| ggggg9271@gmail.com: Aug 27 07:29PM -0700 https://www.windowscentral.com/best-logitech-speakers |
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| ggggg9271@gmail.com: Aug 18 02:47PM -0700 https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-or-chromebook-a-best-buy-salesman-told-me-it-isnt-even-close/ |
| ItsJoan NotJoann <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: Aug 18 03:11PM -0700 > https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-or-chromebook-a-best-buy-salesman-told-me-it-isnt-even-close/ *YAWN* Every system has it's fans and detractors; best to decide for yourself. |
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| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Aug 17 12:52PM -0700 On 08/15/2019 05:52 PM, Bob F wrote: >> Companies change their offerings all the time and frequently what was >> free is no longer free. > And there is probably an arbitration agreement in there somewhere. Finally, a definitive answer: Ting is NOT providing the free service. -- Cheers, Bev "My life outside of USENET is so full of love and kindness that I have to come here to find the venom and bile that I crave." --R. Damiani |
| lenona321@yahoo.com: Aug 17 09:31AM -0700 There are more articles (on another subject) too. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/this-social-security-scam-is-just-evil/ar-AAFHbH9?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout Lenona. |
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| Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com>: Aug 15 08:48PM -0700 On 8/15/2019 5:05 PM, Whoey Louie wrote: > The relevant question would be what does any agreement you signed say? > Companies change their offerings all the time and frequently what was > free is no longer free. Somehow, my comment disappeared the first try. There is probably an arbitration agreement in the contract anyway. |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Aug 15 09:23PM -0700 On 08/15/2019 08:48 PM, Bob F wrote: >> The relevant question would be what does any agreement you signed say? >> Companies change their offerings all the time and frequently what was >> free is no longer free. T-Mobile no longer offers the $10/year minimum prepaid account, although existing ones were grandfathered in. I live in fear... Nobody seems to offer a chunk of voice/data which is good until used up, at which time you buy another chunk. > Somehow, my comment disappeared the first try. > There is probably an arbitration agreement in the contract anyway. To the best of my knowledge there was no contract. Probably a TOS. I know it's probably dead in the water, but I had hopes. It was really useful for people who only needed to use it once a year :-( Let's see... We used it to find cheap gas stations between Pasadena and Houston 3 years ago. I used to find the ACTUAL address of a business whose street had an ambiguous name maybe a year ago. Uh... I don't think we were much of a drain on their resources, but we were certainly unlikely to upgrade our account. -- Cheers, Bev "If you put the government in charge of the desert, there would be a sand shortage within ten years." -- M. Friedman (?) |
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| ggggg9271@gmail.com: Aug 14 12:02AM -0700 https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1093&bih=526&ei=d7FTXdXhIMHb-gSzzIW4AQ&q=consumer+reports+latest+issue&oq=consume&gs_l=img.1.0.35i39l2j0l8.687.2716..5906...0.0..0.476.1431.5j3j1j0j1......0....1..gws-wiz-img.....0.fAVls3j02zw#imgrc=KEwgAzUEtCiIYM: |
| ItsJoan NotJoann <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: Aug 14 12:52PM -0700 > https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1093&bih=526&ei=d7FTXdXhIMHb-gSzzIW4AQ&q=consumer+reports+latest+issue&oq=consume&gs_l=img.1.0.35i39l2j0l8.687.2716..5906...0.0..0.476.1431.5j3j1j0j1......0....1..gws-wiz-img.....0.fAVls3j02zw#imgrc=KEwgAzUEtCiIYM: Nothing but a few dozen links to click on. |
| bje@ripco.com: Aug 14 04:11PM > So you're saying that the FREE freedompop accounts are continuing with > freedompop and should continue to work? If you want my opinion, admitting that I know little about freedompop except that they look like crooks, you are basically fucked with your FREE services with them. There are no free services with Ting, if you want to pay them, you can continue to use your devices. Otherwise, no pay, no play. Freedompop obviously doesn't want you freeloaders anymore. I'm pretty sure if you start paying them for service, you can stay. It looks like people with the CDMA devices are moved to Ting, the GSM people are moved to something called Red Pocket. Although it seems they still offer the "free" service as a plan, only thing I can think of is that it's device dependent. I know that somewhere in the near future it's going to be LTE and Voice Over LTE only. Verizon is going VoLTE only by the end of this year and I think Sprint is shooting for the end of 2020. -bruce bje@ripco.com |
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| miguel@freedompop.com: Aug 13 02:50PM -0700 On Sunday, August 11, 2019 at 4:51:26 PM UTC-7, The Real Bev wrote: > -- > Cheers, Bev > Red ship crashes into blue ship - sailors marooned. Hi Bev, this is Miguel from FreedomPop. I'm sorry to hear you haven't found what you're looking for with Ting! Keep in mind, only CDMA (Sprint) accounts were transferred to Ting. So if you have a GSM SIM or hotspot, then your account has remained as is on FreedomPop with no action required on your end. If you're unsure, reach a representative at forums.freedompop.com or on twitter @freedompophelp. If you're a VIP subscriber, you can also reach us through freedompop.com/contact. |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Aug 13 04:06PM -0700 > (Sprint) accounts were transferred to Ting. So if you have a GSM SIM > or hotspot, then your account has remained as is on FreedomPop with > no action required on your end. Then why has my Franklin R850 hotspot stopped working? Why does there seem to be no record of the free voice/msg/data SIM associated with a different email account? > If you're unsure, reach a representative at forums.freedompop.com or > on twitter @freedompophelp. If you're a VIP subscriber, you can also > reach us through freedompop.com/contact. So you're saying that the FREE freedompop accounts are continuing with freedompop and should continue to work? -- Cheers, Bev Why do men's hearts beat faster, their knees get weak, their throats become dry and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing? Because she smells like a new truck. |
| ItsJoan NotJoann <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: Aug 12 06:42PM -0700 > https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/making-sense/column-why-these-unique-medicare-advantage-plans-are-poised-for-popularity A health savings account did not impress me when I worked and impresses me even less now that I am retired. |
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| ggggg9271@gmail.com: Aug 12 05:41PM -0700 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/making-sense/column-why-these-unique-medicare-advantage-plans-are-poised-for-popularity |
| Whoey Louie <trader4@optonline.net>: Aug 12 07:04AM -0700 On Sunday, August 11, 2019 at 7:51:26 PM UTC-4, The Real Bev wrote: > -- > Cheers, Bev > Red ship crashes into blue ship - sailors marooned. Can't help you with that, but if you're looking for a low cost carrier, I suggest taking a look at Mint Mobile. They are a T-Mobile MVNO, so it depends on coverage where you are. They have unlimited voice/text and 3GB of data for $15 a month if you pay for a year at a time. If you pay for 3 months at a time, it's $23. A year with 13GB of data per month is $25 a month. After you exceed the data, it just slows. I've had it for a year and a half, very happy. Have a friend here who's using it and happy too and he got his parents in LA on it and they are happy too. If you're interested, give me a heads up here, they have a referral deal going on where we can both get some $$, $30 I think. I think they still have a $5 trial deal too, where they send you a sim with 100 minutes on it, 100MB of data to try it out too. |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Aug 12 12:10PM -0700 On 08/12/2019 07:04 AM, Whoey Louie wrote: > up here, they have a referral deal going on where we can both get some $$, > $30 I think. I think they still have a $5 trial deal too, where they > send you a sim with 100 minutes on it, 100MB of data to try it out too. Useful information for those who use more than 10 calls and a few hundred MB/year! What I'd like is a wifi hotspot with a certain amount of data I could use until it's gone, but I don't think anybody offers that. Still waiting for Ting's response... -- Cheers, Bev "The federal government has taken too much tax money from the people, too much authority from the states, and too much liberty with the Constitution." -- Ronald Reagan |
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| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Aug 11 04:51PM -0700 Has anyone succeeded in getting their *free* SIM or hotspot transferred to Ting? Ting seems to have ONLY paid accounts, unlike the totally-free time that Freedompop offered. I've emailed Ting several times and received a couple of useless replies, but no actual resolution. -- Cheers, Bev Red ship crashes into blue ship - sailors marooned. |
| ggggg9271@gmail.com: Aug 11 03:15AM -0700 Or a better future in deodorants?: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/climate-change-apartheid-poor-iraq-effects-heatwave-a9049206.html |
| ggggg9271@gmail.com: Aug 11 01:47AM -0700 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/climate-change-apartheid-poor-iraq-effects-heatwave-a9049206.html |
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| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Aug 07 10:21PM -0700 On 08/07/2019 05:57 PM, Bob F wrote: > was bought off Craigslist. My computers are entirely built from used parts. > If you like spending lots of money more than you need to, follow that > article's recommendations. Definitely a stupid article. For upholstered furniture you look at the home it came from. For electronics, you assume it's bad (unless you actually see it working) and offer an amount you're willing to throw away if it doesn't work. Baby gear isn't that hard to evaluate. If the $2 car seat is a recall EXERCISE THE RECALL AND GET A BRAND NEW CAR SEAT. Use your own judgment about helmets, but I fail to see how styrofoam with no visible defects can NOT protect you. Remember, bicycle helmets are designed to protect the head only from a simple drop from 6 feet PROVIDING it's being worn properly. Most kids don't wear them properly, and neither do a lot of adults. Food: Again, look at the home it's coming from. Best food I ever bought: genuine home-made Santa Rosa plum jam at an estate sale -- the stupid heirs didn't know what they had. I've ALWAYS bought cars from strangers, except the most recent one. Only one was a dud, and I still got a lot of use out of it. If you can't recognize a dangerous toy you should have your childbearing license revoked. If you don't know enough about bicycles to know what you're buying, go to Costco; the bike will probably need to be adjusted, so buy a bike-repair book and learn something useful.. OTOH, I've bought lots of good bicycles for $25 or under. Most advice like this is aimed at dunces, so it's not entirely worthless. -- Cheers, Bev "You can make a signature quote seem authoritative by attributing it to a famous person." --- Sun Tzu |
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| lenona321@yahoo.com: Aug 07 08:16AM -0700 Most are obvious, but I might not have thought of a few of them. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/25-things-you-should-never-buy-from-a-stranger/ss-AAEMhJl?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout#image=1 Lenona. |
| Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com>: Aug 07 05:57PM -0700 > Most are obvious, but I might not have thought of a few of them. > https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/25-things-you-should-never-buy-from-a-stranger/ss-AAEMhJl?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout#image=1 Really funny. Just about all of them I have, I've gotten mine from strangers. Rarely a problem, and I can usually fix that. In fact often I get things free to fix and use them, like my 50" plasma TV that was free dead, and has worked for years after I replaced $8 of capacitors. My car was bought off Craigslist. My computers are entirely built from used parts. If you like spending lots of money more than you need to, follow that article's recommendations. |
| lenona321@yahoo.com: Aug 07 05:12PM -0700 I don't have the direct link, but this thread is fun. http://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,431576 |
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| ggggg9271@gmail.com: Aug 06 01:27AM -0700 > https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mass-shooting-el-paso-deadliest-2019-among-worst-modern-u-n1039016 Sorry for posting wrong link: https://news.google.com/search?q=fix%20social%20security&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen |
| ItsJoan NotJoann <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: Aug 06 09:59AM -0700 > > https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mass-shooting-el-paso-deadliest-2019-among-worst-modern-u-n1039016 > Sorry for posting wrong link: > https://news.google.com/search?q=fix%20social%20security&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen A half dozen or more links to click on. No thanks. |
| ggggg9271@gmail.com: Aug 06 01:33AM -0700 > https://moneyandmarkets.com/6-dreadful-changes-social-security-2020/ https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/07/20/invisible-more-social-security-will-soon-slide-into-insolvency/QnWdGBcwgj4TMLed0NaVKM/story.html |
| Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com>: Aug 05 10:01AM -0700 > in 2020 the cost of living increase will be small because of low > inflation. It's been low for years already because of low inflation, > because, well, that's what it's supposed to reflect and offset. The calculated "inflation" does not reflect the increased spending of most retired people. "Social Security recipients are losing ground financially, despite receiving an annual cost-of-living (COLA) increase. On Oct. 11, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release inflation data that determines how much more Social Security beneficiaries will receive in 2019. That adjustment is pegged, by law, to the cost-of-living increase for households for whom half or more of their income comes from clerical work or hourly wages. It not only excludes households of unemployed, self-employed, part-time, professional and salaried workers, but also — crucially for seniors — households with no one in the labor force, which includes retirees." "Social Security benefits have lost 34 percent of buying power since 2000, according to a study released earlier this year by The Senior Citizens League. And in the past year alone, Social Security recipients fell 4 percent behind the rise in their actual cost of living, according to Johnson. "The loss occurred even though beneficiaries received a 2-percent annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2018," she explained. The main culprit? Medical expenses. More than half of the 1,057 respondents who participated in the annual Senior Citizens League study reported that "their monthly expenses went up by more than $79. Yet 50 percent of survey respondents said that their COLA increased their benefits less than $5 per month, after the increased [Medicare] Part B premium for 2018 was deducted from their Social Security benefits," the study said." https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/making-sense/why-social-securitys-annual-increase-doesnt-actually-keep-up-with-cost-of-living |
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| Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com>: Aug 05 10:01AM -0700 > in 2020 the cost of living increase will be small because of low > inflation. It's been low for years already because of low inflation, > because, well, that's what it's supposed to reflect and offset. The calculated "inflation" does not reflect the increased spending of most retired people. "Social Security recipients are losing ground financially, despite receiving an annual cost-of-living (COLA) increase. On Oct. 11, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release inflation data that determines how much more Social Security beneficiaries will receive in 2019. That adjustment is pegged, by law, to the cost-of-living increase for households for whom half or more of their income comes from clerical work or hourly wages. It not only excludes households of unemployed, self-employed, part-time, professional and salaried workers, but also — crucially for seniors — households with no one in the labor force, which includes retirees." "Social Security benefits have lost 34 percent of buying power since 2000, according to a study released earlier this year by The Senior Citizens League. And in the past year alone, Social Security recipients fell 4 percent behind the rise in their actual cost of living, according to Johnson. "The loss occurred even though beneficiaries received a 2-percent annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2018," she explained. The main culprit? Medical expenses. More than half of the 1,057 respondents who participated in the annual Senior Citizens League study reported that "their monthly expenses went up by more than $79. Yet 50 percent of survey respondents said that their COLA increased their benefits less than $5 per month, after the increased [Medicare] Part B premium for 2018 was deducted from their Social Security benefits," the study said." https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/making-sense/why-social-securitys-annual-increase-doesnt-actually-keep-up-with-cost-of-living |
| ggggg9271@gmail.com: Aug 04 11:32PM -0700 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mass-shooting-el-paso-deadliest-2019-among-worst-modern-u-n1039016 |
| ItsJoan NotJoann <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: Aug 05 09:37AM -0700 > https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mass-shooting-el-paso-deadliest-2019-among-worst-modern-u-n1039016 I'm not sure how NBC has more news on this shooting than other stations since it's on EVERY site. But out of curiosity I clicked on the link and it imme- diately wants me to disable my ad blocker. Nope, not gonna do that. But does this article actually have some sort of 'solution' for fixing Social Security or was it just clickbait for us to open your post? |
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