Funny how we lock into certain people when we start paying attention to those kinds of things. One of my favorite rhythm sections has been Billy Cobham (drums), Lee Sklar (bass), and Jan Hammer (keyboards)... I know Jeff played with Jan quite a bit, can't recall if he ever worked with Billy & Lee, though. Probably one of my favorite albums of all time is Cobham's "Spectrum" from '72... included Tommy Bolin on guitar who was another of my favorites, but I'd have enjoyed hearing a Beck version of that music. I'm sure it would have been mesmerizing.

That doesn't count for the criminals in Davos and the lackies of the WEF who will be the people that own EVERYTHING. Thankfully the other 7+ billion of us are finally waking up. Red pill, anyone??

Very saddening... I had all of his pre-80 LPs which were lost in the hurricane Ian flooding... I guess I'm relegated to online digital versions from now on.... sigh......

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The battery management circuitry & software in modern cell phones is optimized for LiPo batteries in ways that let the user not have to worry about running the battery down too far and/or overcharging. When you run your phone down to 0% in reality the LiPo is still charged to about 3V. If you don't charge it and let it sit it can go to zero volts over time, but it does take quite awhile... think weeks to months. You won't really know how much below 3V it's gone because to the phone that 3V is zero and it won't even turn on until it comes up to 3.2 or 3.3 volts anyway. On the charging side, LiPos use a two-stage charging method that starts with a constant current, then switches to a constant voltage... the charge controller built into the phone knows what battery is being used so its charge profile is setup specifically for it in order to best maintain its health and longevity. During the process the battery is monitored not only for its charge but its temperature as well... again, all managed by the built-n charging system. In other words, you really shouldn't have to worry about charging or discharging your phone... they're built pretty much for the unwashed masses who mostly couldn't care less about managing how they charge them, they just want to use them for all the things they use them for.

I dunno.... I had a '72 Town Car that was pretty smooth.. like going down the road sitting on the sofa in the living room. That being said, I'm not picky, I loved all those big ol' boats.

First thing that jumped out for me as well... then it was the skirts & curb feelers.

I'm glad it worked for you. I use it to both reduce the filesize and rename the result, keeping the source files in their original folders and adding a "/small/" sub-folder to which I send the shrunk & renamed images. i need the smaller files to attach to emails.. been doing this for decades with nary a hiccup. I also use it to insert little arrows, draw circles, add text to images when required... someone called it a "Swiss army knife" for imaging and they're right on.

I've used Irfanview to do that job for a long time, has never let me down. Plus, it's freeware, so the price is right. go to https://www.irfanview.com/ for more info. The batch processing module is in the File dropdown.

Given the current state of materials technology I'm surprised no one has come up with floating condensors parked offshore that use wave action to pump the collected fresh water back to distribution points... probably cost prohibitive due to near-beach property values. Still.......

I was in it in Fort Myers... water inside my house after the patio doors exploded came up to almost 4 feet... property is about 600 feet from the south edge of the Caloosahatchee river 1/2 mile west of I75... that's about 20 miles inland from The Gulf. Lost 2 cars and just about everything in the house. I'll be working my way out of the mess for months. I've known the property for 52 years, never saw anything like Ian in all that time. Devastating is an understatement.

Another one that's totally annoying comes from people who start the answer to a question with "so..." Makes me nuts.

As a subscriber to the Epoch Times I receive a daily link to their Epoch Fun site which contains a "spot the difference" photo puzzle. Sometimes they're challenging, sometimes not so much... given the number of photo editors here I thought some of you might enjoy taking a look. I found all of today's differences in about a minute & a half but I imagine most of you who spend a lot of time post processing can do much better. If you go to epochfun.com, scroll down to the "Photo Games" and then choose the one on the left titled "Spot the Difference Daily" you can give it a try... an interesting test of your powers of perception. Have fun. (Their other difference puzzles are fun as well... unfortunately you can lose a lot of time if you get hooked. Don't ask how I know......)

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