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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • I can be. The other day, I was driving on a 70mph road and the lead car two in front hit a young deer. She had tried her best to avoid it but there was nothing she could do.

    She pulled over with her signals flashing and as I went past I realised no one was going to stop, and then I had the thought of that happening to my wife, who is a vegetarian and would have been in bits, so I pulled over and ran back to check on her.

    She was crying and shaking, I asked her to drop the window a bit and if she was ok. I told her it wasn't her fault and she should take as long as needed before driving, and that I would be in my car if needed.

    I had my lunch and her husband soon arrived, coming to thank me, which I wasn't expecting. They were very nice and it was very sad and I was slightly emotional. They left eventually and I carried on with my day.

    I can be grumpy as fuck, though.




  • I would not swap my 12R for an 8a, no way. Screen size and fast charge are more important to me than anything the Pixel offers.

    The compromises are less important to me. Camera, flat screen, availability of ROMs and all that, are probably the biggest. I can live with the camera, it's fine for normal stuff. The curved screen can be annoying but only very occasionally. I can live with it.

    There are already custom ROMs for the 12R. The process isn't as straightforward but I don't use them until official support ends. By then it's likely to be smoothed out, along with the compatibility of things like Gcam.

    I think the 12R is well worth considering in it's own right as a decent phone. As an alternative to the 8a, for me there's no competition.

    YMMV.