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.livescience.com ^ | October 5, 2018 12:57pm ET | Brandon Specktor

[Silentgypsy]

Thank you for the second breathtakingly beautiful kitteh!

[Tax-chick]

You’re welcome. It’s a Norwegian Forest Cat.

[NoCmpromiz]

Got a box with a new computerpart today. The label says it came from City of Industry, CA but FedEx says it came from ZipCode 18031 which is in PA..

[moose07]

That’s where it had ended up before Fed-Ex remembered what they where carrying this strange box around for.

[moose07]

This was part of a document I opened at work today:

 
Authenticating by telephone – ‘press the # key’

If you choose to authenticate by receiving a phone call, you will hear a pre-recorded voice.
 Normally it will be an English accent asking you to press the ‘hash key’.
 Sometimes it may be an American accent asking you to press the ‘pound key’.
 Both mean press the ‘#’ key.

I can just imagine the confusion....LOL!

[NoCmpromiz]

press the 'hash key’, eh?

[moose07]

Now i'm hungry. :)

[Monkey Face]

Lol! You had to post that, didn’t you? Now I’m hungry, too!

And for what its worth, folks these days call this “#” a “hashtag.” It’s always going to be a pound sign to me! :o]

[Monkey Face]

It’s probably better that the computerpart actually came from 18031, because the City of Industry CA is a rather “dark” and turbid place for those of the lighter persuation. At least it was when we lived “next door.”

[moose07]

oh yes, it would have been rude not too. :D

[Tax-chick]

[Monkey Face]

Such a tiny little Morning Floof!!!

Good morning. I’ve written the final letter this morning, so they can all go out tomorrow. I’ll put them in the mail drop when I go up to wash clothes.

I feel a lot better this morning, but I have to take these things a day at a time because CFIDS. Hopefully, when the weather gets nicer, I’ll be able to get out and get some exercise in some of the many parks and trails. And now, I need a walking stick... ;o]

[Tax-chick]

Good morning. Jake insisted I get up, sigh. I left my phone at the event we attended last night. I phoned one of the organizers and emailed another, so I’m sure they’ll turn it up eventually.

[Monkey Face]

Oh my. Can you lock it from home and activate the GPS? My friend from Soldotna did that when her phone was stolen, so the thief had no access to her banking/business/contact information.

Another reason to keep the stuff on your phone as limited as possible.

[Tax-chick]

It’s password-protected, and I don’t have the faintest idea how to activate the GPS, even if it was in my hand. The only important things on it are the phone numbers and the e-book reader from Union Library. I’m halfway through “Children of Dune”!

I told them exactly where I left it, and it’s in a pouch that also has some cards with my name on them. I expect I’ll hear from someone later today. It was a private event: even the caterer’s helpers were church members’ grandchildren.

[Tax-chick]

Meanwhile, Jake is looking for trouble. I shut Shannon in the sunroom so he wouldn’t try to beat her up.

[Covenantor]

Amazon says my order of two meter baguette and six pack of vin ordinaire is only two stops away....

[Monkey Face]

LOL! When we were in Germany, we had a beer, wine and “cola” crate delivered a couple of times a week! The “brot” was something we had to get on our own.

[Monkey Face]

Poor Shannon. Jake needs to take his bullying outside and see if he can catch a bunny baby.

[Monkey Face]

If you notify the phone company, they can activate the GPS for you. They can also lock it, just in case.