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    Return my hearing aids now?

    My experience is with a $1450 dbl set from Costco, I've never been happier. Fit properly, get them adjusted and cleaned at no cost every two years. Had them 5 years and would be lost without them. Family is happy now I can join in discussions without needing repeated subjects. At that price...
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    Vacation Time - How Much Did You Get?

    80 hours personal, 200 hours vacation annually, accumulate a total of 400. That's what I sold back @ retirement + 26 weeks severance.
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    Take a Stand

    My childhood polio caused curvature of the lower spine, standing for long periods causes numbness in my legs. Sitting is not much better. I walk every 2-3 times a day for about 30 minutes each. Yes I get up & walk around during the day. I've been to orthopedic surgeons over the years for...
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    Name some TV shows that were really popular but you never watched

    Downtown Abbey Dallas The Walking Dead How I Met Your Mother Desperate Housewives Dr. Who Mad Men The Sopranos Fresh Prince Many others - mostly reality. Nothing most boring than someone else's lifestyle.
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    Do you still smoke or did you quit?

    I quit when a pack approached $1 in the 70's. Expensive habit now more than ever. Was at a convenience store a few years later paying for my fillup. Customer ahead of me was complaining about the price of gas. As an after thought she told the clerk she wanted a carton of Winston's - price...
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    Hulu Without Ads

    Latest report on my binge streaming, have now watched 3 seasons of 'Justified', the ads were killing me. Great watching without, never spent $6 monthly better. Also watching 'Big Sky' a C.J. Box authored series, one of my wife's favorite writers. Hope his Joe Pickett series gets streaming...
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    Do you still smoke or did you quit?

    NO, YES - 45 years ago.
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    Decaf dark blend?

    I've read somewhere that decaf is not as healthy as reg coffee, it's in the way they process it (chems) to reduce the caffeine, only drink it by accident. But like RFW said & my wife claims also the laxative effect is her only reason she drinks a morn cup. I usually only now have (2)16 oz cups...
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    Do you ever watch black and white movies?

    Buster Keaton & Charlie Chaplin were great most recent was Young Frankenstein.
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    Hulu Without Ads

    Changed from a Kindle Firestick to a ROKU a month ago for our 10+ YO Sony (which is still going strong). More choices and better control over subscriptions. Decided on 'basic' Hulu for binge watching. I signed for $6.99 but now after a month of watching ads repeating over & over decided that...
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    The Commercial Made Me Do It

    Been ad free streaming for a few years (10+), just recently started a free month of Hulu /w ads, I am amazed at the quality of commercials that are on, maybe other commercial channels have them (don't know). But I feel like they have dumbed their audience down somewhat, and are mostly biased...
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    Trying to get through to my Health Insurance company is nigh on impossible

    My son works for IRS as an investigator, told me to never call the 800 number. There is not enough CS people to answer your call, so they hope by delaying answering you will decide it isn't that important & hangup out of frustration. Goes for any phone at SS also. They use the call queue as a...
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    First car memories

    Learned to drive at 14, in a '49 Chev flatbed 1/2 T. 4 on the foor, starter next to gas pedal, no restraints or turn signals only arm. First auto was a '51 Henry J purple (every thing was purple). Paid $250, 3 on the column. Previously owned by my 1st grade school teacher, Low, low miles...
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    What to do when an internet friend goes missing and you don't know if they are even alive?

    Sometimes a Google search works. Do you know his real name, city/state. Google with the info & add 'obituary' to the search. Deaths are in the public domain.
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