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Non-complaint: For the last couple of years, I've managed my cell phone bill by paying an annual fee of around $130, that I pay automatically in March. It's in my budget, it's tolerable, its for my Smartphone from TracFone and comes out to about $11 per month. Cheap by some standards, especially since I rarely incur any extra charges for data.
Today I received my bill from TracFone and they've changed my subscription to three months instead of a year.
Not complaining. The per month cost is still about the same, but why did they change me from an annual to a quarterly system? Is my phone now so old that they don't think it will last another whole year and don't want to have to refund me anything if I quit them?
Complaint: The kerfuffle with the phone bill made me realize that , yes, my phone is getting a bit long in the tooth, has no user replaceable battery, is beginning to not stay safely charged more than a couple of days. So, I went phone shopping again at the TracFone site. I really don't want to have to go through the whole new phone setup process again, not to mention the cost of a new one. (*Sigh*) I'd be happy to just change out the battery and stay with my current phone, but there's no user replaceable battery.
Didn't buy yet, but am looking at another nice Moto G phone between $150 and $200.
Non-complaint: However, the quarterly billing, means that the bottom line on my budget spreadsheet page for March now looks about a hundred dollars better than it did yesterday. Cool! I'm not as broke as I thought I was.
With some of the new Android phones, you just plug a cable between the old phone and new phone, and watch as it guides you through transferring everything from the old phone to the new one. And you can take the sim card out of the old one and just put it in the new one. I'm certain that did not use to work in the United States.
@LeatherGryphon - can you take it somewhere to get the battery swapped out? There are a bunch of places around here that claim to specialize in such things, though I've never tried them.
(My phone's an emergency-only thing on a family plan with my parents & brother. I mostly ignore it until Dad informs me that it's no longer being supported and some form of upgrade has happened, and he hands me a new one, which I proceed to hate with the power of a thousand fiery suns because it's even more complicated than the last beast. And then I mostly ignore it until it's yet again replaced. Honest to heck, I miss the one I had in the mid/late 90's that was capable of making a call. And that was it.)
Sounds like what you want is what is sometimes called, at least here in the UK, a 'Dumbphone'. Over recent years apparently there has been an increased demand for more basic phones from people who are fed up of having their phones run their lives. A quick internet search should find a few.
Yes. A dumb phone. I would like my phone to be dumb, please.
Not sure if they'd be compatible with the plan we're on, though. I admit near total ignorance of such things... I have so much else on my plate with the kids that I'm happy to just ride along on whatever my parents already have going.
I'm not a total loss with tech. I like my iPad quite well and can manage a reasonable level of tech support on that and PCs for self + kids before I have to flag my dad down for help. (Engineering and tech was his job before he retired.) But for some reason I just viscerally despise having to use a smartphone.
...I still have my old phone that was uncomplicated and very reliable. Unfortunately it is 3G which is now obsolete so it serves as a travel and secondary alarm clock. The battery still holds a charge for a 2 - 3 days.
In the 90s I still had a landline as well as a 28.8 modem card in the computer.(Pentium 120 MHz, with 16 MB of RAM a 320 MB HDD and a NEC Multisync monitor, yeah "cutting edge" tech back then)....
There is also an app that does that. I used it when son got me a new phone as a gift. I don't think I even needed a cable. Mine is a Galaxy Android from TracFone. I tried to find the name but didn't see the app, so maybe I uninstalled it.
My first iPhone, an iPhone 3 was my bedside alarm clock for years after I bought the iPhone 5, did an emergency replacement of it when the 5's battery started to swell-up and get super hot and got an iPhone 6, finally got the current iPhone 12 ProMax. I keep being asked to upgrade to the newest, lower feature iPhone with a trade-in of it. But when I did the exchange of the 6 for the 12, we had to link them manually and transfer my documents (my sim card couldn't transfer?) and as we waited in the AT&T store, I watch the weather change from sunshine to a blizzard over four hours.
I made it home safely and the next morning took Bugsy out for his walk in feet of snow, which was still falling, and let him run in the apartment's dog park off leash. My favorite picture of him was taken on that new phone as he charged me across the park in joy. The closeup of his head is my background on my computers and phone now. That made those four hours worth it.
@NylonGirl Thank you, I'll look for that feature.
@SilverGirl "Going Somewhere" off my beaten path is problematic. Yeah, if I was in a bigger city there would be someplace obvious to do it, but around here it's well hidden or inconvenient for me. There used to be lots of little jewelry/watch shops that might have tackled that type of business, but that was a generation ago, and nobody has a phone kiosk in the local (nearly dead) mall anymore. There is an AT&T store somewhere on the other side of the city, but I don't know if they handle battery replacements. Perhaps next time I arrange a ride to that area of the city I could investigate. My phone will last probably another year, but I have to be thinking about resolving the situation one way or another. I actually have a couple of dumb phones, stuck away in a drawer for a decade, I could probably rebattery one and survive (if they are still compatible with the network), but I've gotten used to my smartphone's features, and I use it more for business status & transactions, than personal communication. They've hooked me, I'm addicted.
Non-complaint: Wheee..., today is symphony day. Symphony Buddy contacted me this morning to remind me. Time to strigil the crud off of my skin, carve my hairs back into submission, find some civilized clothes to wear, and clean out my ears so that maybe I can hear the triangle or piccolo. Again, it's in Erie, PA at the old Warner theater. Dvorak: 9th Symphony aka: "From The New World".
2nd movement 11:35
3rd movement 23:35
4th movement: 30:35
Samsug Smart Switch
Good information about the "Samsug Smart Switch", maybe Samsung has one too.
Non-complaint: Talking about regenerating Universes (well, I was a few days ago), here's another trustworthy article about Roger Penrose's CCC idea. Yeah, it's 5 years old, but despite the old guard's attacks on the plot, I still think it makes a lot of sense, and offers solutions to long standing problems. And the CCC idea keeps popping up as worthy of looking at again. But what I personally have trouble believing in is the popular cult idea of "Inflation", I think that's a weak, ridiculous idea, and leads to over-complicated multi-universe fantasies.
(--- LG --- 03/21/26) Then again, I was the guy who said in the early '70s, that computer games would never catch on.
Yes that's the one.
Non-complaint: Hmmm..., look and ye shall find ...
I've located a small phone repair shop that is on a bus route near where one of my doctors has his office. So, next time I need his services I'll pop in there and check them out about battery replacement in my several year old** Motorola Moto G "Stylus" that is currently stalled on Android version 11. Current version is apparently Android 16.
**Note: A check for the particular model "XT2115DL" shows that the original user's manual was printed in 2020, although I probably bought mine a year or so later.
Weather: Monday the low was -1F. Today the high was 78 F. Tomorrow we're dropping back to 40. As one does.
But I've gotten three days in a row of walks with both my kids in attendance (Teen Kiddo opts in or out as the mood takes them) and it's been fabulous.
I also weighed Little Dude around his birthday, and him plus the wagon is now probably up to 75 lbs. No wonder I'm puffing up those hills. Good exercise, right?
Great to walk and breathe fresh air, see the world and get away from four walls.
But today I woke with a migraine so bad I am falling into stuff. Meds not helping much. I think the pressure gradient is more to blame than anything. Yesterday was supposed to be 90F but we only got to 86, today, 66F and currently at 44F. I still think if I take all my cold weather stuff and store it for the season, we will have a really nice winter storm to screw up the trees that have blossomed and take out the fruit later on. It has been the pattern for the past ten years or so around here. I feel really sorry for the folks with orchards trying to make a living.
Weather: Winter here is still fighting back but is taking a rest today. Temps in the 50s (F), perhaps as high as 60 in the early afternoon. Clear, sunny. Kite weather. But there are a few near freezing days in the 10 day forecast.
Non-complaint: Symphony was very enjoyable. Symphony Buddy picked me up at 4:30pm for the drive to Erie, Pennsylvania (about 60 miles). First piece of the night was a new modern piece that I didn't find grating.
"Strum" by Jessie Montgomery. Then the Ravel Piano Concerto. Ravel is kinda unique, old school ideas in semi-modern cloak. I was familiar with his piano concerto but hadn't previously noticed the similarity of parts of it to his "Mother Goose Suite". Well performed.
The pianist (Sean Chen) gave us an encore, a fantasie version of "Over The Rainbow". A delightful demonstration of virtuostic musing. During intermission I popped out, and found a glass of wine to loosen up a bit for the big performance of the night, Dvorak's "From The New World" symphony. Very well performed. All-in-all, I had a great time. Happy, happy, joy, joy
Before the concert, Symphony Buddy and I had a nice dinner, then waited in bumper-to-bumper traffic near the venue for about 20 minutes as we inched our way to the parking garage. Downtown Erie was full of cars because there was a hockey game in the arena in the block behind the theater. Great city planning guys.
I believe we found the last parking spot in the garage on the top, in a dark corner, and were the last ones to leave after the show. Got home around 11:30pm. A delightful evening.
Complaint: As much as I appreciate Symphony Buddy, getting tickets for these mini-adventures, they aren't the best seats in the house. Last night was third row extreme left end. I prefer and would pay for center aisle mid-house, or center front balcony seats, where one can hear the instruments in a balanced manner, and see all the instruments not just the butts of the violinists.
Also Complaint: Young person, in the row ahead of me, teenage boy (I think) with long hair, couldn't keep his hands away from his hair all through the performance of one of the most energetic, famous symphonies of all. He was continually pulling on, and twirling the hair over his left ear, right in front of my face, or sticking his finger in his ear cleaning out what he found there, obscuring my view of the violinists butts. It was all I could do to maintain concentration on listening to one of my favorite symphonies, and not reach up and grab his hand and tell him to grow up and learn how to behave in a civilized setting, or leave his hair at home next time. Grrr...
Reminded me of the time that I was at a symphony and the person in the isle ahead of me was watching cat cartoons on her big iPad device while the orchestra was playing a tribute to the death of one of their members shot and killed a few days earlier in a horrible murder. The large colorful fast moving image and audible cartoon noises was extremely distracting to me. After the piece I did speak out, in a voice that all around me could hear and chastized her behavior, she got all huffy, and eventually left before the next piece began, but her husband just sat there, ignoring her snottiness, with a wry smile on his face.
And then there was the time, a woman behind me had brought her sugar-addled six or seven year old to a concert. The kid couldn't sit still, couldn't be quiet, and kicked the seats ahead of her. After about 15 minutes of this and having turned around several times with my best "get your child under control" look, they left. Good riddance.
Civilized behavior. It's not that difficult. A symphony is not a Punch & Judy show.
Non-complaint: Civilized behavior at a rock concert. I was lucky enough to have heard the Moody Blues play in the sports stadium in Orlando in 1972. It was a seated engagement in the stands and in folding chairs on the floor of the stadium. No standing and mulling, no raucous behavior.
Sadly there doesn't seem to be anything powered out there that meets our requirements at the moment. But hopefully by the time he gets truly beyond my ability to manage it something will come out. It seems like a lot of companies are starting to realize there's a serious demand for equipment for people who need accomodations and their caretakers. Even just in the 6.5 year gap between the kids, I've noticed it with the clothes... there are a bunch of shoe brands that have both standard tie and "alternate closure" (Velcro) options now. And there are a lot more clothing brands that are going to a "sensory friendly" designation with softer seams in less bothersome places, no tags, etc. It's truly merciful.
And in fairness, it's a really nice wagon. Rolls smooth, low center of gravity, sizable wheels, plows over acorns no issue, and the ability to either push with a stroller-style handle or pull with a wagon-style. I rarely do wagon, but once in a while it gets stuck in a slush pile and a push won't do to get it un-stuck. And at least most of the up-hills are a gradual enough incline that it's effort, but not injury. Now, if we go the reverse way on our loop I'm cooked. There are a couple that direction I learned the hard way have passed my back's ability to be polite about it. If I had a bit more height on me I'd probably do better, but 5-foot-nothin' is what I've got. So I make up for the short with stubborn and creative. =P
Oh I'm so sorry for your pain. I hope things get better for you soon. Migraines are the worst.
Definitely don't touch the cold weather stuff. My car's ice scraper and the emergency winter kit stay where they're at until June. If anyone brings the freak storm down on our heads, it's not going to be me.
Well last Thursday had an appointment with the cancer specialist ,and talked to him about why they couldn't do a hysterectomy ,and he was flat out honest with me ,with how bad my pulmonary hpertension is no doctor would be willing to preform any surgery on me that requires me to be put to sleep ,unless I have a heart and lung transplant , ...... thought about that for a couple of days and now I understand where I'm at and that's okay.......but I will be pissed if I don't get to see the next Avatar movie .
@Carrie58 can they work on reducing the pulmonary hypertension causes? I know that just by losing weight I have improved my stats when I see my doctor and am evaluated. He still has me on hypertensive meds but I am getting better, along with other issues I have.
I am doing nothing more than reducing my carbohydrate and sweet intake and overall quantities. When they try to get me to measure and go onto a specific diet, I get too stressed out and binge, and it doesn't work for my flatmate who hates many of the foods. I also got used to full fat milk in Europe and butter and refused to go to manufactured garbage they sell to Americans.
....ah yes, weather in the upper Midwest. "If you don't like it, stick around for five seconds, it will change"
Exactly why I left for the "Pacific Northwet" over 45 years ago. The changes here are much more gradual - no 72° at lunchtime and snow later that afternoon. I've seen puddles with ripples caused by the wind that froze in place.
Even living in Milwaukee was a challenge particularly in late spirng to early summer as one never knew exactly how to dress fir the workday. It could be sunny and warm in the mooning to around noon or so, then later in the afternoon like a switch was thrown, the wind would shift direction blowing in off the lake, the temperature would tumble about 20° - 25° in a matter of minutes, and a "pea soupier" fog would roll in.
Yes, and there are things like this too...
EV Wagon
I want this cart
, but I don’t know why.I've been working at losing weight ,lost 58 lbs since Novemember ,pretty much doing the same as you cutting sweets and carbs and watching portion sizes . Have you tried Almond Breeze? I found it's the only milk substitue I like ,still miss whole milk though, and get real tired of turkey , chicken and fish ......
I think I need to find a new pulmonologist cause the one I have is very poor at communicating ,and is office sucks at returning calls ....
Thank you Richard ,I'm actually doing okay ,family can't figure out why I'm not stressed or depressed ,but I'm not .......we all have to go sometime ......