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#4456507 - 01/08/19 06:10 AM Re: Here's what happened (Continued) **** [Re: SNAFU]  
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A belated Happy Birthday, Old Dux!

I think I must be drinking the same brand of coffee JRT is having; or I'm watching the same morning TV programs as he is since the same subject-following phenomenon seems to occur here. Good thing I don't pay much attention before the coffee is done.

But I'm really blaming it on the cats. The one in this house doesn't sing opera, but she raises hell if I'm the first one up and make my coffee before I clean her dish and feed her.

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Fittop: ☕ 😄

The coffee I drink is a very special, high acid, blend made from soaking rusty nails, and corrugated, aluminum pieces in a boiling bath of choisest mountain grown beans. These high quality pieces of aluminum are lovingly retrieved from select crashes of Ford Trimotors that tried crossing the Andes Mountains back in the 30's.

The beans are removed from the bath and put in a large vat. Then they are marinated under the hot, tropical sun for many days in a mix of axle grease, motor oil and ethyl alcohol with 4 drops of kerosene, added just for taste. The alcohol absorbs the deadly four step jungle toxin if it be present. You ingest just one drop of that particular poison and you get to pick any direction and walk four more steps.

Then, when the proper moment of highest flavor is deemed to be reached, the beans are spread upon the ground to dry. When dry, each bean is individually cleaned with a Bolivian Jabiru feather and placed in first quality burlap sacks. Only then does Juan Valdez's second cousin load the beans onto an intoxicated buro (there is no other way to get a burro to carry such a weight down that mountain trail).

Finally, Juan's cousin Dwayne, having had many adventures along the way, brings the choice beans the 300 miles through the insect infested jungle to market. According to Dwayne, that 300 mile distance can vary greatly according to how many bandits and Jaguars he encounters along the way. How dumb does he think I am? Land Rovers or Jeeps maybe, but Jags..... I think that's not very likely!

It is a trifle strong,I admit that. I have to take some care just what I brew it in and which way the wind is blowing when I do. I am always aware how sturdy is the cup I plan to drink it from.

But, Fittop, if you are already drinking the same brand you already know all that, right? winkngrin


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JRT, I stand corrected, it may not be the coffee. Mine is strong, potent, but not that acidic.

Do remember picking a coffee bean once with a relative of Juan Valdez in Costa Rica. One bean. It was green before the toasting. But that was work if done after ten a.m.
But I did buy a few pounds of it in Guatemala. My travel bag smelled good for days afterwards.

Actually, the best my house smelled was after I roasted some coffee I bought at a local shop in Dallas.
Forget what I was looking for that day, but found a burlap bag in the floor of an Indian shop with the green beans. Shopkeeper taught me how to roast it and enticed me with the story of how good it would be.
It was, and for three days I enjoyed the aroma. So did a couple of neighbors.

I did use to bring small packs of coffee from France, -all legally. They fitted nicely in the suitcase and seemed cheap compared with local prices. Perfect for cafë au lait.

The closest I can find now is the good all Cafë Bustelo packs in the grocery store.
And it does have that good strong flavor, not harsh, that keeps the hair off my chest when done in my little Italian coffee pot.
That is, unless I forget to set a timer and leave it on the stove top.

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Folks,

Fittop:

Below is a pix of my coffee can. "The Sweeting Buro" brand is not so well known but those who do not mind the warning label and try it seem to enjoy it..... the rest of their life. The coffee lasts a long time, however, the can deteriorates quickly probably due to the high acid content of the coffee. As you can see in the pix of a brand new can of coffee, the can is already in bad shape.

OK, it's a Photoshop fake I made. I don't like high acid coffee. I have finally gotten a double lined, stainless steel French Press coffee maker. I like that more than the single cup pour over doohickey I had. That clogged within 6 months.

The FP takes only about 3-4 minutes to prepare the brew and has a high capacity. However, the coffee must immediately be transferred to another container not left in the FP I guess to prevent clogging of the screens. I'd rather just decant the coffee from there, not transfer.

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Thanks for the congrats, chaps. I received several cards and a fine 6 bottle pack of quality beers via Amazon. I'm sampling one right now as a matter of fact.

Just been out on a clear, still evening with the star fields showing clearly. I was looking at a heavenly body with my birding scope when her husband closed the curtains. Actually it was the red coloured Betelgeuse in the constellation of Orion and estimated to be some 640 light years distant. So, in 1380 when I was on the Calais gig with Thomas of Buckingham, the light from that star was just starting out which we see today. Due to become a supernova eventually in some 1,000,000 years time.


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Folks,

A weak sun shines down upon us. A mere 33° F. is showing on the glazed thermometer this this frosty morning. The low last night was in the 20's F. Brrrrrr!

Maybe it was colder where you shivered in the dark under your stack of electric blankets? Did you dream of a warm, sandy beach while cuddling your hot water bottles last night? Or maybe it was much warmer where you are? If so, just wait. Winter is coming your way too.

I'm drinking more hot chocolate these chilly days. No longer do I pay Amazon and Swiss Miss their high tariff for that comforting privilege. I make my own private mix. It is cheaper, just as good, I think it is better, much better. ☕ 😊

Dux:
You just knew I was going to add that 'closing of the curtain' bit if you didn't, right? 🔭 ✨ 😆

By depriving me of that rare coveted pleasure, I actually feel no restriction at all in telling the full story of how you once spent two glorious weeks in the base infirmary having that very telescope and a large pair of 10x50 binoculars surgically removed from a particularly sensitive part of your anatomy. OK, I won't, however, as I say, even though I feel justly empowered so to do.

Yes, that means I will not divulge the fact that Olga fell upon you like a tiger in the night. Catching you doing your unusual brand of "star gazing" in a tree next to the nurse's home.

She took quite a dim view of the proceedings. To this day, if you happen to pass the Studley Grange nurses home, school of animal husbandry and self service, coin operated tooth extraction office, you can still see the tree she shook you and your telescope and binoculars right out of.

The big oak tree has grown some now but it still shows the scars from your struggles, Dux. Some, who know you far more intimately than I, say that you do as well. winkngrin


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Just checking in.

No, Sir. We are not recuperating from a full-of-coffee sleepless night.
Burning out a coffee pot this morning did not auger a great day to go to the dentist, but I did.

Thankfully there were no further cuts and stitches; though it did occur to me when I tasted the burnt coffee that might be worth canceling the trip if it was an indication of the direction the day was going to go.

Allow me to explain:

The vision for this trip had been a promise of shots, blood and stitches and other boresome mess due to a tooth replacement, but it was not needed and other than some pulling and a reminder of staying on a soft food diet I escaped until next month.
The fake mustache and bald plate disguise for escaping the office due to my screeching in pain stayed in my pocket and the desk lady actually smiled as I left. -Perhaps in relief.

Hopefully JRT is warm and toasty and not shoveling snow as a few of my friends are further North.
I understand Europe is also exercising with snow shovels and indoor bikes this week.

We shall see if the house here is in shape to take twenty degrees of cold this Saturday after it hits a Spring-like seventy on Friday.

Keep your fingers crossed, and please stay warm and safe.
I will be reading the scandalizing article in the Community forum about the Fitzgerald naval ship incident.

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Folks,

Fittop:

We can always rely upon you to post when we have a lengthy dearth of English words the rest of us can seemingly not find to fashion into recognizable sentences. Thank you.

Sorry about the burnt coffee. Here's how never to burn coffee again.... drink hot chocolate. wink

No snow but it has indeed been colder than average here lately. I like a cold bedroom for sleeping (68 to 64° F.) but this time even I had to add another comforter. Yes, an electric blanket might have been nicer last night but I'd get little use out of it on most other nights. I guess even after 6 years I just can't get used not having my late wife keep me warm on the coldest nights. She always had an excellent biological warming thermostat.

Incidentally, this evening I found an excellent recipe online for oven baked, barbecue pork or beef ribs. It comes with recipes for homemade sauce and rub. Frankly, I have my own rub mix and I like the Bullseye Original store bought BBQ sauce, but just for ribs. Me thinks that recipe would be excellent for days when it is just too cold or wet to use the outdoor grill.

I have a recipe software I added that to. Unfortunately as I did not want to type it all again I had to remember how I used to be able to import a typed and saved recipe into the program. It took a bit of head scratching and fiddling before I got it. There were several steps.

Now, nobody in the great state of Texas needs any help from me or anyone else for that matter, in cooking barbecue ribs. That would be like someone from Maine telling me how to barbecue pulled pork. Or me telling the folks from Maine what they should do with a pot of lobsters or how to prepare great clam chowder.

Maybe it would be similar to the likes of me suggesting to a certain Dane we know how he should prepare stegt flæsk med persillesovs og kartoffler? A recipe which is considered, I've read, by many in the know to be the Danish national dish.

In serious news. A particularly heinous crime was recently committed in our county. You may have read about it. It made the national news. A man has been charged with shooting a Highway Patrolman in the face. Thank goodness he wasn't very seriously injured. My son tells me he was released from hospital today.

When the the dastardly act was perpetrated, there was the expected hue and cry that went out across the land. Result, three men were soon taken into custody. Two were charged with stealing a car and the other with doing the shooting. He resides not uncomfortably enough IMHO in the Wilson County clink under a million plus dollar bond. The others under lighter bonds around 16K apiece.

Turns out the officer who was shot is an acquaintance of my son and the shooter now in custody briefly dated my former daughter-in-law (my son's former wife) in High School. Now that's quite a co-inky-dinky for sure. The last time my son saw the patrolman was in a gun shop. So glad he's OK. I know none of them.

Stay warm fellows.

Dux:
Since Wales is not only noted for your personal residence and perhaps is also known as the land of the lesser known sorcerer Merlin, I wonder have you managed to get to any of the historic places that are associated with one or more of wizard's ancient names? 🧙‍♂️


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I will be off to Derbyshire again in the morning. They have had snow which hopefully is now melting. Also, wouldn't want to be stuck up the Welsh mountains at 5AM. Just have to take my chances because it is important for me to be up there for a week or so.

Have a wedding next Saturday, unfortunately not mine. I just have to take 'L' down the aisle and give her away She is the daughter of my lifelong friend who passed away some 3 years ago. The most fascinating woman I ever met...dammit! Then it will be 'J' in July and 'K' in September. More expense...


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Folks,

Dux!!!!

Not "K"! Surely not "K". If so, me widdle heart will be irremediably broken. 😢 💔

I'd hoped she was saving herself for ME. This is possible since I am already beginning my second childhood. In but a few months I have every reason to expect I will be about the same age as "K" again. Put a good word in her shell-like please. Say that by September, I may well be ready to ask (OK beg) for her hand..... Oh, and all them other fancy parts too.

OK, it is not likely she would accept, but it's worth a shot anyway. Be sure to mention she may be making a terrible mistake. You want to emphasize that. Whomever that dastardly interloper may be, he could not possibly hold a candle to me. If anyone held a candle tome, I'd get burned. Ummmm, yeah, be sure to say that part as if it were actually true.

If she is an animal lover, you can say my coat is always glossy and clean smelling. My nose is warm and I am mostly house broken. My tail is rather to short for vigorous wagging. However, It has been said that, during certain dances, I manage that rather well.

If all that fails, wish her all the happiness in the world second only to what choosing me would have brought. Do that with a respectable tear in your bloodshots. Add a quavering voice and the best facsimile of a truthful face you can manage. Mind you, no laughing or winking at all the inappropriate places, please.

If the lovely "K" still hesitates, you can promise her (with a straight face this time) that I'll send her a recent 8x10 glossy of me, suitable for framing, as soon as I get it back. I just recently sent it out to my laundry to have all the wrinkles ironed out.

Take care in those mountains, pal. I know how absent minded you can be sometime. So write yourself a note reminding you of your destination and, more importantly, about saving "K" from matrimonial Hara Kiri. Then stick that note on the windscreen where you'll be sure to see it.

We don't want a repeat of last time. You do remember last time? You were in Manchester before you realized you'd completely missed the Peaks Dist. and you had to gas up and turn back. No, I won't mention the short side trip to Nottingham. Thanks so much for reminding me LeRoy.

At any rate, stay safe wherever you end up and keep a sharp eye out for Olga. She's recently been seen sporting a Beetle haircut in Liverpool.


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Congratulations, Old Dux!
No, not at your glimpse of snow, but at being chosen for such a privilege as that of escorting a lady down the aisle.
That doesn't come easily.
May the weather cooperate and all of you have a great time. Congratulations to the bride and groom.

Since we mentioned weather, snow flurries were in place here, accompanying an awful wind that persisted on chasing away good dreams most of the night. They have not abated yet and rumored to be the cause for the DFW airport to be using the diagonal runways. I only remember that happening a couple of times; the last one some years ago.

The wind did not help in relocating a large sofa and loveseat past their due date from the house through the yard to a spot where they were later picked up by the trash collectors. Some badly chosen words were uttered, but that was judged better than having the furniture obstructing passage for another month until the next bulk trash pick-up .

Yes, JRT. BBQ and smoked meats are a staple in this state.
As mentioned before, I do have a soft spot for the pulled pork I've enjoyed in other Southern states. Someday I will again travel to the Austin, San Antonio area and re-search for those celebrated places that boast of the best BBQ in the states.
Meanwhile we will be content to sample some local ribs in the near future.

I am glad I don't have to pre-flight an airplane in 11 degrees F. chill factor or check for the max crosswind in any equipment heavier than my computer.
Those are the present outside conditions. And to think, yesterday was a balmy 69 degrees.
But alas, there's work to be done before I indulge in those pleasures.

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Folks,

I fully agree with Fittop. It is a pleasant honor indeed to walk down the matrimonial isle with any young lady. No doubt Dux you will do so with pride and many deep, emotional thoughts. May the marriage be blessed and the couple's lives together be long, happy and, with the fullness of time also fruitful. 💍

And ,Dux, should you be unable to keep up with the hasty bride, mind her long trane so you don't trip. Should you trip you may roll down the aisle well ahead of the bride, even so, worry not. The faster you roll the better. That could happen to anyone. Just eventually get to your feet, shake the hand of the startled groom, tip the Vicar, and make for the closest exit. Oh yes, I'd skip the reception if I were you. Incidentally, for your own safety, wait for a printed invitation before visiting the newlyweds.👰 🤵 winkngrin

Fittop:

We expect temps to climb into the lo 60's F. tomorrow then plunge into the low 20's tomorrow night. Temps will reach 19° F. by Monday night. It sounds worse for you. Hang the long johns by the fire. Put the saddle horses and tack in the barn, the wranglers in the bunkhouse and provision the chuckwagon with plenty of food laced with antifreeze. If the Native Americans attack during the bad weather, be sure to have plenty of snowballs prepared well in advance.


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Gentlemenses,

I’ll keep this short.


Life is full of these damned shame events.

We just lost a pilot at my field. Helicopter pilot. Sketchy details around it. Helo had battery power problem. They hooked up an APU (auxillery power unit) and got it running. The pilot brought the blades up past idle speed and got out of the helo to unplug the APU. Left the unrated passenger (a fixed wing flight instructor friend, not my close friend that I speak of) inside. The helo got unstable and did a bit of a wobble causing the blades to flex and decapitate Sal , the pilot. I saw Sal a few times a month at lunch. They don’t know why it happened. Whether his getting out reduced enough weight that the hello became near lift weight or whether the unrated rightseater did something. Mistake. Pilot never gets out of running aircraft unless another rated pilot has taken control. Even then Pilot in Command should have rightseater get out. Maybe he felt the other didn’t know how the APU hookup worked. Should have gone to idle neutral. Maybe was thinking that reducing power might have reduced the electrical charging. It was ugly. Pilot decapitated and head thrown into hangar. A damned shame event.


My aircraft had a minor issue. The tach started jumping about 75 RPM. Wasn’t steady as usual. My mechanic buddy and I pulled the cable and found the key that engaged the gearteeth was worn after 50 years of flying. Ordered new cable. So I flew with a friend on a small group flight for lunch at another field. We were in the air about 5 minutes when the engine got rough and dropped about 350 RPM. Did a quick switch of the magnetos with no difference. Checked fuel selection. Tried carb heat with no difference. We decided to return to field and called tower. I did radio work while he flew the plane. Kept announcing to each other forced landing procedures and checklist and picking locations if we couldn’t make the field. Made it back and did straight approach to runway with a not fancy landing. When our mechanic buddy looked at he found an exhaust valve spring broken and wound up pulling the cylinder and piston. Much worse than we initially though. Spring broke because exhaust valve stuck open. That was the cause of the broken spring. Burned the valve which came apart and was beaten around in cylinder and chewed up the piston face before the now small pieces went out the exhaust port. Chances were as good as not that it could have seized the engine. We were on the lucky side of it didn’t.

My new tach cable came in and we installed today. Good test flight of it.

New cylinder, piston, valves, pushrods, springs, keepers, plugs, etc done on buddies plane. Check of oil filter and drained oil found nothing bad. Borescope of the crank and other cylinders found nothing bad. So he test flew it with good results.

So I have had an eventful week at the airfield.

And that’s what happened.


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Folks,

OG:

A tragic affair. That's why most good pilots follow SOP. Condolences to you and the pilot's family. Most folk think of flying events going badly in the air. We do not expect such a deadly tragedy to occur on the ground. Obviously, they do.

Thankfully, your event did not have a tragic ending. Expensive, yes, but not tragic. I seldom think about it but we grounded folk only have to pull over to the side of the road and call for help when something important in our car's engine breaks. Glad you're OK.


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My condolences to the family of the pilot and to you, OG.
That's on the first set of news.
Now the hard work of cleaning up lives has started.

On the second, I salute your good thought process and bow to your good luck in being able to tell the tale.
Commendations are in order to all the pilots on the second piece. Good teamwork makes it all much easier.
No denying that luck helps, but we do have a tendency to make our own luck. (90% sweat and work?)

In much more mundane news, my sympathies for those without a place to stay warm. (Yes, trying to also figure out how to help those shaving it too close to a paycheck, or none at all for now without insulting pride.)
We woke to 25 degrees but at least the sun is shining for now.
There is a total lunar eclipse and I will probably be up to see it. It will be cold, but I find the eclipses fascinating.
It is forecast to be a bit warmer tonight than last night.

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Folks,

Fittop:

OK, you surely deserve the popsicle prize for today. Do not despair. Just put on your electric undies. Texas will warm again.

Temps in the 60's F. here this morning have been plunging ever since. The wind has been blowing like hell is freezing over. At 6:30 PM we have a temp of 42° F. That's over a 20 degree drop since morning. That is dropping like drawers in a French cat house. Pretty soon, 42° F. will seem like a very warm day in August.

Weathermen around these parts have on their parkas and say to expect ambient temps around 19° F. before morning. And to expect below freezing daytime temps (with full sun) through Tuesday. The wind chill will be in the single digits tonight. Jens would feel right at home even without snow.

These are not even your average deep winter temps in Carolina. I think I'll wrap in several blankets, sip a hot beverage and watch John Wayne's "Hell Fighters" on the TV.




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Taking good glances at the eclipse. A beautiful clear sight in the winter crispness.
Doesn't seem that cold since it is visible from outside the front porch.

It seems the lollipop prize will be reclaimed by you tonight, JRT. We will probably just drop to freezing tonight.

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Folks,

I did not venture out to see the moon but I saw 17° F. register on the glazed thermometer. That was the ambient temp. Wind chill tem was in single digits. I'll take that popsicle prize off your hands, if you don't mind Fittop. winkngrin

The temp at 10:30 AM is just 21° F. / -6 C. and that is with full sun. Those north of us are dealing with much worse, so, we thin skinned southerners shouldn't complain all that much. Oh, I forgot to mention that we have a 15 mph wind a blowing out of the NW so it feels like 13°F. out there in the brilliant sunshine.

I slept warm and snug last night as the temp dropped faster than a whale doing a belly flop. I wondered why my feet were so warm. Then I realized I forgot to take off my soft bedroom slippers! I just noticed that according to the electric sundial it is almost lunchtime here, Fittop, and I haven't had a single cup of coffee or cocoa. ☕

So it must be really cozy in here. The sun is streaming in my South facing windows. That's a great heat trap that I appreciate far more in winter than in summer. 🔆

Here is something I noticed on YouTube that interested me. Maybe it might you as well? Check it out even though it hasn't wings and won't ever fly. Here is video of the last working Tiger Tank in the world. What a sound it makes. You can just imagine what our boys must have felt when they heard that distinctive sound and saw that long 88 pointing their way.

It took real courage to stand your ground against one or more of those deadly beasts. To our soldier's credit, they did and they knocked out so many. Uncle Bill, who was a Ranger and participated in the Battle of the Bulge, could tell us a thing or two about what that was like. Sadly, he didn't like to talk about his war until so late in his life. There wasn't time for much. Hero, railroad man and politician. He was my wife's uncle and I looked up to him. Still do.

Shot in the head and captured, Bill spent the time between the Bulge and the unconditional capitulation in German hospitals. He said he was well treated. Before we give them too much altruistic credit, the Germans could see the writing on the wall well before then. I remember Bill Broughton as a true American hero. I do that because he was one.

I make sure my grand kids know about all those heroes of WW2 like Uncle Bill and of other conflicts. Last week they visited the Airborne museum at Bragg. That's more formally known as the "82nd Airborne Division War Memorial and Special Operations Museum at Fort Bragg, NC".

Visit that someday if you can.

Here is the tank video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boq824ER0DY

There are other videos of this historic tank available on YouTube if you are interested.


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Y'all,

Hope you are all staying warm. The cold wave is apparently not limited to the USA. Europe is having its own challenge.
The eclipse was worthwhile. The colors, and the lack of, awesome. It helped that I could see it from a shielded front door area.

Thanks for the video.

As a teenager in NY, I worked with a big fellow washing the restaurant silver. He allowed serving in Korea as a tank crewmember and mentioned how safe but cramped it was in the interior of one, and how vulnerable it could be.

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Folks,

Fittop:

Speaking of the sound of heave construction equipment. My son is in charge of surveying for the city of Durham. He has several crews he is in charge of. When his boss the civil engineer left he was given his job too with perks but no extra pay. They will either give him the job permanently with comenserat pay or hire someone else asap. He thanked them very little for that gratis extra full-time job as you might imagine.

Still, it is a better job than running all kinds of heavy equipment out in this cold. He can operate most construction vehicles including tracked types. Once he mentioned how those monsters sounded like tanks to him. He does none of that anymore however his technical knowledge still helps him do his job I suppose. Having said all that, he called me a bit ago and he was out supervising the current and very cold worksite due to a traffic accident. That will remind him how lucky he is to do most of his work indoors.

I'm struggling with my laptop right now. Something's terribly wrong. I can't access my e-mail accounts even on my phone. There is no Google support number to call and my AV seems helpless to find anything malicious on phone or computer. Yet I get a "Your connection isn't private" notice when I try to go to Gmail on the computer and Gmail sync on the phone is in a continuous loop.

It is looking like I will have to do a factory reset on both devices and change some passwords. Before I jump into that particular hell, I'm going to try Chrome support or the Google support forum. IMHO Google should have a support number we can call. After all, they know more about us than we do.


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