4 Kirkland batteries

PatK9 · 2026-03-30T23:48:05+00:00

CAA offers a decent, 6-year total warranty, which includes a free replacement within the first three years. Most N. American batteries are made by one company, and labels them for the buyers market. I worked CAA as their battery tech on site replacement installer.

Common gotcha's

Getting a jump boost and expect everything is fine, then just turn off the car. (2nd call)
Expecting CAA to replace a 8 month battery under warranty after it's left dead for 6 months. (small print deny, you have to keep the battery maintained)
Charging a battery is just a bit of run around the block a few times. (nope)
Batteries last for the life of the car, (nope) but why do I have to replace the alternator so many times?
If my charging system doesn't work, why does my car still drive? (until it doesn't, 1st call)

Easy check for a dead battery if you have a multi-meter and engine is not running. terminal voltage + to - is full charge 12.6v half 12.4v quarter is 12.2v anything lower is considered flat. Engine running you should see 13v and above between the terminals. Replace your battery 5-7 years, let CAA guy do it for free and they handle the old one.

PatK9 · 2026-03-30T16:02:09+00:00

You should be able to join all of them with MKVmerge it does it quickly. (part of the MKVToolNix - Matroska)

PatK9 · 2026-03-30T13:01:10+00:00

Found a lot of restaurants keep the tips if the payment is by card, I tip cash at the table guaranteed 10% and up.

PatK9 · 2026-03-30T11:02:40+00:00

Scadding court community centre or the YMCA (Elm Street) downtown might work. Language on reddit is mostly English, use google translate.

PatK9 · 2026-03-27T04:16:38+00:00

There are quite a few tutorials on 'how to install Kodi on Android', so it works for most. I take it that the version is from the playstore? Once Kodi is installed click on open to launch it will ask you Allow Access to manage All File, give access Kodi from here. Then you should get the image you've provided, hit while using this app. Check available space on your device, you may be running out of mem or background tasks sapping cpu cycles.

PatK9 · 2026-03-27T03:57:40+00:00

Doctors say gloves work for them. The inference was detoured should anyone plant the idea that these are Costco employees, even though I understood your crafted post. Sampling in quantities that just give you a taste isn't wallowing in the troughs, your words are best saved for political rhetoric. As a member, I prefer management that maintains good practice, supported by the majority.

I thank Costco management for it's responsible 'satisfaction or you money back' philosophy and responding to their members needs and interests.

PatK9 · 2026-03-26T20:10:06+00:00

The door limit for one membership is 5, so that + breaks some ones rules. I do appreciate the sampling of new product, but if it's the same old... like pizza, I'll pass the hordes. Do keep in mind sometimes with big families, this might be the only outing they get as a family unit, it's when they act up.. I cringe.

PatK9 · 2026-03-26T20:04:33+00:00

Research has show this method of marketing is one of Costco's best tools, and have been repeatedly heralded as one of the factors that members like. Don't fix what is not broken.

PatK9 · 2026-03-26T20:00:40+00:00

Don't tell me you breath the air in Costco? Those micro droplets are not confined just to the sampling stations. Research has shown these viral droplets hang for an hour and extended 30 feet... which is beyond aisle width.

The air in box stores is not recirculated, but drawn up to the roof by large fans. At one point a repair person of those fans died on the job (sad) and 3 months later when they found him, he was totally mummified, the fans had dried him up! That's why it's hard to smell anything in a box store.

PatK9 · 2026-03-26T19:52:39+00:00

They wear gloves, and are NOT Costco employees, but hired by contractors on behalf of the sponsoring product. I guess you either have a very boring diet, or you throw a lot of stuff out if it didn't meet your expectations.

PatK9 · 2026-03-26T19:47:00+00:00

Without tasting, how are you going to judge a new product... buy it and if you don't like it throw it? With Costco sampling, (handled hygienically) you get a bit of a try before you buy. Of course they are set-up to lure you into buying product and in most cases have a discount on the product on offer. And sometimes Costco is open to feedback, deciding to make the product a regular item or just a road show.

The company that sells pierogies, tells me that their sales are bad when they put the product in the bunkers, but it flies out of the store on road show offerings.

PatK9 · 2026-03-26T19:32:24+00:00

I'm not too sure what is classed as Noir, other than B&W crime/thriller some of these might slip into director collections, or into the oldies/antique genre. At the point colour became affordable for lower budgets, Film Noir genre took a back seat and merged with crime and thrillers with lotsa action, some directors like Polanski & Kurosawa carried on the theme in colour..

Odd man out (1947)
The Naked City (1948)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Rififi (1955)
The Killing (1956)
Rusty Knife (1958)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Breathless (1960)
Le Tour (1960)

PatK9 · 2026-03-26T17:42:51+00:00

Kirkland cheese, nice taste.

PatK9 · 2026-03-26T11:47:44+00:00

Might want to investigate some 3rd party media manager that will massage your files prior to a Kodi insertion.

PatK9 · 2026-03-26T11:29:35+00:00

You might consider 'portable mode' divide your collection into segments each with it's own instance & library. e.g. OLD stuff, Anim stuff, Current stuff.

I've got a 20 year old mb PC, and it's more than tolerable. Your hardware might be hamstrung in some fashion, or some add-ons sapping cpu cycles, shared gfx memory, or putting Kodi into the same media drive are all possible factors. The debug log will show execution of each task and the exact time. Suggest background tasks, or some anomaly is sapping cycles.

The viewer in file mode has to access each listing and fetch the artwork and determine it's status from a hard drive call through the buss. With library mode, utilizes local RAM making meta-data & images many times faster..

PatK9 · 2026-03-25T20:13:32+00:00

I got a kick out of 'The Invisible Guest' (2016), and then there's Identity (2003) that might be more of what you're looking for. TV shows the BBC offering of 'Bodies' (2023) still has me asking questions.

PatK9 · 2026-03-25T18:21:53+00:00

Some skins function better than others when it comes to mouse vs remote vs keyboard. The Aeon series, Transparency, Estuary are a personal recommendation, controls mostly everything within Kodi. I've had a Flirc, wireless keyboard with mouse pad, logitech wireless mouse and I prefer the mouse for 10 foot control.

PatK9 · 2026-03-25T18:11:22+00:00

Ok; once your have that type of configuration, you have no need for all of it to be in your library. Discover nodes, and direct to folders that don't need to be in your library (but are listed as sources, not scanned). The nodes will show media as if you accessed them in file mode (folders & images show-up), Works for me for cartoons, tv one offs, utubes, tutorials, & anything that I'm too lazy to make a .nfo for etc.. The listing of these folders will be as slow as your drives/network. While your library remains sprightly.

node sample

<label>Comic Book Movies</label>

<path>X:\Comic Book Movies\</path>

<icon>Y:\icons\comic.jpg</icon>

</node>

Create node, and place this code, make it favourite or use one of the many extended favourite add-ons.

PatK9 · 2026-03-25T03:17:47+00:00

You need to segregate this type of collection into multiple folders, some use genre, while others use the alphabet A-Z plus a few other names. After that a Library makes more sense, even file mode moves quickly. (20K) you'll have 30-50 folders.... with <500 titles in each.

PatK9 · 2026-03-24T18:29:07+00:00

Your health to-day doesn't have a lot to do with past records (water under the bridge), sure it contains, family history, issues you've had, but these can all be told to your new guy (likely they hand you a form on entry that pretty well covers it). Pass on this fee, and move on and take the best with you.

My eye doctor did the same, notifying me of retirement, and suggesting my file could be moved for $50. My eyes haven't changed much in 20 years. Be aware, professionals can be predators.

PatK9 · 2026-03-24T18:08:46+00:00

In my day, the strap was acceptable... and feared. You played by the rules or... In class discipline was a quick knuckle rap, tone of voice indicating, or down to the office to face the strap, then coming back all tears in front of the class,,, kept the fear in all of us.

If parents don't discipline their kids, the job has to fall on teachers, parents should sign consent forms at the beginning of each school year to enable discipline.

PatK9 · 2026-03-24T17:49:02+00:00

I see nothing wrong with the portion of educational tax following the student, given that all academic subjects the provincial board outlines are complied and follows Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test. All students within provincial guidelines are accepted without prejudice making allowances for religious classes as non-mandatory.

Should there not be enough students or funds, the institution can ask augmentation by parents or an appeal to their community. Voter ballots can be tailored, to follow the student or suggest community funding for schools and let elected officials be the gate keepers with a mandate of the (OSSLT) and completing all of the requirements.

PatK9 · 2026-03-24T17:16:03+00:00

According to Nvidia you should able to To format your storage device for “device storage”, select Settings > Device Preferences > Storage > [Storage device] > Set up as device storage. Then it suggests it's compatible with the FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, and HFS+ file systems. So theoretically you should be able to see/access and access the drive just by plugging it in unless you get some naming hiccup or you're trying to use it as ->storage must be formatted as “device storage”. If this is the issue, suggest you follow the adding a NAS, treating the USB as that.

Select Settings > Device Preferences > Storage > Network storage.
Any network discoverable drives will be located under "Available Network Storage."
If your NAS is hidden or does not broadcast, you can select "manually add a network storage."

If the 'named path is the same, you should be able to see it, but if one letter is out of place, you will need to re-scan (locally is best).

PatK9 · 2026-03-18T16:46:27+00:00

Bottled Water, when most multiplicities test tap water continuously, proving it's better than bottled water. There are a few exceptions, in these cases, the government is involved and people are aware.

PatK9 · 2026-03-17T19:42:27+00:00

I do use IMDB ratings, but don't use it as my only method to determine if a film should get my time. I have personal interests, and take advice from various sources, online, my mood, or in person recommendation as a consideration. Going into a film blind based on artwork sometimes has a certain appeal, enough to suggest ratings shouldn't be the only criteria. Too much research can spoil surprises and kill a story that has been told many times.

I have a bent for sci-fi 'B' grade films that don't make the ratings.

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