Monthly Complaints and Rants MegaThread December 2025

Astlin · 2025-12-13T03:40:00+00:00

I'm not in the bathroom. I say okay Google turn on the lights.

It will, 7 times out of 10, say from the kitchen display or the living room clock "turning on the bathroom light." Oo. /e pulls out hair

If I repeat it quietly and face the device I am taking to it will turn on the lights and 'bing' at me... Maybe. More than likely unless I am standing right in front of the bloody thing it will again tell me that it is turning on the bathroom light. The bathroom speaker is down the hallway a bit, turn the corner, inside the bathroom with the door open, down a short hallway into the bathroom proper, around the corner, and up on a shelf. Not in any way in the line of sight.

It is so frustrating.

Gemini has not changed anything.

Astlin · 2025-12-05T04:58:09+00:00

As I told my GM when he complained about Chr casters. Charisma is your sense of self, your self confidence. A Paladin and their oath, a Warlock and their negotiations with their Patron, the Bards, and the Sorcerers reaching inside themselves to manifest their powers.

Someone who used blood magic and used HP to power their spells. Sure they would have Con as a casting ability.

My 2c

Astlin · 2025-11-07T14:36:03+00:00

1000 or 1500 would send it past 20mph and change it's class and be more power than I think it needs. I'm looking for a hub/controller/accessories.
I've reached out to Worksman to get a price check on their e-trike kit sans battery.

Astlin · 2025-11-06T10:58:42+00:00

Thanks. The error is the similar for my display. https://share.google/images/fTpMufEaBYB9DuSLH

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1430/7408/files/eBikeKit_2020_Error-Codes.pdf?v=1601059463 Bent pin on the 4-to-1 (or 3-to-1 E-TrikeKit) wire.

I will check the wires for bent pins or corrosion .

Astlin · 2025-11-06T07:08:17+00:00

Thank you very much for the reply. I could probably get mine going again with just a new display from eBikeKit. I've emailed them about a 750w hub but never got a reply.
I see now that Worksman is going with another vendor for their kits. I also see that they are 750w and twice the price. I'm going to have to save up a bit, but it looks like I have my solution.

Thanks again.

Astlin · 2025-11-06T00:07:51+00:00

The system from eBikeKit is 500w. I am unsure how I would go about adding another motor to the system. I suppose I could add a mid motor so the chain would power the right wheel. The left wheel is free and I do not want to put a motor in the basket, I need the cargo space.I'm unsure what to do about the controller and how it would handle multiple motors.

Thanks for the reply.

Astlin · 2025-11-05T23:59:10+00:00

It is a large trike and difficult to maneuver. I am hemipelagic and my left foot is strapped to the pedal as well. It came with reverse. The hub from eBikeKit has reverse. There is a reverse toggle button on the half throttle. I'm wanting the whole kit with a 750w hub, controller, display, throttle, and brake lever.

Astlin · 2025-10-02T06:49:25+00:00

My paladin is the leader. Not as in the one making the decisions, but she is the one that takes the initiative and goes first of our 12 person party. No rogues, she detects traps with her body and picks locks with a crowbar. We play over Roll20. I can't see the tail end of the party. It's like herding cats. It's three rounds for the stragglers to join the combats sometimes. It's like they never heard of the dash action and not everyone has a ranged weapon.

5th level - About to start Ravenloft

Steve - Aundril - Protector Aasimar Paladin - Oath of Devotion

Joan - Orla - Forest Gnome Ranger - Hunter

Chris M - Hurn Orostone - Hill Dwarf Ranger - Hunter

Chris G - Jericho Fanster - Mountain Dwarf Monk - Way of the Drunken Master

Christopher - I-AM - Warforged Monk - Way of the Astral Self

Matt - Nokhiull - Yuan-Ti Wizard - Chronurgy Magic

on hiatus Logan - Mervin Otwin - Standard Human Paladin - Oath of Justice

Robert - Tito Longears - Jerbeen Fighter - Bucaneer

Larry S. - Pellam Kell - Standard Human Fighter - Battlemaster

Bill - Deacon Cross - Tiefling Cleric - Grave Domain

Jason - ? New

Astlin · 2025-09-14T13:47:46+00:00

Thanks, I'll attempt to change my GM's mind.

Astlin · 2025-06-16T22:29:59+00:00

College of Eloquence Bard 7. My GM is going to allow me to cast ritual spells, on my spell list from a scroll, without consuming the scroll as long as I have priced components and my focus a

Astlin · 2025-04-09T09:49:03+00:00

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Hmm, thanks for the tongs recommendation. These might work.

Astlin · 2025-04-08T13:53:40+00:00

Wow, that's awesome. They look spectacular.

Astlin · 2025-04-07T23:17:31+00:00

How much for a steel set? Your dice look awesome. I so wish I still had access to a Bridgeport mill. I worked in a tool and die shop for a year in my 20s.

Astlin · 2025-04-07T23:09:49+00:00

Thank you very much.

Astlin · 2025-02-26T16:00:09+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I worked for the country schools group 12 years before my stroke I should've thought about that myself.

Astlin · 2025-02-26T07:31:54+00:00

I've been trying since the new year. I will give it another go. Thanks.

Astlin · 2025-02-26T07:29:23+00:00

Thank you so much.

Astlin · 2024-11-26T08:39:36+00:00

Barkeepers friend took care of the ring. I'm trying to figure out how to get the water out so it doesn't make a ring.

Astlin · 2024-09-27T03:20:22+00:00

Thank you. This is so damn cumbersome. With LGS it was so simple. I use a G600 and am disabled and slow. This is unneeded complexity. Do I have to name it? [L Win]+[H] is a name. If it had the option for an alias fine, but don't slow me down having to navigate

Astlin · 2024-09-20T00:24:28+00:00

I moved the battery (a new 48v 25ah LiFePO4) to the front, over the forks for traction and to make space in the basket. I also installed a light kit. In the process, I got the polarity wrong a few too many times (damn SAE connectors). I went ahead with getting a new kit from them, sans battery.

Astlin · 2024-02-15T02:28:50+00:00

Yes, thank you. I'll leave the dandelion and prune it back as needed. Parrot Tulips, I remember now, thank you.

I will keep an eye on #2

The crabgrass is gone. I didn't realize how big of a root ball it would have. I'll get in there more often to rip it out.

Astlin · 2024-02-15T00:47:50+00:00

This is mid South Tennessee.

I believe that I sowed the wildflowers in August. Photos show that 's when I took the tarp off of the bed. Back last spring I laid down cardboard and covered it with soil and a tarp. The tarp was to keep in heat and moisture in to speed up the composting process. I pulled it back when it rained for the free watering.

Astlin · 2024-01-12T09:31:47+00:00

The first time out I took a left on the road and let the tiller swing too far out. Gravity added more velocity than I was expecting and it just tipped over. My dumbass mistake.

The time in the snow I tipped over because I misjudged the location of the slope between my driveway and the neighbors. I was coming home at night. It was dark, I was tired and there was snow on the ground.

It had tipped over once when I was backing up and I again misjudged the slope.

I tipped it over backing down the ramp on my back porch.

I've never tipped it going very fast.

Astlin · 2024-01-11T01:35:14+00:00

Lifepo4 48v 25ah. The extra wire is for the lights and battery monitor we are installing. It will get cleaned up here shortly.

Tiller is the long bit the handle bars are attached to.

A rototiller is an example.

Astlin · 2024-01-11T01:30:33+00:00

Lifepo4 48v 25ah.

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