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Comments (5)>>"...because we all have to watch out that any government group just does not step in and take over...">> No GOVERNMENT group is trying to do this. It is unscrupulous individuals who take advantage of outright fraud or use specific legal loopholes to deprive an elderly person of their assets. The link below lists several cases where fraud and financial elder abuse was successfully prosecuted BY those government groups on behalf of victimized seniors. My MIL could easily have been one of these people. She is naive, financially unsophisticated, and suffers from MCI (Mild Cognitive Decline). A sympathetic, earnest, friendly con artist could snowball her in the proverbial blink of an eye. And frankly - 90% of her widowed friends are just as vulnerable. At least 50% of them have no children or lack family living close by. One of her friends has a $4M estate and absolutely no one in the US to help her make decisions. Her nearest relative lives in Scotland! Here is a link that might be useful: Archive: California Real Estate Fraud Report...See MoreOld dirty slate floor in the kitchen
Comments (2)I have a new(ish) slate floor. I can't use mops on it but a wet/dry vac like the Hoover Floormate works great. I throw cleaner and hot water on the floor, scrub it with a stiff push broom, and then suck up the dirty water. You sock stains could be because it's not really clean, or that it wasn't sealed so is holding liquid after it's cleaned, or from old wax. Since you figure it will have to be resealed, I'd use a strong cleaner with the wet/dry vac and then multiple rinses of hot water until what gets sucked up is clean. Let it dry and use one a good sealer - I like the Miracle 411 products. Not cheap, but they last forever. Someone here recommended Holloway House Quick Shine. I've got it on my entryway slate and it's holding up well - but probably only because the slate under it is so well sealed....See MoreHow do I connect to gardenweb instead of Houzz?
Comments (9)I think dadoes is on to something. Are you sure you're logged into Houzz/Gardenweb in your Linux Firefox? BTW... (this may not interest you but... just in case) I sync too but probably the other direction. I sync Linux bookmarks etc. to Windows since Linux is my main OS. I also sync to my bedroom computer. I don't use Firefox Sync though (not saying there's anything wrong with it), I just copy the relevant files. They're in your active profile folder which is easily found by going through "Help"->"Troubleshooting Information". (Profile Directory -> Open Directory) "Bookmarks" are stored in "places.sqlite" "Cookies" are stored in "cookies.sqlite" To sync/copy "Passwords" you need two files: "key4.db" and "logins.json" (they're stored in logins.json but they're encrypted so Firefox needs the associated key4.db to use them) (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data) I usually sync all the profile files, at least the first time. That way I get any other changes I've made. (using about:config, userchrome.css, etc.) ---------------------------------------- I also stay logged in. Secure? Enough for me. Convenient? Yes. Edited to add: To confirm, I just logged out then came back to this thread where I clicked the gardenweb link in the OP. I was redirected to houzz. To get back on gardenweb, I had to log back in. I suspect the techs would love, love, love to convert gardenweb pages to houzz so they would only have to make changes one place instead of two. (houzz pages are styled differently so when they make a tweak to the houzz version, they have to turn around and make the same change, a bit differently, to the gardenweb page) Personally, I prefer gardenweb so I'd rather they convert houzz pages to gardenweb pages but... that's not going to happen. :)...See MoreGardenweb vs Houzz
Comments (35)Sometimes I highlight names, sometimes I don't bother. It's not like the person actually gets a notification that they were mentioned. They don't but it might be a nice feature to add to the forum. I don't search this site enough to know how good/bad it is. Usually I'll just Google and specify the site/domain to search. Something like: raising rabbits site:gardenweb.com and again on Houzz: raising rabbits site:houzz.com I used to use Google Advanced Search a lot. Off topic... Some might say the bad thing about Google is that it sticks its nose into everything. It knows too much. Others, even the same folks, might say the good thing about Google is that it knows everything about everything. A good tool to gather information, solve problems, whatever. Personally, I just see it as a useful tool. Just a tool, powerful, useful, and dangerous. Just as willing to give bad advice as good. I never did like the "Google is your friend" meme or whatever its called. As much I use Google, Google is NOT my friend. But I love it. 🙂...See More- 4 years ago
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