New England B.S. Thread

also I’m an idiot. Freetown Fall River state forest is near you. There’s some trails there nothing crazy. I’ve never been but heard a few people talk to them. I think they’re mostly fire roads though.

 

Yeah with some light trails off of them

 

So Apples new update is for the contact tracing...you know that super, super, super unconstitutional tracking of everyone instantly?

I've been denying it every day and have auto updates turned off.

Woke up this morning, with the new updated OS. Gave no permissions, and was not asked, did it while I slept.


Funny, this is the first update where they don't tell you what's changing when you click the link either.


Have phone appointment with Apple, demanding they put it back or replace the phone. Who knows if that will work at all, but it might be the end of my time with iphones.

 

Ill definitely do some research then, thank you.

 

This is why I've always hated Apple. They don't last long and everything is so inclusive, e.g. the lightning cable. Work pays for it though, so its hard to justify having to make a payment on a Galaxy. Cell phones/social media will be the death of us.

 

Going to be looking at switching out to one of these today:
https://www.verizon.com/basic-phones/dura-xv-extreme/

It can do email, which is the only "smart" feature I really am interested in. Waterproof and drop proof. Sounds good to me.

 

yeah I have a work phone and it gets upgraded every 2 years and I get to keep the old one. So, I just use the new one for myself and keep the old one as the work phone for another 2 years.

but yeah if it was my money I wouldn’t be buying apple. The EU said okay everyone, enough is enough, standardize the charging ports because all this e waste is getting out of hand. USB mini it is, thou shalt use usb mini. Or micro I can never keep them straight.

Apple said no. They make enough from proprietary chargers that they can pay the penalty. So that’s a load of BS from them. Since then I’ve not been a fan.

But same boat. Work pays for it, and if I have two phones at least using one charging cable between them makes things easier in the truck, at work, etc. and the newest phones (which I don’t have, I have an SE and a 7 ) have usb C so they’re starting to get a little better. But still, that move made me not a fan.


Happy Thursday y’all.

 

The insane thing is newer MacBooks have USB-C chargers. It makes no sense to leave them off of the phones.

I am not a big fan of my Galaxy S10e, but I loved my S7 Active. I got it instead of a normal S10 because that phone has a curved screen which I think is the most pointless feature to ever appear on a phone. It still feels like they made sacrifices to make it look pretty. The edges of the screen are still slightly curved and make it tough to get a screen protector to adhere. Because the front of the phone has no real bezel, the proximity sensor is in the panel and is designed to only work in phone calls--that makes the always-on display stay on in my pocket, so I disabled it. The excellent camera and good performance overall are its redeeming qualities.

If the Pixel 4a has wireless charging, I think I may get one of those. Didn't like the limited battery life on the regular Pixel 4, and the XL is too big. I liked everything about the 3A except the lack of that feature. I eventually started to wear out the port on every phone I had, so the wireless charging helps.

 

My iphone 7 and my wife's iphone 8 have that stupid curved edge screen. I have broken 2 screens before I got my bolt on case, she's now broken 3 and I told her after 2, 1 more and she's getting the tank case and no arguments.

Case for iPhone SE2, iPhone 7/8 Case, Aluminum Alloy LIGHTDESIRE Extreme Water Military Bumper Heavy Duty Cover Shell 4.7" - Black

https://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Pro...rds=iphone+bolt+on+case&qid=1592494472&sr=8-5

I used to use the wallet case method and absolutely loved it, but it's not worth about 300$/year in new screens. Horrible, horrible phone design with that stupid no-bezel screen setup. Hate it.

 

I have clearbra on my headlights - I had Eastside Motoring in Waltham, MA do it. Talk to Brian and tell him Jason Lee sent you over - good guy.

 

Anyone here monitor their trans temps? I'm seeing 230 degrees sometimes when I'm going uphill on the highway - is that... okay? lols

4.0L Automatic 2nd Gen

 

I monitor mine on my 3rd gen and it is commonly around 195*, my buddy's 4R is usually a lot cooler.

 

Unloaded?!?! No, that's not good. Should be much closer to 200.

 

Well... with everything that's mounted to my truck. haha

 

I saw that before my trans cooler upgrade, while towing 5k+lbs in bumper to bumper traffic when 90 degrees outside......post upgrade, only once for a split second while pulling up large hill in NH.....you sir need an upgrade. Not expensive either. No load i'm typically 150-195.

 

I don't recall what Toyota's spec is for the ATF but Ford's fluid apparently is in jeopardy of breaking down above 225-230 based on my own research. I want to say Toyota's fluids are similar. Might be time for some supplemental cooling!

 

Yes, I see that too sometimes.

 

No idea how valid any of the discussion is here:
https://www.fjcruiserforums.com/threads/at-what-temp-does-toyota-ws-at-fluid-fail.381569/

 

What did you go with?

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/LPD-4589-T...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

Pretty sure when i originally bought this it was only like 50ish bucks

Edit: had a coupon back then so got it for 61