LordCrom

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[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 29 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Homes are fucking expensive. I couldn't afford to buy a house in most markets at current prices. I have no idea how people are able to buy homes today.

Even my neighbor down the street...1st home for him, wife, and 2 year old kid. He tried to sell because he didn't understand how property taxes worked. The previous owner of 30 years payed 1.5K a year. He bought the home and was hit with a 15K tax bill. He couldn't afford it and thought his bill would also be 1.5K. The closing agent and real estate agent didn't explain anything to him. They were just happy to collect commission and fees on a very expensive house.

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

The Anvil of Crom

--Conan the Barbarian Soundtrack --Basil Polidouris

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 32 points 6 hours ago

Quote "Delaware State Police are investigating and advise drivers to be cautious during traffic stops, recommending pulling over in well-lit areas and verifying officer credentials."

This will work so well when ICE agents have so far refused to provide identification, all wear masks, and AFAIK are NOT authorized to do traffic stops.

If an unmarked car flashes lights at me, I'm on with 911 before I pull over to verify it's legit.

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Are we still boycotting this game?

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah so the rapists, pedophiles, human traffickers, dredge of perverted society..... Those people will suffer.

Never mind the girls, children, victims of the rapes and coersion and trafficking.... They are doing just fine?

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Went to Disney last year. Never again. Lines are too long, you must use a phone app to get 'fast access's to rides, but fast access is now just normal access. Standby waits are over an hour for all rides. Some rides had no standby, so no phone app, no going on that one. Oh and the phone app has limited space that I found out is usually gone 5 min after opening at 6 am or some shit.

I had to wait 2 hours for jungle cruise while watching a non stop line of fast pass people just constantly walking on.

It's too crowded, elbow to elbow people.

Still 20.00 for a crap hamburger.

Tickets were like 380 for 2 of us.

Save your money and leave Disney for the foreign stupid tourists

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Agreed. There's a tremendous sense of satisfaction I get from eating what I grow.

And just fyi, those fell off the vine because of all the iguanas in south Florida. Invasive species that exploded in population....and they eat everything down to the stem. They crawl around on the vines knocking these down.

I've taken to buying dollar store wire waste paper baskets to cover seedlings so iguanas can't get to them

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What do you do to fight that? Soapy water with vinegar and salt?

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I hope it makes it. Good luck

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Adding to the salad mix. Passion fruits turn into juice. And that cucumber was as big as my forearm.

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Correct. Added beets and cucumber to the salad. Still have spinach coming up too. I have dozens of passion fruits I strained into a juice.

 
[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In s Florida, my tomatoes are barely holding on with 2 to 3 waterings per day under a screen shade. The heat and sun are just roasting my plants. The tomato leaves look like this before they get watered.

 

IRS now says churches won't lose tax exempt status for political endorsements.

 

And there it is. The real reason to destroy NOAA and the NHC.

 

Was able to pick enough for my dinner tonight.

 

The 1st flower wilted away....see it there in the left. The 2nd flower appeared and is much bigger and healthier. Waiting to see if I get any fruit here.

 

I have multiple eggplants in pots inside my screens. They are all flowering, but none are producing actual eggplants. Am I missing something?

 

It's been about 2 weeks since I took the 1st image I posted. This is today. The flower is looking kind of sad. Does this look normal? Does anyone know how to tell if it will fruit up by looking ?

 
 
 

So I got my proof of concept completed.
I took a simple USB RTL sdr with a ham it up all working through sdrsharp. I had a wideband directional antenna in my closet and hooked it up with a makeshift dovetail mount to the body of our 14" Meade lx200.

I went for Jupiter. Centered it on the Meade... Quickly discovered that I would need some sort of adjustment screws for the antenna.... But alignment aside, if I searched the general area I found a weak signal in 24 to 25 mhz. Move away and the strength would fall off, back on the planet and the signal would increase slightly.

Tells me my test works.

Now the trick. I will need a better antenna and I want opinions.

It has to be directional

It has to be lightweight, 2 pounds or less

Somehow I need to make fine adjustments to its direction at the base where it can mount to the scope. More of a mounting question than an antenna question.

Satellite dishes won't work because of space on and around the scope.

We are a non profit, so can't break the bank.

I'm open to any opinions.

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