Post a picture of your most recent purchase....(not poker chips) (6 Viewers)

[DrDysfunctional]

New hottub incoming

What costed more, the hot tub or the delivery/install fee?

 

[BirdCage]

What costed more, the hot tub or the delivery/install fee?

That is funny. A couple summers ago, I rented a car in Slovenia and dropped it in Albania two weeks later. Rental cost: $600. One way drop fee: $1000.

 

[JScott]

What costed more, the hot tub or the delivery/install fee?

Bought the tub at the beginning of Covid so it was cheap relatively $13k, especially since it’s an 8X9 ft beast. Crane was $950.

 

[DrDysfunctional]

I thought the crane would be a lot more than that.

 

[JScott]

I thought the crane would be a lot more than that.

$320 per hour, 3 hour min. Would have been $120 an hour if I could have gotten 20-30ft closer.

 

[99%evil]

That’s an oddly low crane price-

Typically $3-5k for a crane

 

[Frogzilla]

Got into hats last year, getting into hat pins this year.

Some fun ones came today…couple frogs and then someone lighting Benjamin’s on fire, will go good with a poker hat. Lol

 

[LeGold]

Everybody, say hi to the newest member of the family - Sucky Luciano.

 

[FlushBlack]

12V oven joins my camping/getaway kit

 

[HaRDHouSeiNC]

I don't understand why these things don't have the same storage capabilities as modern USB thumb drives. 170 KB storage is something you would see from the 1980s.

The type of memory and security

 

[HaRDHouSeiNC]

Bought the club car sight unseen for $450 as a project. Total deal even with no batteries.

Got a key today and works perfect

Just needs a few fixes and clean up a couple things.
With new batteries and redo the seat an easy $4500 cart even for a 2010

Or Might start a little fleet

 

[Irish]

I forget who originally posted this thing but big time kudos, its awesome.

 

[gopherblue]

I forget who originally posted this thing but big time kudos, its awesome.

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@Taghkanic

 

[Taghkanic]

Yep, that was me. My property has become a kindling factory since I bought one. I just can't stop using it

 

[TheOffalo]

Just got this in the mail 10-15m ago. Not my picture (from Amazon.com).

 

[Lil Tuna]

Just had these solar shades installed on my patio. No bugs, no wind, no dirt and dust blowing in. It’s created a whole new outdoor living experience.
Love these things.

 

[Taghkanic]

Just had these solar shades installed on my patio. No bugs, no wind, no dirt and dust blowing in. It’s created a whole new outdoor living experience.
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What brand did you use?

 

[Lil Tuna]

What brand did you use?

The brand is Eclipse I believe. I had them professionally installed by Amarillo Solar Shade Company.

 

[Taghkanic]

Latest purchase/home improvement project: I extended my home internet to an outbuilding roughly 400 feet away using two $39 TP-Link antennas:

https://www.tp-link.com/us/business-networking/outdoor-radio/cpe210/

This is a p2p (“point to point”) system. I have one unit hooked into my home router, connected through the wall and aimed at my barn. This is called the AP (access point). On the barn is an identical unit called the client.

In theory these things can broadcast a mile or more. They only transmit to the client unit, not broadly all around your house (though those exist, they are very expensive to get broad coverage at a distance).

I have fiber internet at my house, currently paying for 250 Mbps down. The cheap transmitters I chose “only” max out at 100 Mbps; I am getting about 75-85 down at the barn, but need to fine-tune the antenna orientations. That is plenty for me in an outbuilding.

You can get more expensive units which in theory get you closer to a gigabit internet. From what I read, at 300-500 feet, using a basic 2.4 gHz model is actually as good or better than 5 gHz, which is more suited for longer range. (There are industrial-grade options meant mostly for large farms.)

Details:

Before installing each antenna outdoors, I had to go through a pretty technical setup process to pair the two units. I could not find any brand which pre-pairs the AP and client, which is annoying. After watching a bunch of YouTube videos and reading the (lousy) manual, I figured it out. This requires some knowledge of networking or at least a lack of fear of computers.

The units are white, so I coveref them with a Rustoleum outdoor spraypaint for adhesion, then painted them with my house/barn color. The company claims paint won’t affect transmission.

You do need a clear line of sight between the two antennas. Some light vegetation may still be OK, but the less the better.

Other items needed were two brackets, miscellaneous ethernet cables, and a router for my barn (I had a spare).

My cost was under $100, not counting through router plus the necessary drill and drillbit to get through the walls, which I had. I also used some Great Stuff and cheap ring to seal the exterior hole.

NOTE: When drilling through walls, you want to angle these upward from outside to inside, so rain can’t run in. I also tied a “drip loop” in the cable for good measure.

My other conceivable options were (a) very expensive trenching and conduit installation for underground-grade ethernet cable; (b) paying my internet provider to install a whole second account—which they claimed was my only option; or (c) internet via a powerline, which is a nifty technology but was not feasible here.

 

[Taghkanic]

Here is what the unpainted home antenna looked like during installation on the house, plus a view of the barn for scale (client antenna on the right).

These are actually quite small, less than a foot tall not counting the mounting bracket.

 

[EmptyPocs]

his and hers extended batteries for Oculous

 

[JScott]

Upgraded my sim rig after running the same wheel for 15 years! Still need a new chassis but I’m going to wait until I can justify a full motion rig.

Played split screen gt7 today. And still lots of cable management to do for the home theatre.

 

[TomC727]

Added 2 new barbells to my basement gym and another bar rack.

 

[mipevi]

I wanted an external storage in small size and got this Samsung Micro SD card with their proprietary USB card reader. I've seen slightly higher benchmarks, but below is what I get with my laptop's USB 3.0 port (obviously in a regular card reader it only gets normal UHS-I speeds). Really happy with the purchase, only wish Samsung made a 1TB card. SanDisk has a similar product but I've read that their reader gets hot, the one I have sits snug as a bug and stays cool as a cucumber!



Edit: Moving a large amount (90GB) of data at max speed did make the reader pretty hot.

 

[GenghisKhan]

I ordered a Fiberbuilt Grass Series hourglass mat for my garage golf simulator.

It is sooo comfortable to stand on, and great to hit off of.

Rest of sim setup (flooring/screen) is temporary as I wait for my permanent enclosure/screen.

I've got stands for 4 bags, heat, a mini fridge, a seating section for 4 ppl with 52" TV and Fire stick.

We get 5 months of golf here, so the other 7 months of the year we're all set now for sim practice & golf. I don't know about you all, but I still have quite a few feet of snow and cold wind here. So it's a great escape for a few hours.

 

[k9dr]

New to me fire pit and chairs for $50 on Nextdoor

 

[GenghisKhan]

What a bargain! Looks great and cozy.

 

[Taghkanic]

Just in from Potter & Potter Auctions:

(I live on Hoyle Road…)

 

[Venturalvn]

Added 2 new barbells to my basement gym and another bar rack.

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What's the flooring used there?

 

[Kain8]

Even in my late 30s, my grandma still sends me birthday money. Decided to indulge big time!