Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations (Archived)

henryn

Which is why I switched my email to google many years ago. If google ever goes under, it will probably mean the end of the world has already happened, so who cares?

On the other hand, my email address here is not with google, it goes back all the way to SBCGLOBAL. And yes, I have tried to change it with Edmunds, unsuccessfully.

The good news is that old email (SBCGLOBAL) does still work, and gmail pulls all emails from there.

28firefighter

I was able to successfully change my email address, but it happened probably 7-8 years ago. Couldn't do it now if I wanted to.

PF_Flyer

ab348 said:

qbrozen said:

well that failed. I registered and updated password, but when i try to log in, it tells me authentication failed. Old login still works though.

After you register and it accepts your email and password, it sends you an email that you need to respond to before it authenticates your account. Maybe that didn't happen (yet)?

Sounds right. The new login is not active yet, but will be VERY soon. Your new Insider login will not get you anywhere on the old/current forums login. Everything working as expected!!

Since you created an Insider account, once the switch happens, the next time you come back to the forums, you login with your new credentials.That's it... no hoops

jmonroe

PF_Flyer said:

ab348 said:

qbrozen said:

well that failed. I registered and updated password, but when i try to log in, it tells me authentication failed. Old login still works though.

After you register and it accepts your email and password, it sends you an email that you need to respond to before it authenticates your account. Maybe that didn't happen (yet)?

Sounds right. The new login is not active yet, but will be VERY soon. Your new Insider login will not get you anywhere on the old/current forums login. Everything working as expected!!

Since you created an Insider account, once the switch happens, the next time you come back to the forums, you login with your new credentials.That's it... no hoops

Thanks for clarifying that but shouldn't that have been explained on the sign up page instructions?

Sorry for my skepticism, I hope you are right, but I'll have to see it to believe it.

jmonroe

imidazol97

Now I see a different header at the top of the page which is the same header I saw yesterday on the edmunds.com page.
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Yesterday when I verified my login for edmunds.com, it didn't work. I suspect I used a different email for that signin and maybe a different username. I registered a "new" user name, my current and past forums name and email.

snakeweasel

jmonroe said:

It's odd that you can't change your email right now. My user name of ab348 was my original email name back in the mid-90s and I used that for a number of registrations way back when, including here. A few years ago when I moved to Gmail and dropped that old provider I was able to change my email address used to log in to these forums to the new email address, though I couldn't change my user name in the forums.

Now hear this: I created an Insider Account using my correct email. I then did some browsing about changes and shown below in BOLD is what I saw when I asked about changing my email here (third question, https://help.edmunds.com/hc/en-us/articles/115011994448-Your-Edmunds-Insider-account): How do I change the email address or password associated with my Edmunds Insider account? Your email address cannot be updated once you create an account. To change your password, log in to your Insider account and click on the gear icon on your dashboard (or jump directly to your settings using this link). So, from that it looks like Edmunds expects you to keep your present email and never change it. REALLY EDMUNDS ???? So much for seamless. jmonroe

Wait, my email cannot be changed? then how come when I go into edit my profile it gives me my email address in an editable field? 

thebean

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t5fWteqzgp8

Man, whatever happened to nice Canadians? This guy is a tool.

PF_Flyer

snakeweasel said:

jmonroe said:

ab348 said:

It's odd that you can't change your email right now. My user name of ab348 was my original email name back in the mid-90s and I used that for a number of registrations way back when, including here. A few years ago when I moved to Gmail and dropped that old provider I was able to change my email address used to log in to these forums to the new email address, though I couldn't change my user name in the forums.

Now hear this:

I created an Insider Account using my correct email. I then did some browsing about changes and shown below in BOLD is what I saw when I asked about changing my email here (third question, https://help.edmunds.com/hc/en-us/articles/115011994448-Your-Edmunds-Insider-account):

How do I change the email address or password associated with my Edmunds Insider account? Your email address cannot be updated once you create an account. To change your password, log in to your Insider account and click on the gear icon on your dashboard (or jump directly to your settings using this link).

So, from that it looks like Edmunds expects you to keep your present email and never change it. REALLY EDMUNDS ????

So much for seamless.

jmonroe

Wait, my email cannot be changed? then how come when I go into edit my profile it gives me my email address in an editable field? 

You don't want to change the email you use right now, because that's what's going to let your profile information follow you to the new login system.

PF_Flyer

jmonroe said:

PF_Flyer said:

ab348 said:

qbrozen said:

well that failed. I registered and updated password, but when i try to log in, it tells me authentication failed. Old login still works though.

After you register and it accepts your email and password, it sends you an email that you need to respond to before it authenticates your account. Maybe that didn't happen (yet)?

Sounds right. The new login is not active yet, but will be VERY soon. Your new Insider login will not get you anywhere on the old/current forums login. Everything working as expected!!

Since you created an Insider account, once the switch happens, the next time you come back to the forums, you login with your new credentials.That's it... no hoops

Thanks for clarifying that but shouldn't that have been explained on the sign up page instructions?

Sorry for my skepticism, I hope you are right, but I'll have to see it to believe it.

jmonroe

I GET the skepticism. Been through more than a couple of these kind of things along the way, but this one is a bit different. Not a change in forums software or layout or any of the fun things we've had happen over the years, just finally unifying the login system for the site and getting away from the buggy login that can't be bent back into shape anymore.

ab348

PF_Flyer said:

snakeweasel said:

jmonroe said:

ab348 said:

It's odd that you can't change your email right now. My user name of ab348 was my original email name back in the mid-90s and I used that for a number of registrations way back when, including here. A few years ago when I moved to Gmail and dropped that old provider I was able to change my email address used to log in to these forums to the new email address, though I couldn't change my user name in the forums.

Now hear this:

I created an Insider Account using my correct email. I then did some browsing about changes and shown below in BOLD is what I saw when I asked about changing my email here (third question, https://help.edmunds.com/hc/en-us/articles/115011994448-Your-Edmunds-Insider-account):

How do I change the email address or password associated with my Edmunds Insider account? Your email address cannot be updated once you create an account. To change your password, log in to your Insider account and click on the gear icon on your dashboard (or jump directly to your settings using this link).

So, from that it looks like Edmunds expects you to keep your present email and never change it. REALLY EDMUNDS ????

So much for seamless.

jmonroe

Wait, my email cannot be changed? then how come when I go into edit my profile it gives me my email address in an editable field? 

You don't want to change the email you use right now, because that's what's going to let your profile information follow you to the new login system.

I don't understand this. Email addresses change all the time. What happens to a user who has to get a new address? Does their username get locked to the old email address forever, forcing them to use a different name? I registered for an insider account using my current gmail address, and it called me Greg based upon the info I entered. What will happen to ab348 when the switch gets thrown? Does it go away, or does Greg?

PF_Flyer

Just checked to be sure. Once we switch, users will not be able to change email addys, but as we know, people do change/lose access to email addys now and then. As told to me, we'll have to go through the Insider team as all this data will be their balliwick. Email addresses currently can change, under the new login system, if an email needs to be changed, we'll have to do it on our side of the fence.

Good question. Always appreciate the extra eyeballs and inquisitiveness helping us think of things we might not have thought of

snakeweasel

PF_Flyer said:

Just checked to be sure. Once we switch, users will not be able to change email addys, but as we know, people do change/lose access to email addys now and then. As told to me, we'll have to go through the Insider team as all this data will be their balliwick. Email addresses currently can change, under the new login system, if an email needs to be changed, we'll have to do it on our side of the fence. Good question. Always appreciate the extra eyeballs and inquisitiveness helping us think of things we might not have thought of

Do we have authentic our new login through an email sent to us? because if so I am out of luck because I cannot access the email that I log on with and i cannot change it.

PF_Flyer

I'm pretty sure I had an email confirmation back when I created my Insider account, but let me make sure.

PF_Flyer

snakeweasel said:

PF_Flyer said:

Just checked to be sure. Once we switch, users will not be able to change email addys, but as we know, people do change/lose access to email addys now and then. As told to me, we'll have to go through the Insider team as all this data will be their balliwick. Email addresses currently can change, under the new login system, if an email needs to be changed, we'll have to do it on our side of the fence.

Good question. Always appreciate the extra eyeballs and inquisitiveness helping us think of things we might not have thought of

Do we have authentic our new login through an email sent to us? because if so I am out of luck because I cannot access the email that I log on with and i cannot change it.

Since you can edit your email now by going into your profile and clicking on Edit Profile



that would associate a new email addy with your profile. When you sign up with Insider using that email, your profile should follow that. new email over.

Changeover is set for tomorrow, so make that change NOW would be the move

PF_Flyer

Changeover is set for 9AM PT tomorrow, so do not delay.

imidazol97

I checked my email and I got an email verification when I registered my username and email last night.
My email had a hot link for me to click on. Then I was served a page to sign in with email and password.

I had been able to sign in to the Insider account from a different computer today, so the new registration was working. I assume it has an expire date on it hence the log in requirement from the email.

houdini1

All I got was a "thank you for signing up" email, but did not ask me to confirm.

explorerx4

@sb55,
Too bad Champy didn't get him.

snakeweasel

PF_Flyer said:

PF_Flyer said:

Just checked to be sure. Once we switch, users will not be able to change email addys, but as we know, people do change/lose access to email addys now and then. As told to me, we'll have to go through the Insider team as all this data will be their balliwick. Email addresses currently can change, under the new login system, if an email needs to be changed, we'll have to do it on our side of the fence. Good question. Always appreciate the extra eyeballs and inquisitiveness helping us think of things we might not have thought of

Do we have authentic our new login through an email sent to us? because if so I am out of luck because I cannot access the email that I log on with and i cannot change it.

Since you can edit your email now by going into your profile and clicking on Edit Profile that would associate a new email addy with your profile. When you sign up with Insider using that email, your profile should follow that. new email over. Changeover is set for tomorrow, so make that change NOW would be the move

Not to be pessimistic about it but why should now be any different from this morning or the other times I tried, and failed, to change my email address over the last 8 years?

PF_Flyer

Have you tried since we switched the Vanilla?That happened in 2013 if I recall.

PF_Flyer

houdini1 said:

All I got was a "thank you for signing up" email, but did not ask me to confirm.

Thanks for that houdini1... since I can't sign up again, I couldn't verify if a click to verify was being sent any longer, but I assume it would be since anyone could register using someone else's email addy. The click to confirm link would safeguard against such nonsense

Back in the OLD days, someone signed me up for a VERY active listserv where I'd get thousands of emails a day...UGH

benjaminh

PF_Flyer said:

Changeover is set for 9AM PT tomorrow, so do not delay.

Hmmm. The aol email I used to create my account 18 years ago has been dead for c.12 years. I haven't been paying attention to this, and so sorry to be dense—but how is this going to work to get some new authentication at that email?. Perhaps you're really just trying to get some of us to waste less time at Edmunds by locking us out? Oh well....C'est la vie.

PF_Flyer

stickguy said:

Drama queens, you all are!

Worst case reregister, and start building posts from scratch.

Who told you about the workaround???

abacomike

PF_Flyer said:

I'm pretty sure I had an email confirmation back when I created my Insider account, but let me make sure.

I did not get an email after logging in.

snakeweasel

PF_Flyer said:

Have you tried since we switched the Vanilla?That happened in 2013 if I recall.

Multiple times, last was this morning.

jmonroe

PF_Flyer said:

houdini1 said:

All I got was a "thank you for signing up" email, but did not ask me to confirm.

Thanks for that houdini1... since I can't sign up again, I couldn't verify if a click to verify was being sent any longer, but I assume it would be since anyone could register using someone else's email addy. The click to confirm link would safeguard against such nonsense

Back in the OLD days, someone signed me up for a VERY active listserv where I'd get thousands of emails a day...UGH

FWIW, after I set up my Insider Account, I got an email that said, "Edmunds Insider email confirmation". That email had a link to do the authentication so I clicked and followed the instructions. It seemed to work. Then about 4 minutes later I got an email that said, "We're glad you joined us". So that looks like I'm officially recognized with my correct email.

I think I'm a whiz at this stuff now. Good luck @isellhondas.

jmonroe

abacomike

jmonroe said:

PF_Flyer said:

houdini1 said:

All I got was a "thank you for signing up" email, but did not ask me to confirm.

Thanks for that houdini1... since I can't sign up again, I couldn't verify if a click to verify was being sent any longer, but I assume it would be since anyone could register using someone else's email addy. The click to confirm link would safeguard against such nonsense

Back in the OLD days, someone signed me up for a VERY active listserv where I'd get thousands of emails a day...UGH

FWIW, after I set up my Insider Account, I got an email that said, "Edmunds Insider email confirmation". That email had a link to do the authentication so I clicked and followed the instructions. It seemed to work. Then about 4 minutes later I got an email that said, "We're glad you joined us". So that looks like I'm officially recognized with my correct email.

I think I'm a whiz at this stuff now. Good luck @isellhondas.

jmonroe

Never got the email to authenticate. I did sign up and when I logged in to "Edmunds.com", and I clicked on "log in", it said, "Hi Michael", So I am going to assume I have successfully set up my log in information for "insider". Can one of the moderators review whether or not I did this correctly? Appreciate the help.

PF_Flyer

ab348 said:

PF_Flyer said:

snakeweasel said:

jmonroe said:

ab348 said:

It's odd that you can't change your email right now. My user name of ab348 was my original email name back in the mid-90s and I used that for a number of registrations way back when, including here. A few years ago when I moved to Gmail and dropped that old provider I was able to change my email address used to log in to these forums to the new email address, though I couldn't change my user name in the forums.

Now hear this:

I created an Insider Account using my correct email. I then did some browsing about changes and shown below in BOLD is what I saw when I asked about changing my email here (third question, https://help.edmunds.com/hc/en-us/articles/115011994448-Your-Edmunds-Insider-account):

How do I change the email address or password associated with my Edmunds Insider account? Your email address cannot be updated once you create an account. To change your password, log in to your Insider account and click on the gear icon on your dashboard (or jump directly to your settings using this link).

So, from that it looks like Edmunds expects you to keep your present email and never change it. REALLY EDMUNDS ????

So much for seamless.

jmonroe

Wait, my email cannot be changed? then how come when I go into edit my profile it gives me my email address in an editable field? 

You don't want to change the email you use right now, because that's what's going to let your profile information follow you to the new login system.

I don't understand this. Email addresses change all the time. What happens to a user who has to get a new address? Does their username get locked to the old email address forever, forcing them to use a different name? I registered for an insider account using my current gmail address, and it called me Greg based upon the info I entered. What will happen to ab348 when the switch gets thrown? Does it go away, or does Greg?

When I sign in to Insider, it calls me Bob in that Insider page because of the personal info I entered. The switch to a single registration is going to have those same Insider login credentials also work for signing into the forums, where your current forums screenname/profile is what you will be appearing as, no change at all. you'll be ab348, I'll be PF_Flyer, etc.

abacomike

Since this is all going to be effective at 9:00 AM Pacific Time tomorrow morning, I am going to assume that those of us who are set up correctly will be able to log in. Those of us with issues or problems won't be able to log in. At that time, I will worry about this whole new process. Until then, I am just going to assume that everything worked out OK. I will seek help from Kirstie or another moderator if I screwed up. Not worth getting upset until there is a reason to get upset.

andres3

isellhondas said:

andres3 said:

snakeweasel said:

andres3 said:

snakeweasel said:

andres3 said:

snakeweasel said:

fintail said:

If only the enforcement sector would go after or be told to go after more than simple speeders. The amount of "drivers" I see with phones in their hand, not signaling, violating green signaled crosswalks, turning into the wrong lane, etc is stupefying. Actually cracking down on more than speed might alleviate some stress from those who have to dodge idiots, especially on foot.

On the other hand, this morning I saw a brave hardworking bootstrapper in a Tesla going maybe 60-70 in a 40, probably less likely to be nabbed for that than a 19 year old from a less affluent suburb speeding in a 20 year old Civic. But I guess that's how it goes, justice is not blind, they deserve the endless tax breaks, with more upcoming, as the entitled lucky ones like to lecture "life isn't fair", dopey libertarians will cry "class warfare!" if anyone questions this dumb status quo

Given the perks and blind deference accumulated and held by the crime and punishment industry, no doubt even doubling the amount of citations would fail to fund that system. This isn't real world accountability.

If speed demon's posts irk some, just skip them. It's not rocket surgery.

abacomike said:

Most of us do not have any direct contact with traffic law inforcement activities because we obey or are in compliance with all traffic laws.  We don’t travel more than 3-5 mph over the speed limit; we stop at red lights and stop si.  Why?  Because they find the traffic laws too restricting for their driving preferences.  Tough, isn’t it!

If everyone obeyed the traffic laws, we would all be safer on the roads when we drive.  It’s because of those who violate traffic laws that accidents are on the rise.

Do we know what percentage of people are pulled over for each offense? We see someone pulled over so we automatically presume it's for speeding? How do we know it's not for cell phone use or not using turn signals or cutting someone off?

It's a pretty soild assumption when you see it happen in front/alongside/behind you. You are observing traffic, and you don't see any violations yourself, other than speeding, which everyone is doing, so when someone gets pulled over, pretty safe process of elmination. Also, if the fastest guy that just passed you gets pulled over, another prettty strong indicator.

As you say it is an assumption, you really have no idea why that person was pulled over. Maybe due to making unsafe lane changes, or not using signals, or on a cell phone, or expired plates, or having ketchup on your hotdog (illegal here in Chicago), or any other reason. 

That's not true. I have these things called eyeballs, two of them, and they work great. I also have superior powers of observation while I"m driving. I'd have noticed an unsafe lane change, not using signals, or cell phone use in many cases, if they had occurred. Expires plates, I'm not paying attention for that, as it doesn't affect my safety. How would the Officer know that from their typical hidden positions? License plate readers? Would they pull someone over for only that reason without being certain their records are not faulty? Seems very far-fetched.

I think we all know all those other reasons are a mere statistical blip on what is usually going on out there.

You may have eyeballs but can you read minds? Unless you can read the officers mind you have no way of knowing why someone got pulled over.

It's called experience. I have this thing called experience. And according to you all my experience getting pulled over is due to speeding.

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck.

***groan***

you said you got pulled over a lot in your youth, why are you groaning? You know what getting pulled over for speeding looks like then. Or have you forgotten? Okay, I"ll concede @snakeweasel might be right 1% of the time, but I'm right 99% of the time in my assumptions, experience, and judgment. Good poker odds; I'll take it every time.

PF_Flyer

abacomike said:

jmonroe said:

PF_Flyer said:

houdini1 said:

All I got was a "thank you for signing up" email, but did not ask me to confirm.

Thanks for that houdini1... since I can't sign up again, I couldn't verify if a click to verify was being sent any longer, but I assume it would be since anyone could register using someone else's email addy. The click to confirm link would safeguard against such nonsense

Back in the OLD days, someone signed me up for a VERY active listserv where I'd get thousands of emails a day...UGH

FWIW, after I set up my Insider Account, I got an email that said, "Edmunds Insider email confirmation". That email had a link to do the authentication so I clicked and followed the instructions. It seemed to work. Then about 4 minutes later I got an email that said, "We're glad you joined us". So that looks like I'm officially recognized with my correct email.

I think I'm a whiz at this stuff now. Good luck @isellhondas.

jmonroe

Never got the email to authenticate. I did sign up and when I logged in to "Edmunds.com", and I clicked on "log in", it said, "Hi Michael", So I am going to assume I have successfully set up my log in information for "insider". Can one of the moderators review whether or not I did this correctly? Appreciate the help.

If the Insider page is welcoming you with Hi Michael, and Michael is what you put in the info you entered, then you did it right and you're good to go. When the new login system kicks in and you come to the forums, just login with your email and pw (your new one if you had to make a longer one like I did) and that's it.

jmonroe

abacomike said:

Since this is all going to be effective at 9:00 AM Pacific Time tomorrow morning, I am going to assume that those of us who are set up correctly will be able to log in. Those of us with issues or problems won't be able to log in. At that time, I will worry about this whole new process. Until then, I am just going to assume that everything worked out OK. I will seek help from Kirstie or another moderator if I screwed up. Not worth getting upset until there is a reason to get upset.

I hope you are right but I can't help thinking there is a little Ostrich DNA in you.

jmonroe

PF_Flyer

snakeweasel said:

PF_Flyer said:

Have you tried since we switched the Vanilla?That happened in 2013 if I recall.

Multiple times, last was this morning.

Click my name and PM me

abacomike

On the lighter side of life (as opposed to "insider" log in problems here on Edmunds), when I completed my walk at the mall this morning, I texted my son to find out if there were any last minute things he wanted me to stock up on for the weekend in terms of snacks, food, drinks, etc. I received a text back from him and his suggestions included:

1. Pick up some Cheese flavored Gold Fish because Troy likes those to snack on.

2. Pick up some bananas because Troy likes to eat them in the morning.

3. Try to get some hot dogs, salami, bread, cheese, etc., because he likes that stuff too.

I texted him back questioning what the heck Cheese Flavored Gold Fish were. He said just look at the Pepperidge Farm display and you'll see them. I said OK. But isn't there something you would like me to get in the way of food or snacks for you - he replied no.

So, I go over the Publix and weave in and out of hexagenerians in the aisles looking for "Gold Fish". I see them on the "2 for 1" list and pick up two bags. But there is a sign next to them and it says, "...these are fresh and are not contaminated by salmonella! Holy Cow! I couldn't figure out what the heck that sign meant. So I go online with my iPhone to look up "Gold Fish - Salmonella". It states there was a recall of 4 different kinds of Gold Fish from Pepperidge Farm and Ritz snacks and Gold Fish from Nabisco due to salmonella back in early July. I had not read or heard anything about that recall. But, since Publix was selling them again and posted that alert, I figured I was OK.

Next, I go over the cheeses and deli products and pick up Hebrew National Hot Dogs and Salami.

I then went over to produce but the bananas were all pretty yellow (ripe) and would probably be over-ripe by Friday. The guy who handles produce went back and brought out some "greenish/yellowish" bananas and told me to leave them out - that they would be perfect for Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Thank heavens for professionals who know what they are doing.

I was about to head toward the check-out registers when this little old lady pokes me on my "derriere" (she was kind of short and probably couldn't tap me on my back or shoulder) and asks if I would be kind enough to squeeze the nectarines for her to find out if they were ripe enough to eat today. I said of course and proceeded to pick up one nectarine after another trying to get a few that would "pucker". Not one of those nectarines was ripe - they were as hard as rocks. I told the little lady. She then asked if I would be kind enough to pucker some peaches. Not one of the peaches was ripe enough to eat today. When she then asked me to squeeze the iceberg lettuce, I said to her, "...I've squeezed as much produce this morning as I care to squeeze..." and pointed her over to the produce manager who helped me with my bananas earlier.

Why do I seem to attract the strangest people? Maybe it's my face - so kind and gentlemanly-looking. I must look like the perfect patsy for hexagenerians.

I then go to the check-out and when the register clerk finished scanning everything, she asked if I was signed up for the $5.00 special for $50.00+ purchases this week. I said I did't know. She said to put my 10 digit phone number into the scanner, which I did, and low and behold, $5.00 off plus another $1.00 for the laundry detergent I bought. I need to buy a powerball jackpot ticket tomorrow.

So that was the long and the short of my trip over to the super-market this morning. I don't shop at Walmart any longer because in this high heat and humidity, even though Publix is 20% higher in price, it's only 3 blocks away. Walmart if 4 miles away. By the time I would get home from Walmart, all my frozen dinners and vegetables would we thawed.

PF_Flyer

I'm in the middle of painting the entire inside of the house since we did siding and full size window replacements and had to take off all interior trim. So I'm repairing drywall as well and the humidity is NOT helping

explorerx4

Evil Knievel wannabe
https://patch.com/connecticut/vernon/car-winds-hockanum-river-vernon

venture

PF_Flyer said:

I'm in the middle of painting the entire inside of the house since we did siding and full size window replacements and had to take off all interior trim. So I'm repairing drywall as well and the humidity is NOT helping

I need to re-attach one of those little metal bands that hold pieces of ridge vent together. One came loose and is sticking straight up.

I got the drill, the caulking gun and roofing cement, the rivets and rivet gun out. I put the ladder up...and it started to rain. Not going up on a wet roof.

Weather!

jmonroe

@Mike you are right, you will be OK with the Gold Fish as long as you don't eat any.

Now for your shopping at Publix: it's long been known that grocery stores are good pick up spots but the older lady in your hood poking you on the tush has taken it to a whole new level. There otta be a law to protect you when you go grocery shopping (I remember the umbrella lady).

jmonroe

imidazol97

abacomike said:

I was about to head toward the check-out registers when this little old lady pokes me on my "derriere" (she was kind of short and probably couldn't tap me on my back or shoulder) and asks if I would be kind enough to squeeze the nectarines for her to find out if they were ripe enough to eat today. I said of course and proceeded to pick up one nectarine after another trying to get a few that would "pucker". Not one of those nectarines was ripe - they were as hard as rocks. I told the little lady. She then asked if I would be kind enough to pucker some peaches. Not one of the peaches was ripe enough to eat today. When she
Why do I seem to attract the strangest people? Maybe it's my face - so kind and gentlemanly-looking. I must look like the perfect patsy for hexagenerians.

Did you have a pickup event with another "older" lady in the grocery recently?

abacomike

jmonroe said:

@Mike you are right, you will be OK with the Gold Fish as long as you don't eat any. Now for your shopping at Publix: it's long been known that grocery stores are good pick up spots but the older lady in your hood poking you on the tush has taken it to a whole new level. There otta be a law to protect you when you go grocery shopping (I remember the umbrella lady). jmonroe

That’s funny.  I remember her vividly - the umbrella lady, that is.  But I seem to get myself in trouble at Publix - more so than at Walmart.  

abacomike

imidazol97 said:

I was about to head toward the check-out registers when this little old lady pokes me on my "derriere" (she was kind of short and probably couldn't tap me on my back or shoulder) and asks if I would be kind enough to squeeze the nectarines for her to find out if they were ripe enough to eat today. I said of course and proceeded to pick up one nectarine after another trying to get a few that would "pucker". Not one of those nectarines was ripe - they were as hard as rocks. I told the little lady. She then asked if I would be kind enough to pucker some peaches. Not one of the peaches was ripe enough to eat today. When she Why do I seem to attract the strangest people? Maybe it's my face - so kind and gentlemanly-looking. I must look like the perfect patsy for hexagenerians.

Did you have a pickup event with another "older" lady in the grocery recently?

Every time I go shopping at Publix, it would seem.  Lots of widows shop at Publix - it’s the hexagenarians’ pick-up spot.  When I was a twenty-something, it was the local pub.  Things change, what can I say. 

roadburner

I'm confident that this changeover will be as smooth and seamless as all of the previous upgrades at Edmunds.

oldfarmer50

This isn't looking good.

I just signed in as an insider and from that page I couldn't get anywhere near this forum. When I typed in cars and conversations to the search bar I got a list of 41 car reviews but no forums. Not sure what I did wrong but you may be seeing the last of me.

berri

Hey guys, just remember those consulting types and their lingo, like - Change is good. It is a journey, not a destination. Then there are some military acronyms, but I won't get into those .

explorerx4

@oldfarmer50,
Scroll to the bottom of the page and look for 'site map'
Click on it, and over on the right is a link to 'switch to categorized view'.
Look for Communities, you should see Forums. Click on that.

oldfarmer50

abacomike said:

On the lighter side of life (as opposed to "insider" log in problems here on Edmunds), when I completed my walk at the mall this morning, I texted my son to find out if there were any last minute things he wanted me to stock up on for the weekend in terms of snacks, food, drinks, etc. I received a text back from him and his suggestions included:

1. Pick up some Cheese flavored Gold Fish because Troy likes those to snack on.

2. Pick up some bananas because Troy likes to eat them in the morning.

3. Try to get some hot dogs, salami, bread, cheese, etc., because he likes that stuff too.

I texted him back questioning what the heck Cheese Flavored Gold Fish were. He said just look at the Pepperidge Farm display and you'll see them. I said OK. But isn't there something you would like me to get in the way of food or snacks for you - he replied no.

So, I go over the Publix and weave in and out of hexagenerians in the aisles looking for "Gold Fish". I see them on the "2 for 1" list and pick up two bags. But there is a sign next to them and it says, "...these are fresh and are not contaminated by salmonella! Holy Cow! I couldn't figure out what the heck that sign meant. So I go online with my iPhone to look up "Gold Fish - Salmonella". It states there was a recall of 4 different kinds of Gold Fish from Pepperidge Farm and Ritz snacks and Gold Fish from Nabisco due to salmonella back in early July. I had not read or heard anything about that recall. But, since Publix was selling them again and posted that alert, I figured I was OK.

Next, I go over the cheeses and deli products and pick up Hebrew National Hot Dogs and Salami.

I then went over to produce but the bananas were all pretty yellow (ripe) and would probably be over-ripe by Friday. The guy who handles produce went back and brought out some "greenish/yellowish" bananas and told me to leave them out - that they would be perfect for Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Thank heavens for professionals who know what they are doing.

I was about to head toward the check-out registers when this little old lady pokes me on my "derriere" (she was kind of short and probably couldn't tap me on my back or shoulder) and asks if I would be kind enough to squeeze the nectarines for her to find out if they were ripe enough to eat today. I said of course and proceeded to pick up one nectarine after another trying to get a few that would "pucker". Not one of those nectarines was ripe - they were as hard as rocks. I told the little lady. She then asked if I would be kind enough to pucker some peaches. Not one of the peaches was ripe enough to eat today. When she then asked me to squeeze the iceberg lettuce, I said to her, "...I've squeezed as much produce this morning as I care to squeeze..." and pointed her over to the produce manager who helped me with my bananas earlier.

Why do I seem to attract the strangest people? Maybe it's my face - so kind and gentlemanly-looking. I must look like the perfect patsy for hexagenerians.

I then go to the check-out and when the register clerk finished scanning everything, she asked if I was signed up for the $5.00 special for $50.00+ purchases this week. I said I did't know. She said to put my 10 digit phone number into the scanner, which I did, and low and behold, $5.00 off plus another $1.00 for the laundry detergent I bought. I need to buy a powerball jackpot ticket tomorrow.

So that was the long and the short of my trip over to the super-market this morning. I don't shop at Walmart any longer because in this high heat and humidity, even though Publix is 20% higher in price, it's only 3 blocks away. Walmart if 4 miles away. By the time I would get home from Walmart, all my frozen dinners and vegetables would we thawed.

Face it Mike, you're a chick magnet. One look at your car and all the girls want you to "squeeze the nectarines".

berri

Not real well endowed huh? But as the always practical greasers would say "more than a handful is a waste"

oldfarmer50

For what it's worth I checked my email and got some kind of confirmation. I looked around and found something on the bottom of the page that took me to someplace where I typed in cars and conversations. That put me back here and things seem to be working.

Now do I have to go through that confirmation email every time I log on? Kind of a hassle. Don't know if I can remember what I did to get here.

PF_Flyer

oldfarmer50 said:

This isn't looking good.

I just signed in as an insider and from that page I couldn't get anywhere near this forum. When I typed in cars and conversations to the search bar I got a list of 41 car reviews but no forums. Not sure what I did wrong but you may be seeing the last of me.

You didn't do anything wrong. That search box on the Insider page won't bring you to the forums. You will get there just like you always have, whether you have it in your favorites/bookmarks on your browser or if you just type something like forums.edmunds.com in Google.

The only "change" is that there will be a new login system, which you won't even really see. When the change takes place, the first time you come to the forums, you will sign in with your email and PW (possibly new, if you needed to make it longer like I did). Then you will be logged in and playing in the forums, same as ever.

But with the new login, you will now be logged in for the entire site, not just the forums. As you pointed out, the search box on the Insider page is NOT the way to get here. Up at the top of that page, and on ANY page on the site you'll see the Research tab:




and if you click on that, you'll find the link to Forums



And we ARE working on getting the forums to be easier to find from various parts of the site. They've had us sort of hidden for a while, but that should improve as we move ahead.

But HOW the forums look and operate is NOT changing. Just upgrading the login system

PF_Flyer

Who remembers THIS look? Got this off the Wayback Machine. A screenshot of the Town Hall landing page from 3 days after I started in 2001