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Re: Apple Store appointment today

From Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject Re: Apple Store appointment today
Date 2026-10-21 12:35 -0700
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On 2026-10-21 06:15, Tom Elam wrote:
> On 10/16/26 3:39 PM, Alan wrote:
>> On 2026-10-16 11:38, Tom Elam wrote:
>>> On 10/15/26 12:22 PM, Alan wrote:
>>>> On 2026-10-15 03:49, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>> On 10/14/26 8:10 PM, Alan wrote:
>>>>>> On 2026-10-14 15:27, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>>>> On 10/14/26 4:24 PM, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2026-10-14 12:59, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 10/14/26 11:22 AM, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> I have a 2:40 reservation to have my iPad examined. Might just 
>>>>>>>>>> be a dirty charging port, but this morning it will not charge.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Results later.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Love the Apple Store folks. It was just a dirty port. But, the 
>>>>>>>>> tech also informed me that the battery is a 82%, and to expect 
>>>>>>>>> a message to bring it back in a few months for a new battery. 
>>>>>>>>> Since Apple does not actually replace batteries that actually 
>>>>>>>>> means a replacement iPad. All covered under AppleCare+ For $20 
>>>>>>>>> a month for my iPhone 14 Pro, iPad 9th gen and the MacBook Air.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> An old guy across from me at the store had a 10 year old iPad 
>>>>>>>>> the same charging issue. He left with a working iPad too, no 
>>>>>>>>> charge for fixing it. The wife's 7 year old iPad 7 is now done 
>>>>>>>>> with full update service. Not seeing any need to buy another 
>>>>>>>>> any time soon. I did not have a single Android tablet that 
>>>>>>>>> lasted more than 3 years. Hers with not be under AppleCare+ in 
>>>>>>>>> about a year, but so what?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank goodness your "life" wasn't "disrupted"...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> <eyeroll>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yep, no need to go back in a week or so, pickup a replacement, 
>>>>>>> restore, and tweak settings. Replacement is much easier than 
>>>>>>> Android, but still takes some time. That will happen fairly soon 
>>>>>>> though when the battery (in truth, the whole iPad) will be 
>>>>>>> replaced under AppleCare+. That will likely not be the last such 
>>>>>>> incident until it runs out of AppleCare+ coverage. Since it was 
>>>>>>> sold by Apple until May 2024 AppleCare+ should last until April 
>>>>>>> 2031. Am I right about that? Almost 5 more years?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Would you like a fan to prevent you from getting the vapours?
>>>>>
>>>>> Just another dose of Fakerboy's abusive rhetoric.
>>>>
>>>> Oh my, you are such a fragile little flower, aren't you?
>>>
>>> OMG, the lengths you have gone to to support your inflated opinion of 
>>> your FF racing days! Fragile little flower aren't you?
>>
>> What in the world is that dodge, Liarboy?
>>
>> I have no inflated opinion.
>>
>> I have the respect of my peers.
>>
>> That's why they made me an instructor after only 4 seasons of racing.
>>
>> :-)
> 
> There is an old saying attributed to George Bernard Shaw: "Those who 
> can, do; those who can't, teach" that is true in this instance.

Except, as amply demonstrated over 14 races in 2019, I CAN do.

Against a driver you classed as "exceptional", across 14 races where we 
both finished, I completed the nearly 4 hours and 40 minutes of racing 
in a shorter time; not much shorter—only 0.16% IIRC, but shorter.

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Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-14 11:22 -0400
  Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-14 10:27 -0700
    Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-14 16:01 -0400
      Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-14 13:23 -0700
        Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-15 07:16 -0400
          Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-15 10:15 -0700
  Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-14 15:59 -0400
    Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-14 13:24 -0700
      Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-14 18:27 -0400
        Re: Apple Store appointment today "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-14 19:30 -0400
          Re: Apple Store appointment today CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-14 19:52 -0400
            Re: Apple Store appointment today "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-14 21:16 -0400
              Re: Apple Store appointment today Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-14 18:32 -0700
              Re: Apple Store appointment today CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-14 21:59 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-14 22:26 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-15 08:10 -0400
        Re: Apple Store appointment today CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-14 19:50 -0400
        Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-14 17:10 -0700
          Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-15 06:49 -0400
            Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-15 09:22 -0700
              Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-16 14:38 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-16 12:39 -0700
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-21 09:15 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-21 11:31 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-21 15:22 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-21 12:27 -0700
                Re: Apple Store appointment today CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-21 15:36 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-21 12:47 -0700
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-21 18:04 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-21 15:34 -0700
                Re: Apple Store appointment today CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-21 18:52 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-21 16:36 -0700
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-21 12:35 -0700
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-21 18:02 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-21 15:30 -0700
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-21 16:48 -0700
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-22 08:10 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2026-10-22 08:54 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-22 09:23 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2026-10-22 13:33 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-22 16:47 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-22 14:18 -0700
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-22 16:14 -0700
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-23 05:22 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-23 08:28 -0700
                Re: Apple Store appointment today -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2026-10-23 06:44 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-23 05:24 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2026-10-23 06:44 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-22 09:15 -0400
  Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-15 11:53 -0400
    Re: Apple Store appointment today CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-15 12:16 -0400

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