Post by: CigarBanter on September 23, 2025, 12:29:56 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on September 23, 2025, 06:03:37 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on September 23, 2025, 06:04:26 AM
Door #1 - Rocky Patel Seed to Smoke Classic Churchill - 20/39.99
Door #2 - Rocky Patel Seed to Smoke Shade Churchill - 20/639.99
Post by: LuvTooGolf on September 23, 2025, 06:06:10 AM
Door #1 - AJ's All-Star Assortment - 10/89.99
2 x Ave Maria Divinia No Tube (6.0" x 54)
2 x Ave Maria Argentum Robusto (4.9" x 52)
2 x H. Upmann by AJ Fernandez Toro (6.0" x 54) '92' - Rated
2 x Diesel Unholy Cocktail Belicoso (5.0" x 56)
2 x Diesel Unlimited Maduro d.5 (5.5" x 54)
2 x Man O' War Ruination Robusto #2 (6.0" x 60)
2 x Man O' War Armada Gordo (6.5" x 56)
2 x Punch Diablo by AJ Fernandez Diabolus (5.2" x 54) '91' - Rated
2 x Rosa de Guadalupe by AJ Fernandez Toro (6.2" x 54)
2 x Romeo y Julieta by AJ Fernandez Robusto (5.0" x 52)
Door #2 - Ave Maria Argentum (Perfecto) - 10/44.99
Door #3 - Room101 Ichiban Connecticut Robusto - 20/34.99
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on September 23, 2025, 06:08:50 AM
Morning, twofers. Jimmy Kimmel is back tonight AND we all didn't get raptured. Guess we gotta deal with Tuesday.Good morning, DaveDave. I'm guessing he did it for a boost in his ratings.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on September 23, 2025, 06:09:44 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on September 23, 2025, 06:19:36 AM
CNSMorning, twofers. Jimmy Kimmel is back tonight AND we all didn't get raptured. Guess we gotta deal with Tuesday.Good morning, DaveDave. I'm guessing he did it for a boost in his ratings.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on September 23, 2025, 06:43:25 AM
Strands #569
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Post by: LuvTooGolf on September 23, 2025, 06:43:42 AM
Puzzle #835
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Post by: LuvTooGolf on September 23, 2025, 06:48:12 AM
Puzzle #365
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Post by: A Friend of Charlie on September 23, 2025, 07:31:05 AM
No ABs and a commute.40 minutes. That includes a son drop off at football practice. Must be because of Rosh Hashanah.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on September 23, 2025, 07:43:19 AM
Sounds like you were really motoring!No ABs and a commute.40 minutes. That includes a son drop off at football practice. Must be because of Rosh Hashanah.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on September 23, 2025, 08:02:06 AM
For the record, my commute was fine. No cat puke in the way and little traffic.Sounds like you were really motoring!No ABs and a commute.40 minutes. That includes a son drop off at football practice. Must be because of Rosh Hashanah.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on September 23, 2025, 08:05:21 AM
Yes and no. This is what it really should be each time. That includes a bit of traffic. We're only talking 15 miles.Sounds like you were really motoring!No ABs and a commute.40 minutes. That includes a son drop off at football practice. Must be because of Rosh Hashanah.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on September 23, 2025, 08:07:16 AM
That's true, but we're not talking regular traffic here. Either way, glad it was a successful journey.Yes and no. This is what it really should be each time. That includes a bit of traffic. We're only talking 15 miles.Sounds like you were really motoring!No ABs and a commute.40 minutes. That includes a son drop off at football practice. Must be because of Rosh Hashanah.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on September 23, 2025, 08:12:13 AM
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Post by: A Friend of Charlie on September 23, 2025, 08:16:13 AM
I'll say one more thing about this. The UN General Assembly could have really screwed me here. My destination wasn't Manhattan, but several of the approaches to NYC hadn't yet been compromised because it was so early.That's true, but we're not talking regular traffic here. Either way, glad it was a successful journey.Yes and no. This is what it really should be each time. That includes a bit of traffic. We're only talking 15 miles.Sounds like you were really motoring!No ABs and a commute.40 minutes. That includes a son drop off at football practice. Must be because of Rosh Hashanah.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on September 23, 2025, 08:23:01 AM
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Post by: LuvTooGolf on September 23, 2025, 08:23:38 AM
Sounds like you dodged a potential bullet there.I'll say one more thing about this. The UN General Assembly could have really screwed me here. My destination wasn't Manhattan, but several of the approaches to NYC hadn't yet been compromised because it was so early.That's true, but we're not talking regular traffic here. Either way, glad it was a successful journey.Yes and no. This is what it really should be each time. That includes a bit of traffic. We're only talking 15 miles.Sounds like you were really motoring!No ABs and a commute.40 minutes. That includes a son drop off at football practice. Must be because of Rosh Hashanah.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on September 23, 2025, 08:52:05 AM
Puzzle #365
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Post by: Travellin Dave on September 23, 2025, 09:53:55 AM
Morning, twofers. Jimmy Kimmel is back tonight AND we all didn't get raptured. Guess we gotta deal with Tuesday.Wonder what the ratings for that show will be.
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Guess I should have read further on page 1 before posting.... :P
Post by: LuvTooGolf on September 23, 2025, 09:56:15 AM
My guess is fairly robust.Morning, twofers. Jimmy Kimmel is back tonight AND we all didn't get raptured. Guess we gotta deal with Tuesday.Wonder what the ratings for that show will be.
Morning, 1-3Dave.
Post by: Travellin Dave on September 23, 2025, 09:59:21 AM
with 99 to follow.
The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus. Evening stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune and Saturn.
On this date in history:
In 1806, U.S. explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark returned to St. Louis on their historic journey from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Coast and back. The duo received translation and diplomatic help from Shoshone woman Sacagawea on the more-than-two-year journey.
In 1846, German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle discovered the planet Neptune at the Berlin Observatory. Neptune generally is the eighth planet from the sun.
In 1909, Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera was published.
In 1950, the U.S. Congress adopted the Internal Security Act, which provided for the registration of communists. The legislation was also known as the McCarran Act, named after the primary sponsor of the bill, Sen. Pat McCarran, D-Nev. Leaders of the Communist Party vowed never to register, and it was later ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
In 1959, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev visited the corn fields of Iowa to find out what made the American farmer tick and urged that the earth "be furrowed by plows, not rockets and tanks."
In 1966, a Rolling Stones' concert at England's Royal Albert concert hall was halted temporarily when screaming girls attacked Mick Jagger onstage. The riotous enthusiasm of the fans resulted in a ban of pop concerts at the hall.
In 1973, Juan Peron was again elected president of Argentina after 18 years in exile. His second wife, Isabel, who became vice president, succeeded him after he died 10 months later.
In 1991, 44 U.N. inspectors were detained in Baghdad after attempting to remove secret Iraqi plans for building nuclear weapons. They were freed five days later.
In 2005, a fire killed 23 people on a bus carrying Texas nursing home evacuees from Hurricane Rita.
In 2008, a 22-year-old student killed 11 adult students and himself at a vocational college in Finland 205 miles north of Helsinki.
In 2024, Israel launched airborne raids on Lebanon, killing nearly 500 people and injuring thousands more.
Post by: Travellin Dave on September 23, 2025, 10:00:27 AM
Good GFY morning to you TwoPuttDave.My guess is fairly robust.Morning, twofers. Jimmy Kimmel is back tonight AND we all didn't get raptured. Guess we gotta deal with Tuesday.Wonder what the ratings for that show will be.
Morning, 1-3Dave.
Post by: Travellin Dave on September 23, 2025, 10:08:00 AM
Those born on this date are under the sign of Libra. They include:
writer Euripides in 480 B.C.;
Roman Emperor Augustus in 63 B.C.;
Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan in 1215;
civil rights activist Mary Church Terrell in 1863;
Mary Mallon, the so-called Typhoid Mary, in 1869;
actor Mickey Rooney in 1920;
musician John Coltrane in 1926;
musician Ray Charles in 1930;
musician Julio Iglesias in 1943 (age 82);
actor Paul Petersen in 1945 (age 80);
actor Mary Kay Place in 1947 (age 78);
musician Bruce Springsteen in 1949 (age 76);
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in 1951 (age 74);
writer/filmmaker George C. Wolfe in 1954 (age 71);
actor Rosalind Chao in 1957 (age 68);
actor Jason Alexander in 1959 (age 66);
actor Elizabeth Pena in 1959;
actor LisaRaye McCoy in 1967 (age 58);
musician Ani DiFranco in 1970 (age 55);
writer Ana Marie Cox in 1972 (age 53);
Umaro Sissoco Embaló, president of Guinea-Bissau, in 1972 (age 53);
musician Jermaine Dupri in 1972 (age 53);
musician Sam Bettens (K's Choice/Rex Rebel) in 1972 (age 53);
filmmaker Christopher Miller in 1975 (age 50);
musician Rachael Yamagata in 1977 (age 48);
actor Anthony Mackie in 1978 (age 47);
actor David Lim in 1983 (age 42);
actor Cush Jumbo in 1985 (age 40);
comedian Hasan Minhaj in 1985 (age 40);
actor Skylar Astin in 1987 (age 38);
musician Yuqi ((G)I-dle) in 1999 (age 26).
Post by: Travellin Dave on September 23, 2025, 10:10:06 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on September 23, 2025, 10:10:53 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on September 23, 2025, 10:19:36 AM
;D ;DGood GFY morning to you TwoPuttDave.My guess is fairly robust.Morning, twofers. Jimmy Kimmel is back tonight AND we all didn't get raptured. Guess we gotta deal with Tuesday.Wonder what the ratings for that show will be.
Morning, 1-3Dave.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on September 23, 2025, 10:20:26 AM
Today's Over/Under is 68
Post by: Travellin Dave on September 23, 2025, 10:26:16 AM
Indeed. Mood is not good here. Looking at the bright side, my Laranja's will be well aged .My guess is fairly robust.Morning, twofers. Jimmy Kimmel is back tonight AND we all didn't get raptured. Guess we gotta deal with Tuesday.Wonder what the ratings for that show will be.
Morning, 1-3Dave.
Post by: Travellin Dave on September 23, 2025, 10:53:13 AM
https://www.cigarpage.com/black-swan-dealio.html
Post by: LuvTooGolf on September 23, 2025, 10:54:03 AM
There's you looking on the bright side.Indeed. Mood is not good here. Looking at the bright side, my Laranja's will be well aged .My guess is fairly robust.Morning, twofers. Jimmy Kimmel is back tonight AND we all didn't get raptured. Guess we gotta deal with Tuesday.Wonder what the ratings for that show will be.
Morning, 1-3Dave.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on September 23, 2025, 10:56:09 AM
Now I'm really confused....There were Oliva and EPC Black Swans over at the Page. (EPC is noticably better) Now I see there is a JdN Black Swan. So what goes? I thought companies fought like hell over names?The copy makes it sound like Black Swan is kind of a catch-all name and then they release them via different brands. Like the Lost & Founds, but way more odd.
https://www.cigarpage.com/black-swan-dealio.html
Post by: Travellin Dave on September 23, 2025, 10:56:47 AM
Now I'm really confused....There were Oliva and EPC Black Swans over at the Page. (EPC is noticably better) Now I see there is a JdN Black Swan. So what goes? I thought companies fought like hell over names?Never mind....I just read the description under this one....apparently the Page buys leftover stuff, like Caldwell but instead of giving them different names, they call them all Black Swan. First one was apparently an RP.
https://www.cigarpage.com/black-swan-dealio.html
Post by: Travellin Dave on September 23, 2025, 10:58:15 AM
Funny what you learn when you actually read the description. I don't remember this being as clear for the other releases.Now I'm really confused....There were Oliva and EPC Black Swans over at the Page. (EPC is noticably better) Now I see there is a JdN Black Swan. So what goes? I thought companies fought like hell over names?The copy makes it sound like Black Swan is kind of a catch-all name and then they release them via different brands. Like the Lost & Founds, but way more odd.
https://www.cigarpage.com/black-swan-dealio.html
Post by: Travellin Dave on September 23, 2025, 11:00:54 AM
No ABs and a commute.Plenty of ABs at the CigarPage 10ski Palooza.
Post by: Travellin Dave on September 23, 2025, 11:01:41 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on September 23, 2025, 11:02:10 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on September 23, 2025, 11:02:53 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on September 23, 2025, 11:12:04 AM
Reading is FUNdamental!Funny what you learn when you actually read the description. I don't remember this being as clear for the other releases.Now I'm really confused....There were Oliva and EPC Black Swans over at the Page. (EPC is noticably better) Now I see there is a JdN Black Swan. So what goes? I thought companies fought like hell over names?The copy makes it sound like Black Swan is kind of a catch-all name and then they release them via different brands. Like the Lost & Founds, but way more odd.
https://www.cigarpage.com/black-swan-dealio.html
Post by: razgueado on September 23, 2025, 12:35:54 PM
Post by: razgueado on September 23, 2025, 12:41:52 PM
Today's BirthdaysNine. I probably should have known Mary Kay Place.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Libra. They include:
writer Euripides in 480 B.C.;
Roman Emperor Augustus in 63 B.C.;
Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan in 1215;
civil rights activist Mary Church Terrell in 1863;
Mary Mallon, the so-called Typhoid Mary, in 1869;
actor Mickey Rooney in 1920;
musician John Coltrane in 1926;
musician Ray Charles in 1930;
musician Julio Iglesias in 1943 (age 82);
actor Paul Petersen in 1945 (age 80);
actor Mary Kay Place in 1947 (age 78);
musician Bruce Springsteen in 1949 (age 76);
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in 1951 (age 74);
writer/filmmaker George C. Wolfe in 1954 (age 71);
actor Rosalind Chao in 1957 (age 68);
actor Jason Alexander in 1959 (age 66);
actor Elizabeth Pena in 1959;
actor LisaRaye McCoy in 1967 (age 58);
musician Ani DiFranco in 1970 (age 55);
writer Ana Marie Cox in 1972 (age 53);
Umaro Sissoco Embaló, president of Guinea-Bissau, in 1972 (age 53);
musician Jermaine Dupri in 1972 (age 53);
musician Sam Bettens (K's Choice/Rex Rebel) in 1972 (age 53);
filmmaker Christopher Miller in 1975 (age 50);
musician Rachael Yamagata in 1977 (age 48);
actor Anthony Mackie in 1978 (age 47);
actor David Lim in 1983 (age 42);
actor Cush Jumbo in 1985 (age 40);
comedian Hasan Minhaj in 1985 (age 40);
actor Skylar Astin in 1987 (age 38);
musician Yuqi ((G)I-dle) in 1999 (age 26).
Post by: Travellin Dave on September 23, 2025, 01:35:14 PM
Post by: Travellin Dave on September 23, 2025, 01:36:36 PM
Post by: Travellin Dave on September 23, 2025, 01:38:33 PM
Post by: razgueado on September 23, 2025, 01:42:34 PM
Good Day Page3Raz.G'day, TD.
Post by: Travellin Dave on September 23, 2025, 02:20:48 PM
And they must agree that the EPC's are the better offering as the vitola samplers offer 10 in the Oliva and RP samplers but only 8 in the EPC.Now I'm really confused....There were Oliva and EPC Black Swans over at the Page. (EPC is noticably better) Now I see there is a JdN Black Swan. So what goes? I thought companies fought like hell over names?Never mind....I just read the description under this one....apparently the Page buys leftover stuff, like Caldwell but instead of giving them different names, they call them all Black Swan. First one was apparently an RP.
https://www.cigarpage.com/black-swan-dealio.html
*never mind...pricing is $10 less for the 8 pack....
They also offer a sampler of those three.
https://www.cigarpage.com/black-swan-ultimate-14-cigar-sampler.html
Guessing the JdN offering is the newest one, so not included there.
Post by: Travellin Dave on September 23, 2025, 03:04:42 PM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on September 23, 2025, 03:21:02 PM
Puzzle #835
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Post by: A Friend of Charlie on September 23, 2025, 03:26:53 PM
Today's Birthdays
Those born on this date are under the sign of Libra. They include:
writer Euripides in 480 B.C.;
Roman Emperor Augustus in 63 B.C.;
Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan in 1215;
civil rights activist Mary Church Terrell in 1863;
Mary Mallon, the so-called Typhoid Mary, in 1869;
actor Mickey Rooney in 1920;
musician John Coltrane in 1926;
musician Ray Charles in 1930;
musician Julio Iglesias in 1943 (age 82);
actor Paul Petersen in 1945 (age 80);
actor Mary Kay Place in 1947 (age 78);
musician Bruce Springsteen in 1949 (age 76);
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in 1951 (age 74);
writer/filmmaker George C. Wolfe in 1954 (age 71);
actor Rosalind Chao in 1957 (age 68);
actor Jason Alexander in 1959 (age 66);
actor Elizabeth Pena in 1959;
actor LisaRaye McCoy in 1967 (age 58);
musician Ani DiFranco in 1970 (age 55);
writer Ana Marie Cox in 1972 (age 53);
Umaro Sissoco Embaló, president of Guinea-Bissau, in 1972 (age 53);
musician Jermaine Dupri in 1972 (age 53);
musician Sam Bettens (K's Choice/Rex Rebel) in 1972 (age 53);
filmmaker Christopher Miller in 1975 (age 50);
musician Rachael Yamagata in 1977 (age 48);
actor Anthony Mackie in 1978 (age 47);
actor David Lim in 1983 (age 42);
actor Cush Jumbo in 1985 (age 40);
comedian Hasan Minhaj in 1985 (age 40);
actor Skylar Astin in 1987 (age 38);
musician Yuqi ((G)I-dle) in 1999 (age 26).
Today's Over/Under is 6Nine.
Post by: razgueado on September 23, 2025, 04:02:37 PM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on September 23, 2025, 04:18:21 PM
New computer day here, for me. Always kind of a pain in the ass.I should have that coming up sometime next month. A lot of our team has already gotten theirs and have had nothing but problems.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on September 23, 2025, 04:18:56 PM
New computer day here, for me. Always kind of a pain in the ass.I loathe that day. I will try to avoid it for as long as I can. Are you going with a PC or Mac?
Post by: Travellin Dave on September 23, 2025, 05:14:16 PM
I've always PC's and Android phones. Can't quite figure out Apple products.New computer day here, for me. Always kind of a pain in the ass.I loathe that day. I will try to avoid it for as long as I can. Are you going with a PC or Mac?
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on September 23, 2025, 05:34:22 PM
I'm with you on that, but it seems we're in the minority. I've been told that's because I'm an old man.I've always PC's and Android phones. Can't quite figure out Apple products.New computer day here, for me. Always kind of a pain in the ass.I loathe that day. I will try to avoid it for as long as I can. Are you going with a PC or Mac?
Post by: razgueado on September 23, 2025, 06:18:24 PM
This is my latest Microsoft Surface Pro. I also have Macs - a 2019 Macbook Pro, and a 2015 iMac in the studio.New computer day here, for me. Always kind of a pain in the ass.I loathe that day. I will try to avoid it for as long as I can. Are you going with a PC or Mac?
The Surface Pro has been my personal computer of choice for ten years. This is the fourth one I've had. I like that I can use it as a tablet, but it also behaves like a workstation. I like Macs, especially for creative work, but they're expensive and there are little quirks about the OS that annoy me. I've never much liked the iPad or the regular Surface because even with a bluetooth keyboard they're just a tablet with a keyboard, rather than a personal computer. The Surface Pro just feels right to me for running my personal life.
I've upgraded about every 2-3 years, usually because I come across a deal. I got my Surface Pro 7 because it came into the tech recycler where my son works. It had 16 GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD, and cost me $400. I upgraded to the 11 because the 7 had really gotten beat up over the past 3 years, and had a hairline crack in the screen. The new one has 32 GB of RAM, a 2TB SSD, and it was on sale, and I got it on terms of 20-months-same-as-cash.
Post by: razgueado on September 23, 2025, 06:31:51 PM
I despise the iPhone. I have one issued by work, and it drives me nuts.I've always PC's and Android phones. Can't quite figure out Apple products.New computer day here, for me. Always kind of a pain in the ass.I loathe that day. I will try to avoid it for as long as I can. Are you going with a PC or Mac?
I have the option of using using my personal Android for work, but they have to BYOD it and then it could easily end up qualifying for some yahoo's Public Information Request. Not going there.
I never owned a Mac until after the turn of the century. I was mostly a software application developer from 1990 to 2018, and that world was owned by Microsoft and Intel. So I have vast amounts of Windows experience and knowledge. Macs are fun when I'm in creative mode, where figuring things out is part of the process, and I've gotten pretty good at using them. But for the daily routine, I don't want to have to figure out the eccentricities of MacOS. If I'd only ever used Macs, those wouldn't be eccentricities, and it would be Windows that would require figuring things out. It is what it is.
Post by: Travellin Dave on September 23, 2025, 08:18:58 PM
Likewise.I'm with you on that, but it seems we're in the minority. I've been told that's because I'm an old man.I've always PC's and Android phones. Can't quite figure out Apple products.New computer day here, for me. Always kind of a pain in the ass.I loathe that day. I will try to avoid it for as long as I can. Are you going with a PC or Mac?
Post by: Travellin Dave on September 23, 2025, 08:21:53 PM
Post by: Travellin Dave on September 23, 2025, 08:25:56 PM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on September 23, 2025, 09:17:24 PM
Thirded.Likewise.I'm with you on that, but it seems we're in the minority. I've been told that's because I'm an old man.I've always PC's and Android phones. Can't quite figure out Apple products.New computer day here, for me. Always kind of a pain in the ass.I loathe that day. I will try to avoid it for as long as I can. Are you going with a PC or Mac?
Post by: LuvTooGolf on September 23, 2025, 09:17:43 PM
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Post by: A Friend of Charlie on September 23, 2025, 09:51:08 PM
Strands #569
“On the syllabus”
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Post by: A Friend of Charlie on September 23, 2025, 10:26:58 PM
The last several jobs I've had, a MacBook has been an option. Just not an option I've gone with. Without fail, my MacBook colleagues always run into issues. Why would I choose that?I despise the iPhone. I have one issued by work, and it drives me nuts.I've always PC's and Android phones. Can't quite figure out Apple products.New computer day here, for me. Always kind of a pain in the ass.I loathe that day. I will try to avoid it for as long as I can. Are you going with a PC or Mac?
I have the option of using using my personal Android for work, but they have to BYOD it and then it could easily end up qualifying for some yahoo's Public Information Request. Not going there.
I never owned a Mac until after the turn of the century. I was mostly a software application developer from 1990 to 2018, and that world was owned by Microsoft and Intel. So I have vast amounts of Windows experience and knowledge. Macs are fun when I'm in creative mode, where figuring things out is part of the process, and I've gotten pretty good at using them. But for the daily routine, I don't want to have to figure out the eccentricities of MacOS. If I'd only ever used Macs, those wouldn't be eccentricities, and it would be Windows that would require figuring things out. It is what it is.
Post by: razgueado on September 23, 2025, 10:55:05 PM
Apple lull.I'm not complaining, but somebody's doctoring images.
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/f9/b8/5e/f9b85efd528718f8825c54ca8a3eac8f--red-lipsticks-emma-watson.jpg)
This one looks doctored, too.
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/07/ed/c5/07edc59bdfdb911269f9e9d402743987.jpg)
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on September 23, 2025, 11:02:07 PM
AI baby! The funny thing is that I also had the thought that it seemed strange all these famous people keep showing their tits.Apple lull.I'm not complaining, but somebody's doctoring images.
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/f9/b8/5e/f9b85efd528718f8825c54ca8a3eac8f--red-lipsticks-emma-watson.jpg)
This one looks doctored, too.
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/07/ed/c5/07edc59bdfdb911269f9e9d402743987.jpg)
Post by: razgueado on September 23, 2025, 11:11:38 PM
It never ceases to amaze me how people can f**k up a computer, in ways that I can't possibly reconstruct what they did. I'll ask them what they were doing, and they'll say, "I was trying to open a Word document on the desktop." And in my head, I'm like, "How could they possibly get from trying to open a file on the desktop to installing a device driver for a device they don't have?" It boggles the mind.The last several jobs I've had, a MacBook has been an option. Just not an option I've gone with. Without fail, my MacBook colleagues always run into issues. Why would I choose that?I despise the iPhone. I have one issued by work, and it drives me nuts.I've always PC's and Android phones. Can't quite figure out Apple products.New computer day here, for me. Always kind of a pain in the ass.I loathe that day. I will try to avoid it for as long as I can. Are you going with a PC or Mac?
I have the option of using using my personal Android for work, but they have to BYOD it and then it could easily end up qualifying for some yahoo's Public Information Request. Not going there.
I never owned a Mac until after the turn of the century. I was mostly a software application developer from 1990 to 2018, and that world was owned by Microsoft and Intel. So I have vast amounts of Windows experience and knowledge. Macs are fun when I'm in creative mode, where figuring things out is part of the process, and I've gotten pretty good at using them. But for the daily routine, I don't want to have to figure out the eccentricities of MacOS. If I'd only ever used Macs, those wouldn't be eccentricities, and it would be Windows that would require figuring things out. It is what it is.
MacOS does a pretty good job keeping people out of trouble most of the time. But it can't stop everything, and it's essentially Unix, so when someone does manage to mess it up, it gets megaborked.
Post by: razgueado on September 23, 2025, 11:14:47 PM
You know how they say, "The camera adds 10 pounds?"AI baby! The funny thing is that I also had the thought that it seemed strange all these famous people keep showing their tits.Apple lull.I'm not complaining, but somebody's doctoring images.
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/f9/b8/5e/f9b85efd528718f8825c54ca8a3eac8f--red-lipsticks-emma-watson.jpg)
This one looks doctored, too.
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/07/ed/c5/07edc59bdfdb911269f9e9d402743987.jpg)
The World Wide Web adds two cup sizes.
Post by: razgueado on September 23, 2025, 11:16:49 PM
Been watching "Dark" on Netflix. Been around a while but I'm just getting to it. Interesting.It's kind of mind blowing. The third season gets completely off the hook.