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Recently acquired a phone that supports wireless charging. I've noticed that if using the Hotspot while wireless charging, the data will slow to Dial-up speeds. As soon as I remove the phone from the charging pad the speeds pick right up. However, it does fine if I use cable charging. Is it...

I'm in a couple of Camping/Boondocking groups and they often mention a 'soft-start' device for A/C, which reduces the start-up load on the generator. This, in turn, allows for a smaller generator. I was just wondering - would replacing the start-up capacitor (or supplementing the original) with...

Can the Fire Stick live stream network channels? (NBC, ABC, CBS) I'm looking for a better TV solution for my 80 year mother. She lives too far away from the broadcast towers to have an antenna. She is presently on the lowest channel package Dish offers, but all she watches is the local channels...

Bear with me. As indicated in the thread title, this is just a random idea that I wanted to run by. I have a Travel Trailer and I'm in a few groups and about camping and "boondocking" in general. Many people report that 2 (or more) - 6 volt golf cart batteries, mounted in series (or...

I only need to use GPS a few times a year, so we usually just use the phone App, which has done a pretty good job. Recently, I was driving and the GPS said, "Speed trap ahead". Sure enough, there was a cop car on the side of the highway about a mile down the road. How does the GPS know this?

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/peter-fonda-star-easy-rider-dead-79-n1043566 I know Easy Rider was his big movie, but he'll always be "Crazy Larry" to me.

Within a week or so, I've seen two different headlines that inferred that Prince Charles was next in line for the throne. I was under the impression that once he got divorced, he was no longer 'in line'. Did I miss something? Has something changed or am I not understanding how it works?

I've often noticed some of the smaller grocery chains in my area will have specials (sometimes a "truckload special") on 'Heavy Western Beef'; T-Bones, Ribeye, etc.. A quick internet search offered the opinion that it could be Angus or Hereford beef, but it seems to me that if it was Angus, they...

My 78 yr old mother recently bought a house in an 'over 55' community. One of the previous owners had installed an irrigation system, so now I have inherited the maintenance and upkeep of that system. I've had to replace several sprinkler heads that were not working properly (cracked or...

You know, the one a few days ago when the OP worked in the factory. I was wanted to refer back to it, but I can't find it. Did it get deleted?

On a truck I recently acquired, there are 2 of the old school cell antennas on the rear glass. I have removed the actual antennas from the outside mount and cut the wire going to the base inside, but I'm unsure how the remove the parts that are attached to the glass. They are not in my line of...

Spotted this in the oil aisle at Walmart. It appears to be a new product, as the old ND-30 was under the Accel brand. I wonder if the ambulance chasers who are suing Dollar General for selling the same product are willing to take on the legal team from WM. My apologies for the fuzzy pic. It...

I was strolling down the cookie aisle at WM and BAM!, there they were. I know Target stores used to stock them seasonally, but the nearest Target is 35 miles away. These appear to be a regular shelf item now at my local WM (I hope). They also appear (and taste) to be the real deal. Made in...

Today I was walking thru the oil aisle at my local Walmart and noticed the Purolator Classic shelf was looking quite sparse. The Automotive Dept. Manager just happened to come around the corner, so I asked him what was going on with the Puros. He said the Purolators were being deleted. He added...

To make a long story short: Yesterday I was kicking some tires at the Mitsubishi dealer and looking at a Mirage for my wife to run around town in. I ended up leaving without buying anything, but later on I was looking at the print-out for the car I test drove. Here is part of it Sale price...

The Check Engine light on my daily driver (1992 Saturn) has started coming on, then off, then on, then off on my approx. 10 mile trip to work every day. Sometimes it doesn't come on at all or other times it will only cycle once. It usually doesn't stay on for long. I rarely drive it further than...

Since I'll be leaving town Friday to spend time with MY father (who is 79), my teenage daughter just gave me my Father's Day gift. She handed me a $50 Gift Card to Advance Auto parts. Now this is a big deal for at least a couple of reasons. First off, she's a part time cashier at Walmart. So...