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Sep 16th, 2022, 06:26 PM
#67081
Re: Post Race!
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I was using a flip phone up until last year. I only moved over because I wanted to be able to use the phone as a navigation device for a very remote, multi-week, bike ride.
I retired my old Nokia last year after two buttons went bad, the 0 and 9, but I still have the phone. My Samsung now is pretty nice, but it's one of the cheapest models you could buy. I mostly just use it for phone calls.
Originally Posted by wes4dbt
Yeah, for many years I'd just buy $20 worth of minutes and they were good for three months. I never needed more than that.
I still do that. I buy my minutes at a local supermarket, which is enough for about 3 months.
Originally Posted by wes4dbt
But I just keep the phone in the car for emergencies.
I use to keep my old Nokia in my car for emergencies, like yourself, but I don't do that with my new smartphone, specially to protect it's data from the heat over the summer.
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Sep 16th, 2022, 09:27 PM
#67082
Re: Post Race!
My old flip phone had been repaired with JB Weld, but I managed to break it again, so it was barely hanging together.
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Sep 16th, 2022, 09:49 PM
#67083
Re: Post Race!
I'm so cheap that I don't pay for navigation in my car. Not that I need it much. If I'm heading into unknown territory or a long enough drive to worry about detours navigation assistance can be helpful.
Instead I just plot the route via Google Maps on the PC, and send it to my phone. Then turn on the phone using home WiFi and accept the map data as an "offline map."
Then I can plug the phone into the car, and via Android Auto I can get maps and even turn by turn voice prompts as I go. Usually I leave it set so the map shows on the infotainment display and the turn information pops up on the "instrument display" behind the steering wheel within the arc of the tachometer scale just below the digits of the speedometer.
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Sep 17th, 2022, 10:04 AM
#67084
Re: Post Race!
I'm so cheap that I don't even do THAT. I just drive. If I get there, I get there.
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Sep 17th, 2022, 10:14 AM
#67085
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Yeah, I hear that. If I could have left more gadgets off the car and saved money I would have. Fancy electronics are another point of failure anyway, and can cost enough to fix that this is probably something that can sideline an aging car before its time.
I remember when my in-car navigation was a book of county-level maps supplemented by road maps for adjacent states and provinces. Updating those every 4 to 6 years was pretty inexpensive or even free.
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Sep 20th, 2022, 01:16 PM
#67086
Re: Post Race!
To long without a post.
Man, we've went from highs of 114 to the highs in the low 70's. I like the 70's much better. Come to think about it, I liked the 70's Show. Coincidence??? I don't think so!!!!
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Sep 20th, 2022, 01:40 PM
#67087
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Sep 20th, 2022, 01:40 PM
#67088
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Sep 20th, 2022, 02:11 PM
#67089
Re: Post Race!
Remember when Witis decided to post binary?
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Sep 20th, 2022, 08:09 PM
#67090
Re: Post Race!
ESPN's Scott Van Pelt uses "I like turtles" sound bite during his shows a lot. Wonder if that's where he got it.
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Sep 20th, 2022, 08:25 PM
#67091
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Oh absolutely! That was one of the OG viral videos, back when it was spread via MySpace and people were told to go to google.com to search it (and not told to simply “Google it”).
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Sep 20th, 2022, 11:34 PM
#67092
Re: Post Race!
It's a good, useful, statement.
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Sep 22nd, 2022, 11:45 AM
#67093
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This one made me laugh. Trump says
“Were they looking for the Hillary Clinton emails that were deleted, but they are around someplace?”
And
he was able to declassify documents just by “thinking about it.”
That brightened up my day, thanks Donald.
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Sep 22nd, 2022, 01:53 PM
#67094
Re: Post Race!
Oh he is an excellent entertainer!
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Sep 22nd, 2022, 06:45 PM
#67095
Re: Post Race!
I saw fish today. The most amazing was an enormous sculpin.
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Sep 22nd, 2022, 06:46 PM
#67096
Re: Post Race!
When it comes to sculpin, 'enormous' is a relative term.
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Sep 22nd, 2022, 06:46 PM
#67097
Re: Post Race!
Actually, that is true for all types of fish. Sculpin are just small.
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Sep 22nd, 2022, 07:03 PM
#67098
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Re: Post Race!
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I saw fish today.
What a coincidence. I ate a fish today.
"Bones heal. Chicks dig scars. Pain is temporary. Glory is forever." - Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel
“Leave me alone, I know what I’m doing.” - Kimi Raikkonen
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Sep 22nd, 2022, 07:04 PM
#67099
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"Bones heal. Chicks dig scars. Pain is temporary. Glory is forever." - Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel
“Leave me alone, I know what I’m doing.” - Kimi Raikkonen
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Sep 22nd, 2022, 07:05 PM
#67100
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Re: Post Race!
Or is it pronounced "salmon?"
"Bones heal. Chicks dig scars. Pain is temporary. Glory is forever." - Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel
“Leave me alone, I know what I’m doing.” - Kimi Raikkonen
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Sep 22nd, 2022, 07:08 PM
#67101
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Re: Post Race!
And as a public service I'd like to remind Browns fans that there is no drinking allowed in the Muni lot. Strictly enforced!
"Bones heal. Chicks dig scars. Pain is temporary. Glory is forever." - Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel
“Leave me alone, I know what I’m doing.” - Kimi Raikkonen
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Sep 22nd, 2022, 08:02 PM
#67102
Re: Post Race!
I was thinking of you today because I saw they were bringing the old mascot back.
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Sep 22nd, 2022, 08:24 PM
#67103
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Re: Post Race!
Originally Posted by dday9
I was thinking of you today because I saw they were bringing the old mascot back.
Brownie never really left the scene, he just went underground and unofficial after Art Modell (spit) bought the team and got rid of him. You know, being the advertising genius that everyone said he thought he was.
"Bones heal. Chicks dig scars. Pain is temporary. Glory is forever." - Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel
“Leave me alone, I know what I’m doing.” - Kimi Raikkonen
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Sep 22nd, 2022, 08:42 PM
#67104
Re: Post Race!
How could they NOT allow drinking at Browns games? How else are the fans supposed to get through the games???
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Sep 22nd, 2022, 08:43 PM
#67105
Re: Post Race!
I thought that team might be good...ish, this year...and then they lose to the Jets.
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Sep 22nd, 2022, 10:32 PM
#67106
Re: Post Race!
They beat the Steelers but not without some drama at the end.
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Sep 23rd, 2022, 02:06 AM
#67107
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Was glad to see that. But without Watt the Steelers are at best an average team.
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Sep 23rd, 2022, 12:00 PM
#67108
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Unfortunately, they are both just average teams. The Browns never fail to disappoint.
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Sep 26th, 2022, 11:38 AM
#67109
Re: Post Race!
I just painted one of my toes...well, the end of the toe, and it was with liquid bandage. That toe has never fully healed up from some damage I did to it this summer, so now I'm trying something new. Conventional bandages caused it to heal mostly, but not entirely. Soaking it for days on end didn't help it heal any, either, but it's getting annoying. Doggone hard to bandage a toe all that well, so now I'm trying liquid bandage.
Smells like nail polish, though. Same solvent, I suppose.
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Sep 26th, 2022, 04:13 PM
#67110
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Have you been seeing a Dr.? If it's an ulcer, then open toe shoes and getting it to dry out, form a layer of skin and then start building from there. Just make sure to avoid an infection. I know a lot of people with SCI's and ulcers (or pressure sores) are common. They can be simple but turn very serious.
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Sep 26th, 2022, 04:45 PM
#67111
Re: Post Race!
It started out as a blister. It almost entirely healed, but never quite finished. Drying it out was getting me so close...and then I went out and walked up streams for a week, or so. Then I did it again...and again...and again. My feet haven't had a real chance to dry out since sometime back in August. They get a couple days, then I'm back in the water. At least I should be done with that for the year, so it can finally dry.
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Sep 30th, 2022, 08:13 PM
#67112
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Was watching a show about a girl in the UK that had been murdered. The officer described the suspect as an Asian man. He was from India.
Is that really how people in the UK describe people from India? I've never heard that description used here in the US. I realize India is part of Asia but it just struck me as odd.
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Oct 1st, 2022, 02:18 PM
#67113
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I've heard it used that way, but mostly only when written.
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Oct 1st, 2022, 02:18 PM
#67114
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I guess I haven't 'heard' it, if it was written.
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Oct 1st, 2022, 03:17 PM
#67115
Re: Post Race!
Yes. Commonwealth Pidgin more than superficially resembles English but isn't exactly the same language. Divergence seems to have begun under George IV (The Fop King). People remaining under the thumb of the monarchy slavishly began to imitate his attempts at English as a second language.
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Oct 1st, 2022, 04:14 PM
#67116
Re: Post Race!
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I guess I haven't 'heard' it, if it was written.
I think the voices in your head count.
I wonder if the UK also refer to Russians and Iranians as Asian.
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Oct 1st, 2022, 10:02 PM
#67117
Re: Post Race!
Originally Posted by wes4dbt
I think the voices in your head count.
They only talk about squirrels...in a ridiculous Italian accent, no less.
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Oct 2nd, 2022, 02:20 AM
#67118
Re: Post Race!
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
They only talk about squirrels...in a ridiculous Italian accent, no less.
Damn Euro Squirrels.
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Oct 2nd, 2022, 10:27 AM
#67119
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Oct 2nd, 2022, 12:14 PM
#67120
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I think storing up nuts for the winter is pretty big across all Europe right now.
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