WC 1M Post Challenge - You Ready?!

[Laura Knotek]

My cat is not usually photogenic. But this was cute.View attachment 141365

Aww! What an adorable cat.

BTW, I'm getting on great with the dogs at the shelter. Many of the ones I've enjoyed spending time with are getting adopted, so I'm happy for them and their new people.

 

[N_LaRUE]

Ah Trudeau. SMH.

You've given the right wingers everything they could've asked for. Well done.

Sigh.

 

[N_LaRUE]

Aww! What an adorable cat.

BTW, I'm getting on great with the dogs at the shelter. Many of the ones I've enjoyed spending time with are getting adopted, so I'm happy for them and their new people.

Great to hear!

 

[worldspy99]

Well going to be offline for a few days.
Off to Lone Pine, CA tomorrow AM for the hike.
See y'all on Monday.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Well going to be offline for a few days.
Off to Lone Pine, CA tomorrow AM for the hike.
See y'all on Monday.

Good luck and enjoy your hike!

 

[raycpl]

Well going to be offline for a few days.
Off to Lone Pine, CA tomorrow AM for the hike.
See y'all on Monday.

Have a blast... Stay safe and come back in one piece ya!!!

 

[raycpl]

My cat is not usually photogenic. But this was cute.View attachment 141365

Aaaawww
After the sad incident I stay away from owning another cat. But some months back, three young strays came and adopted the backyard. My sister inlaw grew attached to them.
One of the kitten became lethargic and doesn't want to eat, it is probably infected with a blood virus. The prognosis is not good. The last episode with Mickey still fresh in my sis inlaws memory.
Cats... Sigh!!

 

[N_LaRUE]

I think I'm itching for a change. I'm good on the tech front.

It's real with the housing thing but now I'm going down the rabbit hole of vehicles. I like my car and I chose to buy one that was 12 years old at the time I purchased it (at the time, the newer models were like $3-4k more expensive, which I didn't have). New cars are a no for me, but with these phones losing headphone jacks, I'll like Bluetooth. That is the only change I would make, aside from the few quirks I deal with occasionally.

I have a transmitter which works decently enough for my needs for this at the moment.

Edit: My car doesn't even have an aux port. I thought I would settle for that but at this point, it has to actually make sense to do that.

Edit2: The car thing is just an outlet. It doesn't make sense for me at this time. My car has been solid to me. I am still itching for a general change.

I think we went over the radio situation didn't we? If you take it to a professional service they should be able to sort something. Just depends on cost of course.

Other option is if a newer model has a similar radio layout as yours does but has Bluetooth then that's an option. Just swap it out.

One last option is dependent on the radio you have in your car. I bought a Bluetooth aftermarket add-on that attached to the CD changer port of my radio. So now I have audio Bluetooth without the annoyances of a dongle. The only thing that sucks about it is the lack of true volume control but I live with it. I had phone only Bluetooth already.

There are solutions if you want them. I constantly think about changing the radio as well.

 

[Ed Boland]

Hey there folks, how is everyone?

 

[Laura Knotek]

Hey there folks, how is everyone?

I'm doing well, thanks. I hope you are too, Ed. It's nice to see you. What's going on?

 

[worldspy99]

People keep stealing the sign at the peak so...

 

[N_LaRUE]

If you ever wanted to know the real issues behind our plastic problem. Watch this.

This should be shared to show the truth.

The companies simply don't care.

https://youtu.be/qvYZ3sbTaQ0

 

[Laura Knotek]

If you ever wanted to know the real issues behind our plastic problem. Watch this.

This should be shared to show the truth.

The companies simply don't care.

https://youtu.be/qvYZ3sbTaQ0

I have no idea why they don't just go back to reusable glass bottles. When I was a kid, soda was sold in glass bottles. There was a deposit, and people took the empty bottles back to the store, collected the deposit money, and the bottles got sent back to be reused.

 

[libra89]

I think we went over the radio situation didn't we? If you take it to a professional service they should be able to sort something. Just depends on cost of course.

Other option is if a newer model has a similar radio layout as yours does but has Bluetooth then that's an option. Just swap it out.

One last option is dependent on the radio you have in your car. I bought a Bluetooth aftermarket add-on that attached to the CD changer port of my radio. So now I have audio Bluetooth without the annoyances of a dongle. The only thing that sucks about it is the lack of true volume control but I live with it. I had phone only Bluetooth already.

There are solutions if you want them. I constantly think about changing the radio as well.

You're right. We did. Sadly, there's no newer models for sale locally. There is one but the mileage is like 5k more than mine so that gives me pause.

Your CD solution sounds great. I have a similar thing but your solution is better. I agree on the volume control. Thank you for suggesting it. I think I'll hold off, as it doesn't make sense for me to replace this yet. I should put off a big change like that for a while.

I would like to change my housing situation and that's the primary focus.

 

[libra89]

People keep stealing the sign at the peak so...

Good luck and enjoy the hike! Let us know how it was.

 

[worldspy99]

We are at the hotel now.
The tall peak in the background is Mt Whitney.
The one in the foreground is Lone Pine Mountain.

 

[fatclue_98]

I have no idea why they don't just go back to reusable glass bottles. When I was a kid, soda was sold in glass bottles. There was a deposit, and people took the empty bottles back to the store, collected the deposit money, and the bottles got sent back to be reused.

It makes too much sense Laura. But there’s hope for the way things were, I was reading an article today about the “comeback” flip phones are making.

 

[worldspy99]

Did a practice hike before the main hike.

 

[worldspy99]

Good hiker act of the day.
Put the sign back up and supported it with a bunch of rocks.

 

[worldspy99]

Hello Mt. Whitney
Since we're starting at 2 AM it seemed best to take the picture today.