Recent content by bonvanroulez

It should be noted that your Mobley probably received an over-the-air firmware update around 2018 that locked the sim card to the mobley with an unknown PIN number. Users report getting the PUK (pin unlock key) code from ATT customer service or online chat to unlock the sim in order to use it in...

My Mobley device has been safely stored away while the mobley sim has been in a Netgear 815s since shortly after I started on the connected car plan, going on 5 years. The device is so much more convenient to use than the Mobley and gets good speed and signal. Another popular alternative to the...

A friend had a Chang Jiang which is a chinese copy of a russian copy of a BMW. "The CJ750 motorcycle is based on the original 1956 Soviet IMZ M-72 which itself was derived from the earlier German 1938 BMW R71"

I went down a tooth from 15 to 14 but also running an oversize rear tire. The change in final drive vs the increased tire size is just about even.

My carbed XT225, a 2002, has been on roads over 10,000 ft, up to 13,000 feet many times. I recall that running the Alpine loop, Engineer and Cinnamon pass, on some of the really steep grades I had to stay in 1st gear but it made it just fine. Rides at 10-11,000 ft have never been a problem. I...

I had the same dribbly shower head in my trailer shower, it wasted a lot of water and the pump cycled continuously to keep up with the leaky showerhead. So I ordered a cheap kitchen sink sprayer with hose; none of the fittings were compatible so I cut the hoses and sleeved the sprayer hose onto...

I got an appointment this week for first shot in Parker AZ on March 11. La Paz county residents only. Since I first saw the invitation on the county health website they have amended to include age 55 and older.

I just got a new mattress from foamfactory; I went with 4" of HD36 HQ Foam with 2" of Super Soft foam for a topper. I'm real happy, it is very comfortable. I would have liked 6" of HD36 with a topper but my bed space is height limited and I needed the headroom for sitting up in bed. I found it...

Those batteries appear to be Northstar TPPL (thin plate pure lead), basically 12 volt AGM sealed lead batteries made for rack-mounting. They have a slow self-discharge rate so hopefully they're charged and haven't drained down. Hard to tell from the video how big they are but look like 105 Ah...

Sorry, my mistake. I thought this was the thread for discussing the Visible service. There must be another Visible thread that I was thinking of.

This thread started out as a good topic of discussion on Visible phone service but all the recent posts are about filling Visible party pay groups. It might be too late but it would be nice for the two topics to have their own threads. Any posts about the service are getting lost in the party...

For a big box store there is a Walmart in Parker, north of Quartzsite. Parker is about 35 miles from Quartzsite so just a little further than Blythe. And they have a surprisingly good selection of weather-stripping products. There's also a couple pretty good hardware/lumber type stores in Parker...

Made me curious so I googled and found some information: This article from 2018 says in Arizona, bees are more dangerous than rattlesnakes: Report: Bees more dangerous than snakes – at least in Arizona Here's some reports of bee attacks in Arizona. I narrowed the search results to fairly...

Another bee hazard in the southwest is in agricultural areas near desert lands like around Yuma and the Imperial Valley where large hives are set out to pollinate crops. On a walk or a bike ride one might encounter a hive like the one pictured where many bees could be in the air. Those bees...

I worked outdoors for years before retiring and ordinary bees and wasps would always be around; if ignored they’re mostly harmless unless you disturb a nest or hive. If they get caught in clothing they will sting. But the OP is asking about the Africanized Bees, also known as “Killer Bees”...