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That is badass!

 

[XJosh95]

The only thing I like on an iPhone over android is iTunes. iTunes is the only place I buy music, so an Android iTunes app would be awesome (I know I am dreaming). I have used a few iPhones of friends, and the small screen and other things didn't impress me.

The only way I buy music is $2/cd at a garage sale, rip the album and sell the CDs in my own garage sale.

Lotta people drinking the Apple Kool-Aid.

You'd have to pay me to use an Apple product. And it would have to be good money.

on the phone with verizon...again...if this doesn't work, then ebay here i come

I spent an hour and a half online with AT&T this morning. Now have a working BlackBerry again. From your latest post, I understand you're getting somewhere too.

Some friends of mine (and my girlfriend {first shooter}) shooting. A few had never shot a shotgun before (my girlfriend has fired my P22, but that is it).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7AcxC2Yyvg

Which one is your girlfriend?

I've never seen so many people "shoulder" a shotgun in their armpit.

 

[terrehautian]

She is the first one who shot.

 

[macgyvr]

itunes SUCKS....period. even on a mac...its very invasive and it pretty much tries very hard to take over the media on your computer. personally i prefer mp3 players that act like a storage device and let you transfer songs and videos when you need them.

that being said, i choose to not have a smart phone. it just seems like a waste of money to me. if i need internet on a trip, i use a virgin mobile 3g/4g usb stick thats pay as you go. my little 13" mac book is great for travelling. doing internet surfing on a little screen is too hard for my big fat fingers. some of the smartphone apps would be useful, but for a minimum upcharge of $30 a month for one line and $60 for two phones seems like a waste to be able to see radar and use a few apps. plus 90% of the people i hunt, fish and work with have smart phones so if i need something, i just ask them.

i did win an argument once between friends though. they were arguing about who's phone was better at a bar. they were saying "yeah well my iphone can do this" and "well my droid can do that" i finally said "screw you guys, can your phones do this" and i dropped my phone into a full glass of water and called it. then i pulled it out shook if off and put it back in my pocket. it shut them up pretty quickly. unfortunately, that was one of the only good things about the phone. im still in the process of arguing with verizon...today im going to escalate it to upper management. that usually is what it takes. last time i told them that it was bs that i didn't get a phone credit any more they gave me a "legacy customer" credit of $100...after 11 years, you would think they would give me something.

Hey Mac. ThinkGeek has a Bluetooth keyboard case for the iPhone...

I take pictures with my iPhone underwater. So yeah, mine can do that :thumbup:

red 'lifeproof' heep

I'll have to check out the blue tooth keyboard...

I also have a Lifeproof case....

http://www.lifeproof.com/

mac 'uses the phone in the pool also' gyvr

 

[REWSTER]

That lifeproof case kinda makes me want a IPhone...

 

[altrocker1]

an iphone wouldn't last 24 hours in my hands...even in a life proof case.


alt "26 phones in 11 years and counting" rocker1

 

[RedHeep]

You'd have to pay me to use an Apple product. And it would have to be good money.

I spent an hour and a half online with AT&T this morning. Now have a working BlackBerry again.

I think these two statements together are funny.

My iphone, my ipod, my macbook, my wife's iphone, her ipad and my son's ipod work all the time. No aggravation necessary.

 

[kastein]

As an ex blackberry user I think I'd rather use an iphone than a blackberry, but "no phone" trumps either one. At least "no phone" wouldn't piss me off.

 

[87manche]

<bangs head on desk> "Please to do the needful." I'm *SURE* there's a few people who've heard that phrase, and know why I'm just about ready to go postal.

I can't stop laughing.


good luck.

aren't you glad I got you out of military tags in your spare time now?

 

[XJosh95]

I think these two statements together are funny.

My iphone, my ipod, my macbook, my wife's iphone, her ipad and my son's ipod work all the time. No aggravation necessary.

I understand you finding humor in that. I find humor in that you only do what Apple allows.

 

[ChiXJeff]

I can't stop laughing.


good luck.

aren't you glad I got you out of military tags in your spare time now?

I'd almost welcome that.

Overseas contractors are a major PITA. And quite frankly, I really don't care that they're not understanding the terms or technologies, if they've been assigned to this contract, they bloody well *SHOULD* have that knowledge. I'm not spoon feeding them.

 

[87manche]

I'd almost welcome that.

Overseas contractors are a major PITA. And quite frankly, I really don't care that they're not understanding the terms or technologies, if they've been assigned to this contract, they bloody well *SHOULD* have that knowledge. I'm not spoon feeding them.

they DO have the experience you need at least that's what the contractor said....

 

[ChiXJeff]

they DO have the experience you need at least that's what the contractor said....

"*REALLY*? Then <BEEEEEEEEEEEP> prove it."

 

[87manche]

I feel your pain.

and it's a shame that you can't just curse at them, they instantly hang up, which robs you of the satisfaction.

 

[RedHeep]

I understand you finding humor in that. I find humor in that you only do what Apple allows.

Which is a metric ton more than trying to make my blackberry work for 90 minutes a day on the telephone with an overseas call center who doesn't speak english.

I played the "I won't get an Apple product because I don't want to be like everyone else" for a long time. People can do what they want. Just make sure the comparisons and conclusions that you're drawing have basis. If you've never owned an iphone, how the hell do you know?

I've owned every type of phone that came out over the past 12 years, including droids. None of them do what my iphone does with the relative ease of operation that it does it with.

YMMV.

 

[87manche]

I won't own an apple product because I hate thir business model and they're patent litigation.

It's a moral stand more than a "anti crowd cool" one. But we've discussed that.

I will not deny that the iphone is slick, and makes it easy to do the things the average person wants to do.

I am however a huge nerd, so the next phone I own will be android based, because I like to brick expensive things.

quick tech:

What size pipe do I need to change the rear output shaft seal in an 01 NP242?

 

[XJosh95]

Considering I've had a BlackBerry for over 2 years and had only 2 issues, and only one of which required any real tech support, I'd say I'm ahead of the game. I'd hardly say that I spend 90min/day with tech.

I may have never owned an iPhone or iPod or any iTard product, but it doesn't take a owning one to know that my mp3 player has 16gig worth of music on it loaded from the program of my choosing, loaded into that program by a format of my choosing and owned all by my choosing. Edit: To elaborate on the owning of my choosing, I didn't obtain all my music by 100% legal means, but that doesn't stop me from having it put into my media library.

I'm not saying they're not a good product. I'm saying they're not compatible with anything I want. My mp3 player accepts media from any media storage program, yours does not accept media from any other program. I prefer options over restriction.

Apple has their place. It's just not my desk.

 

[RedHeep]

Considering I've had a BlackBerry for over 2 years and had only 2 issues, and only one of which required any real tech support, I'd say I'm ahead of the game. I'd hardly say that I spend 90min/day with tech.

I may have never owned an iPhone or iPod or any iTard product, but it doesn't take a owning one to know that my mp3 player has 16gig worth of music on it loaded from the program of my choosing, loaded into that program by a format of my choosing and owned all by my choosing. Edit: To elaborate on the owning of my choosing, I didn't obtain all my music by 100% legal means, but that doesn't stop me from having it put into my media library.

I'm not saying they're not a good product. I'm saying they're not compatible with anything I want. My mp3 player accepts media from any media storage program, yours does not accept media from any other program. I prefer options over restriction.

Apple has their place. It's just not my desk.

Most of the music on my ipod and iphone was gathered the same way yours was. The drm restriction was removed a long time ago.

If that's your hangup, you're behind the news. :rof:

 

[RedHeep]

What size pipe do I need to change the rear output shaft seal in an 01 NP242?

The one where the pipe is the same size as the seal.

I have a 242 on the garage floor. Want me to measure?

 

[87manche]

The one where the pipe is the same size as the seal.

I have a 242 on the garage floor. Want me to measure?

I'm not sure if it's the same since they changed the slip yoke style.

I'll just go get a new seal today and figure it out.

Racecar jeep has started leaking from the output and it's slinging ATF all over the cat.

the racecar driver objects to the smoke and smell.
thus, it comes back to the paddock for repairs.