones? ANy ideas? Hope this makes sense... Thanks in advance.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 9:41 pm
Julie, Walmart has a cheap digital camera that is a regular digital camera, except in kid colors/designs, and when I say cheap, I'm talking like $10 or $15. We bought niece one a year or so ago that was pink with geez, I can't remember, some kind of design. They also had camoflage ones. I'm not too sure how well it'd hold up for a 3 year old, but it held up pretty good for my at the time 5 year old niece.
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