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Best Buy has Lenovo Ideapad 1i Laptop (82QD00DHUS) on sale for $249.99. Shipping is free, otherwise select free store pickup where stock permits. Note: Availability for free store pick up may vary by location. Thanks to Community Member PC9394 for sharing this deal. Specs: Intel Core i3-1215U, 6C (2P + 4E) / 8T, P-core 1.2 / 4.4GHz, E-core 0.9 / 3.3GHz, 10MB Processor 15.6" 1920x1080 16:9, 300-nits, 45% NTSC, Anti-glare, On-cell, 10-point Multi-touch, IPS Display 8GB DDR4-3200 Memory (8GB soldered, 1x SO-DIMM Slot) 256GB M.2 2242 PCIe 4.0x4 NVMe Solid State Drive Integrated Intel UHD Graphics Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax 2x2 MU-MIMO + Bluetooth 5.2 720p HD Webcam Windows 11 Home in S mode Ports: 1x USB-A 2.0 1x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 1 (support data transfer only) 1x HDMI 1.4b 1x Headphone / microphone combo jack (3.5mm) 1x Card reader 42 Whr Battery 14.17 x 9.29 x 0.7" (3.52 lbs) Warranty: 1-Year Manufacturer's Parts & Labor

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Well, a two year warrantee mitigates that.

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It takes me two beers to cut the grass. Recalibrate.

YOU are such a parent. I will NOT have a safe 4th! I will have a FUN 4th! The kind of 4th that often overheard my mother mutter to my father, "Go see what that kid's up to."

I cannot cook without knowing the internal temperature of meat. My wife had a couple old school thermometers. They work fine, but are difficult to read when inside an oven or smoker. I picked up a couple inexpensive digital probes. I like them much better, but found them unreliable. Last year I got a Meater+. It's a game changer. With remote access via phone app, I can easily monitor dinner's progress -- even with my aging eyes. I liked the Meater+ enough to get a second, but I didn't. While searching for a deal on the Meater+, I stumbled across the 2 Probe Chef iQ Smart Thermometer and Hub for $79.99, shipped free, on Costco.com. It's $124.99 on Amazon. Reviews are comparable to the Meater+ at a fraction of the cost (if you have a Costco membership). Happy shopping.

Hello June!

Time to do this again. The FDA requires six beans per cup of alcohol to qualify as vanilla extract (anything less is simply flavored alcohol). 750ml is 3.17006463 cups. Multiply that by six beans specifies 19.02038778 beans per 750ml bottle of vodka. So I purchased 20 Organic Madagascar Vanilla Beans Grade B. Certified USDA Organic. 5"-7" for $14.99. The Smirnoff No.21 Premium Vodka 80 Proof (glass bottle) was $13.99. Yield should be about 25 oz with a cost of $1.16/oz. 16 fl oz of McCormick All Natural Pure Vanilla Extract is $42.08 ($2.63/oz), so, unless I screw this up, it looks like I'm saving about 55% and it looks like I GottaDeal. Directions could not be simpler... Cut the vanilla beans in half lengthwise with scissors or a knife. Leave a bit intact at the end if desired. Put the beans in a 750ml bottle of vodka. Screw the cover on and give it a good shake. Place in a cool, dark place. Let sit for at least 2 months. The longer the vanilla sits, the stronger the flavor will be. While it's sitting, give the jar a shake every week, or as often as you can remember.

I have four of the 55" 4K UHD TCL Roku TVs in my home. Two are seven years old and two are four. One failed under warranty. They sent a guy to my home to repair the television. I happen to rely, primarily, on broadcast television. Some things I like about these televisions... The Electronic Program Guide is a traditional grid style guide. The data used to build the guide is pulled out of the RF transmission. You do not need a service or even an internet connection to use this guide. If you plug a 16GB usb stick into the television, you can pause, fast forward, or rewind up to two hours of programming. This is great if you doze off, or stop watching for dinner, or really enjoy wardrobe malfunctions. They are inexpensive. They are Rokus, so Pluto, Sling TV, FreeVee, Plex, Prime, Vudu, Tubi... https://www.walmart.com/ip/seort/822836388 https://www.walmart.com/ip/TCL-65-Class-4-Series-4K-UHD-HDR-Smart-Roku-TV-65S451/799842411 Happy Shopping!

If Microsoft made cars... 1. For no reason whatsoever your car would crash twice a day. 2. Every time they repainted the lines on the road you would have to buy a new car. 3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason, and you would just accept this, restart and drive on. 4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn, would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine. 5. Only one person at a time could use the car, unless you bought "Car95" or "CarNT." But then you would have to buy more seats. 6. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, reliable, five times as fast, and twice as easy to drive, but would only run on five per cent of the roads. 7. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would be replaced by a single "general car fault" warning light. 8. New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt. 9. The airbag system would say "Are you sure?" before going off. 10. Occasionally for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key, and grab hold of the radio antenna. 11. Microsoft would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of Rand McNally road maps (now a Microsoft subsidiary), even though they neither need them nor want them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately cause the car's performance to diminish by 50% or more. Moreover, Microsoft would become a target for investigation by the Justice Department. 12. Every time Microsoft introduced a new model car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car. 13. You'd press the "start" button to shut off the engine. and it would look something like this...

But not too soon, eh?

I ♥ global warming too!

Is it still Black Friday? I have been sitting on a 20% off discount from an echo dot (which I got free with a Best Buy purchase) trade in since forever waiting for the Echo Show 15 to go on sale. I was pretty sure the ES15 would not go on sale until after the 20% off expired, but it went on sale 24 minutes ago. I bought one for $80 off. Saved another $40 with the 20% off. Got the stand for 34% off. All shipped free and paid for with gift cards! This is my second ES15. The first sits on my kitchen counter and entertains me while I am cooking and cleaning. It is also a phone. This one will go on my home office desk. Except for lack of Recast support, this is an excellent Echo Show device. I use a Sling TV AirTV Anywhere for broadcast television. It supports Pluto and a bunch of other free streaming TV services as well as the usual suspects (Prime, Netflix, YouTube, Disney+, Tubi, Paramount+, etc). My first shipped without a remote, but Amazon sent one for free when an update turned the device into a Fire TV that did Echo Show stuff. Items Ordered Price 1 of: Single LCD Computer Monitor Free-Standing Desk Stand Mount Riser for 13 inch to 32 inch Screen with Swivel, Height Adjustable, Rotation, Vesa Base Stand Holds One (1) Screen up to 77Lbs(HT05B-001)), Hemudu Sold by: Hemudu (seller profile) Supplied by: Other Condition: New $22.13 1 of: Echo Show 15 | Full HD 15.6" smart display with Alexa and Fire TV built in | Remote included Sold by: Amazon.com Services, Inc Supplied by: Other Condition: New $199.99 Grand Total: $0.00

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I love me as I am. I do not care what others think. Or at least I have not run into an individual who could make me care what others think. Go ahead and be yourself in 2024. Happy New Year!

Retailers closed down over 4,600 stores in 2023, with more to come in 2024 Salem New Hampshire is a good example of this. Many of the stores in the malls remain empty and the K-Mart remains vacant, but Ocean State Job Lot replaced Toys'r'Us and the Tuscan Village has attracted a lot of business. In Seabrook New Hampshire, the mall anchored by Ames has only a Market Basket grocery store.

Last night we returned to the Verizon store to close the deal on my new phone. They let my two kids trade in their iPhone 13s for 15s for $0 each. I had to pay off the balance of the 13s to do this and there were fees amounting to $120 for the pair, but I did get three iPhone 15s for ~$200 with no commitment. So, three new phones and lower monthly bill -- despite adding a third line/phone. Thank you, Mr. Cook.

Yesterday was my first day out since before Black Friday. Needed to do a UPS drop at Staples. Still looked like BF in the store. Girl that helped me said BF was nothing special. Walked through Home Depot on my way to Walmart. Piles of BF merch crowded the front aisle. Walmart didn't look picked over either, but I didn't notice if the piles were from the BF ad. Last stop was Verizon where I got iPhone 15s for $200. That felt like BF...at Walmart. I wasn't quite ready for a phone, but I had been hearing the 'turn in any in any condition for a free 15' so I stopped in to see the fine print. They charged me $1/month 36 months plus $40 activation fee for a new 128GB iPhone 15 for a new line and upgraded the two existing iPhone 13s for $75 each in fees.

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My calculation included a four year protection plan and cash back from Discover. Same price. Sorry if I misled you.

Hard to save money building a PC right now -- especially if you do not game. Newegg has a very decent machine for $829... Skytech Chronos Gaming PC Desktop INTEL Core i5 12400F 2.5 GHz, NVIDIA RTX 4060, 1TB NVME SSD, 16GB DDR4 RAM 3200, 650W GOLD PSU, 11AC Wi-Fi, Windows 11 Home 64-bit There are two empty slots for another 16GB of RAM. Unless you already have the three monitors, consider a really wide screen. Many will let you look at two computers at the same time. The thing I have noticed about building is that everything is a little bit smaller. I miss my 20/20.