WC 1M Post Challenge - You Ready?!

[fatclue_98]

Got some mixed feeling here.

Yes, it is open. Yes it is across from a park that has a history of being a protest friendly space. Yes, there is a precinct nearby. Yes, the barricades are likely there to allow for protestors to use the road more easily.

Now, the nearby pharmacy, clothing store, Best Buy, liquor stores, external unsealed ATMs are boarded up too. Yes, contractors got paid to do work to put up and to take down the boards.

Still, the optics have very desolate look to them. It's not boarding up in the face of a natural disaster. If anyone has walked through commercial or residential stripes that have been boarded up, it has a certain FEEL to it. That's what I'm getting here. View attachment 142323

I'm immune to the plywood look. Global pandemic, nationwide riots and protests and now we're expecting a much more active season that has already broken the record for number of named storms before June 3rd. If I had one solitary artistic bone in my body I'd find a way to manufacture and sell decorative wraps for plywood. If they can make a 911 Carrera into a rolling billboard with vinyl wrap, I can turn Whole Paycheck look like a tropical paradise.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

Kevin Hart reported a similar story...except, the officer who stopped him in Minneapolis was the same one who had his knee on Mr. Floyd. Point is the same.

https://youtu.be/vG4bRTXVcDw

 

[MSFTisMIA]

I'm immune to the plywood look. Global pandemic, nationwide riots and protests and now we're expecting a much more active season that has already broken the record for number of named storms before June 3rd. If I had one solitary artistic bone in my body I'd find a way to manufacture and sell decorative wraps for plywood. If they can make a 911 Carrera into a rolling billboard with vinyl wrap, I can turn Whole Paycheck look like a tropical paradise.

A bit surprised you haven't done that yet. Need to partner up with a company that does custom ply. I'm semi immune to it myself, I just don't want some of the lurkers here to miss out on the significance of it.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

Mr. Clue, how's Coco Walk the last time you passed through there? That's where we stayed when we snuck down to the 305 for a mid week getaway for her birthday some years ago. Had one of the best fruit smoothies ever at the smoothie King that was there.

 

[fatclue_98]

I just don't want some of the lurkers here to miss out on the significance of it.

Sadly there will be those who do. It's the nature of the beast and I'm not holding my breath for a sea change. If 23 elementary school children were slaughtered at Sandy Hook and ZERO permenanent legislation came as a result, what do you expect for us non-whites? I use Sandy Hook as a reference only, I'm very much on board with the 2nd Amendment and currently own various handguns myself. Parkland accomplised nothing either except to make David Hogg a "crisis actor" in the eyes of Trump followers. What the actual **** do you think that holds for us?

I honestly don't know which is worse. The sheer hatred by white supremacists and their enablers or the apathy you mention above.

 

[fatclue_98]

Mr. Clue, how's Coco Walk the last time you passed through there? That's where we stayed when we snuck down to the 305 for a mid week getaway for her birthday some years ago. Had one of the best fruit smoothies ever at the smoothie King that was there.

The Grove is currently under massive construction. The large square where the Cheesecake Factory and the Baja Beach Club used to be has been torn down and new structures going up. The Mayfair shops are also boarded up and getting a facelift.

Nothing to see here, move along.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

The Grove is currently under massive construction. The large square where the Cheesecake Factory and the Baja Beach Club used to be has been torn down and new structures going up. The Mayfair shops are also boarded up and getting a facelift.

Nothing to see here, move along.

I had liked the two restaurants at the Mayfair. The Mayfair itself was OK. Would like to go back once said construction is done. I liked the waterfront by the house that Dwyane Wade built too.

I'm looking forward to going back. Didn't get a chance to hit Little Havana as I wanted and the Arts district.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

Sadly there will be those who do. It's the nature of the beast and I'm not holding my breath for a sea change. If 23 elementary school children were slaughtered at Sandy Hook and ZERO permenanent legislation came as a result, what do you expect for us non-whites? I use Sandy Hook as a reference only, I'm very much on board with the 2nd Amendment and currently own various handguns myself. Parkland accomplised nothing either except to make David Hogg a "crisis actor" in the eyes of Trump followers. What the actual **** do you think that holds for us?

I honestly don't know which is worse. The sheer hatred by white supremacists and their enablers or the apathy you mention above.

We still have to try. We still have to fight. The powers that be cannot made to feel that they will win.

 

[fatclue_98]

We still have to try. We still have to fight. The powers that be cannot made to feel that they will win.

And fight we shall. My father got us out of Cuba to avoid tyranny. I'll be damned if I don't leave this world a better place for my daughter than I found it. I just don't see the unity in my community the way I've always seen in the Black community. We don't have a Malcolm, Dr. King or Jesse. Matter of fact, it sickens me to see the almighty whiteys using Dr. King to deride the protesters saying "Dr. King never looted or burned down buildings, his was a message of love". GTFOH

 

[MSFTisMIA]

And fight we shall. My father got us out of Cuba to avoid tyranny. I'll be damned if I don't leave this world a better place for my daughter than I found it. I just don't see the unity in my community the way I've always seen in the Black community. We don't have a Malcolm, Dr. King or Jesse. Matter of fact, it sickens me to see the almighty whiteys using Dr. King to deride the protesters saying "Dr. King never looted or burned down buildings, his was a message of love". GTFOH

When we unite, we're Unstoppable. Whenever we're divided, we ain't worth . I think that applies for all communities of color.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

So Libra, I see this "show" in TV now... 90 day fiancée: the other way.

Man, the they put on TV these days...give us a review if you're watching it.

 

[libra89]

So Libra, I see this "show" in TV now... 90 day fiancée: the other way.

Man, the they put on TV these days...give us a review if you're watching it.

I have heard about it, but I don't watch it. I have heard that it is very interesting.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

I have heard about it, but I don't watch it. I have heard that it is very interesting.

Sounds like a trainwreck to me. Let us know what you think.

 

[fatclue_98]

I have heard about it, but I don't watch it. I have heard that it is very interesting.

I'll save you some precious brain cells - it's a s**tshow of biblical proportions.
My wife has put it on a few times for gits and shiggles.

 

[fatclue_98]

So I decided to torture myself tonight with some ancient tech. I have a 17" Gateway laptop I bought in '09 and it was one of the very first laptops with Windows 7. It was frustrating at the time because I was heavy into custom ROMs on WinMo and getting my feet wet with Android. Nothing worked well at the time because support for W7 was nascent at best and I lived in XP Mode for some time. Anyone remember that? Anyhoo, I updated it to W10 around the time the free upgrade was ending and I basically hadn't touched it in a few years. Well, I decided to pull a Lazarus and bring it back to life tonight. It's installing 2004 right now so I should be up and running sometime tonight. Before I proceeded I went through and deleted a LOT of old ROMs from various devices from WinMo to Android to even webOS. I did however keep an Energy ROM and radio files for the HD2 because one day I plan to have another one to tinker with. I know it's pretty worthless as a daily driver since most certs have expired and there are no SHA-256 files to get Exchange running. A long shot would be to dump the files from a Moto ES400 which was supported on 6.5.3 up until just a couple of years ago, 2016 I believe. That'll probably be my next quarantine project if my job is shut down this time.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

I'll save you some precious brain cells - it's a s**tshow of biblical proportions.
My wife has put it on a few times for gits and shiggles.

It surely seemed like it from the ads I saw. I just was curious about Libra's take on stuff like this.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

So I decided to torture myself tonight with some ancient tech. I have a 17" Gateway laptop I bought in '09 and it was one of the very first laptops with Windows 7. It was frustrating at the time because I was heavy into custom ROMs on WinMo and getting my feet wet with Android. Nothing worked well at the time because support for W7 was nascent at best and I lived in XP Mode for some time. Anyone remember that? Anyhoo, I updated it to W10 around the time the free upgrade was ending and I basically hadn't touched it in a few years. Well, I decided to pull a Lazarus and bring it back to life tonight. It's installing 2004 right now so I should be up and running sometime tonight. Before I proceeded I went through and deleted a LOT of old ROMs from various devices from WinMo to Android to even webOS. I did however keep an Energy ROM and radio files for the HD2 because one day I plan to have another one to tinker with. I know it's pretty worthless as a daily driver since most certs have expired and there are no SHA-256 files to get Exchange running. A long shot would be to dump the files from a Moto ES400 which was supported on 6.5.3 up until just a couple of years ago, 2016 I believe. That'll probably be my next quarantine project if my job is shut down this time.

I ain't trying to grease your skids to send you down the rabbit hole. But since you started talking HD2...

https://swappa.com/listing/view/LRWR10947?ref=mobilenations&data1=UUwpUvbUpU3815047

I got one from these guys and it's exactly as described. Just the phone at this price. I can snap a picture tomorrow if you'd like. Their customer service was good as Swappa's system was messing around with my addresses. Bought a replacement battery and back cover for it too. It's on my to do list to mess around with in a few months time.

Energy ROMs were awesome. I still miss my Xperia X1with the X Panels and arc keyboard. That dam thing was so good looking and so hard to type on.

 

[fatclue_98]

I ain't trying to grease your skids to send you down the rabbit hole. But since you started talking HD2...

https://swappa.com/listing/view/LRWR10947?ref=mobilenations&data1=UUwpUvbUpU3815048

I got one from these guys and it's exactly as described. Just the phone at this price. I can snap a picture tomorrow if you'd like. Their customer service was good as Swappa's system was messing around with my addresses. Bought a replacement battery and back cover for it too. It's on my to do list to mess around with in a few months time.

Energy ROMs were awesome. I still miss my Xperia X1with the X Panels and arc keyboard. That dam thing was so good looking and so hard to type on.

Hate is such a strong word so I try not to use it but I HATED THE X1. A beautiful phone that I couldn't get rid of fast enough. The T-Mobile Touch Pro 2 (Rhodium) was a complete different story. Right behind the HD2 on my list of favorite WinMo phones.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

Hate is such a strong word so I try not to use it but I HATED THE X1. A beautiful phone that I couldn't get rid of fast enough. The T-Mobile Touch Pro 2 (Rhodium) was a complete different story. Right behind the HD2 on my list of favorite WinMo phones.

Lol. To each his own.

My favorites were the Touch HD, Touch Diamond and the Kaiser - outside of the X1. Wasn't a fan of the Touch Pro 2 for some reason...as nice as it was.

 

[fatclue_98]

Lol. To each his own.

My favorites were the Touch HD, Touch Diamond and the Kaiser - outside of the X1. Wasn't a fan of the Touch Pro 2 for some reason...as nice as it was.

Check out this dinosaur I found in a drawer. Sitting right next to another mastodon HP 910c. They felt so big then.