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Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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MinnieM123 said:
Get ready to laugh--as the most non-tech person on this forum, I'm going to give you advice! :eek: :eek: (I still have a little flip phone with no pictures, no internet, no nothing. It has voicemail, but I don't know how to use that either.) So here goes my "expert" advice --

I think you should get the 6. Why? Because as @wdwmagic pointed out, the others are old or older now. From the puny amount of tech understanding that I have, I know that often the newer models will "fix" any previous glitches from the older models, so maybe it's best to get a 6 and save yourself some aggravation.
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except for one small fact.
when they introduce a new system.. they also introduce new bugs and new issues.
Its a neverending problem.
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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@ajrwdwgirl , you mentioned the other day how much you enjoy cooking, and if your teaching job ever ended, you might think about the bakery business. This reminded me of a guy I knew who was an architect, and got laid off from his job (close to 18 years ago), just before the Thanksgiving/Christmas holiday season. He was lucky that his wife was working, and they were able to live off her salary. But he wasn't the type of guy to just sit around and wait for interviews.

Since it was in mid-November, he had an idea to fill some of his time. He was from Germany and learned some wonderful Christmas cookie recipes from his mother. He baked a batch of some of his favorite hazelnut cookies, and put them in an attractive gift bag, and brought them to a local bakery. He asked the owner if she'd like to try some. The owner loved them! The owner asked him if he'd bake a few more batches, and she'd put them out on display to see how they'd sell. They sold out in hours, and people wanted more! So, from November up to Christmas, he baked hazelnut cookies (he used to crack open the shells of the nuts, and grind the hazelnuts up himself), and made some money--and kept busy, while agonizing over his job search. I think baking cookies helped save his sanity at that time.

In conclusion, if you're ever leaning toward a bakery business, maybe you could "try" a few items and take them to a local bakery to see how they sell. (The one variable here is that different states have different codes for kitchens used to make food for the public. You'd have to check your local ordinances on that.)
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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catmom46 said:
My hair is getting really gray now - it started pretty early for me. I don't mind it, though. I kinda have a stripe in the front now that I think looks cool. :) Although if I could wear hats all the time, I would! It would just look a little funny at work.
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My hair turned flesh color. I hate hats and only wear one when I'm golfing. I don't want to, but, the Doctors scared me into it. Since unless I'm looking in a mirror it doesn't bother me, I don't think about it that much. What does annoy me is that I have approximately 30 stray hairs the insist on growing all by themselves in the middle of a vast flesh field. I have to cut them off because they just stand up straight. I hate doing it to the little guys. They have literally stuck with me while the others went AWOL. But, it's got to be done and they continue to keep trying.
 
ajrwdwgirl

ajrwdwgirl

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MinnieM123 said:
Never watched any daytime soap operas, but I really, really liked the (original 1978 series) Dallas!! That was a great show. As with a number of multi-year shows, the writing got a bit strange toward the end of the series, though. At that point, it was time for it to go off the air. (I think some of the scripts started going downhill when Jim Davis, who played the patriarch of the family, Jock Ewing, passed away from cancer. I thought he was a pivotal character in that series, and they really couldn't replace his role, when he passed away.)
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I did like JR a lot, it always amazed me that Larry Hagman could play such a nice guy in I Dream of Jeannie and such a meanie on Dallas.
 
ajrwdwgirl

ajrwdwgirl

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MinnieM123 said:
@ajrwdwgirl , you mentioned the other day how much you enjoy cooking, and if your teaching job ever ended, you might think about the bakery business. This reminded me of a guy I knew who was an architect, and got laid off from his job (close to 18 years ago), just before the Thanksgiving/Christmas holiday season. He was lucky that his wife was working, and they were able to live off her salary. But he wasn't the type of guy to just sit around and wait for interviews.

Since it was in mid-November, he had an idea to fill some of his time. He was from Germany and learned some wonderful Christmas cookie recipes from his mother. He baked a batch of some of his favorite hazelnut cookies, and put them in an attractive gift bag, and brought them to a local bakery. He asked the owner if she'd like to try some. The owner loved them! The owner asked him if he'd bake a few more batches, and she'd put them out on display to see how they'd sell. They sold out in hours, and people wanted more! So, from November up to Christmas, he baked hazelnut cookies (he used to crack open the shells of the nuts, and grind the hazelnuts up himself), and made some money--and kept busy, while agonizing over his job search. I think baking cookies helped save his sanity at that time.

In conclusion, if you're ever leaning toward a bakery business, maybe you could "try" a few items and take them to a local bakery to see how they sell. (The one variable here is that different states have different codes for kitchens used to make food for the public. You'd have to check your local ordinances on that.)
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Good idea and a cool story. Something to keep in mind.
 

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