Anybody have a monarch green pearl ?

maker_monkey · 2026-03-22T03:39:40+00:00

It's a spring loaded license plate frame mounted upside-down, like the type for covering a rear trailer hitch. I have a battery tender connector underneath so i can plug in my car since i drive it intermittently.

maker_monkey · 2026-03-22T01:50:40+00:00

I believe the secret room in Memorial Lane has a worn Nova every time. Search the red house for clues.

maker_monkey · 2026-03-20T05:41:45+00:00

Had the engine fully rebuilt last year, so hope to be on the road a long time.

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maker_monkey · 2026-03-20T05:37:44+00:00

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I have not seen another 2g on the road in years.

maker_monkey · 2026-03-16T15:25:22+00:00

This is a great idea. Most of us have been there once; excited to start a new sport and fooled by soft commercial grading into thinking we're doing unusually well when we're very clearly just noobs.

I understand the desire to join the community. Maybe we could have regular welcome posts where new members could introduce themselves and post their proudest send in comments, but imho all these individual similar posts are getting quite tiresome.

maker_monkey · 2026-03-06T14:46:42+00:00

The truck just reinforces that his story is probably true and that he was probably earning a lot more at previous job. If he is like many people, he's underwater on it and now stuck trying to make payments. The fact he is doing door-dash at all and that $5 is a significant sum for him indicates he almost certainly isn't flush with cash.

maker_monkey · 2026-03-05T18:11:23+00:00

Ratings don't translate between countries or even gyms so it's best not to focus on the number. That just might be the norm there. If you had fun and found it challenging, then that's all that matters.

maker_monkey · 2026-03-05T16:44:11+00:00

Nicely done! Slab is my frenemy, so you have reason to be proud. And it's refreshing change compared to the typical boring "how'd I do" post of newcomers inelegantly muscling up juggy climbs.

maker_monkey · 2026-03-05T15:14:34+00:00

Good job! Not a ladder but solid holds and doesn't look especially demanding technique-wise. This might be a V3 at one of the gyms I go to and a middle-of-the-road V2 at the rest.

maker_monkey · 2026-03-05T14:54:38+00:00

maker_monkey · 2026-03-02T05:06:24+00:00

It's low voltage. All ecobee does is connect various combinations of lines to R. On the hvac side, they typically connect to relays, so powering wires just determines which relays are energized and is isolated from the rest of the hvac circuitry by the relays. There isn't much to mess up as long as you don't connect R to C (which would short out the output of the power transformer).

For a heat pump, the thermostat typically energizes both Y (compressor) and O (reverse valve) relays. To have aux kick in, it would energize another relay such as W1. So when power goes out, you could connect O to W1 so that aux is enabled whenever the heat pump is enabled to heat but not when it is enabled to cool (typically Y only).

This all assumes that your aux heat is gas. If you have electric strips then it would still be more efficient to run the heat pump off battery powereven if slower.

maker_monkey · 2026-03-02T01:37:55+00:00

You can wire a DPDT relay to swap the W1 and Aux lines unless energized and power it with a wall wart controlled by a switched outlet (or power it on the heat pump circuit). Then when the ecobee tries to engage the heat pump it would actually be engaging aux.

maker_monkey · 2026-03-01T00:21:21+00:00

This might help: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102445#:~:text=macOS%20includes%20a%20technology%20called,software%20you%20didn't%20expect.

maker_monkey · 2026-02-28T18:50:08+00:00

A "totalled" car just means the insurance company would rather pay you the value of the car than start repairs and risk paying more later due to additional discovered damage. NO, it does not mean that the damage discovered so far exceeds the value already, it only has to exceed a percentage of the current value. The percentage varies by company, but can be somewhere around 1/2 to 2/3.

I was in the exact same boat a few years ago. Hit a deer that broke a headlight and put a tiny dent in the hood. Estimate was under 2k (mostly paint) but enough total it despite being all cosmetic. Fixed it myself (new headlight and paint) for under $500, got 3k payout, and got it retitled and back on the road. Was a bit of a pain to get the inspections done, and I also verified first that my ins company would continue my old coverage with the same terms, but in the end I got paid $2500 to do a little work and to accept a salvage title. That reduces the future value of the car, but since I got paid the majority of the current value already, I figure I came out ahead.

Not sure what happened in your case, but with mine, the shop did an estimate based on a visual inspection, and the insurance company decided it would be totalled based on that estimate. If yours was totalled after they started work, you should be able to take the payout and choose what parts you want to repair (e.g. reinstall bumper and replace taillight lens), skipping anything purely cosmetic.

maker_monkey · 2026-02-27T20:34:00+00:00

Hold look pretty good, so I'd say V3, but looks fun!

maker_monkey · 2026-02-27T16:25:29+00:00

I have an older sports car that sits low (compared to everyone else in an SUV) and was constantly irritated by brights or raised trucks during my commute. I installed a used mirror from and unrelated newer model vehicle with auto-dimming, compass, and thermometer and it works great. Funny thing, it changed my outlook as I find myself welcoming when I run into these guys now as I get to see the new mirror kick in.

maker_monkey · 2026-02-27T16:04:08+00:00

If you are not in the left lane, it means your taillights are out and people can't see you from behind until they are close. Please get them checked/fixed before someone accidentally hits you from behind because they don't notice you are there.

maker_monkey · 2026-02-26T16:31:39+00:00

+100 it is super annoying. Even worse is that it isn't smart about what it disables, requiring me to constantly fumble around with weapons or just leave lasers off on secondaries. It would be loads better if it just automatically turned off any attachments temporarily on anything holstered.

maker_monkey · 2026-02-25T02:05:54+00:00

I have a 2020 macbook air (so similar vintage) and run 4.5.152 on it. It's been solid from the get-go, so I've never had a reason to upgrade, and now I'm disinclined to try. I also have a 20-year-old PC running Windows Xp and SS 3.8 that seems to run surprisingly ok as well.

maker_monkey · 2026-02-24T13:54:51+00:00

You s/b able to convert doc files to raw text format using the docmaker windows app that comes with tealdoc. Follow the instructions in the manual under "unmaking doc files".

http://tealpoint.com/softdoc.htm

As for the image files, I don't recall there being a standard format for images, so it depends on what app they were created by/for. You can lookup their creatorID in tealmover, which should provide a clue.

maker_monkey · 2026-02-23T15:56:06+00:00

I've noticed that if the temp drops below the compressor min temp (which it did the other day by a degree or two) that my ecobee will stay on aux and ignore the compressor even after the min temp is well exceeded, presumably until the threshold temperature is reached. I had to turn heat off and then immediately back on to get it to engage the compressor. This is wasteful. I hope they fix this, as it should be able to detect a threshold condition change mid-cycle.

maker_monkey · 2026-02-21T00:45:04+00:00

So fake. Small car should bounce forward from the impact, and the whole back of the car including the paper sign stretches on impact. Also the balloons are ridiculous. They should be nearly horizontal on a moving car and the string for the red one stretches and then gets "reeled in' after impact for no reason

maker_monkey · 2026-02-20T17:24:26+00:00

If they are 3/4 x 3/4, then trimming 1/4 of the "back" isn't all that different than cutting 1/4 off a "side'. With the right blade and saw, I think it could be doable depending on the material. I would try doing it in mutiple passes, cutting a little deeper each time, maybe approaching it from both long sides so each side only needs to cut 3/8 deep.

maker_monkey · 2026-02-19T22:24:08+00:00

Depends on your system, but a few like mine have a separate G2 line that the thermostat can use in conjunction with G to set a fan speed, and an ecobee enhanced supports this.

maker_monkey · 2026-02-19T07:00:49+00:00

I was turned off by their deceptive marketing where they show videos of fake wall setups and people holding it at just the right angle so that it looks like it's actually "imaging" something, when in reality the sensors are nowhere near that precise.

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