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I'm looking at options that might be helpful for:

- inside a 2-car garage (kitchen access at back of garage, 2-step height, plenty of "runway" length)

or

- front door (one step down to a landing, one more step down to 8' of straight before a right-angle turn to the driveway).

Would not be setup or used by the person in the wheelchair, no handrail needed, and only needed once every few weeks for doctor appointments.

I'm trying to learn the differences between the multi-thousand dollar setups and random Amazon/Vevor models for a few hundred bucks, thanks.

I recently began receiving emails from IMDB. I have never had an IMDB account.

The emails include an unsubscribe link that 404s.

I can’t go into email preferences on their site because I don’t have an account to edit!

--> UPDATE: My unsubscribe link from the emails now work. IMDB fixed their website.

Low-miles 7-sp Shimano, no visible damage. Seems to shift OK otherwise, but I can't move the damn guide wheel far enough away from the large cog and creating a racket. Bike is all original.

Tightening the B-screw does not appear to move anything, or at least not enough.

At one point, I had an account, never used it, deleted it.

If someone uses Eufy to email you the shared notification, all that does is tell you to download the app. There are no additional instructions in that email, and after downloading the app, there's no indication of where to input the shared code.

But if you input your email address that triggers Eufy to email a different code resulting in a new account that still cannot use the shared code, and there's nowhere inside the app to receive a shared code.

They didn't think this through.

The included paperwork only provides a QR code and legalese.

My sister bought a C35 2-cam kit on the advice of someone else. The goal is to monitor our elderly dad, who lives at home.

Our initial “security” for him is a modern Apple Watch with cell service, and he did call me with it once when he fell.

He won’t need to monitor his own place, there’s no credible fear of someone breaking in. Is it OK if I create the account, set up the cameras, and is there a way to add access to other family?

I see an RJ45 port in the base unit. I assume WiFi is an option, but his place does have Ethernet and I’d prefer not to overwhelm his so-so router. Can I go with WiFi today and tell it to use Ethernet later?

I see a card slot. Does it work like a dashcam? Not interested in a subscription. I also see a card slot in each cam?

Oh— and we have one cam location up high on a wall where there’s an old electrical box that was created for a surround speaker. Hoping to find and adapter for mounting and one less set of holes in the wall.

I suspect the old surround speaker cable might also be Ethernet, wondering if PoE is an option to adapt to USB each cam?

Thanks for reading.

Looking for a unit for someone, they live in a Brooklyn brownstone. Project Farm on YouTube recently tested several window A/C units and liked two U-shaped models and one of the kind that sits inside on the floor (with an exhaust tube for hot air).

The room isn't on the ground floor, so I don't know if outside access is needed to set the kind that extends out the window, or if it's possible to carefully lean out and get the bracket secured. Thx.

I used my sprayer once or twice a few years ago, running clean water through it afterwards, but it stopped pumping beyond a spit.

My behavior is always to spray a full tank without pausing because I know most chems, even when properly mixed, can coagulate or just be sticky if given a chance.

I replaced the inlet o-ring, with a size that seemed to match well. There was internet conjecture about it being a cause of losing suction, despite o-rings being very resilient for that purpose. Replacing it had to effect.

Seems I can get a 14-20-7326 assembly for about $100 or so, but why would I do that if I don't even know how my sprayer stopped working?

pole saw gearbox, 52 14-29-0016

Useful for when you repeatedly use your pole saw to successfully cut through 15" tree trunks. Far better to spend extra money and wait a few weeks for the replacement part to come in, rather than reach for your old-fashioned chainsaw and finish the job that day.

string trimmer gearbox, 57 14-29-0038

Useful for when you run the tool without the guard, with too much string length, but the machine refuses to cut the power despite the large power draw. Something's gonna break, and because you're smart, it wasn't the motor or the battery.

- pull into Walmart’s Electrify America space, begin to charge

- notice U-Haul van parked in another slot / I went inside Walmart to take a leak. Or rather, leave one.

- back outside, U-Haul still there and oh look, the driver is inside

- I tap on the window, “Hi, you’re in an EV charging space … “

- driver gestures to the phone in her hand and explains, “I’m using it to charge.”

There comes a time in everyone’s life when you’re met with either rank stupidity, or diabolical lies. This one could have been both, but what was not occurring was her rented, gasoline Transit 250 using the charge cabinet.

It’s at this time I turn around and see another EV parked, window down, with a driver who had been just as mystified.

Now I look up and notice another EV, this dude also can’t charge, he’s out of his car telling me, “I’ve already told her, she doesn’t get it, I’m done …”

2 EVs waiting; I had somehow gotten extremely lucky pulling straight into the one remaining slot before they did. And I’d rolled in with only a few kW left in the tank, reduced propulsion, because of poor planning, SURE I was about to need a tow truck. Don’t be like me.

I called U-Haul and reported the incident. U-Haul said they’d call their customer immediately and tell them to move, or else they’d be calling the police.

I don't need a new bike; I want a new bike, and so I'm pretending I can afford it and that I don't need to first sell my minibike and the old Honda I don't ride, ditch two cars and buy another car, and get the old horse trailer truck moving again.

I live in a world of fantasy that pretends none of that is more important than a new bike I likely won't ride very much, or maybe I will?

I don't commute; I work from home. I'm struggling with legit adding a bike to my lifestyle, because the last one didn't really take hold in a way I'd imagined.

I imagine slapping bags on for occasional 300-mi road trips, bombing around this boring little town on weekends while I let the grass grow too high and the constant house repairs fester like sore wounds, and exploring other places an hour or so away, and otherwise going to, I dunno, Walmart?

And so I'm browsing dealer inventory, there are zero 2026 models yet, and several 2025 models. I know how to shift but if I won't incur a price penally for E-Clutch, waiting is an option.

And I have a latent feeling I should show up to the MSF course and give one of those silly 5-min motivational speeches to the class, as a pointless "thank you" to the coaches who graduated me against their better judgement some years ago, when I accidentally went full-throttle around the big sweeper in the combined final test, peg scraping, engine redlining, clutch-limiting, coach waving his arms and screaming, class-cheering what-the-hell-was-that-you-just-did (hey, I kept in in the lane and came to the proper stop, so 10/10).

What do you charge per hour to deal with my neurosis? Thanks.

"I was told" the reason why my fridge's compressor kicks in for only a second might be because the thermostat is bad.

Presumably I might tap it or bypass it to test that theory?

Prior to today, it seemed to run 24/7, although in a busy house no one stood next to the fridge long enough to confirm it was 24/7.

Oh -- and the other symptom was that fridge items were freezing, despite the thermostat being set to 37 degrees F. We did not have an opportunity to test the diverter door or its motor to see if that was an issue.

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