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Yes I'll definitely get pressure treated. I've started using that when I repair fence posts.

OK, if I decide to not go with a new 4x4, I'll use the 8" tube.

HD also sells one with a 12" diameter. Would that be better, or overkill? Again, this is just to keep a post upright, that has been upright standing upright in dirt for 5-10 years.

It would be easiest for me to use the 4x4 I have, because the mailbox is attached to a 1" board that itself is connected to the 4x4. This 4x4 without cement, has held up for 5-10 years, so my pouring in at least some cement, should let it hold up even longer. At least, that's what I'm...

I need to put a 4x4 holding up a mailbox, into the ground. I'm going to use quikrete for this. Now the standard is to make the hole 1/3 as deep as the height of the post above the ground. I can't do this, because of regulations about how high the USPS wants the mailbox. Given the 4x4 that I...

It was Live and Let Die.

For the bookworms amongst us, the Ian Fleming novels are a fun read. I did like Diamonds are Forever, but that wasn't the only good one. The novels have a Bond that is a bit less bombastic than those of the movies. And the CIA guy in the novels is missing a hand & walks with a limp, because...

The uneven pleats (pic 7) seem to have held up well enough for almost 8K miles. Thanks for the C&P, as usual, good work there.

Thanks. This is not just a spec, but a license/certification (if those two are the same), correct? You submit an oil sample, and it goes to GM or the Dexos people to see if it meets the requirements, correct? So the "submitter" does the testing? or do they simply pay a fee for the Dexos...

The Shining--not sure if that qualifies as horror, but I loved it. I really like Jack Nicholson.

Buster, what is the source for that graph? I looked in the link you provided and didn't see it there.

Well removing my OpenDNS settings didn't do anything--I still can't get online when using the proxy settings. OK well that's that. I was hoping to get a proxy enabled, but I'm not willing to troubleshoot this all night long. Gave it a shot. Thanks vavavroom and Hall, anyways.

I'll edit the DNS right now, but I just wanted to make sure that those are the settings to remove, first. (post #12)

Thanks, did that, still didn't work. When I do that (remove the colon....etc.) even though my laptop says it is online (In the system tray, I have the wifi network symbol indicating I'm online), my browser won't load any page, until I remove the proxy settings. So I think I have to remove the...

I am going to disable my OpenDNS settings. I just want to make sure that I am removing the correct numbers. I have a linksys router, this is inside my router webUI. Do I remove the StaticDNS 1 & 2? 3 also? Or are these not the correct settings to tweak?

I don't have a firewall--or I use whatever firewall Windows uses by default. OK I'll try another DNS server, and then report back. Below are the new numbers I entered, from one of the links above. Now I inserted the ":3343" at the end of the Proxy IP Address field. Does that belong there? I...

I use OpenDNS for my DNS services, rather than using the default ISP. Would that be an issue here? I just entered some numbers from one of the sites listed above, but I was still not using a proxy. So it has me thinking that there is something going on in my laptop or setup somewhere, that...

Got the numbers off the internet and while back, that's probably it.

Did that. Do I need to restart the computer, or would that be instantaneous? I went to https://www.whatismyip.com/proxy-check/ and it still says I am not using a proxy.

I thought I entered proxy info correctly (using Windows 11), but proxy test site says none is detected. Any suggestions? In the screenshot is my proxy info that I entered manually into Windows network settings.