Happy Birthday, Jon! Many happy returns of the day!

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Link to video Ok, I lell my HS story. My best friend Hara and I were the two alternates. We couldn't serve well enough. We had no game to speak of. We didn't have the knowledge needed to get through a match. If we had the experience we would still not have the stamina. So we enjoyed hitting with each other. I loved hitting in the concrete "courts" they have for this. We spent a lot of time together at city parks for tennis. We listened to music (Broadway, Streisand, almost every album). No disrespect to Streisand at all, but when I hear her voice now, I switch it off. It was definitely a brief musical phase for me though. We talked outback dating (others, not each other, lol). Good times. I wish I could have done more in HS but there wasn't much opportunity for playing tennis in inner city Tampa, and more to the point, I didn't have the opportunity to take lessons. So yeah. Glorified waterboy. Lol!

Buying votes? What's wrong with that???

Yeah that's why I'm keeping my trusty Moto Edge 2024. I've put what I need on it. It has an OLED not LED screen; that makes it possible for me to read the screen without difficulty assuming I have my readers on. It's also night and day to me in terms of watching videos. It's paid for. The battery retention is very good IDK why. I want to add a landline. I'm in touch with family members now from way back. I want to talk old school where you can't hang up on the person because your cellphone screen accidentally tapped the side of your head. I mean think about. You can't hold a cellphone again your ear with pressure and leverage applied. You have to hold it so it doesn't touch your ear. A second option is more important to me than a nicer phone. However... (here I will surprise nobody)... I do have a cellphone wishlist. Flagship, China, Magic OS. I can't imagine wanting to actually buy anything like that in '06 or '07. I'll probably buy another Edge if I have to buy something. The new models have large OLED screens (6.5- 7.0 range, the size I want), stronger processors,larger batteries, water and dust certification, etc. They still only cost about $500 or $600.

My new audiobook is ‘Six Days of War’ by Michael Oren. It’s said to be the best single volume treatment of the 67 Arab-Israeli war.

And control. They want to know who is pregnant. They want to know who has guns. etc.

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Link to video Now that's a peridot (and VCA). But this is a good example (of how beautiful one can be but also...) the story we were told about some gems being valuable and some "semi" is BS. Prince Anne on jewelry. Is she a diplomat or what. Link to video

Republicans seem to believe that the bad consequences will not affect them.

@wtg Seems to be, "Our product will kill us all." Not the best sales pitch and unusual coming from the seller. I tend to believe things like that.

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@jon-nyc I don't disagree. I just think the military budget is absurd. Not that voters have any control over it.

I bet they were just glad not to be trekking.

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I can see it, Chas.