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NO Funny you say that though. When I took my son up to PA the other week to make some visits, on the way back to NC I stopped in at DD right by where we were staying for some coffee and a doughnut. Walk in and stand at the register for a good 5 minutes, everyone was busy behind the counter I...

You know your old when... Went to the pharmacy today in the town over. There was literally 5 cars waiting in line at the drive through, and not a single car in the customer parking lot. Parked in the parking lot, walked in, got my prescription, and came back out and there were only 3 cars...

If you use a R410A outdoor unit with a R454B air handler, with at least one brand, it will work (at least for the time being running on more than a couple of months now). Don't ask me how I know...That said, I highly doubt it would work the other way around.

Samsung IMO opinion doesn't make a bad HVAC product, and my understanding is everything is made in house in South Korea. Samsung is now working directly with Lennox, no different than Mitsubishi with Trane / American Standard and Fujitsu with Rheem. The reality however is the HVAC industry is...

It's no different with Media. They do a lot of work for major manufacturers located in the US. However, the one brand I made the comment about was made by another company that I can never spell correctly. Ironically at least two American manufacturers I'm pretty familiar with use them to...

I can speak of one major brand that I consider junk. They however have a unit that I've been impressed with per quality. That unit is 100% made in China. Go figure...

Generally, you will find at least one pressure switch (my experience low pressure) and a lot of them have both low and high pressure switches. I'm not certain why your HVAC guy didn't know, if you have them, you'll find them in the outdoor unit.

Give me one expansion or reversing valve that isn't made in China...

It was rainy, overcast and late in the day and had lightning. Very long story, finally found the my fifth uncle that my son wanted to see where the "family" was buried, along with his grandfather and grandmother (we spent some time looking for all the gravesites ). After we said our prayers at...

Could have been. Out of all the symptoms listed, the only issue from time to time (and not all the often) was a feeling of food being stuck in the throat (I remember that when the doctor mentioned it as to why he would feel that way and my father mentioning it from time to time). Dad was...

Arly Losing a loved one is never easy, but try to take comfort in the fact that Ray was loved. My father was around 5'2, and his "fighting weight" was always around 135 lbs. When my dad was in his early 80's, he got down to around 100 lbs. The last 4 years of his life living with us he was...

It seems many are noticing the same thing my wife and I are noticing... this year seems the count is pretty low so far. We could go through 2 feeders in less than a day. Currently 1 is lasting a couple of days. I think the most I've seen at the feeders this year was 3 or 4, and it was only 1...

I honestly thought the same thing for a very long time...

https://fi.edu/en/science-and-education/benjamin-franklin/national-bird#:~:text=The%20story%20about%20Benjamin%20Franklin,looked%20more%20like%20a%20turkey. What I really want to know is how Ben knew that the Eagle could be somewhat lazy LOL

You do realize that Ben Franklin (pretty famous American) had wrote a letter comparing the eagle to the wild turkey? Mr. Franklin was alive in the 1700's? PLEASE don't tell me that wild turkey's are damn yankees as well:ROFLMAO: Generally speaking, animal species in certain areas decline...

We'll, I've been a damn yankee for over 24 years now. Skunks and ground hogs along have been on the east coast (and native to NC) since boats came to the eastern shores in the 1600's and they didn't migrate here recently to NC ;) Never saw an Armadillo in NC to be honest, but did see a...

From my post # 30 per this thread... "The way I see it, we all have some closure in our lives to deal with someone in our lives that will never seem to actually be closed for whatever reasons, but sooner or later we will no longer be on this earth, and I'd like to think that is when everyone...

On a personal side note dealing with babies… Even though I’m 60 right now, I’ve never changed a diaper in my life (both our boys were past that age when they came to live with us originally in foster care). We’re helping a younger couple at our church with some baby sitting, and they have a 2...

Not saying it's right or wrong, but the reality is there are some people who for whatever reason do not have "parental instincts" what so ever, and for the most part, most likely should never should have had children to begin with. Our first son already had his parental rights handed down by...

Life is a crap shoot and no one is promised anything. I've seen pretty much every angle on adoptions and how they played out. It's really no different than having your own kids. Do the best you can and pray hard... I've come to the conclusion that staying pissed off at relatives is a waste of...

Not always the case. Every person is different due to their own set of circumstances IMO. If you were a child, growing up, and then realizing that you had a birth mother and father living in the world, it goes without saying that the child who grows into an adult may have questions. The...

The irony is that without Crash, your mother would never have had you, and no doubt you were a blessing for her along with your own family.

It still amazes me that in "todays times" that people who adopt, particularly babies, will refuse to tell their children that they were adopted. Since our two boys came from two different families, and were put in the foster care program in their early years, of course they knew they were...

You seem like a remarkable woman realizing that perhaps some good came out of the situation even though growing up you may not have seen it at the time. I think that happens to a lot of us, but the problem becomes we tend to be bitter about the things we never got what we wanted out of life...

That actually makes sense ;)

Head Mother $%*&er In Charge is how I always knew it. Yours does sound better though (y)

Had to go to SC for some training this week, so the night before my class, son traveled from base to meet me for dinner in Columbia SC. I got to meet his Sergeant (who had recently moved to a different department) and another good friend of his who seems to be progressing and working towards...

I'm finding just the opposite on my end. Seems I communicate more with my son via texting than actually talking over the phone. I'm the one ALWAYS asking what the heck his acronyms are (seems the younger generation has their acronyms down for quick texting). That said, the other week he told...

Your son (who is 40 years younger than you) comes home to visit for the weekend, and as you watch him walking away to his car to drive back to his dorm, you think to yourself "I remember when I had a body like that"...

York is pretty much same for same vs the Daiken/Goodman (at least 7 years ago when they had been out for a while). Since then, I don't prefer York (AKA JCI) as well as either Daikin/Goodman for commercial applications for a Carrier retrofit. I'm really hoping Bosch straightens out JCI now...

Sorry, commercial a different story on warranty. Still, Carrier has a minimum of 10 year heat exchanger warranty along with a 5 year compressor and 1 year parts warranty on 3 phase package equipment as well as most everyone else. Not certain if your package unit was only 5 years old why the...

Pretty much every residential gas furnace has a minimum of a 20 year warranty if the heat exchanger fails unless it's installed in a commercial application. If you had that Carrier furnace for 5 years after it was installed, the heat exchanger was under parts warranty and you should only expect...

The reason why it's called a direct replacement isn't due to the "quality", but the physical dimensions of the unit where you don't need to to use a curb adaptor, which could have huge cost savings if you had to replace multiple units on one roof. Carrier dominated the rooftop market decades...

The biggest issue with R22 is not the refrigerant itself being expensive, but finding a compatible compressor bearing unit to go with a air handler or a air handler with a compressor bearing equipment. This is now becoming the issue with R410A units in residential applications. R410 equipment...

News flash Last month R454B was more expensive than R22. R410A is still more than reasonable, and is still less than it sold for a couple of years ago. Talked to the realtor on selling our home. I'm kind of forced to fix the AC in the basement even though it doesn't need it because I gas...

How about using common sense? Then, if the key is NOT in the ignition and the vehicle is not running, exactly how is the vehicle to start up due to someones lack of common sense? This is no different than laws being passed because of peoples stupidity. Gun laws being a prime example.

Not sad on so many levels, but stupid on so many levels.

I'm assuming the black flies have been out already? I don't miss fly or mud season up there LOL Very few insects could can you crazy, but black flies are one of them...

We need a thread where you can answer multiple threads with one post. When I saw your response, I was thinking it was the "you know you're old when..." thread LOL I remember watching the movie in the early 70's.

I'm not going to train him, but move him out back. The only feeding of wild animals we do is for the humming birds now and put feed out for the birds in the winter time. There is no feed or trash what so ever around the house for wild animals to attract them. If he's smart, he's got tired of...

Still in the air ;) Guy is getting smarter. Only seen him a couple of days ago, first time after a full week on not coming across him early in the AM or late PM. Seems to be now gravitating over towards the one neighbors tree line instead of out front where I use to see him. The rented...

This may be hard for you to understand, but a man doesn't have to be self loathing and feel inferior because he takes pride in the woman he married, believing that she is better and smarter than himself. Likewise, I do some things better than my other half, and she does some things better than...

I've got ask, but exactly what "power" are you giving away when you become married? My wife is a better and smarter person than myself. That said, due to our (wife and myself) complete external differences not being alike, we seem to compliment each other in our relationship when it comes to...

I stand corrected, and apologies on my end about common sense. Sounds like you have a good one as well. I've only been married for 20 years, but in all of the that time, although my wife and I are really two completely different persons and in some ways nothing alike, we seem to have some core...

Best policy IMO to be honest to the one you expect to be married to for the rest of your life with. Keep in mind, I not only fell in love with her because of her body (along with mind), but the fact that she could drive my 5 speed Toyota without hesitation and her dad tried to convince her to...

Makes complete sense with some humans sad to say...

You should have seen the encounter with my neighbor when one of his boys decided with some other friends to ride their ATV's on my property (funny enough, they took one 8' section of barbed wire that was "cut" to access the property). Neighbor wasn't too happy that I was having a shooting...

I'm blessed in the fact that my wife is smarter and a better person than myself. Before I take a firearm outside to dispose of a critter, generally we talk about the situation first (although my wife and I are very different people, we have the same core values). If you told you wife feeding...

Learn something knew everyday. I can put on 40K a year just driving between NC, Tenn, SC and Va for work. Don't know when I started taking my wallet out of my back pocket and just laying in the vehicle somewhere, but I guess subconsciously after I did it the first time after a long drive, I...

That's what I like about this new wallet. Drivers license and CC permit is in one place, and you can see the driver's license when you open the wallet. Push of a button, all the cards come up. I've already placed them in the order on how frequent I use them (work credit card #1). I also...

1 - Medical insurance card 1 - Dental card 1 - Costo card 1 - Drivers license 1- Conceal carry permit 2 - Credit cards (one personal, one for work) 1 - AAA card (auto) 1- CFC card 1 - ATM card The Filson wallet I owned I bought my dad one about 30 years ago. His grandson now uses it and still...

You get a smart wallet and you're looking for the instructions :ROFLMAO: My old Filson leather wallet has held up well over the years, but the leather seems to be stretching with the cards, and they started falling out regularly (sometimes I just keep the wallet in the truck and not in my...

January I spent the money because I was curious as to how "water downed" the calendars may have gotten since it doesn't seem like Ridged doesn't seem to make their pin up calendar anymore. Reality is I'm guessing it doesn't behoove a company to produce a pin up calendar being able to pass...

You know your old when the FIRST thing that comes to your mind is you know it's not a MAC-10...

Dillon calendar finally came in after waiting like forever, and it took a detour from NC to Florida vis USPS (go figure). For a pin up calendar, can't complain. My buddy will be happy LOL

You're correct, I apologize. Any decent whitewater in NY is generally north above I-90 and east of I-81. That said, my term "western" from from getting my bearings in NY was from "upstate NY", where most people from outside the state or NYC was the Catskills. As much as I loved NY, I'd...

It really is a beautiful area, and I had a good kayaking buddy originally from that area that talked about the area, I was just amazed at how much time I spent on I-80 driving to my parents from the west side of I-79 in the state and never came across it. It took a trip to the Finger Lake...

Apologies. The hunters with their dogs were stupid enough to wake me while I was sleeping in my bed by going right behind my house in my field... And yes, that was a pretty funny (y)

Honestly, caught a couple of coon hunters and their dogs on my property without them asking me some years ago. Came across them sleeping in my bed at night and heard their dogs going off on my property. I never talked to them, don't know who they were (my neighbor did ask me about the shooting...

When I lived in Conneaut Lake, PA (western side of the state) I'd go back to my parents and attend church on Sundays with them in Eastern PA on the weekends from time to time. All the people at church asked me what I was doing with myself and where I lived. I told them I was living in...

What I find interesting is that I automatically don't kill things on site just because they are on my property, but I'd like to think I'm smart enough to understand that you don't make wildlife pets. At least in NC, you do need to apply for a license to "hold" wildlife.

Read post #161, hopefully it answers your question(y)

I'm guessing the reason why those two cities are used are not only because of population, but because people (from my own personal experience living in Pennsylvania) really don't know where anything is at on each side of the state (East / West). You ask a local in NC where Asheville, Boone...

If there were a contest on that, I guarantee you I could win an olympic medal for time (and we could throw "eat" in there as well) :ROFLMAO: Wife still thinks it's odd that I'm brushing my teeth either in the shower or on the hopper. Also gave up on shaving because I don't have to now, saves...

We complain a lot about laws today and I get it, but the reality is driving drunk has always been a issue since the invention of the automobile (don't think there were laws about riding a horse plastered before the car came around LOL). Like anything else, laws tend to get abused and...

That's because the victim didn't press charges. That said, 40 years ago, I guess it kind of appropriate if a man wanted to beat a woman. THERE is a scenario where I can understand SSS.

Doubtful. My wife and I were just commenting on the fact that the rented mobile home on one side doesn't seem inhabited anymore. On the other side, we have my neighbors unvaccinated rather large dog who roams freely who will most likely keep him at bay (what concerns me if that dog ever got...

I haven't seen him the last 3 or 4 days which includes early AM's and PM's with the light.

No worries LOL Only thing I never paid cash for was our home when we bought it 20 years ago, and now it's paid off. When we bought the place, I knew nothing about tractors which is why I came here. What I found out is when I went to auctions, even back around 2005, pricing for used old...

So would I if I could afford one :ROFLMAO:

That's just it, rabies is not air born. Disposing of a dead animal as long as you don't touch it, you won't have a problem. Should be buried deep. Since I don't have a back hoe, last one was 3.5' deep (and that was a workout) and body was double bagged. Per the woman who died on the bat...

I'm getting everyone the last day...

The industry was crapping bricks with the current selection of "mild flammable" new refrigerants that hit the market the last year coming into this year :ROFLMAO: Somewhere here I believe, I pointed on propane has been used for years by refrigeration guys. Seriously, there is a shortage...

I never in a million years would have thought that a brand new unitary equipment refrigerant being used by most of the manufacturers sold in the USA would ever cost more per lb than R22.

I can only assume that you are not ignorant? (one reason for emojis as to being sarcastic;)).

I guess I'm blessed enough that I don't have a kill on sight instinct on any animal due to past experiences (except yellow jackets, for various reasons of my own). That said, taking to the next level with intelligence of man, kind of no different than the way some people feel about others due...

Jeessh, you really need to work on your reading comprehension. And I'm not even guy who you're making the comment about, as it's already been pointed out to another member about their own reading comprehension TWICE by two different members on two separate posts! :ROFLMAO:

You'll be the first to get them plowboy...

End of the day, there is no food or garbage around the house, PERIOD Young coon never seen around the house. NEVER had a problem with coons before. Generally never have a problem with most wildlife, and if it does become a problem, it will end. As I've gotten older, I've just got a distaste...

We are going to have to back to that reading comprehension of yours. I never fed it, nor did I EVER state that ;) And NO, there is absolutely no food around the house, and actually haven't had trash out for the last two weeks as well (because my wife's not home LOL).

You know your old when you don't want to kill things if you don't have to ;) (that said, yellow jackets are an exception to that rule of mine). Animal is showing no unwanted behavior around the house at night, but that's why I'm going to move him. Please note, I'm not dumping him on anyone...

Never had an issue with wildlife and trash thank God. In other parts of the world, dogs are the predominant rabies carrier. Can't blame an animal for getting rabies and wouldn't wish it on anything. Most humane thing to do is put it down before the disease progresses IMO. That said...

With my dogs (and the neighbors dog who comes over occasionally) I'd probably be doing the young fellow a favor by moving him. Not certain about their range, but for whatever reason, seems to be hanging out in front of the house with all the trees. Only see him late at night or early morning...

Been by myself the last two weeks while the wife is visiting her mom. Last couple of weeks, found out we have a young raccoon moving from tree to tree in front of the home at night or early morning when I take the dogs out for the first and last time of the day. Guy is maybe 1.5 times the size...

Honestly, after thinking about it, I think you're right. What I'm kind of surprised at and honestly a little irritated with is why the CU didn't steer us in that direction when we told them our plans. Wife hasn't been home in a couple of weeks due to a surgery her mom had, but coming home...

I agree with your assessment to sell first, then buy with cash outright. In a perfect world, we'd have the cash outright to buy and then sell, but we consider ourselves blessed as it is without having a house/land payments and to have this problem to begin with if that makes sense. Both my...

No, did not ask, but will. Thing is, since we are not in a rush to sell or buy, we're kind of being particular about our final home. I am thinking though that since we have no set time limit to complete this process, I'm curious how long the bridge loan would be good for. Our plan was...

I'm assuming that since we already had a mortgage on our current home, another mortgage would still be considered a "first mortgage"? I actually thought about that just to see what we would qualify for as well. Since the credit union has ALL of our financial info, kind of surprised they didn't...

Apologies, I've tried to find the thread I thought I started on looking for a new home, but can't find it. I hate to start something on the same subject... Wife and I are on a 5 year plan to sell our current home and retire in the "house we'll die in". In the thread I was looking for...

I remember my first 100 plus work week as an hourly employee (not married, no kids nothing tying me down to not work more hours). Was about 110 hours in one week and I'm licking my chops waiting for that paycheck to come in. This was my first lesson in the adult world of taxes and diminishing...

25 years ago I took a new position which allowed me to make my own schedule and basically report to no one on a daily basis. I still remember driving in my car driving home (4 hour drive) after I was given the position and how I was thinking how great the job was going to be because of all the...

Don't know if this has happened to anyone, but I use to be a pretty hairy guy on the legs, arms and chest. I don't know when it happened, but sometime between the ages of 40 and 60, lost most of the hair on arms and legs, and although I still have hair on the chest, I was looking at a pic from...

My dad always said I could bench hundreds of pounds but I could never turn the hot water off completely when I lived with them LOL That said, I learned over time to utilize my brain more, and blessed enough that I don't have to do what I use to do years ago because there is no way I could last...

I understand that lights left on all day may not cost that much to run, but this is a old house and has like 4 lights on the porch, and the lights aren't LED. My wife toured the home couple of years ago because the owner of the home is the daughter of our neighbor, and she got the house when...

I get it. That said, you think if you were looking for work, you would at least want to leave the company you last worked for on good terms for a reference. I gave that guy some crap over the way he did it, and he could only say he had a family emergency he has to take care of. Between...

Just going to see if they have more clothes on modeling now. THAT'S it. My buddy will be happy to have one for his office.

On a side note, the norm now is just to text that you quit. A 24 year old Marine out of the service lives up the road from me. Met him and his wife and kids when I invited them to come over to go sledding because we have one of the best hills for sledding behind your house you'll find in the...

No thanks. Thanks to this topic though, I did spend $9 on shipping on a $9 Dillon calendar just because I want to see where they have gone with it... The Ridgid calendar I remember When the Dillon comes in, I figure I can finger through it and then give it to my one buddy for his office LOL

I miss the Ridged tool calendars. Can't seem to find them anymore. Wish I would have kept a couple for old times sake. May need to order a Dillon precision calendar.

I never knew a company to send you home and pay you two weeks if you gave a 2 week notice and you didn't have 2 weeks of vacation accrued to cash out. You give two weeks and expect to be let go, but... I didn't give two weeks notice, but one boss I had was very good to me. I wanted to...

Having started working in Pa after I graduated from college, and years later when I found the career I was looking for and moving back to Pennsylvania you made me look. I think you are incorrect that Pa is a right to work state as I looked. Pennsylvania is a "non right to work state". I...

Wow... Took me a minute to comprehend it was the entire country. Had to get an idea of size. Spain and Portugal has a combined area of 230,000 square miles, in comparison California is 165,000 square miles. Local to my area, Spain alone is larger in size than North and South Carolina...

Not hardly. Is you're name frogger? I do however live in NC which is a right to work state. I find that term somewhat deceptive. From what I've seen, really doesn't have that much to do with unions, but the power that your employer has to terminate your job for your actions. Very easy to...

If you have a brain to use, you generally won't have a problem speaking. Of course the hospital example given may be out of control, but you have every right not to work there.

I always note that whenever I have to take a online sexual harassment class, EVERY woman they show is smoking hot. The men look like models as well LOL Generally women in a trade industry can throw it around just as well as the men. I once said "SH**" in front of a female worker. I looked...

Don't get me going on what I could do 30 years ago LOL

The other day I jumped off the tailgate of my truck on our driveway because I was in a rush to get down. I told my wife it was a good think I knew how to tuck and roll when I came into the house. I was laying on my back for a good couple of minutes just ensuring nothing was broken. The only...

I do, but she likes it more when I crouch and try to sneak up on her right in front of her where I know she sees me. Yes, she is very playful. We're only down to two, and the larger black one is starting to get old know. The funny thing is the playful one we found 8 yards in front of the...

Kid sent me this photo on base at the dorm. I told him I see a certain theme going on there LOL

You know you're old when you used to salivate at the cameras in the Sears catalog (as a kid, perhaps not the only thing you use to salivate at :ROFLMAO: ). At the time in the late 70's, the only thing I could afford was a Nikon EM camera because my parents weren't buying it for me and I had to...

Family things, got to love them. I'm lucky enough I was an only child (not spoiled mind you as dad was career military). I was looking for a pic of my dad and my son with my dad showing him how to use a camera. Couldn't find the pic, but the camera is in the same spot where we keep it. The...

I don't get no respect I'll tell you... That said, and I mean this with all sincerity (and my wife will argue with me on this one) that my wife is the smarter one in our marriage.

That is something worth while handing to your children.

Wife will marry you if she likes you enough as you are (tats or no tats). After you're married, you need to get permission LOL With a good woman, that's not a hard tradeoff by any means is she says no. Heck, I'm lucky enough my wife likes me better with a beard than without one LOL.

I'm pretty certain that guy is single...

In some odd way, I don't mind Jackson Pollock's work, but I'm not a fine connoisseur of abstract art. Generally the "greater" the artist, the more darker than can be (read up on Pollack, and it seems he had some oddball connection to Van van Goh, as some "great" artists do mentally wise). The...

Don't think so. If I remember correctly, the last time we took our boys to DC, we stopped at the Hirshhorn museum of modern art. I was walking towards a trash can outside the museum throwing away some trash from food we picked up earlier. My wife had to inform me that the "trash can" I was...

Coming out from the shed and I have someone stalking me :ROFLMAO: She's funny, I never know if she knows I see her, but she'll belly crawl and try and sneak up on me and surprise me add then run circles around me. Out of all the dogs we've had, she's the only one who does that.

You're old when you're scratching your head on how this "art" can be worth 50 million dollars :ROFLMAO:

I appreciate that feedback. Pricy, but I looked at them online and they seem very easy to us where one hand can operate the release mechanism and you can hold the can with the other hand. See they also have 1 gallon cans available as well. I see Lowes has them, but the other month when I...

When I moved to NC 20 years ago, that's when it was a pain with both SS card and birth certificate. Both are now in the safe, but both are "official copies" which was the pain the butt part. They don't want you laminating your SS card, and back in the 90's, I use to carry it in my wallet when...

At least in NC, all I needed to do was bring my passport to the DMV. They gave me a temp piece of paperwork stating it would be in the mail from the state, and about two weeks later it was in my mailbox. Now that said, I'm getting old because I think they let me keep my old DL, but don't...

Funny you posted this... Today through a dumb mistake and not paying attention, I got my palm branded. Luckily, it was quick, and probably no more than a first degree burn. I know my burns from 16 years ago having spent a week in the burn unit LOL

Loved the sky earlier this morning off the deck... For whatever reason, reminded me of Easter last week.

After I figured out the "two hands needed" on the one gallon can, I was thinking how in the heck are you supposed to do that with a full 5 gallon can LOL I still haven't learned how to work my 5 gallon can properly (different type of release on the funnel apparently), but I'm fine with just...

Basically what I do.

Going to help a older couple at a former church we attended to help cleaning up their home that they will be putting on the market. Fill up the 5 gallon gas can (pressure washer) and the 1 gallon I put fuel mix in for the weedwacker. I hate my 5 gallon gas can because it's one of those newer...

I was with my grandmother at her side when she passed in 1976. I was at my mom's side when she passed in 2002. I was at my dad's side when he passed in 2022. I can only pray that either my wife or my son is at my side when I leave, because it's going to happen sooner than I expect. Between...

I looked and the only thing I could find was "Built in the USA". Either way, I understand I'm arguing semantics here, but after dealing with manufacturers marketing departments, legally, it's unbelievable what you have to do to state "Made in the USA" on advertising from a manufacturer. As...

Know nothing about the generator market other than the training I went to for Generac. That said, York HVAC systems (Owned by JCI, recently bought out by Bosch up to 50 tons) are built in Wichita Kansas. Been at the facility probably over 40 times. They are built in the USA. That said...

What you need to find is a manufacturer's marketing flyer with where it is made or assembled. In the HVAC field, guys would always say "made in America" but they were wrong. It is assembled in the USA, not "made in the USA". Even then, they were including the entire line sold by the...

I basically made the same kind of comment at our community group meeting from Church last night. We all deal with the same crap of insanity, it's just a different day with different technology.

I can only speak from experience within the HVAC field. What I do know is something being more expensive does not equate to better quality and less issues. That IS a fact within the HVAC industry.

Was Generac bought out by new owners or a new investment company? Who owns Generac? I have no doubt about your loyalty to the brand, but have been down this road in depth with HVAC and have given up LOL

It has nothing to do where it was made, but the engineering specs laid out by the manufacturers line on how the unit is made. You can take one manufacturing facility in China where they make multiple models of the same unit with same brand name, but what changes is the engineering guidelines...

I don't doubt you, but could you provide documentation that they are "made in the USA"? I looked online, and it's somewhat discombobulated IMO as to the information provided. The issue is the percentage of foreign parts included in the machine. The common sense question is Generac...

Most likely states "Assembled in the USA". https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/complying-made-usa-standard Although two major HVAC manufacturers have plants that "make" HVAC equipment, they can only claim "Assembled in the USA" due to the amount of foreign made parts that are...

When a loved one dies, be it two or 4 legged. Anytime I'm at the presence of Taps being played. The one thing that has changed the most is after we lost our son a couple of years ago, anytime I read or hear of a parent losing their child. I've always found Randy Weaver less of a fruit cake...

Over the weekend while my son was home, before my son went to the movies Saturday night with his buddies, he asked me if I wanted to go take pics of cars on a building (something he and his friends have been doing since he bought his first car about 4 years ago) after they got out. He texted...

Ironic because I've aways thought of them being based out of Charlotte NC. Had to look it up. Nations bank acquired bank of America in 1998. Relocated HQ about the same time, and I moved to NC around 2001. At least in the areas I lived in the North East back in that time, didn't seem to...

He's been married two times, has 8 "known" children by 6 different women. The only thing separating him from some others with those same stats is how much money he has...

Don't ask me why, but when it comes to Bank of America, I want nothing to do with them. Perhaps I'm just worn out on Samual Jackson or their old anti gun policies. They just seem like the epitome of "Big banking" where they don't know you as a person but only as a number. After our old bank...

With my hearing aids in I also get surround sound!

I brought that up to my son as well as he was leaving out the door. Apparently the kid in question has his own home movie theater in his home just for him though (y)

Son came home over the weekend. He got up early Sunday morning and I thought he was having breakfast with us. His buddy in town 30 minutes away called him because he has a flat tire and needed help to go to his part time job. Kid apparently comes from a wealthy family (kid wrecked a new 2020...

My wife writes software/code. She does pretty well for herself. She's been at her company for going on 30 years now. Because the company only had so many people who wrote their own programs, a couple of years ago the company ownership thought it wise to outsource their software to a 3rd...

No clue about SAP enterprise software, but the company I used to work for picked up salesforce because a large multi billion dollar company picked up salesforce and the company I worked for was told it was great. I dealt with a lot of inside people at this multi billion company, people who know...

Believe me, I know about growing. First company in my industry I worked, the owner knew me and offered me a car loan, interest free because he heard from my boss I was looking for new car. Owner died, brother took over, big family buyout to boot, and 13 years later I left the company (and that...

Simple rule in life now a days is anyone breaks out a phone to record anything, be calm, ask them to stop recording and if they don't, walk away. You may look guilty walking away if you're accused of anything, but chances are you'll look 10 times worse if you stand there and argue with them...

I would also add it comes down to the size of the company as well. Bigger the company, more people can make mistakes and more rules to implement.

Not my son, but I was the best man at his fathers wedding and his dad was the best man at my wedding. He's 14 and at a wrestling tournament in Europe right now. Won his first match. Kid is only 14 years old... just as proud of him as my own son.

Didn't go into a trash container, but an empty cardboard line set case. Don't have to cut the pieces too small that way.

Honestly that's what I figure as well. I think at the end of the day I was just stupid for not flattening them out not to look like a burn barrel. Never thought about it, just figured it was time to take them since I was loading up the trailer with other things.

I'm not asking for a certificate, I'm asking to understand how he determines if the barrel can get a sticker to take to the landfill. It will be taken care of. I just kind of fell over dead when the guy at the landfill told me that. My mistake was you could tell they were burn barrels.

I'm not smart, but I'd like to think I have some common sense. The issue is that not a lot of people have common sense when burning or using a firearm LOL I've got a LARGE burn pile out back that has been out there for at least a couple of years. A couple of guys with the local fire...

Good advice which I'll take. Out of sheer curiosity I do however feel like calling the fire marshal just to see exactly how he determines what is burned in the barrel along with what kind of fee is associated with such "testing" and a label. I'd never actually do it, but a phone call is free...

I'm kind of a stupid guy. My first action was take a sledge hammer to crush it. Figure it wouldn't take long. Then I found our what's left of a old burn barrel is still pretty strong. Then common sense kicked in after reevaluating the the barrels strength and how much ground I was covering...

Between my wife and I, we print a crapload of paper. Because my wife works in the telecommunications industry, her papers have to be destroyed. Between us, we killed about 2 shredders. Never burn trash in the barrel. That's what Saturday mornings are for and what my taxes pay for, the...

You're on the right track IMO ;) I just fell over dead when the guy at the landfill told me I needed a certificate from the fire marshal. I could have dumped it, but I was honest. That said, the guy at the weigh station forgot to take my name and he told me no charge when I was leaving with...

Wow, never new burning office max printing paper and newspaper is illegal. Need to go to plan B :ROFLMAO: Won't ask any questions on plan B... Do have to ask this though, exactly how does the fire marshal determine what you burn in your barrel to "certify" that you only burned the proper...

Did spring cleaning, took a mattress, couple shot up wheel barrels along with a two burn barrels to the county landfill in the trailer along with some other things. Everything was taken but the burn barrels (I wasn't going to drop them off sticking out like a sore thumb). Apparently I need...

Mom and dad had a 72 or so Chevy truck, 3 on the tree. When I think about how my mom and my aunt would drive that truck down to Washington DC to visit my other aunt and uncle, with me and my cousin riding riding in the back of that truck LOL. Mom bought a small sofa to put it in the bed so me...

Appreciate the feedback everyone. Kind of what I was thinking, specific tool for a specific job. Have a couple M12's myself for other daily areas (not car work). Can kind of get expensive. They like to nail you on the batteries. Luckily I have an extra charger he can have.

Most likely the latter for my son as well.

That's why I was wondering if you actually need impact sockets with an electric ratchet.

Looking at getting my son a birthday present. I have my Klein socket/ratchet set now over 25 years, served me well. Son was talking about a electric ratchet his Sergeant has that he really likes, seems to make things much easier (I guess) when they work on cars together. Here is the dumb...

You know you're old when you see threads about crypto, and you don't even bother looking at the thread because you know you aren't going to be interested in the "new thing".

Both sets of my grandparents (mom and dads parents) came off the boat in the early 1900's and worked the coal mines in Pa. On my mom's side, my mom was the last of 5 kids when her father was killed working in the mines. After my grandmothers first husband died, she married another man who's...

One of my better friends was hiking this past Saturday with some other guys. Had a couple EMT's in the group hiking. Remote area. Guy with them collapsed. My friend was talking to him when he was on the ground. Guy passed out and they started working on him with CPR and apparently were in...

$90 a year for a daily subscription or is that monthly?? Side note, not certain if this is only online or actually in the paper. If in the paper, it's a pretty good price IMO. You know you're getting old when you're comparing the obituary rates :ROFLMAO: I think local in my area is was...

My father got me into reading the newspaper when I was young. Dang habit I could never kick no matter where I was living at when I was single and moving around. Tried multiple subscriptions delivered to my house here in NC over the last 20 years, never got the paper on a set time EVER, and...

When my dad passed, we only had his obit in his local paper up in Pennsylvania where most of his friends knew him and where we had his service. That obit in a rinky dink newspaper cost me over $500. If we would have done my dads obit local here in NC, with the Winston newspaper, it would have...

I've been blessed because I've never had to live through memory loss with my own parents, but I view it as being no different (visiting them) than giving money to a charity or a panhandler... It's not important what THEY do, but what YOU do given the circumstances. Once reason why my own MIL...

Sorry to hear it. I would like to think that he, like the rest of will be someday, is in a better place. I just hit 60, my wife is right behind me. Our 20 year old son had done well for himself IMO (out of the house in the Air Force), but his one kryptonite is girlfriends. His current on is...

In some aspects you're blessed that your mother wasn't in pain. After my dad was in the hospital after the first day (he broke his femur) at 91, he was in a lot of pain. He went down hill pretty fast and I went from them talking to me about his rehabilitation to preparing for the worse in less...

I'm old because when I read these "news stories" online, I get confused and can't figure out who is married to who, and sometimes even what their sex is about the person making the news!! Apparently the suspect is a "switch hitter" is what I can make of it... (married to a man, then a woman?)...

It's my phone, but still like it as first time I got a sunrise with some stars in the pic. Taken yesterday morning around 06:40.

WRONG... Even I know it's "As posted on X, formerly known as Twitter" LMAO Every time I see that I wonder why they even changed the name to begin with.

Do what everyone else does, see what you can get for it...

You know you're old when you think your having trust issues with your wife because you asked her if she threw something of your clothes out, because they're at least 15 years old and should be at goodwill by now, because she keeps saying they "need to go". She didn't throw them out, I just...

Out in the garden the other year It's kind of funny when some people stop over our house now as we put a couple of feeders outside the front door so my wife can sit on the porch for tea and watch them. Generally get a bunch, and when people are walking to our front door they'll jump when...

We ended up putting in a skylight on the house yawning because overtime, the water coming though that opening, built there for sunlight coming into the house I guess) when it was raining was killing the T-1-11 siding hitting brick at the base of the house). What ended up happening though when...

I always get a kick out of watching "All The Presidents Men" to show what they had to do without technology when it came to writing a story and covering their butts.

I always enjoyed his columns. Will look into it. I can always catch the local news on my phone worse case. What I really would like to find is a place is to read daily comic strips LOL My local newspaper keeps cutting them down and the few they added are older ones that I really never...

You know your getting old when you watch TV at night and you can watch an entire commercial and you have no clue what they're selling...

Last November spent a week in Tahoe with the wife. Don't normally hurt, but long story short, went to the emergency room out there due to some very severe neck pain (never experienced before in my life). Emergency room visit was actually nice. Only two hours total time. They only did some...

Thanks for that. I actually forgot about Dave Barry. Dad got me reading Art Buchwald and mom got me reading Erma Bombeck. Dave Barry kind of replaced both for me after both Mr. Buchwald and Mrs. Bombeck died. Local newspapers kind of suck now. Locally over $3 per paper ($4 on Sunday), when I...

Old school actor. Born dirt poor from a coal mining family, served his country and made something with his life. I always liked him growing up as a kid because my dad liked him. He changed his last name so people could actually pronounce it (it like my dads family did LOL).

Monday go in to talk to a doctor about a shoulder replacement. Knew it had to be done 15 years ago, but told I'm a bad candidate because I can live with the pain. Talk to a guy recently who had one done, and he tells me the replacement is better for a good time past 10 years. Was told 18...

On my first colonoscopy I asked if they had to put me completely under, and they said yes. There were nice enough however to save the pictures and they gave them to me. They're on a memory stick somewhere, but can't find them. I'll have to see if they if they'll be gracious enough to share the...

My only one and I was out a light (made it to 9 counting backwards LOL). I wasn't out though for a cystoscopy though. Should have seen my eyes when the doctor was explaining the procedure. They did offer me some some valium, and I asked them how many could they give me LOL During the...

Just had to schedule my second colonoscopy from my first one 10 years ago. Take my $1.50 dollar tree 2.0 magnification reading glasses off, I'm not reading anything. Need the reading glasses more than the hearing aids for work.

Luckily he picked up my odd sense of humor, although this one is pretty straight forward. Still finds it humorous...

FYI, after spending 2 weeks out there in 2023 and another week out there in 2024, for the small amount of the local population I was exposed to and talked with, everyone seemed to have the same basic gun views as myself. Can't say I met a Californian I didn't like (that said, only spent a half...

98 T-100 for me, still have it. Bought it used with 65K on it back around 2004 (move up from my older V6 manual tacoma regular cab because I got married with a wife that had a big yellow lab LOL). After kids, truck sits under the shed the most of the time (little over 235K now). Love hate...

When we were there in 2023 for our family vacation they were out as well. I really wouldn't mind moving out there, but it's California LOL!

You're spot on 100% Luckily, as a family we've done pretty well IMO. I know a woman from our old church who lost a 17 year old daughter from an accident a couple of years ago. She's on medications and still hasn't done well over the last couple of years. I have no qualms about talking about...

I really wish my son would have explained to us that he was on an "open contract" basically allowing the military to put him in any job they wanted, but I do think he was mislead by his original recruiter and he didn't even realize it himself at the time (but figured it out after he was at his...

Every death of a child is different, but so similar in a way in the pain a parent feels no matter what the cause. At first, you don't think anyone can know the pain. Then you come to understand that no matter what the circumstances are, sometimes I can't believe what other parents must go...

Either way, Will Rogers said "if there are no dogs in Heaven, when I die I want to go where they went" and I'm fine with that as well ;) It's a win win...