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  • Google Please!!!!

    Google the Pixel 4 disappoints. Please listen for the survival of the Pixel line. No, I don’t have the Pixel 4 nor do I want one. Why?

    1.  No fingerprint reader. Face unlock/ID might be just as secure, but it is not 100 percent reliable. 
    2. No FM chip. I know that streaming is your bread and butter but it would bring in more people to the Pixel ecosystem and it does have National Security/Emergency implications.
    3. No Headphone-jack. Think of it you would trump Apple and shame Apple at the same time. 
    4. Minimum 128GB and 256GB for memory instead of 64GB and 128GB. 
    5. Bringing back the 2 front cameras and keeping the soli chip. 
    6. Improve video recording quality to beat Apple like the superior still shots.
    7. This is a big one lower the price by 200 to 250. I believe you will still make a profit. 
    8. Optional adding to 2TB SD card support, but I could live without this one. 
    9. Bring it out in July instead of October. Beating Apple by 2 months and being able to use the latest Qualcomm chip before it becomes obsolete in October.  
    What do you think?

  • Retirement

    My permanent retirement is still a little ways off. Just wondering where I should retire. I have pluses and minuses for each one. Thinking of the list below. Does anyone have any thoughts and suggestions? My retirement will be mostly Social Security and will need my money to last, high-speed internet and good medical facilities (which includes doctors).

    1. Paris, Tennessee
    2. Logan, WV
    3. Lewisburg, WV
    4. Chattanooga, TN
    5. Inverness, FL
    6. The home city where I am now.
    7. St Ives UK
    8. Corfu, Greece 

    The last two are foreign yes I know, but I have done a lot of research on them and like them for their visual appeal. Corfu Greece is probably the most affordable of the two foreign choices. 

  • Microsoft’s Surface Event

    The highlight of this week was watching the Microsoft Surface Event. I liked and wanting everything they announced. My wallet says no and that is the final word. My head says get get get! I plan on waiting to see the reviews and hope that next year will be a better year financially so that I can maybe get one of the new devices. I am really looking forward to the Surface Neo.
    Google’s event I am kind of not looking forward too. I like the camera advancements I have been hearing about. Google why can’t you leave the fingerprint reader, add a headphone jack and an FM tuner that would make it a big BUY for me. I know Google is planning to announce other things, but I have several Google devices and like every one of them. I wish the would simplify the privacy options by having one setting choice so that I could saw delete all my maps, history and other information collected after 18 months. Instead, you have to set each feature separately.

  • Please Netflix

    Please, Netflix you don’t have to add sex to every episode of TV Series. The storyline is strong enough without it and I personally don’t want to see it. Respect the storyline and people’s modesty.

  • Americans are stressed beyond belief in my opinion

    Everywhere I go lately service is terrible. I went to CVS today to pick up my prescription which was only 7 pills for 15 dollars. I get home and look in the bottle and I have only 6 pills. So I called CVS they will have the other one ready for me. I am not making an extra trip until Monday after work.
    Everywhere I go nowadays something is always messed up because places are short staff or just pressured to perform. We all need to slow down just a touch. The only thing that should be lightning fast is our internet.

  • iPhone 11

    Saw the Apple keynote yesterday. Was not impressed with anything except the new Apple Watch Series 5. I did like the new colors for the phone especially that midnight green. However, the new phones are not that inspiring. I like my Google Pixel 3. Let’s see what Google comes up with as I have come to love Google Products. My tech rankings
    1. Microsoft
    2. Google
    3. Apple’s iPad and iPod (but that is it).

    I will say Google needs to trim their software offerings and then stick by what the have and stop killing things. Microsoft is also bad about that. Google example the Pixel Slate. They gave up to early on it. Also the numerous messaging apps. Android Messages seems like the clear choice and PLEASE GOOGLE keep GOOGLE VOICE.

  • Doctor’s Visit today

    Went to my Primary Care doctor. Have a lot of medical issues trying to work through them one at a time. But doesn’t help when a staff member sends you home with somebody else’s paperwork. Now, who has mine if anyone.
    Been a long week glad it is almost over. I need about a month off.

  • 18 Years Ago

    Do you remember where you were when 9/11 attacks occurred? I do. I was in traffic court in Plant City, Florida.I had just left when my mother called me to tell me about the first plane and then while I was on the phone with her she watched the second plane fly into the Tower. That whole day was a long day for me and I remember almost everything about that day. 
    Hopefully, nothing like it will happen again. Be safe and be careful every day.  

  • Back to work

    Back to work tomorrow. It was a relaxing weekend, except for the leg cramps I had every night that I was sleeping. I played video games but not as much as I hoped. I was tired and decided to just relax. I did finally get to start Season 7 of The Walton’s.
    This month and next month will be a big challenge in many ways. Hope everyone else had a great Labor Day 2019.

  • Hurricane Dorian

    Praying for all the people in the path of Dorian. Cat 5 Hurricane.