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My hearing aids were designed specifically to interface with an iPhone. I can control all aspects of the devices, including answering the telephone just by tapping the right-side hearing aid, changing sound programs from 'Music' to 'Restaurant' to Outdoors in Wind, and several others that I've personalized and can access through my iPhone. It utilizes the GPS to change programs to fit my location.  It 'will' work a bit with an Android phone, but severely limit what it can do.

5 hours ago, KhunLA said:

The USA is self sufficient, as can feed & energize itself.  It doesn't need any other country,

 

 Yep! Just so long as the migrant workforce picks our fruit and vegetables, mows our lawns, collects our garbage, etc.

But that's gonna stop now. Hang on to your wallets. Felon-47 is out to empty them.

Imagine how many millions would be lost every year to the cosmetic industry if people were just comfortable in their own skin.

If you look like what you aren't (think of what 'she' looks like when she's just waking up... no makeup... and then the amazing transformation!)

If you smell like what you aren't (actually, the pheromones our bodies produce 'should' be enough to get a mate. If not, you're not mating material according to Mother Nature.)
Perhaps the reason one has to pay to get laid is that girls really don't like the smell of all those chemicals.
 

Most body odor comes from bacteria breeding in your sweat. One or two showers a day with 'real' soap, (not the chemical concoctions most body washes contain,) eliminates that and there won't be any offensive smell.

I find it hard to imagine people even using air conditioners at this time of the year! We normally just leave the windows open. But I guess I've been here too long, as I opted for a couple of electric heaters for the bathrooms!

5 hours ago, KannikaP said:

It is oxidisation (rust) on the edge of the blade and not the actual cutting of the whiskers which blunt it. There is an ad on UK TV for Harry's Blades, which says you will get just as close a shave the eighth time as the first. Hahah Try it !

I've been using Harry's Razor blades for a few years now. Well... not too many of them. I only shave my neck, and do so every other day, but a Harry's blade, with a few licks on a strop, lasts me 2-3 months... without the oil. (stropping removed the oxidation.) Smooth as a baby's bum, with zero razor drag. It's the stropping that makes it work so well and last so long!  (As soon as there is any drag, I change cartridges.)

5 hours ago, 7euner said:

Everytime I read about online shopping in here - it is always Lazada. I have never used Lazada, but use Shoppee, and I never have a problem. What am I missing - is Lazada a better platform?

 

Btw - there are "fake" shops on Shoppee, but it only takes a few seconds to spot them. Dont know if this is the same on Lazada!

It's not a matter of 'better or worse,' it's a case of who carries what!
All of the shopping platforms aim at different target markets; Lazada carries much greater variety of food items than Shopee, which does carry quite a lot when compared with Temu, that carries very little. But Shopee seems to carry better quality electronics than Lazada (just my impression) while Temu's electronics are not something I would bother with. But at the same time, for small household items, craft items, etc., Temu is best and doesn't charge for shipping each individual item bought!

All the shopping platforms have both good and dodgy items for sale. It's imperative to carefully read ALL of what is written in the item's description so you don't wind up buying a 'picture' of the item you wanted instead of the item itself. (Don't ask me how I know about this one...)

At any given time, I usually await delivery of 1-2 orders every week. It feels a lot like Las Vegas. Sometimes I come out winning. Sometimes I just have to laugh it off.

It's just a computer glitch. If you refresh the page a few times, the 'Out of Stock' message disappears and the price shows up.

This does NOT seem to be the case for many grocery items from Italy, which have been out of stock in all the supermarkets for the past 6 months!

15 hours ago, stubuzz said:

 

 

Salt packets are available from any pharamcy.

What is the difference between salt from a pharmacy and salt from a supermarket?  NaCl will be NaCl regardless of the vendor.

I suspect buying salt from a pharmacy will be drastically more expensive and no different in chemical structure.

... yet no more police on the roads where it really matters.
Does the government think that people believe them when they say they are 'working to reduce road fatalities?' 

'Good Intentions' are not the solution. Proper policing of the roads is.

So busy with this plan and that, tell the people, spread the word, putting up posters, setting up tables for 'safety checks,' having meetings, even handing out helmets...

... everything except putting more mobile police on the roads.

Once the holiday is over, where do all those cops who were manning the roadblocks go?

You never see them on the streets, only at the roadblocks. They must have some tasks to keep them busy, other than stopping bad drivers.  We occasionally see a few high-ranking police making a photo-op tour of walking streets, but that's about it. Maybe one or two making rounds of guesthouses to check names and data of the last night's check-in.
Where are they and what are they doing the rest of the day? We never see them!

I've noticed that many people 'start' to be old simply because they reached a certain number of years. "Now that I'm XY years old I'm going to give up all my fun, and spend my days in an easy chair with a beer dreaming about the past."

Certainly, physical health plays an increasingly important role in what we can and can not do as we age, but to give up living because we reach a certain age that someone else thought should be the end is foolish!

As Richard Bach said so well in his book; "Defend your limitations, and sure enough, you own them!"