I have an older Samsung, the Galaxy Victory. Likely one of the worst in the Samsung lineup at that time - very low memory, and an inability to store apps on the memory card. After a year, I felt the phone getting very hot in my pocket and removed it to keep from being burned. I then took out the battery which swelled…

They Lied. Again, what’s new about this? This has been a consistant theme with at&t as well as other monopolies. Lie like a rug to get some concession from the government regulators then laugh in the face of the people while the fat cat CEOs take it to the bank. Then if the government actually does do something, the…

Non swappable batteries is just another way to make the phone cheaper. And less useful. The batteries don’t last a full day without the phone crapping out. Having a second battery would be a game changer for people that are not always near a way to charge even with the quick charging capability. This is not just a…

I have completely given up on comercial radio. I can create a channel on Pandora and listen to what I want to hear instead of what the big corporate  suits think I want to listen to so they can make more money off of me.

I paid for Cable for many years. The price gouging and ads are not the only reason for cuting the cord. The quality of the shows has tanked as well. Do you remember when The History channel showed history instead of Pawn Shop shows and aliens? Or when A&E meant Arts and Entertainment because they were showing Things…

And you still pay extra for NFL & College football even on Roku or Apple

You still must have cable account for most stuff such as NFL or college football. Having the app doesn’t mean you get to watch the event without that cable account. But, yes I do have an input from my computer to the TV, And I can comcast from the phone. Unless you want to watch through some shady streaming outfit…

Typical big city ignorance about nature - these were harmless bugs like crickets. NOT zika carrying mosquitoes or brown recluse spiders or Lyme disease carrying ticks. They were just common bugs like country people deal with on a daily basis. Then many people just don’t understand that pulling the emergency cord does…

This is standard operating procedure for Google. Bring out an amazing concept tell how world changing it will be, then after people start adopting it in mass, suddenly decide to drop it leaving millions of users in the lurch.

I have been using Pandora for a long time. My primary station is stuff from the late 50s through the 60s. For the first few weeks I actively gave thumbs up or down to various tunes. I don’t think it has played anything I didn’t like for at least 3 years now. Because I grew up in a time when you actiually listened to…

That brings back some memories. My first car - way back in 1964 was a 1945 Willys CJ. The original CJ partly built with Milatary parts and partly with the civilian parts. It taught me mechanics. I had to rebuild the transmission in it. At the time I had never even seen the inside of a transmission before. It took me…

I am a boomer, and even I don’t have cable - they lied when they said paying for cable meant no comercials 40 years ago. Now you pay for TV twice when you have cable. I do have an antenna and did watch some of the Olympics. But only because my GF likes to watch TV. If it wasn’t for her I would probably have not even…

Prison labor is nothing new. Most people automatically think of the chain gangs when it is brought up. But the reality is many prisons have some kind of labor program for the prisoners. These are not slave labor work, but ligitimate useful work. Prisoners will eagerly take these very low paying jobs just to ease the…

Hey FB! Blocking ads is NOT about privacy but security. There are ads that will inject malicious software just by being open on your desktop. Now just by using FB I am leaving the door wide open for some malicious ad hijacker to infect my computer. Reason number 101 for not using FB.

Just because something can be connected through the interet, that does not mean that it should be connected. Some things just need local control. THINK! before relying on any system. What if there was a power failure for several days while you were gone? Have a neighbor check on your pets. That way even if your super…

My power company will install a peak limiter to help with this. When the peaks hit, it will turn off my AC for 30 seconds. This works because there are thousands of people using these on their network. By shutting off a certain percentage of devices for a limited time. Then turning those back on and another group off.…

The airline rewards stopped being rewards for actual ait travlers some time ago. When the airlines discovered they could make money instead by changing the program to nothing more than another credit card program. I used to be loyal to a specific airline when a frequent flyer was actually treated like a valued…

Please consult a lawyer before giving bogus legal advice on subject you seem to not know much about.

My sister was a Girl Scout leader for a while. And she did teach basic survival to her girls. As kids my father taught all of us basic survival and some more advanced stuff as well. One suggestion, look behind you every once in a while so you will know what the trail looks like going back.

Actually it’s fairly common for aplicants to exagerate their education. For instance a person will claim an MBA when they just took a few MBA level courses and never completed it. And the aplicant may have a degree from some podunk college, and claim he attended some more prestigious and much more expensive school.…