Time Machine can not turn of

I want to turn of TM permanently.  On my other machines I get this option:
but not on my MM.
How to fix, or how to turn TM off permanently.

R C-R wrote:
If you want to see that option, try selecting "None" in the "Select Disk..." drop down window.
no such option is available.
R C-R wrote:
However, "Stop Backing Up" just resets TM to no selected disk for TM backups. If you want to turn off TM backups, you don't need to do anything other than slide the switch to "Off."
so I thought too, however I get this window from time to time:

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