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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 7:18 am
This is my new vac:

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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 8:02 am
THAT'S THE ONE *I* GOT!!!! The Synchrony Premiere. (Their most expensive one!) And while I won't use it all that much, my housekeeper loves it! It did do a great job!
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 9:41 am
So maybe I want to sign up for Twitter? First thing it asks you for is your full name which will be displayed in public profile. HUH? Or am I being dumb and nobody fills in real name? But then asks you for a username. What is with the name stuff?
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 9:55 am
Color, your real name will be attached to your account for twitter to see but if you choose a username, that's all that the public will see.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 11:58 am
You can choose not to use your real name, the name that is displayed on your profile. I use my Twitter account for business, too, so I put my full name in (and it's displayed as such). My user name is obviously just a shortened version. I will say this, though... whenever I get a "you're being followed" email, and go check out the person's Twitter profile, if they did not include their real name, I'll not follow them back. I'm not going to follow someone who won't give me their real name. Unless, of course, it's one of the cats I'm following. 
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Mictay
Member
09-29-2006
| Friday, June 11, 2010 - 5:26 am
Ok I have a Twitter but here's the thing I have no idea what the hell to do or how to follow any of it,I just can't seem to follow how to do it.I know how to tweet but I just want to follow and write stuff to people but I can't understand how??????Thank You!!!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, June 11, 2010 - 9:07 am
A lot depends on what you want to do with Twitter. Do you want to use it to stay in touch with friends and/or family? Do you want to use it for work? Do you want to use it to just read what others are saying? I would google "how to use twitter" and see what you find. Then figure out what you want to do with it.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, June 11, 2010 - 9:50 am
I mostly follow famous people and very occasionally reply to one of their tweets, not expecting an answer of course. If that's what you want to do, then you use the "find people" link at the top of your twitter page to find who you want to follow. For instance, if you want to find Ausiello, the guy who does the TV scoop on EW, type "Ausiello" in the find people box, and you get a list of people who might be him. The blue tick mark next to the top person "MichaelAusiello" shows that he's been verified by twitter, i.e. it's definitely the famous person. You just click on the little box to the right of the name, that looks like a plus sign next to a head and shoulders, and that makes you follow that person. Repeat with any other people you want to follow. When you've found your celebs, just go to your own page (just http://twitter.com/) and anything they tweet, or have tweeted recently will be listed there. If you want to reply to any use the button to the right of the tweet, otherwise just read. You can also tweet at someone by putting @ and their name at the beginning of your tweet, e.g. @michaelausiello what's the scoop on the Dexter premiere? If you don't put an @someone at the top of your tweets all people who follow you get your tweet. If no on follows you, no one gets your tweets, unless they happen to do a name search and find you.
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Mictay
Member
09-29-2006
| Friday, June 11, 2010 - 10:42 am
Thanks Kitt!
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Friday, June 11, 2010 - 11:34 am
Yes, big thanks, Kitt !
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, June 11, 2010 - 5:36 pm
Kitt, thanks for that. I didnt know about the @ thing. Cool! Im just starting to feel smart in FB, figured I would tackle Twitter next year! LOL
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, June 11, 2010 - 5:58 pm
If you don't put an @someone at the top of your tweets all people who follow you get your tweet. Actually, this is not true. Anyone who follows your Twitter stream will see all of your tweets, whether you are replying to someone (via @) or just babbling. And much of everything is is "it depends." Are you planning on using a Twitter client (such as TweetDeck or TwitterBerry)? Or are you planning on using Twitter on the web.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, June 11, 2010 - 7:30 pm
If you don't put an @someone at the top of your tweets all people who follow you get your tweet. Sorry for the typo, that should have been "If you don't put an @someone at the top of your tweets only people who follow you get your tweet" (unless someone does a search).
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 11:30 am
I got in the car with a friend the other day. (She was driving.) Sat there? Didn't start the car? What? Seat belt. OK. When I'm driving, I DO put it on. Passenger -- admit, I don't think about it. Guess I should really. She insisted on it. But later, we're talking and she said she texts while driving. HUH?! (Being on the phone is bad enough, but texting!!! I do NOT do either. Absolutely NOT.) So I said to her, especially if you text (or talk on phone?) you pull over and I will get out and walk. I meant it. Texting while driving scares me. I'm sure she's heard of accidents due to texting. It can't happen to her? She can do both at the same time. Yeah, right.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 11:42 am
Color I am with you on the texting bit. This lady I work with was off one day last week and she decided to call her great nephew (who is 18) and ask him if he wanted to go out to lunch. Well no answer on their home phone (she figured he is a teenager and probably still in bed) So she called his cell phone and no answer there either. A little while later her phone rings and it was him and he said "I am sorry I did not answer your call but I was driving and I do not answer my cell phone while I am driving" I thought to myself that I wished more people would do that
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 12:07 pm
Yay for the nephew! And I'm with both of you on texting and cell phones while driving. Because of the kids and my aunt, I keep my cell in the arm rest of my car. If it rings while I'm driving, I'll glance down real quick and if it's one of them I pull into the nearest parking lot and call them back. Anyone else can wait til I get home. My aunt never calls my cell unless it's important and if at least one of the kids isn't with me, it means they're calling from school, but they can still wait til I'm safely parked.
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 12:24 pm
I have a bluetooth - it makes it easier
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 1:21 pm
How the hell did I ever get to age 53 without a cell phone? For goodness sake, let the damn voicemail get it and answer it when it's convenient! Watching people on their cell phones in the grocery store gives me store rage. One of these days I'm going to grab someone's phone and smash it on the floor. Then I'll just say "sorry, didn't mean to bump you".
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 1:36 pm
If I am alone, I will not text and drive nor drive with a phone in my hands. No text and drive, no talk with phone in my hand, to my ear, etc. Hands free or they can wait til I am stopped. If sis is with me, she plays car receptionist for me.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 1:38 pm
LOL Hukd. As I've said before, I use one of those cheapie pre-paid cell phones. Spend $20 every 3 months to keep my account active and as of last night had 226 minutes (they roll over now, didn't use to.) I never come anywhere close to using them all. I use mine mostly for the kids, emergencies with aunt, and once in a great while I'm one of those people in the store on my cell phone (calling home to see if there is anything else I need to get.) Other than with my sister, I don't use my home phone to chit chat, certainly don't use the cell for that! I'm totally with you on the rage though. Sis is one of those with the cell growing out of her ear. Never fails if we go shopping, soon as we hop in the car and start a conversation her cell phone rings and from then on I might as well be alone. The kidlets both have cell phones, mostly to call home if they are done with some activity at school or the rare occassions we just drop Kota off at practice and leave. Caleb uses his a little more often to call friends, but he feels the same way about talking on the phone as I do so he never goes through many minutes. Dakota, though, we've forbidden her from using her cell phone to call friends. She can use the house phone thank you very much. Typical tween girl, she's on the phone constantly.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 1:48 pm
I see groups of 4-5 kids walking down the street together and they're all using their phones to text. I don't get it! What's the purpose of getting together if you're not even going to talk? Socializing is going right out the window, IMO. My nephew does it too, but with him I can tell him to shut his phone off during dinner and I don't get in trouble. It's insanity I tell ya!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 1:53 pm
People have this thing about wanting to be where they aren't (kind of sad huh?). I think some of this texting reflects that.
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 1:55 pm
I have a prepaid thing. Bought 1000 minutes in 2006. I still have something like 780 left, and it costs me $10/year to maintain the account. I also get so po'd having to listen to all the loud, one-way conversations that get forced on us every day while people meander along the aisles in stores, etc. As for driving and using them...grrrrrr.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 2:07 pm
For those of you in California, it's actually illegal to talk on the phone without a headset or to text. Just sayin'... For both business and personal, I live by my cells. When I thought I lost my personal BlackBerry, I was totally freaked out. Contacts, email... gone! (Turns out it was found and returned but still...) Both of my Blackberries are used for email, too. I do NOT check email while driving, however! 
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 2:09 pm
I love it when people are on their cell phones in a public restroom. I make it a point to flush multiple times when I hear them talking.....
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