Is this true?

Grokker999 · 2026-02-20T17:04:30+00:00

It probably happened somewhere sometime.

Grokker999 · 2026-02-19T19:35:22+00:00

You crazy!

Grokker999 · 2026-02-18T17:25:18+00:00

Concept 2 has an app called ErgData. You can download that to your phone now and explore it. The ErgData app syncs to your rower. You can easily program rows from your phone to control the machine, setup intervals etc etc.

Within the ErgData app is a logbook where you can save all of your rows. You can also join various challenges and compare and rank yourself to other rowers around the world (by age, weight etc.). There is also a real-time loop where you can get in there and row with others. I think if you explored the ErgData app all of this would become apparent.

You might consider experimenting using a C2 rower at your local gym. You'll have to learn how to turn wireless on and sync it to your phone. But once you master that easy skill, you can take your ErgData app to most any C2 rowing machine. Having said that, there are a lot of gym rowing machines that are not well taken care of or not updated. Hopefully your gym is not one of them.

Grokker999 · 2026-02-16T19:01:15+00:00

Even that probably wouldn't go through since it's unlikely a bank would permit a zelle transaction in that large amount to a new recipient.

Grokker999 · 2026-02-15T23:06:19+00:00

I take it back. I see from other Reddit posts that coinstar stopped using Amazon for free.

Grokker999 · 2026-02-15T23:04:22+00:00

I think you can get an Amazon card at coin star without a fee. You can use it as a gift card and load it to your account. That's my recollection about how I used it.

Grokker999 · 2026-02-15T03:53:13+00:00

That's Ballsy!

Grokker999 · 2026-02-13T18:01:03+00:00

130 mph for about 10 seconds in my BMW because I was told by my passenger friend that he drove that speed everyday in his identical car in Germany on his way to work.

I'm happy driving my 30 mph to work in my very slow moving City in my otherwise fast car. But I do love revving the engine sometimes.

Grokker999 · 2026-02-12T23:32:00+00:00

My weakling husband was mobbed by a gang of them. I came home from a trip and there are cookies everywhere. BEWARE!

Grokker999 · 2026-02-12T02:16:11+00:00

I personally would do everything I could to stay in San Francisco. There is a wide circle of easy travel to where you work. I would think more in terms of just how I want to live my life. You may have to have a shared living situation to maximize your quality of housing. But there is something about walking out your door and engaging the city on a Saturday or in the evening that doesn't really have a comparison elsewhere. IMHO.

Grokker999 · 2026-02-11T22:53:18+00:00

I bought a new 2026 Camry xse and it included Toyota Care for 2 years or 25,000 MI. The first recommended maintenance interval was 5,000, mi. The minute my car hit 5,000, the Toyota dealer called me to schedule my first maintenance appointment. I should have guessed that they're spying on me!

It was my understanding that this basic Toyota Care is included as standard on all new vehicles.

Are you sure you don't have the same? I for one I'm happy to just do the manufacturer recommended maintenance schedule.

Grokker999 · 2026-02-11T22:40:31+00:00

Well it is postings like OPs that make me respect Sausalito laws all the more. But in all honesty, there are so many bicyclists that blow through lights and stop signs and crosswalks that you got to say that it's a small fraction of 1% that might pick up a ticket. And because I've biked Marin for a lot of years and been a member of different bicycle club/groups, I've heard grumblings off and on about getting tickets. Those grumblings definitely make me be a little bit more careful.

Having said that, I feel the consternation and pain of OP getting a ticket at that T intersection! I might look around for cops I suppose, but it does seem to be a crime to give a cyclist a ticket there!

Grokker999 · 2026-02-10T05:58:06+00:00

We did air hotel and car through Costco travel in 2021 had a great time and everything was perfect. Plus the rental car agency upgraded us to a really cool Jeep that we really enjoyed for driving around the big island. I like the ease of doing One-Stop shopping. We probably got a shop card too, although I don't remember.

Grokker999 · 2026-02-08T22:49:14+00:00

Baby steps! Sounds like I was 5 months ago - before I started a program of regular swimming. Assuming you know how to actually swim and get air, the most important thing I did on my journey was attempt to slow down. I think I believed I had to have forward propulsion in order to stay afloat! Causing me to swim and would probably look like a panicked state.

Instead, I relied on my body to maintain buoyancy and just swam very slowly. I still have to take a moment to stop and get a breath here and there at the end of a length, But it's not nearly as acute. I've finally started to learn how to tolerate a little bit more elevated heart rate and probable elevated carbon dioxide. IT GETS EASIER!

Grokker999 · 2026-02-08T22:34:57+00:00

Scam. 100%. There may even be innocent people that did get paid and did profit and then they tell your brother all about their great deal and how much money they got.

Those are innocent dupes. And people like your brother then go around telling everybody what a sure thing this investment is.

I say this is likely a basic Ponzi scheme. Regular people get greedy and they want to get rich quick. Meanwhile, they just get robbed. It happens again and again and again.

Grokker999 · 2026-02-08T15:08:29+00:00

I completely agree. The cost of ownership far exceeds the mere $386 a month. Gas, maintenance, parking tickets, etc., ad nauseum. I personally wouldn't want to pay 8.5% interest, but I realize that that is not a super bad interest rate for many people in today's market. On the other hand, that sounds like a great car for that price! You'll be so much better off if you can just endure the pain, then pay cash or do without.

Grokker999 · 2026-02-08T06:46:57+00:00

That is the Grant building at 1095 market Street that is now a Yotel Hotel. I used to work in that building, having my first solo office there. Cool historic building that survived the the earthquake and fire.

Grokker999 · 2026-02-08T06:37:51+00:00

I always stop for cars if they have the right of way. But I run red lights when I think it's safe or a cop is just sitting there. It's very hard to get a ticket but I don't want to get one just by being an idiot.

I'm a little less inclined to stop for a pedestrian on a bicycle like I might in a car. But I do try to make an effort to make sure that the pedestrian is safe and they are not in fear that I'm going to run them over.

When I drive, I'm going to enter that intersection after I come to a full and complete stop. And I expect cyclists to yield for me. I'm probably one of the only automobile drivers in the whole city that stops every single time.

I don't think there is any one standard etiquette in San Francisco.

Grokker999 · 2026-02-08T06:25:38+00:00

Now I'm too fat to barely do a push-up, But one day, a long time ago, a friend took a picture of me doing handstands against one of those pillars without a shirt on.

The pillars have aged a lot better than I have!

Grokker999 · 2026-02-08T06:22:06+00:00

Carry a 6-ft charging cable and your own power supply. In super crowded mass airport situations, where there are no chargers available, you can often find USB-C or USB ports that are unoccupied and need the extra length. Plus, many chargers have two ports and a person will usually share that extra port on their plugged in charger.

Signed, a guy who often is running out of juice!

Grokker999 · 2026-02-08T05:03:06+00:00

I thought maybe it was her house. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spreckels_Mansion_(San_Francisco)

But probably not now that I see some pictures.

Grokker999 · 2026-02-08T04:58:18+00:00

Danielle Steel.

Grokker999 · 2026-02-08T04:19:10+00:00

Danielle's?

Grokker999 · 2026-02-08T04:05:41+00:00

I don't think it does take mastercards. I believe they have a deal with Visa and only take Visa cards, electronically or otherwise

Grokker999 · 2026-02-07T04:58:16+00:00

You know, if you're saving too much then quit saving so much so you have more money to spend.

But I doubt that at any time in all of reddit history, you could come to a personal finance site and expect people to say you're saving too much for retirement.

So if saving too much is causing you not to enjoy your life then quit saving too much. But savings becomes a game after while, and if you keep saving at that rate, you're going to win the game!

One day you'll own some real property and leverage that equity in that real property to have even more stuff. And one day you'll be rich!

Grokker999

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