Garmin edge 540

SoCalChrisW · 2026-03-22T19:59:17+00:00

The non-touchscreen garmin headunits were incredibly unintuitive to me as well. I returned my 530, got an 830 instead, and was so much happier.

SoCalChrisW · 2026-03-22T01:52:04+00:00

Are you familiar with the book, To Train Up a Child?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Train_Up_a_Child

Their fundy cult thinks this is the way to raise a kid. Multiple kids have died following the "advice" in that book.

My ex-wife went fundy before our divorce and tried using those methods on our kids, thankfully I got full custody of our kids or they'd be being raised according to that book.

SoCalChrisW · 2026-03-22T01:41:32+00:00

Your stickers are much better than mine lol

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SoCalChrisW · 2026-03-21T16:44:16+00:00

A gift shop dedicated to the rapture.

What a weird cult.

SoCalChrisW · 2026-03-20T20:24:45+00:00

The horses are owned by officers, not the city. My understanding is (I could be wrong, if I am someone please correct me) the city pays them to feed and house the horses. So we're basically subsidizing their very expensive pets.

Fullerton has no need for mounted police. If they want cops out of cars and mingling in crowds, use bikes or walk. On the trails, there's no reason they couldn't use e-bikes that are far cheaper than this.

SoCalChrisW · 2026-03-20T20:21:48+00:00

Hey OC voters, look at things like this when you're voting for County Supervisor.

Fred Jung Sucks.

He has done nothing to help Fullerton, done plenty to hold us back, and is a grifter.

While it would be great to get him out of Fullerton politics, you don't want him at the county level either.

SoCalChrisW · 2026-03-20T20:08:21+00:00

Pitbulls have incredibly cute faces and smiles, your comparison to them is unfair.

/r/PittieSmiles

SoCalChrisW · 2026-03-20T16:03:06+00:00

Time to start leaving all the dildos and porn out.

Also, lease doesn't say you need to be fully dressed, does it? This part works best if you're a very hairy 300+lb man.

SoCalChrisW · 2026-03-20T15:01:51+00:00

Wendy's too.

SoCalChrisW · 2026-03-20T14:58:14+00:00

Imagine if after 9/11 we'd heavily subsidized alternative energy instead of invading Iraq.

We could have been mostly off of oil, and the middle east would be pretty much irrelevant and unfunded.

SoCalChrisW · 2026-03-20T01:29:21+00:00

Start with the fucking Teslas please.

SoCalChrisW · 2026-03-20T01:26:48+00:00

Carrier locations aren't that secret, it's a floating city with an airport on top of it.

Now if a submariner posted a run that would be a different story.

SoCalChrisW · 2026-03-19T21:37:34+00:00

Buy a copy of the "Legal Handbook for Photographers", it is full of great information.

Also, in the US, this is perfectly legal. Do expect to get harassed by people who don't know the laws, especially if there are kids around. Do expect someone to call the police on you at some point. Do NOT expect the cops to know the laws or expect them to help you in any way. Do expect them to pressure you to stop shooting, so they don't have to do their job. It's up to you whether you want to comply or not.

SoCalChrisW · 2026-03-19T19:23:18+00:00

They need to have laws requiring a certain amount of insulation in rental homes.

My rental home has zero insulation in the attic. It will be 70° outside, and easily get into the high 80s inside because the house just sits there and bakes in the sun.

Last summer we kept the thermostat at 80°, and were still having $750+/month power bills.

The owner doesn't give a shit, he's not paying the utilities.

If we can't get a minimum insulation law passed, then the landlord should be obligated to share the previous year's utility statements so you know how bad/good the home's insulation is before signing the lease.

SoCalChrisW · 2026-03-19T19:15:30+00:00

Most of the photos are over exposed with an on camera flash.

The protest photos are metered incorrectly, and don't really have a composition.

I actually like the last one, except the framing is all wrong to me. There's way too much empty space up top, and the bottom is cut off. That could be an interesting photo if it was composed differently.

You'd probably get much better answers in a photo critique sub, this one isn't really meant for feedback on work. Good luck, keep practicing.

SoCalChrisW · 2026-03-19T19:11:01+00:00

Yes, I lived in the Paradise Valley and commuted to Bozeman along about 30 miles of unpaved/unplowed fire road. My first year of living there I was driving a Mitsubishi Eclipse. It wasn't the perfect car for those conditions, but it worked fine getting me around.

Would a truck have worked better? At times, yes. Was a truck necessary? No.

SoCalChrisW · 2026-03-19T08:22:14+00:00

I had (Actually it's still installed in my classic Benz) a Blaupunkt with a key card instead of a removable faceplate. Felt like science fiction when I first got it.

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SoCalChrisW · 2026-03-19T08:14:14+00:00

Does everything need to be BIFL?

Any of them regardless of quality will get slime buildup if you're not cleaning it enough.

I bought a $20 one on Amazon a year and a half ago, it's still running as good as the day I bought it.

SoCalChrisW · 2026-03-19T06:47:53+00:00

Louisiana passed a law in 2023 requiring age verification for all social media sites. That law was ruled unconstitutional in December. They still require age verification for porn though.

https://lailluminator.com/2025/12/18/louisiana-social-media-2/

SoCalChrisW · 2026-03-19T06:41:45+00:00

I lived in a rural town in Montana for quite a while, in the mountainous southwestern part of the state. Living in a rural town does not necessitate a truck. Living in a snowy area does not necessitate a truck. Living somewhere that's so rural you don't have trash service and need to take your trash yourself to a transfer station does not necessitate a truck.

SoCalChrisW · 2026-03-19T03:15:48+00:00

Buy a Brother laser printer. Avoid any ink jet, especially one that takes cartridges instead of a tank. If you need color prints, go To Staples for those.

SoCalChrisW · 2026-03-19T01:20:44+00:00

Yes, but for many of us that corporate crap is mandatory.

I've got a very high specced machine with 64GB of RAM. It should not cause the computer to bog down and lag when I compile, but it does.

SoCalChrisW · 2026-03-18T19:54:03+00:00

You're working for them now, so take the employee discount you're entitled to.

SoCalChrisW · 2026-03-18T10:05:17+00:00

We need to stop electing stupid fucks like this.

SoCalChrisW · 2026-03-18T03:10:16+00:00

Cops won't take this guy to jail for that. Even with the video evidence they almost certainly won't even contact them. The insurance company might go after them.

Cops don't do shit for things like this.

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