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Last night, I accidentally changed my phone number from a number I have had for 16 years to a brand new one. I need that number back pronto. It may as well be my SSN. That's how important it is. Multiple entities contact me through that number on a daily basis.

I was trying to retain service through that plan using a different number, and port out the primary to another carrier. It didn't work, and now I've lost my primary phone number.

I just called the phone number from a dummy phone and the recording said "Welcome to verizon wireless. This phone is disconnected." so I know it's still with Verizon and hasn't been released back its original carrier.

Any suggestions?

I'm sure this question has been asked a hundred times, but many of the posts I see are years old. I'm looking for some updated information on Verizon vs AT&T coverage in Alaska as a whole.

With Verizon, for only $40/ month, I could get their top-tier wireless plan with unlimited high-speed data, with a smartwatch plan included, something I would've added otherwise – or, I could spend $45/ month for AT&T, get a basic plan with no high-speed data at all, and have to add a smartwatch plan for $10/ month, bringing the total to $55/ month.

It seems like a no-brainer to go with Verizon, but I have a lot of experience with GCI, and let me tell you – it sucks having no coverage in rural areas. I spend a lot of time in Turnagain Pass and up north in Petersville (or farther) during the winter, and when I switched to AT&T a year ago, I noticed coverage in those areas when I had previously had none.

I've never used Verizon, but I'm afraid their coverage will be terrible like GCI's in rural areas like Turnagain Pass or up north in Petersville and beyond. I'd love to get their best phone plan for even less than I'd be paying for a low-tier plan from AT&T, but what use is all that high-speed data if I can't use it?

I have an Apple Watch Ultra 3 that I’d like to pair to my phone, but for a couple reasons, I cannot do that. I have two iPhone 13 minis: one of them running iOS 18.7 and one of them running iOS 26.6. My primary phone with my actual number is the phone running iOS 18.7. I tried to pair the watch when I first got it, but the watch immediately told me I needed to update to 26.6 on my phone in order to pair the watch.

On top of my iOS being outdated, my current plan is a yearly plan through Cricket that does not support an Apple Watch extension. Cricket’s monthly plans do support an Apple Watch extension, but I’m only halfway through my prepaid yearly plan.

I need to pair my Apple Watch to a phone in order to use Apple Maps on the watch, the primary reason I bought the watch. Without a paired phone — even if I have a standalone watch plan with GPS that doesn’t require a paired phone — the Apple Watch itself won’t let me access Apple Maps if I set up the watch using Family Setup. When I open the app, it tells me it requires a paired phone, even if the watch has cellular service.

I know this is kind of a strange scenario. In summary, I need to pair my watch to a phone, but it can’t be my primary phone, unless I want to update that phone to iOS 26.6 and also change to a monthly plan through my cellular provider halfway through my cycle. I’d be instantly throwing away $150 by switching to a monthly plan halfway through my prepaid cycle — and all of a sudden, I’d have to use an iOS that I don’t like.

Also, I’d really like to get calls and texts from my primary phone on this watch, but I can’t pair it for the reasons I just mentioned. Theoretically, I could set up call and text forwarding separately through my cellular provider to this watch since the watch has its own number — but if I set up the watch without a phone to pair it to, the watch wouldn’t let me access the Apple Maps app.

Here’s what I’m planning: set up the watch as normal, paired to my backup iOS 26.6 phone that doesn’t have a cellular plan, so I won’t be using family setup to set up the watch. The watch will have its own standalone watch plan, with its own phone number, something traditionally reserved for family setup. I understand if I’m setting the watch up using a paired phone, it needs to share the number that the phone has — but what if the phone doesn’t have a number? Can I set up this watch with its own standalone plan using my backup iPhone 13 mini running iOS 26.6 that doesn’t have a cellular plan?

The watch will have its own number, but I will get calls and texts from my primary phone number — the phone running iOS 18.7 — by simply setting up call forwarding and text forwarding through my cellular provider. The watch will be paired to my backup iPhone 13 Mini running iOS 26.6, but it’ll have its own watch plan, so it won’t require that phone for anything.

In theory, this would work, but I’ve been wrong about my theories before. Let me know your thoughts.

Has anyone had trouble adding a Wi-Fi camera to your Starlink setup? I'm trying to add 3 old Amcrest Wi-Fi cameras to my brand new Starlink Standard 4X that I just bought. Unbelievably, one of them started working without changing anything. Despite the other cameras being identical – same network, same camera model, same passwords, etc – No method is working. I deleted them from my profile and tried to set them up using both Wi-Fi setup and Ethernet setup, plugging one of them directly into my Starlink router. Nothing.

My Lorex camera NVR also won't connect. I'm not tech-illiterate; in fact, I consider myself tech-savvy. I'm on the verge of hiring someone to figure this out, because if this is an issue with old tech/new tech compabitibility, it might be above my paygrade.

I'm just wondering if any of you experienced a similar problem and found a solution that you'd like to share.

P.S. before you ask, yes: I have split my Starlink router into 2.4GHz and 5GHz connections, and specifically connected my phone to the 2.4Ghz signal so it matched the Wi-Fi network that the app pulled from the phone. Still doesn't work.

This is something I may have difficulty putting into words, but here goes: I don’t need to take it anymore. I’ve reached my goal weight, but I’m scared to stop — and not just because all the weight I lost from a GLP-1 will come back, but also because I’m uncertain of the side effects of stopping retatrutide specifically.

There hasn’t been a drug in the history of the world that we could really call a miracle drug. When something is too good to be true, it usually is. Take cocaine in the late 1800s when it was used for medical purposes, or speed during World War II to enhance soldiers abilities. The terrible side effects of those drugs were not fully understood, but the repercussions that they had on those who took them were immense.

I’ve been taking a steady dose of retatrutide weekly since mid-February. I’ve seen astounding weight loss, as it was my first GLP-1, but that has leveled off — my metabolism has adjusted to the restricted caloric intake, and I have essentially stopped losing weight. I finally asked myself: why am I still on this drug?

The answer is that I simply don’t want my appetite returning. My metabolism will still be adjusted to my current caloric intake, regardless of how hungry I become after stopping. I also don’t want to experience other side effects, like insomnia, or withdrawal symptoms that are not fully understood. The ugly heads of the illicit drugs I mentioned earlier didn’t rear their heads until the person stopped taking them (mostly). What if it’s the same with retatrutide?

I’ve gotten so used to the weekly injection, and I still have years worth of inventory on hand, that I can’t find a good reason to stop. And that scares me, because his drug isn’t fully understood yet. It could induce changes in my body that are irreversible —that I won’t notice until it’s too late.

What are you guys doing?

I have a friend with two Basenji dogs and he loves them to death. But his love is totally abusive. He will scream at them one second and then hug them the next. But this isn’t really about how he loves them, and more about the effectiveness of yelling at a dog.

We are polar opposites. I feel like if I had these dogs, I would just ignore them and keep them at home all the time. But he takes them absolutely everywhere, which I recognize is a good thing. But being basenji, they are naturally curious and mischievous, and if they step out of line at all and do something he doesn’t want them to, he loses his mind. I think he enjoys yelling.

Anyway, I’m tempted to tell him not to yell so much, but the fact is, they actually respond when he does so. Normally they don’t listen to him, but if he raises his voice to a certain octave, they seem to actually do what he’s telling them. I don’t understand how this is the case considering I’ve read that Basenjis don’t respond well to this type of disciplinary behavior, but his do. Maybe all dogs are just different.

Is there anything wrong with his methods when it comes to this breed? What would you do differently?

Today I filled my freshwater tank in my new truck camper for the second time. The first time, I filled it with the camper sitting in the bed of the truck. The second time, I filled it with the camper hoisted in the air, resting on the jacks. The truck was at the dealership getting worked on.

Turns out, that was a big mistake.

I filled the tank for what seemed like forever, until all of a sudden, I heard a loud pop and looked down to see the plastic trim on the camper — at the very base, right below the spot where the camper would meet the truck’s rear window — had separated from the fiberglass and was clearly being pushed down by something. The screws had been torn out and were hanging there with the threads showing. But there was no water leaking.

I immediately stopped filling the tank and got my truck back from the dealership. As soon as I lowered the camper onto the bed of the truck, water started shooting out of the freshwater overflow hole right above the fill port. That’s the hole water is supposed to shoot out of if the tank is being overfilled. But for some reason, that didn’t happen until I put the camper back down on the truck bed.

It was very surprising to see water shoot out with immense force from the overflow port as I stood there with the remote in my hand, actively raising the jacks, the truck bed putting more and more pressure on the bottom of the camper. I was not expecting that to happen.

What happened here? Do I need to do anything now? I’m at the campsite, the freshwater tank is still holding water – and honestly, I don’t have any plans to ever take this camper off the truck again. But something definitely happened earlier, and I don’t know what it was. I am puzzled.

I need a tamper proof coffee lid. When I come into work, I have to store my coffee in a separate room next to my boss for over an hour until I can go back and drink it. I can’t see it for a long time. I hide it, but that doesn’t provide total security. I still get nervous.

I need a coffee cup lid that I can actually lock, with a key or code. I could walk around in a separate room, knowing that it won’t be tampered with if I have a key to it on my person. I did a quick Google search, but I’m not seeing anything. Do any of you have suggestions? I’d really appreciate it.

I've heard nothing but good things about it, but I'm on the fence because I have plenty of handguns and don't need to drop $1900 on the comp model, even though I want it.

I have a CZ SP-01 Shadow and Tisas Night Stalker DS in my arsenal already, not to mention loads of 1911's and striker-fired pistols. But I don't have a 2011. Closest gun I have to a custom 2011-ish handgun are the first two I listed.

Would I appreciate a Kimber 2k11? Do you think I would see an improvement upon my other handguns worthy of a $1900 deficit? People are talking like it's the next best thing and easily the best-shooting gun they own — but I've been shooting handguns all my adult life. I can't imagine anything better than the guns I'm used to.

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I’m always on the phone at work. Always. The stress is outrageous. How am I supposed to do my job when I’m simultaneously keeping my house standing? I live alone, so there’s no one else to coordinate with contractors. If I saved it for my days off, critical things like leaks and heating would not be addressed before catastrophic damage occurred. You’d think it would end, but it just doesn’t. There’s always something that needs addressed, and my home is only 50 years old. Is this normal? How do you manage it?

Two weeks ago I had a contractor replace my subfloor and baseboard trim. This went unnoticed until now. There is a leaking pipe right behind the drywall. The installer probably drove a nail through it with his pneumatic nail gun while installing the baseboard trim. It’s a very gradual leak, but it has soaked the two 2x4 supports behind the vapor barrier, as well as the horizontal 2x4 support directly under the pipe, as seen in the video.

This is in the crawlspace, and there’s nothing but solid dirt on the other side of this wall. It’s underground. What I’m standing on is also solid dirt beneath the vapor barrier.

This is probably a few grand in damage. The 2x4 supports behind the vapor barrier will need to be replaced, and the leaking pipe will need to be fixed. Is it worth involving my insurance company and raising my rates, just to have them go after their insurance company?

Video of damage below:

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Two weeks ago I had a contractor replace my subfloor and baseboard trim. This went unnoticed until now. There is a leaking pipe right behind the drywall. The installer probably drove a nail through it with his pneumatic nail gun while installing the baseboard trim. It’s a very gradual leak, but it has soaked the two 2x4 supports behind the vapor barrier, as well as the horizontal 2x4 support directly under the pipe, as seen in the video.

This is in the crawlspace, and there’s nothing but solid dirt on the other side of this wall. It’s underground. What I’m standing on is also solid dirt beneath the vapor barrier.

This is probably a few grand in damage. The 2x4 supports behind the vapor barrier will need to be replaced, and the leaking pipe will need to be fixed. Is it worth involving my insurance company and raising my rates, just to have them go after their insurance company?

Video of damage below.

I know that posting this in a Surron forum is going to open me up to some bias, but I need to hear feedback from someone else. Basically, I am coming into a sizable sum of money soon, and I need to know what the better purchase will be: the Surron Light Bee 2.0 or the Kawasaki KX327. I can only afford one of them. The Kawasaki KX327, however, will be double the price of the Surron Light Bee 2.

I have never had a Surron. However, a good friend of mine has, and he is in love with them. He really wants me to buy one!

He is raving about the Light Bee 2 and how much it has improved over the previous model. I have a motocross background, but don't race anymore. I still enjoy riding dirtbikes offroad, but by that token – would I enjoy a Surron just as much? I have no idea.

A few weeks ago, I placed a $500 deposit on the new KX327, set to arrive at my dealer in December. But at $10K, it would wipe me out financially. My friend told me about the new Light Bee 2 and says my money would be better spent on that.

I need to hear from people who know Surrons better than I do. Are they comparable to a real motorcycle? How does it feel to ride them? Does their extreme light weight also make the bike unstable at speed compared to a real dirt bike?

This is a tough decision, but maybe people here with experience on both types of motorcycles can help me.

I am 5'9" and 180lbs.

I got written up today for taking lunches longer than a half hour. It seems to be a valid concern, but it came at an odd time, when someone else was promoted, and they are looking to cut staff.

I hold a license in my craft granted by my state. I've been in my position for 11 years. The store couldn't operate without one of us on site. I haven't been the most stellar employee, because I've watched a company I once loved turn into a woke shithole. It is outrageously depressing. I think my superiors know how I feel.

But they continue to pay me well, and my schedule is not the worst. I keep telling myself that's all that matters.

I'm very unhappy where I am. But I don't want to leave. And I don't know what I would like better.

Can you relate?

Hello,

I have an Apple Watch set up under Family Sharing so that I can use a phone number different from my iPhone's number. Long story, but the watch doesn't have its own phone sharing an Apple account with it, because it uses a standalone watch plan, and is being managed using Family Sharing from my primary Apple account in my iPhone.

The reason behind this would take a couple paragraphs to explain so I'll just get to the point. I'd really like to assign the backtrack function to the Action Button, but that seems to require the Shortcuts app, which I cannot seem to get access to. Even if I sign out of my main Apple account on my iPhone and sign in the new one I set up for the watch, all on the phone — the Watch app still won't let me manage the watch because it was paired and set up using my primary Apple account as a family member's watch. For example, I could be signed into Michael's apple account on my phone, and signed into Michael's apple account on my watch, but that's not enough. The watch app still expects the paired watch to be managed by the primary account that I signed out of on the phone.

In other words, it appears that in order to ever be able to download the Shortcuts app, I'll have to unpair this watch from that primary account and set it up for "myself" while signed into my new account — but then, I won't be able to use the phone number assigned to this watch, because it's a plan designed only for watch. I'd have to pay much more to have a smartphone plan sharing this number.

Is there any way I can assign this backtrack function to my Action button without the Shortcuts app? I currently only have five options for the Action button: Stopwatch, Flashlight, Control, Accessibility, and Recognize Music. I already have the Compass app downloaded, but the Backtrack function does not show up — not even in the app itself, ignoring the Action Button options. It's just a white circular ring with an info button at the top left, with no other options. I'm stumped.

Hello,

I have an Apple Watch set up under Family Sharing so that I can use a phone number different from my iPhone's number. Long story, but the watch doesn't have its own phone sharing an Apple account with it, because it uses a standalone watch plan, and is being managed using Family Sharing from my primary Apple account in my iPhone.

The reason behind this would take a couple paragraphs to explain so I'll just get to the point. I'd really like to assign the backtrack function to the Action Button, but that seems to require the Shortcuts app, which I cannot seem to get access to. Even if I sign out of my main Apple account on my iPhone and sign in the new one I set up for the watch, all on the phone — the Watch app still won't let me manage the watch because it was paired and set up using my primary Apple account as a family member's watch. For example, I could be signed into Michael's apple account on my phone, and signed into Michael's apple account on my watch, but that's not enough. The watch app still expects the paired watch to be managed by the primary account that I signed out of on the phone.

In other words, it appears that in order to ever be able to download the Shortcuts app, I'll have to unpair this watch from that primary account and set it up for "myself" while signed into my new account — but then, I won't be able to use the phone number assigned to this watch, because it's a plan designed only for watch. I'd have to pay much more to have a smartphone plan sharing this number.

Is there any way I can assign this backtrack function to my Action button without the Shortcuts app? I currently only have five options for the Action button: Stopwatch, Flashlight, Control, Accessibility, and Recognize Music. I already have the Compass app downloaded, but the Backtrack function does not show up — not even in the app itself, ignoring the Action Button options. It's just a white circular ring with an info button at the top left, with no other options. I'm stumped.

Hello,

I have an Apple Watch set up under Family Sharing so that I can use a phone number different from my iPhone's number. Long story, but the watch doesn't have its own phone sharing an Apple account with it, because it uses a standalone watch plan, and is being managed using Family Sharing from my primary Apple account in my iPhone.

The reason behind this would take a couple paragraphs to explain so I'll just get to the point. I'd really like to assign the backtrack function to the Action Button, but that seems to require the Shortcuts app, which I cannot seem to get access to. Even if I sign out of my main Apple account on my iPhone and sign in the new one I set up for the watch, all on the phone — the Watch app still won't let me manage the watch because it was paired and set up using my primary Apple account as a family member's watch. For example, I could be signed into Michael's apple account on my phone, and signed into Michael's apple account on my watch, but that's not enough. The watch app still expects the paired watch to be managed by the primary account that I signed out of on the phone.

In other words, it appears that in order to ever be able to download the Shortcuts app, I'll have to unpair this watch from that primary account and set it up for "myself" while signed into my new account — but then, I won't be able to use the phone number assigned to this watch, because it's a plan designed only for watch. I'd have to pay much more to have a smartphone plan sharing this number.

Is there any way I can assign this backtrack function to my Action button without the Shortcuts app? I currently only have five options for the Action button: Stopwatch, Flashlight, Control, Accessibility, and Recognize Music. I already have the Compass app downloaded, but the Backtrack function does not show up — not even in the app itself, ignoring the Action Button options. It's just a white circular ring with an info button at the top left, with no other options. I'm stumped.