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Whatever comes with my Samsung Galaxy.

Yeah, I always have Samsung phones and immediately install Gboard, the Samsung keyboard blows.

ChrisKW1 wrote:
I'm using Gboard.

I have Swiftkey and one time I was in a hurry and instead of "please" I wrote"plaese", I like swiftkey because it's predictive text but now I have to double check and make sure it's not suggesting that crap. It's done that to a couple other words too.

LOL...I still remember NOT wanting a phone without a physical keyboard because it would be 'so inaccurate'. Who would have thought that it IS that way because of ME! :D

Man, tiny kitties sure make me anxious. Just took in a kitten who was found on the side of the street and she's cute as hell but stresses me out so hard. She's at the phase where she wants to explore everything but she's so tiny that I'm afraid she's gonna get stuck somewhere, or one of our other pets is gonna obliterate her, so she needs to hang out in a confined spot when I'm working (from home) and it makes me feel awful.

theJaw wrote:
Planning on keeping it as a pet?

What color is the kitten?

@nonamesleft She's hot fudge sundae-colored... primarily white with varying levels of brown haha. I dunno, is that technically calico?

And yeah, we do plan on keeping her and I know it'll only be a few weeks before she chills out, but it still stresses me out big time. Especially because I have a daily quota to meet for work but am roughly 85-90% distracted by her haha. We went through a similar situation with a kitten last fall but she was a little bit older by the time we took her in, and had a family nursing her along beforehand. We don't know the story for this kitten other than she was abandoned near a highway and was on her own (or with other abandoned cats) long enough to catch fleas.

I would like to see the baybee kitty.

Foxhack wrote:

Ol’ sneaky Louise

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Sneaky baby! You give her all the pets right now~

Foxhack wrote:
😆

theJaw wrote:
Cute. And such blue eyes.

theJaw wrote:

I read this and my mind automatically changed fudge to the F word since I'm not a subscriber anymore, and I was thinking... That's a weird way to describe the color of cat lol

nonamesleft wrote:

They're green today! Looks like her pigment showed up to the party. Glad I snapped that photo to remember he goofy little blue eyes.

EDIT: looking at them in the daylight & they’re still blue, just a bit darker blue. Also, she’s cute.

Foxhack wrote:

Seconded

All the pets: delivered.

Pretty cool and somehow chilled me out. Heard a noise outside I was unfamiliar with. Brought the spotlight out and saw eyeshine that didn't belong to any of ours. Very likely a fox that has been harassing cats and chickens. It had two cats treed and was contuing to lurk despite the spotlight. Took a few shots over a series and scared it off at least a quarter mile. It kept looking back. Previously it went after the chickens in the early morning hours unabashed in full sunlight. Life living rural.

Edit: Side Thought - I love hearing coyotes in the distance. Could listen to them half the night. Close to the house?... not so much.

More and more... I am becoming Mr. Pink. The amount of jobs that tipping is becoming expected, for simply doing your job, is bat crap.

Only in our culture is this normal, elsewhere, companies pay their people properly. Why in the fudge does a service tech need tipping that is analyzing your phone? "Yep, that's a cracked screen right there. Wanna tip me for my awesome work today?".

My God, we just ordered pizza last night. The same combo that was $25 less than two years ago, is now $40. Not only is there a $5 delivery fee, but a new $2 service fee, and ya still gotta tip for paying someone to do their job. There's no real quality difference on how someone drives from point A to B.

At a sit down restaurant, where the waiter/waitress goes above and beyond, and/or the food is fantastic... Please, take my 20%++. We gladly over tip when the service, atomoshere, quality, experience is worth it. For all this other modern bullcrap of simply doing your job... No, I don't need to tip you for making a cup of coffee.

It just sucks, because the consumer can't fix this. If we don't tip, we dick over the employee, not the company, which is screwing over the employee.

Mr. Pink, I feel ya.

https://gizmodo.com/unionized-apple-workers-seek-t...

Also, having my first ever surgery in 30 minutes. First time I've ever been put under... Lots of firsts. Fixing my nose /deviated septum), don't get enough air, explains why I've been a mouth breather my whole life.

Ugh, nervous. Also next few days don't sound fun.

If I don't wake up, been fun ya'll!

Be sure to tip your surgeon.

It is impossible to discuss tipping without getting into the whole political discussion about pay disparities in America. One group would have you believe that increasing wages would mean increased consumer prices, but don't seem to notice that executive wages and prices increased significantly while line workers wages were pretty much stagnant. At least one state recently lowered the minimum age for working (going back to child labor) in order to allow employers to keep their wages low. Employers can justify paying a child a lower wage because children aren't having to support themselves. Employers used to justify paying women less because the woman's income was just supplementing the income of the primary "breadwinner".

I think I've told this story here before, but in the mid-70s I worked for McDonald's when Congress passed the law increasing (in steps) the minimum wage from $1.65 to $2.25. McDonald's lobbied Congress for an exemption by claiming how much it would harm their business. They lost. A few months after that, I read a restaurant magazine the left in our breakroom that included an article which stated "McDonald's expects to MORE THAN MAKE UP for the increase in minimum wage by increasing the price of their soft drinks by $0.05."

Old story about Lou Holtz. Notre Dame got a post-season bowl bid that many people didn't think they deserved. When Holtz was eating breakfast, his waiter asked him "What is the difference between Notre Dame and Cheerios? Cheerios belong in a bowl." Holtz replied, "What is the difference between Lou Holtz and a golf pro? A golf pro would give you a tip."

Hope it is all going well, Bean!

Porksta wrote:

Hahaha, well played!

Tonight's the night. Popping the ol' question to the lady. Her sister has a bit of an elaborate shtick set up which I'm not wild about but I'm sure it'll make my soon-to-be fiance happy so I'll live. Not really "nervous" more than I just want to get it over with lol. I know, pretty romantic of me.

@MrBean hope the surgery goes well. I'll probably be doing the same one in a couple months.

@theJaw good luck! Hope it's a fantastic experience for both of you!

@SwiftJAB Thanks brother

@MrBean I may not ENTIRELY agree with your stance on tipping (the billion dollar companies should probably just stop being garbage to their employees), but I do hope the ol' surgery goes well my friend. You're gonna come out of it stronger than ever.

theJaw wrote:

Hell yeah man, good luck and congrats!

Surgery went well. I was amazed at how quick and easy I was under and then awake, so crazy!

Now I'm dealing with a non stop, stuffy, mucusy, bloody nose... It's awful. Gives me an excuse to not work and be super lazy though!

Sitting here working on Jedi Survivor as I constantly have to ignore the awfulness going on in my nose. It's not the worst thing, just awkward and uncomfortable. Just trying to ignore it and keep taping up new bandages to absorb the blood... Super fun!

Have fun! Hope it all goes smoothly!

theJaw wrote:

MrBean wrote:


Yes, cause it's so much nicer elsewhere outside of a handful of other countries.




You can put a 0 in the tip section.

Tipping: tip where you feel it is deserved and not when it isn't. Tipping was once a signal for great friendly service. I love to reward that. If I get bad service...no, I'm not going to tip that.

Anyhow she said yes yall.

Let us know when you are selling your stuff.

Oh you know I will.

theJaw wrote:

Oh the regret she'll have!

Haha congrats man!! How old are you two? Are kids in the future?

Congratulations Jaw!!

Congrats!

theJaw wrote:

rayzor6 wrote:

This is a huge over-simplification, unfortunately. That is what people are mentioning here -- that it simply isn't like that any more. People are expecting tips for "average" service now -- it is just part of their pay. So, whether or not it is "deserved" varies greatly. Is it "deserved" based on "great friendly service"? In many cases, no. But many would argue that it is still "deserved" so that they get closer to a living wage. Of course, the flip side of that is, as said above, their employers should pay them a living wage without relying on tips for just doing their jobs normally.

So, it is an over-simplification today to say "tip for great/extra/special service, but don't tip for bad service." Pretty much everyone agrees with that already. It comes down to what you do about being asked to tip for service that is right in the middle of "great" and "bad". The average/normal service. Tipping has become expected for that in many situations now. And whether or not that is "right" is the complex part.

Well said @John

TIP originally stood for To Insure Promptness

Several years ago I was a Secret Shopper for a restaurant chain. In order to get my payment, I had to fill out a survey after each visit. The survey essentially defined each level of service from the minimum requirements to outstanding. After a few months, they apparently caught on to me and my service was outstanding.

theJaw wrote:

And now begins the three ring circus: Engagement ring, wedding ring, suffering.