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Best of luck with the upgrade and many thanks for all the mods do for the forum and its members!!!

Last two cars I bought, I used the Costco car purchasing program. Fairly straightforward with the Hyundai and Subaru dealers I dealt with. May not have gotten bottom dollar, but reasonably good deals nonetheless. Paid cash for both. Did my best not to laugh at the finance droids when they tried...

Perhaps your Wi-Fi coverage isn’t consistent. Try loading an app on your iPad called Network Analyzer: net tools. Then use the ping utility to make sure that your iPad can “see” your PC on the network. If ping is good, indicated by a green dot for each ping try, then you might need to check the...

I think you mean IP address, not MAC address, in the form xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. And you need to make sure that file sharing is enabled on the PC side for a specific directory or whole hard drive. And that the PC's firewall isn't blocking connections as well. There are a number of other things to...

Some advice: if you are planning on traveling to Washington and/or Oregon in July or August, be sure to have flexible plans. Not to be a downer, but you’ll be in the middle of fire season out here. Even if your plans don’t end up being close to a fire, that smoke covers a lot of ground. Last...

Didn't see much discussion of reliability/longevity. That's the main reason I've chosen to go with a desktop over a laptop. Most laptop batteries don't last beyond about 3 years and the "ruggedness" of laptops and their components is highly variable. Not uncommon to get 7-10 years out of a good...

There are a lot of variables to consider in those speed tests: Are you connected directly to your home router or are you connecting through Wi-Fi (wirelessly)? Are you using a VPN (for added security)? Is anyone else in your house also using your ISP service at the time of your testing (like...

According to the installation manual from the manufacturer’s website for that fixture, a ground is required. If you aren’t supplying a ground wire, it could well be that it’s not a faulty fixture, just improper installation. Also, if you choose to add a dimmer later, an older dimmer for...

Many thanks for this thread! I found the $5 offer after a little poking around in my Fido account. I inquired last year and was only offered the $20 discount. This year’s savings is lunch money!

So many good memories of toys for Christmas. For me, it was anything to build, construct, wire, what-have-you. In no particular order: - Slotcar set - Lionel train set - HO train set - Erector set - Girders and panel set Yeah, I eventually became an electrical engineer. And I still race...

Started mowing a neighbor’s lawn and snow blowing driveways while still in grade school. As a freshman in high school I got my first real gig: working for a tiny electronics company, building cables, assembling power supplies, and doing some light soldering. Literally worked in the basement of...

Big fan of LED bulbs and lighting, in general here. I try to buy quality brands instead of the cheapest and have had great luck. One area that the LED bulbs excel is with outdoor lights that are on a photocell to turn on at dusk. I’d go through an incandescent bulb about every 6 months or less...

Yes, I had a CD with Bread Savings awhile back. They were formerly Comenity Direct. No issues with them while I was a customer.

Another vote for the Neutrogena Beach Defense. It’s available in a stick and goes on much nicer than the lotions. And I don’t have to wash my hands 3 times after applying it. So easy to put on, I’m more likely to use it.

2 yesterday and 2 today. Which probably means I’m due for a string of 6s. :laugh:

Does the signal to noise ratio in this thread typically increase when the number of deals decreases? :laugh: It's sometimes hard to weed through all the chatter to see if there are actually any deals to be had. Perhaps a separate thread for discussions of CD/MM rates/Deals and this one just for...

I reached out to my account team and all I got was the link to the $20 discount. And then only a few hours later, an offer to review my portfolio/strategy with what is likely their AUM team. No thanks. I'm not unhappy with Fido, but given the number of years I've been with them, you'd think...

The 3-way splitters are going to be about 5.5dB down on each port. For every 3dB, the signal is cut in half. And that unused coax could potentially act as an antenna at the far end, depending on what it’s close to with respect to interference sources. If you do nothing else, you could consider...

And I’m not too surprised at the signal levels you are seeing given how many splitters are in your system. You are on the edge of needing an amplifier or signal booster at the cable feed end. If things stay stable, then call it a win. Otherwise, at least get one of those cable runs out of the...

Probably can’t go wrong with this GE 2-way splitter from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/GE-Amplifiers-Compatible-Connectors-33526/dp/B0054EILOE/ Gold plated for good corrosion resistance.

One more thing to consider. Since your setup is at the lower limit for signal strength, then your signal may be susceptible to interference. If you see any more ping drops, you might be able to correlate them to a motor starting somewhere close to one of your coax feeds. Or a fluorescent light...

Seeing that you have a 3-way splitter in your service box, one option to improve signal strength is to cut back to a 2-way splitter or even remove the splitter altogether if you are only using 2 or 1 in-house coax connection(s). Doing that will put you back within spec without having to get...

As mentioned earlier in this thread, it could be your connections. For every co-ax connection, remove the connection and insert/remove half a dozen times. This will clean the internal wire a bit, removing any oxidation. Then screw back together and tighten down. Do this for every connection. And...

Similar situation for me. I worked for a technology company in the Midwest in the late 80s/early 90s but didn’t think I was there long enough to qualify for the pension plan. Years later I was contacted by the outfit that administers the pension plan for the company that bought out the portion...

I use Windows 10’s built-in backup utility with an external USB drive and Backblaze for off-site backup in the event of a disaster. The Win10 backup works well enough with a little tuning and doesn’t cost a thing. Backblaze is relatively inexpensive for the extra piece of mind it provides. Both...