Cut the Cord and switched to an Antenna for TV

[goeduck]

I'm not even going to ask why they're charging her for storm runoff (I totally don't "get" California), but do they actually meter the storm drains? Are you responsible for any storm drains in front of your property even though they're technically on public property?

Not sure about CA, up here they do not meter it and I am sure they do not down there. They charge you because we own land and they can charge you, even in addition to county property taxes on the same land. Double taxation as I see it.

 

[MossRoad]

The volume buttons on the side of my Roku remote are for controlling the volume on the headphones that you can plug into the remote. Never tried them for volume on the TV.

 

[EddieWalker]

I'm thinking about getting a LG soundbar for better sound. My current amplifier is still very nice, but it's beyond me to figure out how to get sound to work from it with the cable from the antenna going straight to the TV

 

[s219]

I'm thinking about getting a LG soundbar for better sound. My current amplifier is still very nice, but it's beyond me to figure out how to get sound to work from it with the cable from the antenna going straight to the TV

No audio output on the back of the TV? That will be the place that the audio is split out from the TV signal and made available for hookup to a stereo, powered speakers, etc.

 

[MossRoad]

I'm thinking about getting a LG soundbar for better sound. My current amplifier is still very nice, but it's beyond me to figure out how to get sound to work from it with the cable from the antenna going straight to the TV

If you post the make and model of your TV, we can probably find a manual on-line, find a pic of the inputs and outputs, and figure it out with you. If you get a soundbar, you're gonna have to hook it up to the TV as well, correct?

 

[ultrarunner]

I'm not even going to ask why they're charging her for storm runoff (I totally don't "get" California), but do they actually meter the storm drains? Are you responsible for any storm drains in front of your property even though they're technically on public property?

It is a fee based on square footage of the parcel... so 5000 city lot is one thing... acreage adds up...

 

[goeduck]

I sold a house in the big city up here and while the house was on the market the base bill for no water unless someone flushed the toilet was $250 a month. Sewer, water, storm water run off. Crazy!

The lot was tiny, 63 ft x 150 ft and the stormwater runoff fee was $80 month alone if I recall correctly.

I looked this up and have to correct myself. It was a 2 month bill. So $125 a month for zero usage. Still a lot for a base rate on a tiny lot. The bill had water, sewer (a function of water usage) and stormwater runoff.

 

[TractorGuy]

I'm thinking about getting a LG soundbar for better sound. My current amplifier is still very nice, but it's beyond me to figure out how to get sound to work from it with the cable from the antenna going straight to the TV

I have the Vizio sound bar with the sub woofer and surround speakers. I really like the sound quality connected to my Vizio TV with the optical cable. The sound bar connects to the sub woofer via bluetooth but the surround speakers are wired to the sub woofer. Cuts down on having long wires between the sound bar and woofer/surround speakers.

 

[ultrarunner]

We have a city fee of $40 for the city owned mains... a treatment fee... account fee, flow fee and tiered usage fee... oh, I forgot the save the Bay environmental fee...

The last house on my street IS on septic... one of a handful in the city... built in 1940 and more than a 1000 yards from a line...

There is also another home on the road coming up that is one well water... predates city water but is on sewer when it came in early 50's...

Oh… if you have well with city water there is annual backflow device testing added...

 

[goeduck]

I also owned a house that had a septic tank that was originally in the county, then annexed to the city. The city did not have a main run down the street since they took it over from the county but forced all of the houses on the street to pay sewer fees because that was the policy/law. I was an out of town owner so I could not very well fight it other than by letter and phone. The neighbors went to the city council meetings but got nowhere. Promises to look into it, but nothing happened. Bureaucracy. I since sold the house.