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I'm growing weary over Facebook, and their cyber stalking. I am checking out other options like this and status.net I am mulling over consolidating to this site. I have pieces and parts all over the web.

I'll probably leave everything where it is, but post new content here, while linking to the old stuff. I am importing my "main" blog though.

That has yet to be done. I have decided to support Google+ as a matter of fact.

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Blog Post #Brandsterbation specifically GE

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I own this perfectly nifty device, that pairs my bluetooth enabled  cell phone to a landline phone.  Only recently experiencing the POTS landline service while house sitting, naturally I wanted to give it a whirl.  But after a cross country move, I was not sure I had the  manual.

But today, you can find most anything online.  But I thought it would be quick and easy.
First I googled it by name
"Ge CellFusion gateway" I got a bunch of listings for sale for my device.
Predominantly amazon.com - fine, but the big river does not have downloadable manuals.
But I got the model number from that. GE-21518 - Great!

Remembering GE had sold its RCA and GE brands to Thomson, I started looking for Thomson, or was it Thompson? But the exited the consumer electronic business, and changed their name to Technicolor USA.  As they exited the business, the brands got redistributed. Probably by GE.  Consumer electronics, small appliances, telephones and accessories were now handled by different companies.  But t his device was hard to categorize.  It wasn't a phone, it wasn't an answering machine, it was bluetooth, but not computer.  So
I had little luck at Jasco or TTC Tech Usa, the two obvious choices for something.  

Apparently Technicolor (formerly Thomson) runs http://www.homelectronics.net which is supposed to sort through the confusion for you.  But the triage process of sorting out where I need to go got me tot he North American division which was only able to find advertising products for my device, not the manual.  The bulk of the site was having server errors of a technical nature.  I am not sure if it was limited to the time of my three hour tour, or if this problem is chronic.

After a bit, I had a brainstorm.  I will pretend I am from somewhere else, in the english speaking world.  I picked Middle east and found the english manual for my device.  

But should it really have been that hard?

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Kevin ... K3vin ... Ke7in ... Kev1n2

uncle

As this first full day of Festivus drew to a close, I am thought about my role as Uncle.  I am blessed with a legacy of a mess of great uncles.  None were the same, and all have or had their points of excellence.

Recently my eldest aunt passed away.  I was helping my cousin, her daughter go through the house.  In the basement still were plenty of he dad's things, and a few things of her sibling's dad.  Both, uncles of mine.   I was infant when Joe passed away, I wish I knew him better.  But I did know her second husband, my uncle Bud, fairly well.

Bud was an avid outdoorsman.  I received a good amount of his camping gear from my aunt's estate.  Also I offered to scan some mementos for my cousin.  In so doing, I came across a camping supply list.  Which I shall declare the "Bud List of Camping essentials.  I will transcribe it below:

3 ea Cans Beacon
1 ea LB Margarine "Ole"
2 ea Weiners & Beans
2 ea Cans SPAM
[2 ea Weiners & Beef] (crossed out)
2 Doz. Sandwich Buns
1 Roll of Paper Towels
1 ea Face Soap
White Gas (Coleman brand fuel)
Spare Spark Plug
2 ea Pork & Beans
5 ea cans of potatoes
2 ea cans of Chili
Raisins & Prunes
1 lb of coffee
2 ea Cans of chicken and rice soup
Salt
[Sugar] (crossed out)
Hard Sugar Candy
Hard Tack Rye Krisp
Paper Plates
Plastic Sheeting
Saw
Hatchet
Radio
Sun Glasses
Spare Batteries
Rain Coat
Jacket
Seat Cushions
Life Belts

I also received his tent.  A tent I found was a replica he had made of my father's tent.  My dad is not sure what happened to the originals, but when he saw it, he immediately looked at it to see how it turned out. My uncle Bud worked for the air guard and had them copy a 50s era external pole 2 man tent.
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