Products to avoid - Page 8

DanaC · 08-30-2017, 05:24 PM

I have a 4th gen e-ink kindle - no backlight, and no touch screen. Page turning uses paddles on the sides.

I've had it since around 2012 and it still works well. No good for graphic novels or magazines, and books with illustrations of any kind suffer - but just a standard novel and it is great.

When I got mum a kindle, I got the newer touchscreen version of the e-ink model - very similar but with touch screen and better able to cope with magazine articles and the like. It is still black and white and very simple but works well. I deliberately got that one because it is the only one in the range without backlight.

The blue light that is emitted by kindle screens, like smart phone and tablet screens interferes with the brain's natural detection of night time and suppresses production of the sleep hormone.

Happy Monkey · 08-30-2017, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

The blue light that is emitted by kindle screens, like smart phone and tablet screens interferes with the brain's natural detection of night time and the suppresses production of the sleep hormone.

Maybe, but the yellow light emitted by a lamp that's on when I fall asleep bypasses hormones altogether, and makes me wake up in the middle of the night to turn it off.

Gravdigr · 08-31-2017, 11:34 AM

This thing has ruined touch screens for me. Fuck a touch screen, I won't have one.

You guys should be around when this thing decides to fuck me over like I described. It's a slow burn that Jackie Gleason could be proud of. I can actually see Kramden using one and going all, well, Kramden on the thing.

I'd kinda like to see what it looks like, the slow build to near-violence. Probably quite entertaining.

Gravdigr · 08-31-2017, 11:36 AM

Oh, and the coolest thing about the Nook HD+?

About 25% of them brick theyself at the first update.

It is just a horrible product.

Pico and ME · 08-31-2017, 02:16 PM

Yeah, the Nook HD was my first tablet and it taught me to IGNORE THE UPDATES!

In fact, I am currently doing just that to my Samsung s6 phone. I just don't want to have to deal with the headache it will cause.

fargon · 08-31-2017, 02:30 PM

I'm getting rid of my macbook because it worked fine until they changed the o/s.

Gravdigr · 10-28-2017, 01:53 PM

Progresso soups. Any of them. They're not healthier than any other soup, just watered down. It's water that's been in the same room with something worth eating.

Fuck you Progresso, I'll not waste any more of my money on your flavored water.

Good day.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-29-2017, 11:34 AM

Balderdash, Progresso soup is good, I have it most every day.

Take a bag of chopped frozen soup veggies, a small handful of pasta, a piece of cheese, optional is leftover meat/fish/bird.
Nuke that sucker up, the pasta absorbs much of the liquid, the cheese thickens it, and everything absorbs the flavor.
French Onion and Tomato are exceptionally good, thicker stuff like chowder need a touch more water.
When it goes on sale, 10 cans for $10, I load up.

Happy Monkey · 10-31-2017, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Balderdash, Progresso soup is good, I have it most every day.

Take a bag of chopped frozen soup veggies, a small handful of pasta, a piece of cheese, optional is leftover meat/fish/bird.
Nuke that sucker up, the pasta absorbs much of the liquid, the cheese thickens it, and everything absorbs the flavor.
French Onion and Tomato are exceptionally good, thicker stuff like chowder need a touch more water.
When it goes on sale, 10 cans for $10, I load up.

Sounds like you have the same complaint as Gravdigr, but you have a more can-do attitude about it.

Griff · 10-31-2017, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Sounds like you have the same complaint as Gravdigr, but you have a more can-do attitude about it.

*cough*

sexobon · 10-29-2017, 10:53 PM

They used to have a good Manhattan style clam chowder (which I prefer to New England style); but, I haven't seen it on the shelves for years.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-30-2017, 02:10 AM

Manhattan style? Ugh, wretch, blah, you heathen.

BigV · 10-30-2017, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Manhattan style? Ugh, wretch, blah, you heathen.

Correct!

xoxoxoBruce · 10-30-2017, 10:36 PM

Seafoods in general have delicate subtle flavors, tomato overpowers then all.

Glinda · 10-31-2017, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by sexobon

They used to have a good Manhattan style clam chowder (which I prefer to New England style); but, I haven't seen it on the shelves for years.

Oh my. You have my sympathies.

08-31-2017, 11:34 AM	#3
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	This thing has ruined touch screens for me. Fuck a touch screen, I won't have one. You guys should be around when this thing decides to fuck me over like I described. It's a slow burn that Jackie Gleason could be proud of. I can actually see Kramden using one and going all, well, Kramden on the thing. I'd kinda like to see what it looks like, the slow build to near-violence. Probably quite entertaining. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

08-31-2017, 11:36 AM	#4
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Oh, and the coolest thing about the Nook HD+? About 25% of them brick theyself at the first update. It is just a horrible product. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

08-31-2017, 02:16 PM	#5
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Yeah, the Nook HD was my first tablet and it taught me to IGNORE THE UPDATES! In fact, I am currently doing just that to my Samsung s6 phone. I just don't want to have to deal with the headache it will cause. __________________ Jesse LaGreca in 2012 “Seven Deadly Sins: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Science without humanity, Knowledge without character, Politics without principle, Commerce without morality, Worship without sacrifice.” – Mahatma Gandhi

08-31-2017, 02:30 PM	#6
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	I'm getting rid of my macbook because it worked fine until they changed the o/s. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

10-28-2017, 01:53 PM	#7
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Progresso soups. Any of them. They're not healthier than any other soup, just watered down. It's water that's been in the same room with something worth eating. Fuck you Progresso, I'll not waste any more of my money on your flavored water. Good day. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-29-2017, 11:34 AM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Balderdash, Progresso soup is good, I have it most every day. Take a bag of chopped frozen soup veggies, a small handful of pasta, a piece of cheese, optional is leftover meat/fish/bird. Nuke that sucker up, the pasta absorbs much of the liquid, the cheese thickens it, and everything absorbs the flavor. French Onion and Tomato are exceptionally good, thicker stuff like chowder need a touch more water. When it goes on sale, 10 cans for $10, I load up. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-29-2017, 10:53 PM	#11
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	They used to have a good Manhattan style clam chowder (which I prefer to New England style); but, I haven't seen it on the shelves for years.

10-30-2017, 02:10 AM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Manhattan style? Ugh, wretch, blah, you heathen. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-30-2017, 10:36 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Seafoods in general have delicate subtle flavors, tomato overpowers then all. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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