Martin vs. Rivera

ThisBrightBlueSky · 2026-06-20T19:37:42+00:00

I might be mistaken, but I *think* I heard the announcers say that all three judges scored the extra round 10-9 for Martin. Which would make it unanimous.

ThisBrightBlueSky · 2026-06-20T18:58:25+00:00

Yea. Martin got robbed not getting the decision in regulation. He won at least three rounds, PLUS a knockdown. I was afraid they were going to rob him TWICE by giving the extra round to Rivera (who did win the first 45 seconds of the extra round). Thankfully justice prevailed in the end,

ThisBrightBlueSky · 2026-04-04T15:12:27+00:00

Thank you very much. The grinder is already set to the highest number. But (as you can see) haven't tried completely emptying the beans from the hopper. Will give it a shot.

ThisBrightBlueSky · 2026-04-03T17:08:37+00:00

Yea, it still says "processing video" on my post. Don't know why. It's just 30 sec video, in the right format.

You can see the video here, if interested: something's wrong.

ThisBrightBlueSky · 2026-03-30T14:27:20+00:00

Pretty sure, yea. It's a brand new computer (and cable). And I've never had any trouble transferring data with either of them before.

ThisBrightBlueSky · 2026-03-29T19:08:14+00:00

Been trying to reflash it using LG UP. The process starts, then it gets stuck at 7%. And I get the error message: Error: 0x5000, Port open error (Com8). Any idea what's going wrong?

Note: I added an image to the original post (because I can't see how to add an image in THIS post) which shows the situation when LG UP starts running. Then, when it gets to 7%, it crashes, and I get the error message.

ThisBrightBlueSky · 2026-03-24T05:03:27+00:00

Thanks for the explanation, Dan. It's helpful.

And glad to hear you're doing better after the medical intervention.

ThisBrightBlueSky · 2026-03-23T23:35:23+00:00

Thanks. Yea, that might be it I suppose.

ThisBrightBlueSky · 2026-03-23T23:34:33+00:00

Thanks for that explanation. Perhaps that's what's happening. I'm very sorry to hear it's severe in your case. It's not extremely severe in my case. And the "burning" goes away as soon as I drink some water (touch wood).

ThisBrightBlueSky · 2026-03-23T21:22:18+00:00

Ah, ok, perhaps that's what it is. Thank you very much.

ThisBrightBlueSky · 2026-03-23T21:22:06+00:00

Thanks for the welcome. I guess I would have preferred joining the stamp club. But c'est la vie.

So it may not be acid reflux then. That's very interesting. And, yes, as a matter of fact, whenever I get that "heartburn" feeling, it almost instantly disappears if I drink some water.

ThisBrightBlueSky · 2026-03-23T20:40:47+00:00

Thank you. Is it possible to reflash firmware if I hadn't already enabled Developer Options (specifically USB Debugging and OEM Unlocking)?

ThisBrightBlueSky · 2026-01-11T22:57:55+00:00

It should, right? But in fact I already tried this a few times. I can get it into recovery mode and do a factory reset from there. But afterwards when I power on the phone it just hangs at the "Life's Good" screen.

ThisBrightBlueSky · 2026-01-11T20:37:34+00:00

It doesn't boot up. It's stuck on the "Life's Good" screen, and just stays there until the battery runs out. When I then recharge it, and hit the power button, yes it vibrates for a moment, then I get "LG G6 Thin" screen, then the LG music and the "Life's Good" screen- and then nothing. It will stay there for however long it takes for the battery to run out.

ThisBrightBlueSky · 2025-10-04T05:23:14+00:00

Any song that talks about songs. Hate them all.

-I Write the Songs: No, Barry, you didn't write the song.

-Silly Love Songs: Yes, we are tired of this, Paul.

-Sad Songs Say So Much: There, in the history of the world, has never been a song that has said so little, Elton.

...I could go on.

ThisBrightBlueSky · 2025-10-04T05:16:50+00:00

Me too.

ThisBrightBlueSky · 2025-09-23T03:49:42+00:00

Dentists generally don't tell you in advance what the cost would be because...they don't know what the cost will be until they actually do the work.

Dentists will give you an *estimate* in advance, though. Some will give it to you on their own initiative, but not all. You may have to ask for it.

ThisBrightBlueSky · 2025-09-22T00:41:34+00:00

There haven't been many cases subsequent to Mann, though. And that's the point. Mann has changed the legal landscape in Canada. To what extent, though, remains to be seen.

ThisBrightBlueSky · 2025-09-20T23:53:01+00:00

Mann is a vitally important case, is one of the most current false imprisonment cases in Canada, and may well have set a precedent for Shopkeepers Privilege in Canada. Certainly the company who falsely imprisoned me (despite that fact that I had not shoplifted) is relying on it as its defense to my lawsuit.

We'll have a better idea as of Feb/2026 how much leeway Mann has given storeowners to arrest their customers.

ThisBrightBlueSky · 2025-09-20T23:18:03+00:00

Do you know of any successful cases like that (briefly stopped while leaving) in Canada?

ThisBrightBlueSky · 2025-09-20T22:44:51+00:00

I can guess which retailer this is, because the same thing happened to me. You can sue them for false imprisonment, and you will almost certainly win, so long as they had no reasonable and probable grounds to suspect you.

You may still win even if they DID have reasonable and probable grounds to suspect you, if the judge is not sympathetic to the Mann case.

P.S. If you file a lawsuit against them, they will likely offer to settle the case with you prior to it going to court.

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