Today is a new day and the Royals are back to normal. Through seven innings they are flopping like a fish out of water. The score is Athletics 5 and the Royals one.

Another cooler day is unfolding. The over night low was 43° and it's now 50°. At least, so far, there isn't any wind. It is to become windy however that will make the 64° predicted high seem cool.

In a nutshell... this phone is blooming great!

Uncharacteristically for me, I have held on to the vivo X Fold 3 Pro for 21 months, since the launch of the global model, quite simply because I have not found a phone that can better it for my usage.

My original concerns about this phone were unfounded. The 5,700 mAh Si/C Li-Ion battery is now at 97% after nearly 2 years of constant use, (see screenshot), which is OK by me. Charging at 100W wired and 50W wireless in around 31" and 62" is a big plus for me.

The unique carbon fibre hinge of the phone has and still is, performing flawlessly and shows no sign of wear and tear.

Perhaps one of the biggest things for me is the screen brightness of 4,500 nits which works well in the sunshine here in the Cotswolds of England.

The phone works well on the global 5G Ultra network here in the UK and Europe

Last but not least is the crease which to me has not become any more noticeable than the day it arrived and can only be detected at a level angle of 90 degrees.

One thing I have noticed and is evident from my posts on here, is that the Chinese do not offer piecemeal updates but rather, bring all their optimisations, features releases and security patch, together in one monthly release. Apart from a few trial updates, such as the one in post #1, that is it so far.

In the last 21 months I have found nothing so far to tempt me away from this phone although I shall be looking at the global model of the Honor Magic V6 when it is released in Q3.

In January 1972, a scheduling mix-up put 22-year-old flight attendant Vesna Vulović on a flight she was never meant to work. A colleague with the same first name had been assigned, but the error went unnoticed — and Vesna, easygoing and unbothered, simply showed up and boarded.
Forty-five minutes after JAT Flight 367 left Copenhagen, a bomb hidden inside a suitcase detonated in the front luggage hold. The aircraft didn't gradually descend. It came apart instantly, at 33,000 feet, over the frozen mountains of Czechoslovakia.
Everyone aboard was flung into the open sky. But Vesna wasn't.
She was working in the tail section when the explosion hit. A food trolley slammed into her, pinning her body against the fuselage. It was the very thing that saved her. While the others disappeared into the clouds above, she stayed — trapped inside a crumpling tube of metal that was now in complete freefall.
The tail section fell over six miles. It struck a steep, snow-covered mountainside at the edge of a small village — the slope and the snowpack absorbing just enough of the impact to keep what was inside from being destroyed entirely.
In the darkness of the wreckage, among the silence of the trees, something moved.
She was screaming.
A local man named Bruno Honke — a former medic who had served in the Second World War — heard her first. He pushed through the snow and wreckage and found a young woman alive inside something no person should have survived.
Her injuries were devastating. A fractured skull. Three broken vertebrae. Both legs shattered. Doctors told her family to prepare for the worst — and even if she lived, she would certainly never walk again.
They didn't know Vesna Vulović.
After 16 months of surgeries and relentless rehabilitation, she walked out of the hospital on her own two feet. The medical staff, who had once doubted her survival, watched in stunned silence.
She went back to work for the same airline.
She never developed a fear of flying.
She became a national hero in Yugoslavia.
And she holds a record that has stood for over 50 years: the greatest height ever survived in a free fall without a parachute — recognized by Guinness World Records.
The mix-up that put her on that flight should have ended her story before it began.
Instead, it gave the world one of the most remarkable stories of survival ever recorded.
Some people are just not finished yet.

I was trying to help somebody get his goo photos back, but it didn't work out well. Goo pretended that it didn't know him, made him wait days and change his password, just bull. Then it took forever for it to load. When it did, there was nowhere near as much as there should have been. He's missing photos and albums from maybe ten years ago, which is ridiculous, especially considering that he has been paying maybe ten bucks a month to keep them. How do we make goo give up the goods?

Something from few weeks back, salmon in the air fryer

Good luck!!

This is what happens when you watch Youtube.

Your only options are to pay for Youtube Premium, or to use an ad-free Youtube frontend app.

The ads on Youtube are a big reason why I dont watch things on Youtube very often.

If I do, I often turn to one of the ad-free frontends that also offer background play and downloading of content.

Even so, the majority of what I see on Youtube is AI generated slop that is just taking up space.

Look online for ad-free Youtube apps for android.

this is but one reason that i use KISS launcher.
it allows me to type settings shortcuts right into the search bar on the home screen.

also, this seems a time to bring up how i put utility apps and other things that i want on any device onto an SD card that i install before i ever turn it on. just a cheap ~$7 ONN 32GB card that has apks for all my utility apps, canta, shizuku, f-droid, etc..

to be honest, i dont like most of the changes i have seen just between android 11 and 12.
even the quick settings tiles are now blocky and ugly, and many things that were done with one touch are now two or three touches.
it seems to me that new devices are geared to keep us 'touching' them as often as possible.

I ditched Microslop in 2008, after Vista. Been using Linux and MacOS ever since.
My computers are:
2015 Macbook Air (Intel) running MX Linux.
2020 Macbook Pro (M1) running MacOS and Asahi Linux Fedora Remix (dual boot).

Today's morning coffee selection , got a feeling I'll be making more this afternoon

I got an email heads up form them when it was released.

Unfortunately, that has gone on the back burner, too much "real life" going on right now.

I have not given up ....

i saw today that if i open the Tubi app, it loads and then tells me that Tubi will not run without "Google Play Services, which is missing from your device."

tapping the screen most anywhere twice or a few times dismisses this toast message, and then the app works fine.

(this is all the proof i need that the app does NOT need google play services at all)

the toast reappears repeatedly as i scan the app, but so far no interruption of films with it after the film starts.

Black Sabbath _ Black sabbath album

Rory didn't have a great last round but few did. Rory was able to join the noble three by being a back to back winner at the Masters. Good on him! I think he is a quality role model for young golfers. Scottie Scheffler, though even after the first two rounds took second. He shot 11 under in the last two rounds to be one shot off of Rory's 12 under victorious score.

Once again, Google is your friend.

rootabaga said:

I actually wonder how many here remember that actor and could name the show that still came from...

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I'll take a guess at petticoat junction. I don't know the actors name.

I'm trying to find a particular item from Uniform Advantage. It's dark green with dinosaurs bearing gifts. The size should probably be medium or large.

Hello.

About 3 weeks ago, I suddenly stopped receiving account activity text alerts from Citibank. I had no problems previously, and I am still receiving all other personal and alert style texts from people and other companies. I have double and triple checked that I didn't accidentally block the number that sends them. I didn't. I called Citibank customer service, and they have no idea what my issue is.

A little while back I was given advice here regarding text messaging. I don't think this started until later, but I can't be positive. Could there be some connection? Please see my posting history.

Any idea what the problem could be? Thank you for any assistance.

i dont allow updates to my devices for this very exact type of thing

Everyone is always, "Gee, man. You sure bitch and moan about Google a lot for someone who uses their devices."

Yes.
Yes I do.

I f you buy a hamburger at McDonald's, it is how you want it or else you dont except it.
Somehow if it's Google I am just supposed to toll over and hope that they use lube this time and I better not bitch about it.

This is why I want them off the device before it ever connects to the web at all.

As far as I am concerned, if Google doesnt like that then it is their prerogative not to sell the device to me in the first place.

It's just not my problem, and nobody is going to convince me otherwise.

I am actually anxious to see what if anything happens to my device.
This is going to be a great test to see if what I have done to this thing really works or not.

I just wish that I had a better device to start with, this one was the last dud in the line its from.

Watch everyone scramble for old devices and batteries for them after this $#!+storm hits.

Then again, the ones that say I bitch too much will be rolling over and lubing up (if they want)

And I will still be out there bitching about it, no matter what happens.
It is what it is, right?

THE SWIMMING POOL ON THE TITANIC IS STILL FULL

olbriar said:

So glad your problem was resolved. What was the suggestion that lead to the restoration of you lost calendar events?

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He sent me a TM and I clicked on the link. He joined my phone, took control, and it was so fast I may not recall all he did. Clear cache, then synch. Then we did the same to the second phone. Wonderful experience.

I did not have to wait on hold. Guess why.

I did see it on tv last evening.. manage to get a few photographs...