Our insurance does *not* automatically renew. I know this very very vividly because in our big car accident in Sedona six years ago, (which we are still paying for, mind you) we had lapsed by one day being on the road and getting our mail forwarded, and they declined to cover. Within their rights, but sucked. And then we had to find a new insurance company because theirs would not pick us back up. So, call. Renew. You might not even have to talk to a human. But it`s way worth the hassle, and it`s our responsibility to stay insured.
It's a real burden being right so often.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Liese S. - Jul 05, 2011 3:26:47 pm PDT #15425 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
le nubian - Jul 05, 2011 4:35:28 pm PDT #15426 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Consuela - Jul 05, 2011 5:14:15 pm PDT #15427 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Cool, I have inherited myself a Kindle. My dad bought my mother a Kindle, and she didn't really use it (she's uncomfortable with all machines anyway, and the dementia makes it hard for her to learn anything), and a few months ago it stopped working. Couldn't figure out what was wrong.
So instead of trying to fix it, he bought her a new Kindle. Even though she didn't use the one she already had. And I took the old one away, I was going to recycle it, but I saw that you could replace the battery on a 1st-generation Kindle for $20.
So I did, and it's working! I have re-registered it to my Amazone account, booyah. Now I have to figure out how to download fic onto it...
Dana - Jul 05, 2011 5:15:18 pm PDT #15428 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Now I have to figure out how to download fic onto it...
AO3 automatically formats stuff as ebooks. There's a download link on each story.
For stuff that's not, you're gonna want Calibre.
Consuela - Jul 05, 2011 5:19:04 pm PDT #15429 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yeah, but I have to do something to get it to the Kindle...
Dana - Jul 05, 2011 5:20:43 pm PDT #15430 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Um. Plug the kindle into the computer? Or do you not have that cord? Can't you e-mail documents to the Kindle, maybe?
sarameg - Jul 05, 2011 5:32:04 pm PDT #15431 of 30001
Ozone is off the charts out there tonight. Smells like several hundred batteries shorted or someone fried the motors on 50 blenders. Explains my headache all day.
It's not going to break soon.
Kat - Jul 05, 2011 5:41:10 pm PDT #15432 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I feel the same about the weather here, sara. Hot and muggy. Sadly it was Noah's first day of soccer camp. Poor noodle was limp and tired.
Argh. I have to finish this proposal tonight. I'm going to get off line and do it right after a few minutes (henh!)
AP scores are in. 5 of my 28 students passed. Which is ~18, which is also a 10% decrease from last year. SO that looks grim. But I was able to get 4 kids to pass AP Lit that had not passed AP Language in the previous year. So I'll take that as a minor win.
meara - Jul 05, 2011 5:48:02 pm PDT #15433 of 30001
Use Calibre, suela!
le nubian - Jul 05, 2011 5:57:33 pm PDT #15434 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."