Posts by Edward Neal

    I hate those plastic boxes. My whole neighborhood has problems with lights falling from the ceiling because of them. Most all of us have gone into the attic or paid someone to go into the attic to replace them with metal connection boxes. I found several that just crumbled in my hands when I was removing them. We are building a house next year and no way I'm using plastic boxes there.

    what I have always found interesting is that back when I was an industrial electrician I was told that the reason that plastic boxes were not allowed under the code for use in commercial applications was that they could let off toxic gases if there were a fire - - I never understood the reasoning where if this were really the case why they were allowed under the residential code. - - like its okay if you kill home owners with toxic fumes, but not workers???

    many many years ago I was an industrial electrician and at the time it was code that everything we ran was run in a conduit there was no romex like they allowed in houses. At the time I swore that if I ever had a home built I would pay the extra cost to do it the industrial way and have every run go in a conduit and not just the size required, but where possible one size larger - - I always felt that doing this would future proof the home by allowing additional wires to be pulled or larger wires to be pulled if ever my electrical needs changed.


    at this point I have never had the opportunity to actually build my home so this hasn't happened yet, but I still hate romex and the idea of wiring that is not in a conduit - - - I also hate the damn plastic boxes they now use for receptacles - - back when I did industrial no plastic was allowed

    No. I believe that our freedoms are not theirs to limit though they will happily do that.

    Reading about California makes me grateful that I live in Florida though I fear we are a few Dominion machines away from becoming California.

    you can believe what you want, but that does not change the fact that they are limiting what we can do and they are using the vaccination numbers as their justification


    seriously - can you get on an airline right now without a mask? - - do you think they will care if you say its your "God given right"

    The "return to normalcy" pace has nothing to do with people getting the vaccinations or not, it has to do with the public getting fed up with the restriction and it's potential backlash against democrats.


    Our liberties are given to us by God and guaranteed by the constitution, not Washington.


    The only reason why I've had my first shot is my coworker who had a first shot and got COVID before the 2nd had a much easier time than I did and he's older and heavier.

    so - - you actually believe that politicians are not and will not use the number of people not vaccinated as an excuse to continue to try to limit our freedoms?


    Seriously?


    Right now there is not one single business in this valley that does not require that you wear a mask to enter - they are doing this because the State has told them they must - and being privately owned business it is 100% their right to do this - - the State has announced that on June 15 this will no longer be required


    God given rights are all great, but they still wont keep you from not being required to wear a mask in virtually every single business in this State - - and yes I do know that other states are not doing this, but frankly what other states might be doing is not very important to me


    And yes I guess you can say things like "I won't do business with any business that requires me to wear a mask" - - but if you are in California or any one of 20 plus other States this pretty much means you will not by doing business with any brick and mortar local businesses.

    The fact remains - - the Government will keep using the number of unvaccinated as an excuse to deny or delay the full return to what we had before and the only thing that can stop them from using it as an excuse is people getting vaccinated and destroying that excuse


    doesn't matter if their numbers are correct or make sense what matters is that it is the excuse they are using and will keep using it as long as they can - - - how long that is is 100% up to us.


    Whats really funny is that here in Commiefornia, probably the last place you might expect it, the State is lifting all restrictions 100% on June 15th - - - the numbers they have been using as their excuse for over a year now are the same numbers that are giving them no other option - - that and the recall

    Actually its kind of funny when you think about it - - the people that have been yelling and screaming the loudest that this is all political and it is all a BS lie intended to take away our liberty for the most part are the same ones who by refusing to get vaccinated are the ones slowing down the return of those same liberties


    Seriously - - just look around and tell me that isn't true - - -

    Hmmmm... so if this is pertaining to wearing a mask she's suggesting if you don't get the vaccine to wear a mask and protect yourself... but... I thought they said mask didn't protect you, it protects others:/ or is that like them saying you don't need a mask at all before requiring a mask? Who knows... I was back to normal well before the vaccine was ever available. Glad everyone can start catching up.

    I don't understand your confusion - masks are primarily to protect others from those who might unknowingly spread the virus - - now they are saying that fully vaccinated people have been studied and they have come to the conclusion that once fully vaccinated it is very unlikely you can spread the virus therefore you no longer need a mask.


    seems pretty clear to me - - vaccinated people cant spread the virus and can go back to normal - people who are not vaccinated can be asymptomatic and spread the virus so they should keep wearing the masks


    whether a person agrees with the vaccine or not at this point it seems very clear - the higher the percentage of the population that gets vaccinated the more our freedoms will return to where they were a year and 1/2 ago - - and the more people there are that refuse to get vaccinated the more the government will use that as an excuse to reduce our freedoms - - - - we can like it or we can hate it, but it was it is and not liking it is not going to change it

    More worried about punk kids trying a spur of the moment break in than some kind of planed attack where they hack my system first. It’s just a middle class home in a middle class neighborhood not a diamond mart



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    My ups will run my Wi-Fi for a minimum of 90 minutes probably longer. The power draw of the router and modem are very low. Put a DVR on it an the run time would drop substantially add a entire security system an you are probably down to 10 minutes or less



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    I disagree my cameras are wireless and battery powered and my cable modem and Wi-Fi router are on a ups. If a person wants to get around a hard wired ac powered system all they have to do is flip the breaker and cut power to the home. If you cut my power my Cameras and Wi-Fi will keep working for a long time. My internet cable coming into my home is not easily accessible and would be much harder to cut than my power which is in a breaker panel that is right on the side of my home. I suspect it would be very unlikely that someone would be lucky enough to try something at the same time the internet just happens to be down. On the other hand I think it is very likely they might cut the power in an attempt to disable security systems

    Personally I think that even with the best security it’s best not to point your cameras at anything so sensitive that you would have a big problem if it were hacked. I don’t want others hacking my system, but if they did they are only going to see outside areas around my home



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    Bigdog could you please keep your political conspiracy lies to the politics thread. Seems you are now posting your fear in almost every thread you visit and where it doesn’t provide any positive input relating to the op



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    So, exactly which one of the 5 or 6 vaccines is the “poison” vaccine Bigdog ? They have all been made by different companies using different technology so we know they are not all the same, so which one is it?



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    Was just listening to the head government gal on this virus stuff talking on the new cdc mask guidance that came out saying that fully vaccinated people no longer need a mask inside or out. When the news person asked her “what about the people who are not vaccinated” she pretty much said we are at a point where they are on their own there is enough vaccine out there and if they choose not to get it and don’t take precautions to minimize exposure then if they get the virus it’s their own fault. For the rest of us who are fully vaccinated it’s time to go back to normal - 🎉



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    Most important thing I have heard about with ring is to make sure to set it up with two factor authentication. From what I understand the security problems were accounts where this was not done and people managed to log into peoples accounts and view their cameras by simply guessing a password. With the two factor enabled this can’t be done



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