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  • Yes had a business owner come in and demand all employee phones be iPhone or get out. Jobs was his personal hero and thought Apple could do no wrong. The issue was the company he bought was run on software made for Windows. A lot of extra effort went into making it work on macbooks he insisted we all use.

    In the end he believed he was as great as Jobs. Not sure that’s a great role model across the board for those that know more than just the apple procducts. The family values and toxic *work practices were not for everyone.

    I was glad to get out of that company and back to my android phone and now Linux computing.

    I will say the 3 good things about my iPhone was the camera, the full resolution media sharing with other iPhone users via iMessage, and the gallery uploading to other iOS devices.

    The latter two are still a weakness with Google. At least they are addressing it with RCS but its still going to take time. Google photos has cloud back up but I’ve not really looked into how seamless the media backup to all android devices has been.






  • Similar fond memories of growing up straddling English and American traditions on the wet Westcoast with English and Swedish grandparents.

    My grandfather always had coffee brewing on the wood cookstove in his cabin. It was a metal 2 piece drip system. Always adding more hot water to the top as the day progressed. Like your example the first cups are the strongest. They had those white rogers sugar cubes and canned condensed milk from Pacific as creamer. Us grandkids would be bouncing off the walls from the caffeine and massive amounts of sugar most of the day.

    Then at night with dinner it was Orange Pekoe tea with milk to finish the day. I’m surprised we got any sleep to be honest looking back on it.

    Now living close to the US border I sometimes forget when I’m south tea is not such a normal thing in a restaurant and I get odd looks from those when ordering it. Usually they are the kind of place that serves Coke with breakfast though so I’m already in the wrong place for tea as it is.

    For me Tea is the only thing I get from Tim’s too in the way of a London Fog. When it comes to Coffee Canadian McDonalds is my way to go. US McDonald’s coffee is something else terribly not enjoyable.