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If you want help finding something to buy, ask at It’s really easy to find any alternatives for a soft-
your tech group meeting. I have people often ware program that you don’t want to spend big
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er reviews online for advice. Make your decision this website.
on themes you find in comments, not on any one
person’s review. You can ask the salespeople http://www.nasa.gov
for advice. Remember, salespeople are trying to Hard to beat this one for kids of all ages. Lots of
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ogy is so advanced that you’re still getting a http://www.wpclipart.com
great product in spite of dubious advertising.
This is where some of the clipart you see at the
top of this column comes from. The owner, Mr.
A few of my favorite Paul Sherman has posted them for public use,
things (aka websites) free of any restrictions. So, feel free to use them
in your letters, e-mails or whatever. Thanks,
Paul!
http://www.musipedia.org
By Lou Torraca, President Emeritus, The Tug The folks at Musipedia are busy building a
– MOAA User Group, HI searchable, editable, and expandable encyclo-
pedia of tunes. And you're invited to take part in
August 2019 issue, The Tug Newsletter
the action. Their Melodyhound can find a tune
www.the-tug.org even if all you know is the melody. Or, see the
editor (at) the-tug.org next one.
Time for an update of My Favorite Things…can http://thenostalgiamachine.com/
you hear Julie Andrews singing Pick a year and you will get a list of that year’s
the song: Raindrops on Roses and hit to listen to
Whiskers on Kittens; Bright Copper https://www.popularmechanics.com/
Kettles and Warm Woolen Mittens; Pretty much anything you can think of is proba-
Brown Paper Packages tied up with bly on this webpage!
Strings, These are a few of my favor-
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We all spend lots of time on the ‘net, but the This is one you will love. Search the globe for
sheer size of it makes it hard to find radio stations anywhere in the world!
lots of neat places unless someone tells us, so, http://www.merriam-webster.com
I’ve made a list of some of my favorite things If you do any amount of writing, whether for the
(aka web pages) and I’ve added a few brief office or just e-mails, I’d be surprised if you
comments on each, but haven’t found this one, which, along with the En-
you really need to go there yourself and see cyclopedia Britannica are essential tools.
what’s there and in some cases try out
the program. (Continued on page 7)
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