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Ate bad king crabs. Bought the, frozen from Safeway last sunday and immediatley placed in the freezer here at home. Thawed and boiled the, for dinner last night and kept throwing up an hour after esting them.
This afternoon is the first there hasn't been rain here since Mon. morning.... Can't imagine how you all dealt w/what you went through!
Haven't been on here lately - my friends' husband was out of town this week so I was taking her to dr. appts., errands, radiation, etc. - hubby is back now so I was off today but had to go to the bank for something so had to go out - planning on bed any minute now, LOL
Flamingo, I never knew that you should boil frozen crabs without thawing first. Thanks for the info. Your friend is very lucky to have you, And our rain is supposed to be back next week. It's been so hot here -- my window thermometer showed it was 104 at 4:00 PM -- that I'm ready for a little rain every day to cool things off.
Help! I need some advice on desktop computers. My 11-year-old Gateway is dying. I'm starting to have a lot of problems with it that I doubt are fixable. As much as I hate the idea of giving up my Windows XP --and especially as much as I hate the idea of having to start all over again with a new computer -- I need to get a new computer before this one totally dies. (If it dies I have no way to order a new computer.)
I really like Gateway, although I understand that Acer bought it out. What desktops do you guys have? I have to order something quickly because this beloved computer is getting worse by the day.
Help! I need some advice on desktop computers. My 11-year-old Gateway is dying. I'm starting to have a lot of problems with it that I doubt are fixable. As much as I hate the idea of giving up my Windows XP --and especially as much as I hate the idea of having to start all over again with a new computer -- I need to get a new computer before this one totally dies. (If it dies I have no way to order a new computer.)
I really like Gateway, although I understand that Acer bought it out. What desktops do you guys have? I have to order something quickly because this beloved computer is getting worse by the day.
I have a Dell 2350 and so far it is hanging tough.
Oh! I wish I could help! I just bought my daughter a new one for her 25th birthday but I have to admit, she picked it out and I just paid for it. I would be so lost without her and hubby's help on stuff like that. Good luck!!!!
TFW - I'd post in the computer forum, lots of helpful folks there that will often recommend (and find) deals - I got my Dell that way and have been happy with it. Good luck (if you were closer, or your sister was driving to visit, I'd pass on my older, but still works, computer).
Thanks so much for the link, Bob! And, Camper, I should be ashamed to admit that, after owning computers since 1996, I'm still very ignorant of them -- but I know only what I've learned through trial and error. Flamingo, a couple of years ago I posted a question on the Computers forum and was ridiculed, so I'm not inclined to do that again.
I did do a System Restore and set my computer back 2 weeks, which is when all the problems started. One problem is that I can type a sentence and none of the spaces between words will show up until the end of the sentence. Also, if I type a certain letter that letter wont show up anywhere in the sentence until the end.
For example, I'm going to type a sentence and leave it the way that it comes out. Then I'll correct it so you can see what it was meant to be. I replaced my keyboard, thinking maybe that was the problem, but it wasnt.
Thqucikbrwnfxjumpdverthelaydg ooooeez. (This forum wont accept multiple spaces. Between the words and the letters ooooeez, there are actually 7 spaces.)
Welp, the Amazon third-party seller from whom I ordered a Gateway with WIndows 7 went south on me. Luckily, Amazon doesnt charge you until the item is shipped. So I ordered an inexpensive Gateway with Windows 8.1 and a couple of books on using Win8.1. I'm going to give it a try and, if it drives me crazy, I'll hire a computer guru to see if he can load Win7 on it.
The big news here is the weather (again). Some parts of Houston (not mine) had heavy rain and flooding Saturday. More rain is supposed to start tonight due to a tropical storm coming in -- and should last until Wednesday. More flooding for those poor people who havent yet recovered from the flooding three weeks ago. I'm close to Braes Bayou, the bayou that flooded so badly last time, and I had water almost to my doorstep last time. Praying that it doesnt come into my house this time. I have flood insurance but only on the dwelling, not the contents. (Since I'm in a flood zone, flood insurance is very expensive.)
So, if you dont hear from me for a while, I'm either cursing out Windows 8.1 or trying to dry out.
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