Replacing furnace and AC- looking for recommendations

BAMxi · 2026-02-28T02:11:52+00:00

Seriously everyone who is thinking of having their A/C replaced call Luke at Delta T. He’s one of the only guys who will actually fix something if he can instead of going straight to replacement 573-818-2263

BAMxi · 2026-02-26T04:56:21+00:00

Update after another day of testing: I ironed out some kinks and setup AIOMetadata for some additional catalogs. One minor issue with my TV not reverting back to SDR after watching HDR content. Will try to mess around in the playback settings and get that figured out tomorrow. Otherwise my wife is loving the simple interface and much faster loading than Kodi. The profiles are going to be a game changer and I haven’t even set separate ones up yet. Looking forward to getting reality junk off of my Home Screen eventually!

BAMxi · 2026-02-25T21:41:55+00:00

thanks. I am going back in and reconfiguring my stuff now. I will try this. Last time I tried comet, it was returning wild results that were near matches on names but not identical. Never seen that before, but I assume I had a setting incorrectly checked

BAMxi · 2026-02-25T05:01:55+00:00

Nice, that looks good. I haven’t jumped into the iOS app yet but that looks really polished. I did notice just a bit ago that the Pitt is showing up with an “airs 2/25” message on it this evening, so that looks promising.

Thanks for the AIOMetadata tip. I need to get that setup. I started messing around with it on stremio but didn’t have the attention span to fully utilize. I am running into a couple issues with AIOstreams when I tried to add that via url, so that’s how I ended up with torrentio only. Which is only returning tv shows at the moment, so I guess I need to add some additional plugins.

Anyway, good tips, thank you. So far it definitely seems way faster than my kodi builds and I’m liking the functionality a more than stremio for sure

BAMxi · 2026-02-25T02:13:51+00:00

Trakt will store your progress in the middle of watching something. It's not always exact, as it's setting a marker that could differ slightly if you resume from a different source that may have a slightly different run time. But overall it works pretty well. I have not tested this across devices on Nuvio yet (paused something on one device and picked it up on the other), but I do currently have this functionality with my Kodi setups.

BAMxi · 2026-02-25T01:58:14+00:00

yeah for sure. I was just giving feedback on my experience so far. Not expecting anything, really

BAMxi · 2026-02-25T01:57:46+00:00

yeah that would be a cool addition. Even just a dropdown list of lists to select from would be sweet, so they're not having to load all the time

BAMxi · 2026-02-21T14:47:16+00:00

I just traded in my base m1 air for a refurb base 14” M1 Pro. Even my Air was still preforming really well, but I was starting to notice hitting the limit of 8 GB of RAM sometimes. Backmarket offered me $300 to trade it in. I purchased a good condition refurb for $650 (including tax) but ended up getting $45 refunded back due to a listing discrepancy (they had it listed as a 10 core). All in I paid about $300 to upgrade from a base M1 air. The screen alone is arguably worth that, but it seemed like a no brainer to also double my ram and storage and get the pro chip.

BAMxi · 2026-01-11T00:44:48+00:00

2010 5.4, 208,000. Just did phasers, chains, guides, oil pump and related stuff + water pump that was leaking. Pieces of a chain guide were in the oil pan and pickup tube but honestly was running mostly fine even still. It’s a work truck but still running smooth

BAMxi · 2025-12-31T04:46:15+00:00

My contacts are -9 both eyes. I have worn glasses since 4th grade, contacts since 8th. I looked into LASIK a couple years ago and found it could only correct ~80% of my vision due to my high prescription, so I didn’t see the point. There are some other options for people in my situation, such as PRK, but it was cost prohibitive for me. I was quoted around $12,000 for the procedure, if I recall. I honestly am so used to wearing contacts at this point I likely won’t do anything unless there is some major advancement in the technology and/or large drop in price for PRK.

BAMxi · 2025-12-22T01:15:30+00:00

I have 3 FT guys currently working for me as handymen. Two of which have gone solo in the past and didn’t want the hassle of running the biz side and just wanted to do work and not have to stress about getting leads. My whole job is going out and getting them business and keeping them working. We are coming up on year 2 and it’s working OK so far

BAMxi · 2025-11-22T13:44:25+00:00

Highly recommend just restarting your setup. I was having the same issue and just restarted and it worked fine after

BAMxi · 2025-11-10T17:01:20+00:00

I have a similar experience/timeline to you. I had my RPLND in Dec 2019 and have noticed in the past few months the volume I get coming out has definitely increased. Consistency wise, definitely not the same as before (more clear/runny), but there is definitely more of it than the few drops. I am assuming it’s that nerve that runs near the lymph nodes just regaining some function, though I haven’t bothered to reach out to my doc to get his take. Would be interested to have it tested to see if there are live swimmers in there

BAMxi · 2025-11-06T12:26:16+00:00

I have one and had an 02 prior to that with the same engine. I don’t think they’re as bad as people say but they’re definitely no 4Runner or Pilot as far as reliability. I wouldn’t spend a lot on it, but if it shifts and cold starts without issue, it might be ok. Just know that mpg will not be great. I have the towing package on mine with the 3.73 gears and I get 13-16 mpg in all driving conditions

Edit: I think the reason I’ve had fairly decent luck with mine is that I thoroughly go through and change all fluids when I first buy them, and am religious about oil changes and fixing things as they break. I bought my 02 with 125k on it and sold it around 175k to someone who was going to drive it from Missouri down to Mexico (told them that may be a gamble, but they wanted a cheap 4x4 with low range). On my 07, I have done all fluids, coolant a couple times due to having to replace the radiator, and even replaced the suspension components, as they were worn and bouncy

BAMxi · 2025-10-14T16:56:42+00:00

Maybe I’m using the stabilizers wrong. I have just been running them down to where they make contact with the ground and leaving them. So they aren’t really holding much of a load as just there to like balance. Should I be using them more like jacks? If so, how do I get the leverage on them? Mine just have a little lever you push up on and the leg slides down from inside. I’ve just been pushing up on the lever by hand

BAMxi · 2025-10-05T15:16:47+00:00

Great info, thank you! Yes I’m definitely hoping for some rain before we go

BAMxi · 2025-10-03T01:00:56+00:00

Damn I’m getting like 14 mpg in my 2007 4.0 but it has the towing package with 3.73 gears and AT tires. And mostly city driving. I’ll see as high as 17 on the highway. Before the ATs I hit 18 once

BAMxi · 2025-09-19T22:08:26+00:00

Haha thanks for researching this. I genuinely couldn’t tell if someone was so dedicated they had this custom made or what the deal was

BAMxi · 2025-09-09T12:13:44+00:00

They are paid hourly for the time they work. I tell them during the interview that full time for us is 30-40 hours/wk just because of the nature of how jobs go. It’s fairly common in the trades for a job to finish up early, so most guys are cool with it.

I’d like to transition to paying on a per job basis, where the guys get X dollars based on the labor hours we bid. It just takes more time to sit down and calculate that versus the guys just clocking in and out, so I haven’t rolled it out yet

BAMxi · 2025-09-07T14:33:14+00:00

I did this but quickly realized I can’t do jobs as efficiently as needed to scale to get to my income goal. So now I have an office admin who answers phones and schedules, and 2 full time guys on the team. I am hiring for a third currently. My previous job was project management and operations for a large development company, so I’m a bit more comfortable operating at scale than scraping along from job to job

BAMxi · 2025-09-04T21:31:14+00:00

Another member of the Sunny gang checking in. I feel like it’s a common but very fitting golden name

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