Enjoy. Although my Mum was just complaining about the three story homes they are building at the end of her garden that will cast a shadow across hers.
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I'm thiinking of a situation that came up, which is generating a struggle... Someone has offered me an older iPad. Good news: it's my favorite price of $0. Bad news: it is older and teetering on the edge of obsolete and unsupported. It may have already gone over that edge. I'd like to have an iPad to play with, but I'm thinking maybe I'd be better off looking for something a little less obsolete...
I have an old iPad. Absolutely fine for browsing the internet or playing music on. Simple games work fine as well. Tbh if you gave me a brand new one I’m not I’d notice.
Just say NO it will end up being a pain in the ass. Your network will immediately need you to authorize the 'new' iPad, re-entering passwords on all your devices; the NewOld iPad will be balky and slow when you do anything with it; and old apps won't be working, and, ultimately, it will die just when you're getting used to it. Don't look back, onward.
I'd take it. When my iPad is no longer supported I intend to keep using it, as a content consumption device and sketchpad, and it'll keep doing those things for many years; I just won't use it on forums, or banking, or buying things, and I'll just delete it from my iCloud so scammers don't have a "back door" to my other iThings.
I still have my first gen iPad mini. iOS 9.
I bought a plastic rear case with it at the time (about 14 years ago I guess!). Now, I nailed the plastic case to my wall and clip the iPad in it.
I either run a flip clock on it, or a web browser which connects to a website I host some photos on, to run a slideshow. Most of the time it's turned off though. I use it because I have it. I replaced it with an iPhone and never bought another iPad.
It's very hard to get apps for it, although apps I had at the time, such as the one to control my Denon AVR and one for Logitech Harmony remote, still work.
If I had no iOS 9 apps, I wouldn't bother. If someone gave my a larger iPad for free, I'd take it and use it as a photo frame. It's a shame they can't be used as home control hubs.
I bought a plastic rear case with it at the time (about 14 years ago I guess!). Now, I nailed the plastic case to my wall and clip the iPad in it.
I either run a flip clock on it, or a web browser which connects to a website I host some photos on, to run a slideshow. Most of the time it's turned off though. I use it because I have it. I replaced it with an iPhone and never bought another iPad.
It's very hard to get apps for it, although apps I had at the time, such as the one to control my Denon AVR and one for Logitech Harmony remote, still work.
If I had no iOS 9 apps, I wouldn't bother. If someone gave my a larger iPad for free, I'd take it and use it as a photo frame. It's a shame they can't be used as home control hubs.
Well, considering how cold my wife's hands and feet usually are, maybe it's possible that women are more sensitive to the cold than some men. She scares me sometimes when she sneaks behind me and touches the back of my neck with her cold fingers, or just hugs me from behind and touches my belly. 🤣
But then there are some people, male and female, who are quite sensitive to the cold when they are slim or don't have a thick layer of body fat. I decided to shed over 40 pounds (lbs) in one year, so now that I have lost this heavy layer of fat I am more sensitive of the cold than I have ever been. My hands, feet, and upper body get cold quite often. I dress warmly when lounging around the house these days, which was not the case over a year ago. Now, my wife always wears warm clothing in the house, and sometimes she laughs when she looks at me wearing sweaters, insulated sandals, and thick lounging pants.
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About Christmas: yes, my wife and I have always celebrated Christmas along our children, even now after our oldest son who, passed away in Saint Patricks Day 2023, won't be with us. We celebrate the times the rest of our children can visit or join us during the Holidays, birthdays, and such occasions, all while missing the happy moments my wife and I experienced by having our oldest son with us. And yet, I do understand that some others in this forum have lost sons and daughters during Christmas and other Holidays, and how such things can be heart-wrenching not only to the parents, but the rest of the family.
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With holidays, I'm in a situation where I'm alone. Nearest family is 1,500 miles away, and it's not practical to go and visit. Plus I figure they have their own traditions that don't involve me.
Everyone I know locally seems to have family gatherings of their own, which takes the priirity for time and energy. So I end alone and forgotten every holiday season.
At one time, I fantasized about taking vacations at Christmas. Try a different place each year. But that's hard to do with a vacation budget of $0.
Everyone I know locally seems to have family gatherings of their own, which takes the priirity for time and energy. So I end alone and forgotten every holiday season.
At one time, I fantasized about taking vacations at Christmas. Try a different place each year. But that's hard to do with a vacation budget of $0.
Raynaud's (cold extremities i.e. feet and hands) affects many more women than men. It could be that.
Well done on the weight loss. Although it’s been some years now when I was fat the cold didn’t bother me like it does now so that makes sense.
Sat here typing in fingerless gloves like Steptoe!
I'll take cold weather over hot and humid any day. Since I work from home I keep the heat down to 64 so it pretty much doesnt turn on. My wife is home by 5:30 so I have the thermostat scheduled to steadily up the temp so its warm in the house when she gets home. Neither of us like to sleep in a hot room so at noght the thermostat is back at 66.
I am presenting my dissertation to become a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics on the 9th of January 
That actually sounds fascinating (at least to me). Economics is this mix of hard and soft science at root because you have your charts and formulas on the one hand and ‘animal spirits’ on the other. I think it was Truman who said he wanted a one-handed economist because they’d all deliver answers that would start out, “on the one hand…”
I like that!
There was another one that I heard along the lines of: you could lay all the ecomists end-to-end and they still wouldn't reach a conclusion.
(I just checked, and it's apparently unknown who might have said it first.)
How about this one: If you torture statistics long enough, they'll confess to anything.
I find this particularly appropriate when I hear a baseball agent (looking at you Scott Boras) start to tout a certain player he represents as an All-Star and a certain Hall of Fame player by talking about his 'slugging' rate or his WAR# or his OPS+ numbers or
I find this particularly appropriate when I hear a baseball agent (looking at you Scott Boras) start to tout a certain player he represents as an All-Star and a certain Hall of Fame player by talking about his 'slugging' rate or his WAR# or his OPS+ numbers or
Had a chat with a friend. He retires in September 2027 and I am pretty jealous. Work was horrendous today. Didn't get anything like what I wanted to done. Off until Tuesday now. That will fly by I'm sure. Just have to try not to think about work and log on and do some.
If the weather is kind I might head out with the camera tomorrow or the next day. But then again I bet its going to be chilly!
If the weather is kind I might head out with the camera tomorrow or the next day. But then again I bet its going to be chilly!
So do I! My cold hands make cold weather even more unbearable 🥶 - I call them "corpse hands"!
Just had a wonderful Christmas Eve dinner with my family, including some people who I thought might not make it, but they came in the end. Tomorrow will be a nice day with everyone too
Most of the decor was my mom's doing, and it turned out spectacular this year:
Most of the decor was my mom's doing, and it turned out spectacular this year:
👋🏻 good luck on it! Also I invite you to join the students and school version of this thread: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/whats-on-your-mind-students-school-edition.2457270/ all walks of life in academia are welcome!I am presenting my dissertation to become a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics on the 9th of January
🤗 also merry Christmas 🎁🎄 MR community !