HarryC said:

I swipe down to get to the quick settings (or whatever it's called), and no matter how many times I've set it to auto rotate the screen, it's switched back to either portrait or landscape lock a few minutes later. When it goes to landscape lock all on it's own, it's making a lot of stuff difficult as you'd expect. Is this a common issue?

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Really moving the full screen around, and you turned it off? Moto actions and clear the data and cache, underneath apps.

With apologies for the FB link...I don't even know what to call this, but it's amazing.

And I can't even begin to imagine how his mind works.

When I was just a tag along kid, my father would play golf with his father in law and brother in law on a golf course in the pan handle of Oklahoma. They had a drinking well mid way though both the front and back nines that had some fantastic tasting water. The only water that came close was snow melt in a stream on Independence Pass up from Aspen Colorado. I'm talking sixty plus years ago. No idea now.

mikedt said:

Think I'll be giving this a miss as well, as I don't have a clue what's going on in the "Disney Star Wars Expanded Universe".

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I am with you Mike, I only know the Six movies, the animated show that was...on tv ages ago.. And something Disney hooked up on at one time or another.

I picked up the graphic novel of it sometime ago, it is well worth the cash!
Such vibrant and dark color clash!

I tell people that I used to bowl. And golf. I bowled and golfed and I was fairly good at both of them... I'd bowl a 230 average and golf about a 72. Then I got married, had kids... over time, something odd happened. My golf and bowling scores reversed so I was bowling a 72 and golfing a 230 (don't laugh: I got my money out of the greens fees because I was out there all day long). I even had a polo shirt with "PLAY THROUGH" embroidered on the back. Finally the PGA sent me a letter, banning me from any course without a windmill on it. That's when I decided it was time to stop both of them. I tell people after I got married, I gave up my balls.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

So, I texted my sister the same website again after telling her I was trying something. My text was sent just as I composed it, and the graphics and ad were not automatically added. Problem solved. Thank you once again. As for "flip to shhh", I guess I can only say "Oh, well". I do know how to schedule modes, but the way you could spontaneously activate do not disturb without even touching the screen was really handy to me. Maybe it will get ressurected someday. I'm quite happy with your assistance, so I am unfollowing this thread. Take care!

Got mom a beautiful boquet of Tulips for Valentime's day, an ex-coworker and kind of crush, gave me a huge hug twice at my side job yesterday.
(Seems like a repeating pattern of mine hahaaa..)

In northern Nevada, every now and then my phone will briefly connect with a 3G network, the connection last one or two minutes at most.
The only thing I can think is it was put in place by the bureau of land management, the department of transportation or the forest service, it was set up with or eventually had solar panels installed to charge the batteries
Why is it still operating? I think it was either forgotten about or it's some back up plan. Personally I think it was forgotten about or it was put up on some mountain top and people didn't want to go remove it.
The connection is sporadic, you most certainly won't be streaming Netflix

olbriar said:

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I'd like t' see anyone born after 1970 try starting a car that has that starter switch.

rootabaga said:

Hmmm...I'm gonna bet you are in the camp of "the glass is half empty."

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Yes, it is, because of the hole in the bottom of the glass...

Rgarner said:

He's zero tech. If he accidentally pressed some bizarre combination of keys, he probably wouldn't know it. I was thinking virus because of the nasty junk he's been getting into with that phone. The good news is that it came back on and seems to be "normal" (for a Samsung anyway). When he tried to make phone calls this morning he was getting only Cricket, the carrier, but now it's working all right, I guess.

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We are helping you too. We are acutally showing you and texting you, mostly on what to do, follow Hadron's advice.

Rgarner said:

They're baaaack...or it is. Once again the only way I can get the screen on is unplug/replug. Last night I did some cache clearing in hopes that would do it, but no.

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Did you see the screen shots, and did you turn them off?

Rgarner said:

Public storage is still horrible. They used to say that they knew people had a choice and thanked them for their business. Then again, googoo used to have the slogan "don't be evil". It reminds of that bumper sticker, Don't steal. The government hates competition.

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Would you please call it Google, not everyone knows what your slang is.

A month later : Level 5199 !

1609 levels in a month

53.63 levels a day ! ! !

google the model number for instructions ?

You called?

Steven?

Fox Mulder said:

Yeah just like the people that claim we don't have to pay taxes, that doesn't go over well either-

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... except that there is statutory authority for the collection of taxes. The article makes clear that the ID issue has never been enacted.

Hell, I could not log in for days and then got logged in finally and could not load anything to read ... and then could not log out !

I Admin at a site who's hosting service has moved us to a different server because of the heavy DDoS they are having ...

Script kiddies having fun ....

Working fine now !

Yeah, it's a good day to catch up on these things. The window cleaner trick works, but it's limited. An even better trick is to wash the darn thing. It barely fit alone in the machine. Now the zipper just glides.

Guess what...it's Spectacles by Ellen Raskin, published in 1968

EJB986 said:

Resolved by registering a new card.
For some reason 'Google Pay' hiccupped so I cancelled it.

PS. Customer support has gone the way of 'AI' with a silly name which, at this stage, is far too complicated for humans

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"Complicated for humans?" Ironic.

I was pratically saying about the Dunkin Donuts commerical in the shower this morning hahaaa...

That's fantastic Joe. I'm sure your body thanks you.

It seems crazy that it's Baseball time again. However, I'm very ready for some baseball. I enjoy football and college basketball. I even enjoy golf but my love is baseball. I hope to be so fortunate for DTV to gift me the baseball package again this year but if not, I'll be a buyer.
I love watching the games. It doesn't take complete attention to watch baseball which give me the chance to read or play on the internet while the games are on. There are some rule changes for 2026. The ABS system will be implanted.
This is grabbed from the net:
Starting in the 2026 season, Major League Baseball will officially implement the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System across all 30 ballparks for regular and postseason games. Players will retain the ability to challenge, with teams receiving two challenges per game to review umpire calls.
Key 2026 MLB Rules:

• ABS Challenge System: Human umpires remain on the field, but hitters, pitchers, and catchers can challenge called balls and strikes, which will be verified by Hawk-Eye tracking cameras.
• Challenge Mechanics:Players signal a challenge by tapping their head; if successful, the team retains the challenge
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• • Expanded Replay: Additional updates include expanded replay capabilities and further refined pace-of-play adjustments.
  • Implementation: Following extensive testing in the minors, this system will be used in all 2026 Spring Training, regular-season, and postseason games.

The initiative aims to improve accuracy in critical situations, with successful challenges resulting in the pitch being displayed on stadium videoboards.

The ABS system becoming official pleases me. If they are going to show me a strike zone and slow-mo the bad calls, I need for the players to have the ability to challenge or take the superimposed strike zone out of my picture.

I'm ready for some baseball!!