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What I meant was, I don't know how much help I would be with other things... NOT that I would be upset if you asked a non computer question!


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Hi. A couple of years ago you answered a question I posted about being worried about my babies dad not being the father. Turns out it was never an issue, thank heavens!! I'm not sure if you remember. Your answer was very helpful, reassuring and kind and I am deeply appreciative. Life has been wonderful since then but I had to delete the question because for some stupid reason I included my full name in the question. I really don't know how I managed to do that. But anyway, let me try to get to the point lol.

When you Google my name, the question now shows up and anyone can discover my little secret... Which happened recently and I'm mortified since I thought the problem was behind me. I can't imagine if the wrong person were to find it and read it. Advicenators helped me get the question deleted from my profile but they wouldn't delete it from yours and the other profiles of the people who answered it because it wouldnt be fair to you. I've been trying to contact them again to see if there is anything else I can do... Even just take my name out, but they haven't responded. My question to you is would it be okay with you if the question got deleted. I'm hoping with the permission of the advice columnists, I can get it deleted. I don't want to have to take a question away from your column but I can try to repay you by helping your column out in some other way since you were very helpful to me.

I look forward to your response. And thanks again for everything!! (link)
Hi there,

I have been out of town on the road for some time, and unable to get into the database to perform a major task like that while I was away.

I just got back and made it a priority to get your situation resolved immediately.

I can't imagine the concern you had about someone you know finding that! You poor thing! :-(

Your name has been removed from the question, and as soon as google updates their index again, that should be the end of it.

All the best to you in the future, and remember, while we are always here to help, please no more name posting. ;-)

DN


Haven't seen you on here in some time. Hope all is well with you and wish you a Joyous Holiday.

Adviceman49 (link)
Thanks Adviceman!

It has been a hard year here. ilness in the family, and one financial debacle after another.

Hope things are better on your end.

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

DN.


Hey guys!

I want to get my boyfriend a record player for Christmas and after researching record players for the past two weeks and finally making up my mind and getting one that I'm not too thrilled about and am returning, I thought I'd come here to seek some advice.

I have the Crosley record player and the sound quality is terrible, it's super old and I am looking into a new one after the holidays and he comments on the sound quality of mine a lot so I want to get him one that sounds good and looks older just because that is the kind of guy he is, an old soul. All of his friends have a record player and collect vinyls so I don't want him to have a techy one or anything when I know all of his friends have vintage looking ones.

My boyfriend is also a musician. He plays guitar in a band, sings, and plays piano so he definitely has an ear for music and wouldn't be too pleased with a record players that skips or fuzzes some vinyls. I don't need a fancy recommendation either, one that comes with a radio or cassette player or bluetooth because I know all he's looking for is one for him to be able to start collecting records and play them on his own instead of playing with mine or his friends.

Any help is appreciated, if you're into collecting vinyls or what kind of record player you would want (or have) if you have a knack for music.

Thanks!

(If it helps, he's 23) (link)
From my friend RDA, who is quite the expert on such things:

"Check this out: http://www.needledoctor.com/Online-Store/Turntables

Stay away from those from Teac, Jensen, Cailifone, Crosely, and Nostalgia. This site sells it all but those are really bad.
There are a huge amount of others to choose from, My pick would be any of the Pro-Ject Debut Carbon. They are better than
the price would suggest. They sold entire systems for this cost in the 80's and was one of the things that spirited the intial
loss of vinyl. Now costs are up but so is quality."


To this, I will add a direct link to the brand he mentioned, and sorted by price from low to high:

http://www.needledoctor.com/Online-Store/Pro-Ject-Turntables?sort1desc=F&sort1=Item_ONLINECUSTOMERPRICE

Also, they have a current sale on one of these with a cartridge and a carbon fiber tonearm for $399, not to mention a choice of colors:

http://www.needledoctor.com/Brand-Stores/Pro-Ject-Debut-Carbon-Turntable

This is a very good starter setup that I am sure he would be pleased to get as a gift.

All the best!


I do not why, but my PC can't install updates. PC shows me some problems there and that i must reload PC. I doing that and then the same - happened nothing. What's wrong? (link)
Hi there,

Please explain what error message you are getting when "my PC can't install updates" so that we can attempt to help you. The error message is the key to explaining the problem and the solution to same.

Thanks,

DN.


What does brake I p Lt mean?
(link)
Hi there,

Please see these previous answers:

http://www.advicenators.com/qview.php?q=597189

http://www.advicenators.com/qview.php?q=574394

... if that doesn't do it, a mechanic is in order.


Hi, I keep going to my account because of an email that says I have a question and that it said I have 12 unanswered questions and then i go on and click on it and it says I have none. bery confused, thanks (link)
Hi there,

There are only a couple reasons this would happen:

1.) People deleted a question, after asking it.

2.) You waited to long to answer, and lost the ability to do so.

3.) Someone spammed your inbox, and we deleted the spam for you.

That is about all I can think of.


I used to love a guy n proposed him for 3times but he refused 1st 2times n accepted me the 3rd time.our families n frnz knoew abt us.his mother was extra friendly with me n my mom.on the other hans my parents didn't like them because of their lifestyle n status but they adjusted with them coz I loved that guy.in the beginning I was too naive to understand his mom's policies..she used to call my parents n me to complaint abt me n what have I done wrong n what shouldn't have I done..my parents never chased her son for anything..but then she started to put all the blames upon me for her son's alcoholism..the guy used to consume alcohol before even he knows me but his mom said I am the reason for which he gets hurt n compelled to drink..even when her son met accidents she accused me..whereas her son uaed to lie to me in every steps of life n she used to chase me even before my exam nights..they kept me literally in mental trauma when I was in hostel..every single day I used to cry due to them.all my hostelmates were annoyed with their behavior n saw my sufferings..but I didn't tell anything to my parents..but oneday his mom called me when I was in home n chased me..my mom saw me crying n I became sick so mom called that guy n questioned him for the 1st time for his deeds...but again we patched up n smoothly were in.relationship untill he again fought wid me for no reason n lied n consumed alcohol...then he sent massage to my dad n.asked for his help to rescue him.from.me n said him that I am mentally sick...my dad didn't bother n didn't reply..but next to.next day I patched up with him unknown to the fact of his msg...then we went on a vacation, got intimated n all..he still didn't tell me anything abt the msg..then I dscvrd the msg on my dad's mbl n.confronted my bf...he fought again.n.used slang abt my mom n insltd her...i also said him word insltng his mom (which I shouldn hv done)..nw his mom again.called me up n literally quarreled wid me n tld me tht she'll cmplnt against me n my mom to my dad for abusing n accusing her son whereas I was the victim so long n she insltd my mom over n over...bt I knw myself..i'll again try to patch up wid him after all these...coz I so love him n had sex so cant frgt him..what should I do? (link)
Hi there,

You have already asked this. Please look here:

http://www.advicenators.com/qview.php?q=654025

Thanks.


Thank you so much. I have never been good at writing essays. I really want to get a good grade. (link)
Hi there,

Please click the 5 under Adviceman's answer and leave your comment in the text box that pops up next. While you are at it, please feel free to leave feedback for the other people who have answered any other questions you may have asked in the past, now that you know how. :-)

Thanks!



It's fairly clear from the title, but I'll repeat it here. I'm desperately trying to figure out how to delete my Advicenators account and cannot figure it out. It looks like there used to be a form to do so, but it's no longer available. Instead I saw this "Until further notice, if you feel you want to delete your account, e-mail me." I emailed the listed address, which I think was yours, but I haven't heard back.

Is there another way for me to delete my account?

Thank you for any help that you can offer. Best wishes. (link)
Hi there,

I am in and out of town right now. The e-mail is probably sitting right there in the 400-500 a day that I get as of late. I plan to sort through it all when I am back, but if you need the account deleted right away for some reason, please drop another note in my inbox here with the account name and I will take care of it tonight if you have responded before I leave again.

Sorry for any inconvenience!

DN.


I put in a tampon for the first time. at first I thought i did it right, but then realized it was really uncomfortable, and I don't think all the way in. But I went to get it out, and it won't come out, and hurts really bad. it's been in for about 2 hours. (link)
Hi there,

This has already been answered here:

http://www.advicenators.com/qview.php?q=653291


Hey, someone asked me a question a couple weeks ago, and I couldn't answer at that time. When I came back on, the question disappeared from my inbox, so I'm not exactly sure what happened. Is there any way I can still answer that question? No idea where it went!
(link)
Hi there,

The odds are the person asked it to more than one person, or aked it both publicly, and also wanted your personal input.

After a question has been abandoned for 7 days it will be combined with any other copies, into one question with all answers attached.

This is almost certainly what happened. If that isn't it, the person probably thought you weren't going to answer, so they deleted it.

Either way, I understand. Nobody can get to everything all the time. In the future, if you know that you aren't going to be able to answer something for a couple weeks, please use the tool to pass the question to others. This way the user gets an answer, even if it isn't your own.

Before I wrote the de-duper script, and the ability to pass on questions to others, a staggering number of questions were never answered, sitting in inboxes for eternity, or, sadly, being deleted without a second thought. :-(

Things are much better now. We have tools to help when you are busy. :-)

Again, please don't feel bad about it, it most likely got answered by another user.

Do you think a tighter timeline would make things better or worse? I mean if you knew that you had 24 hours to answer a question before it was passed on to someone who might have the time, would that be a good motivator? I did 7 days originally because I didn't want to rush people, but, knowing that unregistered users hardly ever check back after 48 hours from the time they ask you a question... should 24 or 48 hours be the limit?

Please feel free to let me know what you think in feedback.

Back to work. :-)

All the best!


Hi,

My company is currently looking for some interesting blogs to add to our portfolio. www.advicenators.com looks like a site that could be a good fit for us so I wondered if you might be interested in selling it?

In case you are interested in further exploring this opportunity you should know that we’d probably need to see some traffic details and maybe some earning details (whatever you’d like to share) in order to send you a purchase offer.

In addition I’d like to mention that all our transactions are made through escrow.com so we get the site only when you get the money and vice versa, if you prefer a different escrow service that could also work.

Please feel free to send me any question you may have.

Thanks,
Mary
(link)
Hi there,

Given that you didn't leave any contact info, I am not posting any details.

If you are interested, make an offer. I will warn you now that if the offer is under $750,000, there is no point as we have turned that down from another company.

Take care.


I have a android tablet. I always play my volume very low. So I know my speaker isn't blown. My sound quit the other day. I don't want to send it away to be fixed until
I'm sure it is broken. Is there any way I can fix it?
(link)
Hi there,

If your tablet is running Android 5.0 (Lollipop), then this is a known bug that they are working on:

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/0CDPXvY5Zpc

... if not, then the sensor in the headphone jack my be stuck so that it thinks you have headphones connected. Give this a try:

Plug in your headphones... do you have sound? If so, unplug and re-plug a few times to see if the headphone jack switch will unstick.

If you have no sound through the earphones either, then go into the sound menu in system settings and see if anything is muted. If so, un-mute it and see how you do.

Please let me know how you make out with this.

All the best!


IVE ALREADY ASKED THIS BUT ITS DRIVING ME CRAZY! 😒

Yes, quite the immature act to say you're in love at 15. He's graduating highschool next year. I'm starting college next year. We're both advanced.

(Mormons. No dating until 16!! My birthday is Oct. 13th)

Lets call him "N"

We met at a horse ranch in 2011. N was 14 I was 12. When the instructor said to a different kid "Do you know her (as he pointed to me) name?" He stood there frozen. While "N" jumped up and down in excitement and said, "Oh I do!!"

Next year, we gathered at a chili cook off. I straightened my hair to look good. "N" noticed. "How did you get your hair to look longer? Like, I know you can make it prettier, but how did you make it longer."

That same year, I got embarrassed by being unable to control a horse.. I cried. Hoping "N" wouldn't see me when he jogged by, he stopped in his tracks and his familiar voice filled my ears. "Is she okay?" My mom told him the story, be assured me just because of me being physically disabled, doesn't make me any less strong.

Last year. I turned 15. He's 17. He put on this ridiculous dance at church and swung his arms gently singing happy birthday with his twin brother next to him. I smiled, and said,"You remembered." He looked at me and said how could I forget?

This year, I showed him the cuts on my body.

He hasn't turned his back on me. He's helping me.

Someone told me to kill myself and twice he said, "Maybe you should introduce me to him so I can show him how a true gentleman acts. 😉"

Or I could be completely mistaken and he's just being nice to me..

What do you think?

(link)
Hi there,

This has already been answered here:

http://www.advicenators.com/qview.php?q=650873

... the people who answered did a good job with the information you provided. If you don't have new information to add, please don't ask the same question over again.

Thank you,

DN.


F\18 hey am highschool senior i am in love with z same boy 4 three yrs now, i knw he loved me n asked me to be his gf about 3 yrs ago but i said no, i don't knw hw he feels now but i knw mine.., we r on z same class but we don't talk like classmates wen we see eachother we act like we don' t even knw each other, but z amazing thing is zat we talk by Watsapp we even make fun of eachother. as many of my friends think zat we will endup together i also think z same, u knw zat chemistry ya we definetly have it, i can't stop imagining us together, i even go to school just with a tought zat i will find him at z gate and we will go together talking, coz its so awkward talking by watsapp n not talk by person but i never even once had a chance of finding him , n we both have a bad behaviour which is pride.. too much am a serious kind of girl, zats how everybody knows me, like i don't like boys, i hate relationship n like zat but no one knows zat am like zis inside, zey make fun of me all z time n zey say zat i have feeling for him too but i always deny... say like" me with him never" but deep inside am just trying to hide my feelings, i don't like anybody knowing ,but lately i think its getting obvious coz my pretending skills are getting weaker, i don't even know how i act when i see him... i tried many things to forget him i even started to point out his bad features just to forget him but nooo his not easily forgoten person!! besides zat there are so many reasons i can't be with him now.. but i can't handle it, when he starts a conversation on WApp i just become so happy n excited but when he don't talk to me even if he is online i get so mad, n jelous, n he is a diffrent kind of guy i hve never heard even one guy like him, we have never talked about love or that kind of stuff we always talk about school, music, film but never about his feelings or mine, he is just different even when he asked me to be his gf he never faced me he told me by his bestfriend, at zat time we didn't speak for like 6 month but even after we made peace he never talked about a thing i don't know maybe he is just like me who hides feeling, but in g-10 his one friend called me n told me zat his friend loves me very much (z one who asked me to be his gf) n said zat he even cryies whenever zey talk abt zis kind of stuff n tell zem not to talk n he said zat he is telling me zis without him knowing n asked me to say yes to him but i still said no n told him zat we could be friends n zat he can call me but he didn't i don't know what kind of person he is..... but i just don't know wat to do with my life p/s any sugesstion??? (link)
If you expect serious answers, please repost this without all "zis n zat" as well as some paragraph breaks. I will go ahead and delete this so you don't get dinged for posting the same question again once you have fixed it.

Thanks.


Okay so I am wondering if there is any way to sync 2 different itunes libraries to my iphone.
I have a laptop at home with most of my music on it. However, I wanted to be able to sync music from my work computer as well. I know I can log in to my itunes account on both computers, the problem with that is that itunes is not the source of my music. I am trying to find out if there is any way I can go home, and sync to my iphone as well as go to work and when i want a song to be put on, I can put it on there as well without affecting any of the existing data.
Please help, I'm new to the apple world and its a little overwhelming.
THANKS SO MUCH! (link)
Hi there,

Apple has gone out of their way to prevent you doing this, and the reason is simple enough: If you could just absorb the music from any old install of iTunes, then you could buy a song and share it with all your friends by simply letting them plug in their iPhones or iPads.

There is a possible work-a-round that is technical enough to prevent easy sharing, but do-able enough to accomplish a one time dual-sync of two iTunes libraries to a single iPhone:

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/05/11/how-to-sync-an-iphone-with-multiple-itunes-libraries/

... though I warn you it is fairly technical for a beginning user.

If you plan to sync between machines regularly, you may want to come up with a new way to manage your music library.

For a small bit of humor, remember as you read the steps involved that you might have bought an Apple device because someone told you how user friendly it was. :-)

All the best!


Hi I would like to ask if is it safe to have sex after mens.Yung mens ko po regular nag simula po nung jan.24 hanggang 27,tas naki pag sex po ako nung jan.30.Di po ba ako mabubuntis? withrawal method po gamit namin pero di nmn ng tagal pagtatalik namin.Need ko nang advice nyo. (link)
Please write the whole question in English. Thank you.


So getting advice is what this site is all about! As I was just posting a question of mine, I couldn't help but notice the Notes section below the question section!!
I am from India and we do speak good English! We might not be the best orators in the world but we are more than capable of having a good conversation with any one!
I personally think that it is a bit harsh to categorize one nation on their ability to speak English!
Here I am, trying to make my point! It would be perfect if you could do something about being brutal about how people type their questions on the forum!
Hey, it's a forum for helping each other out, not categorizing them :)
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Hi there,

That isn't there to be "brutal" nor does does it single out India. It clearly states that India is just an example. :-)

The reason I did this is because we get a great many people posting from countries that have a different take on English. What was happeneing before I added that, is that the people answering would be "Brutal" about their poor English, and not bother to actually answer the question.

When someone says: "I am from Iraq..." people then have mercy on their poor English skills, and don't feel the need to attack them for making so many mistakes.

Of course the good, kind and caring people will always answer the questions, no matter how poorly written they are, without correcting their writing. :-)

Again, India is just an example, you are not being singled out.

Take care,

DN.


Old posts associated with a certain email address that keeps coming up when googled, how can I report these or get these taken down. (link)
Please send the information to Dangernerd@gmail.com

Thanks,

DN.


Hello,

I was looking at the questions that I have asked. Each question I have asked says that I have 3 answers, but when I click on the question that was asked, it only shows two. Is this a bug? Or is it really only 2 answers but it's a bug that says only 3 have answered?

Thanks. (link)
Hi there,

In your settings there is one that allows you to hide answers from users who haven't been rated enough yet, or who have been given low ratings. If you change that setting to show everything, you will see all the answers.

The only other reason would be if a user was banned after they answered your question. The first situation is much more likely.

Thanks,

DN.




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