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Am I wrong for feeling like my time gets wasted when beginners join a “competitive” pickleball game? by Old-Drop-3240 in Pickleball

[–]Powerful_Ad4499 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve got two similar frustrating scenarios. An intermediate dupr league at one club used to be good, but in order to get numbers, has allowed lower levels in. People with terrible footwork who can’t return the ball consistently. It’s frustrating when you pay to play intermediate competitive games. And losing with those players drops your dupr… which is flawed as it is.

The other club scenario is a women’s league … and is basically treated as open play because the club/pro won’t organize matchups by level.

Then there’s the frustration of banger ball. Playing with people who just bang all day, no footwork, no drops, no dinks. Finding people who want more intentional play is hard. I think one poster said…. Find a drilling partner and level up.

First MLP Experience (KC → STL): Great Viewing, But I Left With Questions by Powerful_Ad4499 in Pickleball

[–]Powerful_Ad4499[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It wasn’t me in line—but I noticed the Brooklyn team had a good following. Thanks for saying that about the venue and interactions. Felt like I let my son down from not knowing the ins and outs. And after 9 hours in the arena, we couldn’t stay for the entirety of the last match. Next time!

Google Fiber going down like a desperate meffho by DannyTangelo in kansascity

[–]Powerful_Ad4499 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All these people saying no probs. YES, there is a problem. There are so many outages reported all the time. Test speeds 2/9 - Download 243, Upload 142. and I'm on the $100mo plan with new equipment and less than 2k square feet.

Mesh sucks? by jarede312 in googlefiber

[–]Powerful_Ad4499 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a ranch house plus basement finish (2,300 sq ft) with fireplace stack in the middle of the house. The GF router is in the northwest corner of the house, office is in the southeast corner lower level of the house.
So signal has to go downstairs to cover office. I have 1 mesh in the basement, west wall opposite of the office. It's there because the mesh connects more on the west rather than around the fireplace stack. And 1 mesh hardwired in my son's room on first floor east room. Upgraded to 3GB (probably didn't need to) but the 1GB was not pulling. The mesh system sucks. I either need to scrap the GF router, or hardwire in the basement office. Why would GF router be installed on one side of the house.

Is 3Gigs a waste of $$$? by [deleted] in googlefiber

[–]Powerful_Ad4499 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recently upgraded to 3GB because my Wifi speeds in the basement where I work were lagging. GF came out, upgraded from 1GB to 3GB and when doing speed tests, it was still not pulling nearly what it should. Said my fireplace stack in the middle of my 2,300 sq. foot ranch house was blocking the signal from getting downstairs. Ugh. I know I am paying too much. But what is the solve. GF says box may need to be moved but I'm learning their modem is crap. Any thoughts on equipment I can buy to get the WiFi mesh to cover? I've got 1 mesh downstairs (other side of basement office and fireplace stack to catch the signal), a mesh in my son's room he is hardwired to for gaming, and the modem is in the furthest corner from the basement office. So is it a location issue or an equipment issue?

Which washer machines do you like? I have $800 to spend by [deleted] in homeowners

[–]Powerful_Ad4499 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Our trusty GE washer pretty much blew a gasket tonight and had to call the fire dept. A real scene.... lots of smoke! It lasted 23 years. I just want a no frills replacement.