Sammy

Yes two accounts, one checking one savings, with a card for checking only is a good idea. Then keep the bulk of the money in the savings account. I understand the caution about online banking. Two step verification is a must and I do that with everything important when its available. The one thing I wont do is online banking via a smartphone. Not even sure I ever want to use applepay. Though they do have my CC for my appletv account. Nothing will ever be %100 effective but I would hope that if something did get lost or stolen that a criminal would give up after failing a couple attempts trying to bypass extra security and move on to the next one.

Yes, I request the mutator that replaces every weapon with a Redeemer. Great fun.

Stick man. Priceless.

Dunno about Canada, but in the US everyone has the right to one free credit report from each of the three agencies every year.

I tend to be pretty careful with my CC and dont let it out of my sight. But of course the one time I did, for a thai food pickup, and next thing you know there are bogus charges and cash withdrawls in southern california. In a thai community. Coincidence? But the company caught on to it pretty quick and stopped the card. Needless to say, I never went to that place again. My debit card is only used at a handful of reliable places. When in doubt, cash is king.

Was checking something out and this vid showed up.

Speaking of zoom and cats.....

Never did LAN parties. Related to a different thread on playing in the old days, UT2K4 was my first mutli-player FPS game. Mostly sniper servers on an old MBP. Much more my speed than the typical TDM games. Though CTF was always fun. But multi-player FPS in the 80's? I didnt even know there was such a thing.

Dated of course and some don't like the sci-fi, barring the realism mods, but still fun. And of course when there aren't many players there are reasonable bots to play against. Fraghouse was the best mod out there imo. A lot better than any zombie mod. Tons of well designed maps to play. Especially the sniper maps. I hate those no-cross mirror maps. UT2K4 doesn't have the eye candy but gameplay is everything and it's still one of the best.

Wrong is a matter of perspective.

You dont have Az Prime I take it. Get your mind out of the gutter.

Not I. Its blasphemy to some but I lost interest in the NFL years ago. Instead, while the whole pre-gametime-post is going on I will likely get some goodies and start watching The Mandalorian or the current season of The Boys.

Have at it and steal all those care packages and streaks. And then enjoy using them against the enemy team. Any time a game has something that pushes people out of their old comfort zones is a great thing.

Avast is a good choice. It is helpful when online because there are websites, that seem innocuous at first when doing searches looking for info, that if its known to contain malware it will prevent it from opening. And no I dont mean porn or other shady sites. Certain providers will do it also. After the attacks on various levels that go after official distribution points... which has happened several times in the past... who is to say that even reputable sites havent been hacked or are using hacked software. Sucks that things are this way but high tech criminals are pretty sophisticated.

There are a lot of self-entitled people with big mouths that spout off because things dont go their way or others cramp their style. Boo-hoo. Welcome to todays society, not just here in the forums or in-game. Best thing to do, dont even bother with an FU. They are less than nothing, not even background noise, and not worthy enough to acknowledge their existence. Now if they start badmouthing directly to others about you, then that becomes a problem for senior admins to deal with and quickly. This isnt a democracy nor is there free speech. As others have said about no personal attacks etc, all members have agreed to refrain from doing it the moment they joined, and if they break that agreement away they go and that is that.

No, man. *I'm* Cod5, man.

Now do that in Cheech and Chongs voices. 'Cod5's not here'

Crouch only servers. Ugh. I hate those. Why not simply change it so you cant run? Done and you dont have to monitor or enforce a rule.

Shop bots. Ugh.

Wow. The prices have gone way up on that model. But I've had mine for maybe 10 years and except for some minor wear and tear on the leather arm pads, which are replaceable, its like new. So its surely a long term investment. However, if this matters to you in terms of personal opinion, they did invent the office cubicle and the rest is history.

I think at the time I got mine it was $650 or so. I agree spend the money to get a good chair. Your back will thank you.

https://www.hermanmiller.com/products/seating/office-chairs/aeron-chairs/ Can be pricey but very comfortable.

I suppose its time to give amd a shot. Had one of their cards in the past and it worked well. I dont particularly need top of the line so long as its all stable and doesnt sound like a turbine. The only new game that I *might* get, if they squash all the bugs, is cyberpunk 2077. Otherwise the newest game I have is mw-2019 which is unplayable atm. And it has to be fully compatible with all the various development programs I use. I've had nothing but problems with my old nvidia card with substance. Then again just had to write out a 2k+ check to my hoa to cover my part of the expenses for a major complex-wide repair job. So I suppose thats my major expense for the month.

Maybe they will talk about how the little people can actually get the chance to buy one of the models they already released? Without paying 2X the price from scalpers?