mrs coldwarrior almost pissed herself laughing;
Its great coffee, open
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Play nice!
ive never thought this in the er…ever
I didn’t watch the virtual DNC convention, but apparently this is the actual ending signoff. A black gay guy dancing in a dress. Singing the Buffalo Springfield song “There’s a man with a gun over there…” Must be seen to be believed.
https://twitter.com/KyleKulinski/status/1295564262128132097
nite
@ eaglesoars:
It seems it actually was Stephen Stills on guitar on stage for that – whatever it was
Today is the 100th anniv of the voting rights act. Susan B. Anthony was convicted for voting (by an all male jury, natch).
SHE is the person Trump is pardoning today.
I’m not even close to awake
willow.tv will not re-direct me to fios where I can log in to watch cricket. I’ve been trying since 10:15 and the bugger just sits there like a dead screen
eaglesoars wrote:
oh. i just log in to the site.
send them an email.
@ eaglesoars:
FIOS Available at Channel 806 and as part of the Sports Pass. For more details, click here or call 800-837-4966.
it’s 10 bux a month for willow, but i have it on almost constantly. it also includes hotstar access which has some pretty cool indain stuff.
@ coldwarrior:
Wait, now I’m logged in!
clicked on ‘watch live’ – and they’re on a break! HA!
It’s Guyana vs Trinbago
pfft
As highest ranking woman elected official in New York and on behalf of Susan B. Anthony’s legacy we demand Trump rescind his pardon.
She was proud of her arrest to draw attention to the cause for women’s rights, and never paid her fine. Let her Rest In Peace,
@realDonaldTrump
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https://twitter.com/LtGovHochulNY/status/1295721863340077082
eaglesoars wrote:
HOOORAY!!!!!!!!
enjoy!
@ eaglesoars:
Should be an exciting finish. Bravo is a hell of a cricketer
@ eaglesoars:
So. What do you think of the game?
coldwarrior wrote:
I loved the action but still not sure of the scoring. I had to have it on mute because we had conference calls so I couldn’t hear any help from the announcers. But I like it. It’s fast and graceful.
@ eaglesoars:
The announcers will help you understand
I never even knew this man existed and I should have. He circumnavigated the globe w/o zero navigational equipment.
Marvin Creamer has passed at the wonderful age of 104.
For some reason this isn’t behind a paywall and it’s a great story
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/sports/sailing/marvin-creamer-a-mariner-who-sailed-like-the-ancients-dies-at-104.html
4 years ago, the mother of a friend had a heart transplant.
Yesterday, she got a letter from the donor’s mother. It was her daughter.
Everybody’s weepy.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/something-not-right-says-obamas-white-house-doctor-about-biden-hes-just
@ eaglesoars:
Heavy stuff
I have a question for everybody.
Hubby is really worried. He has zero feel for how the election will go (same for me).
We have no idea what the country in general is seeing/thinking.
I am the one in this household who makes sure we see everything. But a lot of people have neither the time nor the inclination. We’re thinking that a lot of people have no clue about any riots or if they do, it’s just that ‘peaceful protest’ somewhere on the West coast. I saw one story about most Americans think 30% of us have been infected with Covid. Wha????
We’re thinking that maybe most Americans have no idea what’s going down on the ground. Zero. And we have no idea what that means for the election.
Thoughts?
coldwarrior wrote:
yeah. Organ recipients and donors aren’t allowed to communicate directly, everything has to go thru a transplant screening thingy so identities, etc. stay private.
But my friend said that her mom was told to get to the hospital by 8 am, they had a donor. She didn’t go into OR until 10 pm, 14 hours later. During that time, the family was given some medical background on the donor in the event they wanted to refuse the organ. In this case, the donor had received multiple blood transfusions in the last 24 hours. My friend doesn’t know what that meant medically, but the family took it to mean the donor had died suddenly and not peacefully. The medical staff spent some time trying to save her but…………..
eaglesoars wrote:
This is a cool video on going thru a storm in the North Atlantic.
Storm at Sea, 28 mins, 32 foot boat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWIfZVOEZ0A&feature=youtu.be
nah ,nothing to see
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8639501/Bill-Clinton-smiles-receiving-neck-massage-Jeffrey-Epstein-victim.html
Long read, but bookmark it
There’s a reason why this shifted away from Minneapolis to Seattle and Portland. This is where the majority of John Brennan’s foreign fighters are located in the US.
The play the DNC is making goes much further than winning election 2020. The fact they are willing to attack and destroy part of their own base should have done more than raise a few eyebrows.
This first link shows the set up in Ukraine including Intel community planning and oversight. It is part 8 of an 11 part series describing the assets. The second link is 3rd in the current series showcasing how this was brought to America for 2016–2020.
https://medium.com/@georgeeliason/chalupas-animal-farm-why-blacks-need-to-toss-the-skinny-white-antifa-terrorists-1f1775a4fb66
The author is an indie journo out of Donbass (Ukraine)
she don’t look all that young
rain of lead wrote:
nope, she was 22 in that pic
holy crap, that is one ugly dude
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/08/social-distancing-no-substitute-for-mask-wearing-in-schools-pa-health-secretary-says.html
These people take their coffee way too seriously…
eaglesoars wrote:
I don’t know. On the one hand this mask BS and seeing the masked zombies en mass is a concern — it says people are listening to the lame stream media and being mal-informed OTOH, a couple of weeks ago, one of the cafeteria workers at work told me (insert Spanish accent), “I keep getting all these calls from Trump and Biden, it’s driving me nuts. I’m a democrat, but i’m voting for Trump. I can’t stand Biden and besides – I like my job and want to keep it”. So I don’t know, it may be that many of the masked zombies are just going along so they don’t get eaten.
@ rain of lead:
I don’t even have to click on the link. He isn’t a great advert for the trans movement
rain of lead wrote:
This from the dude that helped send Covid positive patients to nursing homes in PA, consigning many nursing home patients to a death sentence. After of course, how own mother, on her own, decided to leave the nursing home she was in.
Add to that the fact that mask wearing does nothing to stop the spread of this virus, especially if you are using some silly cloth thing then you have this person just admitting that social distancing is equally useless and we’ve been lied to for the past 6 months.
eaglesoars wrote:
We had one like that where I work for a while. I always said that anyone contemplating “the change” should have been required to talk to him first. A receding hairline and beer belly just don’t look good on a chick.
“Warning: Collin County is providing COVID-19 numbers and data as a convenience to our residents. However, because we have been made aware of inaccuracies in the [state] reporting, we must advise residents that Collin County has no confidence in the data…”
https://twitter.com/AllisonFox4News/status/1295862179204300801
Texas
@ AZfederalist:
Seriously. I always wanted to meet one of those glamour/cross dressing/trans people that perform because they are SO GOOD with make up and I can always use some tips.
Like I learned from the call girls/escorts at the inaugural ball what to put in my stilettos so that my feet weren’t ruined in an hour.
These people have skillz.
But that – whatever it is – ain’t one of those.
This is from May. Zero media attention
The federal government has sent a diplomatic note to the United States Embassy in Mexico to seek information about the decade-old “fast and furious” gun-running sting, renewing focus on a controversial issue that dates back to the administrations of former Mexican president Felipe Calderón and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama.
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/amlo-reopens-fast-and-furious-sting-case/
https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2020/08/18/government-media-they-are-not-your-friends-must-read-thread-explains-how-america-likely-already-has-covid-herd-immunity/
I just spent $90 at Macaroni’s.
4 lbs chipped ham!!!!!!!!!
plus other stuff, I don’t care…….
@ rain of lead:
the problem is…who trusts the tests?
eaglesoars wrote:
Neither was the one at work. Kind of very similar looking to be honest.
OTOH, there was another one that, unless you knew it’s history was not half bad-looking.
Mean Mary
https://youtu.be/i7gD3XBeLk8
Brilliant. I have seen few BRC vids before, but sipping scotch through the mask. LOL
@ AZfederalist:
I think Trump is going to curb stomp the margin of fraud and win before the polls close in CA. Just a hunch.
rain of lead wrote:
I have always maintained that the Bay Area developed herd immunity well in advance of the onset of the measures taken against COVID. Numbers are extremely low for the size of the population. I personally would love to see how many have the antibodies. We ALL seemed to get sick right after the holidays.
not to mention the $800 mil DeBlasio gave her for some mental health thing that has literally disappeared
Mayor de Blasio’s wife is branded ‘a disgrace’ for having staff of 14 – including a $70k videographer who filmed her BAKING COOKIES – while crime soars after $1bn NYPD cuts and trash piles up on streets as 22,000 city job face the chop
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8641213/De-Blasios-wife-14-staff-including-70-000-videographer-22-000-city-workers-face-job-cuts.html
@ eaglesoars:
Wasn’t he going to put Mrs. Lightfingers in charge of the federal funds that were going to come to New York for COVID, civil unrest assistance?
@ The Barbarian:
Oh, I missed that! Not to worry tho, I don’t think Trump will be sending him one penny.
@ eaglesoars:
I forget what the funds were for, probably COVID.
I’d say I cannot understand HOW New Yorkers elected this idiot not once but TWICE, but then I come from the land that repeatedly sends Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Lee, Adam Schiff, Eric Fartswell and Maxie Pad Waters to Congress every two years, despite many of their areas suffering like mad.
I’ve had no symptoms so CLEARLY i’ve had covid and therefor I am immune
for life
The Barbarian wrote:
Because the R party in NY isn’t worth the powder to blow it to hell. It’s worse than Virginia which is a high bar.
Here are some fabulous photos from NatGeo.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/2020/08/caiman-bolivia-madidi-park/
I need food
Right now I’m a little stressed at the office.
LNU Lightning Complex fire is moving into Vacaville, 15 miles north of my home in Fairfield. Winds are the problem and lots and lots and LOTS of dry grass from the last four days of century-level heat.
Crossing my fingers.
Edit: Whoops, the bottom edge of the “affected area” is four miles from my house. But it’s not a grassy area, which means it won’t have as much fuel and people might be able to fight it off with garden hoses if it creeps into the residential areas. Everyone’s home, so they’ll be ready with the jet sprays and the power washers (big in our area).
Saw the best thing yesterday.
A barber that has a shop near the Transportation Center set up his chair outside and was happily cutting someone’s hair. Both wearing masks, the barber wearing gloves. As I went by, I said “GOOD FOR YOU!!”
so the Titans announced that there will be NO fans in the stands until the end of september
who the fuck wants to watch that?
@ rain of lead:
I won’t be watching football, of course, and have canceled Sunday Ticket. Hearing that there have been a lot of cancellations and DirecTV is going to lose a LOT of money. Might be time for their most excellent lawyers to get in touch with the NFL and get them out of their contract to carry since the NFL is not “living up” to their side of the bargain.
Meanwhile, of course, Football Savant Offspring will follow his Raiders all the way to Sin City, even though he does not agree with the kneeling. Can’t blame him, the kid LOVES football (he loves Trump too so no worries in that department). He’s a rabid Madden game fan and I was noticing the realism of the backgrounds for the game. If the NFL (and the networks) had any sense, rather than have a paltry group in the stands, find a way to work with EB games to insert the Madden graphics for the stands (which can be adjusted so that fans are wearing the jerseys of the two opposing teams) into the broadcast of the games. Would be far more realistic.
What the hell is the NBA doing? Zoom photos of their fans in the stands? Looks silly.
@ The Barbarian:
oh jeez. good luck with your house.
@ eaglesoars:
Football Savant Offspring is off this week so he is home playing Madden and keeping an eye out. Also Darling Daughter in Law is down the street at Home Depot and gets all kinds of bulletins from the customers as they come in.
Just got a new 2 in 1 laptop for school.
It didn’t come with a pen, and I’m wondering if it’s worth getting one.
Does anyone use one or know people who do?
As of now, I don’t even want to use the touchscreen for fear of fingerprints.
@ Deplorable Bumr50:
If it’s not cost prohibitive, and if you don’t think it will be easily lost or misplaced, I would get one. I have an iPad Pro and the “pencil” is $120 (I’m still debating because I have visions of the Noodle getting her hands on it and having it lost in the Bermuda Triangle that is her toybox.
As far as touchscreen fingerprints, I buy a box of 200 wipes for about $20 at Amazon and always carry a few in my bag. They’re GREAT.
@ The Barbarian:
Thanks.
I got a Lenovo Yoga. Wasn’t my first choice, but pickins are slim, and I really like it so far. Good bang for the buck.
Wasn’t even an issue until they sent my wife back to work-from-home last month.
I’m guessing that a lot of folks are in the same sort of boat. I ordered two machines before this where the orders were cancelled as stock ran out.
Laura Loomer wins her primary in Florida
The most shocking voter suppression tactics came from a south Florida CBS affiliate which posted fake results of the election two days before the election, alleging that Loomer had garnered only 2% of the final count. The fake results remained posted for 12 hours, taken down only after various threats from Loomer’s legal team.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/08/laura_loomer_wins_her_primary_in_florida.html
Regardless of what you think of Loomer, they are going to use this tactic on steroids in November.
Good on her for threatening, but she should continue the lawsuit if she can get the grassroots support to pay for it.
@ Deplorable Bumr50:
Hey, I have a Lenovo Yoga myself. I absolutely LOVE it. Unlike the iPad, it allows me to bend it to different angles depending on what I like to do. I DO have the pen for that one. It lives in my briefcase because it’s configured for Microsoft which is what we use in the office and it’s easier than pulling out my MacBook Air. Yes, recommend you get it. I think mine was something like $30.
I’m starting to think I should start a group called “Gadgets Anonymous.” At one of our last meetings, I pulled out of my bag an iPad, iPhone, Lenovo, and MacBook. Oh, and a Motorola Android (back up phone if mine went dead).
@ The Barbarian:
Good to know!
My first choice was a Samsung, but supplies are VERY limited there. Can’t buy them direct either. My old machine is an HP, and while it’s OK I don’t really like it. Was a gifted hand-me-down.
One day I may make the switch to Apple, but the old HP’s HDD is starting to struggle, and my wife may need this one to work if it needs replaced in a pinch. She’s only ever used Windows, and her work programs (non-profit specific accounting software) work MUCH better with it.
The Barbarian wrote:
my phone is dying. It’s holding a charge for about 7 hrs only and the responses to touch are really slow. Must upgrade soon.
@ eaglesoars:
Is it a Galaxy phone? I love them, but the iPhones seem to get a little better longevity. Samsung only upgrades Android for two years, after that it’s just security.
My wife made it all the way from s5 to s10, but that thing was struggling at the end.
Deplorable Bumr50 wrote:
yeah, an Galaxy S8 I believe? Great phone, I love it. I don’t want to go to Apple. I just don’t.
@ eaglesoars:
I have an S8+, and it’s still hummin’ right along. I think it’s got a bigger battery though.
The damn thing was paid off a year ago, and I’m going to bitterly cling to it.
@ Deplorable Bumr50:
yeah, mine’s been paid off for 2. But it is what it is. I don’t know what to upgrade to, tho, w/in the Samsung line. It’s not the type of thing I keep up with. Ideas/guidance appreciated.
@ eaglesoars:
I like the bigger phones, but I always have put a bulky case on them due to my employment. You lose the fingerprint security, though.
I’ve never really used it until I got this laptop, and it’s nice.
I also use mine as a navigator in the car.
My wife really likes the smaller phones, so she got an s10e. I’m not sure if there’s a smaller variant in the newer s20 line.
I would probably get an S20+ if I accidentally dropped mine in the ocean. that’s what happened the last time I had to upgrade.
@ eaglesoars:
Football Savant Offspring prefers Samsung to Apple as well. And he’s had both. My Motorola holds a charge pretty well.
He has a Samsung S10. Loves it. And since it’s not the “latest” version, it probably can be obtained from your carrier for far less than the current model.
@ Deplorable Bumr50:
I have to laugh where Apple has the “facial recognition” to unlock the phone, which is useless when you’re out in public wearing a mask.
@ The Barbarian:
@ Deplorable Bumr50:
thank you both. I’m going to try to get to the store tomorrow.
@ eaglesoars:
If it’s a Verizon store, you might want to see if you need an appointment.
Those places are getting ridiculous. Last time I was in mine the first thing I saw was a lady staring at the ceiling, saying things like “I just want a phone.” and “I bought my car quicker than this.”
Deplorable Bumr50 wrote:
Sprint.
I’ve got an unexpected vet appt tomorrow for Willow so it may have to wait. She may have re-torn her ACL
@ eaglesoars:
Oh no!!
eagles – you may be able to order a new phone on the internet. These days you no longer need to go in and have them transfer your info. When I got my new iPhone, all I did was hold my OLD iPhone close to it and it transferred all my data to it. They send it to you loaded with a SIM card for your number.
Here’s Samsung’s data transfer info: https://www.samsung.com/us/smart-switch/
@ The Barbarian:
that’s true, but I like to FEEL the phone in my hand. They’re small.
@ eaglesoars:
Prayers for Willow.
@ Deplorable Bumr50:
thank you. she is truly the sweetest, gentlest dog that ever lived. except when she tries to kill Mia, which is perfectly understandable.
Crimeny. You think Goodyear is bad. Sania Labs is totally infested.
https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1296118650215075840
Last week, Sandia held a new thought-work session for about “systemic racism” for 3,000 employees.
According to one attendee, the speakers claimed whites have exploited African-Americans, must pay reparations, and must “battle racism locally, nationally, and in the workplace.”
According to one senior weapons engineer, when my initial investigation broke national news, Sandia executives locked down the video of the training session and deployed counterintelligence teams out of concern that “disenfranchised employees will become insider threats.”
more at the link
And finally, here is my message to @SandiaLabs executives: I am preparing a FOIA request for all of your diversity documents, materials, and videos. If you attempt to conceal them, I will bury you in lawsuits.
I am everywhere. I am relentless. I will not be denied.
https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1296123496016142337
Dated 1949, this pic appeared in a NatGeo article on Pittsburgh “workshop of the Titans”
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/2019/12/pittsburgh-industry-archive-factory/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=twitter::cmp=editorial::add=twp202008919photo-newpod1::rid&sf236946849=1
Buckeye Abroad wrote:
I pray you are correct
rain of lead wrote:
That or you are one of those asymptomatic spreaders that we have all been warned about.
I’d like to see the real, no kidding, data on that.
AZfederalist wrote:
Unfortunately, I’m not sure it’s possible. The main purpose of pushing as many people as possible to vote by mail is to create a condition where it’s impossible to announce a winner on election night. Keep in mind that in the majority of states, and almost all major cities, the election process is controlled by Democrats, regardless of who the mayor or governor is.
Once they get their built-in pause, they’ll have time to fabricate enough ballots to create the desired outcome. At some point in the future, it will come to light that multiple precincts had well over 100% turnout, all of it for Biden, but it won’t matter.
The Barbarian wrote:
Yeah, they didn’t see that coming.
eaglesoars wrote:
Gee, ya’ think? You just called your employees bigoted racists who need to pay reparations to people that they have no responsibility for. Yeah, that might lead to just a slight amount of disgruntlement.
Me? I’d walk out after the first five minutes. I’m old enough to retire, I have enough irons in the fire that my departure would be short term painful for the powers that be and I could live with my pension payout and 401k.
fatastic pic of a storm
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/2019/07/spain-lighthouse-storm-waves/
@ AZfederalist:
Chris Rufo is no slack as a journo. If you’re in his sights, make your peace.
lobo91 wrote:
I’m not sure it won’t matter. That may be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. Something has to or we are all going to just become subjects of a communist state.
eaglesoars wrote:
Good. Glad to hear that; I wish him the best on this crusade. This crap has got to stop.
@ lobo91:
I’ve started watching Outpost. Thank you.
Too much social media talking about the very boring DNC convention. But what I do notice on the dailymail is that every article is someone talking about Joe Biden but no Joe Biden talking. Kamala is front and center and Joe is in the background.
@ darkwords:
You were expecting them to talk about their nominee? How silly.
They’re there to talk about how bad Orange Man is.
I see Dana Perino complaining about Trumps tactic on the USPS mail balloting situation.
I worked in a an election office briefly. There is no way election systems can switch gears to mail in voting in a few months.
The postal system has too big an error rate to entrust with elections. I requested a ballot by mail this year. A validation mail was supposed to be delivered no later than three days ago. Nothing.
I’ve constantly had mail rejected by the post office the past 5 years. They are a complete mess if one changes addresses. Or tries to use a PO Box.
eaglesoars wrote:
you dont want to see our bill.
@ Buckeye Abroad:
Inland California tends not to be liberal, and there are a lot of people pissed off at Governor Nephewofpelosi. Like this guy:
https://twitter.com/Americanlll/status/1295417128594444288
@ The Barbarian:
There was a nasty flu going around L.A. in Nov-Dec 2019 – bronchitis-like symptoms, knocked people out for a week. One guy I know got it, couldn’t quite shake it, then was diagnosed with walking pneumonia.
@ The Barbarian:
I have a 12.9 ipad pro also, ordered a paper-texture screen cover film called MOBDIK. The Engrish is confusing, but there are other products. Trouble is, I’ve never used Apple products and their interpretation of “user friendly” is bonky.
https://twitter.com/N1ckSandmann/status/1296170198320414721
Am I the only one who is SICK of that dramatic “say his/her name” crap?
We have samsung galaxies and tablets for everyone here. I had the first galaxy phone and am using the 8s.
I’ll get the 10s when 5g is in
The Barbarian wrote:
nope
Steve Bannon has been arrested for defrauding people who donated to his ‘build the wall’ fund.
And some BLM group tortured and killed a raccoon, vidoe’d the thing and posted the video.
Lord of the Flies.
Take these people out. Extreme prejudice
@ eaglesoars:
The racoon was wearing a MAGA hat!
eaglesoars wrote:
Chris Plante talking about this: This is the SDNY prosecutor people, the most politicized in the country whose sole purpose in life is to get Trump. Bannon doesn’t need money, he gets a pretty penny from Hollywood residual/producer stuff, he ain’t poor. My take on it is that altho I’ve known really smart people who do really stupid stuff, if Bannon were going to steal it would probably be in such a convoluted manner nobody would realize it. It wouldn’t be straight up ‘cash the check’ stuff
Daily Mail story on Bannon
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8647401/Steven-Bannon-arrested-INDICTED-multi-million-wall-fraud.html
@ eaglesoars:
I knew that guy was shady
RIX wrote:
Apparently they ran over it with a car. twice.
Flamethrowers would work for me.
Hey Barbarian, how’s the fire situation?
coldwarrior wrote:
I’m agnostic. I know everyone who has ever worked with him slams him as having the hugest ego, beyond containment and they don’t like him. But that doesn’t spell ‘thief’. So I’ll wait. I appreciate his thinking on policy issues, he’s quite good in that respect.
coldwarrior wrote:
Also, never discount the ‘get Trump’ faction. WaPo reported a few days ago that some Senate committee issued criminal referrals against Don Jr and Jared. This isn’t a ‘single thread’ story.
eaglesoars wrote:
that story was based on – wait for it – ‘anonymous sources’. So. FWIW.
Millenial reporter math.
Allegheny County covid-19 cases increase by triple digits
There were 100 new cases reported Thursday by the Allegheny County Health Department, after just 27 were reported Wednesday. New cases have stayed under 100 for most of the month, having now reached triple digits just three times in August.
https://triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/allegheny-county-covid-19-cases-increase-by-triple-digits/
eaglesoars wrote:
So far so good. Took a quick trip to the store this a.m. and didn’t see any flames to the north. The winds have happily subsided for the most part and the temperatures have gone down so hopefully our firefighters will catch a break and be able to get a handle on it.
I thought it was a lot closer to us than it apparently is based on the “artist’s conception” maps they keep posting on the internet.
@ The Barbarian:
It seems like most of the firefighting aircraft are reaching the end of their useful lives. I’d love to see some of the retired 747’s at least considered for the role. Or a new seaplane type design that can refill at the nearest suitable lake.
@ right_wing2:
Maybe old air force refueling planes?
@ The Barbarian:
oh, good, that’s very good!
So, I went to the sprint store to get a new phone.
Affirmative action hire. couldn’t even find the SETTINGS app on my phone. I walked out. But I did get to see the new phone and hold it, so…
I did everything online. I’ll have to transfer the data myself, but that’s fine
gah.
darkwords wrote:
I have mail scanning so a photo of my mail gets sent to my email every day. My ballot and my brothers ballot went missing for almost a week. Showed up in my email scanning notice and then didn’t show up in the physical mail box for almost a week. Has never happened to any other piece of my mail. Not suspicious in the least.
coldwarrior wrote:
I’ve been using the Note series since the first. But, I think I’ll switch to the Microsoft Duo if they improve the technical specs on the second gen, IF there’s a second gen after they underspec’d the first gen coming out.
@ Deplorable Martian Overlord:
Ex Zune user here.
Not gonna go down that road again until they stick in the market for a while.
I was googling around into why Windows Update was still so terrible, and apparently Windows only represents <10% of Microsoft’s business.
I looked at a Surface Book before I bought the Yoga, but they were way too pricey for the specs I wanted.
@ Deplorable Bumr50:
I should note that the Zunes hardware and software were better than iPod, IMHO.
this was very well done
new ad
Joe Biden is plagiarizing from the Radical Left. Not the first time he’s plagiarized!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=nBvoRRhnosU&feature=emb_logo
Has it really been 30 years?
I suddenly feel very old…
Meanwhile, my favorite guitarist who wasn’t born yet 30 years ago is doing a full band livestream tonight, in about 45 minutes:
lobo91 wrote:
try this…my first niece is looking at 50. She’s always been my baby girl and she’s almost…. 50??!!.
oy.
eaglesoars wrote:
So, now when I think about sharing my experience with younger personnel, I first have to realize that if this were similar to when I started my career in 1982, this would be like someone telling me how they did things in 1944. Yeah, that kind of puts things in perspective
AZfederalist wrote:
infant
@ AZfederalist:
I was trying to explain what vacuum tubes were to someone the other day
Oh, before I forget…Willow update.
She did NOT tear her ACL again. Either there’s been a slight movement of the meniscus or she may have tweaked a muscle in her hip. Also, incipient arthritis. I make sure she gets joint/cartilage supplement and fish oil (salmon) every day for general inflammation. They’re not the least bit concerned, they gave her 2 weeks of pain med to keep her comfortable. So all is well.
@ eaglesoars:
Great to hear
These livestream shows must be a strange experience for the artists. They’re up there trying to play a regular live set, but with no audience feedback.
@ lobo91:
I thought Samantha Fish was your favorite.
So how’s the RV?
@ eaglesoars:
She is, but I said Ally was my favorite who’s under 30. 🙂
As for the RV, I’m going out for a couple of days after work tomorrow. There’s a small campground on National Forest land not too far away that I’m going to visit.
@ Deplorable Martian Overlord:
I meant note…not S
lobo91 wrote:
not with a barge pole……….
the trip sounds great. take pics.
I’m off to read. nite.
lobo91 wrote:
Me and you both
That was pretty cool. The finished with a brand new song, apparently the first time it’s been played live.
Deplorable Bumr50 wrote:
Didn’t do Surface Book but got a Surface Pro 4. Pawn Shop had one they couldn’t sell due to a BIOS lock. Made them a 125 dollar offer they countered with 200, took me less than an hour to figure out how to undo a BIOS lock.
Deplorable Bumr50 wrote:
Loved the Zune.
lobo91 wrote:
I want a Nixie Tube Clock. But even the cheapest ones are really expensive. Especially for something that is basically a fun curiousity.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=nixie+clocks&hvadid=78340256016805&hvbmt=bp&hvdev=c&hvqmt=p&tag=mh0b-20&ref=pd_sl_4sx87oenf3_p
@ Deplorable Martian Overlord:
That’s pretty cool. SteamPunk kind of stuff
AZfederalist wrote:
Yep, got popular when a bunch of tubes started getting available out of the old soviet states.
@ Deplorable Bumr50:
I liked my zune.
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