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One tower can give approximate distance, which only places you somewhere on a circle around the tower. Two towers will put you at one of the two points where the two circles intercept. Three towers will identify at which of those two points you’re actually located. Of course, one is usually in range of more than one tower.

I pass through there occasionally on business There are frequent trains from Schipol airport Amsterdam to Central station Amsterdam, about 25 min. You can walk much of the city from Central Station, including everything I describe below. Definitely do one of the many Canal boat tours, most leaving from in front of central station. About 90 minutes; save it for after your feet are tired. Depending on the age of the kids, the Rijksmuseum is one of the world’s best, the Rembrandt house and museum is interesting, and I’ve never managed to get into the Anne Frank House. Tickets go on sale online (only) each day and are generally gone before the house opens for the day. There are a number of historic churches, though I’ve only seen them from the outside. I’m told the nearby (20 min by train) town of Haarlem is also worth a visit, for the architecture surrounding the town square. The city is safe, at least the parts I’ve been to. Your biggest fear will be getting run over by cyclists. Even the red light district is safe, thronged as it is with gaping tourists, but it’s probably not worth having to explain to the kids why all the windows have scantily-clad women in them. Chocolate, cheese, and tulips are the popular bring-backs, with the airport having shops selling USDA-inspected bags of bulbs you can bring right through customs. But if you have deer, they’ll be eaten the moment the first shoots emerge in the spring. Have fun!

Sure, there are some fine commercial options out there. But the link I posted would give one an excuse to go play in the shop. And an excuse to buy a good tablesaw, if not already equipped.

Some years ago, there was a website that did independent reviews of hundreds and hundreds of apps, assigning letter grades based on how secure they were with regards to snooping and reporting back personal info. I'd periodically go through my phone and delete anything with a grade lower than B. But I can't find the website today (don't recall the name, and apparently never bookmarked it). I wonder if it got sued out of existence by makers of shady apps.

In addition to looking for treatment, you may want to consider making some lifestyle changes. That's a lot of damage for someone so young. Maybe dial back the strength training.

I found a link to this concealed wall cabinet in a woodworking magazine. It's a clever design; build the frame, then configure the interior how you see fit. Downloading the plans requires registration, but is free. Slide away hideaway mirror

Insurance companies don't want to spend the money, and somehow they ended up in the driver's seat for how medicine is performed in this country... ...but the procedure is 'Experimental' because the FDA hasn't approved it. Approved/not approved isn't a decision the insurance companies can make.

I have nothing voice activated in my home. On IOS devices, under 'Settings', in the "Siri and Search' menu, there is a slider for 'Listen for ""Hey Siri!"' Turn that off. You can still activate Siri by pushing the home button.

I had the impression Global Entry worked like TSA PreCheck for domestic flights, and added the (often) fast-track experience to international flights, hence no need to have both, if you have Global Entry. Was I misinformed? I've only got experience with TSA PreCheck.

I’ve seen that too, but often I’ll enter my pre-check number when making my reservation, but when printing or downloading my boarding pass, it had vanished. And there is no talking your way into the precheck line if your boarding pass doesn’t say you should be there.

Don’t have it now, but considering it now that my TSA precheck is about to expire. My main problem with TSA Precheck has always been that about 40% of the time it seems to vanish from my ticketing, and I’m back in the long line anyway. Is Global Entry any more consistent?

It does have kind of a 'Fifty Shades' vibe.

Spent a good chunk of the day doing similar work on my 52" Bobcat walk behind. Pain in the back to tip that up on it's side for service--it weighs over 700 lbs--but I got the blades sharpened on the mower (I remove them and sharpen/balance them every third year or so). Got it lubed, too--takes a full tube of grease for the grease gun every spring. Changed the oil, filled it up, and the beast started on the first pull.

Yeah, karma's a bitch.

Sadly, true. Its not fair, it’s not logical, but it’s New Jersey.

Well, they can...problem is they end up with a house that looks like it was built in a weekend or two from scrap lumber found in a dumpster.

It’s about the right size to be a good reloading/gun room.

As long as it’s not hollow point, you can fill your trunk to the brim!

I dunno, but a project like this might be done exclusively off hours to minimize impact to normal cathedral operations, or they might be working around the clock to finish some aspect of the work before Easter weekend. Or it could be something more sinister, but I’m not inclined to jump to conclusions.

They’ve been doing extensive renovations, from what I’ve read, so presumably there are construction materials and activities that aren’t normally present the fire reportedly started in the attic. From what I’ve seen here, even discussing attic work generates a tremendous amount of heat and smoke. But all kidding aside, it’s a tragedy on a grand scale

Hopefully not like Solo. Although that story had so much unrealized potential.

Yep. Who'd have thought that a thread asking for an architect's opinion--right there in the thread title--would get so heated when an architect's opinion was provided.

Sure it does. It tells us that standard precut batts are the right width!

Those years of driving in NJ must have hard-wired that response.

I knew I waited too long! Paid $350 for a Python in the late 80's.