Petty Vents

[CarolPa]

Also, a tip: Set a restore point before you make a big change.

Very good tip GG. Due to problems I've had in the past, I have a notebook that lists every account I have and the password.

 

[GotGarlic]

Very good tip GG. Due to problems I've had in the past, I have a notebook that lists every account I have and the password.

I've been using this for years: World?s Best Password Manager l RoboForm

Especially when I was working, I had tons of passwords. Still do. I wouldn't have wanted to carry around a notebook listing them all - that would have been a terrible security risk. Keys to the school's server, you know

 

[taxlady]

I use Password Safe. Same idea as RoboForm, but free. I can sync it to Google Drive, Dropbox, or something whose name I can't remember. It works with Windows. It also works with Mac and Linux in the java version. It works with Android. I think it works with Apple devices, but I'm not sure. I can also put it on a USB stick and run it on computers that don't have the software.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I finally made a complete list of all of my login id's, passwords etc...

I put a copy in my things you need to know when I croak folder.

 

[Dawgluver]

I finally made a complete list of all of my login id's, passwords etc...

I put a copy in my things you need to know when I croak folder.

I also have a paper password list, figured I'd tell DH about it while I'm croaking.

I can't find my little red appointment book that has the airline frequent flier numbers, have torn the house apart a few times.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I also have a paper password list, figured I'd tell DH about it while I'm croaking.

I can't find my little red appointment book that has the airline frequent flier numbers, have torn the house apart a few times.

The sad part is that it will take my family weeks to find the folder so all of the information is completely safe!

I love them but they ain't too bright!

 

[Zhizara]

Call me silly, but I use the same password or one variant for everything. No one has access to my computer, so I've had no problems. Occasionally I've had to ask them to email me my password, but it has never been a problem.

 

[bakechef]

I use Lastpass, it generates passwords that I'd never be able to remember. Hopefully I never forget my Lastpass password...

 

[CharlieD]

Here in MN you have a better chance to pass somebody on the right. In left lane everybody is a volunteer highway patrol. Making sure nobody drives over 54.

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[GotGarlic]

I use Lastpass, it generates passwords that I'd never be able to remember. Hopefully I never forget my Lastpass password...

Roboform does that, too. It also stores personal information like addresses and credit card numbers so it can fill in Web forms for you automagically.

 

[Cheryl J]

Here in MN you have a better chance to pass somebody on the right. In left lane everybody is a volunteer highway patrol. Making sure nobody drives over 54.

On many freeways in CA, the far left lane is the 'diamond lane', reserved for carpooling and busses. Carpooling is only defined by 2 or more people in a vehicle though, so not sure how well that cuts down on the congested freeways.

 

[tinlizzie]

I finally made a complete list of all of my login id's, passwords etc...

I put a copy in my things you need to know when I croak folder.

I have a hurricane suitcase, containing stuff I can't do without if/when a big blow comes. Yesterday I shredded a bunch of old outdated, no longer useful insurance papers, etc. That's where I keep proof of purchase for the big stuff like my cherished Jenn Air fridge as well as the TV & player, laptop, printer and such for submitting insurance claims. This is also where I have several hen-scratch handwritten pages of user names and passwords.

If I have any sense at all (arguable), I'll make a complete list like you did and use an off-site place such as the ones Taxy and others have listed.

Man, I would so much rather go out and weed the flower bed.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I have a hurricane suitcase, containing stuff I can't do without if/when a big blow comes. Yesterday I shredded a bunch of old outdated, no longer useful insurance papers, etc. That's where I keep proof of purchase for the big stuff like my cherished Jenn Air fridge as well as the TV & player, laptop, printer and such for submitting insurance claims. This is also where I have several hen-scratch handwritten pages of user names and passwords.

If I have any sense at all (arguable), I'll make a complete list like you did and use an off-site place such as the ones Taxy and others have listed.

Man, I would so much rather go out and weed the flower bed.

I like the idea of a hurricane suitcase, sort of like Dorothy in the wizard of Oz, grab the suitcase and run!.

I fuss about my little folder and try to keep it up to date for the folks that will have to come in and sift through my things someday. I think all they are really concerned about is how big a dumpster they will need and who will pay for it!

 

[Mad Cook]

Call me silly, but I use the same password or one variant for everything. No one has access to my computer, so I've had no problems. Occasionally I've had to ask them to email me my password, but it has never been a problem.

I am intensely secretive about my passwords and have different ones for every site I access and change them regularly. When I buy anything on-line I NEVER decline the seller's offer to hold my account and card details on the site and I change my password to the seller's site every time I purchase anything.

Despite having a 14 random character password for my bank account and no-one supposedly having access to it my account was hacked a couple of years ago. Fortunately, my bank believed me when I told them I had no use for 5 tickets to a heavy metal concert in Australia and refunded my money and the overdraft fees they'd charged. They did say, however, that had my bank account had the same p/w as anything else on my PC they would not have done so.

 

[Addie]

When I make a major purchase, I tape the receipt on the back or bottom of the item. When I got rid of my last TV, the receipt was still there. But very yellow with age and the ink had faded. So now I wrap the receipt in plastic wrap first.

 

[Zhizara]

I keep all my receipts, but they do fade. Does the plastic wrap keep that from happening?

 

[taxlady]

I scan important receipts. When they are printed using heat instead of ink, they always fade.

 

[Caslon]

What's the deal with re-releasing old movies to mainstream theaters? Last week it was GhostBusters, this week Forrest Gump is opening. I tell ya what, with all the stinkers being made now, Hollywood is trying to salvage anything they can I suppose.

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[Andy M.]

What's the deal with re-releasing old movies to mainstream theaters? Last week it was GhostBusters, this week Forrest Gump is opening. I tell ya what, with all the stinkers being made now, Hollywood is trying to salvage anything they can I suppose.

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Remaking old movies, re-releasing old movies. I guess there really is nothing new under the sun.

 

[GotGarlic]

I scan important receipts. When they are printed using heat instead of ink, they always fade.

I scan all kinds of things these days, rather than store more reams of paper. Although you wouldn't know it from looking at my office