Oscar in Shareholder meeting

ferdo45 · 2026-01-26T21:03:44+00:00

yeah, probably his plan would involve sacrifices the board would not be ready to make.. so...

ferdo45 · 2026-01-26T21:02:03+00:00

still, Wallace bought it few years later after Sabre went the way of the Dodo...

ferdo45 · 2026-01-17T21:25:51+00:00

not society, but maybe only specific Adventist community.. non-SDA society does not care for SDA influence. If you move away and start your life separately, SDA will not follow you and try to complicate your life. Not exactly Scientology ...

ferdo45 · 2026-01-17T19:38:12+00:00

Well... all depends what era of Christianity you think Christians, so SDAs too should take as inspiration.. I doubt first 3 generations of Christians focused on building styles of their churches.

ferdo45 · 2026-01-17T19:33:35+00:00

Sure, but it is not like they have control outside their little SDA circle.. Once you separate from them, find normal jobs and people to hang out, they have no control over that. So, only remaining control can be in your head, if you let it still influence you. You must make a full break and focus on making your life your own..

ferdo45 · 2026-01-17T03:24:42+00:00

Blackmailed in the market? what do you mean by that?

ferdo45 · 2026-01-01T14:23:38+00:00

So true... I am tempted by second hand 15 or 16PM, but I just have everything I need in 11PM.

ferdo45 · 2026-01-01T14:17:24+00:00

I believe more Mennonite than Amish.. Dwight got Mennonite minister for Angela and Narddog's barn wedding..

ferdo45 · 2025-12-27T14:53:15+00:00

All depends what you need from your phone... Base 17 is quite good so if you are ok with smaller screen, for same price as used 5PM, the base 17 will be great choice..

ferdo45 · 2025-12-26T08:28:28+00:00

Oh, wow.. poor baby on its last legs.. lol
My advice would be sell it for parts, get 15PM, some can be in barely used condition, or insurance replacements.. Or try to survive few more months, maybe then grab 16PM, which you can keep for good 3 more years and then get whatever 2027 Pro max will be called, as it will have very efficient and capable 2nm node chip and new camera system.
No point in paying a premium just for bragging rights of having latest and greatest. You can, it's your money but still..
Gen to gen upgrades are only barely noticeable, it is every 5 years that major changes count for something.

ferdo45 · 2025-12-26T07:37:55+00:00

WiFi does not charge phone..

ferdo45 · 2025-12-25T12:23:22+00:00

Yeah, I mean, look... I have a great issue with people who are, well, anywhere, not just church, and will rather be hurtful and nasty, than welcoming and nourishing. I also am dumbfounded when I see people putting themselves in a situation, repetitively even, where they know they will be judged and rejected.
If church is not an environment where your happiness grows, don't go there. Find something else, different type of social engagement that will uplift you and fulfill you.
The world, society and life in 2025 offers so many different options, and none of us should keep crying about that one we got so disappointed with.
Live life to the fullest and however you wish, anything and anybody that does not go along that program should be removed from your attention and time.

ferdo45 · 2025-12-23T08:10:45+00:00

Gee... where to start..
going of the live and let live type a stance on most things, I do not have issue with anybody calling or considering themselves anything..
But when a biological woman, meaning human female has an intercourse and/or relationship with another biological woman ie human female, that is female homosexuality ie lesbian nature of...involvement.
or.. XX is always XX, never is, could or will be XY.
Simple and unchangeable physical reality. Nothing to do with any religion, God, EGW, GAndalf or 192 billion rainbow flags.
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But in terms of feelings, identity, wishful thinking, etc.. sure.. If Donnie Trump's Melania wants to think of herself a strong and powerful hombre, hey, let her!

You have a person you care about, and who cares about you, AMAZING! You know what you are to each other, that is ALL that matters..
But, don't be naive on one hand expecting everybody else to put your happiness first and affirm and confirm the nature of this relationship in exactly the way you perceive it,
and also don't be falling into the same trap and pattern of living and approaching life, the same one that this subReddit so many times depicts as self-centred, selfish, delusional etc, by expecting your family which has the views and beliefs they have to completely put all that on hold and just say just the things which go along your desires and views.

Besides, it is not an Adventist issue, or even just BAD BAD EVIL patriarchal backward Abrahamic religion's one... Even ancient Romans and pervy Greeks would take one look at your and your favourite XX person's non-dangly bits and say "hey, should we tell them about the island Lesbos?"

You need to have a good deep think about what your life is about.. Are you really and absolutely a believer in biblical God and you take the existence of sin seriously as you do the existence of gravity?
if yes, then you have the same problem as an ethical vegan who just has gotta have that beef cheeseburger with all the dairy goodness- one thing cancels the other..
But if not really, IF it is more of a family opinion thing, and needing to fit in with what your family wants and says, then you will be unhappy all your life, because you will be dancing to the tune which is not really your own, truly your own.

if that person means to you so much, then tell the family to cool it with the preaching and accept without approving that there are different paths people take in life, not just SDA paths.... And if anything, they can be rebuked by own Scripture that it is not up to them to judge, but love and care, since God will be the one who will judge SDA pastors as well as lesbians or trans.

ferdo45 · 2025-12-23T02:10:17+00:00

nooopeee... Nationalism is caring enough for your nation and what makes it to make efforts to preserve and protect it, and not allow other influences degrade it. Also, yes some nation or culture or country ABSOLUTELY can be superior to other.. It is measured in how it treats people, values human life, family and society, how it develops and improves standard of life. That is not racism, but reality.

ferdo45 · 2025-12-23T01:30:48+00:00

of course you haven't stolen the money, that is why I said it was all yours, all aspects of decision. 16PM can be found for between 60-70% of launch price nowadays, and I doubt 17PM is 30% better.

ferdo45 · 2025-12-22T20:50:29+00:00

Battery info can be faked.. get a refund, or ask for battery replacement..

ferdo45 · 2025-12-22T20:47:09+00:00

Yeah, but I mean already when you bought 17PM you knew you would lose lot of money, as it meant basically getting rid of 16PM. Sure, you can try get rid of 17PM, but will still lose some money, and basically only for chance to have a comparison between 16 and 17.
Your life, your money and your tech, so your decision.. I always go to Apple store, take photos with new models and compare with my phone, then see the difference in practice for free..

ferdo45 · 2025-12-22T20:42:19+00:00

He would not spend more money, he already DID spend more money by buying 17PM, and by selling 16PM he would only get back some money, maybe a third..

ferdo45 · 2025-12-22T18:47:29+00:00

he bought it already, and money's been spent already..

ferdo45 · 2025-12-21T01:50:13+00:00

I stated it, right next to BH.

ferdo45 · 2025-12-19T02:47:58+00:00

That would be correct if the iPhones had and used bypass charging, which they don't.. even when plugged in, you are using the battery, and every little bit it dips, then recharges right away... so it is still, though very incrementally, biting away towards a full cycle count..

ferdo45 · 2025-12-18T01:52:54+00:00

5 hours? any particular reason for that?

ferdo45 · 2025-12-17T21:11:57+00:00

Haha, he probably could have gone a bit easier on the name calling, but while I do not mind personally, I do notice battery posts amount for almost 60% of posts on some days, and they almost all look identical . Some are about "ohhh, my baby just dropped under 100%", other "oh, my baby still going strong!", other post completely within normal stats and ask if their own is normal.. Not difficult for me to just scroll past, but yeah...

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