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Yep, it's another July 25th. That means it's another anniversary of the sinking of the "Andrea Doria." I always reflect on this. It brings me in touch with my parents' generation and my heritage.

It is. She reportedly grabbed one of the young apprentice's boobs and said something like, 'You'll do.' I don't know how it is that so many super rich people's kids turn out so warped. Maybe they think that the money and privilege they're accustomed to will get them anything "good" and get them out of anything "bad." Incidentally, she arrived to the world on a Christmas Day.

Good morning Not political ... just commenting on her looks, or lack thereof. That's why she instead had to develop "business acumen."

WTH Hulk Hogan, who had a life full of high drama, just died at 71. This was in Clearwater FL. He had had a lot of medical issues lately. Carrying around that sort of bulk from the earlier years generally doesn't bode well later on unless you try to get leaner and eat healthy. Hulk Hogan's father was Italian. His birth name is very different. (Wiki is your friend.) This got me thinking, so I checked the ages. Kirstie Alley was also 71 when she died in Clearwater FL a few years ago.

Thanks. I do better with numbers. Does this mean that a considerable number of GB is sitting there in anticipation of a person updating their machine to 11? If so, when I put through the update, will all the programming for 10 go away so I end up with a net gain in storage? (It sounds and seems like there is an overlap in terms of storage on my laptop.)

Continuing on with the Windows 11 question. When I run a scan, as you know, the file paths flash by you with rapid speed and they move back and forth between things specific to the hardware and its programs and personal files such as documents, spreadsheets, and photos ... back and forth, back and forth ... I am able to see 2 paths that you tech guys may understand better than I do. These also flicker on both and forth: 1. C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\ .... (varying #s and @s) ...\Metada\Windows11.0 ... 2. C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\ .... (varying #s and @s) ...\Package_for_RollupFix~ ... Since these flicker back and forth during the scan, I wonder what they mean. Important item: I don't remember if it was on my tower or on the laptop I'm asking about, but I think I almost let the Windows 11 upgrade get rolling by a click of the mouse, but cancelled it and/or shut down the computer. Does item 1 mean that some files from the update, that need not be here, are sitting on my drives and taking up space when I'm not on 11 yet? In what folder on an HP product would I find if there are any Windows 11 files prematurely sitting there? Thanks. It would help to know.

An idea for a "What's My Line?" (was a TV game show) occupation: Great White shark tagger

That's too bad. It's great to be able to keep old school GM iron in tip top shape on one's own. My other thought ... when fuel filters were "in line," where they should be.

The S sedan has attractive lines, though long in the tooth. All their other products are not attractive. Tesla aficionados and apologists are also much like a cult.

Random thought, for a laugh: Pam Blondi

One big irritant is when you go into a folksy diner and they ask you, "What are you drinking?" before your butt is on a chair and before you've been handed a menu. Usually, when this happens, the staff is also rough around the edges.

WIndows 11 ... Now that I have (your, someone's) attention, I have a question or two. I'm still running Windows 10 and it has been great. I can speak for my laptop, but haven't used my HP tower in a good while. Support for Windows 10 goes away in mid-October of this year. I have held back on converting because, first and foremost, I heard it is a lot more possessive and restrictive of what you can do with it ... by that, I mean it pushes you into more proprietary sites and options rather than letting you choose. It's bossy, in a way.* To me, that sounds like a bad thing more than a good thing. The other is that it needs 40GB of RAM free at the moment to do the installation. I'm going to have to make some room. Can I get some input (in wording better suited for a general user) on the concerns voiced in the last 2 paragraphs? Thank you. * I'm not the sort of person to be "whipped," so that would be a problem ... LOL

@A Horse With No Name It was a 3 step upgrade, so I kept it. It helped me drift away to memories of Acadia National Park in autumn! @G. David Felt Love the seating. Don't need the leather and emblems, but that sort of bucket seat is exactly what I like.

I like the Acadia. I'm happy with it in base form. This one is uptown. I was given one as a rental and enjoyed it. Partly, GMC is sort of a "novelty" compared to Chevrolet, which I think most of us or our families have owned. I never recall getting into the turbo boost phase. The 2.5 is probably enough. I appreciate the geared automatic. Also, I like the way the infotainment screen is engaged in the dash.

Still sticking to the now gone Passat for what could serve me ... and that would include dogs, albeit medium sized ones. I love dogs and like cats. A friend in New England had a great all black female cat that was an attention whore and warmed up to guests in no time. He told me she would periodically kill a small bird and bring it to him as a gift, with not much interest in eating it. Meh. I don't think someone's Lab or Golden would do that, if not in hunting mode with its owner. All the Labs I knew of growing up just wanted to be in the backyard pool with kids.

I sometimes think of a discussion we were having at the table at my uncle's house in Italy. His daughter - my cousin - had a neighborhood dog that became hers and that her teens liked. He said that they like people alright, but probably prefer other dogs to people. It turns out that they like their humans more. They were a newborn with its mother and littermates. If you got the dog after that, you've become their "parent" in every which way, especially if they've chosen you as their person.

Way less expensive and responsible than feeding a 455 c.i. V8 I might ascribe poorly socialized Pit Bulls and Rottweilers, complete with spikes on their collars, to lesbians ... at least the rougher ones. But, yes, the more introverted lesbians might be cat ladies, along with their straight eccentric and neurotic older female counterparts.

Damn, I need to get cracking: I'm 16 cats shy of having 16 cats.

As for the power seat, I almost look at it as one of their infotainment adds. They can do it. They just don't want to. Not only are they peddling appliances, they're also peddling spendy packages.

Happy Bastille Day!

I am bordering on being disgusted with GM. If you build something on their websites for various models, the fact that I may want a driver's side power seat, which is almost a basic need anymore, does not mean I want all the other shit that makes for a $2,800 package.

There might be, spread across different manufacturers from many countries. After renting one, I like the new Toyota Camry LE Hybrid quite a bit. What a difference a tweak here and there can make (exterior and interior) and the previous-gen dowdiness is now gone. I was impressed. But choices like this also mean "sayonara" to a reasonable GM Card chunk of change.

This is less about politics and more for a laugh. You know how when you deplane at the end of the flight, the captain may be there at the front of the cabin along with a few flight attendants? A lot of these guys look like clones of each other. So, I often wonder which way they vote, at least in the U.S. I wonder if there's a token one or two who vote(s) for 'the road less traveled' in the privacy of the voting booth.

This isn't new. I can't make a decision on buying a car, since I haven't made the even bigger decision to precede when and WHERE to buy a car. I've got a lot of points from my GM Card. Never would I have thought the market would change so drastically after I last used its accumulation and would start accumulating again. So, if I were to buy a tide over used car to keep for a few years, then what? All low mileage ... the last Buick Verano 2.4 L the last Chevy Impala 2.5 L the 2015 Malibu with Camaro rear lights 2.5 L the last Mercury Milan 4 cyl. the last Charger base 3.5 V6 Something else Low mileage "older" cars cost a bundle, IF it's a dealer that's selling them.

I hate to say this, but so many people from India who run hotels are very cheap and combative. I was in a place belonging to a chain I've NEVER had problems with and like where I'm staying now for a week. This guy was just rude. We had an argument about something critical he misrepresented via phone some 2 days before I checked in. I also asked him for a bottle of water on the 3rd day of departure, which they give routinely at all their other properties, especially for people who are members of their loyalty club. It was boiling hot outside. He said he didn't have any. On the other hand, in the preceding 2 evenings, the friendly Americanized Hispanic guy gave me a cold bottle of water. I told him that most people here are not prejudiced to foreigners and my parents were from another country. However, they should expect to be called out when they run a business here and their style is not compatible with how business is done and customers are used to being treated here. As for the bottle of water, which might have had a cost of 15 cents, I told him to hang on to those 15 cents and that he was so cheap that "he'd squeeze a nickel until the buffalo shits." This was on my last day. I'm sorry. This isn't about political correctness. It's all about an ugly reality that plays over and over again like a broken record. You can also have some horrible one-off experiences in Italy, typically about utilities and climatization, because they, too, can be cheap.