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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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Oh, my There really is an X-Claus!
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It could be worse!
TB is the only site have come across this sort of thing.
They all collect metrics that get put on your permanent record, stored in an unknown holding company. As foretold, Big Brother and the Holding Company is very real.
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and text reminders on my smrtphn that I'm overdue for some lady exams. 
There is a new chromium based browser called "Brave" that blocks data collection. If you use Google for search, it strips out your personal data first. Also, I use an adware/blocker called uBlock Origin for Chrome. It also blocks those annoying ads like the one posted above earlier. The new Edge is supposed to be more privacy oriented about collecting data. Google has been sued in the EU for selling data collected from users' browser histories.
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The very long and labyrinthine paper trail to my US passport is of absolutely no good use to anyone but The Central Scrutinizer.
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The EU has considerably stronger privacy protections. It's even against the law to require an employee to reply to business email off-hours.
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I'm telling you, that dog's into feet.
"straying" into John Waters territory there
No animals were hurt in the making of this picture.
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Here’s a little bit of Soul for this Monday morning. Lee always brings a light hearted touch to her songs.
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I glance to my left and it is Odin looking at me with my good left slipper in his mouth, just beyond arm's length. He drops the slipper unharmed in exchange for the new chewie I present. Good Odin.
Well he’s smart. Makes sense to trade up.
Two poodles take a different approach to solving a problem. One works hard and comes up with a solution. The lazy one sits back and then steals the treat. How many times have I seen that in life.
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Standards are so intelligent...in a dog's way!
I had a blue-grey standard male that I was house training. Go outside or use the newspapers on the floor of the laundry room. He learned that FAST! Only problem was, the first couple of times, he carried his deuce out to me in the living room to show me what a good boy he had been! Needed to work on that!
My experience is that watch repair people are a disappearing breed. I have a rather nice Seiko that needs cleaning and adjustment. I cant find anyone within 200 miles to do it. Everyone tells me to send it to Seko...they charge $150 for a basic maintenance.
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And typewriter repairmen.
Except I really have no great desire to use a manual typewriter again.
Except I really have no great desire to use a manual typewriter again.
You prefer an auto-wind typewriter?
We used to rescue Irish setters, before we were taking in parrots. Talk about dumb. But they're another breed that's just had the brains bred out of them, like standard collies. We did chows for awhile...so hardheaded it was impossible to tell whether they were stupid or just ignoring you.
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I second this on Irish setters.
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