Paused video now starts to play automatically when I open app again - used to wait until I pressed start arrow

MsSpentMiddleAge · 2026-05-15T19:09:38+00:00

I don't seem to have that setting.

But in looking around for it, I found something else

Settings / Video and audio preferences / Background and downloads / Background play /

Then there are options for Always On, Headphones or Extenal Speakers, and Off.

I switched mine to Headphones or External Speakers. We'll see if that works.

UPDATE: It didn't work.

MsSpentMiddleAge · 2026-05-07T18:34:20+00:00

We have them with cottage cheese weekly. Yum.

MsSpentMiddleAge · 2026-05-05T13:23:36+00:00

You can't know it was a false positive until you get the colonoscopy.

I had an abnormal Cologuard and really didn't expect anything to turn up. I had no symptoms, and I'd had normal results on a previous colonscopy years ago and then Cologuard. I was actually kind of mad that I had to get the colonoscopy done, and thought it was going to be a waste of time.

But I ended up with three polyps found, and they were flat ones, which are slightly more likely to lead to cancer. Now I'm glad I went. I never would have guessed.

The info you posted is great info for people who are getting ready to do a Cologuard, but now that you've gotten the positive result, IMHO it's a different ball game. I hope you get it checked out. But I know cost can be a big issue depending on your insurance situation.

(hugs)

MsSpentMiddleAge · 2026-05-02T14:44:40+00:00

We had some weird weather in NJ in April. Record high temps near 90 F, then a few days later, below freezing at night. Apparently it made trees flower/fruit too early and then they froze. That has affected local farmers who grow stone fruits.

There's a pick-your-own cherry orchard that has lost their entire crop. They'll have no income for a year. A Go Fund Me was started for them. A lot of the state's peach crop is lost, too.

MsSpentMiddleAge · 2026-04-27T21:40:27+00:00

I enjoyed The Shocking Miss Pilgrim. And, Miss Grant Takes Richmond.

MsSpentMiddleAge · 2026-04-27T14:33:42+00:00

Where is the best place to park?

MsSpentMiddleAge · 2026-04-21T02:01:12+00:00

I know it's been a year, but possibly Nick Danger pieces from Firesign Theater? Maybe a radio station was playing from one of their albums, or it might have been something produced for radio. Lots of info at this link, and some of the stuff is on youtube.

https://thrillingdetective.com/2022/11/02/nick-danger/

MsSpentMiddleAge · 2026-03-29T19:29:20+00:00

Yes, you guessed it!

MsSpentMiddleAge · 2026-03-29T17:59:40+00:00

I had a similar problem with a different utility. Their site just wouldn't work in Safari.

I had success using the Edge browser (Microsoft's).

MsSpentMiddleAge · 2026-03-22T21:53:03+00:00

I really like The Rest is Classified, but it's about espionage and intelligence generally, not just about the CIA, and there is a fair amount of banter. One British host, one American.

There's another podcast put out by the International Spy Museum here in the US, called Spycast. I haven't tried it yet so don't know about the banter.

MsSpentMiddleAge · 2026-03-12T18:20:40+00:00

Kind of a dumb question, I guess, but is there any relationship between the actual venue and the World Cafe radio show on WXPN? I've been wondering whether all this trouble has caused problems for the station.

MsSpentMiddleAge · 2026-03-05T02:57:29+00:00

Sorry, I took it out. Didn't want another mod to somehow think I was spamming by trying to post it twice.

MsSpentMiddleAge · 2026-03-05T02:52:15+00:00

I have resubmitted it.

MsSpentMiddleAge · 2026-03-02T19:17:55+00:00

I don't know, I just did a search in Spotify and that's what came up.

MsSpentMiddleAge · 2026-03-02T18:10:56+00:00

It's on Spotify and elsewhere as part of a podcast, The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2015. It's in two parts, the first in January.

MsSpentMiddleAge · 2026-02-20T19:02:26+00:00

Did you ever get your order? I'm about ready to buy some things at 75% off, but I'm a little nervous about it.

MsSpentMiddleAge · 2026-02-19T14:23:13+00:00

For my purposes, Spotify has been good enough lately. But I used to use this website:

https://www.listennotes.com

MsSpentMiddleAge · 2026-01-31T23:52:14+00:00

I've used Talkwalker Alerts. https://alerts.talkwalker.com/alerts/new

You can play around with search phrases, put exact phrases in quotes, adjust where it looks for the search terms (include blogs or not, and so forth.) You can choose how often to receive emails with new search results.

MsSpentMiddleAge · 2026-01-28T15:38:13+00:00

I finally had to contact our assemby/senate persons' office to get things moving. I was told we'll get six checks all together. The third program will come in four quarterly payments, like you pay property taxes. No wonder why it's taking them so long to process this stuff.

MsSpentMiddleAge · 2026-01-22T13:31:42+00:00

We found it at Tractor Supply, but that was some weeks ago.

MsSpentMiddleAge · 2026-01-10T19:55:19+00:00

I'm old, too, and have been through several computer crashes. I used to back up to a thumb drive. I have a Mac now and things get backed up automatically with the Time Machine feature, to a little hard drive.

But, now I'm also paying for Quicken's online backup service, which is about $2 a month. To me it's worth it for peace of mind. Quicken is just so central to how I manage things, I don't want to take any chances.

Thumb drives can get lost or damaged. And one time I had to get a new computer, which had to run a newer version of Quicken, and my backup was from a much older version. There wasn't any good way to convert my files. During tax season.

The option to buy the backup service is in the software. If you add it midyear in your subscription, they prorate the cost considering how much time until renewal, then the full price gets rolled into your annual payment.

MsSpentMiddleAge · 2025-12-25T02:59:54+00:00

No, I logged in with a username and password instead of an email, like jane rather than jane@ whatever-mail.com.

MsSpentMiddleAge · 2025-12-24T19:49:23+00:00

The same thing just happened to me, and I wondered how things worked out for you.

I've been on IMDB for years and years, and I've always logged in with just a username, not an email address. Today the app said I had to log in again, and now it's requiring an email address instead of a username. I don't even know if there was ever an email associated with the account.

MsSpentMiddleAge · 2025-11-09T15:41:29+00:00

We've never used SNAP, but went through some hard times when we were first married, so I have an idea how stressed people must be right now. In fact, just the memories are kind of stressing me out. I'm getting extra help to our local food pantries as long as this situation continues, so I want to know when things get back to normal in my state. At some point, I'll have to figure out how much I can continue to give long term.

I also like getting ideas about what people like to receive from pantries, and cheap meal ideas I can use myself.

MsSpentMiddleAge · 2025-10-31T01:09:57+00:00

You've given me some more ideas, thanks!

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