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About Russ Campbell, NWEBS

A Grey Guy - my own and Psittacus erithacus erithacus

Asked to participate in the June 2010 Pet Week event on Qland as a bird 'expert', I stuck around and continued to answer questions there and in other areas where I felt I had something to offer. The NWEBS after my name is the acronym for the oldest bird club in the Seattle area, where I served as President for two years (ending … more »


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  • Comment on Russ Campbell, NWEBS's answer…
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    These systems usually have a reset menu choice or some other way to go back to the initial or factory settings. This makes playing around with adjusting the various parameters on one of these subcategory choices easy to always get back to what was there before you started.

    Russ Campbell, NWEBS commented 2 days ago
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    Time is approaching that three week window and I am wondering how things are going with your attic fledglings.

    Russ Campbell, NWEBS commented 2 days ago
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    Why are the colors in the TV show "House" so washed out?
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    I do not regularly watch this show but have viewed a few episodes. What sticks out in my memory is that the real story is in the dialog and faces of the actors as they interact in the course of the plot, not so much the scenes, which are often the confines of the medical facility itself - sterile and controlled.

    I searched to see if there were any notes indicating that the color palette was controlled in any way to keep the focus more on the persons and less on the environment, but did not find it.

    Any new television set will have different color settings to choose from with some standard choices of color emphasis. Mine has category choices under a menu for Video Settings for Movie, Sports, Game, Enhanced, and Other. You can fine tune the settings for specific categories and so could play with the settings for Saturation, Hue, Contrast, etc. to come up with the ideal "House" color settings and leave that under one category. That way you could select the alternate palette when you go to watch that particular program.

    You really need to hunt around in the control menus to find out all of the various ways you can enhance your viewing experience with your new screen in your particular room and lighting conditions.

    Russ Campbell, NWEBS answered in Television 4 days ago
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    Childproof knife storage options
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    For years I used an 18" magnetic bar that attached to the wall and held all my knives. Now that I keep flighted birds, part of making the house safe was retiring the knives from a position of easy contact (if a flight path went awry) to a lazy susan inside the large corner lower cabinets and later now to a drawer. In fact I found a smaller set of knives I use most can float at the back of the drawer on the top of the rubberized plastic cutlery holder. That drawer is always easily within reach.

    I think I got the fixture at Sur La Table in Seattle. Mine has wood trim. This one has aluminum. I am sure other companies sell similar.

    http://www.surlatable.com/product/PRO-124479/Wusthof-Knife-Magnet-Bar

    By the way, the bar remains on the wall but now has a number of non-lethal tools stuck to the magnet along with a few bird items (like the brush I use to scrub the insides of the hummingbird feeder bottles) and other items for easy access.

    Your choices will depend how much trust and how likely your child is to be a good climber as they grow. There was nowhere my mother could put the cookie jar in the kitchen that I could not eventually reach. Bravo to you for careful parenting!

    Russ Campbell, NWEBS answered in Kid Health & Safety 4 days ago
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    Well, at least they have invented an apparently LAME but acceptable ruse to sell the viewing public now. I called them last week and got a spokesperson that initially didn't see any problem because they do air two halves (ON DIFFERENT DAYS!) but then later basically said "OK, well I'll pass on the comment." to stop talking to me.

    I mentioned "Meet the Press" at one point and the spokesperson jumped on the comment saying it wasn't their network, and I had to instruct them to listen to the whole point I was making because I was saying THAT program was viewable in its entirety over one continuous hour on another station.

    The reason that I don't buy this lame excuse they sold you is because they have shuffled the starting time of the CBS Sunday Morning program willy nilly on any whim over the last couple of years. You get lulled into thinking it is on at 7 am and then we would arise to see it and discover the program in progress (with only 30 minutes remaining) because they shifted it with no explanation that particular time to start at 6 am.

    I do appreciate the effort you went through, but I think that the response you got (hidden behind short format faceless comment) was just baloney and a way to shine potential viewers on. Besides, during this important election year, they have their JUNK BLENDERS TO SELL.

    Russ Campbell, NWEBS commented 5 days ago
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    What possesses the decision makers at KIROTV (Channel 7 - CBS affiliate) to split the now hour Face The Nation program into two separate half hours?

    Russ Campbell, NWEBS asked in Intl/Ntl News & Politics 6 days ago
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    No one is trying to defeat you and your examination of minutia, although impressive, doesn't negate the accuracy of my answer.

    I felt my level of exactitude was in keeping with the basic premise in the original question of whether or not it was Hokkaido or further north and if so where. Soundslikepuget seems to be satisfied with my answer and that is what counts for me.

    Russ Campbell, NWEBS commented 10 days ago
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    I didn't report the number of seconds of latitude that I followed but I did find that none of those islands appeared right on the line of travel as I scanned the route, although the path did thread through them and they might even be visible in good weather to the traveler following that course.

    Russ Campbell, NWEBS commented 10 days ago
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    Insurance for a smart phone?
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    For your next phone you may want to consider a new process that makes your phone water safe with no case required - Liquipel.

    http://www.liquipel.com/

    It seems really quite remarkable and for $59 will apparently give your new phone the ability to withstand a dunking in water with no ultimate ill effects (some drying out process may be required).

    Russ Campbell, NWEBS answered in Tech Products 10 days ago
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    Unlikely it was the President of Bulgaria, as the question was asked five months ago.

    Russ Campbell, NWEBS commented 11 days ago
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