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cosjobs said:
Costco sells a 40 Inch TCL brand tv that has built in roku for $225.

sams club sells a 55 Inch hitachi with roku for $400

For painless easiness, either of these are hard to beat
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Amazon has a TCL 55" 4K  for $499  :o .  I'm hoping to squeeze a little more life out of my 60" Sony but that's definitely a candidate for when I need a replacement.

 
The pictures on my Sony's, Vizio's and Samsung's are all superior, but the value is in the TCL, esp. When you figure the built in and configured roku and wireless. You need to do nothing but log on to wifi and then login to Netflix. Perfect for elder parents and gm.

 
My 4 year old's day care class will be doing an election tomorrow to learn about secret ballots with upcoming presidential election. They will be voting for a class president and learned about it today.

I'm showing up at pickup today with a stack of her pictures printed out and will be asking where I can hang them up to help her campaign to win.

 
gianmarco said:
My 4 year old's day care class will be doing an election tomorrow to learn about secret ballots with upcoming presidential election. They will be voting for a class president and learned about it today.

I'm showing up at pickup today with a stack of her pictures printed out and will be asking where I can hang them up to help her campaign to win.
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Bring in a bunch of illegals to vote for her.

 
gianmarco said:
My 4 year old's day care class will be doing an election tomorrow to learn about secret ballots with upcoming presidential election. They will be voting for a class president and learned about it today.

I'm showing up at pickup today with a stack of her pictures printed out and will be asking where I can hang them up to help her campaign to win.
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Start a rumor that her opponent grabs cats.

 
I have a dumb TV with a smart blu ray dvd player that picks up the wifi signal. I can then play Netflix, pandora, etc. on the dumb TV. It has worked out well so far.

 
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So.......Hazel mooned everybody in our house while I was at work.  Not sure what provoked it, but she did it going up the stairs.  When asked where she learned this neat trick, she said "dad".  I'm not even mad.  

 
And start questioning the legitimacy of the vote counting in case she loses
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Wouldn't hurt to hit up a couple of the nearby churches either.  Get a reverend/doctor(or is is doctor/reverend?) or two on board with her and she should be a cinch.

Hell, just set up a 30 year old JVC recorder on a tripod in the parking lot and you're bound to get at least one of Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton to show up.  Maybe both.

 
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Not sure how long this post will be, but looking for NC lawyersguys or possibly teacherguys to respond.  

Last week at my nephews HS, a couple of MENSA students used the white line paint from the football field to paint at least 3, as my sister said not very good penises (or is it penii?) on the football field. While i find tgis hilarious, the school principal called my nephew into the office for questioning.  He is a good kid and has an alibi that it wasn't  him,  however, the assistant principal did question him (not clear as to why).  during tgis questioning, they asked him if he had a phone, asked if he would unlock it once he confirmed he had one.  Then proceeded to go thru his phone. My question is do they have this right and before they did this shouldthey have contacted my sister or BiL? BiL actually works as an Occupational Therapist for the county school district. I'm basically looking to see if they have this "power" without the  consent of the parent or withoutsome type of advocate for my nephew?

I'll hangup and listen? 

 
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Stoneys said:
Not sure how long this post will be, but looking for NC lawyersguys or possibly teacherguys to respond.  

Last week at my nephews HS, a couple of MENSA students used the white line paint from the football field to paint at least 3, as my sister said not very good penises (or is it penii?) on the football field. While i find tgis hilarious, the school principal called my nephew into the office for questioning.  He is a good kid and has an alibi that it wasn't  him,  however, the assistant principal did question him (not clear as to why).  during tgis questioning, they asked him if he had a phone, asked if he would unlock it once he confirmed he had one.  Then proceeded to go thru his phone. My question is do they have this right and before they did this shouldthey have contacted my sister or BiL? BiL actually works as an Occupational Therapist for the county school district. I'm basically looking to see if they have this "power" without the  consent of the parent or withoutsome type of advocate for my nephew?

I'll hangup and listen? 
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Schools have absolutely no power to force a student to unlock their phone.   

 
Sconch said:
Schools have absolutely no power to force a student to unlock their phone.   
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Ok, when my sister, i believed emailed/called the school they said they do have the right. She  is meeting with the principal and will ask where it is their policy as it  was implied that this was ok.  

 
Stoneys said:
Ok, when my sister, i believed emailed/called the school they said they do have the right. She  is meeting with the principal and will ask where it is their policy as it  was implied that this was ok.  
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I mean I'm not a lawyer but I'm pretty sure that what the ACLU site says is correct.  

 
Sconch said:
I mean I'm not a lawyer but I'm pretty sure that what the ACLU site says is correct.  
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Thanks :thumbsup:  the only thing that im not sure of is that they asked  him to unlock the phone and he did it, but would he be able to say that is ok or should the school have contacted the parents to get permission.  that isn't really statedin the link.

 
Stoneys said:
Thanks :thumbsup:  the only thing that im not sure of is that they asked  him to unlock the phone and he did it, but would he be able to say that is ok or should the school have contacted the parents to get permission.  that isn't really statedin the link.
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Yeah, not sure about that either.  But it is pretty shady either way.

 
Stoneys said:
Thanks :thumbsup:  the only thing that im not sure of is that they asked  him to unlock the phone and he did it, but would he be able to say that is ok or should the school have contacted the parents to get permission.  that isn't really statedin the link.
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right.  once they obtained valid consent, they had the right to go through his phone (on a limited basis).   whether as a minor he is capable of giving informed consent is a valid question.

 
Sconch said:
Yeah, not sure about that either.  But it is pretty shady either way.
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That is why my sister is so pissed.  

For a 15yr old, having someone in power tell you to unlock your phone, you are pretty much gonna do it.  it is like intimidation through power of authority

 
cosjobs said:
The pictures on my Sony's, Vizio's and Samsung's are all superior, but the value is in the TCL, esp. When you figure the built in and configured roku and wireless. You need to do nothing but log on to wifi and then login to Netflix. Perfect for elder parents and gm.
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My Magnetbox is pretty good but the Sorny is the best.

 
mr. furley said:
you know what's neat about these smart TV's, especially, i imagine for the older folks.. they only work sort of.

used to be you pulled out the dial to turn on a tv. or as we got older, you pushed a button and the tv turned on. now they're connected to the internet by cables and signals. sometimes those things can lose connectivity... maybe the sun is at the wrong angle, or the wind is blowing too hard, or a tree branch is brushing up against a cable. or maybe it only partially connects because the signal isn't strong enough... or they freeze without explanation and no amount of button pushing and yelling at the tv makes it work again.

case in point:  i tried to turn on the tv last night. first attempt.. nothing happened.

(pause) second attempt - 404 message.

(pause) 3rd attempt - "press OK to watch tv" - presses "ok" - nothing.

(pause) 4th attempt - nothing happened.

(pause) 5th attempt - tv goes in to boot mode - Insignia logo appears - lights blink - box turns off.

(pause) 6th attempt - tv goes in to boot mode - a picture appears - Cartoon Network - i can't change the channel - none of the buttons are responding.

8 year old walks by, looks at me, looks at the tv, takes the remote, pushes the power button, tv turns off, then on and now it's working fine :hot:

she happened upon me at the right time or else all the electronic devices in the entire house were about to get thrown out. microwaves, refrigerators, tv's, laptops. all of it. i'd rather watch the local retirement home's interpretive dance troupe replay the MNF game live in my living room than fight with the tv anymore.
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Ah, I found your problem. 

 
Henry Ford said:
Probably an idiot for not knowing this already, but Bass n Brew is a reasonable and decent fellow, right?
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I believe that he is. He's from the other side of the aisle, but I've had some decent conversations with him over the years and consider him honorable. 

 
cosjobs said:
I believe that he is. He's from the other side of the aisle, but I've had some decent conversations with him over the years and consider him honorable. 
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Thanks.  He struck me as such.  Just another person with a complete hatred of what this election has become, albeit with a different political starting perspective.

 
Henry Ford said:
Thanks.  He struck me as such.  Just another person with a complete hatred of what this election has become, albeit with a different political starting perspective.
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That sounds familiar. It was probably 5-10 years ago we got into a bit of a snit over politics, but because of previously had good discussions with him, I took it to pms and hashed it out.

 
Replied to ex's attorney with the terms the ex and I had worked out over the last few months. Four days later her attorney replied with the request for financial discovery and nothing related to what I sent. 

So guess who just shelled out many thousands more in lawyer fees?  #### this, he can deal with it on my behalf.  Hooray for attorneys!

 
Abraham said:
Replied to ex's attorney with the terms the ex and I had worked out over the last few months. Four days later her attorney replied with the request for financial discovery and nothing related to what I sent. 

So guess who just shelled out many thousands more in lawyer fees?  #### this, he can deal with it on my behalf.  Hooray for attorneys!
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Sorry man.  Lawyers are the worst.

 
Abraham said:
Replied to ex's attorney with the terms the ex and I had worked out over the last few months. Four days later her attorney replied with the request for financial discovery and nothing related to what I sent. 

So guess who just shelled out many thousands more in lawyer fees?  #### this, he can deal with it on my behalf.  Hooray for attorneys!
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I have a buddy who is married to a really good divorce attorney. That fact keeps me living in fear.

 
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