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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,650
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    dubyateeeffmate. how is this even legal. cost of living definitely outpacing compensation, I'm sure.
    I feel like higher appraisals are fine, but for sellers and new buyers only - like the people flocking in with loads of CA money to buy cheaper TX property. owners shouldn't be taxed on increases like this. it's ridiculous. isn't this how people end up losing homes and property?
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    txcoastal1 wrote: »
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    Very timely...just got a new assessment and it went up over 40%.
    I’ve got two acres that’s connected to my land, but has a separate appraisal. Just land, no roadway access, no nothing. Previous appraisal was $9800, this year’s is $39,000. Crazy.

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    Appraisals can be appealed, AFAIK.
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  • OleBoot
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  • soundfreak1
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    That's funny. I took an overnight breathing test and felt exactly like that!
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  • Willow
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    Not to mention the playdough like substance they put on my scalp for the pods to stick.
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,703
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    County property tax up 40%. Good news is I no longer
    Pay city tax. I do pay my own garbage and fire fees.
    I'm still coming out ahead.
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • OleBoot
    OleBoot Posts: 3,138
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    ^^^ why I’ve never done a sleep test … even though I know I need to. I doubt I could sleep with a CPAP anyway, though I admit those that have them seem to love them. What’s the deal with that new implant thingie they have now? That seems like it might be the way to go.

    As far as I know the Borg implant thingy only works for milder cases of sleep apnea, so it depends on the individual case. I have to use a bipap machine with as much pressure as it would take to inflate the Hindenburg, so the implant thingy no workie for me.
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  • mhardy6647
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    speaking of sleep disorders -- this is a subject that I know next to nothing about, but there was (at least from my neophyte perspective) a good discussion of the topic(s) on the NPR news-ish program "1A" today.
    https://the1a.org/segments/in-good-health-living-with-sleep-disorders/

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  • msg
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    Is that up, down or upside down? whatever it is, I just fell off my chair.
    And broke my leg.
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    I disabled signatures.
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  • OleBoot
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    speaking of sleep disorders -- this is a subject that I know next to nothing about, but there was (at least from my neophyte perspective) a good discussion of the topic(s) on the NPR news-ish program "1A" today.
    https://the1a.org/segments/in-good-health-living-with-sleep-disorders/

    I listened to some of this podcast, but then it sent me to sleep. I think I have selective narcolepsy. Please send ritalin.

    https://youtu.be/Krai4q0iu7U
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  • newbie308
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    Why would Hyundai put the button for reverse towards the front of the car and the button for drive towards the rear? Seems counter intuitive to me.

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  • sucks2beme
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    Because if you looked at most classic automatic floor shifters,
    that's how they are laid out.
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  • nooshinjohn
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    newbie308 wrote: »
    Why would Hyundai put the button for reverse towards the front of the car and the button for drive towards the rear? Seems counter intuitive to me.

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  • F1nut
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    newbie308 wrote: »
    Why would Hyundai put the button for reverse towards the front of the car and the button for drive towards the rear? Seems counter intuitive to me.

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    You haven't been around much I take it.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,520
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    I think it's dumb
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  • F1nut
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    Random auto shifters.
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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,466
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    ^^^^


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBnvIRRn_F8
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,824
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    I saw a diecast model of that Barracuda last week. :p

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  • aprazer402
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    Alternative use for an indoor pool.

    Wonder how a subwoofer would sound if placed in the tiled pool.

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  • newbie308
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    F1nut wrote: »
    Random auto shifters.
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    Yes! I understand that the older shifters for automatic transmissions were configured this way, but that was because of mechanical linkage. It had to be that way. Now everything is electronic, so it no longer HAS to be that way.
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 6,079
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    They should have done this

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 52,406
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    newbie308 wrote: »
    F1nut wrote: »
    Random auto shifters.
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    Yes! I understand that the older shifters for automatic transmissions were configured this way, but that was because of mechanical linkage. It had to be that way. Now everything is electronic, so it no longer HAS to be that way.

    You need help.
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  • newbie308
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    @F1nut Actually, I think I am well beyond what help could do for me at this point. Nice observation though 👌
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  • newbie308
    newbie308 Posts: 846
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    audioluvr wrote: »
    They should have done this

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    My dad had a push button 1959 Plymouth Sport Fury. Was still hanging around in ‘61 for the 300G, I see. Awesome.

    My mom had a 1968 Plymouth Fury with the Hydromatic pushbutton shifter, but the buttons were arranged vertically in that car.
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  • mhardy6647
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  • F1nut
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    newbie308 wrote: »
    @F1nut Actually, I think I am well beyond what help could do for me at this point. Nice observation though 👌

    Fair enough.
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  • Keiko
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    F1nut wrote: »
    newbie308 wrote: »
    Why would Hyundai put the button for reverse towards the front of the car and the button for drive towards the rear? Seems counter intuitive to me.

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    You haven't been around much I take it.

    I was in a friends ride the other day. Late model Honda and I was looking at the sound system. It's a screen that has all those apps for streaming. I felt kinda lost studying the thing. I'm so old school, the head unit in my 2003 Taco is a stock, one unit AM/FM radio, cassette and CD player rigged to it's stock 6 speaker system. It's old technology, but I wouldn't want it any other way.

    On another note, and hope I'm not thread-jacking, I just added a bluetooth receiver to my main rig because Synology decided to no longer support WiFi dongles for their NAS systems. I can still stream via WiFi, but it left me limited when I could no longer use the dongle to shuffle all my flac files in a random order.

    I was limited to only playing albums or small playlists. Having the bluetooth receiver gave me back the ability to shuffle all my audio files, but now I have to stream via my Galaxy Tab > the bt receive > my Cambridge 752BD using it's DAC, adding 2 more devices to the chain.

    Sound quality is OK, streaming with the LDAC codec at 96k. Before Synology made their change on the WiFi dongles, I could stream at 192k using the Cambridge's DAC to upsample in this configuration. Also limited now to the tablets onscreen while streaming bt. Before, I had my 40" Sony Bravia to use as an onscreen display while streaming.

    I dunno why Synology decided to lose the WiFi dongle function and there's no other workaround I could find other than a bluetooth receiver or something like a Wiim mini or pro which I also considered. If anyone here uses the Wiim pro streamer, I'm interested about your experience with it. I decided to go with a bt receiver since it cost less and setup was pretty easy.

    Overall this turned out to be a satisfactory workaround. I have added abilities to stream music via other audio apps on my tablet now, but doubt I'll be using them much.

    And to steer myself back on topic, here's an image of the new bluetooth receiver. It's a nifty little device that does what it's supposed to. It's impressive IMO for it's connectivity. You can go analog via 3.5mm pin jack to RCA or digital via toslink or coax. The coax output is what sold me on this unit plus it's LCD screen display. I got a promotional 14.00 bucks off on it, so I picked it up for 55.00 & change. The alternative contender, Wiim pro goes for 150.00 and the Wiim mini, 100.00.

    A few years ago, the additional 100 bucks wouldn't have mattered too much, but in this economy today, Janey & I have to go with the lower cost options that are available to us. It's like going to the grocery store and buying sirloin over ribeye. We're living within our means and remaining grateful for God's grace.

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