Grumpy Old Man

It's been green forever, and now all of a sudden it's blue. Windows update?

My Yahoo spam mail [in the column on the left side] shows 1 mail, but there is nothing showing in the body of the mail, and delete all doesn't get rid of it. Any suggestions?

Just bought an Acer G246HL monitor, and on several of my hidden object games the display ends before all the listings at the bottom of the screen, making the game unplayable. Anyone know a fix?

When my computer goes to sleep, and I wake it up, my monitor is off, and it takes at least a minute for it to turn on. This has just started in the last week. The monitor is about 10 years old, but seems to work fine otherwise. Is this a sign that it is on its last legs?

Heisman winner Johnny Manziel is under investigation for signing autographs for money, and faces suspension or worse if found guilty. Meanwhile, the NCAA and its member schools are making millions of dollars using the images and accomplishments of the "student-athletes". The rules and regulations are clearly discriminatory, as regular students are allowed many opportunities that are denied to athletes.

All of a sudden, it's too large for the monitor, changed color and layout, and I can't figure out how to change it back to how it was.

Every month or so my computer emails all my contacts with an ad. I've run a virus scan [Avast] and malware scan [Malwarebyte's], but no luck. How do I get rid of this?

When I click on any story on Yahoo, the comments section is sort of grayed out, with a spinning icon at top like it is trying to load something. I can't make a new comment or rate existing ones. Anyone know how to fix the problem?

I'm using Vista and Firefox with Mcafee security.

I want to upgrade to a smart phone with Verizon, and would appreciate recommendations as to phone type and plan. I'm not interested in gaming or watching movies, I'd like a good camera and internet. Wirefly is advertising an HTC Incredible 2 for around $60 with a 1GB Verizon plan. Is this a good deal?

I've tried copy and paste from Photobucket, but it doesn't work. I don't want to attach something, I want the image to display in the body of the mail. Help!

I haven't been able to access the site for two days. Is it the site, or do I have a computer problem?

I'm thinking of changing to a credit union from by local bank, but would like to hear your experiences with both.

It has an animated blurb today telling us to celebrate black history, yet it completely ignored Veteran's Day last November. What's the thinking here? Have veterans become non PC?

There's usually a little cartoon of some kind at the top left of the page on holidays.

We have black v. white v. brown v. yellow; gay v. straight; right v. left; etc. Thousands of single interest groups demanding and getting media attention and political concessions. Frivolous lawsuits overwhelming our courts. Politicians controlled by opinion polls and campaign money. Will we fracture like Yugoslavia after the end of totalitarian control?