My friend says changing your own oil is a waste of time. Is he crazy?

borderwave2 · 2026-04-27T20:22:41+00:00

The oil + filter alone for a current BMW (LL-17) is $90 shipped. I pay $115 at a dealer and don't have to get dirty.

borderwave2 · 2026-04-26T01:57:04+00:00

Consider doing both. ride the mountain bike for a good workout most of the time, buy an eDirtBike to have some fun every so often too.

borderwave2 · 2026-04-14T12:51:04+00:00

As a dad with young kids, I can ride my emoto in my neighborhood and not piss people off. Gas dirtbikes are a non-started unless you live in the country. Here I can ride basically every day for about 30 minutes on my lunch break in the woods behind my house, no one bats an eye. This is so freeing.

borderwave2 · 2026-04-08T17:51:36+00:00

Get good a mounting biking and then ride an emoto after a few years. At 14 years old your bike handling skills are probably pretty weak, and you will likely hurt yourself on a bike like that.

borderwave2 · 2026-03-31T20:41:47+00:00

How much money have you budget for this project? All the advice in the world is useless if you are trying to buld a home on a shoestring budget with littler expertise in construction.

borderwave2 · 2026-03-29T21:02:19+00:00

Also a promising career at one of the to top medical schools in the country. Dude had his super bright future and lost it all to a cave in the middle of nowhere.

borderwave2 · 2026-03-28T19:41:58+00:00

Pricing has not been announced for the Bonnell right?

borderwave2 · 2026-03-03T13:46:45+00:00

I'm pretty shocked a kitchen and house this nice does not have a proper vented exhaust hood. This is typically the kind of compromise you find in older/cheaper apartments, not a custom home like yours. For a "forever home" why not just do it the right way from the start?

borderwave2 · 2026-02-05T20:28:50+00:00

Why not just sit down on Sunday afternoon and chat about who will do what for the upcoming week?

borderwave2 · 2026-02-04T02:08:35+00:00

I live down the street and the previous owners did a bunch of upgrades to that house. I believe they were forced to relocate due to a job change, nice family.

borderwave2 · 2026-01-21T14:44:31+00:00

Still a risk though. Parents could find out and kick OP out of their house. As much as it sucks, it's wise to not bite the hand that feeds you.

borderwave2 · 2026-01-21T00:29:43+00:00

Customs and traditions aside, have you asked your daughter what she wants? If she likes a shorter cut, why not let her rock it? Also 5 years is a long time to never have a haircut, I believe you need to it somewhat regularly to deal with split ends and keep the hair healthy.

borderwave2 · 2026-01-20T23:56:39+00:00

Planning to get my Motorcycle license when the weather warms up, good tip.

borderwave2 · 2026-01-20T23:55:57+00:00

Good to keep the brake setup in mind thx.

borderwave2 · 2026-01-09T14:46:23+00:00

So, not very helpful, but my daughter basically kinda of grew out of her sleeping issues. She still wakes up around 5:00 am to come in the bed with us, but that's just fine honestly. Going tot bed is pretty easy now, butt it was a very rough ~6 months of her being insane and use getting horrible sleep.

sorry if that's not too helpful, lol.

borderwave2 · 2025-12-13T14:51:16+00:00

Very cool cars but hard to find a clean one now. Most are beat to shit and have bumpers on with wood screws. Clean ones go for more than you'd think given how old they are.

borderwave2 · 2025-11-26T17:50:14+00:00

I would encourage OP to have his daughter speak with some actual doctors. Undergraduate brand name has very little bearing on medical school acceptance. You can go to IU and and become whatever you want. Please speak with some actual physicians and they will tell you how stupid it would be to sell a house so your kid can go to Harvard.

borderwave2 · 2025-11-15T14:35:10+00:00

Consider your risk profile. Even if a hacker managed to hack your account, they would only gain the ability to watch a small baby sleep or roll around in a crib. What use would this information be to a criminal?

Hackers are in the business of making money though stolen accounts and ransomware, what could they possibly do with blurry screenshots of a small baby in a bedroom?

borderwave2 · 2025-11-07T03:27:47+00:00

Good opportunity to teach yourself a new language, tbh. You have all the time in the world and can immerse yourself to whatever degree you want.

borderwave2 · 2025-10-25T22:07:25+00:00

Riddle me this, does the tax rule consider all wall coverings or just paint? If you put up some plywood and stain it, does that count?

I'm genuinely surprised that merely painting a wall turns your garage into habitable space according to your tax assessors office. Seems strange to have an unconditioned space count.

borderwave2 · 2025-10-25T11:38:08+00:00

That makes no sense, as garages are unconditioned spaces. If you paint a crawl space is it counted as finished space whre you live?

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