u/Accomplished-Tea-843

I’m trying to sort through information. We found a great apartment and got approved for it. Only thing is that it’s heating/cooling all comes from the mini splits.

After researching, I’m a little concerned what our bills are going to look like. What questions should I be asking?

Tomorrow my realtor is going to try to reach out to the electric company for records but I’m not sure what information we will get. I hear they can let you know how much the bills have cost at the location in the past but who knows.

I cleaned my Eargasm earplugs today and now I am trying to get the filters back in. Has anyone else had trouble with this? Any tips?

It makes sense why this would be hard but I just can't get it. have been trying to follow what I can find online but nothing seems to be working. I'm going to a concert tomorrow, so any help is greatly appreciated.

A few days ago, we cut half a watermelon (just plastic wrap over the top). Today, we took it out and cut it into smaller pieces/cut all of the rind off.

Where the rind was cut off, all the pieces have a little bit of a slimy texture. I only noticed this after we all ate it. Does this indicate spoilage? I think it could be normal but I don't really know - we usually leave the rind on the pieces.

How good of a recorder does one need, if it is meant only for contact mics/hydrophones?

I’m getting back into this (sound art perspective) but have never used hydrophones before.

I had a Tascam dr40 from when I was first experimenting years ago but it broke.

I was going to buy the same device on eBay, unless there are better options. I know there are other recorders that are recommended but I’m not doing anything fancy. I’m not sure I need the upgrade, especially if it sacrifices battery power (I hear the new Tascam tends to drain quickly).

Don’t get me wrong, I want to get nice recordings but I also don’t mind cleaning things up in post, if I have to.

I'm getting back into playing around with sound art. I already have a Tascam DR 40 but I used to use a low impedance contact mic with no knowledge of what that meant.

I'm looking to get a cleaner signal, so I thought that I should try a high impedance product. I will likely get either a Metal Marshmallow or Ed Devane's from Soniphorm.

That said, I'm also curious to play around with hydrophones. Seems like people often recommend CrankSturgeon.

I think I could probably run it through a preamp to clean up the signal but I don't want to carry around too much - unless it really does make sense. What do you all use?

Edit: messed up the title. I actually meant passive vs active products. Not high/low impedance

I have searched this a few times but I am still trying to figure out if this is worth the hassle.

My family owns a house in Queens that is going to be sold. I don’t want to sell it because I live here but I don’t believe we can really afford to buy it from our family member.

It is a 2 family home, so my wife was suggesting that we rent out one of the apartments. After tax, I personally don’t think the money would be worth the trouble. However, I don’t actually know what you have to pay as a landlord. I’m under the assumption there are extra fees/tax than normal income.

What would you do? If we don’t buy it, we will be renting.

I see a few people have had the same issue that I am having. I have a few $500 bonds and Chase won't cash them for me because they are over $200. I'm going to try speaking with the manager/other locations, as suggested in other posts.

But I was wondering, has anyone had success cashing bonds over $200 at a bank?

Chase didn't know what to do, they directed me to treasurydirect.gov but as we went through it together, it clearly says to cash these bonds at any bank. I think over the past several years, banks have set limits but surely some banks out there still cash them?