amber
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posted on April 11, 2008 03:41:47 PM new
I have some unusual ancestral family names, and I have been using them, with combinations of numbers for my passwords. I decided today to check up on more of my ancestors and I started to write the name of one, and up popped my eBay password! I don't have it saved, but I was quite shocked. I have changed it of course, but I don't know how that could happen.
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profe51
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posted on April 11, 2008 04:23:20 PM new
You have some sort of auto fill "feature" enabled in your browser preferences. You should be able to dig around in browser prefs and turn it off. If you're using Win-doze, that's about as specific as I can get.
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amber
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posted on April 11, 2008 05:11:40 PM new
Thank you. I have a new computer, and have never set that option, but I found the place where it gives the option to delete saved passwords, and did that.
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pmelcher
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posted on April 11, 2008 05:28:12 PM new
That is not quite the right place. It is some sort of 'auto fill' that when turned on (I think it is the default setting and I can't find it right now) automatically fills in the rest of the letters of something you have typed before. For example when I search on eBay and type in 'suga' it fills in 'sugar and creamer' which I have typed in before. I don't think anyone else can get your password unless they use your computer and happen to type in the right first few letters. I am sure someone will come along and help if I don't have the information correct. This is a great board.
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rhpepsi
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posted on April 12, 2008 04:56:01 AM new
1. IE(internet explorer)
2. Tools
3. Internet Options
4. Content
5. Auto Complete
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amber
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posted on April 12, 2008 06:03:35 AM new
thank you rhpepsi, done!
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hwahwa
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posted on April 12, 2008 06:36:04 AM new
unusual ancestral names?
Are you Welsh?
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Lets all stop whining !
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amber
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posted on April 12, 2008 06:51:20 AM new
Part Welsh, part English. It's the old Cornish names that are unusual, very similar to Welsh.
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ST0NEC0LD613
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posted on April 12, 2008 11:14:27 AM new
So are you related to the game hens?
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amber
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posted on April 12, 2008 12:06:22 PM new
I am not sure that the game hens actually come from Cornwall!
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profe51
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posted on April 12, 2008 02:11:27 PM new
Cornish "game hens" are just little chickens, bred originally in the U.S. by crossing Cornish poultry with bantam breeds. They are related to the Cornish Cross chicken, which is the breed you most likely buy in the grocery store. Both the large Cornish Cross and the smaller game hens are bred specifically to produce fast growing individuals. Most commercial poultry is slaughtered at 40-45 days of age and the game hens at more like 30 days. These two breeds are so dependent upon human intervention that they must be artificially fertilized, and if left to grow beyond their slaughter weight cannot stand on their own legs due to poor bone structure and absurdly large breast development.
Neither one tastes anything like real farm raised chicken. They represent one of the saddest aspects of American factory farming. You can thank Tyson's for these freaks of nature.
Now that you know more than you wanted to. What's for dinner?
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zippy2dah
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posted on April 12, 2008 02:22:16 PM new
Tempeh.
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otteropp
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posted on April 12, 2008 04:04:23 PM new
Oh Prof....I was thinking after reading that explanation that I would rather have Salmon but then remembered that a lot of it is now coming from those Salmon Farms!
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pixiamom
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posted on April 13, 2008 07:55:46 PM new
Do you mean that the "Oregon raised" chickens aren't raised like this anymore? Edited to add: my dinner was the same as my breakfast & lunch: Cuban "Congo" sausages with Fufu Plantano (mashed plantains), fried eggs and rice & beans. I love a big take-out breakfast that I can munch on all day.
[ edited by pixiamom on Apr 13, 2008 08:15 PM ]
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profe51
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posted on April 14, 2008 03:54:50 AM new
Otter, it's pretty much all farmed raised Salmon now. The wild stuff has gotten so expensive lots of grocery chains won't carry it. Farm raised Salmon is nutritionally inferior to wild. They're fed on corn, just like feed-lot beef, pork and chicken, only unlike the other three, you get the added benefit of artificial coloring. M-m-m---
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otteropp
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posted on April 14, 2008 07:21:24 AM new
Pixiamom..I love the Postcard!
Prof....Living off the west coast of Canada on Vancouver Island we do still get wild salmon in our stores but you are right ..is is expensive. The farmed salmon is also expensive and just does not taste the same.
The Salmon farming is always a lively topic on local Talk Radio shows and with journalists who were raised on the West Coast.
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amber
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posted on April 14, 2008 08:31:06 AM new
I am very thankful that we live in a Mennonite area. The meat is not tainted with antibiotics, the vegetables and fruit are not sprayed with all kinds of chemicals, and the chickens are free range. Not only that, the eggs are brown, and huge, the lids of the containers won't even close, and they are about half the price of store bought eggs. Our salmon comes right from Lake Ontario, but I am not sure how good that is with all the pollution, we tend to limit how much we eat because of that.
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pixiamom
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posted on April 14, 2008 08:25:41 PM new
Pretty soon. wein the Pacific northwest will be inundated with wild-caught Copper River salmon. I can't tolerate the oily red-meat fish - except for perhaps a thinly sliced lox on bagel. Give me a wild-caught snapper, halibut - even cod, on any day! Edited to add: wild raised salmon are illegally purchased quite reasonably here if you are buying from Native Americans who have special rights to fish beyond salmon fishing seasons.
[ edited by pixiamom on Apr 14, 2008 08:31 PM ]
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pixiamom
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posted on April 14, 2008 08:25:43 PM new
duplicate post
[ edited by pixiamom on Apr 14, 2008 08:32 PM ]
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