Recent content by earlyre

it's a Rip off of Roku, created by 2 cable companies Charter/Spectrum, and Comcast. for a while ( IDK about now) they were pushing them to people in lieu of an actual cable box. you could install many of the apps, Including Plex, but...if you have a plex server at home hosting your personal...

our union (UFCW) is a bit different...at least with my employer... our benefits, (former pension, 401(k), healthcare, etc) are direct from the employer, not through the union, not even negotiated. the only negotiated bit, is our pay, and the amount of time off we get... retail is odd... ( AFAIK...

which if i'm not mistaken is the Chinese "equivalent" of UL....

My Retail employer, ( union in some states - mine included, not union in other States) used to offer a pension, but similar to @wwillson they phased it out to newbies around 2012, and Froze our benefits at that point. ( I think i would get something like $120/mo when the time came) come last...

yep. we have 5 TV's in this house. 2 LG Smart TV's, 2 LG "Dumb"TV's, and a Philips Smart TV that is absolutely ancient at this point* never really used it's "smart" features (that likely don't even work any more) , as it's always had either an Xbox, or a Roku hooked up... The Newest one, the LG...

hit 28 years at my first job yesterday.

My Fiancee and I have had a couple houses get sold before we can take a look at them... she said " we may have to make an offer before seeing the place" my reply was along the lines of "I know people buy cars- sort by cheapest, sight unseen off the internet- but I'd rather not with a house" to...

I've bought 4 cars...3 used from mostly Local mainline Dealerships. Sept '98 Inherited my first car when my Grandpa Died. Aug '01 bought a 1 yr old Sonata with 16k mi from the used lot of the Local C/D/J/Buick/GMC/Hyundai dealer, for $10k Feb '10 Bought an '05 Neon SXT w/54k mi from my Brother...

I've had cases with built in "magsafe" (an apple term) magnetic rings for my last 3 pixels ( 6, 8pro, 10) I've never owned the official pixel cradle, as I'm just not a fan of regularly wireless charging. ( it pretty much destroyed the battery in my Pixel 4) that being said, i will use it on...

I know at my Buddy's mom's ( very non climate controlled) Storage barn on a lot she owns a few miles from here ( she lives in Alaska) there's an unopened case of MRE's ( possibly sweet and sour Chicken?) and the expiration date on the box was sometime in 2021-ish(?) they were in the back of...

"GM offers the rear-wheel-drive BQ9 Lyriq direct to coachbuilders as part of its professional series vehicles, which nicely continues a long tradition that produced one of the most iconic movie cars of all time. Starting in the 1950s, the Cadillac Commercial Chassis was a common rolling base...

I feel like I should add in, that in my mind, whatever we buy, won't be our "forever home", but instead a stepping stone. the house I REALLY want, if mostly for sentimental reasons, is the one where my uncle Currently lives. It was built for my grandparents around 96/97... a local Developer...

I know how to use zillow, thank you.... some people don't like them, and there are more real estate sites/apps than you can shake a stick at, so I posted the link from the realtor themselves. no, we didn't put in an offer. ( first time buyers, we LITERALLY don't know what we are doing) as i...

well... that house wasn't meant to be ours... just got a text from the realtor, that someone else "put it under contract".... but she'll keep an eye out for something similar... here's the link to the listing, since it's not going to be ours...

This is the oil page in the manual for my buddy's new '26 Subaru ( a Toyota Subsidiary). Some if the wording is what throws me off... " if 0w16 synthetic oil is unavailable, 0w20 Conventional oil may be used....." I'm sorry WHAT? 0w20 CONVENTIONAL??? Didn't realize that was a thing... it was...