Just need to vent...

no, but if I did, I'd see a doctor.

 

The problem is corrosion inside the chrome cap of a 2 piece lug nut. Probably caused by salt on the roads.

Replace with 1 piece lug nuts and it won't happen again.

 

Lugnuts swelling...

When I had the mumps. So do not need a vaxx

 

Thanks! I'll have to look into those. I got my second set from a Toyota dealer, hence why it happened again I assume.

 

I assume you have a torque wrench for those lug nuts? (80 ft/lbsi is pretty standard for Toyota sedans...100 ft/lbs for the bigger SUVs and Trucks.)

 

The 'again' has me wondering: were these Toyota lug nuts? Did you have Toyota lug nuts before the prior replacement? Was the prior replacement for swelling, or some other reason?

I've experienced lug nuts swelling, but I think more of my experience of that sort has been with cheaper aftermarket ones. I don't think I've run into it with the ones from Toyota.

 

Massive respect for those that land on the 'farms. During a spring Middies cruise I was in the O-club one night with a bunch of young pilots who were going out for their carrier quals the next day. Watched as one didn't make it on takeoff. Not a pretty feeling.

Watching their practice landings at Pensacola on solid ground is so much different than on board even in relatively calm seas.

 

Same here. When I first signed up with Spectrum cable internet ~4 years ago, their introductory rate was $30, initially paid 100% by a government program. When I asked the telephone sales guy what the rate would be after the introductory deal, he said "Oh, we might raise it $5 or $10." Now its $50 (after supposed discount of $10), plus another $30 (up from initially $18) for voice line through their same modem.

My friends who live in more rural parts of the same county now have access fiber internet for (I think?) about the same price.

 

Fiber to the prem in my part of the country is about $60-75 at the retail level and available from several sources......FOR NOW.
Spectrum is one of them, and they are a good company.
I say this as someone who works for their competition, but like two 'opposing' newspapers in the same city, back in the days when newspapers were relevant, they would have a good working relationship WITH each other out of necessity and they were often as not one of each other's largest customers.
I like Spectrum because, in my area, they just 'give you the cable' and a free, if very basic modem to hang off of it - or?
You can use an improved one of your choosing.
IYKYK.

SO....
Time marches on, and in case your domicile is underground and equipped with a rock-like roof, so does technology.
Direct to satellite is the next 'big thing' and companies like Charter are not really big enough to loft their own satellites - and soon will face the same fate as those newspapers of the 20th century and the telegraph operators of the one before that.
I'm still a Charter/Spectrum customer for now because my company will only pay for my internet on one property and I still have a very humble place in the county that is somewhat worth protecting with cameras and an alarm system.

The math USED to be pretty simple......until.....

(*) The $39 is a 6-month teaser rate for 100mb/s service with latencies in the 20-30ms range.
Smart people will buy the $400 dish when it's on sale - or SL will lease one for an up-charge.

IS THAT ENOUGH?
For probably 90% of people.....it actually IS.
I'm using 0.5mb/s in a $5/mo 'fallover' system that has exceeded my expectations for the last month.


THIS is why all of those CABLE companies are collapsing in upon themselves with the mergers and rate increases, and why MY beloved company is embracing direct to cell.
See also: Passenger rail.

 

I’m hoping 10 weeks away from cable will convince Mrs B to not turn it back on when we get home

 

My free tv rig picks up two markets with two commercial free PBS stations, all live or recorded with a Tablo 4 channel dvr. The tablo streams to multiple devices in the house, also free.



I also have a Netflix access from a relative, Prime Video from Amazon and two free movie streamers from the local library.

Being able to time shift and fast forward over the air tv always was the big attraction to Cable and Satellite, certainly after Breaking Bad and the original Game of Thrones wrapped.

 

Cruise control dropping out because the speed fell below 25, after being set for 25 on a flat road and failing to hold it.

You had one job....

 

Good clean work!
I assembled parts for one but went with one of these in my attic, from Amazon Warehouse.
Pulls in more stations than I can watch.
VERY handy during storms, which is why I accept the 3dB loss from the attic install....

 

Both sets were genuine Toyota lug nuts.

 

I got a huge Channel Master antenna on the roof. We'll see if it can pick up the few 2-ridge signals out of our valley once the local repeater is shut down. I have my doubts, as getting a signal that's over two peaks will be difficult.

 

I duno . . . . . .

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What am I missing - standing it upright like that, aren't you basically turning it 90 degrees off-polarization? That'd drop gain by what - about 20db? — like closing ½ the blinds on sunlight. Yea it’ll still catch some signal, especially if the station’s close or you’re in a strong fringe area, but it’d be weaker, noisier, & more prone to dropouts. maybe if you’re dealing with multipath (reflections off buildings) that’s messing with horizontal signals—vertical might dodge some of that clutter. (scratchin' head)

 

It is not a Yagi.
It's supposed to be 90-degrees off of the horizontally polarized UFH broadcast signals.
Actually the two panels in my attic are aligned at about 140-degrees of separation to match the two markets that I live between, and hung upside-down for east of attachment to the ridge board.
The high'ish install and careful trimming of the feed lines eliminate multipath for the most part - and I was able to fine tune each panel with a DVR.
It IS a leafy neighborhood but this antenna is primarily for either plugs-out reception during storm season, or broadcast SEC football that I refuse to pay $50 a month for the privilege of watching.

I get signals from both of them with just about zero drops.