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I actually got my degree in Ocean Engineering...basically Civil with some extra classes about hydrology, tides, currents, etc. thrown in. In fact, we took most of our classes with the other CE students. Our Structures class was a bunch of CE's and then 7 or 8 of us were OE's. Made it about...

False....kettle cooked chips and Ruffles don't do those.

Oldest just got his letter from Live Oaks, the area vocational school, that he has been accepted into the CNC Manufacturing program. Ex- was always trying to talk up college to him, but he was never a good "school" kid. Very mechanically inclined though so I would try to get my 2 cents in...

Not sure if they still have them, but we had a couple Gizmo Gadgets from Verizon. Watches for kids with cellular. You can set up a list of 10 contacts they are allowed to have and they can send/receive simple texts. Worked great for the kids for "come home", "ready for pickup", etc.

See, I liked The Book of Boba Fett too, but all the diehard Star Wars guys were ranting about how terrible it was.

We lucked out with ours. The network is pretty sizeable and there was one who was only about 15 minutes away. There are a few who are closer, but one thing I liked about ours is that he doesn't rush anything. 3 of 3 actually had an appointment a couple weeks ago. He definitely needs them, but...

That sounds about standard nowadays. Used to be my dental insurance put a cap of $2,600 on our out-of-pocket if the ortho was in-network. Now it's similar to yours...pay a chunk and ~$3k out-of-pocket. We've got two down and one left to do. First two I used my flex spending. With the last one...

Nope...I was able to check the specs before I got the pump. There's also a dehumidifier in there. Even if the freezer happens to start up when the sump pump and dehumidifier are running, it's still under 15amps. One of the reasons I got this pump. I wasn't crazy about the amount of plastic in...

Not sure I’ll be that fancy. It’s an old school sump pit…concrete cast when they poured the basement…so the concrete lip sticks up about two inches. There’s just enough room for the battery box to fit between the wall and the sump pit so I might put it back there, but bind up the cords/wires to...

Finito…. I ended up using tape just because I already had some and didn’t want to make (another) trip to HD. From what I read, tape is fine, you just have to make sure you don’t over-torque and crack the fitting. Seems to have fixed the leaks too. Just need to hook up the backup pump. It’s in...

I always use slip fittings…anyone done any plumbing work with threaded PVC fittings? I added a valve so I could disconnect the sump pumps without getting a pipe full of bilge water dumped on me. I accidentally glued the ball valve in the first one so I got a threaded one instead and it’s...

As luck would have it, we were going out of town right after our sump pump issues started. We'd been getting so much rain that I couldn't work on it at all before we left, but I was able to verify that the backup was able to keep things under control with the "boat battery bandaid". Also had a...

TBH, I can’t remember what the current pump is, but those pipes have gotta go. However I do it, pipe will 45 over to the wall and I’ll add some wood to the wall to make it easy to strap the pipe and it’ll give me an excuse to use the powder hammer…so loud…so fun. Ran to Harbor Freight and got...

This is the current setup. The PVC has no support so it’s really wobbly.

So, a little more background. I think the tether switch on the old pump is the problem. The pump will work but you’ve gotta shake the little “ball” on the tether to get it to start even if it’s floating straight up. I’ve already got a backup…that’s what’s keeping things under control at the...

Let’s talk sump pumps and check valves. Does it matter where the check valve goes? Some places says 2-3’ above the floor others say right at the pump. Time for a replacement and I want to upgrade the janky discharge piping the ***** previous owner did. I want to 45 over to the wall so the PVC...

Despite the surprising season, it's pretty safe to say that everyone here absolutely hates the team owner Mike Brown. He refuses to get a GM because he thinks he's good at running a team because his dad was really good at it, but he's terrible. Everybody and their brother knows they need to go...

I'm sure ours will be FUBAR. I got the first check and then went online and opted out. Really stupid system though. We file jointly so first check shows up and it's got both our names on it. After I opted out, another check shows up, this one with just the wife's name on it for stepson. It was...

See, here's your problem, you need to look at when artists debuted, not when you think they were popular. We (Gen X) made great music, hence, artists stuck around for multiple generations. You (millennials) on the other hand, your music is garbage that becomes irrelevant in about a week.

Yeah I saw that too. I remember something looking "off" during the game but forgot all about it because there was no flag. The when you watch the video replay it's not even close...they all took like a full step before the ball was snapped.