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Jumbled Desktop Icons

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If  the icons move after a reboot or shutdown then try using  F5 after arranging or adding icons, or right-click the desktop and click 'Refresh'. That should lock the current icons in place wherever they are on your desktop -- this only locks the locations, not necessarily the order if you stack them in little heaps. ****************************************************** If all Else Fails - Registry Trick - Be Careful I Go to be able to HKEY_CURRENT_USER then Software then  Microsoft then Windows then CurrentVersion after that Policies then Explorer.  Right-click on an empty space during the right pane and select  DWORD Value name No Save Settings not to mention press the enter key.  Right-click on the new No Save Settings Item and select Modify. Enter 1 in the Value data box. You could be done, whenever you restart windows now, your  will go back to their state and your won’t have to worry about  someone messing up your desktop settings. ********...

USA States That Have Stand Your Ground Laws

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Tourists Be Careful Out There Many states have some form of stand-your-ground law. Alabama,  Alaska,Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,  Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts , Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri,  Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota,Ohio,Oklahoma,Pennsylvania,Rhode  Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas,  West Virginia,  Wisconsin and Wyoming have adopted Castle Doctrine statutes, and other  states Iowa, Virginia, and Washington have considered stand-your-ground  laws of their own. What does stand your ground law mean? If you are evolved in a confrontation with someone and they are carrying a gun, they can shoot you. 

Are You Screening Unwanted Pop-Ups or Survey Nags ???

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These mods may help: If you are using GOOGLE CHROME Click upper right chevron  - Settings - tick "Show Advanced settings..." @ bottom - Privacy - Content settings Tick * : Show images Allow sites to run JavaScript"  (Plug-in's) Click to play Do not allow pop-up's Do not allow any site to track my physical location Ask me when a site wants to show desktop notifications (recommended) Do not allow any site to disable the mouse cursor "Web intents"? is a decision you must make.  IMHO this is more spying and potential security risks. Do not allow sites to access my camera and microphone.  (You decide if this is needed for some feature)

Roku and Hulu in Canada

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HERE IS A LIST OF SHOWS ON NETFLIX

INTERNET USAGE- HOW MUCH DO YOU PAY?

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Have you ever wondered? How does my Internet usage apply to the number of gigabits that I pay for. It's a combination of downloads and uploads. If you use Roku and Netflix everyday it's going to increases your usage considerably because streaming is calculated in your download time. Not as much as you may think as an example. Three episodes of the very popular British TV series "House Of Cards" will use up 1 GB approximately. Currently for July we have used about 75% of our allotted usage of "35 GB's." Afraid of going over - no problem they usually advise you by email that you are approaching your limit. Then you can up your usage or pay $1.50 per GB over your set limit. We tend to use "Roku" quite a bit as the same shows are repeated almost indefinitely by Bell Dish Network and then of course there are the endless,mind numbing commercials..  We have cut Bell  back to just the essentials as Roku does not have live streaming like CNN. Live strea...

After 58 Years and Still looks Great - Compare the 1955 Chev with the 2014 Cruze

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2014 Chev Cruze The 1955 Chev you could seat six people. Now 4 skinny Orientals have problems.They had V-8 's that could get you up and going. They had comfortable seats. We had a 1954 Plymouth that was just like like sitting in your Easy-boy.You could drive for miles in that car and never feel tired.You could change the plugs, points,condenser. Change the oil and filter, do      loads of stuff with very little mechanical knowledge.           I recall  Ray helping install a back up light on that car. Try doing any of those fixes on the new ones. Now you need the instruction book to open  the hood if you can understand the tech.who wrote the book. P.S. Did I forget the 1950's had head room. A guy  my size over 6 ft. could easily slide into the  Drivers seat without knocking his golf hat off, and still have a couple of inches clearance.

Tribute to my Mother - Born on This Day July 17th/1906

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