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Post by Sylverwolfe on Jul 2, 2011 19:49:18 GMT -7
Well guys, that sounds alright to me. Just because I am not posting doesn't mean I don't sometimes get a chance to look. Posting with a small keyboard on a Smart Phone is not terribly fun, but I do get to read. I am glad to see that my lack of Teddy Ruxpin knowledge is nothing to be ashamed of...It isn't that I am ashamed, per se. The delivery of what I posted didn't capture it right; it sounded as though I said I was ashamed and didn't post. What would be better to say is this: I find out a lot of knowledge about Teddy Ruxpin from this forum and its members.
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Post by TRO Admin on Jul 2, 2011 22:06:41 GMT -7
I hope you are around for the long haul, Sylver. Even if you are just reading (I know how irritating surfing on a smart phone can be) say hi once in awhile and let us know how you're doing. And of course chime in wherever you would like on any topic. We need to get some more Off Topic stuff going too just to chit chat.
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Post by teddy4evr on Jul 3, 2011 12:15:35 GMT -7
I go online with an iPod, it is not hard..... It's better.
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Post by Sylverwolfe on Jul 4, 2011 6:56:55 GMT -7
No worries, Josh, It is my intent to hang around here as long as I am welcome. There are a few things I do like to chime in about and I often do. Typing on a keyboard for fingers is what is irritating about smart phone surfing. I have big paws and even a lap-top keyboard is frustrating for me to use. I had no idea that an iPod could go online. But then I have classic iPods because I was interested in the 160 GB storage space.
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Post by TRO Admin on Jul 6, 2011 9:41:44 GMT -7
My Ipod touch is great when I am near Wi Fi access... I find it a little easier to use than the smart phone. I don't know that I would invest in it specifically for the internet usage, but it's a great addition! I know what you mean by big paws. I'm 6'4 and have basketball palming bear claws. My laptop is good most of the time but occasionally when I'm typing my hand or fingers hit the pad and send me into a new window or close the one I'm in... maybe we should start a business manufacturing equipment for genetic giants like ourselves.. computers would be just the start.. making a car my head doesn't hit the roof on every bump would be an idea too!
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Post by Sylverwolfe on Jul 6, 2011 13:27:05 GMT -7
Keyboards, Cars, CLOTHES!!!
I have given up on cars. Sure, I can fit in them and I can drive them for a little while, but forget it if I have to go more than 100 miles or so. I usually have buy used pickups so that I can have the roominess I need for long trips. The V-8 power is just an added bonus. (I would settle on an inline 6 if they still made them...the Ford I-6 was far superior to any V-6 these days.) But I digress...
Clothes. The biggest rip-off for the "Big and Tall" gentleman is clothes. Thank the Almighty *crosses himself* I wear shoes that can be bought in a retail brick & Mortar shoe store! My brother has to buy his shoes through catalogs or have them made. He wears a size twenty (bigger than Shaquiel O'Neal's foot and wider.) I am of Nordic and German ancestry and size runs in the family.
Old touchtone telephones (like the kind I have not seen for a good 20 years) were always hard for my father to use. He had to dial slowly or he would strike other keys. Sometimes he found it easier to use the eraser portion on a pencil.
It really is incredible how many things are size specific. Even more so is Left Handed versus Right Handed. I am Left Handed so it was a problem finding desks and such in school and college.
Seats on Airplanes...They aren't comfortable for "normal" people and I have noticed even if my girlfriend and I buy three seats for the two of us to split, sometimes the airline wants to fill the plane and takes the seat we paid for to give to someone else.
Rollercoasters...It used to be in the 1970's and 1980's rollercoasters had a simple lap-bar or shoulder harness or some combination of both to hold you into the ride. Six FLags Astroworld in Houston had a ride called "The Looping Starship" It was like the typical "Clipper Ship" rocking swing-like ride but ours went completely upside down and hung there as well as looped about four times before returning to swinging. All it needed was a lap bar and a shoulder harness. You get on a ride these days and they want a crotch strap that goes from the seat of the roller coaster and clips to a ring on the lap-bar. They have a molded seat in which a person with wider than 48 inch shoulders can't fit. I have 58 inch shoulders Those that are meant to have you stand while riding are even worse...Cookie cutter sizes. It is overly litigious society...You know, it really is a wonder in our sue-happy society that rollercoasters are still made and ridden. The lawyers haven't taken that fun from us yet.
Having a mascot made wasn't a big deal, thankfully. But I have been told I am the largest customer for whom they needed to make a costume.
Many people take this crap for granted.
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