This is a pain in the butt
 

On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 14:04:52 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 7/13/17 11:44 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 07:34:12 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 7/13/17 1:20 AM, wrote:

They make some tiny little "thumb drives" these days that barely stick
out of the port. My mouse is blue tooth that talks directly to the
laptop with a 30' range. (same as the 2.4 gz RF devices)



Gosharoonie, you have a bluetooth mouse? Whatever will they think of
next? But wait, isn't that a bit too *modern* for a tiki-bar dwelling
troglodyte like you? :)

Blue tooth is over 20 years old, right in my wheel house ;)

I just load up a mem card with a bunch of movies and stick it in my
laptop. Nothing sticks out to catch on the computer bag, and less drain
on the laptop battery. We've found that you can't really tell how fast a
hotel's wi-fi availability might be by the price of the hotel, so having
some flicks on the laptop is a good deal when you just want to flop around.

Those shortie USB drives are not an issue when you are putting the
computer back in the bag but it is not that hard to plug in a large
form factor thumb drive once you take it out of the bag. You are
plugging in cables and such anyway unless you really like watching
movies on that tiny screen or listening to music on that tinny speaker
in a laptop.
Most big screens have a VGA port but if they don't, I have a VGA to
HDMI dongle. I just prefer the VGA because it is not as picky about
resolutions. It is plug and play. Sometimes you have to diddle with
screen resolution to get the HDMI going depending on what TV you are
dealing with.


We don't spend enough time while on a vacation looking at television to
worry about it. Besides, most places have cable.

This is mostly for the evenings or an occasional rainy day. The main
use is for our tunes.
Cable pretty much sucks everywhere. I prefer a good movie if I am
looking at the TV and what they put out on the cable movie channels
are not that good. I certainly don't want to watch any cable news
channels on vacation. A am also not that interested in watching
commercials.

This is a pain in the butt
 

On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 14:04:52 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 7/13/17 11:44 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 07:34:12 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 7/13/17 1:20 AM, wrote:

They make some tiny little "thumb drives" these days that barely stick
out of the port. My mouse is blue tooth that talks directly to the
laptop with a 30' range. (same as the 2.4 gz RF devices)



Gosharoonie, you have a bluetooth mouse? Whatever will they think of
next? But wait, isn't that a bit too *modern* for a tiki-bar dwelling
troglodyte like you? :)

Blue tooth is over 20 years old, right in my wheel house ;)

I just load up a mem card with a bunch of movies and stick it in my
laptop. Nothing sticks out to catch on the computer bag, and less drain
on the laptop battery. We've found that you can't really tell how fast a
hotel's wi-fi availability might be by the price of the hotel, so having
some flicks on the laptop is a good deal when you just want to flop around.

Those shortie USB drives are not an issue when you are putting the
computer back in the bag but it is not that hard to plug in a large
form factor thumb drive once you take it out of the bag. You are
plugging in cables and such anyway unless you really like watching
movies on that tiny screen or listening to music on that tinny speaker
in a laptop.
Most big screens have a VGA port but if they don't, I have a VGA to
HDMI dongle. I just prefer the VGA because it is not as picky about
resolutions. It is plug and play. Sometimes you have to diddle with
screen resolution to get the HDMI going depending on what TV you are
dealing with.


We don't spend enough time while on a vacation looking at television to
worry about it. Besides, most places have cable.

That doesn't jibe too well with your last paragraph, Krause. You just said:

"I just load up a mem card with a bunch of movies and stick it in my
laptop...so having some flicks on the laptop is a good deal when you just want to flop around."

Do you know what 'truth' is?

This is a pain in the butt
 

On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 14:24:09 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 14:04:52 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 7/13/17 11:44 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 07:34:12 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 7/13/17 1:20 AM, wrote:

They make some tiny little "thumb drives" these days that barely stick
out of the port. My mouse is blue tooth that talks directly to the
laptop with a 30' range. (same as the 2.4 gz RF devices)



Gosharoonie, you have a bluetooth mouse? Whatever will they think of
next? But wait, isn't that a bit too *modern* for a tiki-bar dwelling
troglodyte like you? :)

Blue tooth is over 20 years old, right in my wheel house ;)

I just load up a mem card with a bunch of movies and stick it in my
laptop. Nothing sticks out to catch on the computer bag, and less drain
on the laptop battery. We've found that you can't really tell how fast a
hotel's wi-fi availability might be by the price of the hotel, so having
some flicks on the laptop is a good deal when you just want to flop around.

Those shortie USB drives are not an issue when you are putting the
computer back in the bag but it is not that hard to plug in a large
form factor thumb drive once you take it out of the bag. You are
plugging in cables and such anyway unless you really like watching
movies on that tiny screen or listening to music on that tinny speaker
in a laptop.
Most big screens have a VGA port but if they don't, I have a VGA to
HDMI dongle. I just prefer the VGA because it is not as picky about
resolutions. It is plug and play. Sometimes you have to diddle with
screen resolution to get the HDMI going depending on what TV you are
dealing with.


We don't spend enough time while on a vacation looking at television to
worry about it. Besides, most places have cable.

That doesn't jibe too well with your last paragraph, Krause. You just said:

"I just load up a mem card with a bunch of movies and stick it in my
laptop...so having some flicks on the laptop is a good deal when you just want to flop around."

Do you know what 'truth' is?

Nobody likes to admit they watch television, particularly leftist
elites.

This is a pain in the butt
 

On 7/13/17 3:34 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 14:24:09 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 14:04:52 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 7/13/17 11:44 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 07:34:12 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 7/13/17 1:20 AM, wrote:

They make some tiny little "thumb drives" these days that barely stick
out of the port. My mouse is blue tooth that talks directly to the
laptop with a 30' range. (same as the 2.4 gz RF devices)



Gosharoonie, you have a bluetooth mouse? Whatever will they think of
next? But wait, isn't that a bit too *modern* for a tiki-bar dwelling
troglodyte like you? :)

Blue tooth is over 20 years old, right in my wheel house ;)

I just load up a mem card with a bunch of movies and stick it in my
laptop. Nothing sticks out to catch on the computer bag, and less drain
on the laptop battery. We've found that you can't really tell how fast a
hotel's wi-fi availability might be by the price of the hotel, so having
some flicks on the laptop is a good deal when you just want to flop around.

Those shortie USB drives are not an issue when you are putting the
computer back in the bag but it is not that hard to plug in a large
form factor thumb drive once you take it out of the bag. You are
plugging in cables and such anyway unless you really like watching
movies on that tiny screen or listening to music on that tinny speaker
in a laptop.
Most big screens have a VGA port but if they don't, I have a VGA to
HDMI dongle. I just prefer the VGA because it is not as picky about
resolutions. It is plug and play. Sometimes you have to diddle with
screen resolution to get the HDMI going depending on what TV you are
dealing with.


We don't spend enough time while on a vacation looking at television to
worry about it. Besides, most places have cable.

That doesn't jibe too well with your last paragraph, Krause. You just said:

"I just load up a mem card with a bunch of movies and stick it in my
laptop...so having some flicks on the laptop is a good deal when you just want to flop around."

Do you know what 'truth' is?

Nobody likes to admit they watch television, particularly leftist
elites.


I thought I responded...maybe not. I watch some television, mostly
science, animal, nature, history programs, news on public television
stations, and once in a while, cable news shows.

This is a pain in the butt
 

On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 16:05:32 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 7/13/17 3:34 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 14:24:09 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 14:04:52 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 7/13/17 11:44 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 07:34:12 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 7/13/17 1:20 AM, wrote:

They make some tiny little "thumb drives" these days that barely stick
out of the port. My mouse is blue tooth that talks directly to the
laptop with a 30' range. (same as the 2.4 gz RF devices)



Gosharoonie, you have a bluetooth mouse? Whatever will they think of
next? But wait, isn't that a bit too *modern* for a tiki-bar dwelling
troglodyte like you? :)

Blue tooth is over 20 years old, right in my wheel house ;)

I just load up a mem card with a bunch of movies and stick it in my
laptop. Nothing sticks out to catch on the computer bag, and less drain
on the laptop battery. We've found that you can't really tell how fast a
hotel's wi-fi availability might be by the price of the hotel, so having
some flicks on the laptop is a good deal when you just want to flop around.

Those shortie USB drives are not an issue when you are putting the
computer back in the bag but it is not that hard to plug in a large
form factor thumb drive once you take it out of the bag. You are
plugging in cables and such anyway unless you really like watching
movies on that tiny screen or listening to music on that tinny speaker
in a laptop.
Most big screens have a VGA port but if they don't, I have a VGA to
HDMI dongle. I just prefer the VGA because it is not as picky about
resolutions. It is plug and play. Sometimes you have to diddle with
screen resolution to get the HDMI going depending on what TV you are
dealing with.


We don't spend enough time while on a vacation looking at television to
worry about it. Besides, most places have cable.

That doesn't jibe too well with your last paragraph, Krause. You just said:

"I just load up a mem card with a bunch of movies and stick it in my
laptop...so having some flicks on the laptop is a good deal when you just want to flop around."

Do you know what 'truth' is?

Nobody likes to admit they watch television, particularly leftist
elites.


I thought I responded...maybe not. I watch some television, mostly
science, animal, nature, history programs, news on public television
stations, and once in a while, cable news shows.

Then why do you load up with a bunch of movies?

Jeeeesh!

This is a pain in the butt
 

On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 16:05:32 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

Nobody likes to admit they watch television, particularly leftist
elites.


I thought I responded...maybe not. I watch some television, mostly
science, animal, nature, history programs, news on public television
stations, and once in a while, cable news shows.

My problem with that is there is not that much history and animal
shows to watch. When the history channel decided there was more money
in reality shows about crab fishermen and junk dealers, they became
unwatchable. Occasional Nat Geo has something decent but not that
often and cable news is simply ridiculous. MSNBC and CNN are russia
all the time and Fox is mostly based on personality shows with people
who have no personality. These days their actual news broadcasts may
actually be more unbiased than their competitors tho. I know you
disagree because anything that is not calling Trump a traitor a liar
and a moron is fake news to you, even when it has nothing to do with
Trump.

BTW I really think the left missed an opportunity. Knowing how
malleable Trump's convictions are, if they had acted like they were
supporting him, they might have had him turning on the far right of
the GOP who don't like him anyway. At that point he may have actually
helped gays, abortion people, health care advocates and might even
push back a little against the NRA. He has a pretty good history of
supporting liberal causes but you folks just pushed him deeper into
the trenches with the hard right.

The real issue now is to be sure we pay better attention to what
Congress is doing while we are distracted with this bull****.

This is a pain in the butt
 

wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 14:24:09 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 14:04:52 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 7/13/17 11:44 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 07:34:12 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 7/13/17 1:20 AM, wrote:

They make some tiny little "thumb drives" these days that barely stick
out of the port. My mouse is blue tooth that talks directly to the
laptop with a 30' range. (same as the 2.4 gz RF devices)



Gosharoonie, you have a bluetooth mouse? Whatever will they think of
next? But wait, isn't that a bit too *modern* for a tiki-bar dwelling
troglodyte like you? :)

Blue tooth is over 20 years old, right in my wheel house ;)

I just load up a mem card with a bunch of movies and stick it in my
laptop. Nothing sticks out to catch on the computer bag, and less drain
on the laptop battery. We've found that you can't really tell how fast a
hotel's wi-fi availability might be by the price of the hotel, so having
some flicks on the laptop is a good deal when you just want to flop around.

Those shortie USB drives are not an issue when you are putting the
computer back in the bag but it is not that hard to plug in a large
form factor thumb drive once you take it out of the bag. You are
plugging in cables and such anyway unless you really like watching
movies on that tiny screen or listening to music on that tinny speaker
in a laptop.
Most big screens have a VGA port but if they don't, I have a VGA to
HDMI dongle. I just prefer the VGA because it is not as picky about
resolutions. It is plug and play. Sometimes you have to diddle with
screen resolution to get the HDMI going depending on what TV you are
dealing with.


We don't spend enough time while on a vacation looking at television to
worry about it. Besides, most places have cable.

That doesn't jibe too well with your last paragraph, Krause. You just said:

"I just load up a mem card with a bunch of movies and stick it in my
laptop...so having some flicks on the laptop is a good deal when you
just want to flop around."

Do you know what 'truth' is?

Nobody likes to admit they watch television, particularly leftist
elites.


I watch TV but not that much of it. I do like nature, history, and science
programs.

--
Posted with my iPad Pro

This is a pain in the butt
 

On 7/13/17 4:57 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 16:05:32 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

Nobody likes to admit they watch television, particularly leftist
elites.


I thought I responded...maybe not. I watch some television, mostly
science, animal, nature, history programs, news on public television
stations, and once in a while, cable news shows.

My problem with that is there is not that much history and animal
shows to watch. When the history channel decided there was more money
in reality shows about crab fishermen and junk dealers, they became
unwatchable. Occasional Nat Geo has something decent but not that
often and cable news is simply ridiculous. MSNBC and CNN are russia
all the time and Fox is mostly based on personality shows with people
who have no personality. These days their actual news broadcasts may
actually be more unbiased than their competitors tho. I know you
disagree because anything that is not calling Trump a traitor a liar
and a moron is fake news to you, even when it has nothing to do with
Trump.

BTW I really think the left missed an opportunity. Knowing how
malleable Trump's convictions are, if they had acted like they were
supporting him, they might have had him turning on the far right of
the GOP who don't like him anyway. At that point he may have actually
helped gays, abortion people, health care advocates and might even
push back a little against the NRA. He has a pretty good history of
supporting liberal causes but you folks just pushed him deeper into
the trenches with the hard right.

The real issue now is to be sure we pay better attention to what
Congress is doing while we are distracted with this bull****.



I am enjoying watching the Trumps and their apologists digging
themselves deeper. Best drama on TV.

Getting back to take along movies,the ones I like the best are from the
30's, 40's, and 50's, some of it avant garde stuff. Mostly black and
white. In terms of digital space, they're fairly small...not like the
technicolor, surround sound products. :)

This is a pain in the butt
 

On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 18:19:15 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

Getting back to take along movies,the ones I like the best are from the
30's, 40's, and 50's, some of it avant garde stuff. Mostly black and
white. In terms of digital space, they're fairly small...not like the
technicolor, surround sound products. :)

We like our old favorite movies too but they may be a little more
modern than yours.
Movies are not that big anyway. These days thumb drives are pretty
big. My new to me Lenovo has a 500g drive in it and it is mostly empty
right now so I could load a bunch there if I wanted I suppose. I did
load our tunes out there but that is not really that much space on a
500g drive.