Topic: BACK AT IT AGAIN (Read 1809 times)

elmore3003 · « **Reply #60 on:** February 19, 2025, 10:55:25 AM »

I just slammed the phone down on a Spectrum billing representative. She said I was warned in my January statement there would be a rae increase and she couldn't do a thing for me. I could see a couple of dollars, but $11.00 is outrageous. I don't know what to do. Without work, I canmnot afford to add $11.00 to a bill for phone, computer, and TV.

John G. · « **Reply #61 on:** February 19, 2025, 11:06:47 AM »

Three!

John G. · « **Reply #62 on:** February 19, 2025, 11:07:37 AM »

That is a huge jump, Elmore.

John G. · « **Reply #63 on:** February 19, 2025, 11:09:40 AM »

A new production of La Somnabula has been announced for the Met’s new season.

KevinH · « **Reply #64 on:** February 19, 2025, 11:14:46 AM »

Good afternoon!

KevinH · « **Reply #65 on:** February 19, 2025, 11:15:15 AM »

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KevinH · « **Reply #66 on:** February 19, 2025, 11:15:29 AM »

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Jane · « **Reply #67 on:** February 19, 2025, 11:20:18 AM »

At least you got it.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #68 on:** February 19, 2025, 11:48:38 AM »

Update on the Cleveland newspapers thing:

A couple of people in a Cleveland group said the Cleveland Press isn't available anywhere. But GenealogyBank (I'm guess that's something like Ancestry?) has the Plain Dealer for the price of membership with them, and supposedly the Cleveland Public Library offers the Plain Dealer archives for free. I will for sure be checking out the library, and if it's not all that I want, maybe a short-term subscription to the former will be in order.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #69 on:** February 19, 2025, 11:53:46 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on February 19, 2025, 10:55:25 AM

I just slammed the phojme down on a Spectrum billing representative. She said I was warned in my January statement there would be a rae increase and she couldn't do a thing for me. I could see a couple of dollars, but $11.00 is outrageous. I don't know what to do. Without work, I canmnot afford to add $11.00 to a bill for phone, computer, and TV.

I don't even want to tell y'all what we pay here at this house for TV, internet, and "land line" phone from Xfinity...with one main cable box and two "slave" ones, high-speed modem, etc. And we just recently got a $20.00 increase. Just because. It's horrible.

I also don't even want to tell y'all what we pay Verizon (who has always had the most dependable cell service in these parts) for the three cell phones.

It's depressing as HELL.

MichaelG · « **Reply #70 on:** February 19, 2025, 12:00:54 PM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on February 19, 2025, 11:48:38 AM

Update on the Cleveland newspapers thing:

A couple of people in a Cleveland group said the Cleveland Press isn't available anywhere. But GenealogyBank (I'm guess that's something like Ancestry?) has the Plain Dealer for the price of membership with them, and supposedly the Cleveland Public Library offers the Plain Dealer archives for free. I will for sure be checking out the library, and if it's not all that I want, maybe a short-term subscription to the former will be in order.

I'm not BK, but I can answer this. I didn't think Newspapers.com had either of these either, but I'm seeing them now. Use the Browse feature rather than Search - search will indeed not tell you. The Press looks a bit scattershot, but the Plain Dealer looks better. I'll have to do some more searching to see if it's really working.

MichaelG · « **Reply #71 on:** February 19, 2025, 12:01:09 PM »

GenealogyBank is a competitor to Newspapers.com which I subscribe to in part for the Plain Dealer access, given my family history in Cleveland. But if newspapers.com has it now...

Jrand74 · « **Reply #72 on:** February 19, 2025, 12:06:28 PM »

Good advice DR MICHAEL G.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #73 on:** February 19, 2025, 12:07:03 PM »

Indeed DR ELMORE.....like DR CHAS SMITH I have Xfinity and everything costs more and more.....

Jrand74 · « **Reply #74 on:** February 19, 2025, 12:07:09 PM »

And more.

Freddie · « **Reply #75 on:** February 19, 2025, 12:14:28 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on February 19, 2025, 10:55:25 AM

I just slammed the phojme down on a Spectrum billing representative. She said I was warned in my January statement there would be a rae increase and she couldn't do a thing for me. I could see a couple of dollars, but $11.00 is outrageous. I don't know what to do. Without work, I canmnot afford to add $11.00 to a bill for phone, computer, and TV.

Yikes! Hoping your prospects for 2025 generate either cash or work!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #76 on:** February 19, 2025, 12:29:41 PM »

Wow, DR MichaelG, thank you for all of that additional info that I didn't know...at all.

So that's what GenealogyBank is. I had no idea. See, I'm learning some stuff today.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #77 on:** February 19, 2025, 01:17:17 PM »

OMG. Yes! The Plain Dealer AND Cleveland Press, for those years I want.

Cincinnati Enquirer, too.

I see no love for the Columbus Dispatch. And Connecticut is shabbily represented, to say the very least. But Cleveland is a gold mine. Thank you, DR MichaelG!

The BROWSE FEATURE. Who would have known??

MichaelG · « **Reply #78 on:** February 19, 2025, 01:43:07 PM »

Thank you for asking! It will be a lot easier to do Cleveland research with the newspapers at Newspapers.com which is integrated with Ancestry, where I do my family history research.

MichaelG · « **Reply #79 on:** February 19, 2025, 01:44:53 PM »

GenealogyBank has the Columbus Dispatch from 1871 to 2018.

MichaelG · « **Reply #80 on:** February 19, 2025, 01:46:00 PM »

And the Cleveland Jewish News has a free online archive:

https://now.dirxion.com/Cleveland_Jewish_News/

MichaelG · « **Reply #81 on:** February 19, 2025, 01:46:24 PM »

Three guesses where my parents went to high school...

ChasSmith · « **Reply #82 on:** February 19, 2025, 01:48:07 PM »

Quote from: MichaelG on February 19, 2025, 01:44:53 PM

GenealogyBank has the Columbus Dispatch from 1871 to 2018.

Ha! I had just thought of that possibility a few minutes ago. Thanks!!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #83 on:** February 19, 2025, 01:48:55 PM »

Hmm... well, I don't know the high schools in the Cleveland area, so...

MichaelG · « **Reply #84 on:** February 19, 2025, 01:50:57 PM »

Oh, Cleveland is good enough. We have a winner!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #85 on:** February 19, 2025, 01:52:38 PM »

Oh! Gotcha. I thought there might be a very prominent Jewish school in particular that you were referring to.

MichaelG · « **Reply #86 on:** February 19, 2025, 01:53:36 PM »

Well, there were a lot of Jews in the neighborhood. And for those who do know Cleveland high schools, here's a clue: "Tarblood! Whack! Thud!"

ChasSmith · « **Reply #87 on:** February 19, 2025, 01:55:40 PM »

Wow. Interesting.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #88 on:** February 19, 2025, 01:58:37 PM »

Glenville. Beachwood.

I was centered in the University Circle area, but these names all meant something.

MichaelG · « **Reply #89 on:** February 19, 2025, 02:02:06 PM »

Yes, Glenville. We stayed in University Circle during a family history trip to Cleveland with my Dad and sister, where we visited his high school, the house he grew up in, and the apartment building where my sister was born.

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