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Post by RufusTeleStrat on Mar 19, 2023 12:15:44 GMT -5
Pack a bag lunch, bring a pack of multi-color sharpies, and a seat cushion. Tell them the price you will pay, do your own OK DEAL X________________ on the paper and Sit back.
Ask where the free cola is since you are going to eat your lunch while you wait.
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Post by rickyguitar on Mar 19, 2023 19:06:26 GMT -5
Camera app has vanished from my phone. Still have the app but I have to go to settings to open it. It is just gone from the home screen...grr
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Post by gbfun on Mar 20, 2023 8:38:20 GMT -5
You guys and all this weirdness makes me laugh. Thx ! I just texted to my ex about something and an ad for it popped up on her phone. Within a minute or so ! While I was pondering this I listened to the digital goddess on radio and she suggested that our darling little smart phones could be listening to us. She suggested everybody find out what apps have access to the microphone and turn off the apps you don't want listening. Like yeah !!! This resulted in me turning off access for 6 apps and only leaving the phone app. I suppose one should take a look at the camera settings in case some app is watching us play Stairway to Heaven in our underwear...or worse. Not sure our society could handle that right now. I also note that the once strong local cell phone antenna I could rely on for the last 5 years, now provides a WEAKER signal and actually drops out about 10% of the time ! This apparently isn't a breakdown as it's been this way now for a YEAR. This makes 4G usage from my place almost impossible now. I say 4G because I suspect this is happening because G5 is probably robbing some of the former bandwidth from 4G. Great. Thanks. Progress. And apparently, forced obsolescence rears it's ugly, and expensive head, again. This, however sad as it is, is still preferable to some kind of technical gremlins that escape the comm geniuses completely. They have to deal with change too. That's my vote, chalk up another unwanted weird event to my long and growing list. I'm sorry...got to run. It's time for my therapy visit with ChatGPT. I bet it's better than my primary doctor too. I guess that's next !  |
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Mar 20, 2023 9:27:41 GMT -5
It's time for my therapy visit with ChatGPT. Every time I ponder interacting with ChatGPT I envision "Little Shop of Horrors". "Feed me, Seymour!!" |
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Post by Taildragger on Mar 20, 2023 12:22:48 GMT -5
Every time I ponder interacting with ChatGPT I envision "Little Shop of Horrors". "Feed me, Seymour!!" For me, "Sky Net" and "The Terminator" come more readily to mind... |
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Mar 20, 2023 12:43:11 GMT -5
For me, "Sky Net" and "The Terminator" come more readily to mind... I find horror-comedy more comforting when pondering the apocalypse, lol. |
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Post by hushnel on Mar 30, 2023 11:07:01 GMT -5
It is rather irritating, at lest my guitar strings aren’t changing their positions. Used to be the best innovations utilized fewer and fewer moving parts. Now design seems to be based on the philosophy of jigsaw puzzles and multi layer circuit boards. The designs seem based on profit margines and less user accessibility and function.
I just purchased three, Faraday Bags, two for the phones and one for the iPad. The up side is I can’t be contacted when they are in use, and when they are turned off they are seriously turned off.
I thought a lot of this was me just getting old, likely it is, it certainly exacerbates the problem. I guess just about every generation goes through this, even at that I’m more of a 18th/19th century guy anyways.
I keep a P38 on my key chain and a Swiss Army Knife in my pocket.
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Post by modbus on Mar 30, 2023 19:33:09 GMT -5
I keep a P38 on my key chain The airplane, the pistol, or the can opener? I'm really hoping it's the airplane. |
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Post by hushnel on Mar 31, 2023 8:25:51 GMT -5
The can opener. “O) but you knew that “o)
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Mar 31, 2023 9:35:21 GMT -5
Things are all still perfectly normal here on Planet Peegoo.  |
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Mar 31, 2023 9:59:48 GMT -5
Things are all still perfectly normal here on Planet Peegoo. Planet Earth seems to have adopted an M.C. Escher approach to reason and critical thinking, lol. |
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Post by modbus on Mar 31, 2023 12:25:53 GMT -5
Interesting weather day today.
Fingers crossed for the folks in the purple areas.
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Post by Leftee on Apr 1, 2023 9:13:48 GMT -5
We’re expecting 65mph wind gust today.
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Post by Leftee on Apr 1, 2023 9:14:42 GMT -5
Things are all still perfectly normal here on Planet Peegoo. Planet Earth seems to have adopted an M.C. Escher approach to reason and critical thinking, lol. You found the inspiration for my other post. 🤣 |
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Post by gbfun on Apr 3, 2023 4:41:35 GMT -5
Another weird change ! Dagnabbit.
After 14 years on the radio, one of my "go to" financial advice/info shows(I listen to every Saturday), abruptly went off the air with no notice other than to say I could now hear them only on their new BLOG.
So. Is there a BLOG radio ? No. No BLOG radio. Unlimited quality smartphone cellphone internet ? No quality smartphone cellphone internet. Aargh.
This followed another rightwing show that's been around for a long time, a Rush boot licker type, and one I didn't particularly like though he occasionally had some interesting info...and THAT show is now a BLOG.
Something tells me technology shifts are calling...AGAIN.
I even ran out of allowed TEXTs the other day and had to buy more !
(I didn't even use texts 6 years ago. Now I use them for almost everything !)
And now...BLOGS. Great. Probably going to want money for them now, like Dilbert, or eventually.
I also lost free access to Bloomberg a couple of years ago. And to most my local newspaper sites.
It's a good thing I already know 90% of financial news is bogus, so it's not that much of a big deal to me.
But really, it seems the internet is getting less and less "free".
And BLOGS are starting to change things.
They just cut 50% of my happy Saturday financial input !
Aargh.
Now where I want things to change...improved, cheaper big looper pedals...and other gear...well, hardly anything has changed in 3 YEARS...even the bad reviews haven't changed !
Weird.
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Post by gbfun on Apr 16, 2023 5:42:10 GMT -5
Yep. I'm in a weird loop. Now I know for sure !
Am radios no longer expected to be in cars.
My local NPR station, about 20% of my daily radio listening time the last 34 YEARS, goes off AM in my area.
Neither my radio or big box stereo can receive their FM signal.
But my smartphone can...though it's scratchy.
I put on my backup running shoes, this time a perfect sole Nike Air I bought 10 years ago...a higher end model with fancy neoprene stuff inside...and went for a test walk/run. I noticed some minor flaking of the "leatherette" on the right shoe and launched into a 100 yd warmup walk.
But I kept noticing little white pieces falling in front of my left shoe but thought it was just something I stepped in.
Then a 2 inch piece jumped in front of my shoe step.
I stopped and looked behind me to see a long trail of white flakes following my left foot, and felt a breeze along the side of my foot.
About a third of the side was now open to the air and my foot was in danger of falling out.
At the rate of disintegration I didn't think I'd still be in that shoe by the time I got back, but I made it.
Barely.
If anyone gets pissed there's a long line of plastic pieces on the trail, all they have to do is follow the dang things right to my door.
Never ever had a shoe disintegrate on me...especially a Nike as unused as this was.
Now I may have to get the broom out and hide my trail before a greenie gets me !
The weather weenies say we've got a 99% chance of rain tomorrow, so maybe I'll get a break and it will wash the stuff away.
It probably floats ; all fake leather and foam.
I hope so.
I'll be trying to get the NPR business show on my smartphone while my buddy the rain saves me.
My backup, backup shoe ?
Another Nike Air of the same age, and it's in slightly worse shape.
If that's not weird enough, I saw something I have never seen after 25 years on the Trail...or anywhere else.
In the land of obesity squared, I had to get off the trail before getting run over by TEN very shapely 20s ladies dressed to the max in female sports apparel, including little backpack water bags.
Fact is, I've never seen ONE female runner like that in 25 YEARS. Maybe in California...NOT in the PNW.
Yeah, they were running in a light rain like me. Liquid sunshine.
I've been racking my brain to figure out how such an event could take place...here.
Too old for high school. Possibly college. Pretty muscular ladies too. A pro soccer or basketball team ? Tall but not that tall. All 9s and 10s.
I'm stumped.
Maybe it was a mirage from too little blood to my brain.
All I know is, I got weirded out.
I bet their shoes don't disintegrate.
The trail has a lot of weirdness*, but ten Charlie's Angels actually running down the trail together...is the biggest weirdness yet. Armageddon must be close.
*near collisions with deer and rabbits while riding my bike, rabbits racing my bike, big cougar tracks in the snow, a black bear killed a mile away, a guy with three 110lb German shepards with an unhealthy interest in my bike riding skills, poisonous cleaning solution fumes from a vent in front of a factory by the trail, a nutty looking guy playing with an automatic on a bench, a short angry looking guy stuffing a sawed off shotgun down his trunks...how that worked I haven't figured out. Wasn't going to ask !
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Post by modbus on Apr 16, 2023 11:19:55 GMT -5
Maybe your shoes disintegrated because you were moving too damn fast to keep up with the ladies.
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Post by RufusTeleStrat on Apr 16, 2023 11:41:35 GMT -5
The material seems to break down over time with or without use. I had a really nice pair of ECCO golf shoes, had not used them in a while. Hit three shots and the sole exploded. Apparently in the box in the closet is not safe.
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Post by Taildragger on Apr 17, 2023 10:12:20 GMT -5
I just texted to my ex about something and an ad for it popped up on her phone. Within a minute or so ! I keep my computer camera covered up unless I'm specifically using it, but I think "they" are also listening, because I've had ads pop up for things the wifey and I have just finished discussing in-person/off-line. I get that your online activities are being tracked, but when there's evidence that indicates that conversations in your home are being monitored, that gets pretty creepy. I mean, where are we: the PRC? Maybe I should just change my name to Winston Smith... |
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Post by Leftee on Apr 17, 2023 11:17:34 GMT -5
I just texted to my ex about something and an ad for it popped up on her phone. Within a minute or so ! I keep my computer camera covered up unless I'm specifically using it, but I think "they" are also listening, because I've had ads pop up for things the wifey and I have just finished discussing in-person/off-line. I get that your online activities are being tracked, but when there's evidence that indicates that conversations in your home are being monitored, that gets pretty creepy. I mean, where are we: the PRC? Maybe I should just change my name to Winston Smith... I'm surprised - what with that helmet you're wearing. |
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Post by LTB on Apr 17, 2023 14:06:16 GMT -5
My GF who never gets a cold or flu, thinks she has allergies with sneezing, coughing, a runny nose, chest congestion, fails to tell me of her condition BEFORE I come over. I log on to the local pawnshop website and it is GONE. I go to the TDRI.com website and it's in CHINESE. I go to Dilbert.com and it's be redesigned so I can't just look at the comics anymore without jumping through hoops...if at all. It seems to be trying to drum up eyeballs for the artist's BLOG. No thank you ! I go to my retirement account, which is mostly invested in Silicone Valley Bank stock.... Ok. That last line is fake. But Geez...stuff keeps changing in weird ways ! Anyone else in the Twilight Zone recently ? Yeah, 2020-Now  |
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