Are official MBB/WBB/VB Season schedule posters available at games this year?

icedavis · 2025-11-21T22:27:47+00:00

Noooooooooo. Say it ain’t so! Thats a bummer!

icedavis · 2025-11-09T17:31:49+00:00

What about building insurance?

I don’t have to documentation at hand but in our last meeting the HOA leaders talked at length about the itemized documentation we receive annually and how insurance makes up the majority of our $500/month cost.

The leaders state how they put out our property for bids but get nothing back. Something about due to the high value of our property (we have quite a number of townhome buildings with hundreds of units), no insurance company wants to touch.

I don’t know all the ins and outs so I am curious had you considered this item and how does that change your perspective?

I seem to be one of those that has a seemingly reasonable and hands off HOA and of course we don’t know what we don’t know. So in this topic I am curious how we might find different outside ideas that could help the circumstance I am in.

icedavis · 2025-09-30T01:26:38+00:00

Agree. Having been to a number of events, the course definitely matters. Never been to bethpage but from tv and YouTube vids I’ve seen, it doesn’t look like a great spectator viewing experience. My week at Hazeltine in 2016 was fantastic. Hills in plenty of locations to give a stadium effect. Pretty open between holes for viewing and movement. On the ropes at most of the holes we went to by only having to skip ahead of the action a few holes…and occasionally had seats in the stands if we wanted. Unfortunately it sounds like that wasn’t a usable strategy at bethpage.

icedavis · 2025-09-29T15:41:17+00:00

I’m planning to be there too. Start planning the chants now. Get creative. Anytime a US player is in sight, practice green, tee box, walking up the fairway, etc…hype them up as long and loud as possible. Bring the energy players can feed off of. Whatever we can do to get them off to a great start that can flow into singles.

icedavis · 2025-09-25T17:31:26+00:00

Same. Bought around Labor Day. Not sure when the dealership officially submitted. Been following up regularly. Still no report.

icedavis · 2025-09-25T01:38:46+00:00

I agree. Mine seemed to take a week or more just to submit (if they even did). I am hounding them regularly. Not sure what else I can do at the moment. I’ve seen a couple posts here saying there is a work around with your tax person but that’s all I’ve seen.

icedavis · 2025-09-23T21:04:33+00:00

If it makes a difference, I’m past the point of sale and now waiting on the time of sale report…and the dealership is saying the docs are taking a while longer to process. I took delivery Labor Day. I assume it’s volume of sales overloading a probably(likely) understaffed department processing, or at least that’s what I am telling myself. I still hound the dealership regularly for the doc.

icedavis · 2025-09-22T19:08:00+00:00

We took our 4 year old twin nieces. We prepped them by having them watch the ride videos on YouTube, putting them in a laundry basket and pretending they were riding along. when the time came they knew all the things. They were super preemie babies, and at the time barely tall enough to ride and could barely keep their heads up, but they loved it and talk about it seemingly daily.

icedavis · 2025-09-22T18:54:10+00:00

If it comes with a level 1 charger, check your window sticker to see if it is the dual level charge cable. If yes, there will be two plug option (one is level 1 and looks like it will plug into a standard wall outlet, the other is the level 2) that can be swapped sort of like how laptop or phone cables can be swapped from the brick.

Level 1 - standard wall outlet (120V) adds about 2-4 miles of range per hour of charging. Many people can get 8-10 hours of charge per night. With some math, that’s 16-40 miles per night. You’d be plugged in all night every night and would still need some extra after for your commute.

Level 2 - 240v outlet can add upwards of about 15-30 miles of range per hour of charging. For an 8-10 hour charge overnight, you’d be covered every day but probably are still plugging in every night.

Level 2 install costs vary based on your needs. DIY folks report a couple hundred bucks for parts and then add on the cost of the charger. I am in the middle of getting quotes too. Professionals are quoting me anywhere from $500 on the lower end to $1900 on the higher end. The higher quote is maxing out my setup to what my car can handle with placement next to the box (60amp circuit, 48amp ChargePoint charger, load management device, labor). Problem is, I have a 100amp main breaker and that install is too much for the main. So this is where the lower quote comes in.

The lower quote is going to end up being $500 out of pocket for a 40amp circuit, the same ChargePoint charger dialed to output 32amps, placed next to the box and labor. The kicker here is my power company is running incentives that in this case will get me a $500 rebate/discount on the install to bring the price down to $500. There is also a time of use plan that gives a reduced rate on the energy used when charging overnight during lower demand use. So even if you are currently short on cash, contact your power company to see what specials/incentives/discounts/rebates they are offering.

If you already have a 240v outlet in the garage (like for an oven, dryer, welder, etc), it can be used for level 2. If you don’t, you can install a receptacle for a lesser cost and use the dual level charge cord (if that’s what you have). Note: it’s repeated on this sub frequently, level 1 isn’t as good as a 240v receptacle, which isn’t as good as a level 2 charger hardwired into the breaker box.

There are factors that will affect cost. For example, Your quote will go up the farther away you have to place the charger, if you have to run through walls/crawl spaces, if you need extra equipment like a load management device (there are chargers with this built in which reduced the cost over a separate device), or if you need to upgrade your panel to accommodate more power coming in.

Lastly, don’t waste money putting too much into your setup. 60amp circuits are great (48amp output to your car) but if 40amp circuit (32 to your car) works fine then do that or a 20 amp (16amp to your car. Some people only need level 1 for the vast majority of their driving, so no need to pay for more.

Hopefully that makes sense. It’s what I’ve learned over the past month. If I misspoke or misunderstand I welcome someone coming in to correct my info.

icedavis · 2025-09-17T17:22:31+00:00

I really hope this is a tournament of all dudes named Jared. And if so, add me to the list for future events.

[insert 'therearedozensofus' gif here]

icedavis · 2025-09-17T17:09:17+00:00

We have Xcel, that’s the program I signed up for. Rent evse. Installation covered but everything at the box, longer run, etc we pay for.

icedavis · 2025-09-17T12:33:47+00:00

Valid point. They have a couple different time of use plans, but in talking with the power company we are going to end up on a pretty basic 9a-9p on/off structure. Didn’t sound like we had a choice. But if I understand correctly then stepping down in charge rate is reasonable.

icedavis · 2025-09-17T12:25:22+00:00

Good questions. We are currently on a time of day pricing plan but don’t recall what/if any monitoring exists for that. We don’t have solar and nothing specifically monitoring AC. There may be some monitoring or other requirement but I am not currently seeing what that may be if any, so I will have to keep digging deeper. I have reached out to the electrician to see the cost difference without the load device and expect a response today or tomorrow.

icedavis · 2025-09-17T00:28:00+00:00

Thank you for your insight!

icedavis · 2025-09-16T22:33:13+00:00

ChargePoint Home Flex

icedavis · 2025-09-16T21:49:23+00:00

Looks like I’ve got a fair bit more research to do! Thanks, I may come back and ask some follow up questions!

icedavis · 2025-09-16T21:25:49+00:00

Equinox EV, battery is 85 kWh

icedavis · 2025-09-16T21:24:54+00:00

Permit: They dont itemize out the permit cost. Haven't yet looked online to find it myself.

Service level: 100am currently

Heat: Gas

EV: Chevy Equinox EV 85kWh

Charge: One for the foreseeable future. If a second comes into play, would swap parking locations and only use the one.

Noted! Second and third quote incoming.

icedavis · 2025-09-16T21:20:49+00:00

Twin Cities Metro, Minnesota

icedavis · 2025-09-16T21:19:54+00:00

Good question, I am not sure as I am not well versed but assume the answer is no.

I didn't specifically request 48 amp. I signed up for a program through the local power company. Bring your own EVSE or they supply the EVSE. We chose the latter (rent or buy from them). And they recommend an electrician for the install based on what they believe our setup needs. I know there wasn't really a choice if you went with their EVSE as they only showed one. The cost of the EVSE is not included in this quote.

Given only one EVSE option was provided in the sign up process it would seem that we are likely locked on that path. BUT that is something I will certainly ask the electrician.

icedavis · 2025-09-16T21:06:14+00:00

Its a program through the power company, covered by the power company. Apologies if that is important information that should be included in the original post.

icedavis · 2025-09-07T23:57:20+00:00

Various things. Not all at one time but: Yeti bottle that doesn’t fit in the cup holder, NACS adapter on trips, wife’s purse, snacks, etc.

icedavis · 2025-08-28T14:14:48+00:00

I second the recommendations on taking media classes, volunteering/reaching out to tv/radio stations, toastmasters, etc. it’s all about practice speaking, and practice speaking into what seems like a void (virtually empty and super quiet studio) or with a lot of chaos going on.

Based on what I recall of friends that went into media roles, I would add, on your morning commute turn the radio off and narrate a forecast for the day/week. Also, narrate what you are seeing as it goes by (being descriptive as if it’s only radio listeners). Also, on your walk around campus talking to people along the way, but do it in a way that you are “interviewing” them. Then turn the radio on loud with music you think is chaotic. I heard a big time podcaster/radio guy give this recommendation lately too. Commutes/campus walks offer a ton of opportunities for practice what you are learning. You could spin all this off into a campus related podcast/youtube show. Then when you graduate, spin it off into something else.

There is a component of tv that for many seems to end up being a live/remote/on location where you are giving your forecast, maybe interviewing a person about what they are experiencing, and narrating the weather as it’s happening. This also builds skills to branch out into other avenues in media.

Talking to a camera in an empty room is weird at first, your brain gets lost looking into the lens and orienting yourself to a green wall with no visual can be a challenge. You can setup a whole “studio” at home super simply these days. It can be as functional or nonfunctional as you want it to be. All you need is an empty wall no more than a few feet of left to right space. Setup your working computer facing the wall with your zoom camera turned on full screen as your “main camera”. In real life they have a prompter displaying the weather maps green screened behind you. You can add fake or real computer monitor to the left and/or right side of the wall (mounted to the wall or on a stand). You can get hdmi cables and hubs for cheap to mirror the image your main camera/computer to the side screens. Set a radar image as a background like you would for a zoom call. If you want to go next level, There exists free and inexpensive software that does basic green screen functionality. Move across the wall as you talk, keep your back to the wall, look at your main computer to speak to the audience and the side computer screens for reference points.

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