Recent content by Owen Lucas

The cat's out of the bag. One must always be observant. Is there a quick solution to neutralize these evildoers? Well, another guy with a gun I guess. But what if those 2 bystanders thought the other one was the shooter? It can't be stopped and IMHO, there's enough guns out there to...

Filled in the gap under a friends garage door with self-leveling sealer to keep mice from entering the garage. They'd go in-between the 2 concrete slabs and nibble the bottom garage door seal. Of course this older relative forgot about a giant bag of peanuts from Texas Roadhouse in the floor...

I remember the plastic looking window, IIRC probably last saw them in the 2000's. I guess now they don't want you maintaining them at all or removing the looking glass is for cost savings. My Scion's original Japanese Panasonic battery lasted for 11 years IIRC, topped up with water once...

Do you want to be the 1st in line to buy those fancy ice-cubes they have for sale?

Very nice, but can't justify me switching to a new battery eco-system. I'm a Ryobi guy, and am not proud of it.

Maybe someone should start a social media account on how crappy one's life is. Even if it is fake. Others that follow it can think, "Wow, I don't have it as bad as that guy!" and feel better about themselves.

21 Pilot: Valvoline Restore and protect 1st photo, posted earlier is at 60k miles 2nd photo 71k - maybe it's the lighting but it looks noticeably darker. Oil Life Indicator is 40% so about 6k miles on the latest photo vs 5k on the 1st one.

Had this happen to a service advisor who took a vehicle for a post-repair test drive at a body shop I worked at. He came back flustered that it happened to him. Worn or Loose Suspension Components Track Bar: Loose track bar bolts, worn bushings, or ovaled mounting holes allow the axle to...

I'm wouldn't be surprised if some of the harder to find items I have purchased on eBay, have been from flippers, and I am thankful for that. To me it's just a lot of work and to find the arbitrage. You have to research the sales potential in the store and then 50x that per store if there's a...

Yes, a lot of eBay flippers in these stores. I saw one guy with some kind of scanner, reading barcodes in the book section, likely to see how much they are selling for to post on eBay. Look slike a lot of money upfront and risk to hoard all this stuff hoping it sells one day. The time spent...

Unless someone stole it, I presume it might have broken out of it's package or the label was damaged. Maybe the package got sucked into a conveyor belt wheel or run over by forklift. https://faq.usps.com/s/article/What-is-the-USPS-Mail-Recovery-Center There is a website where the USPS sells...

This might get you into areas that can't wrap the rodent tape around. Likely have to reapply it when it rains. https://mightymintproducts.com/rodent-vehicle-natural-peppermint-spray-gallon-size

Sounds like more trouble than it's worth. I was rode in a taxi in Europe years ago and the trunk had a giant propane tank in it. Doesn't make sense to occupy 50% of the trunk IN A TAXI lol. You could also smell the propane when driving at some points, either incomplete combustion or...

Yes, the charges were reversed. I believe this was a man-in-the-middle attack where the CC data was scraped at the merchants portal. Maybe some kind of overlay or glitch to catch the number input. If you experience strange behavior on a website portal, be careful. Fortunately it was a CC I...

Much of donations are ultimately a scam as well: "AirTags and Find My have revealed how items donated by Mexicans for earthquake relief in Turkey were instead resold in Mexico City markets." https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/06/09/airtags-used-to-uncover-fraud-in-turkey-relief-donations...