It's a shame that the word "telemarketing" even exists. It's gotten so bad that if I don't recognize a number on caller ID, I pick up the phone and immediately hang up. I used to tell them to put me on the No Call list, and they agreed, but that doesn't seem to help. Even adding my name to the National No Call list hasn't stopped them. There are many organizations that are exempt from that list.

I think I may start listening to them, talking a lot, asking them questions, and generally wasting their time. I may also call them back and ask them for money. I know that in many cases, it isn't possible to call telemarketers. What we need is a way to block certain phone numbers, the way we can block spam.


EDIT: Maybe we can block them.

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=how%20to%20block%20phone%20numbers

Cameta is where you want to buy refurbished products. As far as I know they are the only one to offer a year year warranty.
Refurbished products, as most probably you know, are demos, open boxes or returned products. The dealer checks the product to make sure it is working to their specs and when necessary adjustments are made. Look at it this way, a refurbished product could have some minor scuffs but in general it is a brand new product.
I have bought from Cameta before and I have never ever had a bad experience with them.

I recently started shooting film again also. One thought on an approach for you is to first just dip your toe in the film pool again -- by getting a less expensive but good -- film camera before jumping all in. Just to ensure that the reality of dealing with film matches the hopes and pleasant memories.
Having said that, if you have some existing Nikon lenses, you might check out the very good Nikon F100 -- often available from reputable stores like B&H, Adorama, and KEH. Another more classic alternative is the Nikon FM3a -- manual focus only and can operate fully manual without batteries; or, with TTL metering and Aperture priority with batteries. I have and use both. Very enjoyable to go fully retro with the FM, a manual lens, and a roll of TriX.

For a couple of weeks, every time I start Windows Live Mail, a window pops up telling me to protect my account info by signing in again. Signing in again doesn't stop that pop-up, so I ignore it.

For the past few days, when I exit my email, a window pops up asking me if I want to send the mail in my Outbox. I don't have an Outbox. Clicking Yes or No makes no difference. The window keeps popping up.

Just now, I lost all my contacts. Clicking on Contacts shows nothing but blank space. When I start to type someone's name in the To part of the email, it doesn't fill in the rest of the name. I'll have to reload my contacts from my backups.

Jerry,
I also use Windows Live Mail and have had no problems since switching to WIN 10. This past week, I started getting the dialog box about mail in my Outbox. There is none - but clicking "Yes" closes the box and let's me proceed to shut-down. Not sure why you're having problems with your Contacts. So far, I've not encountered that problem. It's possible that the way you upgraded to WIN 10 may be causing the problem. My PC had WIN 8 on it when I bought it. I went through and ensured that all apps and drivers were current. Then, I upgraded to WIN 8.1 (required to upgrade to 10). Once 8.1 was installed and stable, I upgraded to WIN 10. So far, no problems. Wish there was an emogi for crossed fingers!
Cheers - JRH
Wouldn't it be nice if computers worked right? :D

As you may know, for the last couple of weeks I have been taking my Nikon D 750 everywhere and using it to take photos of anything and everything. Last night I had to make an airport run. The airport is at a considerable distance, and though there is little traffic out here, it was starting to rain. I was past the self imposed --"Must use the new camera" period, but the D 750 was sitting next to me on the desk top, so I grabbed it to bring along. Night+rain+airport, might add up to something interesting.
As I got to the bottom of my driveway it was full dark with some interesting clouds to the south. I stopped, waited for the helpful "delayed headlights" to go off and took the first picture using the night vision effect. Kind of moody, noisy, (almost looks like grain) reminds me of some shots in the old days push processing Tri X with Dektol for max grain. In no way a brilliant shot, but satisfying. The trip to the city was uneventful. Once in town there was a bit of traffic, but I was able to take a few night/rain shots along the way. I thought of pulling into the observation area to take a shot or two of planes landing, realized that the next plane in would be the one I was meeting! Went to the terminal and parked --- still raining, with the camera under my vest, ran, as much as I do nowadays, up under the roofed area around the terminal. I quickly snapped a few shots at angles to the terminal face and went inside. One is the second picture attached. Everything else was uneventful, plane was on time, my wife had a good flight, the luggage was fast and came undamaged -- well maybe not uneventful -- current air travel standards, darn good. Made the trek home, and is my habit, before I went to bed I downloaded the new pictures into the computer. As I reviewed them, I came to a realization.
Now don't get me wrong, I really do like the capabilities digital offers. I love being able to see the results immediately, and never running out of "film". The list of benefits is long and obvious.
Here is the thing -- and I do realize the digitals can do things film could never do,(not to mention PP) I want my digital pictures to be indistinguishable from the best results of my old film cameras. Probably one reason I am so fond of the DF, and even why I still shoot some film with the Leica and various Nikon F models. As I continue to work with the cameras, I am convinced I can come very close.

What about you? What do you want from your digital camera?