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Qualifications to become President

Lately there seems to be an unusually heated debate on what qualifies a candidate to serve in the capacity of President of the United States.

Other than requiring that the candidate be born in the United States and be a citizen of the United States the only other major requirement is that they receive a majority [...]

Banks

Way back in the seventies, the nineteen-seventies, my mother-in-law and her husband opened an account at a bank. I am not sure if it was The Bank of America then, but that is what they called themselves today.

One of the advantages of having such a well established and old account included a safe deposit [...]

Land Line

While visiting my daughter and her husband this last week I began go to question the need for a normal telephone. A landline as we used to call it.

My daughter and her husband have been in the process of moving to a new house. New to them anyway. The new house does [...]

Backing up a Hard Drive

Why bother to back up your software? If you have to ask that question, you probably have never lost any data to operator error or equipment failure. Hard drives have become inexpensive and reliable when compared to drives of twenty years ago, but they are still mechanical devices and prone to catastrophic failure.

We [...]

But Wait, that’s not all

Ever wonder how those TV marketing scams work? The ones where they double your order for the same money claiming to give you so much more for your money. Just pay shipping and handling. Ever wonder why the stuff you see hawked on the boob tube is not ever available in stores?

Well, [...]

Furnace Repair

Our house is heated and cooled by central air. We have a combination unit made by Carrier sitting in the mechanical equipment closet provided by the architect along with the water heater. The furnace part of the unit is gas fired. It is only ten years old.

During those ten years we have [...]