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@andyd Well said.

The same thing happened here (not surprisingly).

Has it been that long?

Do you want to see my new one?

https://timeresistance.com/collections/messenger-bags-for-men/products/full-grain-italian-leather-messenger-bag-the-stranger?variant=50313179824454

It fits folders like a glove.

I got it about a week ago.

I got rid off my backpack.

I got rid of the Toscanella travel bag I got in 2025.

And they stopped making it (and many others).

I kept this one-

Leather Sling Bag Belly Bag - Independent People – timeresistance.com https://share.google/4u9GIA8GSOikFUruD

It's a sling bag but after you use it for a few years the leather relaxes and bends.

Then you see it's actually an ancient sling bag design that would have been used to plant seeds.

I bought their recommended product and cleaned it.

I'm done. I'm keeping these two.

Good luck, Joe.

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Peridot. Richard Yard.

It reminds me of the old saying about the Tiffany's counter- if you have to ask the price, you can't afford it.

I thought that slogan was silly at the time- but it made a point.

Happy Birthday, jon!

@shirokuro It is fun to pretend!

My Android Magic OS options are around $1,500.

I can pretend I need one or want to buy one.

It's a minor, pleasant distraction for me.

Of course. Lol, Joe.

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Cheers.

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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!

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.

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$1,999.

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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.

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@wtg Is that a rhetorical question?

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

Nice. What else would you expect.

My issue would be I'm using my phone in public constantly and with a folding phone, I have the added step of unfolding and folding, or I have train myself how to use the phone with apps when it's folded, while not trying to break the phone or loose it.

I couldn't do it.

And there's a rule about not using proper nouns? That's not fun. A word is a word.

@shirokuro The word I was looking for was "Nelson"!

Foiled again!

Well, @bernard the great discomfort is here and it will get worse, imo.

Have you heard the saying that most Americans couldn't come up with $400 cash in an emergency?

This must be an approximation but I don't think anything other than that the middle class has been being destroyed for four decades and parts of two others in addition.

Well, is there a part of your take on this where you take into account the trillions and trillions of dollars of debt being created to fight wars of choice (and it should be spending for the national defense according to the Constitution but moving on...)?