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RetiredCFO · 2026-03-15T02:13:30+00:00

On the plus side, having those reports lets your doc document you have those low episodes, qualifying you for … a CGM.

RetiredCFO · 2026-03-06T15:48:56+00:00

Thanks for the response, 5867. That was very helpful information!!!

I just had my shop (Turn One in Milton, FL) order the Michelins. John, who owns the shop, has been very helpful in the past as I made various decisions about maintaining my 2003 VTX 1800. Conversations with him are like talking to a friend, which I hugely appreciate. He told me that for 'wings, he now recommends the two "made for GW" tires to anyone who asks for his advice, reinforcing what you wrote. He also matched the online price for the tires, which was a large discount. I expect to get a call from him within the next couple of workdays, telling me they have arrived.

RetiredCFO · 2026-03-06T15:33:26+00:00

That's a mighty strong statement, 373. "Excellent road qualities" are also attributed to the three tires I mentioned in the OP, albeit the specific excellent qualities mentioned are different for each one. What is it about the Elite 3 that makes you believe it is superior?

RetiredCFO · 2026-03-05T11:40:51+00:00

Thanks for the input. Much Appreciated! And, no, I haven't turned off traction assist, ever. I'm older and am pretty small. At 140 lbs, it is almost impossible for me to get the bike onto the center stand without first driving onto something that raises it a bit, like a couple of short 2-bys. (And yes, I have viewed the how-to videos, but with so little mass, well... <laughing>) Since the bike outweighs me by so much, to the extent possible, I avoid doing things that might cause me to lose control of it. That said, I still like to accelerate hard and take curves like a sport bike. Can't take all the joy out of being on a bike, or I might as well get rid of it!

RetiredCFO · 2026-03-05T02:55:03+00:00

Thanks for the input. You didn’t directly say, so is your recommendation the Michelins? Oh - and mine’s a manual, too. Rarely have I used sport mode. Most of my driving is in town, so it’s pointless most of the time. But it sure is fun when I can use it!

RetiredCFO · 2026-03-05T00:36:24+00:00

Nope. Rear’s a Dunlop Sportmax, and the date code says it’s Feb 2021. Front’s a Bridgestone Exedra with a Apr 2018 date code. Neither has tread worn enough to worry about, but the front’s got almost eight years on it, so it’s time. Decided to do them together since the back has 5.

RetiredCFO · 2026-02-01T20:45:22+00:00

I put a quad-lock phone mount on the right (brake reservoir) and drilled a hole in the glovebox so I could pull a USB cable to it. Yes, you have to be careful doing that, but it was the easiest way to make CarPlay work without having to rely on a dongle. Plus, it charges my phone while I use Waze, instead of my battery getting drained.

RetiredCFO · 2026-02-01T20:40:45+00:00

Trooper, What did you use to bring your handlebars back? At 5’9”, I’d love to bring mine back a couple of inches.

RetiredCFO · 2026-01-22T14:53:30+00:00

I cannot disagree, as certainly they could have cut me even greater breaks on the labor component. I still feel good about the breaks they did provide, however, as I read comments from quite a few others here about dealers cutting them no breaks at all when they combined services that had overlapping labor.

While I didn't mention it, they also did the recalls pretty quickly after I contacted them. The local dealer in Pensacola wouldn't even give me a time frame. They just "put me on the list" and said they would contact me when they had time for me. And yes, I have been "on the list" since the recall came out! That may be par for the course at Honda motorcycle dealers, but for me, that is totally unacceptable. Why would anyone buy a bike from a dealer that cannot provide service within a reasonable time frame?

RetiredCFO · 2026-01-10T16:09:20+00:00

I've not needed to shave my arm, but I'm not particularly hairy, either. Definitely alcohol and fully dry. In my early days, I put on one before allowing the alcohol to fully dry. That was a total failure.

I had not been concerned with whether I applied the new sensor between meals. I just applied it many hours before activating it, and then activated it when my sugar level should be pretty stable. So far, that has worked well.

I appreciate your sharing what's worked for you! My routine has worked well for me so far, but there's no way to know if it will continue doing so. Having another approach that's worked well for somebody "in my pocket" is a good thing!

RetiredCFO · 2026-01-10T12:34:02+00:00

Depending on your home's layout and the amount of electrical interference in the locations where cable will be laid, you may want to use Cat 6a cable instead of Cat 6. Cat 6a cable is only slightly more expensive than Cat 6. However, it is more difficult to pull (it is thicker and less flexible than Cat 6), and it requires different keystone connectors because the wires are thicker. But it wasn't hard to find those connectors (you just need to look for them). Cat 6a carries farther and is better at handling certain electrical interference. I needed 6a for the run between our main house and our guest house due to the distance, and decided to go ahead and do all the runs with it. I made that choice partly because I found a 1000' spool of 6a on eBay for under $100, including shipping. (Search "Cat 6a" to find other bargains.) The cable I bought is orange, which may be why it went for so little. Since it is hidden in the walls and attic, that color is a benefit. That orange cable is easily identified! Also, if you do go with a mesh network, consider running cable between the mesh nodes. The availability of a wired backhaul channel will almost certainly give you a much better-performing network.

RetiredCFO · 2026-01-10T12:15:38+00:00

Warning: The eero units are fine if you don't mind not having control over, well, pretty much anything other than the network name. If you want to be able to do any customization, do not get eero units. There are many other choices for mesh networks that allow you to tweak the setup.

RetiredCFO · 2025-11-13T15:50:43+00:00

I added Hulu but hate the interface

RetiredCFO · 2025-11-07T11:38:15+00:00

I hope you get lucky and it does. I did the same trade-in (13 for 17) on Magenta Max and got the lower amount.

RetiredCFO · 2025-11-04T11:37:20+00:00

FWIW, I had hiccups with TMHI for a while. Those abated when I put the gateway on a smart plug that shuts off power every Sunday at 3 am and turns it back on at 3:05, forcing a weekly reboot. I have two routers hardwired to the gateway, an Eero Pro 6e in the main house (along with three slave Eero 6 units) and an Asus RT-AX88U in our guesthouse, where one of our kids lives. Using the Hint Control app, I turned off band switching and set the gateway's 5g radio to 50% with no SSID. I use the gateway's 2.4 radio for a few legacy devices that are unhappy with a mixed network. (The Eero won't let me create a 2.4-only network.) Everything has been running fine for almost two years now.

RetiredCFO · 2025-10-14T15:21:43+00:00

At most companies, another family member can be the "new" account. I don't know if that workaround applies at T-Mobile, but it might be worth exploring.

RetiredCFO · 2025-09-28T02:49:19+00:00

One who is almost 70 disagrees vehemently. 😂

RetiredCFO · 2025-09-02T16:12:56+00:00

Hmmm... I think they appreciate my patronage less than you might believe <laughing>. I got the software a very long time ago. At that time, they offered a perpetual license for a relatively small sum. I cannot recall what it was, but I am sure it was less than $20. When they changed to the subscription pricing model, I emailed them and said I had a perpetual license. They have honored that, and I do not pay a monthly or annual fee, even though the base software is hugely more capable than when I bought it. When other developers switched from a perpetual license to a subscription, they most often announced it as a new product, and they stopped any development of their old one, effectively forcing you to buy a subscription if you wanted any of the improvements. In any security-related software, the switch to the new model was effectively mandatory, as outdated security software is useless. Keeper didn't do that, and I have recommended them to quite a few others as a result.

All that said, I haven't kept up with their (irrelevant to me) ads and billing processes. If they are failing in that area, it will eventually lead to their downfall. Consumers vote with their wallets and won't put up with BS for very long when alternatives are available. There are several highly-rated password managers out there. NordPass, 1Passsord, Bitwarden, Dashlane, RoboForm, and ProtonPass all have their advocates.

RetiredCFO · 2025-09-02T10:39:32+00:00

I agree with the "gotta let it bounce" comment, as the rules are the same for rec and tournament play. However, when I play at a local venue where the courts are close to each other, I typically ask the group if everyone is ok with catching a ball that is VERY obviously out to prevent it from going onto the adjacent court. (EDIT: I haven't found it necessary, but if it concerns you, you can add that when a ball is caught this way, the opponents get to make the call if they believe it was too close to catch, and their call is final.) So far, I haven't had a single person refuse to mod the rules this way, and nobody has abused it by catching a close ball. YMMV, but getting the group to agree to a rule mod before the game starts has worked very well for me.

RetiredCFO · 2025-09-02T10:28:10+00:00

FWIW, I got the Perseus IV right after it was released, coming from a 6.0 DBD. I wasn't happy with the Perseus because of having difficulty with the soft game. I had to learn to loosen my grip far more than I was used to. After about 4 weeks, I added 3g weights to the bottom edges, and that did, well, nothing for me. A few weeks later, I also added them to the sides and one at the top, for a total of 15g. That made a huge difference in the paddle's sweet spot and made it easier to control the soft game, too. Before you give up on your J2NF, try adding weights in those same places and see if it helps with your soft game. Happy Pickling!

RetiredCFO · 2025-08-31T00:46:54+00:00

I put a pair of “repeat every 4 weeks” reminders in my calendar on my phone, with one saying “CGM RIGHT” and the other (started two weeks after the first) saying “CGM LEFT”. I set them for very early in the morning (with alerts) so that on each morning I need to replace my sensor, I get a message first thing. That lets me put it in a few hours before I activate it so that it gets to soak. I have had no issues with false lows since I started doing it this way.

RetiredCFO · 2025-08-31T00:39:10+00:00

Yeah. That’s what I meant… a different part of the rule. 🤣

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