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  1. lunatic59

    Favorite breakfast?

    When I was a kid, we had to butter our own toast uphill in the snow.
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    How to be brilliant and an idiot simultaneously.

    The "How to replace a laptop battery and end up with two laptops" story. So ... (never start a sentence with "so, well, anyway" and especially "basically"). My daily use laptop for the past 4-1/2 years has been a trusty Asus Vivobook Flip 14. It's the perfect form factor for me and was still...
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    Pixel Wireless Charging

    A few weeks ago I noticed the battery on my Pixel 4XL was almost dead even though the phone had been sitting in the wireless charging cradle overnight. (Anker, not the stupid Google one ;) ) After repositioning it a few times and failing to get it to charge, I assumed the battery had begun it's...
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    New build

    My old desktop (from 2013 :eek:) was feeling a little long in the tooth, even though it had a few upgrades. I thought it was time to build a new PC before this one crapped out on me. While I do have comprehensive backups, it's a pain to have to start from scratch when a box goes belly-up...
  5. lunatic59

    Siriusxm and Android 11

    Anyone else seeing a constant crash of the Sirius app after upgrading to 11? Mine drops out to the home screen every few minutes.
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    Flu shots

    Did anybody else get one? I got mine today. You can barely see the tracking transmitter. ;)
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    Who got 11?

    I just got the Android 11 update last night. Went smoothly and so far nothing of any note or problems.
  8. lunatic59

    Post your inventions

    From a question in the Post your Last Purchase thread .... Earlier in that thread you might have seen a post that showed a purchase of insulin for animals. We found out our oldest dog is diabetic and requires shots of insulin twice a day. While this isn't much of a problem for me, my wife has...
  9. lunatic59

    Windows 10 meltdown -- literally!

    As the end of the year approaches and support for the venerable Windows 7 comes to an end, I am tasked with making sure everyone in our enterprise is using Windows 10 by either upgrade or new machine. My process has been to take a new or upgraded machine, do a complete fresh install of Windows...
  10. lunatic59

    Tell me a joke...

    I thought I posted this before one but I don't see it. Three couples petition a very exclusive church group for membership. The pastor meets with each couple and explains that as proof of their sincerity they need to abstain from relations for a month. After the month passes he meets with each...
  11. lunatic59

    Can you de-Samsung the S10?

    The Mrs. is looking to upgrade her aging, but perfectly serviceable husband Galaxy S7 Edge. We stopped at the AT&T store ad saw the S10's on display (as well as the LG V40's). They are doing BOGO's on both. She has always been a Samsung person, but I've never been a fan. If we go with a pair of...
  12. lunatic59

    How far we've come

    I came across this hospital rate card from the 50's (a little before I was born). Not counting the doctor's fee, the hospital charged around $200* to have a baby, provided there were no complications. *In those days, they kept you for a few nights before discharging the mom. 60 years later ...
  13. lunatic59

    The Galaxy S10 lineup

    Here's the official line from Samsung on specs. Bigger, better, faster, newer ... enough? What justifies the the $750 ~ $1000 price tag?
  14. lunatic59

    To fold, or not to fold.

    That is the question. Would a folding phone be of any interest to anyone? I'm at a loss to see the appeal, other than it's new and has some geek cred.
  15. lunatic59

    Google Assistant Shopping

    My wife informed me that we needed to order a Google Home Mini for my nephew as his Christmas present. I thought I'd impress her with shopping right from our Google Home. It went something like this ... "Hey Google, I want to order a Google Home mini." "Sure, I found charcoal Google Home Mini...
  16. lunatic59

    Major Appliances

    EDIT: Things were going off topic a bit too far so I moved to new thread. Dropped a considerable chunk of change on new kitchen appliances. Happy wife = happy life (and empty wallet). :)
  17. lunatic59

    Tell me a joke...

    A silver-haired gentleman walks into a bar. He goes up to a lovely young woman sitting alone and, looking hopefully into her eyes, says, "Tell me, do I come here often?"
  18. lunatic59

    On the menu

    Tonight's fare is a couple of flat bread pizzas. Sausage and mushroom or goat cheese and spinach.
  19. lunatic59

    Samsung 1, Battery 0

    Way to go Samsung! Just one month out of warranty and the battery on my wife's S7 edge swells up and pops the back cover. Samsung's response to this? "Send it in, we'll be happy to fix it for you. Oh, by the way, there's a charge to evaluate the problem, and a fee for the repair. Let's warm up...
  20. lunatic59

    Tell me a joke...

    Wow ... Sinclair is still around. Who knew?
  21. lunatic59

    Tell me a joke...

    Esso? I remember when it was Sinclair. ;)
  22. lunatic59

    Tell me a joke...

    Speaking of religious golf (I swore I already posted this, but can't find it so here goes again) .... Jesus and Moses were out on the golf course when they came to a particularly tricky hole. Moses was able to hit across a small pond and onto the green, but Jesus' ball landed right in front of...
  23. lunatic59

    In my day ...

    In my day, a "man bun" was what was on the outside of a super-sized bacon cheeseburger. :) In my day, if you were invited to a "gender reveal" party, you wore a trench coat. :eek: Get the idea? Next ....
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    Tell me a joke...

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    Tell me a joke...

    A priest and a rabbi have played golf together every Wednesday for many years. One Wednesday the priest does not show up on time. The rabbi waits for an hour and finally the priest arrives without his golf clubs. "Don't you want to play today?" asks the rabbi. "I do, but I'm afraid someone has...