• Spent all day trying to instal Nettalk Voip USB drivers, Tech support very helpful. 6 months ago
Sep
13

Not Enough hours in the Day.

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As you can see we have not posted in while. We have a new project, moving to England. Going through our stuff takes forever.  I cannot believe how much junk we acquired over the years.  Then there is visa’s, medical, accommodation, on and on it never ends.

Our new adventure. As we get more . . . → Read More: Not Enough hours in the Day.

Feb
05

Need to get away or son/daughter getting married.

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Need to get away or have a son or daughter that are thinking of getting married, try this Historic Hotel in the back woods of Oregon.

It has a multitude of activities for you to enjoy include local area wineries, historical and art museums, golf, hiking, shopping, biking, rafting, and fishing. We can customize . . . → Read More: Need to get away or son/daughter getting married.

Dec
09

Park your phone

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Since ATT put up their rates in our area we decided we did not need the second phone line, but wanted to keep the phone number for future use. We found a company called  family-phone.com that offers a service that parks your phone number with an answering machine.  So if any one calls that number . . . → Read More: Park your phone

Nov
27

Skype for international use.

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Skype for International use. Skype, however, also lets you call out to mobile phones and land lines (a service called SkypeOut <http://www.skype.com/allfeatures/callphones/>) and enables you to have your own phone number in any of 23 countries, including the United States, Hong Kong, France and Italy (this is called SkypeIn <http://www.skype.com/allfeatures/onlinenumber/>).Both SkypeOut and SkypeIn carry a relatively low fee.

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Nov
27

Cell phone savings

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Cell Phone savings. After retiring we  sat down and figured out where our money was going.  One large expense was our cell phones. We were paying between $40 to $80 month.  We re-though our calling habits and decided we could cut down on the number of calls per month, after all we are retired. We did not need all the bells and whistle ( web and e-mail) so ’pay as you go’ phone made sense. We do not use our cell phone for internet  or e-mail at present.  We could get our e-mail with a  small net book at free wifi locations while traveling.  Also we needed a phone that could be used internationally. So we got a basic phone that was unlocked and operated on multiple radio bands.  An unlocked phone can be used with any carrier. Continue reading Cell phone savings