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Whistlebritches Offline
#301 Posted: Tue, Mar 8 2022, 9:42 PM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
Only Appled-Up to an iPad. IPhones are out of my price range. Hell, most Android phones are out of my range. Their acceleration of planned depreciation is a turn off to me as well.



Why I buy Motorola androids every 3-4 years
Sunoverbeach Offline
#302 Posted: Tue, Mar 8 2022, 10:26 PM EST
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The Motorola Droid Maxx has been getting me by for almost 8yrs running now. Battery's not what it used to be, but otherwise ok
Speyside2 Offline
#303 Posted: Tue, Mar 8 2022, 10:28 PM EST
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Wow, we had a celebration dinner tonight, I had a wonderful rib eye steak. Remind me not to do that again. I am paying fir it in spades right now.
izonfire Offline
#304 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 12:00 AM EST
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Are you a plantation owner?
MACS Offline
#305 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 12:13 AM EST
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Jesus... you douche-tards can't spring $350 for a frankin HAND HELD computer?

I'm serious as d!ck cancer... my phone can damn near do everything my laptop can do and it takes better pictures and it goes with me wherever I go. Laptop cost me close to 1k. Phone was $350. And they both have all my frankin' music on them.

Fu--'s sake... I'm old, but some of you jackasses act like my frankin' grandpa... and I'm guessing because both of them died before I was born! But I swear you're like Grandpa frankin' Simpson!
Mike3316 Offline
#306 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 12:41 AM EST
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MACS wrote:
Brother... I had an iPhone 8 that died when I jumped into Delta1's pool with the stupid phone still in my pocket. d'oh!

Replaced it with an iPhone SE. More storage, better processor, same exact size and look... $350.

Not sure how you feel about apple products. I got sucked into the apple vortex long ago (iphone 3 or 4?). Anyway... cheap alternative and does all the stuff apple phones do. The 11/12/13 will cost you upwards of $700---and on. The SE has an average camera and may be missing a bell here or a whistle there... but for talk/text/most other stuff we do? Great deal.


I'll tell ya something else that Apple doesn't want you to know. The OLED screen on the majority of their phones are manufactured for them by Samsung. Also - if you crack your iPhone open there is a better then good chance that the majority of the processor chips will also have been made by Samsung. Heck - depending on the model you could even have Samsung cameras on your iPhone. So - basically you're paying a premium price for a phone made from Samsung's parts bin. Just sayin Blink
danmdevries Offline
#307 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 12:51 AM EST
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MACS wrote:
Before all the dadgum bbq shows telling people how to cook brisket, it WAS cheap.


I know. From 98-03 I worked as a butchers bitch at a meat processing shop that supplied a ton of local restaurants and a few grocery stores along with a retail counter. When I started we were buying quartered cattle from the slaughterhouse. I ran the meat grinder and did the cleanup after the day's cutting was done along with picking up and hooking the quarters as they came in from our suppliers. I was strong as fvck back then. Weighed about 160 lbs and tossed 200-250lb slabs of cow on my shoulder from the truck and onto a hook in the coolers.

The whole chest/brisket area was always binned along with shank/heel meat from the breakdown side and scuttled over to me on the grind side to grind into various grades of ground beef. We had a few regulars that would order briskets/plates and it was $2/lb retail and $1/lb wholesale. I always assumed they were just buying meat to grind.

Beef ribs too, they were an undesired cut that would just get tossed or cut into dog bones sold at scrap price for a buck a pound. But to me a buck a pound seemed like a lot for junk meat. I could get 4 pressed burger patties for a buck.

Wish I knew then what I know now.

Mike3316 Offline
#308 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 1:01 AM EST
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danmdevries wrote:

Wish I knew then what I know now.


That goes for alot of things in life. Although - to quote Bob Seger - in alot of respects I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then! lol
BuckyB93 Offline
#309 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 1:10 AM EST
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Apple doesn't really "make" anything. They design it and the software but the pieces parts and assembly for iPhones are are farmed out. Samsung makes a lot of parts used in an iPhone (screen, battery, chips). At one point, Apple was (is still?) Samsung's biggest customer. I think Sony makes the camera parts.

Tree O NINE!
MACS Offline
#310 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 1:17 AM EST
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I give zero fks where the sh-t is made. Or who fkn makes it.

You want a Samsung? Buy one. Apple? Buy one. Google or motorola or whoever the fk else makes phones? BUY ONE!

I don't care. But compare the $350 phones... the iPhone SE is far and away the better deal.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#311 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 6:05 AM EST
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I want the free phone with contract renewal option back again. I miss that one.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#312 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 6:05 AM EST
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Tuesday's gone with the wind

HHD Ram & dudes
Ram27 Offline
#313 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 6:49 AM EST
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Happy Hump Day greetings suno , danm and y'all.
deadeyedick Offline
#314 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 7:55 AM EST
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Happy humpers. Gonna be a nice day for a walk. Second opinion doc said X rays didn't look like I'm ready for a full knee replacement yet so we are going to try PRP injections.
Gene363 Online
#315 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 9:18 AM EST
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Good Wednesday Morning! It's a very overcast 61° this morning and it's supposed to get to 72° with thunderstorms today.
8trackdisco Offline
#316 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 10:05 AM EST
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MACS wrote:
Jesus... you douche-tards can't spring $350 for a frankin HAND HELD computer!


The answer is two fold.
#1 I don’t need a hand held computer.
#2 98.2% of the time, I need a device to make a phone call or send a text.

We aren’t all in the same financial position and have other priorities.
8trackdisco Offline
#317 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 10:09 AM EST
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Whistlebritches wrote:
Why I buy Motorola androids every 3-4 years


Am probably an idiot to think a person should get at least five years off of a phone. Now that 3G is being eliminated and they will start shutting down some 4G phones as 5G expands, we’re all forced to dig into our pockets for another phone.

I’m also the guy who grey up on furnaces lasting 25 years. Many sites I am researching suggests 15 years is the top end on furnaces being made now. Some say 10-12 years. Fuggers.
MACS Offline
#318 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 10:13 AM EST
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Old water heater (Rheem) lasted 21+ years and was still working. Guy said the new one (Bradford White) is good for 8-10?

Geeeze...
BuckyB93 Offline
#319 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 10:34 AM EST
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Like 8-track, I use my phone for phone stuff and my computer for computer stuff.

Calls, text, sometimes the GPS, banking app, sometimes an inventory app we use at work (if I forget my work phone at home), little bit for looking up things on the web, snapping pictures.

My Moto G Play (cost about $150) suits my needs for a phone just fine. My phone plan is with Verizon, no contract. Unlimited calls, text, 5 GB data/month (unused gets rolled over the the next month), mobile hot spot. The plan costs me about $25/month

Three One NINE!
HockeyDad Offline
#320 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 10:34 AM EST
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izonfire wrote:
Are you a plantation owner?


I sure could go for a plantation right about now.
HockeyDad Offline
#321 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 10:42 AM EST
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BuckyB93 wrote:
Like 8-track, I use my phone for phone stuff and my computer for computer stuff.

Calls, text, sometimes the GPS, banking app, sometimes an inventory app we use at work (if I forget my work phone at home), little bit for looking up things on the web, snapping pictures.

My Moto G Play (cost about $150) suits my needs for a phone just fine. My phone plan is with Verizon, no contract. Unlimited calls, text, 5 GB data/month (unused gets rolled over the the next month), mobile hot spot. The plan costs me about $25/month

Three One NINE!


I have a work iPhone and a personal iPhone. As a direct result my car warranties expire twice as fast.

Got an iPad and notebook computer also. Chose the right tool for the situation.
deadeyedick Offline
#322 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 11:41 AM EST
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MACS wrote:
I give zero fks where the sh-t is made. Or who fkn makes it.

You want a Samsung? Buy one. Apple? Buy one. Google or motorola or whoever the fk else makes phones? BUY ONE!

I don't care. But compare the $350 phones... the iPhone SE is far and away the better deal.



Not any more . I have an SE that is about 4-5 years old. New ones will be 5G and sell for $499 starting March 18. They also will be powered by Apple's own in house chips.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iphone-se-apple-2022/
8trackdisco Offline
#323 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 3:32 PM EST
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Dog walked. Laundry folded.
Sawed through some oak branches for exercise and some firewood.
Dismantled the rusted out firepit.

On the hook for whipping up BBQ Chicken Nachos tonight.

Am more of a breakfast cooker.
Ram27 Offline
#324 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 5:49 PM EST
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Howdy peeps. Beer
Sunoverbeach Offline
#325 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 6:09 PM EST
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I think generally water heaters estimated around 10ish years. That's not to say you won't get more out of them. Think they do it to minimize b1tching when it goes to chit
Stogie1020 Offline
#326 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 6:35 PM EST
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^ Does anyone really change their annode rod every two to three years??
Mike3316 Offline
#327 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 6:50 PM EST
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The sad reality is that the days of household appliances lasting 20 yrs is looooong over. Just look at your product's warranty. That will tell you exactly when the manufacturer will tell you to take a hike if their product breaks. The industry standard for most white goods at this point is 10 yrs. After that a manufacturer will categorize the product as end-of-life.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#328 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 9:03 PM EST
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Stogie1020 wrote:
^ Does anyone really change their annode rod every two to three years??

Somebody, somewhere, maybe? Definitely not me
frankj1 Offline
#329 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 9:57 PM EST
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Stogie1020 wrote:
^ Does anyone really change their annode rod every two to three years??

I seem to recall that Gene might.
danmdevries Offline
#330 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 10:13 PM EST
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I did it annually on the camper, but never in the house.

Speaking of campers... I'm hoping the gas prices tank the camper market.

And in other expensive pleasure news, wife wants a paver patio off the deck. She even sent me links to the stone tiles she wants. I gotta make some calls to borrow a skidloader, I'm not digging that out by hand. Need to lineup gravel n sand n stuff. I already have some drain tile to go beneath the bed.

I told her to pick out cabinets cause it'll be a year to get em. She said she'd rather have a patio off the deck right now.
Whistlebritches Offline
#331 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 10:20 PM EST
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Stogie1020 wrote:
^ Does anyone really change their annode rod every two to three years??



On a municipal elevated storage tank annually
Gene363 Online
#332 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 11:01 PM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
I seem to recall that Gene might.



Good memory, I did do that to our two tank water heaters. One developed a leak in venting system and was replaced by a tankless unit. The other unit is still working and I'm considering another electrode change out. The tank water heaters are installed in 2002 when we built the house.
frankj1 Offline
#333 Posted: Wed, Mar 9 2022, 11:05 PM EST
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Gene363 wrote:
Good memory, I did do that to our two tank water heaters. One developed a leak in venting system and was replaced by a tankless unit. The other unit is still working and I'm considering another electrode change out. The tank water heaters are installed in 2002 when we built the house.

knowing my memory has a limited capacity, I tend to file stuff from reliable sources.
danmdevries Offline
#334 Posted: Thu, Mar 10 2022, 12:02 AM EST
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I think that's one of those memories that could fall off the back of a shelf to make space for something new.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#335 Posted: Thu, Mar 10 2022, 6:03 AM EST
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My shelf collapsed. Everything's a jumbled mess on the floor

Happy day of Thor, all my Norse peoples


Why did the Norse get naming rights for the majority of the week anyway?
Ram27 Offline
#336 Posted: Thu, Mar 10 2022, 6:32 AM EST
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Hello y'all. Beer
8trackdisco Offline
#337 Posted: Thu, Mar 10 2022, 7:40 AM EST
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Sunoverbeach wrote:

Why did the Norse get naming rights for the majority of the week anyway?


It’s a secret Norse Code.
Gene363 Online
#338 Posted: Thu, Mar 10 2022, 8:14 AM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
knowing my memory has a limited capacity, I tend to file stuff from reliable sources.


Thank you, but, my goodness, now I'm really concerned, you may have a condition with insufficient blood flow to the brain... Nevermind, I know where that blood is going. Beer
Gene363 Online
#339 Posted: Thu, Mar 10 2022, 8:16 AM EST
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Good Thursday Morning! It's an overcast 56° on the way to just 60° and more rain headed our way.
8trackdisco Offline
#340 Posted: Thu, Mar 10 2022, 9:40 AM EST
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15 wc 4.
Okay, Mother Nature. Take a look at the calendar, please. M-A-R-C-H is what it says. C'mon, now.

Dog woke us up too earlier than normal.
Turned it into a early attack on the stationary bike (7 miles, 31 minutes) and a shower.
Breakfast complete, halfway through the coffee.
Going to play Retired Slug mode today. Tomorrow looks to be busy.
DrafterX Offline
#341 Posted: Thu, Mar 10 2022, 12:28 PM EST
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Pizza pizza... Mellow
MACS Offline
#342 Posted: Thu, Mar 10 2022, 12:57 PM EST
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What did Sneezy dwarf say to Grumpy dwarf?

"Everyone is mad AT-CHOO!"

Anxious
danmdevries Offline
#343 Posted: Thu, Mar 10 2022, 2:53 PM EST
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Plugged in dimensions and stuff in Menards design program. 65k lbs of material, $6k in cost plus two semi trucks to ship so probably closer to $8k all in for the paver patio the wife wants.

I tried talking her back into a kitchen, but she's wanted a paver patio since day 1, and we already have a kitchen that works. her words, not mine.

Arranged a skid loader. Need to talk to father in law about materials, maybe I can get the base gravel and leveling sand cheaper by the dumptruck instead of bagged on pallets from Menards. Just gotta do some maths and give him a materials list.
HockeyDad Offline
#344 Posted: Thu, Mar 10 2022, 3:09 PM EST
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Making chili Colorado in the InstantPot for lunch.

Guajillo chiles
New Mexico Chiles
Chile de Arbol chiles
Puya chiles
Arbol chiles
Chipolte in adobo
Fire roasted tomato

That’s the color red part.

8trackdisco Offline
#345 Posted: Thu, Mar 10 2022, 4:46 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
What did Sneezy dwarf say to Grumpy dwarf?

"Everyone is mad AT-CHOO!"

Anxious


Unsure
deadeyedick Offline
#346 Posted: Thu, Mar 10 2022, 5:05 PM EST
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Wifey woke me up in the middle of the night yelling the smoke detector was chirping. I can't hear high pitched sounds so I didn't hear a thing. After looking all around the house I determined there was no smoke and went back to sleep but the wife was going crazy so I got out the ladder and ripped that one off the wall which started the other two alarms to chirping since they are hard wired in. Up the ladder again to disconnect all three of which two are about 12-14 feet up.

This morning I went to Home Depot and bought new ones as the date codes for all three were from the early nineties. Now can I get some rest. Cursing
MACS Offline
#347 Posted: Thu, Mar 10 2022, 5:42 PM EST
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Mine are still original. Occasionally one will chirp, and it usually happens at inopportune times. Then I get the ladder and change the 9v battery in all of them.

Got a big ol' box of them for just such times.
Gene363 Online
#348 Posted: Thu, Mar 10 2022, 6:00 PM EST
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^^^

You do know fire detectors have a limited lifetime?
HockeyDad Offline
#349 Posted: Thu, Mar 10 2022, 6:15 PM EST
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That’s how the fire detector industrial complex gets you!
Gene363 Online
#350 Posted: Thu, Mar 10 2022, 6:23 PM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
That’s how the fire detector industrial complex gets you!


I thought it was having them made in China and Mexico.
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