Calling Smithers, hello Smithers!

Just curious as to what the comments/mood/street talk were in Hong Kong re. the assassination attempt on former President Trump.

Your pictures are great.

... Mountaineer

I agree that the Vanguard service has gone down hill significantly. Seems like it began with the push to brokerage accounts. I’ve tried for over 3 months, unsuccessfully, to get check writing and checks sent to me for a joint money market account. Absolutely abysmal service.

May the fourth be with you.

Let us thank the Lord for our nation’s independence.

Notes app that is built in to iOS and MacOS is sufficient for my minimal needs (journaling, text or scans or photos or copies of recipes, documents, etc.). It automatically syncs with my MacBook which is helpful and is as secure as most anything else that uses iCloud or a local Time Machine external...

>:D I don’t know whether to choke and spit coffee all over the place or to shake my head and cry. Would being ruled by Xi Jinping be much worse? 😂 I think I’d rather live under Vinny than Xi. An orderly state, but with rights & freedoms. Yeah, me too …….. I think. 🤣 It’s just all this woke “gen...

I don’t know whether to choke and spit coffee all over the place or to shake my head and cry. Would being ruled by Xi Jinping be much worse?

I prefer a good grilled cheese than a grilled Fauci. Sourdough bread topped with mozzarella cheese and roasted red peppers. Far superior to a roasted Fauci.

Put not thy faith in toffee, nor coffee, nor ………..

What percentage of the activity, i.e. 800 steps, was in the first several minutes (seconds?) vs. the final few? Data driven minds are curious.

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2024 10:07 am

vnatale wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2024 8:41 amCapture.JPG

How much did Apple charge them to upgrade to 2 bytes?

Smithers, you said you were now locked in to your new MacBook Air. That's better than Adam and Eve .... they got locked out. ;-)

FWIW - My 2018 MacBook Pro 15" laptop is still going strong - 32GB RAM, 2TB SSD. The only thing I don't like much is the keyboard compared to my old 2009 MacBook Pro. Can you disclose the price? That's seems like it would have been a super expensive laptop. Do you use a larger external monitor...

FWIW - My 2018 MacBook Pro 15" laptop is still going strong - 32GB RAM, 2TB SSD. The only thing I don't like much is the keyboard compared to my old 2009 MacBook Pro.

Happy Victoria Day to all, and especially to Smithers!

Very nice Smithers, very nice.

Thanks Big Xan and Big Dualie for your efforts to keep us going. 👍🏼👍🏼 It’s all Xan. All I did was whine to Xan. O0 We should get together for a whine and cheese party! You bring the whine, I'll bring the cheese. Xan can bring the lobster bisque, caesar salad, filets cooked perfectly, the sautéed br...

Thanks Big Xan and Big Dualie for your efforts to keep us going.

Happy Humpday everyone! What fun things did you do today? I had a great lunch with my wife and my cousin who came for a 3 day visit - first time in several years since I had seen her (cousin that is 🤣 ). We went to our favorite local Mexican restaurant where we know the staff and the menu quite well...

dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 6:20 am Of course not Glad you’re around, M

Thank you!

Where has Mountaineer gone? We have not heard from him in 16 days. How unusual is that? March 16 - April 5 - 9 days January 16 - February 19 - a LOT of days Gosh people, I'm humbled that someone noticed. I'm still alive and kicking. I've been reading the forum most every day. I've just not had anyt...

I hadn't intended to change the colors, but the latest version of the "Elegance" style removed the 7 different color variations, of which "steel blue" was the one we used here. I could probably use an earlier version of the style and get our old colors back. New version is "...

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:26 pm I know, I know. I’m not proud of it

Dual, you sound “like, hey man” like you would be a great person to have a beer or ten with, “like” if we met in person. It would definitely be a blast!

Germany thwarted a planned attack by ISIS on Sweden’s Parliament building. Reddit: How could Ukraine do this? /s O0 One that bugs me is the use of "like", which has sadly expanded far beyond the Valley girls. Somebody will relay a story to me and say "I was like, 'what were you think...

Well you’ve covered a lot of ground, M. I don’t know if any of it has anything to do with Putin. But, our legal system does seem pretty messed up, in a multitude of ways. Perhaps Putin and his cronies are not involved, perhaps. Maybe it’s we the people who are most responsible. That’s even worse. B...

I think (note I said ‘think’ rather than the popular ‘feel’ often used by the woke) Putin and his cronies have invaded our legal system as well as the Ukraine: A TikTok influencer has used his account to encourage illegal aliens to take properties and invoke squatter’s rights. Property rights are in...

… Beets! They taste way too vinegary to me. Strange, as they are quite sugary. Dual, So you prefer white borscht? Who would have known. Sounds like a recipe opportunity for non-vinegar Vinny. ;-) Sugar beets (grown for production of sugar, not to eat like red beets) are generally white. Sorry for t...