Topic: What you Buy or DIY show off thread

[Firm]

Bought a new TV for the bonus room (rec room). 75" LG unit from Costco, on sale for $450, wild how cheap. Our 42" Panasonic Plasma, while still working great, was a little small for the space and viewing distance. Going to mount the plasma in the guest room.

[rrocket]

Having more competition with cell phone providers is a good thing. Fizz offers unlimited Canada + US calls, unlimited Canada + US texts and 4 Gb/mo for $27, if one skips voicemail, which I hardly use on the work phone. Data accumulates for up to 2 months, so 4 Gb is actually at a 12 Gb cap, and even that is Canada+US. Had to dig into their forums for a full understanding of how they work. While in the US, calls go through VoLTE, and other countries it's data only.

Choosing your own 4 last digits is a one-time $1 fee.

Travel packs for Europe are $10/1Gb and good for 30 days, which handily beats the cartel's $14-$16/day roaming. A pack or two should suffice for some Google Maps while abroad, and for less than a tourist sim card.

That's probably the package that I will take for the new phone. The monthly rate goes down to $23 IIRC by skipping the US option.

I hear ya.

I've read countless times that Canada's cost for internet and cell phone borders on criminal.

[rrocket]

Bought a new TV for the bonus room (rec room). 75" LG unit from Costco, on sale for $450, wild how cheap. Our 42" Panasonic Plasma, while still working great, was a little small for the space and viewing distance. Going to mount the plasma in the guest room.

Sweet!

[Blueprint]

Bought a new TV for the bonus room (rec room). 75" LG unit from Costco, on sale for $450, wild how cheap. Our 42" Panasonic Plasma, while still working great, was a little small for the space and viewing distance. Going to mount the plasma in the guest room.

Sweet!

Must be fun not to have to do the "x 1.38" math on everything!

[WP v3.32]

Bought a new TV for the bonus room (rec room). 75" LG unit from Costco, on sale for $450, wild how cheap. Our 42" Panasonic Plasma, while still working great, was a little small for the space and viewing distance. Going to mount the plasma in the guest room.

That sounds like a good deal! My 65" TCL Roku costed $900 back then.  One thing i wish I had is the voice command on the remote controller.   I have it on my TV upstairs (48") and it's super convenient.

[Firm]

Bought a new TV for the bonus room (rec room). 75" LG unit from Costco, on sale for $450, wild how cheap. Our 42" Panasonic Plasma, while still working great, was a little small for the space and viewing distance. Going to mount the plasma in the guest room.

That sounds like a good deal! My 65" TCL Roku costed $900 back then.  One thing i wish I had is the voice command on the remote controller.   I have it on my TV upstairs (48") and it's super convenient.

Yeah, TV prices have come way down. This is also USD though. I remember my parents spending like $3K on a 55" plasma in the early/mid 2000s.

This new LG does have the voice command on the remote, which is a nice feature. That said, most streaming boxes have voice command remotes (Fire Stick, Xfinitiy Flex, etc), which is pretty sweet if you're going to run a non-smart TV.

[WP v3.32]

Bought a new TV for the bonus room (rec room). 75" LG unit from Costco, on sale for $450, wild how cheap. Our 42" Panasonic Plasma, while still working great, was a little small for the space and viewing distance. Going to mount the plasma in the guest room.

That sounds like a good deal! My 65" TCL Roku costed $900 back then.  One thing i wish I had is the voice command on the remote controller.   I have it on my TV upstairs (48") and it's super convenient.

Yeah, TV prices have come way down. This is also USD though. I remember my parents spending like $3K on a 55" plasma in the early/mid 2000s.

This new LG does have the voice command on the remote, which is a nice feature. That said, most streaming boxes have voice command remotes (Fire Stick, Xfinitiy Flex, etc), which is pretty sweet if you're going to run a non-smart TV.

Talking about TVs,  We visited my kid's future middles schools yesterday,  they still have massive 32" tube JVC TVs hanging form the ceiling,

[Blueprint]

Bought a new TV for the bonus room (rec room). 75" LG unit from Costco, on sale for $450, wild how cheap. Our 42" Panasonic Plasma, while still working great, was a little small for the space and viewing distance. Going to mount the plasma in the guest room.

That sounds like a good deal! My 65" TCL Roku costed $900 back then.  One thing i wish I had is the voice command on the remote controller.   I have it on my TV upstairs (48") and it's super convenient.

Yeah, TV prices have come way down. This is also USD though. I remember my parents spending like $3K on a 55" plasma in the early/mid 2000s.

This new LG does have the voice command on the remote, which is a nice feature. That said, most streaming boxes have voice command remotes (Fire Stick, Xfinitiy Flex, etc), which is pretty sweet if you're going to run a non-smart TV.

Talking about TVs,  We visited my kid's future middles schools yesterday,  they still have massive 32" tube JVC TVs hanging form the ceiling,

These tubes probably replaced the 16mm projectors 10 years ago - still a few good decades in them 

[WP v3.32]

Bought a new TV for the bonus room (rec room). 75" LG unit from Costco, on sale for $450, wild how cheap. Our 42" Panasonic Plasma, while still working great, was a little small for the space and viewing distance. Going to mount the plasma in the guest room.

That sounds like a good deal! My 65" TCL Roku costed $900 back then.  One thing i wish I had is the voice command on the remote controller.   I have it on my TV upstairs (48") and it's super convenient.

Yeah, TV prices have come way down. This is also USD though. I remember my parents spending like $3K on a 55" plasma in the early/mid 2000s.

This new LG does have the voice command on the remote, which is a nice feature. That said, most streaming boxes have voice command remotes (Fire Stick, Xfinitiy Flex, etc), which is pretty sweet if you're going to run a non-smart TV.

Talking about TVs,  We visited my kid's future middles schools yesterday,  they still have massive 32" tube JVC TVs hanging form the ceiling,

These tubes probably replaced the 16mm projectors 10 years ago - still a few good decades in them 

a Massive block hanging,  I was amazed! 

[PJungnitsch]

Still got our big tube TV sunk into the wall with a LCD in front of it

Wasn't sure how to pry it out of there without wrecking the wall, plus it's something like 150 to 200 lbs, most of it on the front 'flat' screen. And it explodes if you drop it, even more of a good time

[ktm525]

Bought a new TV for the bonus room (rec room). 75" LG unit from Costco, on sale for $450, wild how cheap. Our 42" Panasonic Plasma, while still working great, was a little small for the space and viewing distance. Going to mount the plasma in the guest room.

That sounds like a good deal! My 65" TCL Roku costed $900 back then.  One thing i wish I had is the voice command on the remote controller.   I have it on my TV upstairs (48") and it's super convenient.

Yeah, TV prices have come way down. This is also USD though. I remember my parents spending like $3K on a 55" plasma in the early/mid 2000s.

This new LG does have the voice command on the remote, which is a nice feature. That said, most streaming boxes have voice command remotes (Fire Stick, Xfinitiy Flex, etc), which is pretty sweet if you're going to run a non-smart TV.

I still have a Sony XBR3 from 2005. Still running and one thing it does have is decent sound with forward firing speakers and glass/meatal surround bezel. 

[rrocket]

. And it explodes if you drop it, even more of a good time

You need to amuse is all with a video of that! LOL [emoji38]

[ktm525]

Still got our big tube TV sunk into the wall with a LCD in front of it

Wasn't sure how to pry it out of there without wrecking the wall, plus it's something like 150 to 200 lbs, most of it on the front 'flat' screen. And it explodes if you drop it, even more of a good time

You should turn it into a vault.

[ktm525]

Giant Loop fuel bag. Says 7.4L but will probably fill about 6L to keep it manageable. Will either extend range on the FE501 to around 350k kms off road or allow the TE300 to do 120 kms. Kind of unwieldy at start but once fuel is dumped into tank it packs up in a 3" roll.

[Firm]

Re-caulked the entire showing in our master. Looked like the previous owner put fresh caulk over the old original at some point, the typical black mold was showing through, plus his work was sloppy. Spent a half day stripping everything out completely and recaulking. Tedious job, but it'll be nice to shower tonight with nice fresh, neat caulking.



Also grabbed another cheap TV....a 43" (odd size...) Pioneer (!?) from Best Buy for Mrs.Firm's workout area. Fit the wall perfectly, and only $169 on sale!

[PJungnitsch]

Nice job, that's fiddly work. Find my beading skills get good only when I am just about done

Crazy on that TV price, not that long ago that was big unit. Now it's almost giveaway size. Inflation really depends on what you are buying

[me_2]

I don't think it's by design. Weird. 3/4" is very close to a 19mm socket. Do you know what lug nuts a Volt comes equipped with?

Definitively not by design! Someone, someday, put what it got the closet match under hand. Too late to test no my son's car but my guess it is 19mm, all the car is metric! I have to check mine.  Online part: Wheel Nut - GM # 9598708

Two of them might have lost the chrome cover? By the look of it that would change the size slightly



https://www.gm-volt.com/threads/lug-nut-refresh.338929/

Yeah, typical nut design to cheaper their cost imho, without accounting salt corrosion!

If its like the two piece lug nut design on my wife's old acadia, the nut underneath the chrome cover would start to corrode and cause the cover to bulge slightly. Really annoying and dumb design. Once a few of them started rusting/expanding I replaced them all with a once piece design.

I'll do the same next spring, I'll try to find solid piece nut as they were in the good old days 

Received 40 solid, 1 piece wheel nuts for son's Volt & mine

[tortoise]

The dishwasher stopped draining, turns out it was the drain pump.

This is the second time it's being replaced, the first was while it was under warranty.

Went with one from Amazon that was half the price of the OEM. It seems to be the same manufacturer as the one that was in there.  I guess the warranty part wasn't OEM.

It was pretty beep boop once I was sure it was the pump. Nice to have it back up and running.

[rrocket]

The dishwasher stopped draining, turns out it was the drain pump.

This is the second time it's being replaced, the first was while it was under warranty.

Went with one from Amazon that was half the price of the OEM. It seems to be the same manufacturer as the one that was in there.  I guess the warranty part wasn't OEM.

It was pretty beep boop once I was sure it was the pump. Nice to have it back up and running.

Nice, man!!

[EV Dan]

I don't think it's by design. Weird. 3/4" is very close to a 19mm socket. Do you know what lug nuts a Volt comes equipped with?

Definitively not by design! Someone, someday, put what it got the closet match under hand. Too late to test no my son's car but my guess it is 19mm, all the car is metric! I have to check mine.  Online part: Wheel Nut - GM # 9598708

Two of them might have lost the chrome cover? By the look of it that would change the size slightly



https://www.gm-volt.com/threads/lug-nut-refresh.338929/

Yeah, typical nut design to cheaper their cost imho, without accounting salt corrosion!

If its like the two piece lug nut design on my wife's old acadia, the nut underneath the chrome cover would start to corrode and cause the cover to bulge slightly. Really annoying and dumb design. Once a few of them started rusting/expanding I replaced them all with a once piece design.

I'll do the same next spring, I'll try to find solid piece nut as they were in the good old days 

Received 40 solid, 1 piece wheel nuts for son's Volt & mine

Congrats on new nuts!