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mjfloyd1 · December 2024

@cdnpinhead said:
Battleship gray -- you had to be there.

Pictures don’t do it justice 🤣

stickguy · December 2024

Gauges went digital. If they aren’t lit up you will see a blank screen.

jmonroe1 · December 2024

cdnpinhead said:
Battleship gray -- you had to be there.

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While I was in the Navy, I was never aboard a real working boat since I was a Navy Airedale. The only boat I was ever on was the USS Neversail which was mired in blacktop for training purposes when I was in boot camp at San Diego in the Summer of 1960. Sorta, the good old days.

jmonroe

xwesx · December 2024

kyfdx said:
Problem is: Most modern cars have gauges lit at all times. 🤷‍♂️

It's the opposite problem now: Gauges are lit brightly during the day and dim at night, so if your gauges are blinding you at night, you probably don't have your lights on!

corvette · December 2024

Did the Petersen Museum today. It's been several years since I was there, but I remember being more impressed by the LeMay in Tacoma. Maybe I'm more jaded now. It was definitely worth a stop, though, and worth paying extra to be able to go down into "the vault."

nyccarguy · December 2024

@jmonroe1 said:
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While I was in the Navy, I was never aboard a real working boat since I was a Navy Airedale. The only boat I was ever on was the USS Neversail which was mired in blacktop for training purposes when I was in boot camp at San Diego in the Summer of 1960. Sorta, the good old days.

jmonroe

Were you the guy holding the parchment for Francis Scott Key?

jmonroe1 · December 2024

nyccarguy said:

@jmonroe1 said:

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While I was in the Navy, I was never aboard a real working boat since I was a Navy Airedale. The only boat I was ever on was the USS Neversail which was mired in blacktop for training purposes when I was in boot camp at San Diego in the Summer of 1960. Sorta, the good old days.

jmonroe

Were you the guy holding the parchment for Francis Scott Key?

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No, I couldn’t have been that guy because that was after I left boot camp.

jmonroe

kyfdx · December 2024

corvette said:
Did the Petersen Museum today. It's been several years since I was there, but I remember being more impressed by the LeMay in Tacoma. Maybe I'm more jaded now. It was definitely worth a stop, though, and worth paying extra to be able to go down into "the vault."

I feel that way about every museum, any more. Since the wife didn't want to go, I paid for The Vault tour in the basement. It was very interesting. The main exhibits.. not as much.

ab348 · December 2024

@abacomike said:
I could use a little help from any of you guys who have apple phones. Since I installed the latest update on my iPhone 16, (18.1.1) last week, I've had awful problems with my emails. I get no alerts and have to manually open the MAIL app and/or refresh the app to get my emails. Have any of you had similar problems with your phones since the update last week?

Hey Mike, I just encountered a similar issue and found the problem. Apple screwed up with this update and changed a setting in the mail app. I had to go into Settings-> Apps -> Mail and scroll down to where there is a setting to retrieve mail. You can set it to Fetch or to Push. Mine was set to fetch which only happens when you somehow tell it to act. It had always been set to push previously which made it automatic. I set it back to that and the mail came rolling in again! Bizarre how these things can happen in an outfit like Apple.

Sandman6472 · December 2024

Stick, that's what I did many years ago when going own to Baltimore from Westport. Taking the Tappan Zee had me skip the busiest part of New York which was great since it was my first time driving down that way.

I use a cane, have been since my accident in 2005, but also have a walker and another walker with wheels and a seat. Use the walker a lot more when the vertigo hits as the cane has a tendency to slip and then I fall. My balance is a bit off since the accident so go for physical therapy every so often and it does help. Keep the walker in the back seat and use my cane to get out of the car until I can get back to retrieve the cane. This getting older is for the birds when one has medical issues but am happy to still be alive so just deal with it all.

nyccarguy · December 2024

Sandman6472 said:
Stick, that's what I did many years ago when going own to Baltimore from Westport. Taking the Tappan Zee had me skip the busiest part of New York which was great since it was my first time driving down that way.

I use a cane, have been since my accident in 2005, but also have a walker and another walker with wheels and a seat. Use the walker a lot more when the vertigo hits as the cane has a tendency to slip and then I fall. My balance is a bit off since the accident so go for physical therapy every so often and it does help. Keep the walker in the back seat and use my cane to get out of the car until I can get back to retrieve the cane. This getting older is for the birds when one has medical issues but am happy to still be alive so just deal with it all.

The Tappan Zee used to be a good short cut, but the traffic has gotten MUCH worse in on 287 in Rockland/Westchester. Usually the WAZE/GOOGLE MAPS sends me across the GW and go up The Deegan, across the Cross County, & up the Hutch/Merritt. It takes the same amount of time.

Sandman6472 · December 2024

My newer 15 Pro Max was also set to "fetch" so made it "push" now. Had to do a few changes on this new phone to make it work like my older 12 did but since I was gifted the 15, was happy to make the few changes it needed. Finally am used to th larger size and it isn't that bad really. But if I was buying a 16, I'd probably go for the smaller phone but definitely the Pro. Overall, like iPhone over an android phone for everything. Am very pleased.

Sandman6472 · December 2024

I know when I was staying in Westport many years ago, had to go to Staten Island to visit some cousins and it took me on a bridge where I only paid one way, not sure of the name though. But "278" was a road I was traveling on. Going back to Connecticut, remember getting lost for a spell but finally got to where I was going. Hopefully I'll get to go back one more time to re-visit where I grew up. Strange, been living in South Florida since 1969 but still consider New York and Westchester my home. Grew up in a very small village, Briarcliff Manor, and spent many happy hours on our bikes just exploring the area. Those were some of the happiest times growing up with a couple close friends. I still enjoy opening up my picture album from time to time to see those happy sites.

snakeweasel · December 2024

Problem is: Most modern cars have gauges lit at all times. 🤷‍♂️

Pn the Sonata the gauges light up but none of the controls for the radio, HVAC and those on the steering wheel won't light up until the headlights are on.

On the 4 series I wouldn't know because we keep the lights set to auto all the time.

The bike you cannot turn the headlights off.

stickguy · December 2024

287 through nyack until past the garden state can be jammed. When I came up from south Jersey I would take the palisades to 9W and drop right onto the bridge approach to skip that part. Big help. Also depends if you are heading north or south from the bridge as to what makes more sense. I always was going north up 684 and not all the way across to hit 95.

sda · December 2024

Quiet day...everyone snowed in?

jmonroe1 · December 2024

sda said:
Quiet day...everyone snowed in?

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Not me. I’m just squinting trying to keep the sun out of my eyes. A rare day around here this time of the year. Lots of sunshine with temps hovering in the high/high 20’s.

It could be worse, like being in Alaska.

jmonroe

explorerx4 · December 2024

Or a couple hours north of you.

stickguy · December 2024

Or here

laurasdada · December 2024

sda said:
Quiet day...everyone snowed in?

Working for the man every night and day...

Michaell · December 2024

Low 60's in Colorado today .. I had shorts on while running my errands earlier this afternoon.

oldfarmer50 · December 2024

sda said:
Quiet day...everyone snowed in?

Not here. Inch of snow on Thanksgiving and has been slowly melting ever since. Cold though.

stickguy · December 2024

laurasdada said:

sda said:
Quiet day...everyone snowed in?
Working for the man every night and day...

the man is killing me, and not slowly. Really starting to wonder why I am still doing this!

oh wait, it is the massive monthly credit card bills from all the house stuff. Maybe by this time next year we will have recovered from that!

snakeweasel · December 2024

sda said:
Quiet day...everyone snowed in?

Well I had to work today then take some continuing education for the up coming tax season.

Now the kicker, the blower on the Sonata decided that on the morning of the coldest day of the year was the perfect time to quit.

snakeweasel · December 2024

jmonroe1 said:

sda said:
Quiet day...everyone snowed in?
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Not me. I’m just squinting trying to keep the sun out of my eyes. A rare day around here this time of the year. Lots of sunshine with temps hovering in the high/high 20’s.

It could be worse, like being in Alaska.

jmonroe

I said it before and I'll say it again, the warmest winters this Midwest boy has ever spent was when I lived in Alaska.

ronsteve · December 2024

snakeweasel said:

jmonroe1 said:

sda said:
Quiet day...everyone snowed in?
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Not me. I’m just squinting trying to keep the sun out of my eyes. A rare day around here this time of the year. Lots of sunshine with temps hovering in the high/high 20’s.

It could be worse, like being in Alaska.

jmonroe
I said it before and I'll say it again, the warmest winters this Midwest boy has ever spent was when I lived in Alaska.

Sounds like Juneau.

driver100 · December 2024

sda said:
Quiet day...everyone snowed in?

65 in Tampa today. People are freakin' out because of the cold weather. It starts to warm up on Thursday slowly going into the 80s by the weekend.

Glad I didn't get the 4, 5 and 6 ft of snow they got in Buffalo!

kyfdx · December 2024

Back on topic.. with some help from a friend, I did a dishwasher repair, yesterday.

Looked up the receipt, and it's 13 years old!

snakeweasel · December 2024

ronsteve said:

snakeweasel said:

jmonroe1 said:

sda said:
Quiet day...everyone snowed in?
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Not me. I’m just squinting trying to keep the sun out of my eyes. A rare day around here this time of the year. Lots of sunshine with temps hovering in the high/high 20’s.

It could be worse, like being in Alaska.

jmonroe
I said it before and I'll say it again, the warmest winters this Midwest boy has ever spent was when I lived in Alaska.
Sounds like Juneau.

I was in Kodiak, pretty much the same.

imidazol97 · December 2024

Is there a single company that makes the ducks on Jeep dashboards? It would have been a good investment. Every jeep I see has a bunch of them.

I love the way many folks decorate their Jeeps and some others that are similar.

laurasdada · December 2024

stickguy said:

laurasdada said:

sda said:
Quiet day...everyone snowed in?
Working for the man every night and day...
the man is killing me, and not slowly. Really starting to wonder why I am still doing this!

oh wait, it is the massive monthly credit card bills from all the house stuff. Maybe by this time next year we will have recovered from that!

In the words of the philosopher, R. Plant, "Your time is gonna come..."
As is mine.
Of course, having a Porsche itch, time may not come today.

jmonroe1 · December 2024

snakeweasel said:

sda said:
Quiet day...everyone snowed in?
Well I had to work today then take some continuing education for the up coming tax season.

Now the kicker, the blower on the Sonata decided that on the morning of the coldest day of the year was the perfect time to quit.

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Hard to believe. Next, I guess you’re going to tell us your wipers quit working on a rainy day last July.

jmonroe

jmonroe1 · December 2024

kyfdx said:
Back on topic.. with some help from a friend, I did a dishwasher repair, yesterday.

Looked up the receipt, and it's 13 years old!

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Are you going to tell us more or do we have to guess? OK, I’ll go first, you reset the circuit breaker.

jmonroe

jmonroe1 · December 2024

All this talk about retirement, don’t you guys know that a watched pot never boils?

jmonroe

corvette · December 2024

I got hassled for wearing shorts here in LA (it's 53 degrees at night and all the locals are bundled up). Told the dude it felt like a Wisconsin summer to me.

venture · December 2024

corvette said:
I got hassled for wearing shorts here in LA (it's 53 degrees at night and all the locals are bundled up). Told the dude it felt like a Wisconsin summer to me.

That reminded me of a guy down the road from me who was shoveling his driveway two years ago wearing shorts and flip flops.

venture · December 2024

jmonroe1 said:

snakeweasel said:

sda said:
Quiet day...everyone snowed in?
Well I had to work today then take some continuing education for the up coming tax season.

Now the kicker, the blower on the Sonata decided that on the morning of the coldest day of the year was the perfect time to quit.
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Hard to believe. Next, I guess you’re going to tell us your wipers quit working on a rainy day last July.

jmonroe

There was a rainy day in July?

tjc78 · December 2024

@corvette said:
I got hassled for wearing shorts here in LA (it's 53 degrees at night and all the locals are bundled up). Told the dude it felt like a Wisconsin summer to me.

I wear shorts (with a hoodie) quite often here in NJ straight through winter.

oldfarmer50 · December 2024

venture said:

corvette said:
I got hassled for wearing shorts here in LA (it's 53 degrees at night and all the locals are bundled up). Told the dude it felt like a Wisconsin summer to me.
That reminded me of a guy down the road from me who was shoveling his driveway two years ago wearing shorts and flip flops.

Maybe he was Canadian.

kyfdx · December 2024

jmonroe1 said:

kyfdx said:
Back on topic.. with some help from a friend, I did a dishwasher repair, yesterday.

Looked up the receipt, and it's 13 years old!
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Are you going to tell us more or do we have to guess? OK, I’ll go first, you reset the circuit breaker.

jmonroe

Actually, a door spring failed. That's a real shin buster..

Bought the parts on-line ($37). Got a friend to help me, mostly for getting the dishwasher out and back in. We re-did the kitchen, last year, and I wasn't sure of how everything was attached, this time. A lot of fiddling to get the level correct (front/rear, side/side), but looks great now.

Once the dishwasher was out, about 15 minutes for the repair. (90 minutes getting it in and out, and leveled). I would estimate about $250 bill, if I had called the repairman.

I'm not a YouTube guy, but it's great for small stuff like this.

Also, no way I was spending $250 on a 13-year old dishwasher. Lowe's is having a big sale on certain Bosch models.
500-series: $880
800-series: $970

tjc78 · December 2024

I have remount the DW at the shore. The countertop guys didn’t do a good job. They used some sort of bracket at the top but it’s causing it to be sloped down a bit in the front.

Need to take it out and mount it to the side cabinets like the one at home is.

Speaking of DW .. our 4 year old Kitchen Aid was inaudible when new but now I hear it. Not overly loud but something is going on. It’s staying that way until it dies. Assuming the motor or pump is going out.

Love the way it cleans but not happy about durability. It’s already been fixed once for the seals on the heating element going out (under warranty)

explorerx4 · December 2024

In our last house, we had the diswasher for about 6 years before it started sagging when you opened it.
The installers didn't attach it to anything.
I screwed it into the side cabinets to fix it.

venture · December 2024

explorerx4 said:
In our last house, we had the diswasher for about 6 years before it started sagging when you opened it.
The installers didn't attach it to anything.
I screwed it into the side cabinets to fix it.

Two of my friends are plumbers. They insisted on installing the dishwasher when I rebuilt our kitchen. They both said there was nothing to screw the dishwasher to. They had the front of the dishwasher flush with the cabinet doors instead of with the cabinet itself. They moved it in (where it is supposed to be) and screwed it to the cabinets.

We were at one of their houses over the weekend and his is correct. I asked him about it, and he said he moved his after putting mine in.

jmonroe1 · December 2024

FWIW, I prefer to mount dishwashers by screwing it to the cabinets on both sides. Just from a physics standpoint it makes more sense to anchor it more towards the middle than at the top.

IMO, dishwashers are the most unreliable appliances in the house that’s why I buy the extended warranty and that’s the only time I buy an extended warranty.

jmonroe

kyfdx · December 2024

jmonroe1 said:
FWIW, I prefer to mount dishwashers by screwing it to the cabinets on both sides. Just from a physics standpoint it makes more sense to anchor it more towards the middle than at the top.

IMO, dishwashers are the most unreliable appliances in the house that’s why I buy the extended warranty and that’s the only time I buy an extended warranty.

jmonroe

yup... 13 years on the Bosch.

driver100 · December 2024

oldfarmer50 said:

venture said:

corvette said:
I got hassled for wearing shorts here in LA (it's 53 degrees at night and all the locals are bundled up). Told the dude it felt like a Wisconsin summer to me.
That reminded me of a guy down the road from me who was shoveling his driveway two years ago wearing shorts and flip flops.
Maybe he was Canadian.

Buffalo Bills fans a few days ago:

Why would anyone even bother going to watch a game in the snow and freezing cold?

mjfloyd1 · December 2024

@laurasdada said:
Working for the man every night and day...

I thought you were rollin on the river??..

mjfloyd1 · December 2024

@snakeweasel said:
I was in Kodiak, pretty much the same.

Juneau what he meant 😇

mjfloyd1 · December 2024

@kyfdx said:
yup... 13 years on the Bosch.

Our Bosch is at 22 yrs. Only had to replace a board under warranty.

jmonroe1 · December 2024

kyfdx said:

jmonroe1 said:
FWIW, I prefer to mount dishwashers by screwing it to the cabinets on both sides. Just from a physics standpoint it makes more sense to anchor it more towards the middle than at the top.

IMO, dishwashers are the most unreliable appliances in the house that’s why I buy the extended warranty and that’s the only time I buy an extended warranty.

jmonroe
yup... 13 years on the Bosch.

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13 years is pretty good. Maybe that’s because it’s a Bosch. Our last dishwasher, a Samsung, was also 13 years old which was replaced last Summer with a Maytag/KitchenAid. However, the Samsung was repaired twice (pump assy). Really should have been once if the idiot that did it the first time knew what he was doing.

Good to see that we know how to get back on topic in here.

jmonroe

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