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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 7:53 pm
That was the problem though - too many hits and it's hard to know which are reliable or easy or whatever.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 1:34 pm
Oh, I see. Huh! Incidentally, I recently installed Office Professional 2003 (I think) on my new laptop. I just went and checked under "Microsoft Office Tools", which I do have, but there is no picture program in there. Huh again!! Maybe because it is professional version? I don't need it, as I have Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 on this computer, just was curious to see if I had the other one. Kitt, Windows Live has a good, free photo-editing program, but it is a huge download. I also endorse Irfanview for a nice, small, versatile photo editing program.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 2:53 pm
We have Office Professional 2003 on our desktop & one of our laptops & have Picture Manager, tho if I remember right it's called Picture Gallery or Picture Library or something like that. [Don't use either computer that much anymore.] Also, before 2003, the earlier version was called Picture Editor. Not as fancy as it is now, but still very user friendly. I think I downloaded Infraview - is that the one that you can change the size of multiple pics at once? Couldn't figure otu the multiple pic function, so stuck with Picture Manager just cuz I'm a fuddy duddy and don't do change well.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 4:07 pm
This is a dumb tv commercial question, but I really do wonder what the answer is. (It's okay to point and laugh at me before you answer.) There is a Cialis (for men's erectile dysfunction) commercial where a couple are sitting in bath tubs out on their lawn. Cialis is for "when the time is right". 1. Why are there bath tubs on their lawn? Is this a regional thing? 2. They are in separate tubs, so they clearly aren't...um...getting it on....right? 3. Is this a type of foreplay? 4. When "the time is right", do they run inside? roll out on the lawn? dive into one tub? (how could that work???) In such delicate matters, I wish we still had the "Ask Mocha" thread, but I have faith that someone here knows these answers. Thank you in advance.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 4:09 pm
LOL Mak, I can't answer your questions, because every time those commercials come on, I ask the same ones!
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 4:22 pm
LOL, thanks Merrysea. Maybe we can learn together. Another commercial says something about "after you get out of the bath tub", but I have never caught that whole commercial. Somehow, I don't think it would answer our questions.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 4:24 pm
Maybe it's just me, but I think that after lugging water out to those outdoor bathtubs, I wouldn't be much in the mood for anything Cialis will help with!
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 4:26 pm
It was probably designed to make people talk, and it has succeeded. You even mentioned the product's name. They probably have magical ways of finding out how many times people mention that ad on the internet. Who knows?
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 4:32 pm
Just for fun, I googled Cialis bath tub. You should see the hilarious things I am finding. scienceblogs.com/cialis_whats_with_the_bath_tub

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Glenn
Member
07-05-2003
| Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 4:37 pm
Mak, it is all about subliminal messages. 1. If you are waiting for the call of nature, get outside where nature lives. If this couple was inside the guy would be watching television and never hear nature's ring. 2. They are in separate tubs to keep it PG rated for the kids watching. No one wants to think of old people doing the deed. 3. Yes, it is a type of foreplay. The guy has nothing else to do but listen to what his partner has to say. How could you make it more erotic than if he actually is listening and hearing. 4. When the time is right, the guy will casually stroll back into the house with his partner. He is most likely so pleased with himself that the extra display time of his goods almost becomes a parade.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 4:38 pm
Maybe they're suggesting that your partner can only do it if the other is clean. Stank just turns some people off. :-)
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 4:52 pm
Ah, thank you Glenn, Merrysea, and Hukd. Good points made by all. I think my mind is too literal to catch onto subliminal messages. They certainly have people talking. One person on another site suggested that it works so well that the man's "parade baton" can push bath tubs to the beach.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, December 18, 2009 - 6:15 am
Kitt, some luck for you today! Do you know who Kim Komando is? She is a computer guru who has a nationally syndicated radio show, and she sends out daily newsletters with various computer tips. She is wildly successful and gives excellent advice. Today she had a tip for an easy online photo editor! http://pixlr.com/ I didn't try it, but I think I will bookmark it for later reference, as this question comes up from time to time.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, December 18, 2009 - 6:23 am
Serate, yes, Irfanview is the one where you can batch process photos. I managed to figure it out at one time. (or Draheid told us all how to do it, heh.) And I just remembered that there was one CD in the Office set that I did not install. That must be the one with the photo editor on it.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, December 18, 2009 - 10:04 am
Thanks Juju . I haven't heard of Kim Komando but I'll definitely give that program a look.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, December 18, 2009 - 11:49 am
I keep hearing this in reference to a holiday or something, but what is Awosals? Maybe something to do with New England? I know that is spelled wrong....can someone give me the correct spelling and definition?
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Friday, December 18, 2009 - 12:06 pm
Escapee I live in Boston and I have never heard of it. Sorry.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Friday, December 18, 2009 - 12:15 pm
Are you hearing something about a wassail? It's some sort of spicy drink or something holiday-ish
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Friday, December 18, 2009 - 12:22 pm
I think you are hearing wassail as well. It's a hot, spiced drink (ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon). Or perhaps wassailing which refers to the groups of people who go door to door singing carols.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Friday, December 18, 2009 - 12:29 pm
Kim Komando
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, December 18, 2009 - 1:00 pm
There was an episode on Familiy guy that they were celebrating "Happy Awosal" and then last night on the SNL skit of Martha Stewart she was talking about celebrating Christmas, Hannukah, and Awosals.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Friday, December 18, 2009 - 1:03 pm
Aeresol??? 
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, December 18, 2009 - 2:27 pm
yeah, except change the r to a w and that's how its pronounced, I think.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Friday, December 18, 2009 - 2:33 pm
From "Very Special Family Guy Freakin Christmas" When the boys go out drunk at night while Peter goes sober, they go wassailing, which is actually based on an age old tradition of drinking wassail during the Winter season. I still think they're saying wassail, lol! http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/A_Very_Special_Family_Guy_Freakin'_Christmas/References
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, December 18, 2009 - 2:38 pm
THANK YOU everyone. I am looking up the recipe So maybe they are saying A wassail.
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