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Old 01-25-17, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by BigAura
I'm guessing 11.34%.
You may be right. But if I had to guess I'ld get rid of at least one of the ones.
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Originally Posted by Squeezebox
You may be right.
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Originally Posted by Squeezebox
You may be right. But if I had to guess I'ld get rid of at least one of the ones.
Depends on where you are or what you are doing. I'll be damned, if the need arose, if I am typing my credit card number or entering personal information into a public computer (i.e., booking the next nights accommodations on a CC tour)
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Point well made about public use computers. But a person can make reservations with their smart phone? Right?
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After our cross-country tour, I let my daughter keep the netbook we took. I figured I'd got my money's worth out of it, and anything it did for her was gravy. (So naturally it lasted her another 4-5 years!)
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Originally Posted by Squeezebox
Point well made about public use computers. But a person can make reservations with their smart phone? Right?
I'm not personally sold on "smartphones are just mini computers" idea. It certainly can be done, I did it last trip because my battery crapped out before and I didn't have time to replace it, but given the choice, I'd rather just pack my Windows tablet if I knew such things were going to happen.
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