A big thank you to Troy and mspace for working behind the scenes to get me back in with my ol' Login. with the Signature checked, I'm hoping my old sig will show up once I post.

Nice to see you all and be back!

(Yesterday, 12:24 AM)JoeM Wrote: A big thank you to Troy and mspace for working behind the scenes to get me back in with my ol' Login. with the Signature checked, I'm hoping my old sig will show up once I post.

Nice to see you all and be back!

(Yesterday, 12:24 AM)JoeM Wrote: A big thank you to Troy and mspace for working behind the scenes to get me back in with my ol' Login. with the Signature checked, I'm hoping my old sig will show up once I post.

Nice to see you all and be back!

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(Yesterday, 12:24 AM)JoeM Wrote: A big thank you to Troy and mspace for working behind the scenes to get me back in with my ol' Login. with the Signature checked, I'm hoping my old sig will show up once I post.

Nice to see you all and be back!

Looks like I have to recreate my sig. - On the way!

....after private battle with cancer.....was in 'FBI: Most Wanted'.....'Nip/Tuck'.....'Charmed'.....


Julian McMahon, Nip/Tuck, Charmed and FBI: Most Wanted Star, Dead at 56

.....Julian McMahon, best known to TV audiences for his starring roles on FX’s Nip/Tuck and CBS’ FBI: Most Wanted, died July 2 following a private battle with cancer. He was 56 years old.

McMahon’s wife, Kelly McMahon, confirmed his passing in a statement:

With an open heart, I wish to share with the world that my beloved husband, Julian McMahon, died peacefully this week after a valiant effort to overcome cancer. Julian loved life. He loved his family. He loved his friends. He loved his work, and he loved his fans. His deepest wish was to bring joy into as many lives as possible. We ask for support during this time to allow our family to grieve in privacy. And we wish for all of those to whom Julian brought joy, to continue to find joy in life. We are grateful for the memories.

McMahon’s acting career began in 1989, with a role on the short-lived Australian soap opera The Power, the Passion. That was followed by a stint on Home and Away. He made his Stateside debut on another soap, NBC’s Another World, in 1993. That was followed by series-regular stints on NBC’s Profiler (as John Grant) and The WB’s Charmed (as Cole Turner).

His first leading role came in 2003, when he was cast opposite Dylan Walsh in Ryan Murphy’s plastic surgery drama Nip/Tuck, which ran for six seasons on FX and ended in 2010. He earned a Golden Globe nomination for his turn as Dr. Christian Troy.

Ten years later, he was cast as team leader Jess LaCroix on CBS’ FBI: Most Wanted. He led the procedural for three seasons before his exit in March 2022......


......................RIP............?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSnYETHGpIU

Wow, no electricians, no electrical permits, seems like an easy DYI job.

I loved the ecobee at the old house. Just loved it, never had any complains about it. i recommended it to many friends.

This house: I installed the Ecobee about a year ago. I am so confused about how it works.

Just now, the thermostat is set to 82F, temperature inside is 79-80 and the AC is running. Why?

here is the actual graphs of temperature and humidity.

Temperature:



Humidity:
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Onyx, if ya dunno, is a simple but useful utility that has saved much aggravation in my experience.

This am, for some reason, my media server wouldn't play nothin, music or video.
I use 2 different apps, Emby & JellyFin (which are forks of each other ... ish).
Long story why.
Neither would play anything.

I ran Disk 1st Aid on my dd boot drive, the boot drive on the networked server and the drives therein.  No change.

I ran Onyx on the networked server (MacPro3,1 on High Sierra).
Restarted, happy servers both.

....they just canceled 'Battle on the Beach' but they recently have been canceling a lot of their shows, earlier this month they canceled: Farmhouse Fixer, Married to Real Estate, Bargain Block and Izzy Does It......


HGTV’s Battle on the Beach Cancelled After 4 Seasons, Says Co-Host

....The Battle on the Beach has been washed away by the cancellation tide going on at HGTV.

So says Alison Victoria, who co-hosted the beachfront property renovation series with Ty Pennington and Taniya Nayak.

In Battle on the Beach, three skilled teams hit the beach to renovate identical beachfront properties, with some help from Boston-based design expert Nayak (Designed to Sell), expert craftsman and designer Pennington (Trading Spaces), and Victoria, a “luxe interior designer” and host of Windy City Rehab.

Season 4 aired last summer.

In the latest episode of her Pap Smear Podcast, Victoria shared with guest Retta (Parks and Recreation), “I did a show called Battle on the Beach. I love that show. It was so fun and funny. And then all of a sudden, I watched the episode, I’m like, well, where’d all that [great content] go? I get it, it’s a lot of content to try to put into 42 minutes, but where is it? Where’s the great editing?

“You’ll lose a show that way. I truly believe that,” she continued. And in fact, “Battle on the Beach did not get picked back up,” Victoria said, “which is sad, because it was like adult spring break.”

Battle on the Beach is but the latest of of several HGTV series to recently reach their apparent ends at the network: Earlier this month, the hosts of Farmhouse Fixer, Married to Real Estate, Bargain Block and Izzy Does It all stated their shows will not be returning for additional seasons.......

.........looks like they are 'cleaning house' and just cancelling a lot of shows..........?!

Sound familiar?

Selected gripes from the Declaration of Independence
It's all right there, folks

'He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.' (brainworm bobby, is that you?)

'He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.'

'He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.'

'He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.'

'He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.'

'He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:'

'For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:'

'For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:'

'For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:'

'For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:'

'For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:'

'For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:' ( Like a Texas Army Military buffer zone?)

'For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:'

'He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.'

Sent out by the IRS the same day as passage (underlines mine)...

   

p.s. Frank Bisignano... "...consistently rated as one of the highest-paid CEOs in the United States, reportedly having reached $100 million in 2017"
"His wife, Tracy Bisignano, also made significant contributions to the Trump 47 Committee, Inc. totaling $924,600 in October 2024"

.....the partnership put Krispy Kreme donuts in McDonald's.....sales went downward.....ended July 2nd....


McDonald's and Krispy Kreme will end doughnut partnership next month

......Krispy Kreme and McDonald's are ending their partnership for good.

The chain will stop selling its doughnuts at McDonald's restaurants on July 2, the companies said in a press release Tuesday. McDonald's USA's Chief Marketing and Customer Experience Officer Alyssa Buetikofer said the collaboration was going well for the burger chain and its franchisees, but it "needed to be a profitable business model for Krispy Kreme as well."

Their deal had placed Krispy Kreme doughnuts in 2,400 McDonalds locations. The companies paused their partnership in May after sales slowed down, and Krispy Kreme withdrew its full-year financial outlook in part due to economic "softness." The chains are scrapping the deal after they announced plans last year to roll out Krispy Kreme doughnuts at McDonald's locations nationwide by 2026.

"Ultimately, efforts to bring our costs in line with unit demand were unsuccessful, making the partnership unsustainable for us," Krispy Kreme CEO Josh Charlesworth said in a statement Tuesday.

Krispy Kreme said it will now focus on expansion through "high-volume retail points of distribution" and international franchise growth. The companies also said the agreement only represented a "small, non-material" part of McDonald's breakfast business.

McDonald's shares dipped slightly Tuesday, while Krispy Kreme's stock rose more than 1%.

McDonald's has seen sluggish sales as diners reduce restaurant spending, and has tried to lure consumers back with deals. In the first quarter, the chain posted its largest same-store sales decline since 2020.

Krispy Kreme shares have plunged about 73% this year. In its first quarter, the company posted a loss of about $33 million......

.........this ends right here.........right now...........?!

I have not seen any gateway timeout errors for the past few days.

Did I just get lucky or the OWC Admin Gods solved the issue? Thanks!!!!!