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We have two Samsung TV’s probably in 5 to 8 years old range. Even though they are good I think there was an issue with the HDMI ports failing at least on the older sets. I had two TVs with HDMI port failures on two different sets and my neighbor has Samsung and one of his failed as well. Easy workaround is just buy a cheap a A/B or A/B/C HDMI switch to salvage the TV, it s kind of a PIA because it renders the Source button on the remote useless for the port being shared but it works. As far as the OTA if you’re in a vintage Victorian house you’re probably not going to want to hang an antenna off you house either but you might be able to get away with the small indoor job but they aren't going to have the range as an outdoor. We did the cord cutter thing last year and never looked back. I put up an outdoor and I’m about 8 -9 feet off the roof and about 5 feet above the chimney. It has a amplifier and splitter so I have 3 TV connected to it. Being in Mercer we are right between the Philly and NY broadcast markets. I have it aimed at Philly but sometimes I could get NY off the backside, it mostly just for backup in case the internet goes down but I do use it sometimes. Most of the Philly channels come in perfect no matter what the weather, I once did a side by side with Fios vs.OTA Channel 10 (philly) that broadcast in 1080i with a Golf game (which has the nice bright colors) and you couldn’t tell the difference.

In other Tech news Samsung to Choose Taylor, Texas, for $17 Billion Chip-Making Factory https://www.wsj.com/articles/samsung-to-choose-taylor-texas-for-17-billion-chipmaking-factory-11637627613?mod=hp_lead_pos7

one could argue this is the best time of the year, yes today is clear & crisp so far..

take a look here https://www.njgunforums.com/forum/index.php?/topic/94483-firearms-idpistol-permits-system-switches-to-the-nj-fars/&tab=comments#comment-1238817

Evidently the pics are Apple files and some Windows users won’t be able to view them. I converted them to JPG and resized them

Understood that you have the issues we experienced. For us I didn’t need a spectrum analyzer, all I had to do was look at the modem stats and my router’s log files to confirm the problems but the OOL techs said we were in spec. That combined with the ongoing TV issues made it time to say bye. The service was so bad last year Hamilton Twp. and Robbinsville NJ filed complaints so that kind of says it all. https://www.communitynews.org/towns/hamilton-post/hamilton-robbinsville-request-investigation-into-optimum-altice/article_ac71ab15-e2cc-5cae-9a4d-1c90a0bce28d.html Looking back you mentioned your friend with DishNet network also has issues. We have SlingTV which is a subsidiary of DishNet and no problem here. Good luck!

With all due respect why won’t it be Optimum? We had the old CableVision service prior to Cablevison becoming an ISP and they were horrible then and no better the last time we tried OOL in 2018. We had nothing but TV pixelation and internet packet loss so we went back to Fios as cord cutters. I called OOL Tech support and of course they said everything looked good on their end. If you’re in an area where Optimum is upgrading to Fiber you may want to inquire about that, fiber service beats coax service all day long so that may be another option to look into it. Just a heads up watch any service changes on cable Wan, they are reducing internet upload speeds on change orders as if the uploads aren’t slow enough. I don’t watch Fox programing on a regular basis but it does works perfectly over Sling TV with Fios. I DVR Tucker and Gutfeld and the pic & sound quality is excellent. You could also post here to see what the regulars forum members have to say. Some of the members are pretty good https://www.dslreports.com/forum/ool you could post as Anon or join, your call. hope you get it resolved, good luck!

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check out https://gunforhire.com/why-rent-guns/ Its a too far for me but if they were closer I'd definitely would want a membership there. I was there once for other business and its a first class operation. Call them and see if they are still doing rentals, I know over in PA Ready Aim Fire an indoor range that was doing rentals put a stop on the rentals due to covid. Don't know if they resumed rentals or not but GFH is the blue chip stock of gun ranges.

Without seeing it, probably. The guy next door has a 120v Mig outfit and welds all kinds of stuff with it. He could does 1/8 and some 1/4 inch nicely. IMO Tig is best for what you're doing, you have better control and great for welding dis-similar metals plus not going to use burn it up with too much heat. If your guy is confident in his ability it should be fine and no or little grinding. I have an old 240Volt Arc (stick) AC welder which is brutal on finer stuff. DC mode is best for out of position welding like overhead and in-position or in position stuff like pipe welding (that can't be moved) where AC is limited to horizontal and flat only. I always wanted to get a Tig/Mig outfit but don't do enough to justify buying one. anyway if you guy is good it should be fine

exactly

I don’t want to hijack the OP thread but there were 17 Republican senators who voted to advance that bill so keep that in mind, it was the usual useful idiots. This would be a great sub topic in the 1A forum

jm1827 beat me to it. agree with 10x you must register the plate but I''ll add that technically you don’t even need the transponder because if the transponder fails they cross-reference the plate. Keep in mind if you get a bunch of transactions w/o the transponder you’ll probably get a nasty-gram in the mail

just seen that, pretty cool image of the kids. I guess no gender and CRT studies for Czech Republic kids.

You might want to give Simply Green Simple Green a try, it won’t hurt it but might not have enough strength. maybe back it up with a power washer on low – medium depending on psi…

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beat me to it, correct

its Uniparty code..