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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, December 04, 2009 - 2:43 pm
I've noticed a lot of the dvds we have at the library are the Canadian ones with English and French versions on one disc. I presume it's totally legitimate as otherwise they wouldn't do it. The quality is the same, but I expect the special features could vary. Of course if it's a dodgy site the discs might not be good quality, but if you're buying direct from amazon.ca I don't think it could be a bootleg. I think you'd have to judge the validity of any other seller somehow, or risk being ripped off.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, December 08, 2009 - 8:04 pm
Okay, here is some advance warning of a little problem some of us got caught up in five years ago, and how it could already have been five years, I have no earthly idea, but that is another whole conundrum. Somehow people's BABIES are becoming teenagers, and what is up with that??? Okay, so five years ago this coming February, several people mentioned that they had inadvertently let their drivers licenses expire, and I wondered how that could possibly happen. And then I happened to think that it had been a fairly long time since I got my last driver's license, so I went and checked mine, and sure enough, it had just expired!!! Now, I had a pretty good excuse, as I was in Texas at the time, and WA state does not forward driver's license renewal reminders out of state. This year I happened to go look it up before we left WA for TX, and sure enough, it expires in Feb., and I won't be there at the time. So I applied for and have received an extension on my license, good for 30 days after I return to WA. So, all you Dec-Jan-Feb birthday folks, go look at your driver's license now.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Tuesday, December 08, 2009 - 8:44 pm
Thanks, Juju. Just checked. I have three years remaining on my license.
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Wednesday, December 09, 2009 - 5:29 am
My 17 yr old dd had surgery yesterday. A mandibular setback. Cut her jaw on both sides, remove about 1/4 inch then bolt back together. It's a surgery we have been waiting for since she was ten and as much as she was stressing it, she can't get rid of her braces until it was done so she was also looking forward to getting it over with. (It wasn't for cosmetic reasons but would take too long to go into all details)She didn't want to be the only kid in college still wearing braces. LOL She has a rotating drug-drip - 30 minutes each bag: morphine, gravol, steroid for inflammation, antibiotic then start again with the morphine, etc. I stayed until she was alseep last night and am just having a cup of tea and heading back to hospital, hoping she had a good night. The remnant effects of the anaesthetic should have worn off by now so today will probably be the hardest as far as pain goes. So far she has been a real trooper even though she says it hurts more than she thought it would (and she thought it would HUUURRRTT ), she seems to be unaffected by the morphine (today we try tylenol 3 and codiene). We had requested a private room -none was available but as an unexpected distraction... the mother of the child in the next bed seems to be drug seeking so the tension with her and the nurses has been entertaining. Will elaborate when I get my daughter home, it's been quite the soap opera. LOL
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Wednesday, December 09, 2009 - 5:48 am
Oh boy Rissa that sounds painful. Here's hoping your daughter has an easy recovery.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, December 09, 2009 - 9:10 am
Prayers for a speedy and painless recovery for your baby Rissa.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, December 09, 2009 - 11:09 am
Hope you and your brave daughter are over the worst of it. I wish her a speedy recovery.
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Wednesday, December 09, 2009 - 4:37 pm
Thank you!! Remember the original Charlie and the Chocolate factory? Violet after chewing the forbidden gum? That's what her face looks like. She is 5'8" and 125 lbs but if you could see just her head you would SWEAR she was at least 250-300, that's how big her face is. They said it would swell but I had no idea how much and the doc says it's actually less than most patients. I can't imagine. Any more and we'd have to worry about stretch marks. LOLOL We have also been told to expect the bottom half of her face and her neck to turn black with bruises in the next day or so. So far just one big black line on her neck. But the important worry... pain, is so far a non-issue. She is sore but coping. Yesterday they had her on morphine and it didn't seem to affect her so today they put her on tylenol 3's and that's doing the trick. The nutter in the other bed was a great distraction, although I only say that because the staff was on top of the issue, otherwise a call to child/family services would be in order. 48 hours and I can tell you every issue the mother has with everyone in her family (cause she yelled at them all, one by one on the cell phone she wasn't allowed to use), all the drugs she is on (cause she kept trying to get the nurses to give her samples (even though it was her daughter that was the patient). She slept at the hospital last night because her father refused to pick her up and stole food from the nurse's fridge for meals because she had no money. Good times. 
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, December 09, 2009 - 4:46 pm
Rissa, how very very sad for her daughter. I think that a call to child services would definitely be in order, if not by the nurses, by you!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 3:57 pm
QUESTION: does anyone have any experience good or bad with Life Alert? TIA.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 4:21 pm
Dipo...we got Life Alert for MIL. It was more good than bad. The only bad was that she sometimes pushed the button by mistake, but it wasn't that big of a deal when she did. We had notification numbers of our home first, neighbor second, etc. so that 911 wasn't the first call. She had fallen before and was down for quite some time and it was a horrible experience, so for any of the bad that came with it, the good far out-weighed it. She didn't like it as a necklace, though, so I turned it into a bracelet.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 4:47 pm
During the several months my mother had hers she had to use it once when she fell getting out ot the shower in the bathroom and couldn't get up. The 'alert' people called the desk at mom's adult residence and they came right up and got her off the floor. I shudder to think what might have happened if she'd would have had to lie on the floor until I showed up the next morning. It cost about $40 a month and was well worth the peace of mind.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 4:59 pm
I wanted to get one of those for my mother, but with her Alzheimer's, she wouldn't be able to even problem solve well enough to know to push the button. I think it's a great option for peace of mind, as long as the person is capable of using it when necessary.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 5:23 pm
Dipo, I think the Lifeline thing is wonderful. Mom had one when she was living with us, although she never had cause to use it, it was comforting to know she had it on her, if I had to run out for errands, etc. Also we have a friend with severe MS who used to live 2 blocks from us, and we were first on her Lifeline Alert list. Either DH or myself would run to pick her up from the floor at least 2 or 3 times a month. I had to stop when it became too painful for my back, but DH continued to do so for at least another couple of years until she moved out of the neighbourhood. She used to be so stubborn when I'd tell her to sign up for this but after sitting on her bathroom floor from 4pm one day til 6am the next morning, when her neighbours going to work heard her calling for help, she FINALLY decided to sign up for this! Now she still has it, but she lives across town in a bldg that was specially created for the handicapped with all the bells and whistles that she needs.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 5:06 pm
There used to be a thread where we were talking about Wii Fit, but I can't find it. I want to recommend Wii Fit Plus as a bit of fun entertainment for the holidays. If you already have the balance board you can just buy the Wii Fit Plus for $20. If you don't have the balance board you don't need to buy Wii Fit + balance board set, but can buy the Wii Fit Plus + Balance Board set instead ($90). Obviously you need the Wii console. I think the Wii Fit Plus includes all the Wii Fit games - I haven't checked all but the ones I liked before are still there. All the things I moaned at Wii Fit for have been fixed! The biggest thing is that you can now switch players so you can take turns to play games without going back all the way through the menus, which makes it much more of a family game. You can set up kind of a playlist of which exercises you want to do in order, so that you don't have to go back through the menus each time for those too. I haven't looked through the strength and balance section yet, but there are 12 new balance games, the few of which I've tried are really fun ones. There's an obstacle course where you run (on the board) and jump and dodge things, there's one where you flap like a bird to fly between places, ones where you're on a pretend segway... I haven't been able to go through them properly yet because I hurt my back last week but it just looks like great family fun for any age.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 6:31 pm
AWESOME Kitt! We've been debating if we wanted to get it or not. New games sound fun, but the fact that you can switch off is awesome. I used to do it when hubby was at work, then he'd do it when he got home, but felt bad cuz I was sitting and watching and not able to do anything. I think you just made our minds up! Thanks!
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Friday, January 15, 2010 - 8:15 pm
Question: Snail mail sent to post office (local and D.C.) -- does it require postage? I had a problem with a local USPS employee (not mailman) and am reporting her.
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Alwayzmovin
Member
11-06-2003
| Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 5:44 am
Color, Anything sent thru the mail must have postage, unless you have a postage paid envelope.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 9:45 am
That makes sense. I get an envelope / order form to buy stamps through the mail from the local post office. It's a postage paid envelope. That's why I questioned. Thanks.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 5:51 pm
Be Cautious About Giving Info to Census Workers by Susan Johnson > > > With the U.S. Census process beginning, the Better Business Bureau > (BBB) advises people to be cooperative, but cautious, so as not to > become a victim of fraud or identity theft. The first phase of the > 2010 U.S. Census is under way as workers have begun verifying the > addresses of households across the country. Eventually, more than > 140,000 U.S. Census workers will count every person in the United > States and will gather information about every person living at each > address including name, age, gender, race, and other relevant data. > > The big question is - how do you tell the difference between a U.S. > Census worker and a con artist? BBB offers the following advice: > > If a U.S. Census worker knocks on your door, they will have a > badge, a handheld device, a Census Bureau canvas bag, and a > confidentiality notice. Ask to see their identification and their > badge before answering their questions. However, you should never > invite anyone you don't know into your home. > > Census workers are currently only knocking on doors to > verify address information. Do not give your Social Security number, > credit card or banking information to anyone, even if they claim they > need it for the U.S. Census. > > > > REMEMBER, NO MATTER WHAT THEY ASK, YOU REALLY ONLY NEED TO TELL > THEM HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE AT YOUR ADDRESS. > > While the Census Bureau might ask for basic financial information, > such as a salary range, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER ANYTHING AT ALL > ABOUT YOUR FINANCIAL SITUATION. The Census Bureau will not ask for > Social Security, bank account, or credit card numbers, nor will > employees solicit donations. Any one asking for that information is > NOT with the Census Bureau. > > AND REMEMBER, THE CENSUS BUREAU HAS DECIDED NOT TO WORK WITH ACORN > ON GATHERING THIS INFORMATION. . No Acorn worker should approach > you saying he/she is with the Census Bureau. > > > > Eventually, Census workers may contact you by telephone, mail, or in > person at home. However, the Census Bureau will not contact you > by Email, so be on the lookout for Email scams impersonating the Census. > > Never click on a link or open any attachments in an Email that > are supposedly from the U.S. Census Bureau. > > For more advice on avoiding identity theft and fraud, > visit www.bbb.org > > PLEASE SHARE THIS INFO WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 1:01 pm
link Tv guide games: poll on tv guide.com, vote for favorite reality show categories and more
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 1:23 pm
One of the coolest sites I've come across in a long time! It has live radio transmissions from police, fire, and EMS departments. Choose your state, then the area you want to listen in on. You'll be the first to know what's going on in your area! http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 7:32 pm
Aww Huk reminds me of when we had a police scanner in the '80s. So much fun in a small podunk town cuz we could listen to people's phone calls too. 
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 8:10 am
This video gave me a good laugh this morning. The Apple "iPad" just came out, but this video was made 2 years ago. It's a must see...LOL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsjU0K8QPhs
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 9:47 am
Thanks for that link Huk--very interesting.
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