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    amateur radio

    out of curiosity, would this actually work to get overseas (i assume it is) broadcasts, such as wtww? with that bitty antenna on it? i've never been able to get anything off the non fm bands... i just use the little telescoping antenna to get my local station.
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    I found a great guy... has the verizon 4g hot spot mifi..

    do you use an app to find your towers, or just go 'up?' are you able to stream, or do you do this mainly to stay in contact for texts and phone calls? i've got two phones, each of which can be a mediocre hot spot. never figured out the - external antenna business...
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    What are you reading?

    Solitary by Albert WoodFox. Over forty years in solitary confinement.
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    I found a great guy... has the verizon 4g hot spot mifi..

    so do you travel mainly within reach of cell towers? does that mean - like, not out in the middle of nowhere, but kind of city or interstate nearby? idk - i got so fed up with my 5g inseego mifi, after i ended up mainly using one of my two phones for hot spotting, i finally dumped the worthless...
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    I found a great guy... has the verizon 4g hot spot mifi..

    i don't think i specified the exact model of mine...an inseego 5g 2000 mifi. so it's only been in production - for a year? i thought verizon and tmobile (my carrier) used the same inseego 5g mifi. maybe i'm wrong... i bought mine in winter 2021. but yours is not 5g. glad you had good...
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    I found a great guy... has the verizon 4g hot spot mifi..

    update on my inseego mifi: after 9 or ten months, of using that pos with t-mobile, i'm done. i threw it in the garbage, and paid it off --- to the tune of $160? what a pos. i am not an expert in cell signals, ham radio (tho i'm licensed, but just barely, lol). but i took that thing all over...
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    most mechanics won't work on a chevy van because it's too big?

    my chevy is an extended version chevy express, 2500, but no one has even asked this question (is it extended, or tall, or anything). they just pass on it. thus, i was relegated to a body shop that works on HUGE vehicles..... i'm in the sf bay area, and i do prefer smaller shops. i can see...
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    most mechanics won't work on a chevy van because it's too big?

    glad you are happy doing your own work, and pocketing the $$... i'm not a mechanic either --- although i can do some work...but if i'm doing the work, i'd strong prefer NOT having to remove the front seats, paneling, doghouse, etc ----------------------- i may try doing this, but i just don't...
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    most mechanics won't work on a chevy van because it's too big?

    thanks all... when i got my van, i was quite hesitant about the 'dawg house' if that's what access to the motor area is called. i new i'd never confront the internals of that vehicle, which made me uneasy. anyone else to counter my current view that my chevy express has to be serviced at the...
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    most mechanics won't work on a chevy van because it's too big?

    hi all i've been getting my van fixed at the dealer - which reeks. expensive, assembly line service, impersonal, (fill in other derogatory words here, no offense to any dealers out there, lol only sort of). my mechanic won't work on a van, most of the body shops have some issues with a van...
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    how to find space to safely store a van (so it doesn't get vandalized, stolen, etc when on-street parking near stix n brix)

    yeah ---- i think it's pretty bad in the sf bay area... kind of all over that area. i assume la is quite similar. for sf, a friend lives in a very quiet area in noe valley. people break in there too. i was surprised. he and his neighbor share video footage of security cams. called urban...
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    how to find space to safely store a van (so it doesn't get vandalized, stolen, etc when on-street parking near stix n brix)

    thanks all... i'll check cl, price out storage... these seem like desperate times. my van is pretty new, though, and i wouldn't want to start bashing it up... i do that to stuff IN the van, like my battleborn. it looks like a POS, but it's just stuff taped to it, etc... so it looks like a...
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    how to find space to safely store a van (so it doesn't get vandalized, stolen, etc when on-street parking near stix n brix)

    just wondering... i live in a sort of ok, gentrified area of the bay area, oakland, and with the price of gas, the price of vans, etc --- and general craziness, i am fed up with having my van vandalized over and over. it's a chevy express, pretty new, so i guess it is a magnet for thieves. just...
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    When Vans Get Stolen

    My van was hit and run, when it was parked. Farmers person said it was covered under collision, since a vehicle hit it. Damage was in the thousands I'm in California, like you Fwiw.
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    When Vans Get Stolen

    i've had my van, a chevy express, a year and a half. it's been hit and run, had the gas tank drilled out for gas, door lock destroyed, ignition switch destroyed, shot, gee, i can't even remember if the catalytic was stolen. oh, yeah, it was, lol. all in front of my house. i live in oakland, next...
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    I found a great guy... has the verizon 4g hot spot mifi..

    just wondering what dwelling type you are in, and what kind of city/town/nowhere you are... i just posted here... my inseego mifi seems like a compromise at best... i can't say i have a lot of confidence in it, and can't imagine watching tv on it. i youtube, with one or two devices, and count...
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    I found a great guy... has the verizon 4g hot spot mifi..

    hi pat, and other inseego mifi-lookers... i've had mine for a few months, the inseego mifi via tmobile. i believe $50/mo for...100G?? my original inseego, i noticed would reboot randomly, during operation. i finally got a replacement, because i thought it was malfunctioning. the new unit does...
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    Dumping Waste, Bags or Composting Waste

    let's face it: no one cares what goes on in a nursing home. with poop. with diapers. with uh....... residents........ nobody cares. it's where we warehouse our old farts.
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    Dumping Waste, Bags or Composting Waste

    at nursing homes, nobody going to interrupt you, when you're dumping a "LOAD" of ...well... shit. if i'm in quartzsite or wherever, dumping my "LOAD" in some random dumpster, and someone came at me angrily asking "wtf..............................." what am i sposed to say? i don't want to be...
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    I found a great guy... has the verizon 4g hot spot mifi..

    i been using the tmobile mifi...inseego 2000. it seems good - problem is it reboots randomly, etc. a replacement is on order. but otherwise, seems ok. i think $100G a month for $50. i hope those numbers are right. i also use visible ($40/month) and tmobile phone (formerly sprint... $20/mo?)...
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