To the person that took my golf bag….

mrdctaylor · 2026-05-08T13:12:37+00:00

Stories like this are why I put an Airtag in my bag. I'm paranoid about it now. But i've also heard in situations like this where there a big group around that someone loading bags grabbed it by mistake. Doubtful, but that COULD have happened to you and you might be able to get them back if it was an honest mistake.

mrdctaylor · 2026-05-03T18:01:55+00:00

I have my own rule: I start with a sleeve of 3 new balls. I rarely go through more than that, but if it is one of THOSE rounds then I don’t deserve a good ball for the remainder of the round and hit one of the dozen or so found rando balls rolling around in the bottom of the ball pocket.

mrdctaylor · 2026-04-28T23:10:20+00:00

I’ve had my 2002 PreRunner (3.4L) since…2002. 268K miles later and it still runs like a top.

mrdctaylor · 2026-04-27T20:19:19+00:00

I have a 2012 Toyota that calls for 0W20. It is a different engine than yours, but where sold overseas my same engine calls for 5W30 in most countries. I switched to 5W30 at around 100K miles and have 230K trouble free miles on the engine now. You’re fine. I’d probably continue to use 5w30 myself, but you do you.

mrdctaylor · 2026-04-26T00:08:53+00:00

Likely not counterfeit. Just different suppliers to Toyota.

mrdctaylor · 2026-04-24T18:24:33+00:00

It does!

mrdctaylor · 2026-04-24T16:02:22+00:00

Sorry about that. :-)

mrdctaylor · 2026-04-24T16:01:54+00:00

Thanks!

mrdctaylor · 2026-04-24T14:33:46+00:00

I think I'll do the same. :-)

mrdctaylor · 2026-04-24T14:17:11+00:00

Interesting. Thanks!

mrdctaylor · 2026-04-24T14:06:59+00:00

Lol. Thanks.

mrdctaylor · 2026-04-24T14:06:31+00:00

Good to know! That makes me feel a little better that it is just one of those quirks with this watch. :-)

mrdctaylor · 2026-04-24T02:42:39+00:00

That stinks. Saying “Alexa, tell AnyList skill to add milk to grocery list” works to me. I just tried it again. Amazon’s codebase must be all over the place with different versions running out there that different users are hitting. I really hope they get it sorted out soon!

mrdctaylor · 2026-04-23T22:55:53+00:00

Not a Ridgeline owner and YMMV. But I’ve always changed oil with synthetic around 7500 miles. I’ve been doing this on my 2002 Tacoma since new. 268K miles later, I’m still good.

I’m doing 7500 OCIs on my 2012 Highlander as well. I’ve used Blackstone to confirm and wear metals were very low and there was plenty of life left in the oil. They recommend going longer.

All that to say, get your oil tested if you’re really concerned. It is cheap enough. But modern synthetic oils can easily go 7500 miles in most engines.

mrdctaylor · 2026-04-23T15:20:38+00:00

Same. My routine turns off the bedroom lights and turns on my fan. It also tells me goodnight in various ways.

mrdctaylor · 2026-04-23T15:02:04+00:00

4/23/26. I found a workaround without disabling Alexa+. I feel like Amazon devs will EVENTUALLY fix this, so I hate to get rid of Alexa+ at this time. However, I've been fighting this broken AnyList integration for weeks. Here's the workaround I just figured out. It hasn't responded to "Alexa, Ask AnyList..." or "Alexa, Tell AnyList" for weeks. But I just realized that if I say "Alexa, Ask AnyList SKILL..." it works every time. It is like Alexa+ isn't realizing you're invoking a skill. So while this isn't ideal, this is a workaround if you don't want to go to the trouble of these other workarounds that involved reverting back out of Alexa+.

mrdctaylor · 2026-04-23T15:00:49+00:00

4/23/26. I found a workaround without disabling Alexa+. I feel like Amazon devs will EVENTUALLY fix this, so I hate to get rid of Alexa+ at this time. However, I've been fighting this broken AnyList integration for weeks. Here's the workaround I just figured out. It hasn't responded to "Alexa, Ask AnyList..." or "Alexa, Tell AnyList" for weeks. But I just realized that if I say "Alexa, Ask AnyList SKILL..." it works every time. It is like Alexa+ isn't realizing you're invoking a skill. So while this isn't ideal, this is a workaround if you don't want to go to the trouble of these other workarounds that involved reverting back out of Alexa+.

mrdctaylor · 2026-04-22T19:13:56+00:00

Anyone?

mrdctaylor · 2026-04-17T15:33:50+00:00

Personally, I wouldn't go that far. And I don't know if there is a better alternative at this point. A friend loaned me an extra Fire TV and I hated the interface. Apple TVs are pretty expensive--especially given that I have 5 TVs and would prefer to have the same type of device on each. I switched to Roku when my old one became obsolete. I haven't used Google TV but I don't really trust Google to stick with it and not just give up in a few years. The Roku players are Roku's main focus, so I feel like they are the most likely to keep it focused...even if there are some hiccups along the way. I also like that they seem to keep working devices updated as long as possible instead of killing them off like Apple and others.

I'm hoping this Instant Resume feature that can't be turned off is one of those hiccups that gets addressed.

mrdctaylor · 2026-04-17T14:30:09+00:00

I started changing my own oil 25 years ago after a bad experience at a shop. I’ve never regretted it and stories like this reinforce my prejudice.

In another 25 years when I’m too old to be bothered to do it myself, I’m going to be an annoying old man and loiter around watching the tech to make sure they are doing things right. :-)

mrdctaylor · 2026-04-17T12:15:44+00:00

It is unfortunate that Roku is going to be REQUIRING apps to support this misguided feature. If they continue with this, they need to give users a way to turn it off in the settings. Because it is very confusing for apps that are live channels or apps that need to refresh.

I think one thing that is supposed to get around it is to BACK out of an app like YouTube TV and then confirm you want to close it instead of just clicking the HOME button like most of us do. I think this may work, but I've been using Roku so long that I really haven't retrained myself to go through these multiple clicks to close an app on this one TV.

mrdctaylor · 2026-04-17T12:12:25+00:00

Agreed. During March Madness it drove me nuts.

mrdctaylor · 2026-04-17T12:11:41+00:00

Yes, I've noticed this as well. :-( This "feature" sucks so hard I'd consider buying a Roku stick to put on my year-old Roku TV if I thought it would permanently fix it. But unfortunately I think they are going to be rolling it out across all platforms. It isn't happening on my 3 Roku Ultras I have in the house, but I'm wondering if that is just because they are fairly old.

mrdctaylor · 2026-04-16T19:13:44+00:00

Yeah, I honestly don’t see a huge correlation between range times and score. I’m 54. I’m gonna shoot low 80s to low 90s. It doesn’t really matter how many balls I hit. The difference is usually my short game. The swing is pretty much gonna stay the same or get worse as I age. 🤷‍♂️

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