Posts by Kate Foster12

Exercise—it’s really just your muscles you can count on here.

Great, thanks for the help. 🙂

My OB-GYN just gave me a referral for an ultrasound. Since this is my first time getting one done here in Washington, D.C., I could use some help picking out a hospital.
I'm open to any suggestions. 😳

Also, I have supplemental insurance—will I be expected to pay anything out of pocket?
And can I get this done during my current cycle, or am I looking at a long wait...

Thanks.

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You can also set it up so you automatically subscribe to any thread where you've posted a comment. 👍

Hopefully, that clears things up.

goldendrifter19 said:These two aren't exactly the talk of the town anymore, though just a few years back, Orlando Bloom and Hayden Christensen were inescapable—everywhere you looked. Neither one possesses actual talent or charisma; they’ve got looks, sure, but even that fades once the teenage fanbases grow up and some new pretty face hits the scene. It's just wooden acting, flailing at nothing, staring too intensely, overacting...

Hayden tanked pretty quickly, but for Bloom, the success from Lord of the Rings was a massive windfall—he cashed in on a string of blockbusters right after. Honestly, without Peter Jackson, I doubt he would have made a dent outside the United States. Plus, he tried to brand himself as this serious actor in historical action flicks, when he'd be much better suited for some light rom-com roles or TV adaptations of classic novels. I know critics have never been fans, but it's frankly shameful how much space he's been given at the expense of much better actors.

Then there are the "critically acclaimed" ones, like Natalie Portman. I hear everyone raving about how brilliant, talented, and amazing she is... but I just don't see it. Maybe I'm looking at it wrong, but all I see is an average, lifeless presence who plays the exact same character in the exact same way every single time. She has this specific expression when she tries to laugh—this grimace that makes it look like she's about to burst into tears at any second. She isn't terrible, per se, but she is definitely overrated. I mean, how did that woman even snag an Academy Award over Jennifer Lawrence in Winter Bone? 🤷

Have you seen Closer? 🤔

Or in V for Vendetta...

stormycrane3 said:Yeah, I guess so.

Let's look at it this way—suppose the money came from Microsoft, but instead of Steve Jobs, someone else was running the show.
Would Apple be what it is today? Would it have even survived this long?...

Is it strictly because of Microsoft? Are they really the sole reason Apple even exists today? 🍿

Frank Moore4 said:Exactly. If we're going to talk about the "computers" that actually shifted the world, we should be talking about Microsoft and Bill Gates, along with machines like the 386, 486, and Pentium that run MS-DOS and Windows, rather than some Apple gear.

Why Bill Gates? The guy never had an original thought in his life. He just bought or stole them from everyone else... 🤣

Among other things, he "borrowed" quite a few ideas from Apple.

It's probably best not to argue with an amateur. Let them continue living in their ignorance... 👋

No, that's not the point. What kind of computers were we even using before the Apple II? Or the Macintosh?
What were you even listening to before the iPod?

What did cell phones even look like before the iPhone?

Sure, he assembled a circle of geniuses—but those geniuses were just executing his vision.

You’re seriously underestimating Steve Jobs. The man had vision—real vision. He fundamentally reshaped how the world operates, starting with the Apple II, moving through the Macintosh, and culminating in the iPod and the iPhone.

The movie is excellent—cynical, dark, and witty. I truly enjoyed those two hours.

I think some people missed the point: this isn't driven by the plot—spoiler OFF: the father's disappearance and death, Julia Roberts' divorce, the sister's affair with her brother, or the woman involved with the predator—it’s actually about the dynamics between them.

Also, there is no happy ending here; nobody gets a fairy tale conclusion.

Meryl Streep is phenomenal. 🙏 Honestly, she should just have an annual subscription to the Oscars... it makes no sense for anyone else to even compete against her in her category.

I’m honestly hoping someone actually understands my question and can give me a simpler way to do this than what I’m currently stuck doing.

Right now, I’m pulling specific data into a separate sheet, summing up the responses, and then building a chart from that—and so on. If anyone knows a more straightforward method, please let me know. This current process is taking forever and is a total headache...

That wasn't really the issue, but thanks anyway. I managed to figure out the solution on my own.

I need some help setting up a chart in Excel.

Here's the situation: I have survey data with about 100 responses. Right now, if I have answers like a, b, c, and so on, my chart is a mess—it's treating every single response as its own individual data point... which isn't helpful.

What I'm actually trying to do is get Excel to recognize that there are only three specific categories, then calculate the percentage for each one—instead of just plotting all hundred entries individually.

Thanks

History has proven that Anderlon finds increasingly aggressive ways to plaster ads over half the forum every single time.

Here we go... Two. Here’s how you get rid of that Marketing Box and those empty ad slots... This only applies to Firefox—if you’re using any other browser, you're on your own. 😁

I'm trying to download the 2013 trial version—but when I get to the payment info stage, it won't let me select PayPal as an option. Does this mean PayPal isn't supported in the US... or what?

If you’re taking them daily—it's fine. Two months won't do any damage to your liver, kidneys, or stomach. Dealing with the pain is a much worse solution...

Liam Hemsworth. Looks great on screen, but he’s got zero business acting. 🙂
It just ruins the whole experience for me when I'm trying to watch a movie.