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Vick enters drug program
Rehab, move to Kansas may cut prison time

By D. ORLANDO LEDBETTER
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 01/08/08

Suspended Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, who was sentenced to 23 months in federal prison for his guilty plea on charges related to dogfighting, plans to enter a drug treatment program that could reduce his time behind bars.

"Mr. Vick has been transferred from the Northern Neck Regional Jail in Virginia to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons minimum security facility in Leavenworth, Kan.," his attorneys, Billy Martin and Lawrence H. Woodward Jr., said in a jointly issued statement Monday. "Mr. Vick hopes to participate in programs offered at that facility, including the Bureau of Prisons drug treatment program."

Vick, who failed a drug test while awaiting sentencing in the dogfighting case, is eligible for a federal drug treatment program known as the Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP). Inmates are involved in intensive treatment that lasts six to 12 months, with a minimum of 500 hours of treatment.

Upon completion of the program, the inmate's eligibility for early release based on previous criminal convictions is determined. Vick did not have any previous convictions before his dogfighting case.

The RDAP accepts inmates, and they are eligible for early release even if they have not been convicted of drug-related offenses provided they meet a series of qualifications. Vick meets those requirements.

Animal rights activists were not happy that Vick may not serve his entire 23-month sentence. "The drugs were completely irrelevant to the actual crime here," said John Goodwin, the Humane Society's deputy manager of animal fighting issues. "If this was drug rehab or a narcotics-related event, that's another thing, but the issue of killing these dogs is an entirely different matter."

According to Criminal Justice magazine, which is published by the American Bar Association, the program is known as the 500-hour Comprehensive RDAP. Some qualified offenders will be eligible for an early release benefit of up to 12 months. The Bureau of Prisons average is 8.5 months, usually coupled with an extended halfway house stay or home confinement.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed Monday that Vick had been transferred to Leavenworth, but would not confirm that Vick would be entered into the drug program. Vick was moved from Northern Neck Regional Jail in Warsaw, Va., where he has been since reporting to prison before being sentenced Dec. 10.

For now, Vick's prison number is 33765-183, and his projected release date is July 2009, which would be the full 23-month sentence.

An 8.5-month reduction on top of a possible reduction of 15 percent for good conduct means Vick could be released before the end of 2008. He faces an April 2 trial date in Virginia on state dogfighting charges.

An early prison release would allow Vick to apply sooner for reinstatement to the NFL. He is suspended indefinitely but is still on the Falcons' roster. A suspension by the NFL for the conviction and failed drug test is possible.

Vick enters drug program | ajc.com

Drug Program May Reduce Vick's Sentence | ajc.com

I wounder if he planned getting caught smoking pot, or if his lawyer put him up to this.:rolleyes:
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Jimbo
Gee, this is rediculous,
the guy gets caught doing drugs,, they add a little time to the sentence, they say go to rehab .
So now he gets out EARLIER because of this ?
How about telling him to go to rehab AND STICK AROUND ... he's got nothing else to do, why would it be an option.

What kind of country club is this ?

Does he get NFL ST next year so he can see his buddies too ?

Jimbo
salsadancer7
Gee, this is rediculous,
the guy gets caught doing drugs,, they add a little time to the sentence, they say go to rehab .
So now he gets out EARLIER because of this ?
How about telling him to go to rehab AND STICK AROUND ... he's got nothing else to do, why would it be an option.

What kind of country club is this ?

Does he get NFL ST next year so he can see his buddies too ?

Jimbo

He did it on purpose to serve some of his time in rehab instead of jail. I don't think he will get out early....but doing his jail time in rehab is ALOT easier than doing it in federal prison.
Neutronite
He did it on purpose to serve some of his time in rehab instead of jail. I don't think he will get out early....but doing his jail time in rehab is ALOT easier than doing it in federal prison.
Disco dancer you are making an accusation, period. Do you have absolute [INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE] that Mr. Vick did that?
Thank you
salsadancer7
Disco dancer you are making an accusation, period. Do you have absolute [INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE] that Mr. Vick did that?
Thank you

Nutralite...I don't have proof, sorry I offend your buddy Ron Mexico....:rolleyes:Would YOU rather do some of your time in a federal prison or do some of your time in a drug rehab center and be included as time served?
Neutronite
Cheap

Nutralite...I don't have proof, sorry I offend your buddy Ron Mexico....:rolleyes:Would YOU rather do some of your time in a federal prison or do some of your time in a drug rehab center and be included as time served?
***dancer: Your style is CHEAP:
1. You made an unsupported accusation: CHEAP.
2. YOU asked me a poor TASTE QUESTION: CHEAP. I am NOT a convict nor a drug user-ask somebody else. You barked at the wrong tree:
CHEAP.
Thank you
PS: Who is Ron Mexico?-He's NOT my buddy...
salsadancer7
***dancer: Your style is CHEAP:
1. You made an unsupported accusation: CHEAP.
2. YOU asked me a poor TASTE QUESTION: CHEAP. I am NOT a convict nor a drug user-ask somebody else. You barked at the wrong tree:
CHEAP.
Thank you
PS: Who is Ron Mexico?-He's NOT my buddy...

LMAO....For a guy that is soooo smart and all-knowing about Micheal Vick...you don't know squat! "Ron Mexico" is the alias used by Vick when he went to check with various clinics if he had herpes and possibly "other sexually transmitted deceases". This all came to light when a woman in Atlanta accused him of giving it to her on purpose.

And YOU, Neutra-system...are too much of a light weight to get under my skin......;):hatsoff:
Paul Wozniak
LMAO....For a guy that is soooo smart and all-knowing about Micheal Vick...you don't know squat! "Ron Mexico" is the alias used by Vick when he went to check with various clinics if he had herpes and possibly "other sexually transmitted deceases". This all came to light when a woman in Atlanta accused him of giving it to her on purpose.

And YOU, Neutra-system...are too much of a light weight to get under my skin......;):hatsoff:

I'm sorry to be off topic, but Salsa's play on names in this thread has been hilarious!:D:D:D:D
Neutronite
LMAO....For a guy that is soooo smart and all-knowing about Micheal Vick...you don't know squat! "Ron Mexico" is the alias used by Vick when he went to check with various clinics if he had herpes and possibly "other sexually transmitted deceases". This all came to light when a woman in Atlanta accused him of giving it to her on purpose.

And YOU, Neutra-system...are too much of a light weight to get under my skin......;):hatsoff:
Cheap talk hiding behind a keyboard...
salsadancer7
Cheap talk hiding behind a keyboard...

Awww.....is little Jimmy Neutron mad??!!! What are you gonna get your daddy to beat up MY daddy?? Dude, untwist your thong and relax. I have no beef with you....but apparently you have had it in for me the moment you came in.
You have added NOTHING to the discussion but whine an bitch like my 30 month old son. IF you are not gonna add anything, go back to your room and apologize to your parents for using their computer without their permission.:up
Neutronite
Awww.....is little Jimmy Neutron mad??!!! What are you gonna get your daddy to beat up MY daddy?? Dude, untwist your thong and relax. I have no beef with you....but apparently you have had it in for me the moment you came in.
You have added NOTHING to the discussion but whine an bitch like my 30 month old son. IF you are not gonna add anything, go back to your room and apologize to your parents for using their computer without their permission.:up
CHEAP talk accompanied by a superiority complex>IT. Furthermore acting big, childishly, irresponsibly and cowardly behind a keyboard> your MO...
salsadancer7
CHEAP talk accompanied by a superiority complex>IT. Furthermore acting big, childishly, irresponsibly and cowardly behind a keyboard> your MO...

Again...what IS your beef? I made some points in this thread and you have made none but to either complain, bitch, moan, cry, insult and antagonize me and others....so the ONLY person acting "childish" and "cowardly" is you....so please spare the drama queen tatics.....:rolleyes:
Neutronite
Again...what IS your beef? I made some points in this thread and you have made none but to either complain, bitch, moan, cry, insult and antagonize me and others....so the ONLY person acting "childish" and "cowardly" is you....so please spare the drama queen tatics.....:rolleyes:
1. Making an unsupported, zero evidence accusation that is a point>negative or self patronizing.
2. Asking poor taste/insulting questions> negative
3. Poor choice of language>negative
4. Cowardly behind a keyboard>Positive, NOT exactly a flattering positive...
jwfgeol
I'm sorry to be off topic, but Salsa's play on names in this thread has been hilarious!:D:D:D:D
I think we should start a list (sorry to be off topic, too) :)

Nutralite
Neutra-system
Jimmy Neutron
Nueternut
Nutra-Sweet
neutron-dance
salsadancer7
1. Making an unsupported, zero evidence accusation that is a point>negative or self patronizing.
2. Asking poor taste/insulting questions> negative
3. Poor choice of language>negative
4. Cowardly behind a keyboard>Positive, NOT exactly a flattering positive...

I must admit, you DO stick to your guns. Saying the same thing over and over again, and yet saying nothing. But nice try in trying to get under my skin. :up
But keep trying....I mean there is that old saying that if you say something enough times, you start to believe it.....

So keep clicking those heals Dorothy.....;):D
cybok0
I must admit, you DO stick to your guns. Saying the same thing over and over again, and yet saying nothing. But nice try in trying to get under my skin. :up
But keep trying....I mean there is that old saying that if you say something enough times, you start to believe it.....

So keep clicking those heals Dorothy.....;):D

He's nothing compared to Vurb.:D
salsadancer7
He's nothing compared to Vurb.:D

He knows better than to ring at THIS door.....;)
Paul Wozniak
Now that's entertainment! All this fun, for just pennies a day.
Neutronite
He knows better than to ring at THIS door.....;)
Chango with a mouth bigger than his britches:rolleyes:
salsadancer7
Chango with a mouth bigger than his britches:rolleyes:

OH PLEASE.....LMAO!!!:haha:haha:haha:haha:haha:haha

NOW I know who Sweet-n-Low is.....THIS looks familiar?:


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Originally Posted by Neutronite
I disagree with you. It is the way it was stated. How about checking this site or this link? That is a big difference. I don't buy your garbage, either. To reinforce my point that is the blogger's first post. That is a nice way to say welcome and good evening, please save it. You are barking at the wrong dog and at the wrong tree.
Thank you

Then I quoted:

LMAO....MY Garbage? Please tell me WHO is "barking" at dogs or "climbing" trees? Don't get your thong all twisted in a knot. YOU sure as hell didn't intent to make yourself welcome here. I have been here long enough to know MOST of the guys here are ok. But, I have also been here long enough to know that when you come here, you should do your research. IF the info is hard to find, someone will gladly provide it. The question he asked could have been easily researched.

And suddenly you had to make it a Puerto Rican issue? There was no need for that.

And also, IF you have something to say to me....you can say it hear....ANYONE that knows me knows I never hide from responding to ANYONE.

This class act had a little cow because a newbie was asking about HD in Puerto Rico. The info could have easily been researched, but HIS ROYAL Sweetness here thought that the newbie was being mistreated because he and the newbie were Puerto Rican....me, being Puerto Rican AND feeling that he was not mistreat....disagreed. Well....he went nuts insulting me(both on the thread and in private messages) and anyone else that was posting. He had to be told to cool it by the HEAD MODS because he was making himself look like a moron.

http://www.satelliteguys.us/directv-hd-discussions/114815-hd-directv-puerto-rico.html

No wonder he has been chasing me around like a puppy dog, looking for someone to feed him.:rolleyes:
Rangers484
I think we should start a list (sorry to be off topic, too) :)

Nutralite
Neutra-system
Jimmy Neutron
Nueternut
Nutra-Sweet
neutron-dance

The way this guy whines like a bitch it is more like Neutered.
zippyfrog
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Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
Did anyone have a price increase today on their equipment? I own my VIP211k's, and they have been $5.00. My bill that I received last week shows the "add-ons" as being $5.00. However, I just logged into my Dish account, and my "add-ons" are now $10.00. Did the additional receivers go up by $5.00 recently?

As I mentioned, my last bill shows $5.00 and under the notes, nothing is mentioned about a price increase.
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zippyfrog
Never mind - according to chat, it seems like there is a glitch in their website. The prices for owned receivers are still $5.00.
zippyfrog
However, when I make a change (tried to add the Columbian pack for $2 so I could generate my bill) and there is a new line - it says "Access for TV" - whereas previously that line item was not there. I hope they aren't charging $5.00 for the initial TV now...

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Apparently it's not an "owned receiver" fee but rather an extension fee that's applied to 2nd and subsequent viewing. Maybe that played into their decision to force a box at every TV- garnering those fees
zippyfrog
Apparently it's not an "owned receiver" fee but rather an extension fee that's applied to 2nd and subsequent viewing. Maybe that played into their decision to force a box at every TV- garnering those fees
Possibly. In theory, $9 of the base pack has a rental fee built in. But now is this $5 a chance to get a little more? I don't know for sure. According to chat, it is a glitch and will be resolved in a timely manner, but we shall see. Part of my thinks there is a going to be a new charge, whether it is now or this fall. Here in Illinois, the law requires we are given 30 days notice of any fee changes, but I have not been given anything.

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Scott Greczkowski
Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge
Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club
Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne


Get it?


An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
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Right on Time - Brandi Carlile
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Time Stand Still - Rush
Bobby
I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) - B.J. Thomas
Scott Greczkowski
Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge
Last reply · posted in SatelliteGuys Support Center
Our DNS provider is encouraging us to enable DNSSEC on our domains for added security.

I have gone ahead and enabled it, and am told it may take anywhere from 90 minutes to 24 hours for it to take effect.

Hopefully doing this does not harm the site in any way. (It shouldn't) but if it does, you will then know why and I will revert the settings.

But from what I am reading it should be ok. so just giving a warning as I have screwed up DNS stuff in the past. :D
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Scott Greczkowski
Doing my checks it appears the changes have gone through... and we are still here. (Phew!)
Scott Greczkowski
Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge
Last reply · posted in SatelliteGuys Support Center
Due to security concerns and the fact that the Tapatalk Plugin for Xenforo is no longer being updated we have removed Tapatalk support from SatelliteGuys.

For those who were using it we recommend using our PWA App instead which is faster and does not have all the spam Tapatalk had. Below is a graphic showing how to add SatelliteGuys to your devices home screen. (While iOS is shown the process is mostly the same for Android.)

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Thanks for your understanding. :)
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Foxbat
Thank you, Scott, for adding years to my Life and dropping my BP a few millimeters! Money well spent…
dweber
Thank you, Scott, for adding years to my Life and dropping my BP a few millimeters! Money well spent…
What is PWA app? PWA utilities seem to be a Spanish app. I hope you are seeing this since nothing seems to be working. I will miss SatelliteGuys. Tapatalk worked well. The Siri browser doesn't seem to work well.
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Thank you, Scott, for adding years to my Life and dropping my BP a few millimeters! Money well spent…
Hooray!
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What is PWA app? PWA utilities seem to be a Spanish app. I hope you are seeing this since nothing seems to be working. I will miss SatelliteGuys. Tapatalk worked well. The Siri browser doesn't seem to work well.
Do you mean the safari browser?
Foxbat
What is PWA app? PWA utilities seem to be a Spanish app. I hope you are seeing this since nothing seems to be working. I will miss SatelliteGuys. Tapatalk worked well. The Siri browser doesn't seem to work well.
Actually, PWA stands for "Progressive Web Application" and is basically just saving a site's homepage to your desktop where it appears as an "App" with the rest of your smartphone's Apps.
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A PWA is a custom version of SatelliteGuys which is optimized for mobile devices. While it may look like the website, its actually different so that only the files needed for mobile are sent, meaning its a much faster experience all around.

TapaTalk is essentially dead. It was written for PHP 5.4 and we are now running PHP 8.4. There have been a LOT of PHP security updates since then and since Tapatalk for Xenforo has not been updated in a long long time it is not the safest idea to keep running it.

In addition those trying to view the site on their mobile devices using a browser were getting spammed on the top of the screen for people to install TapaTalk, this ad in some cases would take up 20% of the users screen. We could get rid of that ad but we would have to pay $20 a month to get rid of it.

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In addition TapaTalk could and was inserting their own ads on SatelliteGuys in the app which only benefitted them, SatelliteGuys was not paid for those ads they were displaying on our site. Again we could pay to get rid of those ads.

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And here was the cost of the Premium Tier.

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Now to make matters worse Tapatalk recently announced that they are going to start charging users of the app 99 cents a month to continue using it.

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So soon you would be paying them each month to access SatelliteGuys via their app, again all the money going to them... and you would still see all their ads too.

Tapatalk was a great program which we run for many many years, and for a long time we DID pay for the premium tier. But now with such a small offset using it (My numbers show a total of 6 members) it wasn't work paying for any longer.

In addition Tapatalk was sold to a different owner who made lots of promises of improvements and updates but then that owner has been really radio silent since, instead they have been letting TapaTalk rot on the vine.

If you visit their support forum at https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/tapatalksupport/ you will see there is not much going on, in fact most of the support questions posted there go unanswered.

Please give the PWA a try, I was a die hard Tapatalk user myself but now only use the PWA on devices. It is a much better all around experience, with no bloatware or additional ads based on your user membership level.

I don't have an android phone so I could not make a graphic showing you how to add SatelliteGuys PWA to your phones apps or home screen. But here is a site that explains how to do it on all kinds of devices. How to Install a PWA on iOS, Android, Windows & Mac [2025 Guide]

The above link also explains PWA's better as well. :)

If Tapatalk were to update their plugins so we know we are more secure and up to date and allow us to remove the "Smart Banner" without having to pay $20 a month, we would consider adding it back. I don't even care about their ads, as if a user wants to use their app and is willing to sit through their ads in order to use that app then I am ok with it.

But hopefully that explains better why it was removed. It was not done to cut anyone off from the site. :) Please give the PWA a try.
NYDutch
A PWA is a custom version of SatelliteGuys which is optimized for mobile devices. While it may look like the website, its actually different so that only the files needed for mobile are sent, meaning its a much faster experience all around.

TapaTalk is essentially dead. It was written for PHP 5.4 and we are now running PHP 8.4. There have been a LOT of PHP security updates since then and since Tapatalk for Xenforo has not been updated in a long long time it is not the safest idea to keep running it.

In addition those trying to view the site on their mobile devices using a browser were getting spammed on the top of the screen for people to install TapaTalk, this ad in some cases would take up 20% of the users screen. We could get rid of that ad but we would have to pay $20 a month to get rid of it.

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In addition TapaTalk could and was inserting their own ads on SatelliteGuys in the app which only benefitted them, SatelliteGuys was not paid for those ads they were displaying on our site. Again we could pay to get rid of those ads.

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And here was the cost of the Premium Tier.

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Now to make matters worse Tapatalk recently announced that they are going to start charging users of the app 99 cents a month to continue using it.

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So soon you would be paying them each month to access SatelliteGuys via their app, again all the money going to them... and you would still see all their ads too.

Tapatalk was a great program which we run for many many years, and for a long time we DID pay for the premium tier. But now with such a small offset using it (My numbers show a total of 6 members) it wasn't work paying for any longer.

In addition Tapatalk was sold to a different owner who made lots of promises of improvements and updates but then that owner has been really radio silent since, instead they have been letting TapaTalk rot on the vine.

If you visit their support forum at https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/tapatalksupport/ you will see there is not much going on, in fact most of the support questions posted there go unanswered.

Please give the PWA a try, I was a die hard Tapatalk user myself but now only use the PWA on devices. It is a much better all around experience, with no bloatware or additional ads based on your user membership level.

I don't have an android phone so I could not make a graphic showing you how to add SatelliteGuys PWA to your phones apps or home screen. But here is a site that explains how to do it on all kinds of devices. How to Install a PWA on iOS, Android, Windows & Mac [2025 Guide]

The above link also explains PWA's better as well. :)

If Tapatalk were to update their plugins so we know we are more secure and up to date and allow us to remove the "Smart Banner" without having to pay $20 a month, we would consider adding it back. I don't even care about their ads, as if a user wants to use their app and is willing to sit through their ads in order to use that app then I am ok with it.

But hopefully that explains better why it was removed. It was not done to cut anyone off from the site. :) Please give the PWA a try.
I just installed the PWA on my Android phone. It was pretty easy to do, and now I'm posting this from my phone. Thanks, Scott!
Scott Greczkowski
Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge
Last reply · posted in SatelliteGuys Support Center
As you may have noticed we are doing a Fund Raiser for SatelliteGuys!

As many of you know I have been paying for a majority of the operation of the site out of my own pocket for awhile now. Now looking at things we have a number of renewals coming up that I could use some help with. These renewals include the license renewal for our Forum Software, Renewal of a number of our add on's the site uses, renewal of domain names etc.

I have set a goal of $400.00 - any extra that comes in will just go to fund the operations of the site. None of the money will go to me (I tried BuyMeACoffee a few months ago, and they denied me saying they do not do business with Satellite Piracy sites... which we are not... hell we host the beta programs for both DISH and DIRECTV here...)

Anyways... if you would like to help out please click the link below.


Thank you in advance. :)
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Scott Greczkowski
I planned on removing it today, but then my fathers car broke down and I had to drive him all around to get his stuff done. Then I had a doctors appointment after that which was annoying...

Dr asks me if I have had any changes, so I tell him something wrong with me that started a month or so ago and his reply back is, that it sucks to get old... I hate that. Why ask me. if your going to come back with a smart ass answer.

Anyays I hope to get rid of Tapatalk tomorrow. :)

And we had more people donate today, thank you! The extra money is going to future expenses since things like add ons don't expire at the same time.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU AGAIN!
T
Yeah, dr's...joint pain? Your joints are wearing out. It hurts when I do this...don't do that
comfortably_numb
Dr asks me if I have had any changes, so I tell him something wrong with me that started a month or so ago and his reply back is, that it sucks to get old

No excuse for a flippant response like that from a doctor! I'd be looking for a different one.
Scott Greczkowski
Tapatalk has been removed.

I have added a new feature which is a work in progress called "Social Feed" which displays the forums Facebook style. Its nice for people who like that, but needs work. But i have been watching this one for awhile and the author is being really responsive to suggestions and adding them. So if you have any please let me know and I can pass them along. :)
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We got more kind donations yesterday! Again a very big thank you to everyone for your support!
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Awesome pictures, Yespage! Thanks!

I caught the end of the four hour race on YouTube so I wasn't "spoiled", but got to see the exciting last lap action in the TCR division!
Y
Awesome pictures, Yespage! Thanks!

I caught the end of the four hour race on YouTube so I wasn't "spoiled", but got to see the exciting last lap action in the TCR division!
I heard on the radio, after the final pitstop, Turner Motorsport were resigned to second place. 'You're in second. Don't worry about it. First is McLaren, we aren't catching them.'
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Caught up to the 500... err... k in St. Louis. What a race! Andretti Motorsport were doing very well with Ericsson and Kirkwood, meanwhile Power was moving up the grid. Veekay started cautiously. He was working the tires just right, becoming more lethal later in the stint. Rasmussen was racing likewise, not nearly as insane as he has in the past. Palou was leading the race, in a shocker to all. Caio Collet was having a wonderful ride, making Ferucci potentially sweat a bit. Rain came, rain went, rain came, rain went. Generally mild sprinkles, but enough to pause racing on an oval.

Palou would kind of send Siegel into the wall. Siegel really didn't do much wrong. As he noted, you have to turn at some point. Palou had acres of room below and Siegel might have had his ticket out of Indycar stamped. Dixon was doing the fuel thing and got busted twice by yellows, not pitting before the flag came out. Then the most critical happened... Palou ran out of gas on pit lane, effectively giving Newgarden the race lead and win. Newgarden had a very early pit, so he was able to slide in, get service and go. Meanwhile, everyone else was confused and stuck behind Palou for a bit. Once people figured what was happening, Newgarden had a major advantage of several seconds. Newgarden wouldn't look back and when it went green again, he'd hold the lead for the win.

Massive credit to Juncos Hollinger who bested Penske in getting Veekay out before Malukas in a transition that was oddly bizarre. I haven't had time to check, but I'm wondering if Veekay was about to run out of fuel or cut a tire. He was charging late in a stint, got up to fifth, and then tailed back for a few laps to 10th or 11th. It looked like it was over. Went into the pits, and after the pitting sequence was over, Veekay was well inside the top ten again. It was weird. And he charged, getting up to fourth. He made a late move on Rasmussen, but Rasmussen held his position with some great driving. In fact, there was a ton of incredible racing passing, not passing all race long. Veekay would finish 4th. A podium would have been awesome, but it is a great outcome for a guy who hopefully will get a break with a big team. We saw what Veekay could do with a Honda last season with fuel save, imagine replacing Simpson on Ganassi and having speed to go with fuel saving. His 6th at Indy and 4th at St. Louis get him up to 13th in the points standings and only 5 points outside of the top 10.

Ericsson finished second, resigned to finishing behind the current best in the world guy on a short oval. Rasmussen got the final step on the podium, a nice rebound to what has been an otherwise bad year for him, and a good reward to ECR who just extended his contract.
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They raced USAC cars at Daytona once. Once! People died. Aj Foyt said 'f this', and left after the first go around. AJ freaking Foyt thought it was crazy! And cars weren't nearly as fast as they are now.

I think they tried Talladega once too.
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LeMans qualifying on going. WEC has d9ne a great job expanding the automotive company entries. Even without Porsche, a large nunber of manufacturers.
Peter Parker
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I have had good experiences with Brave but lately I am frustrated with it.

Now when I launch the app it shows a box at the bottom asking if I want to go back to the last opened page. It is in conveniently located and I would prefer to eliminate it.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Please let's not sidetrack the discussion into an exploration of why I don't care for it or a lecture about all the wonderful aspects of the feature. I just do not care for it.
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b4pjoe
I don't have an Android phone so I don't know if this will apply to the Brave settings on your android device but it works on the desktop for me.

Change this setting to either startup to a different website or a new tab page. I have mine set to open to google.com instead of where I left off and it doesn't ask me at the next startup if I want to open the last opened page unless it crashed.

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Peter Parker
I don't have an Android phone so I don't know if this will apply to the Brave settings on your android device but it works on the desktop for me.

Change this setting to either startup to a different website or a new tab page. I have mine set to open to google.com instead of where I left off and it doesn't ask me at the next startup if I want to open the last opened page unless it crashed.

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Thank you for trying to help. However thrse choices do not appear in Android. There is a setting for "New Tab Pages" that is similar but does not include your choice. I have tried all of the existing entries with no success
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Juan
Something like this maybe


Option 2: Set a custom Home button URL
  1. Click the menu icon in the top-right corner and select Settings.
  2. Click on Appearance in the left sidebar.
  3. Toggle on the Show home button switch.
  4. Under the home button settings, select the option to Enter custom web address and type in your preferred website. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
BlackHitachi
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Last reply · posted in Movie Talk
Since the Reds have there thread we should too!

Last watched Nine inch Nails
Next 3:10 to Yuma
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osu1991
Rooster Cogburn.

Keep forgetting the free movies on youtube are ad free with my premium subscription.
dfergie
Rooster Cogburn.

Keep forgetting the free movies on youtube are ad free with my premium subscription.
There are some really good movies on youtube.
Saving Private Ryan 4k, Dolby Atmos...
harshness
Saving Private Ryan 4k, Dolby Atmos...
These are severely limited. Getting better than stereo audio is improving, but still has a long way to go.
dfergie
These are severely limited. Getting better than stereo audio is improving, but still has a long way to go.
I went with my 4k disc after checking out that version.
osu1991

View: https://youtu.be/I68627xyDPA?is=gUZB0Yv_08pE0DR3


Tonight revisiting one of my favorites. Ranks up there with Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Hunt For Red October.
dfergie
Watching Monterey Pop, been awhile, had the DVD, but probably lost in the fire 10.5 years ago. HBOmax
"MysteryMan"
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