musicman1026

re: You tube tv clarity is horrible

Posted by musicman1026 on 9/25/23 at 11:26 am

I had a terrible picture with my Samsung TV when using the downloaded YouTube TV app. I plugged in my 4k Apple TV and started streaming through it and it was significantly better. I'm guessing (in my case) the tv just doesn't have the computing power to stream in HD constantly. ...

Tank's Walk Off on Wake Forest Radio

Posted by musicman1026 on 6/23/23 at 8:41 am

He sounded so defeated. I love it. Scroll to about 3:22:00 [link=(https://godeacs.com/watch?Archive=3468&type=Archive)]LINK[/link] "Not a bunt situation here" "Deacs are 4-4 all-time in extra-inning games in the NCAA tournament" - MAKE THAT 4-5! Geaux Tigers...

Tiger Rant

re: Looking for Financial/Life Advice

Posted by musicman1026 on 5/17/23 at 6:02 pm

[quote]What line of business are you in?[/quote] I'm in business-to-business sales. ...

re: Looking for Financial/Life Advice

Posted by musicman1026 on 5/17/23 at 6:01 pm

[quote]Your wife needs stay home[/quote] Until she can return to work? or until the kids are school-age? ...

re: Looking for Financial/Life Advice

Posted by musicman1026 on 5/17/23 at 6:00 pm

[quote] public school system[/quote] She does. Certainly looking forward to that when she puts in her 20 years. ...

re: Looking for Financial/Life Advice

Posted by musicman1026 on 5/17/23 at 4:57 pm

[quote]I just saw where the credit card 0% until next year. OP, you need to figure out how to pay all $9k back before January[/quote] End of next year. Not this coming Jan. It will be due December 24'...

re: Looking for Financial/Life Advice

Posted by musicman1026 on 5/17/23 at 4:37 pm

[quote]What are your working hours? [/quote] Standard 8-5...

re: Looking for Financial/Life Advice

Posted by musicman1026 on 5/17/23 at 4:37 pm

[quote]Do you have savings? Retirement?[/quote] Emergency fund savings of 2k. The wife is paying into state retirement and I have about $25,000 in my simple IRA. ...

re: Looking for Financial/Life Advice

Posted by musicman1026 on 5/17/23 at 4:33 pm

[quote] Congrats on the 2nd child.[/quote] Thanks! We are certainly excited. My wife is a music teacher so private lessons are certainly a possibility. Haven't thought about online music lessons. I'm sure there is an opportunity there. ...

re: Looking for Financial/Life Advice

Posted by musicman1026 on 5/17/23 at 4:31 pm

Take home is about 75 - 80k after taxes....

re: Looking for Financial/Life Advice

Posted by musicman1026 on 5/17/23 at 4:29 pm

[quote]sounds like some bs from the company. how many employees?[/quote] We have 4 employees including myself....

re: Looking for Financial/Life Advice

Posted by musicman1026 on 5/17/23 at 3:44 pm

Half of it is medical bills from the pregnancy from last year. The other half is crap I shouldn't have bought but at least it's 0% interest til next year. I don't have much savings. Just an emergency fund of about 2k...

re: Looking for Financial/Life Advice

Posted by musicman1026 on 5/17/23 at 3:43 pm

The goal was always to have a family, just not so close in age! ...

re: Looking for Financial/Life Advice

Posted by musicman1026 on 5/17/23 at 3:37 pm

I might have something in the works for a higher-paying position, but I'm not counting on it yet. Maybe another 15k a year if it comes through. My company is too small to offer benefits like insurance. She intends to return to teaching when the kids are old enough to go to school themselves. ...

Looking for Financial/Life Advice

Posted by musicman1026 on 5/17/23 at 3:28 pm

Married with a 1-year-old and 2nd child due in August. Both my wife and I have full-time jobs. She is a teacher and I’m in Sales Together we make about $120,000 per year. I’m about 70k and she is about 50k. After taxes and withholdings, we bring home about $7,000/m We have about 9k in credi...

re: live video of tornado hitting little rock RIGHT NOW

Posted by musicman1026 on 3/31/23 at 4:10 pm

My brother and his family are on the road to Baton Rouge today and their house is maybe a minute or two from where this tornado hit. They may be staying at my house for an extended stay! Thankful they are ok. ...

O-T Lounge

re: PA Speaker and Mic - Recommendations?

Posted by musicman1026 on 3/8/23 at 2:59 pm

What is the application? Speaking? Music? The Bose S1 Pro is great. Buy a nice Shure BLX handheld wireless system and you can't go wrong. Great sounding setup. ...

re: Mass Email

Posted by musicman1026 on 2/7/23 at 2:32 pm

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re: Mass Email

Posted by musicman1026 on 2/7/23 at 2:20 pm

I use a google sheets extension called "Mail Merge with attachments" by Digital Inspiration. Create the email you want to send in Gmail and save it as a draft. Use the mail merge extension to send a list of contacts emails automatically. I have to distribute a pdf to 500+ contacts and this is a g...