[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

I dislike that my wife is the same way. Your brain works when you sleep and can discern sounds you should drown out and ones that should wake you up, someone in the house, a car breakin, alien invasion whatever. It frustrating as hell to me to have to drown out potential dangers because someone is too lazy to make the effort to become accustomed to letting their body work properly instead of using a crutch. Some crackhead will be standing in the room and yell gotcha bitch and I will just say told you so.

Did you start drinking already? LOL. What does this mean? Too lazy to make what effort? And drown out what? Everything wakes me up. My brain is going crazy with all this virus shit and I’m having disturbing dreams so I’m keeping my brain occupied with the TV noise so I don’t have bad dreams.

[1MOREMOD]

No getting ready for the gym. The fan can only drown out external noises not ones inside your brain. Who's been drinking? I welcome crazy dreams as well.

[Chappers 71]

I prefer using my diesel 3 litre V6 Discovery as a dd more than my e92 335i

[pennsiveguy]

Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

It's weird how different people have different reactions with meds. I have taken percocet and norco and various pain meds and for the life of me cant understand how anyone could develop and addiction I get as much enjoyment to lead to taking more out of a tylenol which is none. Never been worried about an addiction cuz it's stupid a beer does more. If you wanna take drugs dont be a pussy and pretend get some heroine or meth or something.

Same here re: opioids. I hate that stupid "haze" they put you in, which for me doesn't have any euphoria at all; they just make me stupid. I've only ever taken them after major surgeries where I had pain that prevented me from sleeping, and I couldn't wait to get off them. Had shoulder reconstruction done in '99 and was off the Percocet by the end of the 2nd day and managing the pain with large doses of Ibuprofen.

[1MOREMOD]

What I was saying is I dont even get that haze. Had knee surgery was taking percocet and beer by the pool for day or 2. I can't get addicted to something that doesnt do shit to me. I'm also non addictive personality I just say okay done with this and can stop. Happened with chewing.

[pennsiveguy]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Did you start drinking already? LOL. What does this mean? Too lazy to make what effort? And drown out what? Everything wakes me up. My brain is going crazy with all this virus shit and I’m having disturbing dreams so I’m keeping my brain occupied with the TV noise so I don’t have bad dreams.

I have to have some sort of background noise in order to sleep. I have really bad tinnitus, and the background noise seems to break up the train whistle enough that my brain doesn't lock in on it.

[dinonz]

Originally Posted by Turkish Pickle

code/write drunk, edit sober

code drunk, deploy drunk, admire sober.

[BimmerDimmer6]

Don't do business with someone who has an Android.

[1MOREMOD]

Like a robot or just someone anti cult enough not to have the dumbest phones on earth.

[King Rudi]

Originally Posted by BimmerDimmer6

Don't do business with someone who has an Android.

I learned long ago simply not to own an iPhone. It's always a pleasure, when sending video of equipment not operating properly to contractors and the OEM companies, that they should have to download quicktime video player on their work machine just to watch a video. Not that I'm trying to be the android versus iPhone guy, but come on. Explaining to people, from other countries, that they need to download additional software (which involves IT and a multitude of hoops to jump through) just to watch a video so they can do business with us is not a great way to start a work relationship. Yep, those iPhones are great if everyone on the planet was forced to have one.

If I ever decide that I'm 12, a female and need my phone to be "cute" with colorful text bubbles and sounds, rather than just work, I'll light the ground on fire making my way to the closest apple store. Until then, I'll leave the bloatware to the "influencers" of the world.

[BimmerDimmer6]

Originally Posted by Now_Rudi

I learned long ago simply not to own an iPhone. It's always a pleasure, when sending video of equipment not operating properly to contractors and the OEM companies, that they should have to download quicktime video player on their work machine just to watch a video. Not that I'm trying to be the android versus iPhone guy, but come on. Explaining to people, from other countries, that they need to download additional software (which involves IT and a multitude of hoops to jump through) just to watch a video so they can do business with us is not a great way to start a work relationship. Yep, those iPhones are great if everyone on the planet was forced to have one.

If I ever decide that I'm 12, a female and need my phone to be "cute" with colorful text bubbles and sounds, rather than just work, I'll light the ground on fire making my way to the closest apple store. Until then, I'll leave the bloatware to the "influencers" of the world.

Cute spiel, but an iPhone is just elite. You know this

[Rmtt]

I am tired of rain. It's been raining non-stop here all week!

[King Rudi]

Originally Posted by BimmerDimmer6

Cute spiel, but an iPhone is just elite. You know this

It's only elite in the minds eye of the carrier. I worked for a phone company for years, my preference is based off my usage and experience with both platforms. iPhones are smart phones for dumb people, android isn't much better (you just don't have to pay for the bloatware already installed or sell your soul to use the damn thing), the windows mobile platform was great for people who are techies. Regardless of what anyone's perception of these devices are, at the end of the day it's nothing more than a personal spy and really expensive marketing device; we are the idiots for paying for them. I've never worn an ankle monitor, but I sure as shit wouldn't want one because everyone else has one, then argue over whose is better, or pay for it.....but we dumb asses do, because it's a phone.

[wcr3d]

Originally Posted by Now_Rudi

It's only elite in the minds eye of the carrier. I worked for a phone company for years, my preference is based off my usage and experience with both platforms. iPhones are smart phones for dumb people, android isn't much better (you just don't have to pay for the bloatware already installed or sell your soul to use the damn thing), the windows mobile platform was great for people who are techies. Regardless of what anyone's perception of these devices are, at the end of the day it's nothing more than a personal spy and really expensive marketing device; we are the idiots for paying for them. I've never worn an ankle monitor, but I sure as shit wouldn't want one because everyone else has one, then argue over whose is better, or pay for it.....but we dumb asses do, because it's a phone.

+1
Blackberry was the only phone I liked.

[Dpc2u]

Originally Posted by Rmtt

I am tired of rain. It's been raining non-stop here all week!

Same here, and not looking good for a few more days. Have a new roof going on the detached garage due to storm damage which was scheduled for yesterday, but now who knows. Fortunately only a couple of small manageable leaks.

[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by Rmtt

I am tired of rain. It's been raining non-stop here all week!

Originally Posted by Dpc2u

Same here, and not looking good for a few more days. Have a new roof going on the detached garage due to storm damage which was scheduled for yesterday, but now who knows. Fortunately only a couple of small manageable leaks.

It could be worse, you could me in central MI.

[King Rudi]

Originally Posted by wcr3d

+1
Blackberry was the only phone I liked.

100% agree! The last 4 phones that I carried, when I worked for the big blue death star, were all Blackberries. They had their quirks but those things were bullet proof! I didn't start carrying an android until a few years after I left. I carried an iPhone for about a year, it was a work phone....I hated every second of it.

[1MOREMOD]

Yep liked BlackBerry also only when couldnt be fixed any longer.

[wcr3d]

I think that was the last cell phone that was a PHONE first.

[BimmerDimmer6]

Originally Posted by Now_Rudi

It's only elite in the minds eye of the carrier. I worked for a phone company for years, my preference is based off my usage and experience with both platforms. iPhones are smart phones for dumb people, android isn't much better (you just don't have to pay for the bloatware already installed or sell your soul to use the damn thing), the windows mobile platform was great for people who are techies. Regardless of what anyone's perception of these devices are, at the end of the day it's nothing more than a personal spy and really expensive marketing device; we are the idiots for paying for them. I've never worn an ankle monitor, but I sure as shit wouldn't want one because everyone else has one, then argue over whose is better, or pay for it.....but we dumb asses do, because it's a phone.

You sure sound like an Android user.

Kidding aside, I agree with the spying thing. Considering phone is basically an extension of you - we are essentially walking robots if you think about it. Everything you do is through a device and influences your thinking, purchases, emotions, etc. differently than being physically present. We are in the age of data collection. Its all about data.

We are already seeing it with an influx of ADHD / ADD in young adults who grew up in affluent households immersed in tech. When I was kid ADD or ADHD was diagnosed as being a dip shit. IMO access to so much data at the tap of a finger is dangerous to the human race from a psychological standpoint.

[CTinline-six]

Originally Posted by Now_Rudi

I learned long ago simply not to own an iPhone. It's always a pleasure, when sending video of equipment not operating properly to contractors and the OEM companies, that they should have to download quicktime video player on their work machine just to watch a video. Not that I'm trying to be the android versus iPhone guy, but come on. Explaining to people, from other countries, that they need to download additional software (which involves IT and a multitude of hoops to jump through) just to watch a video so they can do business with us is not a great way to start a work relationship. Yep, those iPhones are great if everyone on the planet was forced to have one.

If I ever decide that I'm 12, a female and need my phone to be "cute" with colorful text bubbles and sounds, rather than just work, I'll light the ground on fire making my way to the closest apple store. Until then, I'll leave the bloatware to the "influencers" of the world.

I'm not an iphone fanboy by any means, but imessage is pretty invaluable for me since many of the buildings I frequent for work have wifi but zero cell service, and my company provides everyone with iphones. I do most of my actual work on a windows machine, but I have a Macbook I take to meetings. It helps that I can imessage those same people in my phone while I'm on the macbook in a meeting. No device is perfect, I just find Androids a bit more cumbersome to use.


All companies share data. The ones who claim they aren't, are lying.

[Turkish Pickle]

i think i'd go back to a flip phone before considering getting back into android
was shocked how many years i spent tweaking my android phones when i could've just gotten an iphone