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eskarina
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response 125 of 512:
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Apr 9 04:22 UTC 2002 |
what's so wrong with a power strip?
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rcurl
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response 126 of 512:
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Apr 9 05:10 UTC 2002 |
It takes up more space. Cube taps - or even six-outlet adapters that
fasten to the two-outlet wall plugs - are even more versatile and
stay in place when cords are plugged and unplugged.
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fitz
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response 127 of 512:
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Apr 9 05:18 UTC 2002 |
A plausible reason in my house for unplugging the microwave in order
to use another appliance would be to give notice that a maximum load is
already on the circuit. Would be microwavers would get the hint that the
circuit should be checked for other equipment competing for watts at the
same time.
(Usually the washing machine.)
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clees
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response 128 of 512:
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Apr 9 06:22 UTC 2002 |
Here at the university they are replacing all the wiring in order to
build a faster better network. It's a hassle, and I bet this has to be
repeated in two years time or so.
I love DST, but I am surprised it is a world wide thing.
In Europe DST started Sunday Easter .
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keesan
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response 129 of 512:
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Apr 9 12:58 UTC 2002 |
What is a cube tap? The one grounded duplex outlet is rather close to the
bottom of the cabinets so you cannot plug just anything into it. A power
strip would work but I am likely to forget the bread machine is on and try
to heat a cup of water. We have lots of extra cords, in case we happen to
wear out the prongs on some plug. But thanks for all the ideas.
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gull
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response 130 of 512:
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Apr 9 13:39 UTC 2002 |
Here at work we trip a breaker every time someone tries to microwave
something when the refrigerator happens to be running. The breaker box
is in my office so I usually end up resetting it two or three times a
day.
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void
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response 131 of 512:
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Apr 9 16:31 UTC 2002 |
DST was first proposed by Benjamin Franklin, but not even all of the US
follows it. DST is not observed in the part of Indiana which is in the
Eastern Time Zone, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the US
Virgin Islands, and Arizona except for the Navajo Reservation. I think
there may be some other countries where it's not observed, but I would
have to look it up.
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jazz
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response 132 of 512:
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Apr 9 16:40 UTC 2002 |
It certainly does help to conserve candle wax where I live ...
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eskarina
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response 133 of 512:
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Apr 9 17:46 UTC 2002 |
I like DST. I like having lots more waking daylight hours without having to
get up at 4am to see them.
What am I talking about? I'm nocturnal whenever I can be anyhow...
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gull
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response 134 of 512:
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Apr 9 19:26 UTC 2002 |
Re #131: Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands are far enough
south that I'm not surprised they don't use DST. They'd have much less
of a seasonal change in the length of the day than we do.
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vidar
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response 135 of 512:
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Apr 9 21:10 UTC 2002 |
Not that it should matter to anyone but me, but I am definately going
to make myself a twit filter for the conferences.
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keesan
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response 136 of 512:
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Apr 10 20:37 UTC 2002 |
I phoned to ask Qwest why they were charging me two months at a time (did not
withdraw one month, took both payments the second month). Their computer was
down as usual. The very nice guy who answered said he was sorry about this.
So I asked why it cost 5 cents to call Florida but 11 cents to call Battle
Creek, per minute. He said he probably should not be telling me this, but
they were primarily a long-distance interstate company and I could probably
get a better deal by - we were suddenly cut off, Jim suspects by whoever was
monitoring the phone call at the Qwest end. We wonder how long nice guys like
that last at the phone companies.
I got a recorded announcement on my machine from a company that refused to
tell me if I was on their don't call list (they had called before), or to
divulge their don't call policy, and hung up on me twice. Someone finally
said they thought the computer generated my number randomly. I will report
all of this to the Attorney General Consumer Protection Division in writing
- they told me on the phone that computer-generated phone calls are illegal
and recorded announcments might also be illegal, and another grexer posted
info to the effect that telemarketers have to tell you their don't call
policy. Also got a message 'If you want to hear about a great new church
press 1' - they are supposed to be required to leave their phone number which
I am sure is not '1'.
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mdw
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response 137 of 512:
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Apr 10 22:08 UTC 2002 |
Churches and other charitable organizations are most likely exempted;
the law on this is mainly intended to cover commercial soliicitation.
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keesan
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response 138 of 512:
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Apr 11 01:44 UTC 2002 |
Jim's niece the representative is involved in writing a new law which I hope
will prevent churches from abusing my answering machine.
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jmsaul
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response 139 of 512:
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Apr 11 04:07 UTC 2002 |
Good luck to her. The Michigan legislature is owned by churches. And
insurance companies. They've tried to pass bills restricting telephone
solicitation before.
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eeyore
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response 140 of 512:
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Apr 11 05:24 UTC 2002 |
Most long-distance phone companies charge more for in-state calls than
out-state calls.
Me, I'm happy with my uber-cheap calling card.
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jaklumen
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response 141 of 512:
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Apr 11 05:47 UTC 2002 |
BigZoo.com for me-- works like a calling card-- 2.3-3.3 a min, no
connection fee, no monthly fee, nuttin'. Best deal I have *ever*
found. You do need to call a 888 or local access number, but
generally you can program that into your phone's memory if it has that
feature.
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goose
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response 142 of 512:
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Apr 11 13:04 UTC 2002 |
Bigzoo.com has saved me a ton of money.
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keesan
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response 143 of 512:
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Apr 11 14:40 UTC 2002 |
I made $2 of longdistance calls outside of SE Michigan in the last two months
so don't want to bother with the extra access numbers. It was only 2 min at
11 cents/minute, the rest 5 cents. 10% universal access fee.
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gull
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response 144 of 512:
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Apr 11 17:41 UTC 2002 |
The extra access numbers aren't a problem if you program them into
memories on your phone.
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keesan
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response 145 of 512:
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Apr 11 19:18 UTC 2002 |
I dial so many different numbers that I would not want to program them all
into the phone. Can you just program a phone to always add a few digits
whenever you dial a 1?
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jaklumen
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response 146 of 512:
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Apr 11 21:59 UTC 2002 |
Sindi, you can also now have the website choose to skip the pin
number. All you dial then, is the 888 or local access number, and
then the long distance number. If you can get a phone that will
program the 888 or local access number into memory, all you have to do
is dial the long distance number. I'm not sure if you can use memory
presets for such numbers from there, but.. hey.. it is *worth* the
savings.
What's so hard with that?
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rcurl
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response 147 of 512:
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Apr 11 23:38 UTC 2002 |
In other words, Sindi, you program in just the access number. Hit it,
and then the number you want to call. This is what we do with
10-10-811.
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keesan
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response 148 of 512:
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Apr 12 00:57 UTC 2002 |
I have not used the program feature of my phone - how does it work?
THere is a memory and a program button. So I can program in
1-888-123-4567, hit a number instead of that, and then dial the number I want
also starting with 1-?
Two of our phone lines are pulse (saves $2/month) and this would be a major
nuisance and not worth it to save 2 cents/minute on a $1/month phone bill.
But it might be worth it if I can only choose to use this method for Jim's
hour-long phone calls twice a year to Detroit (3 instead of 7 cents/min) to
chat with his sister. Does this company send out monthly phone bills or do
you need to give them a credit card number? I suppose I should check the
site.
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jaklumen
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response 149 of 512:
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Apr 12 03:58 UTC 2002 |
No monthly phone bills, Sindi.. it's not like that. Yes, you need to
give them a credit card # or a Visa check card # (be sure you have
some security protection, though.. I use a firewall). You buy in
increments, just like you would a calling card. Works even if you
have an existing long distance carrier. So yes, using it for Jim's
calls to his sister would work perfectly.
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