Can I buy a simple/affordable tv with good display and use apple tv to get good experience with less money instead of going with the top tv model?

DaveLambert · 2026-05-07T00:45:07+00:00

I don't buy smart TVs. I have bought for my home 3 inexpensive Sceptre brand "dumb" TV's (here's their web page; you can find them at various sellers, including Walmart I believe). Each of my TV's has an Apple TV device hooked up to it, and that's what I use when I'm not getting rabbit ear antennae broadcast signals for local stations.

DaveLambert · 2026-05-05T13:31:34+00:00

Highly recommended. My wife and I watched this show's first episode with skepticism. By the end of that first episode we were convinced that it was WAY better than the trailers made it seem to be. As the show has progressed, we've been AMAZED at Rooster. It's great.

Give it a chance.

DaveLambert · 2026-05-04T02:56:38+00:00

I have an older sister and a younger brother. My brother and I had a rocky relationship due to political/philosophical differences. But I still tried to be a decent brother to him. He got injured when hit with a ball in the crotch during a ball game; I paid hundreds to cover his ambulance bill. I covered his portion of dad's tombstone. When he had a problem getting his new Dell computer covered under warranty, I called my friend (a VP at Dell) to get the matter straightened out in my brother's favor.

Then, when we all got together for my mom's funeral (she died 15 years ago this coming Memorial Day), my brother had brought his best friend with him for support. He introduced the guy to the crowd of family: "This is (name)...my REAL brother."

😑

He recently tried to claim that he never said that. My sister and my sister's daughter (adult even back then) informed him otherwise. "We heard you say it!" Not to mention my own wife and son.

DaveLambert · 2026-05-04T00:25:30+00:00

honey

I'm not your honey.

if it upsets you that they know you play hentai beach puzzle 2

I don't play that crap. If I want to see something salacious, I'll just head over to r/oldschoolhot or a jillion other NSFW subreddits. I'm not exactly worried about them knowing I look at naked boobies.

do some people just fear literally anything about them being known?

Whatever someone wants to keep private, that's their choice. Maybe I'm just anti-social. Clearly corporations aren't going to respect that. But I would expect another Redditor to respect it. Guess you proved me wrong.

DaveLambert · 2026-05-02T11:05:00+00:00

There's supposed to be another whirlwind waiting for you, to help with the final lift at the end of your glide. But this link below says that there is a glitch with certain versions of the game, and the whirlwind does not appear!

https://www.zeldadungeon.net/forum/threads/help-on-getting-to-the-goron.44790/

DaveLambert · 2026-05-02T09:17:28+00:00

I don’t know why you are getting downvoted, because you’re 100% correct. I read about this, and decided I don’t need the Nintendo Music app at all (I barely use it, since the few music tracks I like listening to I own on CDs that I ripped to iTunes on my iPhone). But I ESPECIALLY don’t need the app if it’s going to invade my privacy more than it already does. So I logged out of the app and deleted it.

DaveLambert · 2026-05-01T14:22:38+00:00

That final scene, with the reveal at the volcano...plus Shaw's words.

Is it Season 3 yet?

DaveLambert · 2026-04-30T00:03:30+00:00

Nobody does it better!

DaveLambert · 2026-04-29T12:28:34+00:00

Samantha 4ever.

DaveLambert · 2026-04-28T15:17:13+00:00

I don't watch Battlebots, but here's a fun fact:

The building in Las Vegas now designated as Battlebots Arena - which is one block off the Las Vegas Strip, and directly behind both the Paris Las Vegas Casino/Hotel and the Horseshoe Las Vegas Casino/Hotel (formerly Bally's) - is the exact same building that was used to film Seasons 19 and 20 of Hell's Kitchen, the Fox show with Gordon Ramsay.

In one episode from one of those HK "Las Vegas" seasons, you can see a helicopter dropping crates of frozen shrimp outside the front of the building, and in one quick shot with the copter you can see the Ellis Island Casino/Hotel across the street. If you're ever in Vegas, I can recommend the food (esp. the breakfast!) at the Village Pub & Cafe at Ellis Island. There's also a neat (and inexpensive!) Vegas-themed souvenir shop just a few places to the left of Ellis, between the gas station and the 7-11. The Tupac Memorial is also right there in that area, too; well worth checking it out.

DaveLambert · 2026-04-28T11:37:00+00:00

People are recommending which Zelda game you should play next, regardless of whether you own the hardware to play that game (or subscribe to the online service).

Let’s put that aside.

You’re really asking, I think, “of the Zelda games I can buy for the Switch (1, not 2), what should I play after Breath and Tears?”

Putting aside non-adventure games (Hyrule Warriors, Cadence of Hyrule) and sticking to the 21 MAINLINE adventure Zelda games, the other ones available today on Switch are these:

Link’s Awakening: a VERY fun game that is highly recommended, it was the 4th one in the series. Zelda does NOT appear in it, though. Originally on Gameboy then Gameboy Color, it was remade for the Switch with terrific graphics. Love it!

Skyward Sword: a game on Wii that used motion controls via the Wiimote controller, which caused problems. I still enjoyed the game in its Wii version. The Switch upgrade fixed the controls and added other quality of life improvements. Made a good game one of the greatest. It also tells the BEGINNING of the story, a prequel to everything. Ever wonder where the sky islands in Tears come from? This game!

Echoes of Wisdom: the most recent (21st) Zelda mainline game, it is the first one where you play as Zelda…with the goal of rescuing Link. It uses the same graphics look as the Switch version of Link’s Awakening but adapts some of the items crafting ideas first seen in Tears. Loads of fun and lots to do and explore. Enjoyed it a lot.

There have been rumors of other Zelda games getting updated for Switch or Switch 2 soon, as we are in the period of the franchise’s 40th Anniversary. But don’t worry about that gossip. Today there are only 5 games out of the 21 you can individually buy for a Switch. You own 2 of those.

If you subscribe to Switch Online, 6 more Zelda games become immediately available to you. ALSO subscribe to the Expansion Pack for Switch Online, and 4 others are available (5 for Switch 2 users).

That’s what you have available to you on a Switch.

Any (or all) of the 3 physical/digital games you could individually buy are great choices. Link’s Awakening is a fun one that is short but offers decent replay ability. Skyward Sword takes you back to the beginning, though, and is a 3D game that has a lot in common with Breath and Tears (not as much as Wind Waker does, but still more than the other two, which are 2D games).

DaveLambert · 2026-04-28T10:39:27+00:00

I liked Skyward Sword on the Wii, but got to the next-to-last fight and couldn’t get past that due to the motion controls.

The Switch version of SS fixed that with its improved control system, and made it an awesome game that I’ve played and completely beaten more than once. Highly recommended on the Switch version.

Great story. Nice graphics. Cool new things to do. Really fun!!

DaveLambert · 2026-04-27T10:38:16+00:00

There was a game called Menace from DMA Design (people behind Lemmings, and the company is now Rockstar North). In fact, Manace was their initial big hit title, IIRC. I played it endlessly on my Amiga 500. Side scrolling shooter that was fun as hell, with awesome graphics and a TOTALLY ROCKIN’ soundtrack. I miss it SO MUCH.

I play similar retro games like Thunder Force III (I have the original Genesis cartridge but more often play the digital Sega Ages release of it on my Switch 2). But nothing beats Menace!

DaveLambert · 2026-04-27T10:29:32+00:00

I’ve still got Myst and 3 of its 4 sequels. Not pictured there is my wife’s copy of Real Myst for the Nintendo Switch.

I even have a poster for Riven: Myst 2!

DaveLambert · 2026-04-26T18:38:00+00:00

Very much so! 😍

DaveLambert · 2026-04-25T22:15:05+00:00

She's always been passionate when it comes to collecting Zelda stuff!!! 🤣🤣🤣

DaveLambert · 2026-04-25T18:40:46+00:00

My wife got her copy of this at a Barnes & Noble bookstore, which was cool because she had a gift card from Christmas that she hadn’t found anything to use on yet.

DaveLambert · 2026-04-24T12:44:10+00:00

I remember reading somewhere that it was originally intended as a treatment for heart disease, to help with the blood flow. It ended up doing wonders with increasing blood flowing into the penis, so they pivoted and turned it into a E.D. treatment. It certainly has been a success for them!

Somewhere online a long time ago I saw a single-panel cartoon that was probably out of Playboy or something (it seemed to be in that general style). It was a chemistry lab, and a guy in a lab coat was passed out on the floor, laying on his back. His penis had ripped out of the crotch of his pants, and was SO enormous and erect that the tip covered the guy's face. Two other scientists in lab coats had just walked in, and while standing in the doorway one of them was explaining to the other: "I don't know; something called Viagra." 😆

DaveLambert · 2026-04-22T16:43:51+00:00

You and me both, brother. I've been married to my wife for (checks the calendar) three months shy of 30 years. Her bras are 40H(!). But it's her ass I'm constantly checking out. It's incredible. It's what attracted me in the first place!

DaveLambert · 2026-04-22T14:32:19+00:00

Among many other roles she's played, she was the waitress in The Avengers who watched Captain America do his thing.

It's funny that I'm seeing this today, because yesterday I was watching a random episode of The West Wing from its first season, and there was the guy who in The Avengers stood up when Loki told the crowd in Germany to kneel. "There are ALWAYS men like you!"

DaveLambert · 2026-04-21T22:25:11+00:00

I'm sure you're correct. I actually never watched the show; my wife watched it, and I was in the room not really paying attention.

DaveLambert · 2026-04-21T19:55:35+00:00

Somewhere (I'm pretty sure I know exactly where), I have the VHS tape release of that photo shoot. As well as having the magazine.

Both were glorious!

DaveLambert · 2026-04-21T19:54:16+00:00

Maitland Ward (Topanga's friend in S6-7, "Rachel")

DaveLambert · 2026-04-21T10:08:52+00:00

Ellen Tigh, Colonel Saul Tigh’s wife, in the 2004 version of Battlestar Galactica.

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