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Hey Book, haven’t been reading this thread but noticed your iPad woes.

I got an iPad mini as a retirement gift about 4 years ago. We’re older digital idiots around here but I was able to get the thing set up and used the hell out of it for about 3 years.

Then it started getting stupid on me. Took forever to load a site and so on. Tried the latest upgrades etc. finally gave up, went to staples and bought a basic full size iPad for $300.

Friends who are more digital savvy than me tell me the things just wear out, won’t accept the new upgrades and not worth the money and hassles of trying to get them fixed. Planned obsolescence at its finest I spose.

The new one is great. My wife just bought a new laptop using windows and it’s been a total pita. I can find a site, read for 15 minutes while she is still cussing and stomping around with her $800 laptop.

I much prefer the touch screen Mac/Apple stuff but they bug the crap outta ya with trying to sell apps and features I don’t want.
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Dorianne, I'm not going to resent the iPad. I don't know how to re-do all that stuff again. Fave niece was the techy of the family. She's now living in the Mainland. I'm really very inept when it comes to electronic devices. So, far now, I'm going to order a new charger for the iPad. If that doesn't help, then I will buy a new tablet.

With regards to the mobile industry. I read an article on how these companies would keep updating their versions until the mobile no longer is compatible to the new updates. The company is completely aware that this forces their customers to buy the newer phones. Or did I hear this on the Kim Commando radio show? Or was it another talk show radio?

Oh my gosh! My oldest sis just screamed loudly in her bedroom. Then she started giggling... Uhm... she's getting worse mentally? I Will Not Be Her Caregiver!!!! It's just Not Fair!!!! I need to live My Own Life for Once! I've been caregiving since I was in my mid-20's. I'm over 50. I refuse to do any more "Obligation" family duties.
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Oh gosh, thanks Ali! :-)
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Dori, how to reply to PMs...

Click on the avatar/name of the person you want to PM, that takes you to their wall page where Hugs are posted. Depending on the user's settings, the Personal Message check box at the top right of the Hug text box will already be checked, or you can check that box and the message/Hug will post as a Private Message. 
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@bookluvr - did you get your iPad reset? Got your PM but I don't know how to reply to PMs here. Maybe you can't.
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Also, you can always drop by with goodies for the staff. I think they will appreciate that, too.  Edible goodies.
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I think it’s nice, too. If I had worked there, I think I can swing a $15 budget for a present. I bought dad a nice cheap throw blanket for $6.99. It’s only 60”x50”. He used to like just covering his waist down to his ankles. Feet sticking out of the blanket. I bought him several designs. His favorite, which he commented all the time that it was pretty - was the one that was light beige background with old fashion designs of a simple country scene. I’ve seen thick inexpensive socks at Ross, too.

Cwillie, my favorites that the govt caregivers gifted to my mom was a mini manual grinder. Another xmas, they gifted her a mini (under 6 inches) but Very Good Quality (emits powerful light) battery powered lantern. (I still have it & in excellent condition 10 years later!) And the other xmas, both parents got a very strong grocery bag made of strong cloth. It’s not like those recyclable bags with cheap material. I’m still using those bags with the govt caregivers logo on it.

When I read your comment about the facility gifting their clients, it brought back fond memories of mom and dad’s govt caregivers, too. Yearly, I usually donate to them under dad’s name when they’re doing fundraising for their organization. I usually gave about $50. I think I will continue to do this yearly. Too bad as my parents were long time clients (over 20 yrs), no one from this organization came to their funeral. Unless they came and didn’t sign in the book.
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cwillie, it's not too late. Drop off a big box of donuts with a happy New year card from mom and they will be very happy.
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Small town, small facility (47 beds on the nursing home side according to the website).
But now I feel bad I didn't get them anything.
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cwillie I think that is pretty darn nice! Wish my MIL facility felt that way...
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Oh yeah, my understanding is these are gifts from the staff, each employee draws a name and buys that person something. Sis was here for a visit and asked someone she knows there about the gifts, otherwise I probably would have gone on making the wrong assumptions. A laundry aid told us "we think of our residents as family".
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That is odd, cwillie, and I hope staff didn't fund the presents

Hoca gave out a lip balm and a few pieces of off brand candy - a comfy throw sounds extravagent in comparison
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I found out today that the mysterious gift that appeared for mom at the nursing home (a red plaid throw and fuzzy socks) was from the staff drawing names and playing Secret Santa. I'm not sure how I feel about that... while I'm touched that the staff all pitch in to make sure there is a gift for everyone I'm a little concerned that participation isn't optional, and I'm wondering why the families weren't told about it but were left to wonder where these items came from (if they have noticed them at all). I've got to admit I assumed they were bought with proceeds from the bake sale fundraiser, maybe even from the owners, I never dreamed they were from the staff.
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ff,
I would hesitate to find out if the missing have passed.
Not sure I want to know.
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Sendhelp, I got less holiday cards, too. Looking at my list of MIA, it seemed a bit strange. I've been at the same home address for 25 years. Makes me think a mail truck somewhere went off course, had a fire, etc.

Some in my address book are quite elderly. One lady who I had met on a cross-country train ride back in the 1970's, we use to mail to each other once a year during the holidays. She recently turned 100. No card last year, nor this year. Chances are she had passed :(

When my Mom had passed first two years ago, I took my parent's holiday card mail and let them know Mom had passed on. Did the same when my Dad passed last year. Half the people on the list I had no idea if they were relatives or old friends. Some I even wrote "are you old friends of my parents or related to my parents?". One was my Dad's lst cousin. Of course, I realize that not all relatives of a dearly departed would even look in an Address Book and write to those names.

I need to play detective for those missing people who didn't send a card for a second year.
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Guess I should wait Cwillie.
This last week of 2017 is just crying out for organization early.
I remember my last on sale clearance calendar missing a day.

Since I am so interested in the full moon, maybe I will get a full moon calendar from the Farmer's Almanac.

How is your year-end shaping up? Did you avoid coming down with that cold?

Here's a modern idea!  Live a life that it doesn't matter if we know the date, day, or hour.
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Calendars always go on sale after the new year Send. They certainly aren't the best way to check the date though, thank goodness for my desktop and my phone!
As for christmas cards, I got a single personal one and a handful of the kind sent out by businesses and politicians. Well, I didn't send any either. I also got some emails, a text and some phone calls though..... it's the modern way.
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My calendar is about to run out in 4 days.
Has not even crossed my mind yet to get a new one-or two.
Placing them everywhere helps with "WHAT DAY IS IT?" when all about you are giving misdirects, misinformation, and the day is right, but the date is wrong....the date is right, but the day is wrong! Teaching myself to no longer discuss the day/date around here.

My senior moments will be just that......mine. No sense letting anyone else know when I am not sure of today's date. imo.
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Was wondering if moving recently caused a delay in those few Christmas cards catching up. We did not move, but received very few cards this year. Maybe I should not have shredded one of the only cards received.

I know it will take awhile to get back up to feeling okay after the flu, going on 17 days now. More candy please.
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Pam, that is a hoot. Guess the writer thought whomever lived in the house got married to someone with your last name :)

I put on my detective hat and started digging. I love solving mysteries. My boss said a few years ago he got something similar, and it turned out after he searched down the address and found a telephone number, it was actually a business trying to sell a product.

I think I will take this card photo/envelope to my boss, he tends to be the town crier, so maybe it was someone he knew and they asked for my address.
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FF I had to laugh! After we lived n our present home for 4 years.. we got a long photo filled loving family letter,, from people we did not know! To our name! Seems they were relatives of the people we bought the house from. A.. how did they get our name? B.. How did they not know we were not their relatives? we sent the letter back with a very nice letter, including the real relatives new address. I;m guessing they may need one of our threads..LOL
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I just had my hair colored on Saturday and it looks like it needs a touch up already
Did the past Two days and nights at hoca do this ?
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There was a photo, I only recognized one old-looking friend.....who is that old lady?
She is my age.
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Ever get a Christmas card from someone you have no zero idea who they are?

Got one today, one of those family style holiday photos. Even that didn't give me any clue how I know them.

Maybe it is one of those "six degrees of separation". I will need to climb back up the family tree to see if it exist there. Then there is the curiously on how did this family get my home address???
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bookluvr, you might try doing a factory reset on your iPad before you give up on it. (This just brings it back to the original state you bought it in, without any apps you may have installed since.) Sometimes that's all a system needs, especially when you have software glitches, which is what it sounds like. A computer repair place can do this if you don't know how.

Make sure you back up all your important photos and documents before you do, as they'll be lost forever once it's reset. You can ask the repair place to back it up for you if you can't do it yourself.

(Edit:  I guess maybe an Apple store for Apple products?  Though beware of them telling you it's not possible, as they're mandate is to try to sell you a new one!  Anyway, a PC repair shop should be able to tackle a factory reset with no problem.)
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I am so far behind in tech world that when I hear "iPad" I think it's a new line of Kotex :P
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For those who uses the iPad, about 2 updates ago, my iPad Air now tells me that the charger is not compatible. Lately, I noticed that a few times, hours later, my iPad wasn’t charging at all. I have to reboot it every time now in order for it to accept the charger.

2nd, since 2 updates ago, my airplane mode no longer works. I can still access online even though the little ✈️ is showing on the top left corner. Like right now as I am typing this. I tried googling to see if others are having this same problem. It’s dangerous to carry the iPad in public if the ✈️ mode is not working. Easy to be hacked.

Do you maybe my iPad is about to crash and die permanently? This was gifted to me. I checked online and it’s so expensive to buy one.
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I have a soft spot for computers! But I do think software makers have a tendency of assuming everyone working on a computer is a professional of some kind, who has regular training or something.  When I worked for the lotteries, we had all kinds of training every time there was a new piece of software, or an upgrade.  On my own....meh, I'm still running Microsoft Office 2003 and it's fine.  A friend of mine took a beginner's Corel drawing workshop recently and said it all went right over her head, because the guy giving the workshop has worked with it for 20 years and assumes everyone's up to speed.

Also....bumping this up over the troll-y stuff.

Hey can we really talk about anything on here? I've never been in this thread before!
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"Retro soul singer" = singing tunes/ballads in the style of the original soul music, as opposed to the more modern R&B (and other pop styles) infused "soul".. which is more pop than soul. (Bit of a music nerd here, so I'm guessing that's what's meant by the description. 🤓)

And indeed, in this video of Leon Bridges I just pulled up, they are using some throwback imagery (black & white style, old style microphone, reel to reel music player) to complement the song.

I've heard the name before, Madge, but never bothered to check him out. Thanks for mentioning. I like it!!!
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Madge, not me. I'm not familiar with him. By the way, what is a "retro soul singer?" I'm really out of touch these days!

Glad, sometimes computers just gang up on us, don't they? Or rather, software makers gang up on us. I wish they'd test their software first before dumping it on the public.
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