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1. 5 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   You need a credit card on file to use the ink service. And some have found that if their card expired … HP shut down their printer. I had to cancel my dad’s account and had all sorts of warnings about what would stop working as we canceled the subscription. I’d much rather just buy separately. But I’ve also been burnt by ink/chips/nonsense in the past and really don’t want even more of that in my life. :)

2. 6 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   One reason I don’t want an HP printer. Same stuff if you use their ink subscription service. If your card expires – you can’t print. Ugh.

3. 6 days ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

   Now try proving that “nap” thing to US managers. I know that’s a thing in many other cultures, but a hard sell in the US. :)

4. 8 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   Our printers rarely sit idle for more than a day or two. So . much . printing. :)

5. 12 days ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Depends on the paper – they still had a lot of sensationalism and “fear/panic sells”. Thus the whole “above the fold” placement of stories and headlines. And newspapers still had/have a bias to them that you have to watch for. My dad had a couple of subscriptions going – for a crazy price point – and the “news” that he was getting delivered that way was … not. It was heavily editorialized points of view with a smattering of facts to make it appear legit – for anything other than local news.

   That said – the Comics area was usually one of the better sections and as noted, one of the reasons many of us are likely here. :)

6. 15 days ago on Close to Home

   This – so . much . this. College was affordable before everyone could get a guaranteed loan and then the rates hiked at a crazy rate and still do. Add in that everyone was told they needed a degree, despite some people not cut out for that, and colleges seeing a cash cow from all of this loan money … and costs go through the roof for absolutely worthless pieces of paper. :/

7. 4 months ago on Brewster Rockit

   The problem was when they tried to reach you about your extended warranty…..

8. 5 months ago on Luann

   It’s doable, but not necessarily easy. You really have to be good at the voice acting and working with others can be tricky. But you can have the feeds for the other actors going into your headset while recording so you can react appropriately. This got a lot more traction in 2020 for some reason. I think they still prefer the actors to be “in studio” for most of the work these days, but it’s still doable from home.

9. 5 months ago on Brewster Rockit

   So – there was no “earth shattering kaboom”? I feel a bit disappointed by that….

10. 6 months ago on Brewster Rockit

    Anyone else done that last frame while writing on a chalk/white board? I can’t be the only one. :)