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My house is pretty well set up as a smart home. Switches, plugs, lights, cameras, motion sensors, temp/humidity sensors, contact sensors, doorbells, deadbolt, vacuum and the like. My favorite is the contact sensors on my refrigerator doors. If I open the fridge after 9:00, Alexa says "It's...

I'm working on my first build. It's a burled maple over an ambrosia maple body. I bought Minwax Wood Stabilizer to harden the punky burl. Essentially all of the contouring and shaping of the top is done. I haven't applied any stabilizer yet. My plan was to apply it after the basic shaping was...

I wanted to give a shout out to online retailer Fat bass Tone (I hope this is allowed here). I made two separate orders yesterday. One was free shipping due to costs, and the other, which I placed later, was not, as it was much cheaper. Shipping chargers were like 6 bucks. I didn't want to...

I'm working on building my first bass, and I have a subjective opinion question. The body is ambrosia maple. The streaking in the control cavity area on the body is very pronounced. There's no way I will be able to effectively match a cover to it. The top is a highly figured burled maple...

I'm about to start my first build, and I'm having a small doubt. My plan was: light colored body wood - 1mm black laminate - 1mm bleached white laminate - darker 5/16 top. I've made other wood projects in the past and have had some issues where when multiple strips are used, during sanding the...

I've done quite a bit of woodworking, and now I am ready to try my hand at a bass body. I found my top and body woods (8mm burled maple top and Swamp Ash body), but I am trying to find a black dyed accent slice to sandwich between them. Everything I have found is super thin (mostly 0.5-0.6mm)...

Who's got one? I used gas for years, and absolutely loved it. The house I bought didn't have a gas stove, and the costs to have a dedicated gas line run to that corner of the house just wasn't realistic. So I was stuck cooking on absolute garbage glass top electric. Now that prices are no...

Who here has gotten sucked into the abyss of converting your home to a smart home? I started by adding a few switches or light bulbs here and there, but have since went a little crazy with adding new cameras, lights, switches, locks, plugs, sensors, a vacuum, multiple automations, etc. This is...

I've scoured teh googelz and Reddit, but I can't find an answer. I've been in the process of automating my house, and I'm currently playing with a few apps/dashboards to control everything. I'm experimenting with Homey and Home Assistant currently. I'd like to also try out SmartThings but I...

I decided a few months ago that it was time to upgrade my Stinger GT2 (very highly underrated cars, btw). I narrowed my search down to an SM TLX, Type S, or a '23 M440i Gran Coupe... which is what I decided on. Fully loaded with (I think?) every available upgrade, CPO, under 20k miles, and...

Of my pool owners in the house, who uses a robotic vacuum? I mean the actual self-contained robots that don't rely on the pool's filtration system. For the past five years or so I had a Dolphin Nautilus Pro that worked well up until a few weeks ago when the pump motor crapped out. Because it...

Hey all, I planted a Pygmy Date Palm last week, and I'm starting to see the frond ends turning a dark brown. I think it's watered okay, but I don't know. My cheesy moisture reader reads moist (hehe) to moderately wet at various points around thw root ball. Another I planted about six weeks...

After car shopping for the past few months, I finally found exactly what I've been looking for: an Infiniti Q50 Red Sport, in the color I wanted, with the options I hoped for. I narrowed it down to the Q50, a Lexus IS350, and an Acura TLX A-Spec. The IS was too small for my fat butt, and the...

I started tinkering in woodworking over the past few years. I built a bar, some furniture, shelves, etc. Recently, a friend of mine asked me to make him a somewhat unorthodox wood item. He offered me good money for it, so I said what the hell. That's since turned into a (very) small...

I know there are a few beer threads here. "What are you drinking?", "favorite beer", etc. I haven't seen any on breweries. I'm not sure if this pertains to the macro guys, but for us micro/craft fans, do you have a favorite brewery, or a preferred brewery, for whatever reason? My favorite...

Wow. I haven't posted here in forever. I need some input though and I figure what better place to get a ton of views quickly than here? Anyway, I bought my house a few years ago and there was one spot in the back corner of the yard where there used to be a citrus tree but it was long gone...

My employer is (incredibly) graciously sending me to conferences in both Atlanta and Seattle. I'll be in each city for three days. I arrive in Seattle on April 3rd, and in Atlanta on July 13th. I've driven through Atlanta, but have never done anything there. I've never even been to Seattle...

I never post here anymore. I got an email this morning of all my unread and trending threads (the mods just miss me), so I came on to catch up on some reading. I figure since I'm here I'll get some advice on my most recent project... The gurl and I bought a house in November. It was much...

And look who sneaks in! :jawdrop: How's everybody 'round these parts? There are a LOT of new peeps here it seems. How are all the old-skool TBOT crazies??

I'm going to build a fire pit for my back yard. I'm trying to figure out how tight of a radius I can get my retaining wall blocks into. The blocks are 11.5 inches on the front and 9.2 inches on the back. I'm sure this is pretty simple, but I was a psychology major, therefore I'm pretty...

Steph and I would like to thank Toyota, and the way they handled our recent issue with them I discussed in a previous thread, for helping in her decision to give $30,000 to Honda. I've gotta say, this is WAY nicer than her Camry was! ;)

...and not in the good way! She has an '07 Camry Hybrid. It's got 102,000 miles. Just two days ago pretty much every warning light fired off. We took it to Toyota, and the diagnosed the hybrid battery as being shot. They graciously offered to replace it... FOR FIVE GRAND! The car's hybrid...

Last night, the girl was bugging me to make dinner. It was a long day at work, and I was not up for going to the store, so I threw something together from what I had lying around, and the fish I made is one of the best things I have ever made. I had to share. I had frozen tilapia filets in...

Okay, so I moved to Arizona recently from Pennsylvania. My trusty little pain in the ass Miniature Dachshund named Nico obviously came with me. He's 8 or 9 years old (he was a shelter rescue, so I'm not entirely sure). He's in perfect health, and had a physical before I moved. Wulp, since...

There are always so many customer service horror stories, and dead-ends when dealing with large companies that it's nice when a company does the stand-up thing. I just had such an experience with Logitech... For Christmas of 2011 I was given a Harmony One universal remote control. For those...

I have an issue regarding possible litigation toward my old realtor/and attorney. I just wanted some feedback. If you're out there, and are so inclined, please shoot me a PM. Thanks!

Hey guys... As some of you probably read, my house is for sale. I'm trying to sell and move to AZ. It's been listed for a few months now. I've had some interest, but nothing serious. Well, Monday morning I got an e-mail from a woman expressing interest. She basically said she wanted...

Because mine's not doing a damn thing! I listed my house just over 90 days ago. Since then I've only had a handful of people look at it. I haven't had any bites. My realtor was fully accommodating before the contract was signed. He came to the house several times, took measurements, gave...

Infiniti G37x. I freaking love this thing!!! :hyper:

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Stay classy, Pouncey brothers! :scowl:

Who has ordered, or plans on getting, the GS4? Mine's ordered, and I'm impatiently waiting. Reviews of this thing have been sick thus far. Benchmarks top every other Android option, and simply decimate the iPhone 5. It packs a quad-core 1.9Ghz processor, a 5 inch Full HD screen with 441 dpi...

Hey guys, Long story short, my uncle recently passed away. He was a gun collector. One of his wishes was that all of his nephews had a gun. The gun nuts in my family got some killer looking guns. I didn't want any. My brother wanted me to at least take the runt of the bunch, so I agreed...

Soooo, my agency switched insurances last year. Today is the first dealings I've had with the new company. I wanted to have a preventative routine physical done, as it's been a few years. I just found out that four out of the five lab tests ordered (all blood work) require me to pay my...

In response to a Facebook post made by yours truly this AM, and subsequent bickering back and forth by others, I am curious what the general TB consensus is. Cold pizza for breakfast. Yay or Nay??

These things are picking up steam. We should ALL be concerned! :( http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/22/shooting-reported-at-texas-college/

My mom wanted one for Christmas, so I got her one. It's the 8.9" screened one. My mom is a bit of a hardhead. When she wants something, THAT'S what she wants, no exceptions. because of that, I didn't do any research, and just went and bought her the "tablet". My impressions so far...

This is awful. CNN is reporting close to 20 children have been killed along with several adults. Naturally, the piece of garbage shooter took his own life in a last act of cowardice. So incredibly sad. :(...

So in reading the Things you think are far too expensive thread, several people mentioned cell service, and costs associated. I'm just curious who everyone has, what options are on their plan, and roughly what they pay every month (and if there are any discounts). I have AT&T, and from doing...

Hey guys, As lots of you know I lost my three Dachshunds recently. Two in July, and one just a few weeks ago on 11/07. Well, I was considering getting another, and when I found this guy below at a local shelter I pretty much couldn't say no. He was at the shelter since 11/11. His owner...