18 thoughts on “July 17, 2024: Happy Day”

        1. Yeah, we both just scored some boffo free data protection services from Ticketmaster, parent of another recent breach baby. Reportedly they shared encrypted credit card data - does this mean baddo's can use it to buy bit-coin?

          1. I worked in software for many year, the wife in banking. I would never store any credit card information on any website, ever. I'm good about security and I've never been hacked. But a few years ago I paid for gas with my debit card at the pump which had a skimmer on it. The next day somebody tested their new counterfeit card at a Redbox. My wife saw that red flag right away and shut down the card before they started buying TVs and such.

      1. I'm guessing I've been in at least a half dozen breaches. I've just locked my credit with all three credit bureaus.

  1. So, we have a couple of double-hung windows (Sears-branded vinyl, probably installed around 1990-91) where the lower sashes don't always stay open when raised.

    I am trying to decide whether this is a repair I want to attempt, or just stick with the chunks of 2X4 I am currently using at night to keep them propped open.

    I think these, given the age, are tube balance models (also known as spiral window balances).

          1. I just used my handy-dandy wood splitter to rip a piece of 2X4.

            Might need to sand it a bit to avoid splinters, but...

    1. You would likely have to replace parts to affect a repair and those could be hard to find.

    2. 2x4's wrapped in ripped-up green curtains could give you that Scarlet O'Hara vibe ever so rare in the Cali haunts.

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