If you are financially challenged I do like Owbist's suggestion. However, if not please consider purchasing new if it becomes necessary. A new one would allow you to contaminate the keyboard with your desired drink, food, pet hair or other debris rather than having to be saddled with the tastes of the prior owner. Does a single click on the Inbox entries followed by a click on the Delete button on the Toolbar work? DA

Can I just note that, all of your arrival points are, well, boring. You walk in on the ground level, and it’s narrow, windowless hall and stairs. And, btw, no place to leave shoes, umbrella, etc. Pause at the second floor and face the laundry room. And what will the Media room look like? You, or your guests, arrive at the third floor and face the kitchen, and have to look from side to side, scanning past the kitchen in-between, to see where to go next. Did someone leave their finished plate of nachos on the counter? Make a smoothie and not put the blender away yet? If your visitor wants to use the elevator, they have to go into the garage. Which, unless you put up some walls, will look like a parking garage. While I can see why I might love a big space like that, it doesn’t look nice for your visitors, a little too “industrial” to be charming. To get to the pool, you again have to go through the garage storage? And to use the bathroom from the pool, you have to go through the storeroom, upstairs, through the game room, and use the hall bath? Besides the view out the window, you might consider the views inside.

Riot Act--it's labeled. Perhaps the post was just too long and was rejected for that reason. I should have remembered to add incrementally. It was strange that I could see the added post, but it wasn't visible if I loaded again your post. Censorship mechanisms can do strange things. On Facebook, I had $tolen Treasure, and I immediately got a message that the content was not permitted.

bart bart - I am so glad to hear that I am not alone in the universe in that I do not, and have never, and have no plans to, own(ed) a smart phone! I have never wanted to carry my computer around in my purse or pocket - I have enough trouble with my actual computer (which I keep locked in my office - it can't get into too much trouble there, and they can "track" its location all they want). There was a long article in the paper (I think the WSJ) yesterday about how smart phone providers are all moving to demanding that you pay them only by giving them access to your bank account. That is crazy - every day I read about some huge company being hacked and having all its users' "secure" personal info stolen, and I have no desire for my banking info to suddenly be on the "dark web". My flip phone, which I have ONLY for emergencies, is totally off 99% of the time, and will stay that way. fig_insanity - I can't imagine your frustration - I hope you manage to re-construct your lost contacts somehow. I agree with everyone that every time some sort of system says they are "updating", it is usually a catastrophe. Jackie