In reply to KyAllroad:
On the bright side, by then you may be feeling better! 
In reply to KyAllroad:
On the bright side, by then you may be feeling better!
Who decided that black should be the signal wire, and Grey the ground? Black is always the berkeleying ground!!!!
A very drunk guy showed up on my front porch at around 1 AM relentlessly ringing the doorbell.
It was the first time I have ever had my gun at the ready position in real life. It turned out really well, though. The dude had a really bad day, and I helped make it better. I ended up helping him call for a ride home and sitting with him talking about his day for a while.
His reaction was precious on the phone with his sister "I just showed up at this guys door and I am pretty sure he's pissed because he has a pistol"
I wasn't pissed. It actually was pretty enjoyable.
What's the rant?
I never heard back from the guy. I asked him to stay in touch about some serious stuff he shared, but it's all crickets now. Hope he's OK out there.
Dusterbd13 wrote: Who decided that black should be the signal wire, and Grey the ground? Black is always the berkeleying ground!!!!
except in american houses and British cars...
Yay, the bluetooth in my headunit is dying. Haven't even had it for a year. Refurb JVC R910BT from crutchfield. Guess I get to start shopping for a new unit. That's a shame too, I really liked the million color options.
tuna55 wrote: A very drunk guy showed up on my front porch at around 1 AM relentlessly ringing the doorbell. It was the first time I have ever had my gun at the ready position in real life. It turned out really well, though. The dude had a really bad day, and I helped make it better. I ended up helping him call for a ride home and sitting with him talking about his day for a while. His reaction was precious on the phone with his sister "I just showed up at this guys door and I am pretty sure he's pissed because he has a pistol" I wasn't pissed. It actually was pretty enjoyable. What's the rant? I never heard back from the guy. I asked him to stay in touch about some serious stuff he shared, but it's all crickets now. Hope he's OK out there.
He may not even remember being there, much less how to get back there.
We had that happen one night. The guy had been out drinking with friends, who took him the end of our road and rolled him. We offered to call the cops, at which point he got unhappy because he would be in violation of his probation. He stumbled off heading up the road. A deputy pulled into our driveway a little later and I could hear over his radio, disturbance at 106 Wellington, disturbance 104 Wellington, disturbance 102 Wellington over his radio. This guy was knocking on every door as he was going up the road.
spitfirebill wrote:tuna55 wrote: A very drunk guy showed up on my front porch at around 1 AM relentlessly ringing the doorbell. It was the first time I have ever had my gun at the ready position in real life. It turned out really well, though. The dude had a really bad day, and I helped make it better. I ended up helping him call for a ride home and sitting with him talking about his day for a while. His reaction was precious on the phone with his sister "I just showed up at this guys door and I am pretty sure he's pissed because he has a pistol" I wasn't pissed. It actually was pretty enjoyable. What's the rant? I never heard back from the guy. I asked him to stay in touch about some serious stuff he shared, but it's all crickets now. Hope he's OK out there.He may not even remember being there, much less how to get back there. We had that happen one night. The guy had been out drinking with friends, who took him the end of our road and rolled him. We offered to call the cops, at which point he got unhappy because he would be in violation of his probation. He stumbled off heading up the road. A deputy pulled into our driveway a little later and I could hear over his radio, disturbance at 106 Wellington, disturbance 104 Wellington, disturbance 102 Wellington over his radio. This guy was knocking on every door as he was going up the road.
I have been bugging the sister asking about him too, she seemed sober.
spitfirebill wrote:tuna55 wrote: A very drunk guy showed up on my front porch at around 1 AM relentlessly ringing the doorbell. It was the first time I have ever had my gun at the ready position in real life. It turned out really well, though. The dude had a really bad day, and I helped make it better. I ended up helping him call for a ride home and sitting with him talking about his day for a while. His reaction was precious on the phone with his sister "I just showed up at this guys door and I am pretty sure he's pissed because he has a pistol" I wasn't pissed. It actually was pretty enjoyable. What's the rant? I never heard back from the guy. I asked him to stay in touch about some serious stuff he shared, but it's all crickets now. Hope he's OK out there.He may not even remember being there, much less how to get back there. We had that happen one night. The guy had been out drinking with friends, who took him the end of our road and rolled him. We offered to call the cops, at which point he got unhappy because he would be in violation of his probation. He stumbled off heading up the road. A deputy pulled into our driveway a little later and I could hear over his radio, disturbance at 106 Wellington, disturbance 104 Wellington, disturbance 102 Wellington over his radio. This guy was knocking on every door as he was going up the road.
Had to double check both of your locations to make sure it wasn't me in my younger years.
My Facebook feed is filled with stuff about people who are proud of how their American flag offends their neighbors.
That sounds like a made up problem, but it is a common theme.
Where are these Americans who are offended by people who put up American flags? Is there a group? A club? A straw man?
My daughter was supposed to spend the weekend with her grandmother so my wife and I could spend time together for our anniversary. She did not finish her chores, and we told her that if she didn't, when would have to stay home until she did.
Being a parent of a child that is testing limits sucks.
Dusterbd13 wrote: My daughter was supposed to spend the weekend with her grandmother so my wife and I could spend time together for our anniversary. She did not finish her chores, and we told her that if she didn't, when would have to stay home until she did. Being a parent of a child that is testing limits sucks.
I have a 13 year old daughter that is the same. Channel the energy into good stuff and you'll find these kids will do great things in life.
My daughter needs to feel she is in charge of stuff so we find ways to help her think/feel she's In charge. Make her think she came up with "the idea".
She's really a good kid. She just decided to play and read all day, despite reminders. I couldn't ask for a better munchkin, which makes this all the more rant worthy. She never has this much trouble doing her chores. But after spending part of the week with her younger cousin visiting, we're struggling with her not listening or following the rules or not doing chores. I thought we had worked past this.
Mike wrote: My Facebook feed is filled with stuff about people who are proud of how their American flag offends their neighbors. That sounds like a made up problem, but it is a common theme. Where are these Americans who are offended by people who put up American flags? Is there a group? A club? A straw man?
Generally known as HOA's.
If your chromebook starts intermittently acting up, eventually only throwing the "recover me" screen, hit TAB at said screen, if it says some stuff about no bootable media, make sure the hard drive/SSD is plugged in tight. Only took me a few hours to figure that one out.
Hal wrote:Mike wrote: My Facebook feed is filled with stuff about people who are proud of how their American flag offends their neighbors. That sounds like a made up problem, but it is a common theme. Where are these Americans who are offended by people who put up American flags? Is there a group? A club? A straw man?Generally known as HOA's.
So it's the equivalent of having a Sears' Wishbook worth of playground equipment in the front yard of said home in conformityville then when the HOA fines you for it, you whine "YORE OPPRESSING ME CAUSE I GOT CHILDREN".
Or even shorter, they are deeply confused as to the issue. It's not the content, it's the fact that there is anything there at all.
Dusterbd13 wrote: Who decided that black should be the signal wire, and Grey the ground? Black is always the berkeleying ground!!!!
This is what wiring diagrams are for.
I think it must be a DIN spec that brown is ground. It's standard for VWAG and seems like BMW too.
For Mazda, black is positive and black with white tracer is ground. Black with other colored tracer is a controlled ground. Usually.
GM... actually goes have cross-platform color standardization but it seems to be something you need to memorize by rote. Black with white tracer seems to be common for grounds, but sometimes it is gray. Pink is always ignition switched hot and orange is constant hot, at least...
People..... 
My wife's friend got in a fender bender that was the other guy's fault. The other guy's insurance company is giving her a run around and she's stuck driving a car that the driver's door won't open and close so she has to keep climbing in through the passenger side. I've not dealt with this sort of thing enough to really know how it all works, but I've told my wife to tell her friend to get the 800 number for the other guy's insurance company's claims department and tell them they need to pony up for a rental.
But since the other guy was driving a company car while working for a local auto dealership service department, the insurance is apparently through Aon, who doesn't appear to set up to deal with actually handling claims for things that don't involve major weather events or (apparently) political collapse of third-world nations. She says that they've managed to stall her for two weeks now without even assigning an adjuster. As much as I hate to hate on the spectre of the "big bad insurance company", they're really starting to live up to their stereotype.
One snow flake, ONE FLAKE, and every driver has lost their berkeleying minds or has gone into limp mode. Make sure you don't turn on your headlights.
Dusterbd13 wrote: She's really a good kid. She just decided to play and read all day, despite reminders. I couldn't ask for a better munchkin, which makes this all the more rant worthy. She never has this much trouble doing her chores. But after spending part of the week with her younger cousin visiting, we're struggling with her not listening or following the rules or not doing chores. I thought we had worked past this.
sometimes our daughter is in her own world - sometimes I don't care because I know the stress and anxiety in life will get her some day so why not let her linger in her childhood a little. she gets lost in a book? not the worst thing I guess.
wae wrote: My wife's friend got in a fender bender that was the other guy's fault. The other guy's insurance company is giving her a run around and she's stuck driving a car that the driver's door won't open and close so she has to keep climbing in through the passenger side. I've not dealt with this sort of thing enough to really know how it all works, but I've told my wife to tell her friend to get the 800 number for the other guy's insurance company's claims department and tell them they need to pony up for a rental. But since the other guy was driving a company car while working for a local auto dealership service department, the insurance is apparently through Aon, who doesn't appear to set up to deal with actually handling claims for things that don't involve major weather events or (apparently) political collapse of third-world nations. She says that they've managed to stall her for two weeks now without even assigning an adjuster. As much as I hate to hate on the spectre of the "big bad insurance company", they're really starting to live up to their stereotype.
Why is she dealing with them directly? Sick her insurance on them and between the two she'll get her rental. Either her insurance will get it for her and bill his insurance, or they'll chase down his insurance and get her a rental. This is exactly what she's paying insurance for.
In reply to wae: This is when she should file a claim with her insurance company and get them to go after his.
Wife's gone and I'm unmotivated to do anything and I have a butt load of stuff that needs to be done. Premium garage time and I'm slumped over in a chair.
In reply to Datsun310Guy:
+1
In reply to Duke:
Yep, that's what I told her. I believe she's given them a call by now so hopefully this will come to resolution quickly.
Of course she also called one of the fifty lawyers that sent her a letter. She picked "the one that seemed the nicest" and met with him under the premise of "I'm not hurt but can you get my car fixed for me". Oddly enough, he sent her to a chiropractor that he knows.
It's hard not to shake people and scream at them sometimes.
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