It is currently 69° at 7:30 PM. It was a beautiful day that was also a record setting high. My station topped out at 77.2° but the official high in Wichita was 74°. If not for the quality time with the family, it would have been a bummer being stuck inside.

It turns out that the "blue ribbon trout stream" behind the cabin is ONLY stocked in the spring! If there had been a trout in that creek, she would have caught it. Nonetheless, it was a romantic weekend for the record books!

My Christmas wish came true this year: to contribute to the deliquency of my Darling Bride! We're a couple of happy empty nesters, now in our 36th year of marriage - and it's getting better all the time!

Neil Frank - Wikipedia A hurricane forecaster that made us think about them even more, rest in peace.

Kharl said:

Tanks for the suggestion, i mean, i REALLY appreciate your help, but a factory reset is definitely not an option for me. I use my phone for way more than just WhatsApp and a couple of photos. I have a massive amount of data, apps integrations, and custom configurations that would take days to restore, it is a real workhorse for me, i like it but at the same time I hate that. for this reason.

I’ve dealt with serious issues before without resorting to that 'fashionable' fix. This is clearly a software optimization bug from the One UI 8.0 update, and Samsung needs to address it with a patch.

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Have you tried to dump your photos to your comp and have the data backed up there? It is such a pain to do factory reset, I just did mine and swallows up your entire day, Samsung switch over to your other device also works like a charm too.

@AppleUser some of us where having Xmas eve, remember it is Christmas.

Wow thanks for the heads up man.

My own summer (Shove it) - Deftones.

ocnbrze said:

or if you have a samsung phone, you can just use smart switch to back things up for you, reset your phone, then use smart switch again to restore everything.....easy peasy.

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Hahaaa. I have tried that way too hahaaa, I have did that one too, I love taking the longest way, builds up my hippocampus.

Thanks. That option is not available. Can't find it by those directions nor by search.

It's not even Festivus yet, but hours earlier my wife already started reading her list of grievances...

Hope everyone else has a good holiday!

ok so i just took off the second skin and this is my finished octopus tattoo 4 days healed:


that session took 7+ hours to do. she retouched the whole octopus with red and orange so now it just pops. i am hoping it heals well cuz right now the colors are off the charts. she also colored the suctions cups blue and....WOW!!!! i am so happy so far. i'll take more photos in a few weeks when it is fully healed.

next session is Jan 17th and we will be working on the upper arm with the orcas. i am looking forward to that session.

I was never a big fan of Celine Dion but this performance of O Holy Night touches me like few songs do. She owns the song with her cover.

Can you say seventy degrees on Christmas eve? That's what went down today at the olbriar ranch. It was foggy until around ten and then it started clearing. It started warming and the wind increased from the South. I went riding around 12:30 and the temperature was sixty. I rode that battery down and came back to the house to refresh myself and grab another battery. I rode that battery down and called it a day. I logged 72 miles and enjoyed the extraordinary weather.

On my way South, passing through town, I cross one main four lane. As I approached it, a dozen or more cyclists riding in a group passed as they were heading West. I have no idea where they were heading but as I rode I thought about how much fun it might be riding in a group. Organized routes and time and the camaraderie shared would have to be fun. But as I rode along at my own pace I considered the side of the coin I've been enjoying for years. My pace.. my path.. my choice of time and route. I ride the same route so many times that I have a fleet of walkers, joggers, and cyclists that know me and give me a big wave. I'm a regular that they see just about every time they go out. I'm happy and don't want to change. Different strokes for different folks. They were having fun and so was I.

It was nice enough that I saw a number of riders. I saw at least a half dozen and maybe eight riders on the sidewalk South. I didn't see them all at once but as I rode most all afternoon, I managed to meet and pass quite a few out enjoying the weather. It was a bit windy but the warmth was wonderful. The walkers and joggers were thick as well. The dog walkers and people with their dogs at the dog park were out in force. It was a fun day!

Grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup.

Unforgiven said:

I was wondering if it was a big deal for them to move a few miles or meh. Sounds like meh. I guess that's a good thing for the fan base. I read it's over by the speedway, is that right?

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That's my understanding as well. There is a lot of surrounding land there and it's quick access to the interstate. The new practice facility and staff headquarters is to be near Olathe Ks. as I understand. The Olathe Chiefs doesn't quite have the same ring as the KC Chiefs lol. I doubt there is a name change involved in the 20-25 mile migration. I won't miss driving through KC to get to the ballparks but the move isn't going to save me any time. It might even take a bit longer just because of the highways.