ExiledInIllinois

Isn't this everything in life? There really should be no status symbols or social stratification. If there are any of these symbols or hierarchy in one's life, then they are being disingenuous claiming what you're claiming. Evertning is basically a tool from where one lives, what they do, to what they use in life. I am just poking fun at both sides. People love their logos. Enjoy what you enjoy. Apple is causing the standardization problem. EU got them on board with their proprietary cables. US will get them onboard with how they talk to the world outside their walled garden. Apple is the one's causing the issues. Again... Should they be paid for their innovation? Most definitely, but only for a limited time. We were here before with Microsoft and IE. What were people's take on that 25 years ago?

CORRECTION: 66% know how to drive manual. Yet, only highlights my argument. 2.8% choose to. https://gmauthority.com/blog/2020/12/cadillac-says-66-percent-of-american-adults-know-how-to-drive-a-manual-transmission/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/research/surprising-study-reveals-younger-drivers-are-saving-manual-transmission-cars/ar-AA1ky1JA But... Only 20% still remember or can with immediate proficiency: "...How many people can still drive stick? Most estimates say that roughly 20% of Americans can still drive a stick shift car. Interestingly, the report shows that of CarMax customers who bought a manual car, the majority were younger males. In fact, manual buyers are four years younger on average than the overall average CarMax customer. This means that younger people are doing the heavy lifting to save manual transmission cars. ..."

I think you're being disingenuous as @Augie is. "I don't care about stuff, buy I care about stuff" argument. Granted... If you just made the argument that sticking with Apple is just plain easier, you'd get no complaint out of me that their devices are easier to run. Like a standard shift vehicle vs. an automatic transmission. A lotta people can run both, like 18% of the population... But you'd never catch 13% of that 18% running the harder machine again out of choice... Why I can respect @Gugny's point... BUT he was manipulated into that point. They got his money for life and innovation will now go down. ONLY Apple can make both machines run smoother... They possess the easier technology to do so. It's solely up to them, yet they won't. It's all about getting everyone onto the same architecture. To Apple, we should all be driving around with Apple automatic transmissions where they get a cut of everyone's money. Maybe they should, but only for a certain amount of time.

But... If you're following, it's not the Android that's doing that... It's the Apple that's causing the problem. It's the walled garden of the Apple. You're basically blaming the victim. Apple wants it this way so people buy more iPhones. Apple has you a life customer because of what they are doing. Yeah. Half agree. But... This is like making Jeep owners use Jeep gasoline, Jeep oil.

Oh... Got you earlier in ShoutBox. Hope you enjoyed your day! HFBD! Saw this on the internet years ago, couldn't find it again, so I recreated it special... 😆🤣

Yup! Like the article said, even Apple people (iSheeple) have to wince at what Apple is trying to pull. Go back 25 years and they were singing a different tune. The bullied has now turned into the corporate bully... And the same people who raged against it now love it. Shameless.

Even the iSheeple know the suit is right. Weren't we here before with Microsoft and IE? https://mashable.com/article/apple-messages-green-doj

I wonder how New Mexico got one attack! "Feeding time at the city aquarium", that's how! I figured as much. The Rio Grande gets a little shallow by the time it reaches New Meh-he-co... 😏 https://sourcenm.com/2021/10/15/new-mexicos-shark-attack/ "...But an attack could and did happen in the controlled environment at the city’s aquarium on March 12, 2005. Diver Ken Pitts was wrapping up a feeding with the sand tiger sharks, and he was taking off his aquatic suit. “So now he’s not paying as much attention to what’s beneath him,” Lang described. One of the animals bumped into him causing two quarter-inch puncture wounds five inches above his wrist on the forearm. Pitts’ wounds were minor, requiring six stitches, and he was back diving in the tank shortly after the incident. That’s why New Mexico doesn’t show up on the map with a clean record for shark attacks. ..."

And when he can, squeeze a barmaid in from Cheektowaga... That too. That ain't, that's the way you do it, money for nothing and your... That means one more title.

AND bull sharks can tolerate fresh water. They've been spotted as far north as St.Louis on the Mississippi. @BringBackFergy There you go... You are complaining about Asian carp... Problem solved. God bless the USACE locks & dams.😉😜 https://www.realclearscience.com/2021/07/16/two_bull_sharks_swam_all_the_way_to_st_louis_785799.html#! "...No sightings are documented before the turn of the 20th century, but Shell and Gardner found two confirmed bull shark catches in the historical record: One in 1937, in Alton, Illinois, and another just outside of St. Louis in 1995. The 1937 shark was an 84-pounder and about 5 feet long, according to contemporary reporting by the Alton Evening Telegraph, which said the fish got stuck in a fisherman’s seine. The 1995 specimen was retrieved from the screen of a power plant intake canal, according to a 2004 report on the waterway’s ecology; the same report ascribed both the 1937 and 1995 events to waif, or accidental, one-off wandering fish. ..." Then there's this: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shark-attacks-landlocked-states-kentucky-missouri-new-mexico/ Enjoy!😏

Not for the Anglos. Patrick is anglicized as Patty. No difference I take.

We stopped using that in 2016 after the big law suit. Now we let a private contractor handle it. 😆 Plutonium & uranium are natural elements too. 😆 All kinds of toxic natural elements.

Thou protest too much "Pristine" & "Calumet River" were never used in conjunction... Ever. Even the natives dragged their canoes through here, making ruts, and when filled w/water when rains came, the first canals were born. They polluted with stuff like carcasses of animals, etc... There's probably lead all over that Spanish Galleon. #LearnYourHistory

Not like it won't happen anyway.😉😜

Is it in Corps of Engineers jurisdiction waters?

Trucks through him into the end zone mouthing the words: "I'm home Rachel!"

YES! 😆 But please, one at a time.

False. I work with one of the world's largest toilet systems. When someone takes a drink in New Orleans, it has already passed through 3 people.

¡HOLA! Because $$$, business. Sadly, trade trumps truth in this country. Trade is king. 😕

Breaking Bad

Yup! Called: "Standard" for a reason. Why I made the crack about each state given the opportunity to decide for themselves. The 20 states should opt out. What a wonderful mess that would be. You'd see the Fed panic. Right now, Arizona (who wants more evening heat) & Hawaii (almost 12/12 daylight year 'round anyway) are negligible... But the rest of the herd has to be uniform.

And because of their LATITUDE. More consistent length of days throughout the year. Closer to the equator and poles, it really doesn't matter. With stuff like this, the middle latitudes bear more of a burden. It's pretty disingenuous of Florida. They wouldn't be pushing this crap if there were health effects affecting driven by their latitude. Oh wait, there are. 😏 Why do they even wanna fuq w/us given the already increased middle latitude burden: https://www.neurologylive.com/view/multiple-sclerosis-severity-associated-latitude-temperate-zones-driven-uvb-exposure Do we mess around with their hurricane funding? If we all lived at the same latitude and had similar length of days consistently throughout the year, then fine.

With :26 left. I think SanDiego ran one play w/fans all over the field.

Very young 37 year old Van!