Say what you want about amazon, but this is definitely a company on the move. Apple and Samsung need to watch out. As much as I love Apple, somebody’s lunch is about to be eaten. 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/ref=pe_943520_120097550_pe_a_hero/B00EOE0WKQ
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Speaking as the guy who hasn’t owned (or used) a mobile phone for over 12+ years …
I was reading about the Fire phone last night and the Dynamic Perspective feature does look cool but other than for gaming it seems like eye candy rather than something truly useful. But again, this coming from the guy who communicates by drum.
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On 19 Jun 2014, 6:30 pm, Todd wrote:
Speaking as the guy who hasnt owned (or used) a mobile phone for over 12+ years …
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Wow! I didn’t know that was possible in this day and age.
Quite frankly, I’d probably be a lot happier without a cell phone, text messages, Facebook, Twitter, and every technology that allows instant access to me, but I’d also probably be living in a Kenmore refrigerator box. LOL
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Speaking as the guy who hasnt owned (or used) a mobile phone for over 12+ years …
Wow! I didn’t know that was possible in this day and age.
Cell phones are a fad. Why am I the only one knows this? ;-p
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Dude, you are too funny.
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You do know that there is a device that magically turns hot air into cool air and we now have something that can freeze water?
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I live in Chicago, this past winter for a few days it was colder here than at the South Pole (true). If I want ice I’ll chip it off the house … or a neighbor who froze while shoveling and store it. And a/c? Are you kidding me? There’s maybe a month’s worth of truly miserable hot and humid weather, the rest is like an Indian summer. Beautiful.
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On 19 Jun 2014, 6:49 pm, Todd wrote:
I live in Chicago, this past winter for a few days it was colder here than at the South Pole (true). If I want ice Ill chip it off the house or a neighbor who froze while shoveling and store it. And a/c? Are you kidding me? Theres maybe a months worth of truly miserable hot and humid weather, the rest is like an Indian summer. Beautiful.
When I moved to Houston, Chicago was having a heatwave and there were national news reports about people dying up there. Locals asked my why that was happening as everyone here has A/C. I explained that you didn’t need A/C but for maybe a few weeks a year, sort of like most people down here don’t need heaters.
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I remember it well. I had taken the summer off from work and spent the better part of my days (and nights) outside, either in the park, or at the beach (in the lake) - thankfully I lived 2 blocks from the beach - or taking 6 showers a day. But I suppose I tolerated it better than some having recently moved from Key West where it’s relentlessly hot and humid year round and I didn’t have A/C, only a couple ceiling fans. Now that was brutal.
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When I moved to Houston, Chicago was having a heatwave and there were national news reports about people dying up there. Locals asked my why that was happening as everyone here has A/C. I explained that you didn’t need A/C but for maybe a few weeks a year, sort of like most people down here don’t need heaters.
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I remember visiting Orlando in August. Going outdoors was like getting whacked in the chest with a bat after you took your first un-air-conditioned breath.
Arizona, where I grew up, was no picnic either. The summer that we got married, it was 122 two days in a row. I was living in a loft with no A/C, just what’s ironically referred to as a “swamp cooler”. These circulate air over mats made of wet cedar shavings (water is dripped over them continuously) which can knock about 10 - 15 degrees off the ambient temp when it’s not humid (and thus evaporation can take place). But these 122° days coincided with the “monsoon season” of late July - August, when the humidity is quite high (for Phoenix, anyway). All I could do was lay on the floor, or go to the movies.
We moved to Philadelphia shortly thereafter, and even though it does get hot and sticky in the summer, it’s much better than Phoenix. (Plus better bread, beer, and public radio!) I do miss the tamales, though.
Walter
On Jun 20, 2014, at 10:48 AM, Todd wrote:
I remember it well. I had taken the summer off from work and spent the better part of my days (and nights) outside, either in the park, or at the beach (in the lake) - thankfully I lived 2 blocks from the beach - or taking 6 showers a day. But I suppose I tolerated it better than some having recently moved from Key West where it’s relentlessly hot and humid year round and I didn’t have A/C, only a couple ceiling fans. Now that was brutal.
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I’d heard about the cedar shavings trick but I never saw it in person, very interesting. Did it smell like cedar? That would be a plus.
[Laughs] Yeah, movies! I think I saw more (or just the same one over and over) that summer than I ever have prior or since.
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