MORNING ROLL CALL 2023.

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1 comment (Wednesday 5/17/23)

Hey Dave @DaveMcK , Froze @Frozenoem and myself were referring to his presence in the Computer Forum. He luvs your forum! 😉

Lol, ME, I was talking about ALL of the forum as folks are leaving, new folks are not staying.

Let's be honest, this site is a "pain" to use and NOT many folks are going to be stressed out over it.

Also, two things. Politics members left site very barren. AARP is about the Awards and Games.

Lol, then add in the pages and pages of "complaints" poor AARPJanelle has to wade through EVERY DAY. Poor dear sweet patient lady has started to work on Saturdays! 😱

Anyway, unless AARP starts to CARE about what members have "suggested" - this site will continue to be less interesting to alot of folks.

Hats off to you for all that you do. WE appreciate you in this forum.

Personally, I want to "interact" with other members versus posting stuff people only read with NO response.

But that is me and I let folks do things their way.

Hope you and Mary are well!

Hello @Frozenoem , @MsStretch , @catwoman500 and @LaDolceVita !!

Nicole 🙃

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Spotty internet today, 42* And windy as all heck.

My bit about boredom was 55 years of work to nothing, yes I know that’s what retirement is but, geez Louise.

Add in health issues, really need brain stimulation to feel alive. Reason I’ve been bouncing thru AARP boards and Reddit, etc

I think I’ve just decided to work from home for my old company just to remain sane at least until it warms up and I can hike without blowing down the road.

Been here since 2001 or 2002 while ai was working for the mental stimulation of problem solving in C&T, or shooting the breeze with old friends, virtual or real.

Time to play think I’ll go build a pc.

Froze

And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!

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3 comments (Wednesday 5/17/23)

Froze @Frozenoem , I am with you on the retirement.

I am climbing my walls....🙄

Went to Walmart this morning. The "highlight" of my day so far. 🙄

Lol, you know any Sugar Daddys? 🤔

I need one to finance my world cruise/lol 🤣😂

Anyway, glad you found an outlet and I will keep you my friend in my "thoughts" for your health.

Growing old is enough of a challenge without anymore help from other ailments. Takes a toll on you mentally.

July 2020, I NEEDED to retire.

May 2023, I am ready to do some "consulting" - not sure in what, but getting there! 😉

@DaveMcK , @MsStretch , @catwoman500 and @LaDolceVita Happy Wednesday 🥳💃

Nicole 🙃

CarolynS674392

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I heard a comedian say he maybe could be a splenda daddy.

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2 comments (Thursday 5/18/23)

Lol Froze @Frozenoem , it is no longer morning I think? 🤔 Being retired, all hours and days look alike to me! 🙄

I am sure iPad was older than 2020.

***edit @Frozenoem , just got up and dug up iPad. Lol, thought date, model number would be on back - there is some "tiny" what looks like "writing" - anyone have a MAGNIFYING GLASS 🤣😂 Anyway, .....***

Yikes, I cannot believe you are having "flurries" 😱😱😱

Hey @DaveMcK , @MsStretch , @catwoman500 and @LaDolceVita . Happy Thursday 💃🥳

Nicole 🙃

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@Anonymous

Turn it on > Settings > General> About > you should see model # and part #.

If you had a iPhone, I’d use magnifying glass on phone. Or take picture of back and enlarge with whatever Androids use , maybe 2-3 finger salute to enlarge.

Froze

And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!

MsStretch

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@Anonymous , under those same settings as @Frozenoem told you on your iPad, what is your iOS Version? It should be iOS (or iPadOS) 16.5. Eventually iPhones and iPads become obsolete, but not as fast as Androids. Androids give you one OS upgrade and it's time to move on. I've had my iPhone 8+ for a few years now. It may not have all the buzzers and bells of the iPhone 14, but it still updates to latest OS and still does what it's designed to do, so I'm good.

There are definite differences between using Android and Apple and it's just a matter of playing with it to learn it. Or that's what I had to do when first got my iPhone after having an Android tablet and phone. Some of those old habits and gestures die hard, but using it is learning it. In fact, I'd probably have to relearn how to use an Android again, it's been so long. 😁

Still love my desktop though. Win 11. Still like having a full-sized keyboard and big(ger) screen.

@Frozenoem , hope you're able to hit a trail soon. 🤞 I remember my first 'real' hike last year after my surgery/recovery was the BEST medicine, especially for my mood. Even though it was a hot day and I was exhausted and sweaty, my spirit was definitely invigorated and energized.

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1 comment (Thursday 5/18/23)

Party Time 💃🥳, @MsStretch stopped by!!!

I hope @catwoman500 and @LaDolceVita do too. Miss hearing from you BOTH. 😉

I think Froze @Frozenoem will be sending me a BILL for "talking" his ear off/lol 🤣😂

Ms. Stretch, iPadOS Version 16.41 (a).

Hmmm, Froze, a DIFFERENT model number here. MYL92LL/A. MODEL NAME iPad (8th generation).

***an update @MsStretch , @Frozenoem - I am updating, iPadOS 16.5 at moment. It is being "prepared" 🙄***

Nicole 🙃

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No worries Spring both are the same, only difference is one had 32Gb the other 128Gb, and released in 2020, and replaced in 2021. But, still getting updates to the OS that makes it work.for security and protection. Considering it’s price point that’s a good thing.🤔

The only other thing that might be close would be a Windows 11 computer or a MacOSx. For the next life span.

@MsStretch

I’ll be out in nature before snow flies next or within 2 months? It is Maine after all. At least work is making my brain function again, just need pt to work on my spine and legs. Sitting is an expletive waiting to happen.😎

Froze

And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!

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9 comments (Friday 5/19/23)

Luv my "pet name" Froze @Frozenoem 😉

Thank you SO MUCH for responding!

Lol, NO more laptops/computers for me. And I will be giving my iPad a "bon voyage" (drop off at my old computer biz) - NEVER getting one again.

Already "stressing" out over my coming UPGRADE to my Android or whatever my daughter decides to do.

I got a "kudo" from OUR @LaDolceVita = thanks, GLAD you are still with us!/lol 🤣😂

@catwoman500, usually it is Froze who is MIA. Hope you are okay "dear friend" 🤗🤎

Happy Friday @DaveMcK , @MsStretch (appreciated your help last night 👍 )

Nicole 🙃

***edit 🙄 @DaveMcK , @Frozenoem , @MsStretch , @catwoman500 , @LaDolceVita ***

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Kudo’s say we live and are still alive, or great information, if not followed up by response.

Your call if you enjoy Androids, about all I did with them is hack to find owners, or recover after malware hits, trained someone for that before I left, refuse to do it again.🤣

Same as recoveries for i’s or Mac’s , micro surgeries are done, solder points and I know longer agree. Microscopes to 50” monitor are not for mature eyeballs.

Your iPad if it has the last round of updates including todays would be up to date and ready to serve you for awhile more.

Now, I’m off in search of scallops for dinner , I think I’m hungry.

Froze

And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!

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(7 comments) MY RESPONSE IS BELOW, THANKS FOR "KUDO" 💃🥳

@Frozenoem wrote:
Kudo’s say we live and are still alive, or great information, if not followed up by response.

(5/21/23) YOU ARE A HOT MESS FROZE @Frozenoem !!!! SO TODAY WAS YOUR "KUDO" DAY (NO RESPONSE DAY). /LOL 🤣😂 NICOLE 😉

MsStretch

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@Anonymous , why can't you use this site on your iPad? I have no problem accessing on my iPhone.

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1 comment (5/20/23)

▶️***used iPad*** It worked THIS TIME @MsStretch !!!

▶️***edit @MsStretch , still have NO "access" to MY SETTINGS, had to ask for help with my NEW Avatar. Lol, but luv BIGGER SCREEN 💃🥳***

Thank you, Nicole 🙃

MsStretch

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🙌🎉Woo-hoo! I bet it is a whole lot easier with a bigger screen! 😁

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2 comments (Sunday 5/21/23)

Thinking of you @DaveMcK , @MsStretch , @Frozenoem , @catwoman500 and @LaDolceVita 🤎🤗

Happy Sunday,

Nicole 🙃

catwoman500

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Hey, Porch Peeps,

Trying to catch up with all that has gone on since I last got on here.

@MsStretch ...I totally agree with you about the desktop computer. Soooo much easier to see everything and go back and forth between sites. I do need to upgrade soon as Microsoft no longer is giving me updates but am too lazy to go computer shopping. I have to have the desktop to do my Ebay business so sooner or later I'll just have to get a new one. I'm so used to where everything is on this one, I dread getting another one.

Have a Kindle Fire tablet that I got years ago and haven't used it in the last few years. When I got my Samsung Android in 2016, they gave me a "free" tablet which I never took out of the box and no have no clue where I put it! Would rather read a real book than an electronic one that I could drop in the bathtub...my favorite place to read. Cheaper to buy another book than another electronic device.

I use my android phone to text, make and receive just a few calls (still have a landline which I LOVE!) and take photos (if I have to.) Still use my digital camera to take the photos for Ebay. Also, when you are out with a group and we need an answer to something, it's great to just pull out someone's phone and say, "Hey, Google..."or "Hey, Siri..." 😸

I'm home so much of the time, the landline works best for me. It sits right next to me here at my desk and when I get a robo call, I just press "call block." If I just had my cell phone, I'd have to find it in my purse, and wait for the call to end before I could block the #. I'm such an old school person. 😼

@Frozenoem ...So how were those scallops? Yum! What no lobster roll?

So, on Thursday of all days, when it was 39 in the morning, my AC maintenance guys were due to arrive. I almost turned the heat up, but realized that was dumb since they were going to be working on the AC. So, I sat freezing and then became even colder when they blasted the AC. Geeze Louise! 😳

Hey to the rest of you all @DaveMcK , @Anonymous , @LeeS4949 , and those who just stop by to see what's new.

Time for another cuppa.

Have a good week as we head into the unofficial beginning of summer next weekend.

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Cat,

Well for the first time in 322 days my laptop is almost ready to fly, finally replaced motherboard and cleaned it out, updates are long 12 hours and counting.

Debatable what the new one will be, have a Win11 calling my name and a Mac, still prefer my phone for handiness. Kept one Mac from late partners pallet.

Big screens are better than small for eye strain .

Like the ability the ability to turn iPhone and have a larger display. But still enjoy the casting to 50” tv/monitor with the 20/30 eyes. I’m sure whatever you get will work for you.👍

@Anonymous

Memorial Day will be spent visiting Uncle Ulysses a CW vet and double-checking on perpetual care, since my planting will be in the general area. Maybe next year for Arlington,VA and cuzzin.

Enjoy all presently feel like Geo.Jetson every hour I need to check the laptop to see how it’s going and press the mouse button. Then leave again.🤣

Froze

And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!

DaveMcKAuthor

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@Anonymous

Did not do much on Saturday. Went to Costco to stock up on some nuts for snacks. Also got some paper goods like TP.

Mary went on a bus trip to do some rummage saling.

Sunday we went out for breakfast with some friends.

This afternoon we had a visit from our oldest daughter.

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(3 comments) 🚘🚗 That is SO AWESOME @LaDolceVita , you deserve it!!!!

Nicole 🙃

catwoman500

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@LaDolceVita ...Congrats on the new car! When I got mine last summer, I, too, was overwhelmed with all the tech stuff. I still get confused when I try to use my cell phone in the car...it's the car that takes over the phone. I'm still talking into the phone like an idiot, but the phone goes off and the dashboard screen takes over. So confusing. I need one of those books like a "New Cars for Dummies!" 😸