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Bah. When I try to connect with the iPad, I get 'Login Failed: Gateway authentication failed. Please check your credentials, address, gateway setting, and network connection.' While in my working VPN on my PC, I can click on 'modify' and see the properties of the VPN connection, and it shows the host name, group authentication name, but there's a password of '*********'. When I try my personal password with my personal user name, it doesn't work. Probably there's a hospital password, and I'm sure they won't give it to me! Any other tricks? Or am I missing something?

Interesting. In the past, I've been threatened to have my vpn rights disconnected when I've asked anything about them, so they're not going to help me. I'll try to get all the info on my own and see if I can get it to work.

I'll bring the HP1. Heh. I'll think about dropping hints for a grandparent visit ... but from direct personal experience for many years, have found that doesn't work so well in this particular relationship. She likes very much to make her own decisions ... Would love to meet Allison! What a trooper she is! Your aim is true ... been wanting to say that. Just hope she doesn't dump you after meeting us!

Interesting thought, maybe related to that. But the clothes washer belt broke, and being 15 yrs old, we opted to replace the unit, the oven had the main fuse go in the midst of running the cleaning cycle, it was 12 yrs old, but it's been ok for a year now after replacing the main fuse, the furnace is about 15 years old and the guy said the main board often dies around then, the dishwasher was just cleaning less well gradually over time and being 15 years old opted to buy a new one rather than pay to have it repaired. Forgot that also the sink disposal went at about the same time - just wasn't grinding as quickly any more, after 15 years. Seems like most of those just related to old age, no?

Never mind, found it. Doubt that the Feds will let me in, though.

I could use that, what's the app called?

A year ago, all within 6 months of each other: oven died, dishwasher died, clothes washer died, main controller for the furnace died. My neighbor said the same happened to her, and that it isn't so unusual since one often newly buys most of these things all at once.

Definitely coming. Will chip in on expense of supplies, food, etc... Bringing either iPad or PC and Pico DAC/Amp. Want to try this w/LCD-2! No cans unless requested. HP1? I think everyone in this group has heard them. I no longer have to drool over Ryan's HP-2! Bunch of booze, not sure what. Going shopping tomorrow. Open to suggestions.

Yeah, I have never an experience like that from Dell, and I've worked with them for at least 5 years. When I call sales, they seem reasonably useful, but when I call tech support, they're much much less useful. And if I ask where I'm calling, they usually become really bashful, and say either the Phillipines or India. They usually ask me why I ask where I'm calling, like I shouldn't be able to tell - one of them said they train really hard to sound American. I really don't care where I'm calling, as long as they are understandable, and they are helpful; but all to often, they are neither.

Sounds great, Bryan! But very unlikely for me. I'm lucky to have all Sat aft/night to do ChiLiquiFi. Unless my wife gathers up the kids and leaves town Friday to go to her parents' place for the weeekend, which she occasionally does when I make all day/night plans on a weekend. If that is the case, I'm in for sure and I'll let you know. I do want to get out to FFF again, and if that dopplebock is still around, I'd be very much into trying that!

Curious, how is that radio interview of Gould that is included on the 3rd CD?

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Dammit! That's the line I was missing! I'll have to remember that for next time.

We get a couple hundred trick or treaters. We get 6-7 big bags and are out a little more than half way through the time period. It's pretty insane.

Chicken mole made by my Mexican neighbor. It was good.

Wow, deepak. Very nice!

This is why I'm trying to push my wife to Apple (Air or MBP) for her next laptop which we will likely get for her this holiday: Checking out the Dell Adamo since she has some concerns about switching over from Windows, because her friend was having some problems with the switch. I went to the Dell web site, it says 'call for pricing', and right underneath is a chat online now button, clicked on that, and got this communication: 4:54:54 PM System You are now being connected to an agent. Thank you for using Dell Chat 4:54:54 PM System Connected with Tshering D 4:54:59 PM Tshering D Hi John 4:55:05 PM John hi. 4:55:09 PM Tshering D Welcome to Dell US Chat! My name is Tshering xxx and I will be your Dell.com Sales Chat Expert. I can be reached at [email protected] or via phone at 1- 800 -289-3355 at Ext:xxx .How can I help you today? 4:55:20 PM John So how much for the Adamo? 4:55:39 PM Tshering D Great! Glad you chatted in today, I'd be happy to help you with that. 4:56:34 PM Tshering D I am really sorry but we don't have Admo any more with us 4:57:14 PM John Meaning it doesn't exist anywhere, or I cannot buy it online? 4:59:24 PM Tshering D we don't have the system anymore 5:00:29 PM John Dell does not amke it any more, so I cannot go down to Best Buy or any other retailer? Or Dell online doesn't sell it, so go check out Best Buy? 5:00:54 PM Tshering D You can check online 5:01:41 PM John Does Dell manufacture this model any more? Yes or No. 5:03:13 PM John I just checked online, and your web site lists it, but states to call to check for pricing ... 5:07:49 PM Tshering D please call at 1 - 877 - 275 - 3355 5:11:05 PM John You could've said that in the first place ... 5:12:19 PM Tshering D I am really sorry for the delay but the system is no more available with us it . 5:12:39 PM Tshering D The system will be available only in Retails 5:13:15 PM John Thank you. 5:13:29 PM Tshering D You are welcome Called Dell at the number she gave me, went through a bunch of prompts, got a human, I asked for the price of the Adamo, he said, 'you want to buy a demo?' No, I want the price of your model, 'Adamo'; he wanted my phone number and personal info, I gave him 555-1212, he kept saying, 'so you just want the price of the Adamo, that's it?', and I'd say 'yes'. He said 'ok, I'll check online', (duh, I just did that, and it said I should call them) then 'oh, it looks like we don't make that any more. You'd have to go to our outlet store.' I suggested it should just say that on the website, instead of it saying I should call for pricing. He agreed, and said it just wasn't selling, because you could get a much better computer at a lower price. Nice. I'm going to work on my wife a little more and get her over to a Mac ...

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Mike, I nave a friend who always talks about seeing The Met in Imax in Navy Pier. She likes it so much that she cancelled her season tix for The Lyric. I can ask her how she gets those. Nothing comes up when I Google it, for some reason.

Bacon and chocolate. Sounds weird, tastes great!

Yum!

Nice pics, Steve! Thanks!

Interesting. How about just general soreness, rather than actual injury?

You're supposed to not let him catch you.