@mark said in Paging Phibes!: @Doctor-Phibes I found this about the phone. Pretty impressive. I remember dropping this phone into a bucket of water not long after I got it and was amazed that it survived. I thought the constant 16+ hour exposure might be worse for it. The Samsung Galaxy Note10 is rated IP68, using the Ingress Protection rating system. The dust rating is 6 (highest level of protection), and the water resistance rating is 8 (water-resistant up to 5 feet for up to 30 minutes). Yeah, IP 68 should protect it against almost anything as long as you don't take it diving. The only thing that could harm it would be hardening of the gasket over time, but phones don't really last long enough for that to be an issue.

@Mik said in The Hospital Mafia: @George-K said in The Hospital Mafia: Owens - who welcomed her first child in January 2021 - began the begrudged account Saturday by recalling how she declined both antibiotics and the contraction-inducing drug Pitocin while going into labor for the second time last July. 'I had been very vocal about not wanting to be loaded up with unnecessary drugs during labor,' the Republican firebrand shared, adding that both times she had given birth, not a single complication arose. 'The doctor wanted me to take antibiotics, and I declined,' Owens said. Because you know better what's good for your labor, right? Because your series of 2 uncomplicated births gives you authority to make decisions, right? Because your years of commenting on TV and blogs gives you the knowledge to determine what's necessary and what's not, right? Yeah, I had the same reaction. Looking for a cause to champion, even if it is bad for people. I find her account of hospital personnel behavior suspect. As much as she says she suffered, I bet they suffered more.

@Jolly said in How Can I Bear It?: I think this is Tom's last season. I think so, too. Otherwise, I don't know how to predict what's going to happen. I rely on his long experience and, especially right now, his vaunted coolheadedness on the field. As for his weapons, the sports press seems to think highly of them. And everyone is excited about Godwin's return.

Dream on. Senate would never do that. Look at Clinton Trump.

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@Mik said in The Queen's Speech: Isn't that the truth. The framing is what is so pertinent to the times. Just a decade off of WW2, the dawn of the atomic age, television, transistors, the first computers...A speech made in rapidly changing times...And it shows how good she was at adapting to change, while still holding on to the best of the old ways and making the UK's monarchy relevant. I think her second vision of the future occurred after Diana's death. Just as this Christmas Speech helped to personify the Queen and give people just a glimpse of her drawing room, I think she saw the outpouring of public sympathy after Diana's death and knew the monarchy would have to open up a bit more and let them become more relatable as people to her subjects.. Her genius is in knowing just how much to do...Too little and the Royals are no better off. Too much, and you have what we have with Harry today - one of the most popular Royals at one time, Harry has dissolved into a pussy-whipped B-list celebrity. Either excess leads to a severe weakening of the monarchy.

And they did another at 9:03.

@George-K said in Hay Aqua!: [image: 1662896919217-img_1384.jpg] "H'yarr, and as ye do, well-heed me the 5 Clickbait Writing Mistakes Ye May Easily Avoid."

@blondie said in Come Ride With Me: Fun fact .. Rod Stewart is a model railroader. 1500 square feet worth.... https://allthatsinteresting.com/rod-stewart-model-trains

@Renauda said in Songwriting: The melody for Get Back was originally used in a Beatle song called No Pakistanis. That song was a political satire or attack against Enoch Powell and others in the UK who opposed immigration of non white colonials. My son actually found a copy of the tune on the internet that Beatles did as an outtake during, either the White Album or Abbey Road sessions. The chorus section when they sing “Get back, Get back, Get back to where you once belonged” was in the original as it referred to coloured colonials going back to their place of birth. Needless to say it never made it to vinyl in its original form. What a story! I imagine there's tons of tales like that about Beatles' songs.

So young lol. Happy Birthday

@Mik said in Mighty odd, those Brits: no one knows quite how it came to be. Beekeepers girlfriend: You tell her, tell her tonight! Beekeeper's wife [shouting]: Who are you talking to out there? Beekeeper: Just the bees my ladybird, just the bees. I'm giving them the latest news.

@Klaus said in Trump Speaks: I have a hard time imagining that the Queen was very fond of Trump, though. [image: 1662839573169-da1abd76-23c4-4128-9fa2-38f818952668-image.png]

Our rating: False Based on our research, we rate FALSE the claim that Queen Elizabeth II was shot dead in Detroit. The queen had been suffering health issues and died peacefully in Scotland. Her last visit to the U.S. was in 2007, and no news reports indicate she visited Detroit. It's hard to believe that MSN would fact check it.