I've rung in the new year at my cabin the last decade or so. Being as I'm home, if I can stay awake I'll go out front and ring my bell at midnight.

The bell, my youngest girls, and the family dog in 1998.

"Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every year find you a better [person]."
(Benjamin Franklin)

Very cool...erm, hot!

I had kept some birthday cards, valentines cards, and grade school sweetheart love letters in a scrap book. I took the time to look at and read each one before I tossed the scrap book a few years ago. Some pretty silly and funny stuff in there. Most of the birthday cards were from relatives that died decades ago. All of the material deserved a look after sixty plus years. I don't know why I kept the scrap book and I'm sure I'd enjoy looking at it in another 65 years That's why it hit the dumpster.

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Thank you, you as well.

Rgarner said:

This doesn't always happen, but when it does it's annoying. I might be trying to use the camera when a message appears that system ui is not responding. At first I hoped that if I waited it would turn out ok, but now I just close the app. When I go to camera again, the phone acts as if it's been rebooted.

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Did you clear the cashe?

It warmed into the upper fifties today with very little wind. I did chores this morning while it was warming up and then went riding. I only rode three loops South because my local U had their first conference basketball game on this afternoon. I hustled home in time for the second half of the game. I only saw two other cyclists out today. It wasn't ideal weather but it was vastly improved from the most recent frigid windy conditions that shut my riding down. It felt great to be out.

Salad

Ooof...

Banned for narcissistic behavior.

Dougie Nucleus said:

Thanks for the comments.

When I configure the phone USB connectivity and plug into the Mac, AFT opens but says nothing is connected. I might just get a used iPhone, which will presumably be easier to copy the music to, and use that as a music source in the car via bluetooth to an FM transmitter. Or something like that.

Thanks again.

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Try WiFi File Transfer instead. I've always had success with this app for transferring files too and from computer to phone. And I have found it more reliable than AFT.

I get them ALL THE TIME. It's humorous in a way, because at no time is the specific "cloud storage" ever identified. I look at the header details to see the actual sender's location and they come from all over the world: sometimes from gibberish domains, sometimes from legitimate, hacked domains. I just block the entire domain. I'm with @rootabaga on this one: isn't Interpol still a thing? Why isn't a team of investigators and law enforcement hunting down these scumbags? They could make something of themselves if they put as much effort into real, meaningful work as they do scamming people (like my naive stepmother, who - of course - freaked out and called the number to pay the bill for her "cloud storage"... even though she has no idea what "cloud storage" even is...).

You guys won't quit until you have them tied up in knots!

More tragedy for the Kennedy clan.

Tatiana Schlossberg, climatologist, who is a granddaughter of former US President John F Kennedy, has died of an aggressive form of cancer. She was just 35 and not long ago with her husband welcomed their second child.

RIP, Ms. Schlossberg, with condolences to your friends, family and loved ones.

It's currently 42°, and sunny , on the back porch. Here's the forecast for the next few days.

The Boss Lady has her surgery scheduled for tomorrow morning so I'll be inside móst of the day.

Too Far From Texas - Stevie Nicks

Nobody Knows But Me - Jimmie Rodgers

Fanny

Another pizza night, maybe chicken garlic tonight.

I might do this today.
Since I got up super early today about around five a.m.

I really, Really, REALLY enjoyed this Cheers intro... with a twist.