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Just attended a performance where the handicapped bathroom was separate. I'm using a cane now (hip replacement scheduled for November). Women were going in Women or Handicapped in order. But, I waved my cane and cut the line in front of healthy women to go into Handicapped. Not sure if I can cut the line to a handicapped stall in an otherwise combined women's restroom with one long line out the door. But, I guess I'll find out soon. Last summer on our way home from ASP, the men's room emptied out so we women started using it with one woman stationed outside in case nonASP civilian men came by. But, the ladies' room thinned out, our "guard" went in, and I exited the men's room to a large group of boys looking very confused !!

Everybody's different. I find most seminars a colossal wast of valuable time, usually because the pace is boring. I've attended a few that were truly interesting, but they're the exception rather than the rule. And the valuable time consumed traveling to and from is a total waste. Online works best for me.

Ha, Ha! - I love an unbiased assessment, John. But I suspect we'll all go on with our preferences - Jack with "in person", Max with Sequoia, me with California, and you with online. For outstanding commentary, I herewith suggest your rating be upped from Supreme Guruness to, umm, maybe...Grand Poobah. P.S. Say Catherine, couldn't y'all just "identify as a man" and stand in the short line. I cain't think of anybody who'd object. J

Are you kidding? How could I dip my bread into the runny yolk? BTW, how did you come to expropriate the name of one our most notorious residents. We live barely 4 miles from where he resided in Q, before my time, or course.

Sneak out 15min before the break is scheduled. Or, in a hotel, there are usually other floors with conference rooms - try those halls (scope out ahead of time).

Well, as you can see, everyone has their likes and dislikes. It's sort of like fried eggs. You can have 'em sunnyside up, over easy, runny or solid, or you can have 'em the Spanish way. Now, the Spanish way is the way my wife used to cook them, because - well because, she is Spanish. They get fried at a high heat so the underside gets a little burnt and the white gets bubbles in them that break open and turn into something like hardened plastic as they get filled with frying oil. Took a while, maybe 10 years or so, before she finally got the hang of it. That's when I went back to eating fried eggs. (Every once in a while she slips up, but I forgive her for it. (Old habits are hard to kick).

You've got a strange idea of adorable, but for an electronic gizmo it is..... let's say "unexceptionable" - that's a nice old-fashioned word for you.

Depends on the encryption software. Some allow folder-level encryption and some don't. Whole-disk encryption gives you a different login screen but everything is then encrypted.

Interesting, so I can isolate each folded? For example if I want to encrypt all my ATX program folder, I can do that?

It's possible to just encrypt your data drive, but not recommended. Many programs (ATX, QuickBooks, Thunderbird email, etc.) store data on the C drive by default. And I can't really think of any downside to encrypting all your partitions. I have 5 partitions and encrypted them all.

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Well I just ordered drake after about 20 years with ATX. There is going to be a learning curve but there are features I really like. I'm doing their practice returns and I was about to pull my hair out when I finally found a detail tab that fixed everything for me. I'm looking forward to giving it a try.

I was never crazy about having an internal modem because the only way to reset it is to reboot your computer. The two newest modems I have just plug into a USB port and they're tiny. They're powered by the USB port too. Isn't that just adorable?

I just have them on my hard drive with cryptic names but I can view them from my backup location if I ever need them.

I have found that many elderly who have unclaimed property held by their state were stockholders through a demutualization. The state (WA) will describe the property as "stock dividends", "stock sale proceeds". Washington does not issue form 1099

You can also save the recovery key to your MS account on line. You would need a 2nd computer or device to access your account.

That plus the nice long password! Take 'em home and stick 'em in your sock drawer. Make sure the note says "Joe & Sally" somewhere so even if it's found it looks like it's not yours.

Hi Jack, Like Edsel, I still like you too. For one, I used to swipe your tax tips off another board years ago. For two, as lots of people know, you're a pretty nice guy even though being a Missourian "show-me" sort. This is not to say Max is mean (he once spoke kindly to me) or wrong about his tough Sequoia stuff (sounds like deep-reading) but I kinda had it figured like you that if it wasn't "live" it wasn't so hot. When I used to go to seminars I couldn't always "spot" a slacker or (like the ex-president) "look into the soul" of a classmate, but a husband and wife team came every year - she pulled out her knitting needles and clickety-clacked away (didn't bother to open her book) for two days while he took notes. That seemed spot-worthy. But (and telling you this is like being sent to the principal's office) I'm "buying" all my hours now by mail from some off-the-wall outfit in California. It's expensive, but it's open-book and as a rep once told me "Nobody's ever flunked these courses!" However, I did once give a scathing review to a receptionist who was rude to me. Anyway, I'm still speakin' even if we're in opposite camps. By the way, I think Edsel's right about the dress code. While I used to get to wear my dapper ties 'n' threads to seminars, now I've reverted to somethin' like -- hmm...there's an old Turner Classic movie wherein the departing colonial bwana of a Malaysian rubber plantation deep in the jungle says to the newly-arrived overseer, "First, you'll stop shaving...... P.S. Max- you can scramble the eggs in a paper bowl & microwave for 100 seconds - not as good/bad as Spanish fried, but it'll do. ____________________________________________ "Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife." Gray - Elegy in a Country Churchyard

With the services I've used, you can set it to just send you a notification email. Then you login in to the website to download the fax. We used to get them as email attachments but I decided that was not secure enough.