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nivek

As Above So Below
Tomorrow (Sunday) I'm driving 2 hours west to the city surrounded by mountains...

Taking my mother and my dog, I'm driving there and back...

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Note: picture may not be a true representation of reality...:Whistle:

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I've been on the road for exactly an hour heading towards the city surrounded by mountains, I see the mountains in the distance...We stopped at a rest area for the dog lol...

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nivek

As Above So Below
I've been on the road for exactly an hour heading towards the city surrounded by mountains, I see the mountains in the distance...We stopped at a rest area for the dog lol...

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We have arrived at the beautiful city of Asheville North Carolina...Having lunch at the moment...

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nivek

As Above So Below
Its been a weekend of traveling, first to the north yesterday, then further to the west today, I'm home now and relaxing...

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nivek

As Above So Below
Driving 2 hours north for a business meeting...

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Sheltie

Fratty and out of touch.
They just completed construction of a bus rapid transit (BRT) line where I live. The bus, known as The Pulse, has only been running for about 3 weeks and already there have been 2 accidents where cars ran into the new stations located in the middle of the road. This week there was an incident where a truck apparently crossed into the dedicated bus-only lane and collided with the bus, injuring several people. The joke now among locals is that if you take The Pulse, you'll ending up getting your pulse taken. x1:crying:

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nivek

As Above So Below
Ads like this that block almost the entire page because I use an adblocker is pathetic...When I run into a website like this I never return...The Washington Post was not like this before, now because of this they lost me as a frequent visitor...
 

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Toroid

Founding Member
Ads like this that block almost the entire page because I use an adblocker is pathetic...When I run into a website like this I never return...The Washington Post was not like this before, now because of this they lost me as a frequent visitor...
I've been having problems like that too. The other thing I've seen frequently is "We use cookies" message at the bottom of the page.
 

nivek

As Above So Below
I've been having problems like that too. The other thing I've seen frequently is "We use cookies" message at the bottom of the page.

Yeah the cookies message is a new internet rule, I think mostly for European sites but it could be American sites too...

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nivek

As Above So Below
I've been having problems like that too. The other thing I've seen frequently is "We use cookies" message at the bottom of the page.

Google just lost me...I have changed my search engines to NOT include Google ever again on any of my home computers...

The nerve of them, I was searching something and Google stopped me and wanted me to prove I'm a human...Shown below, not only did I first click this but then they popped up another box wanting me to select cars in pictures...F@&% Google, sorry, I am not doing that dance...

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The shadow

The shadow knows!
Google just lost me...I have changed my search engines to NOT include Google ever again on any of my home computers...

The nerve of them, I was searching something and Google stopped me and wanted me to prove I'm a human...Shown below, not only did I first click this but then they popped up another box wanting me to select cars in pictures...F@&% Google, sorry, I am not doing that dance...

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So they did this,During a search not at log in? not cool.
 

Wade

Stare..... They are always staring
I've been having problems like that too. The other thing I've seen frequently is "We use cookies" message at the bottom of the page.

About 2 years ago I was using an onion router...fast web page loading it was not, but did the job. I started getting those messages right after I upgraded to Oreo. Coincidence ?
May have to use onion router or Orbot, or inbrowser
 

Diva

Honorable
Took my mother to the eye doctor today, she is having retina detachment and macula problem on her left eye, her retina detachment problem is quite bad, some people can see after the sugery, she can't, her eye is very blur, just removed the boold clot in the left eye today and found out that she is having a tiny hole in another eye, that can turn into another retina detachment any time, i want to do the laser to patch up that hole tomorrow, the early the better..

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The picture in the computer is her retina.. The doctor was a nice guy.
 

Diva

Honorable
Google just lost me...I have changed my search engines to NOT include Google ever again on any of my home computers...

The nerve of them, I was searching something and Google stopped me and wanted me to prove I'm a human...Shown below, not only did I first click this but then they popped up another box wanting me to select cars in pictures...F@&% Google, sorry, I am not doing that dance...

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I had the same problem before, someone was using my ip address, i had to use a VPN to access the internet.
 

nivek

As Above So Below
Well, things have changed now, I no longer work for that company...There were some issues which I can't discuss and it was becoming too stressful and time consuming as well...I own two local small businesses so that my focus now as far as work goes, managing and building those two...

That's good! You have management experience in a distribution center environment, don't you? If you ever wanted to go back to that type of work you could find a job just about anywhere the way the economy is right now.

The economy is booming, apparently in some positions of employment there are labour shortages, in the last 10 days I've received almost as many job offers most as a plant manager...Three of them were out of state offers willing to pay to relocate me and one a very very good salary...It's nice and I'd love to do it but I'm not prepared or very willing to relocate at this time...

Two nights ago I received a phone call, a local production facility needs a plant manager and offered me the job...Turns out its a manufacturing plant less than 20 minutes from my house out past some farms...I drove there yesterday and met with them and walked through their facility and talked a while...

I got really good vibes from everything I saw and heard from them, they offered me a good salary and benefits, I decided to go ahead and accepted the job...I start this coming Monday morning...

Three months ago I said I was staying away from this lol, I did seriously considered the out of state job offers and 10 years ago I would have relocated, I just don't want to right now...

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nivek

As Above So Below
I'm out in my workshop, found three large totes full of stuff, I haven't opened these in over 7 years...Time capsules of a sort lol, I've just begun going through them, I forgot I had these...

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michael59

Celestial
I've been having problems like that too. The other thing I've seen frequently is "We use cookies" message at the bottom of the page.


I never acknowledge that message. I have a feeling it's more than just regular cookies. It doesn't effect the visit on site if you just ignore the message.
 

michael59

Celestial
I'm out in my workshop, found three large totes full of stuff, I haven't opened these in over 7 years...Time capsules of a sort lol, I've just begun going through them, I forgot I had these...

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I do that on purpose. lol

After I clean my wardrobe and put them away for the season, I'll stuff something in the pocket like $50 or something. It's fun.
 

Sheltie

Fratty and out of touch.
The economy is booming, apparently in some positions of employment there are labour shortages, in the last 10 days I've received almost as many job offers most as a plant manager...Three of them were out of state offers willing to pay to relocate me and one a very very good salary...It's nice and I'd love to do it but I'm not prepared or very willing to relocate at this time...

Two nights ago I received a phone call, a local production facility needs a plant manager and offered me the job...Turns out its a manufacturing plant less than 20 minutes from my house out past some farms...I drove there yesterday and met with them and walked through their facility and talked a while...

I got really good vibes from everything I saw and heard from them, they offered me a good salary and benefits, I decided to go ahead and accepted the job...I start this coming Monday morning...

Three months ago I said I was staying away from this lol, I did seriously considered the out of state job offers and 10 years ago I would have relocated, I just don't want to right now...

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Congratulations, Nivek! I hope you enjoy your new position. :yahoo:
 
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