When Onstar announced that it would no longer work on my late wife's 2015 Camaro we dropped our subscription and reported it to State Farm Ins., they billed me $49.00. Onstar diagnostics periodically sent the vehicle's odometer reading to State farm so we would qualify for low mileage drivers. I was told I could enroll in their Drive Safe & Save program with an app installed on my phone that would record all my driving habits plus I would have to report the odometer mileage every 6 months, I declined. I'm now looking at changing my vehicles and homeowner insurance carrier.
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WELCOME TO THE WATERING HOLE
A stress-free place to gather and share whatever is on your mind! A fun place of mutual respect where you can hang your hat, vent, relax and shoot the bull for a while!
Happy Easter to all who celebrate that faith.
To all others, Happy Spring!
Easter symbolizes a new beginning, so it is fitting that TWH has a new beginning as well!
Along with RFC, TWH has been remodeled!
Actually, it can be anything you imagine it to be!
I am happy to announce that due to the increased bandwidth of the new RFC, there is no longer a need for the weekly closing and re-opening of TWH!!! After 10+ years of weekly "flipping" we now get to keep the doors open continuously! My sincere thanks to our moderators, especially Sophia, for making this possible!
I would also like to thank all the members who have kept this boat afloat for so long! We have become like family here, and now have a permanent residence!
While we have many long-time members who have been enjoying the company found in this amazing virtual bar, we also welcome all new folks. Jump right in! The first drink is always on the house and Veterans always have an open bar!Al The Infidel (Tubby Slayer extraordinaire) is the bar manager.
So, let's get this re-opening celebration going! Set 'em up, Al! Drinks all around!!!
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Prices for everything seem to be steep, these days. Ports and imports are a mess and fuel prices and shipping costs are thru the roof. How much steel is even still being made here anymore? I don't know the answer to that but wouldn't be surprised to find it is a fraction of former years.
Think it's bad now; just wait until the left coast has gone all electric w/trucks.
And as far as tying things down... well, there is a good reason that a lot of pickup trucks have what's called a headache rack behind the cab and stuff not well secured has a very strong inclination to keep moving, should said truck find itself abruptly stopped. Has to do w/fizzicks, yano. I know of some fatalities where small dia. pipe and angle iron on a trailer wasn't well secured, and the Suburban's driver and passenger that were pulling it got skewered by it in an accident. Too, I've seen some doozy events and happenings take place w/cargo. A tractor-trailer lost a load of rolled steel on the interstate here one morning earlier this week! It shut the whole thing down for many hours, just trying to get that mess off the road. Envision 8' diameter rolls of steel coming apart like a rolls of toilet paper. That's what it looked like, and it had to have had plenty to do with not being well secured. Ouch! Tying stuff down securely is always a good ID, especially if it's riding behind you. And it's wise to not follow too close to anything carrying a load. I'm sure the areas where much logging is done have their own sets of stories to tell of.
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Gosh but it's a pretty afternoon here! 66°, under sunny skies, wind W 12. It had been 64°, wind NW 17 G 24 under heavy blue/black overcast an hour ago! It changes often & very quickly during this time of the year. The quality of light and intensity of colours at the moment is just spectacular. The time for coloring eggs and Easter Bonnets nears.
Think it's bad now; just wait until the left coast has gone all electric w/trucks.
And as far as tying things down... well, there is a good reason that a lot of pickup trucks have what's called a headache rack behind the cab and stuff not well secured has a very strong inclination to keep moving, should said truck find itself abruptly stopped. Has to do w/fizzicks, yano. I know of some fatalities where small dia. pipe and angle iron on a trailer wasn't well secured, and the Suburban's driver and passenger that were pulling it got skewered by it in an accident. Too, I've seen some doozy events and happenings take place w/cargo. A tractor-trailer lost a load of rolled steel on the interstate here one morning earlier this week! It shut the whole thing down for many hours, just trying to get that mess off the road. Envision 8' diameter rolls of steel coming apart like a rolls of toilet paper. That's what it looked like, and it had to have had plenty to do with not being well secured. Ouch! Tying stuff down securely is always a good ID, especially if it's riding behind you. And it's wise to not follow too close to anything carrying a load. I'm sure the areas where much logging is done have their own sets of stories to tell of.
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Gosh but it's a pretty afternoon here! 66°, under sunny skies, wind W 12. It had been 64°, wind NW 17 G 24 under heavy blue/black overcast an hour ago! It changes often & very quickly during this time of the year. The quality of light and intensity of colours at the moment is just spectacular. The time for coloring eggs and Easter Bonnets nears.
Something "like that" for $160? that's nuts.Not the sort of thing I would normally photograph so none in the archives
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I understand I could have kept OnStar but would not have had hardly any services for the price plus paying a monthly fee for the app on my phone to make it work. I figure OnStar's support was like Microsoft ending support for the different os encouraging folks to buy new computers & cars, hum, GM planned obsolescence comes to mind.
Less than 20 hours from time of ordering (in NYC) to time of delivery out here on the upper left coast.Camera gear coming, signature required.
It's a micro four-thirds, Lumix G9, lens is a 60mm f2.8 macro.
I already have several lenses on hand from previous cameras.
Been wanting this setup for a year...
THAT'S pretty good time!!
That's sound thinkingI understand I could have kept OnStar but would not have had hardly any services for the price plus paying a monthly fee for the app on my phone to make it work. I figure OnStar's support was like Microsoft ending support for the different os encouraging folks to buy new computers & cars, hum, GM planned obsolescence comes to mind.
You've been entirely too exuberant lately.Howdy all!
TGIF!
Another long week, but the weekend is here!
As usual on Friday, I will be joining friends for dinner for a nice steak later. I'm looking forward to a nice weekend with PBC.
Love the new avatar Al! I'm with you!
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I think it's time you put a ring on Pebble Beach Chick's finger and join the rest of us in misery.
I just read where GM/Onstar upgraded Canada fro their 2g to 4g. But won't do the same in the US. I hope I don't get into trouble for posting this site. It's a forum, but the post is still available. Even looks like it may be an associate forum, within the same server. I don't know, but the page header looks just like ours.I understand I could have kept OnStar but would not have had hardly any services for the price plus paying a monthly fee for the app on my phone to make it work. I figure OnStar's support was like Microsoft ending support for the different os encouraging folks to buy new computers & cars, hum, GM planned obsolescence comes to mind.
OnStar announces how 2G to 4G hardware update will be handled | GMC Terrain, Equinox, and SRX Forum (terrainforum.net)
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