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re: Deep scratch in truck

Posted by Wilson on 6/22/26 at 12:26 pm to
What are the scratched panels made of? Steel, aluminum, plastic?
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re: Deep scratch in truck

Posted by Wilson on 6/21/26 at 5:42 am to
I would either get a Duplicolor pen to temporarily cover it so that it doesn't rust or at the very least cover it with some painters tape.
I thought that truck looked familiar.

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re: Old House Reno....Insulation Issue

Posted by Wilson on 6/19/26 at 2:19 pm to
How many square feet is it? I assume it's one story?

re: Western Digital WDC

Posted by Wilson on 6/18/26 at 2:31 pm to
I got in a few months ago at $250. That was after I heard that they were sold out through 2026. It's been great since then.

re: PC freezes shortly after startup

Posted by Wilson on 6/18/26 at 1:51 pm to
Is there a reason you ran chkdsk /f and not chkdsk /r ?
They really should change the laws in the US to mandate minimum wage for servers. The restaurants will have to increase their prices to compensate but then the tip will actually be for good service and not just subsidizing their wages. The whole system is bass ackwards. There's too much room for someone to get screwed.
Franchise agreements are so skewed in favor of the franchisor, that they can basically do whatever they want to their franchisees. I just went through this and no matter how right you are, they can always find a way to screw you if they want to. They have all the power and it's pretty sickening.

A lot of franchised companies are also dealing with corporate getting bought out by private equity. Then everything becomes about growing as fast as they can and their turnover becomes atrocious. You become a very small cog in a very large wheel.
You might have to get quotes from a bunch of HVAC companies before you find one that actually knows what their doing and actually gives a shite. 90% of them don't.
With floors that old, I'd be worried that the closed cell foam is going to cause flooring issues. I hope not, but Paul Lagrange always has people calling into his home improvement show because of buckled floors after sprayed insulation. I'd want to get the HVAC issues figured out first in case you need to add any returns or whatever else under the house. Probably too late at this point.
We just rescued 4 babies out of a hollow tree in my yard in Metairie. They have a couple of wildlife rehabilitators down here that take them.

Got to play with a one about toddler age one time and it was pretty cool. The lady said they are unbelievably mischievous and get into everything.
What do y'all think is going to happen with other space stocks, such as ASTS? I'm guessing they will go up in advance of the ipo and I'm contemplating selling my shares right before. Then I can lock in my gains and sit out for a bit and wait for things to settle down. Am I thinking about it wrong?

re: House generator

Posted by Wilson on 6/4/26 at 5:51 pm to
No matter what you do, get a soft starter for your HVAC. Micro-Air is the top brand with good customer service, but I've also seen a few new brands on the market recently. It can get your wattage requirements down to where most houses with one air conditioner can run off of a large portable generator (10,000-15,000 watts).

re: XLM - Stellar Lumens

Posted by Wilson on 6/3/26 at 12:20 pm to
I will say what Stellar is doing in Bermuda is interesting. It looks like they're trying to make it an alternative currency for the country. The reasoning is that they're paying 3-5% in credit card processing fees to a company outside of Bermuda. They want to keep that money in country and I guess using Stellar will let them do that. This is the first time using crypto has actually made sense to me (other than using it to buy drugs).

I am curious though why they didn't pick a more stable coin that doesn't really fluctuate much, but I'm sure there's a reason that's probably above my level of comprehension.
Crap, I don't know how I missed this one. I've been trying to stay on top of y'alls recommendations. TD-Money has been incredibly helpful (and profitable) for me the last few months. Thanks guys!
How do you go public with a company that has 5 million in sales (ELVA in 2018, no telling what it had in 2008), or am I reading that wrong?
I know their real potential is in commercial applications, but has anyone used their song identifying app recently? It used to be awesome, but now it has become unusable. It just flat out doesn't work anymore. I can't bring myself to buy it because of this.

re: ASTS, meme stock or real stock?

Posted by Wilson on 5/11/26 at 6:09 pm to
And it's down 10% in after hours trading.

re: Search For An Attorney

Posted by Wilson on 5/7/26 at 8:43 pm to
Doing it yourself in small claims court is probably your only option.
I think they get away with a lot of their crap because they're in international waters and there's really no one in Antarctica to stop them.