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Thanksgiving wishes to everyone from Jeff Schrembs and family

Take care and may God bless you and yours...always.

Jeff Schrembs

www.ElvisCollector.info
www.ElvisCollectorWorldwide.freeforums.org
Elvis Collector Worldwide Fan Club

* Published with the permission of Mr. Schrembs

Microsoft Edge not working or showing up Windows 10 SOLUTION FIXED

Please use the following steps:

Open an Administrator CMD window.  If you can't find a way, use these steps:

Press CTRL+Shift+ESC to open Task Manager.
Click File > Run New Task
Make sure you have a check mark beside "Create this task with administrative privileges"
Type CMD
Type the following commands at the CMD prompt:
    dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
    sfc /scannnow

This step worked for me and I had been trying for months to find a solution and it was frustrating x 1,000,000. Let me know if it works for you.

Run these commands:
1) Type in "powershell"

2) Cut and paste this EXACTLY and include the { & the }

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers |Where-Object {$_.InstallLocation -like "*SystemApps*"} | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

Check to be sure this command ran, showed a blue progress indicator and then returns to the prompt.

If you see a red error, then the command may have been typed or pasted incorrectly, or there may be an larger problem with Windows 10.  Try again.

Check to see if the issue is resolved.

If not, restart the PC.In this case try as a new administrator user account.

If the new user also fails, go up to the steps for "3. If EITHER command does not show." above. We need to repair Windows.

Great song from the 1970s and memories of days gone by

Eclectic.

Yes it is a real word that I have used occasionally.

No I didn't misspell it (though I am guilty of many misspellings and violations of the rules of grammar in many of my blogs, posts, etc. but I try) pertaining to "electric".

Yes I am an Elvis Presley fan and I enjoy so many of his songs from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Some of which are well known and many others (the vast majority) are exceptional but not widely known by the general public including man Elvis Presley fans.

Back to eclectic. That is how I would describe my musical preferences. If it is of quality, sung with passion and real vocal talent, then odds are I would like it...as my song collection/playlists affirm.

The video of the song "don't pull your love" is one of the songs from my teenage years/youth that I enjoy. Not only do I listen to this song but I have some great memories associated with it. Music, and songs, have the ability to "move" us. To take us back to a certain time, place, event, etc. as is the case with this song.

Though I consider myself, and the IQ tests confirm YIPPEE, intelligent I still (after 52 and soon to be 53 years upon this earth) can't grasp that one's voice can be transferred by a microphone unto vinyl records, online streaming, cds, dvds, etc. Nonetheless I am glad that Edison gave this world, among many he achieved in his lifetime, the gift of recordings.

To think that someone, individually and/or collectively, wrote the words and then added a melody thus creating a song that is associated with a time long ago AND that still is enjoyed is remarkable. Hats off to every song writer, musician, singer, etc. Job well done.

Before I end this post, and thanks for reading, I was captivated by an hour long restoration project involving the largest pipe organ located in Atlantic City (I spend the weekend there once and I have special memories of her - of us - what once was). Here is the trailer via YouTube:

Eclectic.

It applys to my taste in music, among other things, as well as my interests outside of; God, family, friends, passions, everyday life, etc.

The two videos contained in this post are interesting, and involves talented and passionate people, and I hope you concur.

Take care and may God bless you and yours...always.


Jeff Schrembs

2015 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

How to change your Wordpress.com (small) avatar that shows up next to comments

How to easily change your WordPress.com avatar (the small one that shows up next to posts and/or comments).

Please feel free to comment on this article and to share it via social media.

Step 1 - Sign into your WordPress.com blog/account

Step 2 - Click on "WP Admin" (it shows up on the left hand side)

Step 3 - Click on "Settings" (it also shows up on the left hand side
             but you have to scroll down to see it)

Step 4 - A new column will open up and click on "General"

Step 5 - Click on "Choose File" (it is on the right hand side and you should see the avatar that you want to change directly above)

Step 6 - Choose the picture on your computer that you want to be your new avatar

Step 7 - Click on "Upload Image"

Step 8 - A completely new page will open up which allows you to crop your new picture you want for your avatar. After cropping click on "Crop Image".

CONGRATULATIONS you are done!

Jeff Schrembs
www.ElvisCollector.info
www.ElvisCollectorWorldwide.freeforums.org

How to easily replace the belt to a Maytag electric dryer

If you dryer is working, but it is not rotating/moving, odds are that the belt is broken or come loose. To cover your bases you can get a new belt at retail stores like Sears and also online for about $ 12.00.

The tools you will need are a screwdriver (phillips and non-phillips head) and a ratchet with sockets. The "screws" have small heads to them FYI.

Here is a great video that covers 90% of "step by step" instructions and the other 10% (i.e. additional 4 steps) I have outlined in writing below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV6Cvw-ysfk

The first is to make sure that the belt is around the drum in the right place (i.e. look for a grove or use the black scuffs around the drum and put the belt exactly where the prior black scuffs were). Mine did not have any groove to put the belt on but it went in the middle of the drum and I used the black scuffs as a guide. This step must be done first because if you try to first attach it through the roller pulley, and motor, you will never be able to get the belt around the drum. Second is that you will need to put something under the drum (i used a shoe box) so it is in it's proper place, is level, and wont fall forward. Without this it is almost impossible to thread the belt to the pulley roller and motor. Third is to put the roller pulley (it has a yellowish roller with a black metal "z shaped" design) aligned with the two slots on bottom of dryver and HOLD IT DOWN to the floor of the dryer with your right hand at all times. Then put the belt through the roller pulley (this part is in the video) with your left hand and then put the belt on the motor. Last is to use your hands to slowly turn the top of the drum for about 30 seconds so that you know it works before you reinstall the front and top.

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Music I'm listening to 0 August 3, 2015 edition

Old age.
Six letters.
It's a trick and not...a good one.
It never gets better.
Everyday is another opportunity to find something else has gone wrong.
If I wasn't, as I have been these 5 years, already at the highest level of depression thinking about it would make me sad. And yet my faith will never waiver and I thank God for my loved ones, friends, fellow man, etc.

Well, enough of the "all is fine" speech. Did it cheer you up?

I came across this song called "all these years" and for some reason it stuck. https://songspace.com/app/#/catalog/allenthompsonmusic/song/68978

From my ears to yours.

Enjoy.

Jeff Schrembs

White woman gains wealth, education, and employment pretending to be black Rachel Dolezal

I read a story about a woman, named Rachel Dolezal, who has been lying for years claiming that she was/is black.

Though I limit my political, social, etc. beliefs to me - God - and, when warranted, to my children/loved ones/family/etc. it is stories (and none are quite like this one) like this that need to be discussed, debated, and heard.

Her parents confirm that not only is she white but that there is no known family member, dating back centuries, who (whole and/or in part) was African American. Her only family members who are African American are her two adopted brothers and her ex-husband and (note - there is alternate information online about this) possibly her children through the marriage.

Solely based upon her lies she (including but not limited to); attended Howard University on scholarship, was appointed president of the NAACP in Spokane Washington, and other various employment/education opportunities.

  

Here are a few videos that, among other things, are eye opening about this matter.

According to her parents, and her adopted brothers who are African American,  she willfully lied for decades about her race and her brother said that she asked him (among others) to never disclose that she is white. She even posted fake photographs of an African-American man, on Facebook and other social media sites, who she claimed was her father. 

This story is not only shocking but shows the idiocy in (including but not limited to) college admittance whereby, under the guise of diversity, anyone claiming to be a minority is given preferential treatment thus creating real victims.

I have always believed in the wisdom, and works, of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who believed/said that (to paraphrase) "I pray for a day in which a man will be judged by his character and not the color of his skin".

Contrary to belief, and the constitution which provides for "equal protection under the law", we are not all treated equally. If a police man/woman gets killed (sadly) the prosecution is swift and the prosecutor vigorously demands the harshest penalties in court proceedings. If a gay person (sadly) is involved in an altercation it can be, with direct evidence or not, categorized as a "hate crime" and the injured party is entitled to additional options/protections and the perpetrator is punished with additional charges.

In courts, society, and the workplace basically everyone other than a white heterosexual christian male is considered (and thus entitled to extra support, protections, remedies, rights, etc.) to be a minority. 

Shockingly, this woman even went to the police on several occasions and wanted others charged for a hate crime solely because she (falsely) claimed she was African American. After investigation her claims were proven to be false. Real people could have faced real prosecution and real prision time had this turned out differently. 

Even women, who now surpass men in the population here in the United States, are considered as minorities and (again) given extra rights, remedies, treatments, etc.

I believe that everyone should be given the same rights, remedies, protections, love, consideration, respect, etc.

Basically this woman has received (legal terms) goods, services, monetary benefits, tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars for education, etc. by purposely lying about her race. Once the initial disbelief wears off I would hope that steps, including possibly criminal charges, would be taken so that any/all benefits/jobs she is receiving are revoked/changed to reflect the fact that (a) she lied and (b) she is white. This is a serious injustice that requires serious answers/actions.

Not only is this wrong but there were other individuals, African American or otherwise, who did not get into College because of her. Did not get a position of power in the NAACP. Did not enrich themselves monetarily. Did not have the chance for job(s). Did not have the chance for admittance in college. This is a tragedy and there are, and were, REAL VICTIMS whose lives were adversely affected (directly and/or indirectly) because of this woman's lies.

Not only has this woman lied, time and time and time again, but she was employed to teach our youth about African American studies under the guise that she was African American.

ENOUGH. 

ENOUGH.

ENOUGH.

Things need to change and all races should be celebrated, admired, and respected. God made us all so respect his work(s) and love our fellow man.

Jeff Schrembs - 2015 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Delicious summer salad recipe

  Yeah I can cook. Always have. Always will.

Think it is only a woman's "job"? No. Come on man it's 2015 and women have enough to do. I have always believed, and put into action daily, that cooking, like all other activities inside the home and out, should be evenly divided/undertaken.

Don't think it is manly? Ok Mr. Misguided. I'm 6 foot 1 and 195 pounds and there is nothing "unmanly" about cooking/baking/grilling/etc.

Generally speaking anyone, over the age of 18, who can't cook either has never really tried - was never really taught - or whose bank balance allows restaurant reservations 7 times a week.

Baking? Yes indeed. Everything from homemade fudge to brownies to white divinity. Shout out to my grandparents for teaching me at an early age.

Grilling? Check

Salad? Try this recipe and let me know because I have enjoyed it for years.

SERVINGS: 6 - 8 

The traditional recipe calls for 2 heads romaine lettuce (washed and tear into bit size pieces) but I prefer to change it up with 2 large bags of "spring mix" (aka; baby salad).

2 cups pecan halves (toasted)

3 (8 ounce) can mandarin oranges

Dressing

1⁄4 cup vinegar

1⁄2 cup vegetable oil

1⁄4 cup sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1⁄2 small red onion, chopped

1 teaspoon dry mustard

4 tablespoons water

2 tablespoons of sugar

DIRECTIONS:

Note - if you prefer more dressing simply double the ingredients.

Place lettuce and mandarin oranges in salad bowl.

Under low heat, on stove, put in 2 tablespoons of sugar with 2 tablespoons of water and 2 cups of pecans. Stir, and add additional tablespoons of water if needed, and flip the pecans until toasted.

Combine dressing ingredients in a blender and blend until well mixed.

Make ahead and refrigerate until ready to toss with salad.

CONGRATULATIONS you are done and you are in for a treat as this salad is delicious.


Feel free to leave comments and/or share this recipe via social media or with friends and family.

Take care and may God bless you and yours...always.

Jeff Schrembs

As I go

As I go along in this blinding quest
Ragged, saddened, void of rest

I'll think of you along the way
Your blackened heart...a distant day

I'll take each step in dirt and muck
And remove each shoe thinking ---- --- ----

Wishing everyone a great Memorial Day weekend

I wanted to wish everyone a; happy, healthy, enjoyable, memorable, etc. Memorial Day 2015.

Here is a great article about the history of Memorial Day in the United States.

History

Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in service of the United States of America. Over two dozen cities and towns claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day. While Waterloo N.Y. was officially declared the birthplace of Memorial Day by President Lyndon Johnson in May 1966, it’s difficult to prove conclusively the origins of the day.

Regardless of the exact date or location of its origins, one thing is clear – Memorial Day was borne out of the Civil War and a desire to honor our dead. It was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in hisGeneral Order No. 11. “The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet churchyard in the land,” he proclaimed. The date of Decoration Day, as he called it, was chosen because it wasn’t the anniversary of any particular battle.

On the first Decoration Day, General James Garfield made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery, and 5,000 participants decorated the graves of the 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers buried there.

The first state to officially recognize the holiday was New York in 1873. By 1890 it was recognized by all of the northern states. The South refused to acknowledge the day, honoring their dead on separate days until after World War I (when the holiday changed from honoring just those who died fighting in the Civil War to honoring Americans who died fighting in any war).

It is now observed in almost every state on the last Monday in May with Congressional passage of the National Holiday Act of 1971 (P.L. 90 – 363). This helped ensure a three day weekend for Federal holidays, though several southern states have an additional separate day for honoring the Confederate war dead: January 19th in Texas; April 26th in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; May 10th in South Carolina; and June 3rd (Jefferson Davis’ birthday) in Louisiana and Tennessee.

Red Poppies

In 1915, inspired by the poem “In Flanders Fields,” Moina Michael replied with her own poem:

We cherish too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led,
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies.

She then conceived of an idea to wear red poppies on Memorial day in honor of those who died serving the nation during war. She was the first to wear one, and sold poppies to her friends and co-workers with the money going to benefit servicemen in need. Later a Madam Guerin from France was visiting the United States and learned of this new custom started by Ms. Michael. When she returned to France she made artificial red poppies to raise money for war orphaned children and widowed women. This tradition spread to other countries. In 1921, the Franco-American Children’s League sold poppies nationally to benefit war orphans of France and Belgium. The League disbanded a year later and Madam Guerin approached the VFW for help.

Shortly before Memorial Day in 1922 the VFW became the first veterans’ organization to nationally sell poppies. Two years later their “Buddy” Poppy program was selling artificial poppies made by disabled veterans. In 1948 the US Post Office honored Ms. Michael for her role in founding the National Poppy movement by issuing a red 3 cent postage stamp with her likeness on it.

National Moment of Remembrance

The “National Moment of Remembrance” resolution was passed on Dec 2000 which asks that at 3 p.m. local time, for all Americans “To voluntarily and informally observe in their own way a Moment of remembrance and respect, pausing from whatever they are doing for a moment of silence or listening to ‘Taps.”

7 second chances

I was thinking about how my steps have taken me to the place in which I am. Was it happenstance? Was it by design?

I waived it off and instead I thought what if I were given 7 second chances about my life with the conditions that  (a) I could not purposely alter major aspects (b) each second chance had to be about a certain time and (c) it could not involve the same people.

Here are my 7 second chances:

Try # 1 - I would have prayed more for my mother and my little sister, Kimberly Ann Schrembs throughout the pregnancy, who (so very very sad) was born alive but died shortly thereafter due to a blood issue that (medically speaking) possibly could have been prevented.

Try # 2 - Approximately 1976 = I would have stayed at work longer so that I would not have been able to play football which, per the surgeon was a "million to one incident", I snapped the tendon in my right index finger (my throwing, and writing, hand) requiring major surgery and the placement of metal pins.

Try # 3 - Approximately 1974 = I would like to take a walk again (and these were routinely for several miles) with my grandmother and just enjoy being together and find a way to tell her how much I loved her and thank her.

Try # 4 - Approximately 1976 = I would try to absorb more about, and this only occurred once and was never spoken of again, my grandfather told me about his family.

Try # 5 - Approximately 1977 = I would have put a letter my preacher Brother Richard wrote to me, when he presented me with a rare and beautiful bible, in my pocket instead of (accidentally) throwing it away. Out of all the things I have "lost" throughout my lifetime, and many would be shocked with disbelief to learn of the details, this bible is (thankfully) in my possession to this very day.

Try # 6 - Approximately 2010 = I would have said yes to a (repeated) request.

Try # 7 - Current = I would find a way to simply, and with a sincere heart, let others know how much they have meant to me and how much they...mean to me.

Jeff Schrembs
2015 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

The 35th anniversary Corvette

Years ago I was fortunate to take ownership, the year it was custom made, of a 35th anniversary Corvette.

Having been a "car nut" for most of my life I appreciate fine workmanship, craft, quality materials, and...style.

This Corvette had a brilliant white exterior. White leather interior. Two tops - one white and the other tinted. And custom made, never before seen, white wheels.

Though getting into, and out of, a Corvette can be a challenge I loved this car. Being six foot one, and for some strange reason at my last doctor appointment I came in at six foot two, it was trying at times to enter the vehicle once there it was...exhilarating.

For some reason(s) I found myself remembering specifics about this car as well as memories associated with the time of my life during that period. Why I thought of it now is puzzling but it prompted me to do a google search and the images, and videos, of this car reinstilled my belief that this car was beautiful.

Via YouTube here is the one and only 35th anniversary Corvette.

How to block callers and/or messages on your iphone

If you are receiving unwanted phone calls or text messages, then please follow these simple steps.

1)    Tap the phone icon (yes the one you would use to make a call)

2)    Locate the telephone number that called you. DO NOT TAP on this phone number. Press the italicized "i" on the far right, it is encircled, of the phone number you want to block. Press the italicized "i".

3)    You will now see information about the phone number which includes, but is not limited to, options such as; Call, Send Message, Create New Contact. Scroll down and you will see "Block this Caller". Click on "Block this Caller".

4)    A pop up partial screen will give you, in red, the option to "Block Contact". Press "Block Contact".

Congratulations you are done.

If you want to block a text message simply make the phone number, the one(s) you want to block, into a "contact" (using the phone icon) and then follow the 4 steps above.

I hope that this helps and please feel free to share this article with others.

Take care and may God bless you.

Jeff Schrembs

* Publicized with permission from Jeff Schrembs - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2015

Today January 4, 2015

I made popcorn.