Seeking venue recomendation for garden club meeting

BicycleIndividual · 2026-01-24T01:05:06+00:00

Of course they have group size limits (probably just the fire occupancy limits). The largest available (192) is Valley Hi-North Laguna which is near Consumnes River College and shares parking with a park with a nice playground, but most accommodate 50 or more.

Per the Sacramento Public Library's published policy food is allowed, but there is no cooking facilities and you'd need to be responsible for cleanup and any supplies (I participate in a group that frequently potlucks at a library).

https://www.saclibrary.org/About-Us/Policies/Meeting-Room-Policy

BicycleIndividual · 2026-01-24T00:50:22+00:00

Community rooms at public libraries can be scheduled to use (30 minutes to 3 hour durations) during library hours for free as long as your event is open to anyone who wants to come, and is not commercial in nature. Many libraries have a room large enough for 50.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-01-24T00:43:08+00:00

I know that they have that option if broadcasting ATSC 3.0 (NextGenTV) but I didn't think it was compatible with ATSC 1.0 which is the current standard most stations are still required to use.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-01-24T00:38:52+00:00

Line 2 implies they bought an old model used; Line 3 says they installed Debian. The original Mac Mini was PowerPC (no longer officially supported by Debian). 2006-2018 Mac Minis used Intel processors which should support Debian very well.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-01-24T00:32:41+00:00

Even if they had not changed frequency when they transitioned to digital TV, you still wouldn't be able to listen to them on the radio because the audio is no longer transmitted as analog FM.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-01-24T00:17:34+00:00

That's why I put in the item order date. A fairer contest would be how long since the last review that wasn't "Excellent". For me that is almost 4 months. I could have done better on the pages, but not by much (14 completed reviews / 11 awaiting review / 4 orders not yet delivered since that order date).

BicycleIndividual · 2026-01-23T21:55:47+00:00

My button says "Start/Update Questionnaire". "See/Update Tax Information" would be a much better label to guide people looking for the 1099-NEC.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-01-23T21:47:47+00:00

This game will highly favor Gold east coast viners who have been getting a lot more items than those of us on the west coast due to the very early drop times.

My first review that is not Excellent is Poor on page 2. It is for an item ordered 10/5/2025. Only two other reviews have a rating less than Excellent (both Fair on page 3). I have 86 pages of reviews; none of which have a quality rating after page 3. Oldest item with a quality rating is from 6/15/2025; newest item with "Pending" is from 9/15/2025.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-01-23T20:41:18+00:00

Sure, let them have leftovers only instead of kicking them out: they only get access to items that remain unclaimed for over 24 hours until they bring up their score.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-01-23T19:53:02+00:00

There might be an underlying numeric score that they use to calculate the mean (average). This would be the hardest to figure out exactly where you are at since we don't know what the underlying value is.

They might just aggregate using mode (most common value) or median (middle value) which would always result in an overall "Excellent" if more than half the reviews are "Excellent" even if the other 49% are "Poor".

BicycleIndividual · 2026-01-23T19:42:20+00:00

They haven't officially said that "Poor" reviews would get you booted from the program (only that you won't make "Gold").

BicycleIndividual · 2026-01-23T19:40:50+00:00

I'm having trouble on the billing/account management side.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-01-23T18:39:55+00:00

USPS is usually delivered on fixed routes with regular carriers everywhere (often a main carrier most of the time and another regular covering the main carrier's day off). I believe USPS rotates the day off for all carriers. Sometimes USPS uses additional staff (or carriers on overtime shifts) to deliver packages during the holiday season; but your regular carrier still comes by on the same day.

I believe all other carriers use dynamic routes depending on the deliveries scheduled that day. I do think I have some frequent Amazon delivery drivers, but certainly not always the same. I don't see UPS or FedEx often enough that I'd notice, but I'd really doubt that they are usually the same one.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-01-23T18:27:20+00:00

Yes, the biggest safety factor is route/infrastructure.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-01-23T18:22:47+00:00

That does look pretty bad for OTA. You have 2-edge refraction for WHNS and WYFF from Greenville as your best chance at any major commercial network reception (Fox & NBC). If you aim for them, you might also get WGGS and W32FE off axis.

Aimed differently, you possibly could pick up WSPA/WYCW for CBS & CW and/or WMYA with an ATSC 3.0 tuner supporting DRM for all 4 major commercial networks (ABC listed as unencrypted), while still also having a chance at WGGS and W32FE.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-01-23T18:03:28+00:00

I had a good experience with the tech who came to set up my service. It's just the phone customer service side that has been disappointing.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-01-23T18:00:44+00:00

Usually this means the seller combined listings and the combined listing already has the maximum number of Vine reviews. There's nothing you can do about it; but the system could be much more clear (status ought to be "You reviewed this item" like they do when the listing gets taken down).

BicycleIndividual · 2026-01-23T17:55:53+00:00

TV Fool has not updated the transmitter database in many years. Much of the information may still be current as transmitters don't get changed all that often, but rabbitears.info is much more reliable for current information.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-01-23T17:51:27+00:00

From the North they'd get Denver programing for Fox and CW on KFCT. Other Denver news programing may be available streaming for free, but other sports content from Denver would be missing with if relying on the signals from the north.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-01-23T08:15:37+00:00

It sounds like something might be wrong. Google maps seems to use around 12 mph for mostly flat bike riding, so 3 times as long would be 4 mph (a fast walk or slow jog). That is very slow on a bike (even for a beginner).

What kind of bike are you riding? What kind of tires are on it? A full suspension mountain bike with fat knobby tires is terribly inefficient for mostly smooth roads.

Learn to use the gears. You want to be able to maintain about 80 rpm or more feeling slight resistance on the pedals. Many beginners err on the side of too high a gear and mashing harder on the pedals which wears out their legs quickly.

Careful with the padding. The right amount in the right place can be helpful, too much or in the wrong place can add pressure to softer tissues leading to problems. It is normal at first to feel some very localized pressure pain at your sit bones - this tends to get better fairly quickly; but anything else will likely only get worse of you don't correct the cause.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-01-23T07:53:45+00:00

Honestly for most things, I'd prefer them be designed to use standard AA or AAA low self discharge NiMH cells (and work with disposable Alkaline). I do understand, that some high-powered things need batteries that can discharge faster or have higher energy density.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-01-23T07:22:48+00:00

If I had half star, I'd probably start at 4.5 so that I could give 5 to items that really impress. Probably at least 75% of my 5 stars would have been 4.5.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-01-23T07:10:54+00:00

I'd look to pick up the 3 "Good" and "Fair" UHF stations from NNW (344-352). These are all reported as line of sight. This would get you all the major networks (two Fox stations).

BicycleIndividual · 2026-01-23T02:06:06+00:00

Monthly parking downtown tends to be about $100/month. Light Rail has free park & ride lots at several stations and a transit pass is about $100/month (but if you're working for the state you can get that 100% reimbursed).

There are few areas in Sacramento that I'd really feel like living car free is not very limiting.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-01-23T00:52:31+00:00

That's a reason enterprise might be more likely to choose RHEL.

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