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Each time I get super anal about a piece nerd knowledge, I make some mistake myself - all the Apple PPC laptops were in fact called PowerBook. The MacBook name started with the Intel based devices.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBook
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Oh, all the estate sales I go to are run (and posted) by third parties, who do it as a business, for a percentage of the sales. The heirs are nowhere to be found -- they got a first pass through the house a few days prior to grab anything sentimental, and they'll show up a few days later when the business has been transacted. But the folks running the sale are professionals. Which means they should know better. And s…
Meh. Maybe it is a cultural difference, we have different manners outside the USA. Your business is rather vulgar in the UK context, that of a parasite or a greedy gannet. There would be no honour in selling the estate items to your sort, setting light to everything or giving it to sensible charities would be far preferable. As exemplified by what is going on in the Middle East, the USA has different values to the re…
I have also been frustrated in the past with organizations putting stickers haphazardly over screens etc, and it's worth reminding them.