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Wow, it finally happened to me.  I tried to post something and after clicking on submit, it disappeared.  That must be what many have meant by “the wormhole.”

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Trekkin and Birdin wrote:

I read that microsoft is adding Windows 10 as an automatic upgrade. The article I read shared how to turn that stuff off so you don’t get it, and I did that. A friend had done the Windows 10 install and posted a stern warning to NOT do it. They had a really long drawn out process to try and get his computer back to what it was.

 Since Windows 10 is classified as a “recommended” upgrade and not an “important” upgrade, if you have your settings set up to only automatically install “important” updates (and not “recommended” updates), then you should be OK (for now).
To change, turn on, or turn off automatic updating:

1.  Open Windows Update by going to Control Panel and/or settings and then Update or Windows Update.

2. Choose how (automatic or not) and what type of updates (recommended and important, or important only) get installed.

I have mine changed to automatically install important updates only, and prompt me for recommended updates.

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I won’t “upgrade” to Windows 10 unless absolutely necessary.  I use Windows Media Center as my DVR, which is standard on 7.  But if you install Windows 10, it deletes Media Center forever.  Microsoft is dropping it for some strange reason.

 

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Wow congratulations on 50 active years of family, faith, marriage, and even some of geocaching!  You’re an inspiration to many!

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Lacknothing wrote:

Looks like we will be relocating soon. Stay tuned.

I sincerely hope if you relocate it’s in SE WI.  I’m sorry but anything else is just plain unacceptable.  Nothing wrong with other states (well, maybe Illinois lol) or other parts of Wisconsin, but it’s just not permitted!!

 

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sandlanders wrote:

Just completed a major accomplishment: I am now caught up on all of our logging. For the first time in over four months, since before the fall picnic in September, I have no logs to write. And with the expected blizzard or whatever tomorrow, it might be a while before I have any more to write!

I hope you posted pictures with each of those logs…

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Can he drive his Jeep into the water?

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Holy cow BBG, is your dept going to be able to function OK with such a drastic reduction?

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You know Bill if the weather on Wednesday turns unexpectedly crappy you could paint at our house.

 

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Mister Greenthumb wrote:

I’m busy painting so I can go caching Wednesday with Hack1of2.

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Just saw a Minnesota Geocachers Assoc geocoin on eBay today.  I don’t think it will last very long.  An oldie from 2006.  http://www.ebay.com/itm/VHTF-Minnesota-2006-Geocoin-nickel-/161955657281?hash=item25b54f3641:g:jDUAAOSwGotWkvH5

 

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A smartphone is an indispensable tool for me.  First, it’s required at work, so that I’m connected for texts, emails, photos, etc.

But aside from work, it’s my go-to GPSr for driving, with audible turn-by-turn instructions in addition to the map.  It’s great for geocaching, and you can load the caches and entire pocket queries into it on its hard drive quite easily so that you can navigate to them WITHOUT even needing a phone tower connection or a wireless Wi-Fi data connection (and if you don’t think they’re accurate enough for caching, spend 5 minutes with me at an event and I’ll explain how wrong you are).  I can send/receive not only texts, but pictures, and those texts with pictures attached are often necessary to view right then, not a few hours later on my computer.  I eventually discontinued keeping a paper appointment book; now may calendar is on my phone so I can see what entries are scheduled at any time, and they’re synched with the cloud so I can look at my schedule online as well.  I’m not getting any younger; having a smartphone is GREAT for reminders, whether a note to call someone or an item to pick up next time I go shopping, with an audible reminder when it’s time to go.  It’s an alarm clock, a timer, a digital camera, a newspaper, an internet browser, a notebook, a flashlight, a Bible, a movie player, a scanner, a photo album (guess how many pics I have on it ;-)), a music player, a TV remote control, a pedometer, a weather forecaster, a calculator, a GPSr, and… it even makes phone calls (with all of my contacts’ phone numbers and email addresses conveniently listed).  I don’t use mine for games (unless you count geocaching), but it makes my life more organized.

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Mister Greenthumb wrote:

Made it official today. Told our employer we are retiring. Our last day of work will be May 27th.

Congrats Bill, that’s a big milestone!  Not a caching milestone.  Well it could lead to caching milestones.

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Exactly 0 degrees right now in the land of Wauwatosa.

 

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