New England B.S. Thread

I'm on the hunt for sure. Pretty much set on a 150 Lariat with 5.0 V8. Just need to pull the trigger.

 

Any word on a toys for tots meet this year?

 

Soooooooon..... @mach1man001 is already in the planning stage and has been reminded

 

I ordered myself a Pixel 5 in a way that I said I'd never do--the month-to-month payments through AT&T. But, it's either pay $700 - $200 trade-in for $500 total if I buy outright or if I deal with the month-to-month it's $10 per month for 30 months after the bill credits, so it's tough to justify paying $200 more. It also forced me into unlimited data, but they give you HBO Max with that plan which I was considering buying into anyway and the cost difference is equal to what I would have paid for it on its own.

The girlfriend just got a 4a and she loves it and I think it's great. I kind of hate my Samsung S10e and always have, so the combination of those two things pushed me over the edge. I usually keep phones at least 3 years, I've had this one maybe one and a half now.

 

Didn't you just have this phone? I still have an iphone SE original (5 twin) that is used for my work phone, in June I get an upgrade on my work plan and I will end up using that as my personal phone until it is straight up deeeead. Although I might swap back to my android phone so I can do APRS stuff with it (HAM radio shenanigans).

 

I got my S10e about a year and a half ago. I had an S7 Active that I loved, but this phone is infuriating. The always on display doesn't work properly by design because the proximity sensor only works during calls. The Samsung built in stuff is also way more intrusive than before and it has occasional Bluetooth issues that I never had with my last one. Having the fingerprint reader built into a tiny rectangular power button also doesn't seem like the best idea. It doesn't work nearly as well as my S7's did.

 

I have a 4 and my wife just got a 4a. Personally I'm done getting the 'full version' pixels. The 4a is great and it still has the fingerprint unlock. The face unlock in a pre-covid world was great. But now when I'm out and I have a mask on its a pain, especially when I'm trying to unlock my phone to pay for something or need to log into something but I need to do the face unlock to get into LastPass for username/password.

 

No idea, that was the previous owner's, and it was gone by the time I did the house walk-through.

You missed a spot!

I'm jealous of how organized that garage is. My shop is a DISASTER, but I've had a lot going on recently. I had to cram lots of tools I've been keeping at my grandma's place, and I have the whole truck bed in the shop, along with 4 motorcycles (what the hell is wrong with us?), like 3 Subaru engines and an extra 7.3 PowerStroke engine, and yards and yards of cardboard I've been meaning to take to the dump, but I can't because I don't have a damn bed on my truck!

As for lighting, I hung up some of the Braun 4' LED shop lights from Harbor Freight and I love them! They put out a TON of light! My shop only had 5 60w bulbs like 12' off the ground. It was just shadow central!

Or the @emelianenkov mod

 

My motorola was on the fritz starting a couple months ago and within the passed month the battery will die randomly at like 40%. Just got a samsung s20 FE through best buy black friday sales for $400. Sprint wanted 700 and it still gets paid through the sprint bill which i thought was odd.

 

The big thing that pushed me to the 5 is wireless charging. I've had that for about 5 years now and don't really want to give it up. I also like the wide camera and found it's really handy for some things, and the 4a doesn't have it. Otherwise the 4a has everything I want.

The 5 went back to fingerprint. I think the face unlock thing was trying to solve a problem that didn't exist.

 

Didn't realize the 5 went back to fingerprint, that is good! Wireless charging was better for me with my truck because I had the wireless charging pad in there, don't have one in my JL so that's not a huge feature for me. I do use a pixel stand at night to charge it that I got for free when I bought my phone as some sort of deal.

 

Still got my Samsung S7Edge it's gotta be 6 years old by now. Maybe more. It's all messed up too, I don't care.

 

I have a cheap stand type wireless charger on my nightstand. I tended to wear out ports on all the phones I had prior to wireless charging so I like cutting down on the unplugging and plugging in. I also like the fingerprint because I don't actually have to press the power button and I've had some phones where I wore that button out.

Mine can get bad when I get lazy and just throw all the tools I used on the bench then don't put them away for a week!

Mine are a combination of 3 ft LED single tube shop lights from Home Depot that I put over the bench and 4 ft double tube LED shop lights from Ocean State that I put on each side of where a vehicle would be. The bay lights are just on a breaker, I didn't bother wiring in a switch because I don't use them much. Bench lights are on a switch on the pegboard over the bench. I also have 90w equivalent BR40 LED bulbs in cans that do an okay job of getting some basic light on things--the switch for those is right next to the door to the house, so they're great if I'm just running in quickly for something. I couldn't believe that when I bought the house they just had the one florescent fixture over the bench and the garage door opener for light.

 

Walking through Walmart the other day I saw all the kids toys out and made me think of the toys for tots meet. As soon as I know when it is I’ll be getting some stuff together!

 

I support this mod ^ love my gauges and no TPMS light

 

Yeah, right on the inside of the rear shock bucket. I didn't catch it until after posting the pictures, but it's been bugging me. Not enough to get the spray equipment out again, but I know it's there.

 

I like fingerprint unlock, didn't think I would. No drive for wireless charging. It's nice, but 50% of the time charging is in the truck - and it doesn't have wireless carplay. If I had wireless carplay, maybe I'd be on board.

 

Get an aerosol can and coat the hell out of it. Inside that bucket is going to be a royal bitch to de-rust-ify. Just my $0.02

Wireless charging on my iPhone 10XS Max has changed my life. It's so easy, and I'm not replacing cords seemingly every 2 weeks

 

I have some decent cords I guess, they're stronger than I expected and the ends are a bit more reinforced. I got a 6 pack for like 10 bucks on Amazon a year ago, I haven't burned through any cords at all. The truck wireless charging is medicore from what I have heard. Besides, my cases are either beefy as hell or I have cards back there.

I used to have this case (or similar).

iPhone 11 Pro Max Case - Military Grade Drop Tested, Metal TPU Rugged Dustproof Shockproof Heavy Duty 360 Full Body Built-in Screen Protector Protective Case Cover for Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max (Black)

https://www.amazon.com/iPhone-Pro-M...words=metal+iphone+case&qid=1605208601&sr=8-5

These things are indestructible, BUT block the signal pretty bad. So about a week ago I went back to a wallet case. So now I have a license and credit card on the back of the phone, so it won't charge wirelessly anyway! Wallet cases have changed my life, no more wallets. But, some phones that have a wrap around screen and no bezel, screens break like it's nothing. So, I had the bolt on case for a while. Still use it for my work phone (which is the one that has the reliable screen, funny enough!)