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Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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Some updates from here.

The Good:
Finally got Fiber 200/100Mbps internet on one line. My older line also got upgraded to fiber albeit at lower speeds. 30/10 in the other.
And I still have the older cable modem I want to ditch. Which is now sitting at 30/2 in the cable modem after the downgrade to pay less.
I will probably set later a router with dual wan load balancing to use all these and avoid just wasting them sitting doing nothing. Or just cancel the Cable.
Boss actually calmed down these days. Hopefully we wont be getting too much of his antics.
I'm almost all healed up after getting a strong case of salmonella last week x_x

The bad:
Still no decent job offer. Most just tell me the classic "found someone else, or your skill set are good but not what we're looking for" (aka, we found you're not in the USA or CAN area)
My uncle from USA just passed away today. He was terminal for a week and had no clue.
Sad that I could not meet face to face last trip.
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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Songbird76 said:
Yeah, according to google, I think it was 193 miles from you? Something like that.

When they showed the footage, I don't think they had information about anyone's condition....at least they didn't say anyone had died at that point. But they did show either a police chief or a mayor or some official saying they'd never seen such a horrible accident and hoped never to see on that bad again.
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Horrible indeed, and apparently the roads weren’t treated prior.

www.google.com

At least 6 dead in 133-car pileup in Fort Worth after freezing rain coats roads

Correction: An earlier version of this story said that Garland Police Department responded to 13 major accidents and 54 minor ones by 10 a.m. Thursday. It was...
www.google.com
 
ajrwdwgirl

ajrwdwgirl

Premium Member
Cesar R M said:
Some updates from here.

The Good:
Finally got Fiber 200/100Mbps internet on one line. My older line also got upgraded to fiber albeit at lower speeds. 30/10 in the other.
And I still have the older cable modem I want to ditch. Which is now sitting at 30/2 in the cable modem after the downgrade to pay less.
I will probably set later a router with dual wan load balancing to use all these and avoid just wasting them sitting doing nothing. Or just cancel the Cable.
Boss actually calmed down these days. Hopefully we wont be getting too much of his antics.
I'm almost all healed up after getting a strong case of salmonella last week x_x

The bad:
Still no decent job offer. Most just tell me the classic "found someone else, or your skill set are good but not what we're looking for" (aka, we found you're not in the USA or CAN area)
My uncle from USA just passed away today. He was terminal for a week and had no clue.
Sad that I could not meet face to face last trip.
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so sorry to hear your uncle passed. Good to hear the boss hasn’t been too bad, I still hope something better turns up for you.
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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MinnieM123 said:
And this is why I hate all the newer cars (actually, within the past 15 years at least). It's all the crazy computer issues that spring up. As just one example only, hubs uses his code reader to identify the problem going on behind (whatever warning light comes on the dashboard). What happens, is that it's rarely ever just ONE issue -- it could be a number of different codes that appear, of "possible" issues.

So what the dealers and private repair guys do, is start with the most common issues, and work their way down the list to "fix" the problem. (Some rather unscrupulous repair people will cherry pick the more expensive ones first, and work down the list that way. :cautious: ) Really lucky that hubs knows a lot about cars and used to (years ago) be a licensed mechanic. So he's done various repairs himself on our car, but certainly not everything (as he doesn't have all the necessary tools that the repair shops have). The good thing is that he knows how to talk to mechanics. (I wouldn't have a clue what to say, and am sure I'd be way overcharged.)

Anyway, determining which repair code problem is creating the actual issue, can sometimes be trial and error (even for top mechanics) -- similar to your software "upgrade". Perhaps something didn't quite "take" in the upgrade and it needs to be done again, or, it may not be that at all. Hoping all they need to do, is just redo the upgrade only.

I'm certainly no car mechanic; but I do know from various guys I've known down through the years, that prior to so much computerizing cars, the car problems were a lot clearer, as well as the repairs that followed.
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Yep, it’s actually kinda’ funny how somethin’ as “simple” ;) as your basic internal combustion engine has been convoluted over the decades. So much stuff associated with modern tech that you can mess up with even the most basic of repairs.
As I’ve posted before, among other things, I’ve changed out a fuel pump in a parking lot once. The old mechanical kind with the diaphragm that was operated simply by a lobe on the camshaft. Again, 2 bolts, a gasket, and a fuel line...easy, peasy. Now they’re mostly all electric and located in the gas tank, which is a major PITA for your average shade tree mechanic.
I get the quest for a better life, things, and processes, but, for some reason, too much of the time, human beings are very good at overcomplicating simple stuff... 🤷‍♂️
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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MySmallWorldof4 said:
I saw the video. Horrific. Do they not pre-treat the roads down there? Up here they put down a salt solution on roads before colder precipitation falls. So horribly sad for all those who lost a family member.
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Yes, normally they pre-treat the roads, but, for some reason they didn’t in this case. Here in Austin they use sand. Not sure what they use up in D/FW.
Just so very sad all the way around. :(
 

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