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looking for recommendations for wireless bluetooth earbuds for the gym.

Thanks cbrunny. That helps out.
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- Post #30
- Jan 31, 2016
- Forum: Audio Components
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looking for recommendations for wireless bluetooth earbuds for the gym.

Has anyone tried the Oontz Budz ($50@ amazon)? I have an oontz angle and for its size and price, its a great bluetooth speaker. Reviews on amazon seem pretty good, but there are few reviews outside of amazon on them though. Out of curiosity, how far away from the phone can those jayhirds...
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- Post #27
- Jan 30, 2016
- Forum: Audio Components
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Screenshot on Mac

if keyboard commands aren't your thing, use the program "Grab" in your applications/utilities folder
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- Post #14
- Sep 9, 2015
- Forum: Apple
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iPhone 4s battery!!

Im still using the 4S. Change the default screen brightness. I keep mine around 45-50% and it lasts much longer, granted I am not watching you tube videos. It may seem low at first, but your eyes should adjust.
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- Post #11
- Sep 9, 2015
- Forum: Apple
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iWatch expected to ship in April

I have a phone. I do not need something else to tell me the time.
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- Post #20
- Jan 30, 2015
- Forum: Apple
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iOS apps that are worth paying for?

scannable - great for scanning and sending through email or direct to iCloud drive. Its free though but works with Evernote if you use that. Goodreader - for pdfs and such Home Inventory - IOS app and Mac App. I forget which one you buy, but is probably the Mac App. Everything else I...
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- Post #7
- Jan 30, 2015
- Forum: Apple
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What can I do with an old iMac?

I set up my moms iMac, same specs as yours, with yosemite to run it as storage for their movies to feed the apple tv. Runs slow when using too many programs, but when using for one or two things, it does pretty well. I didnt do a clean install like you, but I probably should have. 4 GB kit...
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- Post #19
- Jan 21, 2015
- Forum: Apple
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Baby Video Monitors

As a dad, I agree. My wife would completely disagree with this. For our first, it saved her (and me) from getting out of bed numerous times as you can check it much faster and see when they are trying to get you in there, actually need something, or just being fussy/difficult/whatever. Maybe...
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- Post #15
- Dec 15, 2014
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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4s & iOS 8

I think I jinxed myself. Safari now takes its time to load up the standard keyboard to type an address. Oh well. Im stuck with this for awhile.
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- Post #21
- Dec 10, 2014
- Forum: Apple
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4s & iOS 8

So far on a 4s and iPad 2, it has been a better experience than 7 for me. Either 7 was so incredibly bad that 8 seems better, I'm not sure. Almost all visual enhancements are off, but it seems like most of my apps have stopped crashing as frequently. The 4s appears to switch between 3G...
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- Post #18
- Dec 7, 2014
- Forum: Apple
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Should/Will Apple ever offer an option to revert to Aqua?

I like the change every so often for the phone or desktop. Gives it a different or "new" feel, even if it functions the same.
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- Post #9
- Nov 21, 2014
- Forum: Apple
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4s & iOS 8

Same situation, waiting for the next update as I would love to be able to use Family Share for apps and linking all the accounts to one card. I have waaaaaaay to many passwords for myself and refuse to buy another download of msecure for my wife so she can add her gazillion passwords to it...
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- Post #13
- Nov 12, 2014
- Forum: Apple
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IOS Pdf manager

What does everyone use for viewing and storing pdfs on an IOS device? I was trying to set up Ibooks and it is not a great experience for how I use it. I have numerous class notes scanned into pdf files or received from class. Some are combined into a single pdf, but most are not. They are...
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- Nov 12, 2014
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Apple
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Netflix

Thx. I forgot about this post, but the responses help. We cut the cord mid season 4 of the walking dead and I have been itching to watch the rest. We always liked the kids selection, but were usually quite frustrated with any of the some what new releases.
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- Post #4
- Oct 26, 2014
- Forum: Audio Components
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Netflix

Just curious as I was thinking of restarting my netflix subscription. When did Netflix stop allowing you to look through their streaming selection before subscribing? Is the selection still bad? I just wanted to make sure I could catch up on walking dead and browse for a few other shows...
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- Oct 18, 2014
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Audio Components
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My boss said he needs talk with me tomorrow and I'm scared.

It still sounds like a good time to send out some resumes. Possibly going down to a 1 person department just before a baby (congrats, btw) will leave you exhausted both at home and at work. It does sound like your boss trusts you, but again, its time to send some resumes out.
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- Post #103
- Aug 15, 2014
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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SF and Vegas Area in 1 Week

Sad to hear that about Alize. Went there several years ago and it was simply amazing. The view was great and it got you into Ghost Bar which is neat, but I would not pay to go there. I think it was $10+ Bud Lights a few years back. You are right, there are so many fine dining choices here...
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- Post #13
- May 30, 2014
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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SF and Vegas Area in 1 Week

If you like ramen, go to Monta Ramen . Usually a line, bill is about <$10. Amazing ramen. Le Thai is great too. My favorite breakfast place is BabyStacks. Great pancakes. If you want outdoors, go to Red Rock National Conservation Area (Western Vegas). Trails for hiking, great views of the...
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- Post #5
- May 30, 2014
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Am I a jerk for throwing away some of the wife's stuff?

Drastic measure - Move. As in, move to a new place and make her move her crap. If she does it without complaining, she gets to keep it. To her, when someone else has to deal with it, its no big deal and there isn't a reason to reduce. Oh, and move on the hottest day of the year. It gets...
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- Post #24
- May 24, 2014
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Electric Heating for House?

Pretty much this. We had a heat pump in southeast new mexico. It was fine between 30-40F but any lower and we had to switch to emergency heat. We always had a few weeks in the tens, but not to many. We had a single story brick home (1800sqft) with a decent energy efficiency for the age...
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- Post #18
- May 19, 2014
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Best Donut chains

Here in Vegas: #1 Glaziers grocery store...Good old traditional donuts #2 Pink Box Donuts...Specialty donuts. #3 not sure...I don't go beyond those except to #99, which is near my house. #99 Dunkin. Utter crap. Stale at 11am, but their Berry Dream filled donut is amazing.
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- Post #47
- May 3, 2014
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Modern day job postings for "entry level" jobs...

From my experience it really is who you know. The postings are more or less a formality / requirement and really used by HR to pre-screen applicants to make it easier on hiring managers. NPR had a show on HR hiring practices sometime back and half of the CEOs of the companies interviewed...
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- Post #14
- Apr 8, 2014
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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iOS 7.1 is out

IPad2 - 155 MB - Failed 3 times. I am going to connect it to the computer for the next attempt. Iphone 4S - 168 MB - Installed on first go. Around 15 minutes. Both were upgrading from 7.0.6.
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- Post #19
- Mar 11, 2014
- Forum: Apple
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How much allowance do you give your kids?

I completely agree. Babysitting is insanely expensive and considering they typically will leave giant mess after themselves, it seems like a scam. We do favors for friends and hold them to watching ours in return. Most of the time, we just don't go out anymore unless his daycare offers a...
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- Post #55
- Feb 26, 2014
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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How much allowance do you give your kids?

When my son was born, we put about $15 a month into a savings account. Then when he become mobile and started breaking things around the house, we use that to pay for fixing/ replacing newly broken items. He is 3 now and that bank account has been flat for a while (probably 2 years). He...
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- Post #54
- Feb 26, 2014
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Breaking news another school shooting

That hits home. I lived there till i was twelve and was good friends with the principal's son. I think he has since retired though. Really nice town to grow up in, but a fair amount of gang activity on the opposite side of town
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- Post #6
- Jan 14, 2014
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Scam victim: Wife gave away control of her laptop. Now they want money to clean it.

If you google the phone number, it comes up with several different yahoo departments. Not sure if any are legit. googling pctechsupport.co comes up with a lot of links warning of scams.
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- Post #28
- Dec 12, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Gas Grilling 101: How not to burn your house down

Smashburger sounds great right now, but I need to stop eating out so much. Outside storage isn't an issue as I live in a desert. I just want a solid, heat retaining two burner grill without spending an arm and a leg. The most important non-grilling aspect for it is that it needs to be...
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- Post #30
- Dec 10, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Gas Grilling 101: How not to burn your house down

Kaido: How is the Brinkman holding up? I had a Kenmore cheapo model ($150) for the past 7 years that was awesome for a small family and I like the cheap ones, but I also appreciate the quality of Weber. We moved and now I am looking for its replacement, but a 2-burner unit. The spousal...
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- Post #25
- Dec 10, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Do you have a Gas Cooktop - Where are your controls?

Sears.. Should have said peers. My mistake. I have 2 more chapters in the saga since posting that now that I am trying to get refunded, but will not post as I am tired of the whole ordeal. Sears card was great to get an extra 10% off and they stack discounts like crazy, but now it is just...
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- Post #31
- Nov 23, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Do you have a Gas Cooktop - Where are your controls?

I just replaced a gas cooktop and still in the process of replacing the single wall oven that was underneath it. 1.5 months later and three ovens (third on its way), it might have been cheaper to cut out the counter top and make a spot for a stove. We replaced a 30" GE cooktop where the...
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- Post #12
- Nov 20, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Follow up text notification - How to disable a feature in IOS7

Bearxor: thank you. I had been looking in the wrong spot.
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- Post #5
- Oct 5, 2013
- Forum: Apple
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Follow up text notification - How to disable a feature in IOS7

Hi. I finally got on the iphone craze after inheriting my wife's Iphone 4s. How on earth do you disable the follow up notifications of a text message? I like one notification, but not a follow up every 5 minutes. I get enough nagging as it is. This is really annoying and slightly...
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- Oct 4, 2013
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Apple
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Bathroom double vanity: one large mirror or two smaller mirrors?

If removing the mirror, it may be likely you will have to texture the wall behind the mirror. Its not hard, just one more thing to do. I would frame it and add a shelf in the middle to look like it is two separate ones
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- Post #5
- Aug 10, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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That's a lot of moths...

That looks like cricket fest that you can see everyone now and then in central texas. It literally fills the sky at night as they swarm to the lights. I would much rather have moths than crickets.
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- Post #6
- Jul 18, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Damn you puppy... another $50 bed down the drain

If it is not the bed it will be something else. The chewing stage sucks, but it only lasts a year or two. Crate them at night until the chewing stops and be ready to spend all your time helping them learn. Good luck.
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- Post #40
- Jun 2, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Woman accused of theft after eating chicken not once, but twice at...

Walking through my local Walmart, the worst I have seen eaten and left on shelves was a 5 lb bag of gummy bears where half the bag was gone. Soda, chips, candy bars, bread, boxed crackers, and cookies are almost a routine occurrence. It is very common to see people do this in the checkout lines...
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- Post #68
- Mar 29, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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suv with little kids

why on earth would you spend the money on a cayenne when it WILL get puke, poop, pee, etc on it. Even if it is leather, it will find the cubby holes. How many people do you plan on carrying? Some car seats can be rather large once they get out of the infant seats. In our pilot, two britax...
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- Post #21
- Mar 25, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Any DIY Smoothie experts ?

Ditto. Love it. Tried to talk myself into one of the ones that can blend an iPhone, but just couldn't spend more than 100. The ninja ones are horrible. You will get chunks that just won't blend and are tough to clean.
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- Post #17
- Feb 27, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Talk to me about snowblowers

Get one of these. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCqEBdjaXpM or one of these http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vx369nR9HQ They will get the job done.
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- Post #37
- Jan 1, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club

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