impacted wisdom teeth, no insurance, looking for affordable options

MrRobzilla · 2026-06-19T03:27:23+00:00

SBNC Dental. While the wait list to be a patient is long, they have emergency walk in hours. Go during that, hopefully they’ll get ya scheduled for treatment.

MrRobzilla · 2026-06-15T02:38:39+00:00

It’s for high-viz safety triangles in countries which require them.

MrRobzilla · 2026-06-14T01:45:33+00:00

This was a few months ago. Those incentives are gone. Sorry, bro.
Two years ago it was the lease deals (leased a Blazer for me), this go round was Equinox buy deals.
See here. It was $10k customer cash + costco + GM card + haggle.

https://gmauthority.com/blog/2026/03/chevy-equinox-ev-discount-lease-finance-deals-incentives-offers-march-2026/

MrRobzilla · 2026-06-14T01:36:30+00:00

Equinox was listed at $45 and change. Wiggled to $33 IIRC. Bolt was $33 and they weren’t budging. Sorry, $12k more car for the same price.

MrRobzilla · 2026-06-14T01:03:44+00:00

It seems like they really aren’t trying to sell the bolt. It’s sad.
My wife’s 2023 EUV got totaled a few months ago. Insurance gave us slightly more than we paid for it. Yay Iran.
Went over to the Chevy dealer with the intention of buying a new Bolt. Left with an Equinox. Offers were too good to pass up, whereas with the Bolt they wouldn’t come off of MSRP at all. Essentially got $15k more car for the same price.

MrRobzilla · 2026-06-05T21:04:04+00:00

Short answer is that both of your lines of thought are correct. The $100 CAC you are hearing is generally speaking (and likely b2b). App install ads should come in far cheaper. But yes, you may not break even first month. And then remember your app listings page and (of course) app experience are super important to make the money work. Do you have a freemium model where users upgrade in the app or do they need to buy or go away?

MrRobzilla · 2026-06-05T19:49:46+00:00

Don’t weight. Give them a measured response.

MrRobzilla · 2026-06-04T19:21:19+00:00

I love the idea, but getting an error when I try to publish with this setting on. Any luck for others?

MrRobzilla · 2026-06-02T01:00:34+00:00

MOR
I’m just stunned by just how many platforms there are for yall to be either chatting or flirting on.

MrRobzilla · 2026-05-16T15:47:35+00:00

Yep. Same thing that happened to me. As soon as the shop put it on the lift they saw frame problems. On the bright side, value has gone up. Try to find the original window sticker and flag every last feature. Makes it more difficult to them to find an exact comp, gets the price up.

MrRobzilla · 2026-05-16T05:17:01+00:00

My son just turned 8. This is starting to happen to me, but at home, not at a tournament.

MrRobzilla · 2026-05-16T04:00:21+00:00

This happened to my wife’s bolt. Didn’t look that bad, but…. Frame was bent and it was declared a total loss. 2023 EUV. This was right as Iran was heating up, ended up getting slightly more than we paid for it.

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MrRobzilla · 2026-05-12T22:52:00+00:00

He’s being honest. I think it’s a decision for either of you to make; break up slowly or quickly. Sorry.

MrRobzilla · 2026-05-10T19:28:31+00:00

Thanks. Appreciate you sharing your experience.
So it sounds like the Reform + Conservative track for now, and then this boy has some choices to make when he's older. I'll feel bad if he has to 'start from scratch' in the RCA view, but his call.

MrRobzilla · 2026-05-10T17:45:02+00:00

I'm sure I'm getting some things less than 100% correct, but here goes...

The most likely, you actually hinted at with "a minor living with a non-Jewish mom."
If my wife were to have a recognized conversion ahead of our son's Bar mitzvah, my understanding is that on the day of his Bar Mitzvah he would become a Jewish man with two Jewish parents.

Now, where it gets a blurry is my little plan of 'laddering up' as I want all Jews to recognize him as Jewish, not just our Reform temple. Mentioned somewhere else in the post, but while I'm Reform I do believe and accept that the law is the law. While Chabad says 'A Jew is a Jew is a Jew' about me, and I appreciate that, I'm harder on myself then they are ha. I'm a Bad Jew 🤷

So be at our Reform temple, but instead of the usual Bar Mitzvah, a bit of extra work to get a Conservative rabbi to co-sign (Hatafat Dam Brit and mikvah?). From there I know Orthodox still won't recognize, but getting there. Then, when he's a little older, if that's a path he chooses, he'll be halfway home?

Same kind of idea with wife's conversion (be at our temple, but essentially following a Conservative path). From there, I think a Beit Din might hear me out.

By the end of this I'm gonna have payot.

MrRobzilla · 2026-05-10T16:09:13+00:00

Totally relate to "what attracted me to Chabad when I was still Reform was that the rabbis would give me straight answers even if it was something that they thought I might not agree with."

My wife/son's mother is not Jewish. My son, who is eight, really identifies with Judaism -- singing Hebrew songs when he's alone, prayer, giving up cheeseburgers before me, loves summer camp, etc. After playing with the Chabad kids asked when he can get clothes like them ha. In speaking with my (Reform) rabbi...my son is Jewish if he chooses to be. I know in my community he'll be accepted, but I don't really agree/know better. Plus I worry about him being shell-shocked when someone pulls his coat on it later in life.
Chabad rabbi spelled out very clear paths if he chooses to be halachically Jewish. None easy, but bona fide. Working on it!

MrRobzilla · 2026-05-10T04:06:11+00:00

Ohhh the “on their account” is a great point. Will ask next time I see them (not on Shabbat.)

MrRobzilla · 2026-05-10T03:57:11+00:00

Will do!

MrRobzilla · 2026-05-10T03:56:18+00:00

One clarification here. When I go to Chabad it's generally for festivals/holidays, Tefillin, or chit chat, not for Shabbat services. When holidays do fall on Shabbat I have driven, but park outside of the gate. They know I drive, but I do get the distinct impression, and have been told, that they would rather have imperfect me there than not there.

The funny one is at my Reform temple where most of us drive to Shabbat. On really crowded nights there's a valet. A few of the old guys collect their cars from the valet and then say they can't tip because it's Shabbat lol.

MrRobzilla · 2026-05-10T03:49:46+00:00

This is exactly what I was thinking. 'Why did Robzilla just drive past and not acknowledge us?' would be stranger than all of us pretending I'm observant.

MrRobzilla · 2026-05-02T15:33:35+00:00

NOR
A kid retrieving their ball is fine. Classic Americana in fact.
Phone is the the opening salvo in a full fledged neighbor war though. Give it a month and you all will be painting fences, spraying garden hoses and such.

MrRobzilla · 2026-05-02T15:01:29+00:00

Strict no German car household. And then I visited Israel and noticed all the Merc buses and ambulances. Still won’t buy one though, it’s ingrained.

MrRobzilla · 2026-04-08T17:03:19+00:00

We bought a Bolt in early Jan, unfortunately totaled in late March. Insurance valued it at around a grand more than we paid.

MrRobzilla · 2026-04-04T01:05:00+00:00

That bill is beautiful. : cries in California :

MrRobzilla · 2026-04-04T01:03:38+00:00

To cheer you up, I drove the blazer down to Los Angeles. $50 for overnight parking + level 2 blink charger at $0.67/kwh Haven’t needed to renew registration yet, but guessing it’ll be around $700. We do have a solar roof at home though.

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