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To: jimtracker1 who wrote (3513)	11/30/2009 8:53:04 PM
From: SI Bob	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 4893

We don't take American Express?!? Geez! I jumped through a lot of painful hoops many moons ago to ensure that AmEx and Discover were among the cards accepted. I'm sure it has something to do with the change to auto-renewing subscriptions, though, which was very intimidating to witness and I'll likely go through it soon myself, distancing us from and making us less reliant on ADVFN/iHub for yet another item. It's actually part of the reason we're offering the two non-recurring subscription types aggressively this month. To reduce the number of recurring ones I'll have to migrate or lose. I was very surprised to watch the most brilliant programmer I've ever known, bar none, pull his hair out for seemingly forever working on that system. And remembered it taking months for me when it was actually simpler. Edit and off-topic: Is everyone who's even a year older than me so flippant about their own mortality? I am and it drives my wife nuts! Like when she wants me to quit smoking so I can add a few years. The answer is the same as it is for a number of other "bad habits". "I've lived well over half as long as I'm going to and my body gives every indication it'll last as long as it'll need to. Timing it so it gives out just prior to the diaper years." At 50 years of age (I know, just a pup, pops), can I look forward to "Be well" or "Live long and prosper" or "maybe the road rise to meet you and the wind always be at your back" being replaced by the more entertaining likes of "May your eventual incontinence and funeral be separated by days."? Well, actually, not sure if that's the kind of "blessing" I want. Haven't decided yet if I want to keel over quietly in 20-some years at my workbench in my garage, or have loss of bladder and bowel control happen simultaneously just prior to my demise in a spectacular road-course mishap. The kind where I'm thinking "Geez, I didn't think it was possible for a car to get this airborne!" <g>