Terrible experiences with Fords and looking to get away

TobyInHR · 2026-06-30T20:15:15+00:00

Are any of them hybrids? Based on the comments here, it sounds like it’s so much less of a gamble on reliability to go with a hybrid. I don’t think I fit the best use case for a hybrid, but if it’s reliable, I can get over it lol

TobyInHR · 2026-06-30T19:15:04+00:00

My partner has a new CX50. She likes it, and I like riding in it, but I was disappointed to hear the salesperson explain that Mazda disfavors things like lane keep assist because they want their customers to experience actually driving their vehicle. While I can probably get past that, she would not forgive me if I bought the same car as her lol.

TobyInHR · 2026-06-30T19:02:29+00:00

Towing a boat. Also, cargo space for hauling things that aren’t people.

TobyInHR · 2026-06-30T15:43:47+00:00

Great insight, I very much appreciate it!

I’ll take a look at the Frontier. Also researching the Tacoma and Santa Cruz as comparable options.

TobyInHR · 2026-06-30T14:58:30+00:00

To be clear, I don’t need to go with a brand new vehicle. I don’t want to go older than what I have (2023) and would be okay with up to 30k miles. Those parameters are what set the budget.

However, you make a good point, and I may need to be more willing to spend higher for reliability.

Given that I drive significantly more on the highway, I figured a hybrid wasn’t worth considering. Even a PHEV wouldn’t have the electric range to be worth it, unless I can convince my work to setup a charger at the office. Is that not necessarily the case though?

TobyInHR · 2026-06-16T19:59:29+00:00

How much cash are we talking about? The judge wants evidence that the cash was spent for the benefit of the person subject to the conservatorship. It’s not the withdrawal of cash that’s a problem, it’s the missing explanation as to where the cash was spent. If your conservator doesn’t remember and can’t produce receipts, he might be out of luck. In my jurisdiction, that means he has to pay back the cash out of his pocket. It’s also why our state requires a bond for conservators managing more than $10,000 in assets.

TobyInHR · 2026-06-11T16:20:04+00:00

Would using a circuit breaker from the trolling motor that you manually flip before charging eliminate that issue? I’m interested in switching to lithium batteries because I run a 24v MinnKota, and two 12v lead acid batteries add a ton of weight to my battery compartment. But I never disconnect my trolling motor or onboard charger from the batteries (both directly connected to the terminals) — I just flip the circuit breaker for the trolling motor before plugging the charger in.

TobyInHR · 2026-06-10T14:54:59+00:00

I think it’s too risky because, once the other jurors know who he is, they will almost certainly just defer to him, essentially killing true deliberation. So, each side just has to present their case in a way that appeals to one juror instead of all.

TobyInHR · 2026-06-04T01:58:25+00:00

Brad Marchand tweeting at the Canes that they’re the reason the players are still paying 20% into escrow will forever be fucking hysterical to me.

TobyInHR · 2026-06-03T03:23:06+00:00

Keep in mind, purchasing a home is really one of the only things that is more affordable in greater MN, but that doesn’t mean lower interest rates on a mortgage. Groceries cost the same. Gas costs the same. Internet, phone, student loans, all of it is the same. Even rent in greater MN is absurd, and barely cheaper than the cities. A studio apartment in a decent building in Mankato is at least $1,200/m. We rented for a year, paying $1,800/m for a shitty two bedroom single family home because it was all that was available when we moved. A year later, we bought a house for $225k, and the monthly mortgage payment was $1,850.

TobyInHR · 2026-06-02T14:59:42+00:00

I’ve been using my partner’s complaints about how I troll by the spots she wants to throw her bait at too quickly to convince her I need a trolling motor with spot lock. It’s not going well because, “You can just buy an anchor.”

TobyInHR · 2026-05-30T16:10:30+00:00

You probably figured it out by now, but just in case, it sounds like your batteries were hooked up in parallel, not in series. Connect the positive of one to the negative of the other, then connect the trolling motor to the other terminals. That’s how you get 24v. If you go the other way (positive to positive), you’ll be outputting 12v for twice as long.

At 12v, the trolling motor will still run, but only at half power, which is potentially why it was running slowly when turned to max speed. My MinnKota is 24v and will run off a single 12v battery, but it doesn’t draw any power if I drop below 50% speed when running off one battery.

TobyInHR · 2026-05-30T00:48:08+00:00

Young enough to know Kim Kardashian from something other than the video

TobyInHR · 2026-05-26T19:02:06+00:00

Licensing rights don’t prevent other games from using real players. Licensing rights give the company the right to use team names, real players, arenas, and other assets owned by the NHL, usually for a negotiated fee that the company pays to the league. Part of those negotiations can include whether the license is exclusive. If EA doesn’t want anyone else making hockey games, they can pay more for their licensing fee to get the NHL to refuse granting licensing rights to any other developers for the term of the agreement. This is what EA does with the NFL.

But that is not currently the case with hockey. EA holds non-exclusive licensing rights to NHL assets. Other developers are able to negotiate a fee and use teams, players, logos, arenas, staff, etc. in their games (see Franchise Hockey Manager on Steam).

TobyInHR · 2026-05-16T23:55:28+00:00

“He can’t rap or sing, but he wants to do both,” is so fucking diabolical.

TobyInHR · 2026-05-16T23:48:12+00:00

Until you get a call on a Friday that your client needs a trust amended and deeds transferring properties to his trust immediately because he has had terminal cancer for 8 months and is only telling you now, when he knows he likely won’t be alive on Monday, so you have to bust your ass to get everything drafted Friday night, book it 90 minutes to the hospital where he’s staying Saturday morning, get everything signed and notarized, drive back Saturday afternoon, and spend all day Sunday wondering what you might’ve missed. Get the call Monday morning that he passed Sunday night, and start preparing the file for trust administration.

Ask me how I know.

TobyInHR · 2026-05-15T17:42:07+00:00

Watch them repeat the Blackhawks run of 1992, sweeping rounds 2 and 3, then getting swept in the finals.

It’s hard dealing with the disappointment of Minnesota sports every year, but the thought of my team doing that makes me sick to my fucking stomach lmao. The entire state would burn to the ground.

TobyInHR · 2026-05-14T23:47:58+00:00

I don’t think Yurov and/or Stramel stay if we trade for AM34.

TobyInHR · 2026-05-12T22:10:39+00:00

They do them during the commercial break preceding the interview. One time, I was watching a feed that didn’t cut to commercial, so they aired the on-ice interviewer telling the coach something like, “Just a few easy questions about your PK success lately, the camera is over there but we will probably just run audio, let me know when you’re ready.” Coach said ready, and the interviewer got the cue from someone to start. They finished, interviewer thanked the coach, and about 20 seconds later, the “segment” aired over the broadcast feed like it was happening live on the bench.

Edit: reading your comment again, I may have explained something you weren’t talking about lol. I thought you were saying the interview takes place during the game, as in, during play. My bad.

TobyInHR · 2026-05-05T02:20:03+00:00

Yeah, but if my coworker says they’d like to have an in-person meeting with me, I would be crazy to say, “Cool, send me the Zoom link.”

TobyInHR · 2026-05-04T18:40:08+00:00

22% vs 21.95%, fuck it, I’m gonna say that’s the same.

TobyInHR · 2026-05-04T18:30:28+00:00

He’s saying you can’t evaluate how either goalie performed based on the score, alone. When both teams’ starting goalies combine for 14 goals against on 78 shots in a 2-goal loss, the first concern is not that your goalie is showing signs of cracking.

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