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Tattoos anybody have one?

just curious if anybody has one here and would care to share yours?

this is of my late beloved Bailey.

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i got this over last Saturday. it is my first tattoo. it is still in the healing phase. today as instructed i put on the approved lotion on it and a lot of skin sloughed off. i am told this is normal. it has not flaked off because i try to keep it moisturized applying lotion 2-3 times thru out the day. i have also stopped working out as sweat is not good for the tattoo as it heals. i'll probably resume my workouts next week.

do you have one? care to share any meaning or importance of it. and care tips i should know.

Shiloh Battlefield

Many times, watching old westerns, the word Shiloh pops up. I knew it was a historical battlefield during the civil war, but that was about all I knew about it.

My placed in Tennessee is only about 25 miles from the Shiloh Battlefield so I went to Shiloh today. It was a real learning experience. I had no idea how brutal that battle was. You can spend hours there going through all the markers and exhibits
Shiloh National Military Park (U.S. National Park Service)

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In Memoriam - Our Pets

I know many of us here are animal lovers, and while we have the annual "fatalities" threads, our pets are family and I thought it might be a good idea to post about our dear departed furriends.

What prompted this is that we had to say goodbye to our dear Molly tonight (8/26). She'd been struggling for a while, but at 16-1/2 (for an Irish Setter, that's amazing, and she was an amazing dog) you sort of expect it.

Rest easy and run free, dear girl, and know that you will be loved forever. 02/08/2008-08/26/2024

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Labor Day Weekend 2024

Next weekend is Labor Day weekend. Anybody doing the lake or something cool? I'll be hanging out at the cabin. I plan to smoke something yummy like a brisket. I hope whatever you have planned that you stay safe and have a great time. The weekend is notorious for being the last warm weather holiday for the year so get out there and make some memories.

Kamala Harris. Thoughts?

Although, as a moderator I'm really not supposed to enter into controversy, no one says I can't instigate it!!!! This place needs some hot sauce. In the old days, that's all there was. Controversy, warnings and bannings. Nowadays, we're like a bunch of seniors using walkers down the halls of an assisted living facility! Back to the instigation: Thoughts on Kamala?

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Reviews Vivo X Fold3 Pro Global... WOW!

I waited patiently for the Samsung Fold6 to replace my Fold5 and felt that for the minor changes that it offered I could not justify shelling out £1,800+ for it and decided to wait for the launch of the Google Pixel9 Fold.

After the lacklustre launch of the Pixel9 Fold and its smaller battery and Tensor chip I resigned myself to not upgrading until I came across the Vivo X Fold3 Pro Global with its large, bright screen, huge battery and superfast charging, I decided to take a chance and received it a week ago. Since the lack of eSIM and stylus were not deal breakers to me, it was not a big jump.

All I can say is... WOW!

This is the fold phone that both Samsung and Google need to beat. Whilst I am by no means a professional photographer the Zeiss cameras on this device blows me away.

Luckily, I found a distributor here in the U.K. who also covers the U.S.A. and offers a years warranty.

There does not appear to be a Vivo X Fold3 Pro section so I will leave any further comparisons but if like me, you are underwhelmed at the latest Fold offerings from Samsung and Google I can recommend taking a look at the new Vivo X Fold3 Pro Global.

Help Google Discover Finance, Sports & Weather widgets not showing

i used to have the Sports widget showing on Google Discover (Google App) but i accidentally turned it off and now i can't get it back how do i do this is should appear under the search bar i have tried to restart phone, Uninstall Recent Update then Installed Update again and also clear data and cache but nothing seems to be working. Does anyone know how to get it back so it can show again. I don't want Finace and Weather widgets showing anyway just Sports. should show from the second picture but it doesn't this is not my account by the way my one is the first picture which doesn't show widgets i seem to have tapped on customize your settings or the pencil icon in the second picture and have turned off all of them and now I can't get them back for some reason

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Help Is it safe to use no reviews app?

Hello,

In google playstore,
1. Is it safe to use apps that has high downloads but 0 reviews?
2. Why these apps below have over 100K downloads but 0 reviews? Are they fake downloads numbers or reviews disabled or other reason?
3. In playstore I see other apps by other developers that are 0 reviews too, are they safe to download to use?
4. Is it safe to use the apps below?

Example:
100K+Downloads Mi Status Bar - Apps on Google Play
100K+Downloads Quick Settings for Android - Apps on Google Play
100K+Downloads Soft Keys - Home Back Button - Apps on Google Play
100K+Downloads Emoji Battery Status Bar - Apps on Google Play
These 4 apps above have over 100K downloads but 0 reviews, from Android Apps by My Lan on Google Play

Thanks

Alarm or reminder app suggestion?

Samsung default clock app has an alarm tab and I use it often but there are flaws, the text is limited and the alarm auto stop after some time even if nobody touches the phone, e.g. I put my phone in my room, I set an alarm at 8pm and if I am not in my room at 8pm the alarm is activated for a few mins then it auto stop, when I enter my room I did not even know the alarm has happened.

Recommend me an app that is similar to the clock app (easy to use for one time alarm) and will repeat alarm every few mins or continuously alarm if I did not touch my phone.

Thanks.

RCS confusion

Google says that RCS is a feature of all Android phones. I have a NokiaCO2 with Android 12, that shows a message 'RCS is not available on this device'. An older Samsung with Android 7 had been giving me RCS, but that stopped on about August 1. I do my texting from a PC, through Google's Messages for Web, in which I had maybe a dozen contacts with whom I could exchange RCS messages - but no longer. In the text bar it used to show 'RCS', but now only 'SMS'. I have one remaining contact which still prompts 'RCS', but I expect that if I actually TRY to send a message, that will change to SMS, just like the other dozen contacts. In a practical sense I know RCS enables 'rich text' to be exchanged - and that requires Data or WiFi. My SIM 'plan' has minimal DATA. I can no longer exchange images or emojs or URLs which is a great loss, yet the phone is still connected to my WiFi. I'm very confused, and annoyed and inconvenienced and am hoping someone can make sense of this mess and tell me how to restore the earlier RCS functionality. Can it be related to the phasing out of 3G ?

Android 13 Security locks workaround

After I ran the latest update on my Android 13. It changed some system settings to the better but it also locked up the system and cannot change basic things.

I am no longer able to allow restricted settings. The three dots that had that option is gone from the app in the phone settings.

The 2nd issue is that I am unable to find a way to stop Mic and Camera 100%.

There are apps that allow to control that from the notification area.

It won't lock up all the way properly. Some apps are still able to access the camera. So that could also mean that all can.

Please give tips on how to solve it short of rooting the device because it is still brand new and under warranty.

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