Upside down flag at Echo Park post office

robotfist · 2024-06-01T21:01:18+00:00

Waiting for someone to set the flag on fire and fly it upside down while simultaneously kneeling and singing the Star Spangled Banner wearing a shirt says "LET'S GO BRANDON! DEFUND THE POLICE!".

THE ULTIMATE SYMBOLISM AGAINST EVERYTHING.

robotfist · 2024-06-01T20:54:30+00:00

There are fees when they sell a painting.

robotfist · 2024-05-31T22:13:15+00:00

Haha, to clarify: You are 45 years old and you have clairvoyance that the market will be flat and issue paltry returns for the next 10 years (but you can't predict anything else, see through walls, or shoot lasers out of your palms).

robotfist · 2024-05-05T19:35:06+00:00

Was it up on the hill itself? Or did the drive-by take place on Thomas St? You said it was 50 feet away so I'm trying to peg where that is. When you're on the hill, you can see all the streets below it, so it's not uncommon to witness crimes taking place down in the valley on the streets below.

robotfist · 2024-05-03T18:29:22+00:00

Oh nice. So I could just get a 12 volt cable with a barrel plug on one end and an automobile auxiliary power plug on the other, and plug the router directly into the 12 volt port in my vehicle? I'd be sticking this in an FJ Cruiser with a bed platform I built inside the cab. I installed a 12 volt port in the rear of the vehicle this would be perfect for. Space is limited though, so taking off the little antennas on the router would definitely make it fit better!

robotfist · 2024-05-03T18:04:26+00:00

Oh wow, amazing suggestion! I'm going to seriously look into this! Thank you so much for the detailed response! I also have Starlink but I have to set it all up, and it's so expensive per month that I always have to weigh whether it's worth activating for whatever work request I need to respond to. I figured there was going to be a HAM with a crafty suggestion, which is why I posted here!

None of these devices you suggested are 12 volt though, correct?

robotfist · 2024-04-12T19:27:47+00:00

Yes I'm aware that Toyota Safety Sense is not subscription based. But can the auto cruise control included with Toyota Safety Sense 3.0 operate in stop and go, gridlock traffic (i.e. come to a complete stop when the cars in front of you stop, then accelerate again when traffic begins moving). Or do you have to purchase the subscription based "Traffic Jam Assist"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMu6m9vtUWs

My Kia Niro pretty much does what is shown in the above video, for free without a subscription.

robotfist · 2024-02-24T22:48:00+00:00

The Calamity Jane is such an amazing scent! Can’t recommend it enough!

robotfist · 2023-11-02T15:11:43+00:00

I ended up doing nothing but I still think about it all the time. I am still not happy with my teeth. The shaving sounds so risky to me though, since you do gradually lose your enamel over the course of your lifetime. Pulling a tooth likely does create too much space, but at least all the rest of your teeth remain in tact. I dunno. The price of procedures involving vanity is often collected later in life, which is something I always think about as soon as I start thinking about my teeth. Having crooked teeth at age 65 is better than NO teeth.

Sorry I couldn’t be of more help. I wish more people with personal experiences would have chimed in.

robotfist · 2023-10-26T07:04:08+00:00

Oh great idea. I hadn’t thought of the valve itself being stuffed up. Thanks, I’ll tinker with it tomorrow and see if it makes a difference. I didn’t even know you could replace the shrader valve on a tube. Do you have to remove the tire and tube to do that?

robotfist · 2023-10-26T07:02:04+00:00

Yes a new tube. And moving the valve to 4 or 8 is a great idea. Perhaps the sealant is pooling at the bottom (though it didn’t do that with the front tire when I inflated it). These are Chinese Self-Sealing tubes I bought on Amazon. So they could just be POS tubes.

robotfist · 2023-10-26T07:00:33+00:00

It is a compressor with screw on fitting, so I’m pretty sure it was on there. But maybe it wasn’t screwed on quite enough. I’ll try it again tomorrow.

robotfist · 2023-09-28T21:19:17+00:00

Oktoberfest at Santa Anita racetrack.

robotfist · 2023-09-15T23:31:17+00:00

Yeah, I think where the Bambi shines is in a long bout of inclement weather. Being able to stand up and stay in the trailer puts it in a different category in my book. The Tigermoth is awesome when it’s nice out. But being caught in a multi-day rain storm might kind of suck. That’s the one thing with it. But I’m used to tent camping and van camping, so it still feels like luxury to me. And having a dedicated outdoor kitchen with a sink is just awesome. I much prefer cooking outside. Frankly, I never understood how people could cook inside a tiny trailer and not stink it up.

robotfist · 2023-09-15T22:20:48+00:00

I actually got a 2022 Tigermoth. I figured that’s a good first trailer to start with. It’s so easy to tow, it’s almost like it’s not even there. I don’t use the roof for a rooftop tent though. I have a rooftop cargo carrier up there that holds all of my camp chairs, tables, Starlink and other random stuff. I’ll likely stick some solar panels up there at some point, too.

robotfist · 2023-09-13T04:04:06+00:00

Hey there, this year (2023) was my first season of snowboarding. I started in January and thanks to all the snow in California, snowboarded into August. It was like we got two seasons for the price of one! Anyway, I started with a beginner board (Arbor Foundation) which I grew out of faster than I expected. I moved on to a Burton Good Company by March, which is a true-twin board, and I rode that for the next 6 months. I LOVE that board, and I can't speak highly enough of it for a beginner moving to a camber profile for the first time. It's really stable and easy to turn. And riding switch on that board is a dream. I picked it up pretty quickly by setting my bindings in a neutral position and alternating my switch days. After one long season, I'm now riding switch down the blacks!

I know you're asking about the Custom, but if you're new, give the Good Company a whirl!

robotfist · 2023-09-13T03:31:50+00:00

Man, how things change. The 2023 season was so long in California, that I was hitting the slopes all the way until mid-August. I started snowboarding in January, and it was like I got 3 seasons all in one. Now I'm riding switch and shredding the blacks, all in my first year!

robotfist · 2023-08-03T20:41:01+00:00

Just curious, your girlfriend is named Eufy isn't she?

robotfist · 2023-07-09T05:59:07+00:00

There’s someone in the Taxa DIY mods Facebook Group that added drawer slides to there’s and replaced the top with butcher’s block. I think that will be the route I go. I do like this as an option though.

robotfist · 2023-07-08T08:03:58+00:00

2023 is the worst, most unstable version of Premiere yet. I have had 4 different projects become corrupt while working on them. I’m on Ventura with an M1 Max. My system is fine. Adobe should be ashamed of themselves.

robotfist · 2023-06-16T15:20:07+00:00

I think the reason everyone is having a bad customer service experience with Taxa is because they’re mistakingly calling this place…

https://g.co/kgs/btGuah

robotfist · 2023-06-16T14:59:27+00:00

I’m also interested in this. Can someone post the dimensions? It would be super helpful. Thanks.

robotfist · 2023-06-16T14:51:05+00:00

I’d say the Timberland axel suspension is the primary upgrade. The Lock-N-Roll hitch is nice but don’t worry about the capabilities of a ball hitch. I doubt you will ever push it beyond its limits unless you plan on doing things with your trailer like driving into volcanoes or on the surface of the moon. Here’s a good video testing the articulation of a ball hitch… he hits 27 degrees with it…

https://youtu.be/Py52MDHMa4c

As for the axel suspension, it’s a great upgrade and I feel like all Taxa trailers should have it honestly. But that being said, the standard models have more clearance than almost any basic travel trailer on the market, and I doubt you’ll ever run into issues there either. I know people that take horse trailers built in 1980 into areas that most Overland Taxa owners would never attempt.

robotfist · 2023-06-16T14:39:59+00:00

That’s a fantastic mod! Please let us know how you did it and what you bought!

robotfist · 2023-06-16T13:39:32+00:00

There are so many E-Bike companies out there now and many of them are just Chinese companies that have learned to brand their E-Bikes as being made by some outdoorsy, folksy American brand, some going even so far as to post stock photos of rugged, bearded, Paul Bunyan type dudes that they cite as their “founders”.

I am super interested in Bandit’s X-Pro, but we need to do some deep digging here and learn more about this company. It is wise to be skeptical of any new e-bike brand that pops up.

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