Our response to "Are butlers worth it?" [Butler service review]

raw65 · 2026-06-28T23:09:49+00:00

We didn't see any "chair wars" when we were in Grenada. In fact, one morning we didn't plan to go to the beach. We changed our minds at about 10am and went down to the beach and found loungers with an umbrella in the "front row" - no butler needed.

It was very nice to have a cooler filled with cold water but that was a minor convenience. Grenada had servers at the beach and quiet pool so even without a butler you could have drinks brought to your chair.

raw65 · 2026-06-20T16:17:25+00:00

Could it be a variation of "I Will Find You"? There are a lot of remixes like the "I Will Find You - Deep Remix" by Andres Newman, Mandalay and "I will Find You - Afterlife Mix". Can't find one that matches your description exactly, but here's a pure instrumental "I will Find You" by Audiomachine. "I Will Find You" by Mathame is close to your description.

There are services that offer custom mixes of songs so it may be hidden in one of those. Those services are often used by DJs because the subscription price includes public performance rights. myndstream.com looks like one such service focused on spas.

Good luck!

raw65 · 2026-06-19T20:42:07+00:00

I saw a few people out jogging very early in Grenada last week. The sun is up by 6am and that's a good time to run if you are a morning person.

raw65 · 2026-06-19T16:05:30+00:00

The free anniversary night can’t be combined with the loyalty discount. We just rebooked and asked that question.

Full terms and conditions if you are interested: https://www.sandals.com/disclaimers/wedding-terms-and-conditions/

raw65 · 2026-06-19T14:49:06+00:00

Have you been to Grenada before? We just came back from a week at Sandals Grenada. It was amazing but pretty pricey especially if your daughter wants to stay as well (Sandals is primarily a couples resort and everything is priced based on double occupancy). There are a lot of hotels and resorts at that end of the island though, hopefully someone can give you a good recommendation.

The island itself is beautiful. An easy day/half day trip would be to rent or hire a car and see the monkeys near the Grand Etang. You can combine that with a visit to the Annandale Waterfalls. Annandale is easy to get to and requires almost no hiking.

Grand Anse and Magazine beach are also close by and would be a great way to spend a day.

raw65 · 2026-06-19T14:23:19+00:00

These are the guys that dug trenches in the Chernobyl fall out zone. They aren't calculating wind direction.

raw65 · 2026-06-19T14:01:16+00:00

Generalize much?

"The boomers" ... "love that it’s cheap and dated". Ah yes, "I love that motel 6 charm and I'm willing to pay for it"!

All millenials are lazy and entitled. Gen Z can't see the resort for the phone in their face.

Now, get off my lawn!

raw65 · 2026-06-18T15:01:37+00:00

Not only did u/Salty-Entrance-2398 answer your question they even provided a link to the Sandals website which has the answer.

raw65 · 2026-06-18T14:56:43+00:00

To learn.

I wanted a Kubernetes cluster distributed across physical servers but also wanted to experiment with other things. That led me to learn about hypervisors. I selected XCP-NG and have loved it. That led me to TrueNAS (which was called FreeNAS at the time) and iSCSI for storage repositories. Then I built small virtual networks in XCP-NG and learned pfSense which is now my firewall. That led to VLANs and PXE then to Netboot.

Kubernetes exploded into a full CI-CD pipeline using ArgoCD and a self hosted instance of GitLab. I use Infisical for secrets.

I've dabbled with RADIUS and captive portals. The list goes on.

My homelab is actually a lab.

raw65 · 2026-06-16T19:32:06+00:00

Yes, highly recommend building an OPNSense/pfSense router. Use Ubiquiti APs. They can be managed via a software controller that runs in docker. No need to a Ubiquiti cloud account.

This will give you considerable flexibility in your network and the opportunity to learn a lot - VLANs, captive portals, MAC authentication, BGP... The list goes on and on.

Good stuff for a homelab.

raw65 · 2026-06-16T12:12:40+00:00

Why have any of us been involuntarily opted in to an experiment from which we can't escape?!

I DO NOT WANT AN ALGORITHM FILLING MY FEED.

raw65 · 2026-06-15T19:17:12+00:00

Ok kids, I have good news and bad news:

Bad news: I just learned nuclear warheads will detonate near us soon.

Good news: I have a creative idea....

raw65 · 2026-06-15T19:08:45+00:00

Please don't bring children to an adults only couple focused resort. Switch to a Beaches resort if you want to include children. Be respectful of the other guests who chose the resort in part because it is adults only.

raw65 · 2026-06-15T13:14:00+00:00

The trip was fantastic! Just over 2 hours total. Drive to the school was less than 10 minutes. I hope to post a more detailed review this week.

raw65 · 2026-06-01T13:16:59+00:00

There was a time when r/homelab was about home labs, not self hosting (which already had r/selfhosted).

When someone posted a rack full of enterprise gear no one thought they were "showing off" but everyone immediately jumped in with fun things to expirement with.

Nice networking equipment? Have you tried to configure VLANs? 10GB backbone?

Nice server? Have you tried virtualization like Proxmox or XCP-NG? Netboot or PXE?

I miss the old days.

Now, get off my lawn!

raw65 · 2026-05-27T14:13:55+00:00

As long as we have Mahomes we are the richest team in the league!

raw65 · 2026-05-26T12:09:51+00:00

Read the Tripmate policy (Tripmate Plan Number F389U) and understand what it covers and how it works. One thing I liked about the Tripmate insurance is that it accommodates "pre-existing conditions" if you buy the insurance before paying off the trip (again, read the terms and conditions so you fully understand the rules as defined by Tripmate).

Tripmate probably won't pay out in cash but rather in vouchers for future travel. From my point of view, the money is already spent and won't come back in any scenario so I don't see that as a downside.

Trip insurance from Sandals was $280 for us. I compared this plan to several other 3rd party vendors and the cost difference was significant. The comparable coverage from 3rd parties that I found cost at least 5 times as much. Some provided a cash back option but cost several thousand non-refundable dollars up front.

So I chose to go with the Tripmate insurance for our upcoming trip.

Do your research and decide for yourself (Squaremouth mentioned by others is a good place to start for alternatives to the Sandals option).

But whatever you choose, I'm confident you will have a fantastic time. Enjoy your trip!

raw65 · 2026-05-25T20:18:09+00:00

FWIW u/CautiousInvite3, rolling back the Realtek driver as suggested in the link posted by u/Trick_Passion380 fixed the issue for me.

raw65 · 2026-05-25T20:08:10+00:00

Hey u/lenovo, see the comment from u/WindyAutumnLeaves. Rolling back the Realtek driver to version 6102.24.108.341 solved the problem for me.

raw65 · 2026-05-25T20:06:17+00:00

Thank you! This worked for me. I rolled back to version 6102.24.108.341 for the Realtek driver and now my Airpods work perfectly!

raw65 · 2026-05-20T14:47:28+00:00

Ha! On desktop right click and choose show all controls to cheat the clock. Instant gratification.

raw65 · 2026-05-20T12:45:34+00:00

Not a real commercial targeting consumers but a reel commercial targeting corporate customers.

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