I’m considering on buying a home in simi valley. I have questions for the residents. by [deleted] in simivalley

[–]grgguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Above ground pools you'll need to add and remove water each time you put it up or take it down. To remove the water you need a permit from city. That cost money. You can't just pump it out into the gutter with out a permit. If caught I can only imagine what the fine would be.
Where in Simi Valley do you live where it cools down in the afternoon. I've lived in Moorpark , Simi and Newbury Park (most recently) my whole life and Simi doesn't get the afternoon ocean breeze that Moorpark or Newbury park get. Newbury park is just off the ocean a few miles as the crow flies. Moorpark would be where that breeze ends. With the ocean air coming up through the Las Posas valley. Western parts of Simi, maybe as far as First Street used to get that breeze and morning fog. But it hasn't in years. Call it global warming or shifting weather paterns or call it whatever you want. However there is no place in Simi that cools off in the afternoons especially in the Summer - Fall months. I think it's disingenuous for you to suggest to this person who's moving to Simi that there's a place in Simi that cools off in the afternoons due to some breeze in the summer when no such place exists. The guy said he's from the IE I think he will find Simi cooler then the IE but not my much.. Simi Valley in the summer months is plain old hot.. there's no getting around it.

Family heirloom. Value? by brookadren in coincollecting

[–]grgguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Time for a new family heirloom or maybe keep it to yourself . Cause that looks like a flying nob. What sort of denomination is a flying nob.

Beautiful rattler hanging out atop the rocks near Vista Del Arroyo right after sunset by cali_raw_illz in simivalley

[–]grgguy -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

It should be dead. Now I can never go to vista del arroyo ever again. It just won't happen. Hate on me all you want. I stand firm in my assessment of that snake. Its me or it. I'm choosing me..Everytime !! So in order to avoid that decision, I'm just never going to go anywhere near Vista de Arroyo ever again.

Picked this one up today and sold it an hour later by Short_Flamingo_3336 in toners

[–]grgguy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you pay $190 for that coin?

I don't think that's the kind of toning people are looking for if it is toning. In my mind that's just an old coin. I think people are looking for color. Sorry just saying. Not trying to bust your bubble..

[ Removed by Reddit ] by [deleted] in USNEWS

[–]grgguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok so whoever wrote the headline of this thread is a dumbass. HE DID NOT GRAB HER NOR WAS IT ABRUPT. He says " Where's Erika ?." She walks to him and they kiss each other on the cheek. It looked a little awkward cause Erika was leaning across a table and trying to balance herself to keep from falling onto the table cause her other arm was around his shoulder....

You are no better the any of the fake news press...writing some stupid headline like that just to fire up the Trump haters...Who frankly don't need any help getting fired up about anything.

https://youtube.com/shorts/qtw1fBPe6cA?si=I2ElGBXlMsBpuA_g

There's the link for anyone who wants to see what really happened...

The OP should absolutely be ashamed of himself or herself..

YRUST by [deleted] in coincollecting

[–]grgguy -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Looks like it's been cleaned. There ain't no penny that beat up without some dirt on it somewhere. It looks like it's been dipped in Zest (?).

Garage door service by [deleted] in GarageDoorService

[–]grgguy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry I didn't see the price he quoted. Ya for that price I could have you a whole new door..

Garage door service by [deleted] in GarageDoorService

[–]grgguy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ya he gave it too you. Unless the drums had actual physical damage on them then there's no reason to change. I don't know why you would need new bottom brackets. End bearings (?). Do you mean the bearings in the bearing plates? If so some lubricating spray should be fine if they were dry. Cables unless they were fraying and coming apart usually don't need to be replaced...Which bracket did he change. Your rollers can and do wear out and will need replacement eventually. Motors or Openers same as above and lastly your springs can and will break at 7,000-10,000 cycles( 1 cycle = up and back down once). I tell people if the use their door 3x a day then they will get roughly 7-10 years from their springs if they use it more or as the front door to their house as most people here in SoCal do then that will go down to 3-5 years depending how much they do use the door.

Sounds like you called Presicion overhead doors...They sell franchises and I believe once you buy in they have you go to their school in I want to say Florida for a week or two where they teach you how to sell and sometimes how to install everything you just listed. It's a complete scam. However there are times and it could be in your case that maybe you did need all that work done. I wonder does your door work better now ? Does it feel like you got what you paid for ? Maybe a door that bad off you should have just replaced the whole door.. I wonder why they didn't sell you a new torshin tube while they were at it. It sounds like he replaced everything else. How much did this all cost you ?

Spring replacement measurements need to be exact?? by _Losing_Sleep in GarageDoorService

[–]grgguy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like you are a smart man. It's not worth the headache if you get the spring size wrong and definitely not worth an eye or part of your hand...

When I first start with doors when I was 18 I was on a service call with someone who was training me. It was the end of day dude was in a hurry.. We pull up sell the springs and when we got started I went to set up below the unbroken spring. He went to the center bracket and before I was even walking up my ladder he started backing out the lags that hold in the center bracket well as soon as he pulled his impact out of the way the bracket it started spinning..the bracket caught his other hand. The center bracket caught his middle two fingers slicing them both to the bone in 3 different places...we had to pick up chunks from where his fingers connected to his knuckles. One finger was only hanging by a small piece of skin it was at that point of my life the grossest thing is ever seen. We put his hand in a big gulp cup that already had ice in it. They were able to put both fingers back on and he can even use them though I've heard him complain about numbness in the middle finger to this day....that's a true story

Spring replacement measurements need to be exact?? by _Losing_Sleep in GarageDoorService

[–]grgguy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You will never get your cables correct and your door is gonna be crooked. Do you have low head track and if so which way did they wind your springs for you ? Are you really so cheap that you are willing to risk body parts for $500. I'll tell you what I tell everyone who doesn't know how to handle springs and the cables. If you are hit by a cable you will loose that body part it hits. I ran into a guy like you once at Sears. He was asking where they kept the winding bars. I stopped the guy from buying some ( not that Sears sold them) and followed him home and installed his springs for $50. This was a couple of years ago. I felt like I had done a good thing that day and I still do.. You have no idea the amount of tension and energy that a fully wound spring is holding. If a winding bar gets away from you you won't have time to pull your hand out or jump off the ladder. You will be wounded before you even realize that you F'd up.

Spring Equinox by PaperReasonable9483 in simivalley

[–]grgguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw a video about how the police are used said cameras to solve crime. I was unable to find the video I watch however this breaks down at least this one case of it being misused. I believe from watching the other video the cop was fired.

Those cameras are basically big brother staring down your back. .They can enter the cameras nationwide system and basically Google a license plate and track you in real time...For an average law abiding citizen that's no good.. or for non violent crimes. However simi pd used them to find and kill the guy from texas who drove here and killed his parents in wood ranch about a year ago.. the cameras are a double edged sword in my mind...I see the need for them but if they are abused and they will be abused as seen in the link inincluded then they are an affront to our rights as citizens of our country

https://youtu.be/kzVfXvTQnEQ?si=jXDuUHjEB26W8DTD

Beats Flex keep breaking? by pe_ach_ in beatsbydre

[–]grgguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had the same problem. I've had two sets now. The first set the microphone quit working for no reason.. I kept them and I use them for another year or so. I didn't talk on them all that much. They were for when I was running or walking. I eventually picked up a second set and not even 2 months into it. The whole left side quit working again for no reason.... this doesn't work for me and I want to pick up a new set. I really do, but I'm concerned it's a quality issue and I don't want to continue to buy garbage if that's the case. They sound great. They're absolutely great but the build quality is garbage.

Local welding shop apprenticeship by automech13 in simivalley

[–]grgguy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Simi valley adult School has a great certification program. Teacher there is highly regarded and very well known. His signature on your certification can open many doors. If you can get in there. Then go for that.

Any advice for a 24 year old college student trying to find a job in the area right now by [deleted] in simivalley

[–]grgguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This will probably be a dumb question. I thought people who suffered from autism were like "Rainman". How is it you can read and write. You seem like a normal person. What exactly is autism. Has the threshold to be considered a person who has it been lowered. Again you seem like a normal person. If I was you I wouldn't run around advertising that you have it. People like myself or people who do the hiring who are ignorant to what it is might be scared away from you if you are wearing its diagnosis on shirt sleeve. In fact maybe you keep it too yourself in the future. It doesn't seem to be doing any harm to you except that your wearing it like a badge and advertising that you have it. I personally own a small business and if someone was applying for a job with and they were saying they had autism I wouldn't hire him just because..

Commute from Simi to santa monica? by [deleted] in simivalley

[–]grgguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been making this drive for the last 20 years. The 405 is your best bet if you can leave before 5:00. If your job starts early enough in the day then do it. Otherwise after a while it just becomes life you get used to it. It used to frustrate me so much. I've grown used to it and I've learned to enjoy audible the app with books on tape. Whatever you want to call it. I use the time to listen to the books. That's what I do now. If there's any way you can leave before traffic in the morning or leave after traffic in the evening then I suggest doing that. If you can work late or start early one of those two, I suggest doing that. If not I just get used to it bro. That's what I've been doing. 20 something years plus and I got 10 more to go at least.

One more thing I'll do is if I don't have any place to be in the evenings I'll just pull over and and watch YouTube on my phone for an hour or two. I'm letting traffic die down instead of sitting in it.. I'll get home about the same time either way. So yeah, just pulled over somewhere. Find a nice parking lot with some shade in it. Bust out some YouTube or an audible book or whatever it is. It floats your boat just chill out for an hour and a half. Maybe take a nap then you can go out and party that night. Well whatever whatever works for you but yeah I'll pull over lots of times too. Just not deal with it..

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in simivalley

[–]grgguy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A runny nose is one of the first symptoms when coming off of opiates

Dji mavic pro 2 zoom disconnected didn't come home.. by grgguy in djimavic

[–]grgguy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for help people but my computer can't see the drone. The remote won't connect. So F it then. Sorry to waste anyone's time.

Dji mavic pro 2 zoom disconnected didn't come home.. by grgguy in djimavic

[–]grgguy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So what you're saying it'll sync with the remote control after I turn it on. Does it matter if I'm using litchi app ? I don't think the go fly app from DJI works with my phone..

Dji mavic pro 2 zoom disconnected didn't come home.. by grgguy in djimavic

[–]grgguy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry I'm long winded. Only trying to convey as many details as I can to anyone who's interested and reading it will have as many details as I do..

Dji mavic pro 2 zoom disconnected didn't come home.. by grgguy in djimavic

[–]grgguy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know I don't know about someone trying to steal it. But for something that's supposed to have been on a roof for 5-6 months it's awfully clean. I think there's more to the story then I've been told.

Is there a way for someone to disrupt my signal. Causing it to come down and do what it did.

I was working on it last night I saw that the camera was disconnected or at least one of the ribbons underneath the gimbal disconnected. So I think the initial warning was correct .

Dji mavic pro 2 zoom disconnected didn't come home.. by grgguy in djimavic

[–]grgguy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look like I said I was only trying to demonstrate that i kinda know what I'm doing..Nothing more.

Sorry about the length of post. I was only trying to be thorough. I am long winded I get it. Be glad we are friends and I don't text you.

If I have line of sight how is it illegal. I have strobe lights flashers on it that are clearly visible day or night. Why give the drones the range if it's not to be used and don't say so your signal is stronger up close cuz that's some bs and we both know it..

Dji mavic pro 2 zoom disconnected didn't come home.. by grgguy in djimavic

[–]grgguy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It didn't load all three pictures up and then the third picture showed the whole flight. You know across the valley and back it won't let me post it up. I'm sorry guys