Murgatroy

I am not saying it is a bad idea.   I am saying that people are stupid and they won't grasp the concept.

I have an old Cisco router that I reflashed to DD-WRT a few years ago, I messed with it for a while, had it in the back of our apartment as a repeater just for giggles. Finding where I put it and reusing it would not be out of the question. I am assuming that it would be preferable to a repeater? It has four ports on it that could be used to wire into the XBOX 360 and the Blu-Ray player in the living room while extending signal downstairs more reliably?   I have a few WiFi dongles laying around as well, but I have always prefered a wired signal for my desktops. I suppose that if I had to I could use one of those in the garage. I just didn't really want to, and I have no reason as to why.   As to running the Cat5 cables, that is what i really wanted to avoid. But I do understand that it would be the best way to do it. With my work schedule(s) and the fact that I am the only person in my home that can swing a hammer, I would prefer to throw a little money at it, as time is the more valuble commodity. If I were to run Cat5 it would be from one corner upstairs to the opposite corner downstairs (office to living room) and then drop straight down from the office to the garage, so it wouldn't be impossible, just involved.   As for the wireless, my family has several tablets, smartphones and laptops in addition to Roku boxes that all require WiFi signal as opposed to a wired connection.               This is in addition to the wife's request to delete a secondary bathroom door in the hallways and a complete backyard re-landscape with multiple raised garden beds.                     Obviously, any of my hobbies that would be boosted by the aquisition of a home (such as rebuilding my melted 3SGTE in my fancy new garage) are on hold until the woman is happy in our new home.

Because I haven't ever built a desktop with WiFi, but they all have integrated LAN ports. Thus four desktops that require wired connections. Three upstairs and one in the garage.   Thus I am looking at repeaters that have a wired port on them, not running them off of a drop. Though realistically I could drop to the garage as it is directly beneath the office, however I would prefer to avoid it as I think a third WiFi spot in the garage would ensure no dead spots in the house or backyard.

*Alright, disclaimer, I know my way around a circuit board, and build all of my own machines, but honestly, I haven't messed with much on the scope of networking. For the sake of ease, assume I am a noob, but understand I don't need everything spelled out for me.*   I need all new hardware. I will not be renting from the cable company. We have multiple devices that require WiFi access for day to day use, including Netflix/Amazon Prime streaming for extended periods.   It is a 2000sq home, two floors and garage will require access as well.   We are dumping cable programming and using internet only.   Upstairs office will be main connectivity. Three wired desktops.   Additional upstairs connectivity needed for wireless.   Downstairs will require a repeater with wired access as well as WiFi for the rest of the connected devices.   Garage will also require a repeater with wired access.   I am thinking I will require one modem/WiFi router and two repeaters with wired access. One repeater will require 2+ ports for Blu-Ray player and XBOX 360.  All other gaming consoles are WiFi enabled.    I am cheap, so I want to do this for under $200. Dream would be to include a Sonos or similar set-up down the road (and I am open to suggestions on that as well.)   Thoughts/Opinions?   Garage Repeater   Living Room repeater   I have no idea on the modem, and I am not set on the above repeaters, this is all new for me, so I am open for suggestions/experience.        

Yeah, neither of those animals was phased by the humans. There was something up there.    There is a video my wife was showing me the other day of a fox playing in a yard with some dog toys, this made me think of it. It didn't show any fear either.

I have an EWAC.   She is a 60lb Black Lab.

Is your jamb/frame reinforced?   If you watch the video, it is the door frame/jamb that gives. No amount of locks would prevent that.

There is more to this story. They knew what they were after, that is why they went armed. They knew the homeowner was armed, that is why they huddled at the door like cowards.

    I don't do Twitter, or Facebook, or Instagram or any of those other silly social apps. Never have and doubt I ever will.   I am rather unsociable. 

Yeah, cause most drivers understand things like indicating before a turn or a lane change, or keeping right except to pass. We can't even get the basics like slowing before a stop or not texting and driving down, you think an advanced tactic like zipper merging is even a remote possibility?

Lane splitting is [i]usually[/i] done at an intersection, or when traffic is stopped. This is normally safe. It is a boon to allow two wheeled traffic to filter to the front.   IMO it would take a very large set of cojones to lane split/share while traffic is moving.   While lane splitting isn't explicitly legal in California (the laws are being clarified to state that it is legal) is is not explicitly illegal and has long been accepted.

I have been through two buyouts and a spin off with my current company. We are now a Fortune 500 company and a household name. I have kept my seniority from my original hire date.   Your mileage may vary. I also don't think it is a legal aspect, if you aren't Union, this is totally at the complany's discretion.   I am not a lawyer. I am just a stuffed shirt in an office.

Echoing all above.   Struts can eat your tires. Then they can eat your ball joints, and then they will eat your tie rod ends.   So no, new tires, a balance and an alignment won't resolve your issue if it is struts, it will just cause you to eat your new tires.

Lane splitting is legal in certain areas, such as California, where this happened.

Well sonofa...   My wife is not going to happy about this situation.

I snagged one of these at Walmart a week or so ago.   It is pretty great for the price.   Lots of MOLLE, a bunch of pockets, some of them huge. And you can strap the rifle in. I used some padding I had an I can fit two rifles in with ease. As well as a couple hundred rounds of ammo and a dozen or so magazines.     http://www.walmart.com/ip/Fieldline-Tactical-43-Cobra-Gun-Case-Black/26357372

Part of the point of the P(S)90 is the bullpup, so while that would be a fancy AR lower, I don't think that would by much of a P(S)915. See what I did there? I get the buffer tube and all has to go somewhere, but I don't see much point beyond aesthetic.    ETA:   I bet that would work in some ban states to get around the pistol grip.

That would have been fitting. I would still like to see charges against the asshat in the truck.

The second biker was behind/beside the first biker.

"Why can't you see, that free love ain't free..."                     I don't agree with most of the hippy mindset, around my house we call them 'damn dirty tree hugging hippies,' and my daughter has learned that it is about the deepest insult that her father will bestow upon those he disagrees with.

I have three personal phones, one provided by work, one through Virgin (Smart Phone) and one through Trac Phone to have a local (502) number.   I obviously don't pay for the work phone.   The Virgin phone cost $80, and I pay $25 a month for unlimited data (throttled after 2.5Gb,) 300 minutes and unlimited texts. Any other carrier or service makes no sense to me as that is more than I use, why would I pay considerably more?   The Trac Phone cost me $10 and I pay $10 a month for 100 minutes. I use it only to have a local number, as sometimes in my business customers won't answer from an out of area number.   I have been so satisfied with my Virgin that I honestly haven't looked at other services for nearly fifteen years. It has been that good. When I hear of other poeple talking about $50 phone bills I shake my head, when I hear someone talk about $200 phone bills I openly mock them.

Our summer project is rebuilding the 3SGTE that came out of Chaos with a melted piston. The heathen is excited.

No. I am not a fan of specialty models, I feel guilty for tuning on them and ruining the percieved collectors value. I don't think I have really owned anything really rare or desireable. Couple of t-top Foxes, but that is it.   I have never owned  Mustang II, but I have owned all other generations. My current daily is a `13 V6, because 300+ HP and 30+ MPG is really awesome. I have owned a lot of Fox Chassis. As a kid that was pretty much all anyone hot rodded in my neck of the woods.   My first car was an `82 Notch. So it has been ongoing for a while.

I have owned a few more than four.   I am a bit of a Mustang junkie.

I will be honest, if I hadn't been on a Buy American, Buy Ford kick for the last several years, I would drive a Subaru.   As a matter of fact, the main reason I didn't go to the Subaru dealership before I bought my Mustang a few years ago is that I was worried that the second I got behind the wheel of the BR-Z that I would have been lost, and visions of prancing ponies would have drifted away into a smoky sideways haze.