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Monday, August 3, 2026 7:06 PM
6IXSTRINGJACK
Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: I think it looks fine being a lighter colour. But that is just me.
Quote:Yeah, I've heard those figures even for today. Never understood the need for frills when no one is going to being looking at it regular. That's terrible what they charged for grandmother and uncle's urns and for crappy ones no less.
Quote:I found the bill that was sent to the Veteran's Affairs up here. Years after my dad died. Think I found it just after my mum had died. Anyways don't remember the price of the coffin but the VA was charged $500 for digging a hole. Now, mind this was in the late 70s. But I was shocked at the price. Would have cost next to nothing to do it the way our ancestors did it.
Quote:Myself, I am so not ready to think about that. I got almost another 30 or 40years left on this planet.
Quote:Oh yes. You do develop a system for eating and drinking. Coffee for me is usually using two hands if I want it and they are shaking, other wise I wait until they stop and I think it is safe. Also for grocery shopping. Same thing when physically writing something. I either wait or try to slow down a bit so my signature doesn't go screwy.
Quote:That's what I was thinking. Just ignore it. Yeah, it is really just my book. And like I said. I do not trust doing things like that over the internet. Just too many crooks out there. Yup, just do everything the old fashioned way. I know I am a dinosaur.
Monday, August 3, 2026 7:44 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: All done for today. Hands are so-so. Bringing heavy things back and doing heavy things when in. *sigh* Oh, well. One I had to do and other I just wanted to do. SIX, you talk about neighbours finally cutting down that tree. I would love to put up a sign that says, "NO SLAMMING YOUR APARTMENT DOOR!!!" I just had someone do that about three times now. I try not to do that as these are security doors and heavy, so when you let them go they bang some thing fierce.
Monday, August 3, 2026 7:54 PM
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Tuesday, August 4, 2026 12:15 AM
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 12:55 AM
BRENDA
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: I think it looks fine being a lighter colour. But that is just me. Appreciate ya. I still like it a lot too. I just wish I knew what I should have done different to get the result that I was aiming for is all. There's enough "hue" to the piece that it will match her existing furniture, but it will stand out quite a bit too. Maybe that's not such a bad thing? Quote:Yeah, I've heard those figures even for today. Never understood the need for frills when no one is going to being looking at it regular. That's terrible what they charged for grandmother and uncle's urns and for crappy ones no less. Right? I was mad about how much it cost to bury her, especially the insane additional cost they added to the whole thing to throw my uncle's urn from over 10 years prior in the same plot, when it was nothing but two tiny urns in a gigantic plastic resin box that cost $2,000. The Urn was $900!!! Cremation a couple thousand. $1,200 for the headstone. An additional $1,800 just to put my uncle in the same plot for no good reason. And I go back with my aunt to clean the headstones on her birthday and I've seen other graves that were caved in, likely due to the crappy $2,000 plastic resin boxes caving in under the 6 feet of dirt. I think the whole thing was like $9,000. And my aunt would not relent and nobody else wanted to fight about it. I didn't push, even though I knew my grandma was turning in that urn knowing all that money being spent. None of that money was ever going to go to me, so they were just burning a good deal of the inheritance on bullshit. The housing market was so insane at the time they got more than twice what I'd ever think they'd get for it, so nobody was freaking out about losing a few thousand on the funeral. Quote:I found the bill that was sent to the Veteran's Affairs up here. Years after my dad died. Think I found it just after my mum had died. Anyways don't remember the price of the coffin but the VA was charged $500 for digging a hole. Now, mind this was in the late 70s. But I was shocked at the price. Would have cost next to nothing to do it the way our ancestors did it. Yeah. And if you saw them dig that hole with the Bobcat in about 5 minutes you'd be even more shocked about the price. They weren't paying two guys to dig that up with spades. Well... I dunno... Maybe back in the 70's they were. Not at my grandma's site though. That was over $2,000 to dig the hole and fill it in. Quote:Myself, I am so not ready to think about that. I got almost another 30 or 40years left on this planet. Good for you, Brenda. I'm going to make my will soon though, just in case. I think pretty much everything will go to my brother. If I do go before my dad does, I'm sure my dad could help him get set up pretty good here. He'd just need somebody guiding the cash for him to pay for things like getting the lawn mowed and other maintenance. He'd be better off selling it and getting a condo or something though, honestly. But I want to make it CRYSTAL clear that any money from my estate being spent on funeral costs is to be done at the bare bones minimum cheapest prices. If I lived about 50 miles south and/or east of where I do, I'd tell them to bury me in the back yard for free. Nothing but cremation, a Folgers coffee can and a trip to the forest preserves for my funeral. My aunt and Dad can reenact the scene from The Big Lebowski. Quote:Oh yes. You do develop a system for eating and drinking. Coffee for me is usually using two hands if I want it and they are shaking, other wise I wait until they stop and I think it is safe. Also for grocery shopping. Same thing when physically writing something. I either wait or try to slow down a bit so my signature doesn't go screwy. It's funny, but as I was reading this I can see Barb holding that coffee cup with two hands. I'm also now remembering that aside from the shakes, she also had one really weak hand. Like she could use the other hand to assist with the coffee cup, but she wasn't grabbing around it with both hands. The other one was just kind of pushed to the side of the coffee cup and aided the strong hand with a little support. Quote:That's what I was thinking. Just ignore it. Yeah, it is really just my book. And like I said. I do not trust doing things like that over the internet. Just too many crooks out there. Yup, just do everything the old fashioned way. I know I am a dinosaur.
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 12:57 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: All done for today. Hands are so-so. Bringing heavy things back and doing heavy things when in. *sigh* Oh, well. One I had to do and other I just wanted to do. SIX, you talk about neighbours finally cutting down that tree. I would love to put up a sign that says, "NO SLAMMING YOUR APARTMENT DOOR!!!" I just had someone do that about three times now. I try not to do that as these are security doors and heavy, so when you let them go they bang some thing fierce. Somebody in an argument, or is this a frequent thing? If it happens all the time you could let management know. They could at least try to put up some signs about it. Some people need to have it pointed out to them that they're being unintentional assholes. -------------------------------------------------- Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 1:00 AM
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Tuesday, August 4, 2026 12:39 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: You need to find that shirt, Brenda. -------------------------------------------------- Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 12:40 PM
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Tuesday, August 4, 2026 5:17 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Taskbar is still bad? Time to do that restart. See what happens. If you can't do it with the Start Button now, do the CTRL+ALT+DEL and hit the power button icon at the lower right for the Restart option. -------------------------------------------------- Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 5:40 PM
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Tuesday, August 4, 2026 6:14 PM
SIGNYM
I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 7:36 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: About the stain ... You didn't do anything wrong, SIX. The chest is made of very dense fine- grained wood that just doesn't soak up stain, is all. The legs that I tried to stain to match the furniture were made from bits of the old silver maple, and I had the same problem. I was using a gel mahogany stain, and like I said, I had to use it like a glaze and leave a lot on to get the color to match. In fact, I kind of had to "paint on" a grain pattern. Fortunately, being legs tucked under a chest of drawers, nobody looks at them very closely! Maybe a water or alcohol based dye or a tung oil/ solvent based stain would have penetrated better. If I ever find the answer I'll let you know!
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 9:47 PM
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Tuesday, August 4, 2026 11:12 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Wow, that's beautiful, SIX. Wouldn't it be nice to work with such beautiful wood every day??
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 11:48 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: I know you've mentioned the weather on your computer before. Do you need to see it there? If not, there are certain "widgets" we can turn off on your task bar such as "News & Weather" among other things that may be running that can cause the task bar to glitch up like this. I'm just trying to come up with easy ways to keep this from happening to you. A brand new Windows install or just a "Reset This PC", which would allow you to keep all of your files but would require you to reinstall Word and your internet browser and other things I'd be too afraid to have you try without me being able to walk you through it. Until you got a laptop that we know can connect you here, that's not an option for us. Just try the Restart in the CTRL+ALT+DEL menu tonight and let's see how it goes this week. Worst case, for now, is that you will know how to restart the computer when it happens again and if you have to restart more often going forward so be it. -------------------------------------------------- Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 1:02 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Well, when I miss the weather on the news I do use it. The clock I use to know when get up and take my meds.
Quote:Yeah, to do something that technical I would need someone standing over me, directing me and explaining why I am doing certain things. Too much for me. Like I said I will set things in motion before I go to bed.
Quote:That's what I was thinking. If this going to keep happening I will but it does worry me about trying to get some writing done.
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 2:15 AM
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Wednesday, August 5, 2026 12:49 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Well, when I miss the weather on the news I do use it. The clock I use to know when get up and take my meds. The clock would stay. That's always been a part of windows since the very beginning and separate from the weather/news "widgets" that are always connected online to update that info for you. I've looked up what could be causing your taskbar to freeze up like this, and every time I've asked that weather/news widget always comes up as a potential suspect. (I just did again right now and I'm working on putting something together for you). Quote:Yeah, to do something that technical I would need someone standing over me, directing me and explaining why I am doing certain things. Too much for me. Like I said I will set things in motion before I go to bed. Cool... Try to remember the date you do this (the 4th), and we'll see how many days it lasts before it happens again. I'm still thinking that one good proper restart could fix the issue completely. Quote:That's what I was thinking. If this going to keep happening I will but it does worry me about trying to get some writing done.
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 12:55 PM
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Wednesday, August 5, 2026 2:31 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: I got the widget thing to come as an answer to a question. Don't remember what though.
Quote:I will write it down. So I don't forget. And will let you know how long it lasts.
Quote:Appreciate the help. Everyone around me in RL seems to be tired of answering my questions.
Quote:Will watch the video when I get back today Professor. I know I've come across Explorer.exe when I've been looking for a solution to all of this.
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 2:34 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Oh, SIX the only icon on the start page not to come up was ADOBE reader but I don't really use it. Course it maybe back now.
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 2:49 PM
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 5:38 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Shiny! Let's be good guys My brother wore that to work everyday as his replacement lanyard for our keycard badges. It's the only Firefly memorabilia I own. Takes up so little space I guess I never got rid of it. And I knew I'd find that picture of the 3 gay chefs my brother and sister in law gave me after they were out antiquing along with the statue. -------------------------------------------------- Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 5:44 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: I got the widget thing to come as an answer to a question. Don't remember what though. Yeah... It's a problem I never have because when I install windows it's among the whole ton of things that I disable. I didn't realize how buggy the feature was because of this. If we continue to have issues down the road, we might have to find an alternative for your weather that isn't integrated directly with your taskbar which is too important to be glitching out for the weather updates. Quote:I will write it down. So I don't forget. And will let you know how long it lasts. Yeah... I'm still foggy about what exactly you've done so far, so I'm half-convinced that you haven't actually forced a legit Windows restart yet. This could fix the problem. Quote:Appreciate the help. Everyone around me in RL seems to be tired of answering my questions. No worries. Quote:Will watch the video when I get back today Professor. I know I've come across Explorer.exe when I've been looking for a solution to all of this.
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 5:45 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: I got the widget thing to come as an answer to a question. Don't remember what though. Yeah... It's a problem I never have because when I install windows it's among the whole ton of things that I disable. I didn't realize how buggy the feature was because of this. If we continue to have issues down the road, we might have to find an alternative for your weather that isn't integrated directly with your taskbar which is too important to be glitching out for the weather updates. Quote:I will write it down. So I don't forget. And will let you know how long it lasts. Yeah... I'm still foggy about what exactly you've done so far, so I'm half-convinced that you haven't actually forced a legit Windows restart yet. This could fix the problem. Quote:Appreciate the help. Everyone around me in RL seems to be tired of answering my questions. No worries. Quote:Will watch the video when I get back today Professor. I know I've come across Explorer.exe when I've been looking for a solution to all of this. The video is only 17 seconds long, but it basically shows you what might take me 3,000 words or more to get across for you. If you find it's going too fast when you watch it, I can go into more detail about what he's doing, but you can see how quick and easy it actually is. -------------------------------------------------- Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 5:48 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Oh, SIX the only icon on the start page not to come up was ADOBE reader but I don't really use it. Course it maybe back now. I don't really know what that means, Brenda. I'll try to take a guess... By "Start Page" do you mean the "Desktop"? Desktop is the official name for your screen after you boot up and login. It's got your background with icons on it, and the Task Bar at the bottom. If that's the case, are you saying that you've got icons for regularly used programs on the Desktop, but the Adobe one isn't showing up for some reason? This could be due to the same issue that is causing your Task Bar to flake out. Hopefully a legit restart fixes this. -------------------------------------------------- Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 5:49 PM
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