Posted on 04/20/2020 6:58:33 AM PDT by NOBO2012
The one and only accomplishment I can list for last week technically belongs in this week’s column as I didn’t complete the task until yesterday. But since I started working on it a week ago Sunday I’m counting it as last week’s achievement.
What sort of onerous task took a whole week you ask? Fixing my mobile phone after a system “update” that’s what.
In addition to all the normally annoying things a Samsung update does – turns your notification offs, mutes the ringer, etc., etc. – this time it reset the alarm times on my clock as well. It’s a minor annoyance having to reset most of your preferences, but that wasn’t my biggest problem this time. For some reason my phone decided to replace my standard QWERTY keyboard with an AZERTY for a little change of pace. Perhaps this was Samsung’s contribution to alleviating boredom in the Age of the Wuhan Cooties. Suffice to say I wasn’t amused. And I’m too old to see the benefit of a French layout.
QUERTY, left, AZERTY, right
The main difference between these keyboards is the position of the Q, W, Z and A keys. The QWERTY keyboard is prevalent in the Americas and in several regions of Europe while in France and Belgium, AZERTY is the norm.
It proved more difficult than one might imagine to get it changed back. My normal course of action under these circumstances is to give it a half hearted attempt by looking into the obvious places in ‘Settings’ one might find a fix, in this case ‘Onscreen Keyboard’ and when that doesn’t work solicit Raj’s assistance. His fix was to switch to the Gboard instead of the Samsung keyboard which was indeed Qwerty. But it had other glitches I disliked like different icons altogether and a refusal to take my long press characters. So I changed it back and continued looking around the internet every other day or so for a fix. Every video I watched instructed me to go to a place in settings that my phone either didn’t have or didn’t link to the next step. Apparently every release of the phone lays things out differently. I’m beginning to see the value of Apple’s gestapo-like control and consistency, although it still goes against my nature.
I finally found an older video yesterday which gave me the hint I needed: you can’t just go to your ‘General management’ find your ‘language and input’ setting and select ‘on-screen keyboard’ and select whichever keyboard you preferred. No. In fact you can’t get to it from the ‘on-screen keyboard’ at all. You have to go to language, select English which should then give you a choice of either QUERTY or AZERTY – or even QWERTZ, a keyboard that is used primarily in Switzerland and German speaking countries which is pretty much identical to the QWERTY except it switches the ‘W’ and ‘Y’ keys. To what purpose I have no idea, but now you know - You can choose your own vehicle of assimilation.
What was your greatest accomplishment (so far) in Great Wuhan Cootie War? Please share.
Posted from: MOTUS A.D.
I was a tail gunner on a Charmin Delivery Truck.
Thoroughly cleaned my fish tank.
Did laundry.
Fixed breakfast, lunch and supper.
Rescheduled doctor appts.
Picked up mail.
Made and received multiple phone calls to family & friends.
Daughter (lives close) brought everything I needed.
Signed on to FR daily.
I do not wear a face-mask, rubber gloves, wipe all surfaces, shoes, purse, door handles. I do touch my face if it itches and when I’m sleeping.
Living alone is almost bearable;)
I was a Wal-Mart Machine Gunner. I greeted people coming in to ensure no more than 20 people entered the store at any time, killing those that disobeyed.
Not all scars are visible.
I was in the hospital seeing patients with the same mask worn 3 days in a row and shared gowns.
WOW! I often think about how tough it could be for individuals living alone during these times. My wife (43 yrs) and I are very fortunate with our dog, cat and children very close by. FReegards, sodpoodle.
I created memes to make the Chicoms look stupid and evil(easy)
Bookmark
I stormed the beaches of California. And got a ticket for it.
lol
I’ll tell my grand nephews about the Great Plague that hit our nation...and out of 41 first cousins, 20 aunts and uncles, the 41 first cousins’ spouses and kids and their kids’ kids in some cases, and my friends and their families and friends and the friends of my 41 first cousins and 20 aunts and uncles and my nephews and their spouses and friends and their friends’ friends...
I knew not a single soul who had it.
And I’m on staten island at “ground zero”
Well, to be fair, we’re you balled up and hiding under your bed like so many others during that time? I mean, maybe you weren’t out and about to see all the dead people.
you talk in the past as if it’s over :)
And I’ve gone to a dozen stores and visited family.
I’m not a faggot like too many on the board.
And all of those people I know and the people they know number about 1500 plus people.
None have it. None know of anyone who has it.
for you to ask...i’m just wondering...were you one of those hiding faggots/ :0
cause it’s ok if you’re a faggot...i mean it’s 2020 :)
I had "borrowed" that one from some on-line comedian last week.
The interesting thing for me is that when I enlisted in the USAF in 1971, my first job choice was "tail gunner on a B-52".
Fortunately, they asked me if I wanted to be a Nuclear Weapons Specialist and I accepted.
You were born 9 months later son....
ChiCom Cooties,,,,
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I’m straight, so I’ve been out and about without a mask or cowering in fear. I am often lonely and out of place for doing so. *sigh*
I had the pleasure of having some nitwit mumble under his breath “That ain’t 6 feet” as someone pasted him, only to hear his teen aged daughter reply, “Dad, that’s so gay. Let’s just go shop.” She was embarrassed by her dad.
ALMOST,,,
bearable.
I do live alone, and it is hard. I miss my weekly card games, my other activities and my volunteering. I wish my husband were still alive to make me feel safe and protected. He was my rock. I also wish my daughter and only child were alive, too. On the other hand, maybe they are in a better place and are together. Thanks to FR for being there!
I was a tail gunner on a Charmin Delivery Truck.
That is awesome.
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