Re: I got this Ring doorbell

by **tGreenWay** Tue 6 Dec 2016 - 19:16

InTenSity wrote:
tGreenWay wrote:

Nice. Enjoy your beverage plan.
I will try to finish a bottle of Basil Hayden again. Actually I doubt that, but I will have fun. Then my wife will find the Filipino bartender and they'll make her drinks without charging after I throw them a $20 or so.

Everybody needs goals and have a backup plan.

by **Turtleneck** Tue 6 Dec 2016 - 19:20

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote: pay a $1k water bill

You're doing something wrong.

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** Tue 6 Dec 2016 - 19:45

I think it's legit actually. My older neighbors who also have a sprinkler system had one in the 750 range. Our yard is bigger and we have 4 people in our house. Unit price went up this year. Fucking Obama.

by **Turtleneck** Tue 6 Dec 2016 - 20:35

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:I think it's legit actually. My older neighbors who also have a sprinkler system had one in the 750 range. Our yard is bigger and we have 4 people in our house. Unit price went up this year. Fucking Obama.

A good start would be limiting showers to every other day only and capping them at 5 minutes. Anybody that tries to shower two days in a row or goes over 5 minutes gets punched in the face, or maybe has to live on the streets for a week.

by **InTenSity** Tue 6 Dec 2016 - 20:50

You pay $1k a month for water?

by **y2kMgrad** Tue 6 Dec 2016 - 20:51

TheReal_LWS wrote:
WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:Oh, and it is secured to the mounting bracket with 2 star bit type screws, comes with a special screwdriver. That's so no one just grabs it and steals the unit out of the bracket. Other than that it's just pops off the bracket.

So if I buy one, I can use the special screwdriver to come get yours too.

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by **y2kMgrad** Tue 6 Dec 2016 - 20:51

Sounds cool but I don't think I'd need this. Nobody ever really comes to my house.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Tue 6 Dec 2016 - 21:04

y2kMgrad wrote:Sounds cool but I don't think I'd need this. Nobody ever really comes to my house.

We know, y2kmgrad.

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** Tue 6 Dec 2016 - 21:05

InTenSity wrote:You pay $1k a month for water?

It's bi-annual. And obviously (here) quite a bit more in the summer.

Fuck I also have a small pond (like 4' x 4' x 4' deep) that I had to drain and refill 2-3x this year for various reasons.

by Guest Tue 6 Dec 2016 - 21:23

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:
InTenSity wrote:You pay $1k a month for water?

It's bi-annual. And obviously (here) quite a bit more in the summer.

Fuck I also have a small pond (like 4' x 4' x 4' deep) that I had to drain and refill 2-3x this year for various reasons.

Do you raise catfish in that pond for an emergency food supply?

by **InTenSity** Tue 6 Dec 2016 - 21:26

I pay $63 a quarter...

by Guest Tue 6 Dec 2016 - 21:35

InTenSity wrote:I pay $63 a quarter...

I pay for electricity to pump pure water from the aquifer.

by **Turtleneck** Tue 6 Dec 2016 - 21:47

LooseGoose wrote:
InTenSity wrote:I pay $63 a quarter...

I pay for electricity to pump pure water from the aquifer.

Same here. According to a guy on tRCMB that means we live in deep poverty.

by Guest Tue 6 Dec 2016 - 21:59

Turtleneck wrote:
LooseGoose wrote:

I pay for electricity to pump pure water from the aquifer.

Same here. According to a guy on tRCMB that means we live in deep poverty.

I want you to know that I love you even as you're poor and we fight in another thread.

by **InTenSity** Tue 6 Dec 2016 - 22:56

LooseGoose wrote:
Turtleneck wrote:

Same here. According to a guy on tRCMB that means we live in deep poverty.

I want you to know that I love you even as you're poor and we fight in another thread.

What's your electric bill?

by Guest Tue 6 Dec 2016 - 23:01

InTenSity wrote:
LooseGoose wrote:

I want you to know that I love you even as you're poor and we fight in another thread.

What's your electric bill?

Winter $100-125 because of the furnace optimist
Other seasons $75-$100

Electric dryer & hot water in addition to the well

by Guest Tue 6 Dec 2016 - 23:02

Lol. optimist = blowar

by **xsanguine** Tue 6 Dec 2016 - 23:37

LooseGoose wrote:
InTenSity wrote:

What's your electric bill?

Winter $100-125 because of the furnace optimist
Other seasons $75-$100

Electric dryer & hot water in addition to the well

You don't got one of those cool outdoor wood burners?

by **Turtleneck** Wed 7 Dec 2016 - 0:03

LooseGoose wrote:
InTenSity wrote:

What's your electric bill?

Winter $100-125 because of the furnace optimist
Other seasons $75-$100

Electric dryer & hot water in addition to the well

Propane for me. But the dryer is electric.

by Triple Sparty Wed 7 Dec 2016 - 0:10

You don't burn wood Goose?

by Guest Wed 7 Dec 2016 - 8:46

xsanguine wrote:
LooseGoose wrote:

Winter $100-125 because of the furnace optimist
Other seasons $75-$100

Electric dryer & hot water in addition to the well

You don't got one of those cool outdoor wood burners?

No, but Son#2 does. Heats his house and hot water in the winter. Go out in the National
Forest with a $20 permit and get enough wood to heat both all winter. Helluva deal.

by Guest Wed 7 Dec 2016 - 8:50

Triple Sparty wrote:You don't burn wood Goose?

I did at my former place but this house uses so little gas I don't bother. Last year I
only bought around 400 gallons of LP so now the gas company wants to charge me
rent for their tank. I told them the day they came to collect that bill bring a truck
and a check for their tank and my gas. Haven't heard back from them.

I last filled in April and a week ago I was still at 63% so I'm good until mid Jan, then
that tank will get me through the winter.

by TheReal_LWS Wed 7 Dec 2016 - 9:08

LooseGoose wrote:
Triple Sparty wrote:You don't burn wood Goose?

I did at my former place but this house uses so little gas I don't bother. Last year I
only bought around 400 gallons of LP so now the gas company wants to charge me
rent for their tank. I told them the day they came to collect that bill bring a truck
and a check for their tank and my gas. Haven't heard back from them.

I last filled in April and a week ago I was still at 63% so I'm good until mid Jan, then
that tank will get me through the winter.

Wood boiler is where it is at!

by MSU addict Wed 7 Dec 2016 - 14:13

Turtleneck wrote:
WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:I think it's legit actually. My older neighbors who also have a sprinkler system had one in the 750 range. Our yard is bigger and we have 4 people in our house. Unit price went up this year. Fucking Obama.

A good start would be limiting showers to every other day only and capping them at 5 minutes. Anybody that tries to shower two days in a row or goes over 5 minutes gets punched in the face, or maybe has to live on the streets for a week.

It is the sprinkler system that causes the problem. We built our house and we have separate meters for the house and sprinkler system. Both meters were new and read 0 when installed. About three times as much water has run through the sprinkler system. I don't want to think what the bill would be if I had to pay sewer charges on the sprinkler.

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** Wed 7 Dec 2016 - 15:14

^^yep

My next store neighbor in between us and 750ish guy has no sprinkler system and his was just under 5. I also ran my sprinklers like a maniac this summer because my front lawn started dying and I didn't know what to do. Somehow that didn't keep the lawn from dying anyway and now I have a thousand dollar water bill. Go figure.

by Guest Wed 7 Dec 2016 - 16:47

Life in the suburbs.

You don't need to water pine needles.

by **xsanguine** Wed 7 Dec 2016 - 20:14

LooseGoose wrote:
xsanguine wrote:

You don't got one of those cool outdoor wood burners?

No, but Son#2 does. Heats his house and hot water in the winter. Go out in the National
Forest with a $20 permit and get enough wood to heat both all winter. Helluva deal.

I didn't even know you could do that. I figured you worked with what's on your own acreage or buy from someone with wooded acres. You talking downed trees or standing?

by Guest Wed 7 Dec 2016 - 20:18

xsanguine wrote:
LooseGoose wrote:

No, but Son#2 does. Heats his house and hot water in the winter. Go out in the National
Forest with a $20 permit and get enough wood to heat both all winter. Helluva deal.

I didn't even know you could do that. I figured you worked with what's on your own acreage or buy from someone with wooded acres. You talking downed trees or standing?

Either, they just have to be dead. Every resident of Michigan can cut 5 full cords, so 15 face cords for that permit.

by **xsanguine** Wed 7 Dec 2016 - 20:23

LooseGoose wrote:
xsanguine wrote:

I didn't even know you could do that. I figured you worked with what's on your own acreage or buy from someone with wooded acres. You talking downed trees or standing?

Either, they just have to be dead. Every resident of Michigan can cut 5 full cords, so 15 face cords for that permit.

Good to know. Thanks LG.

by Guest Wed 7 Dec 2016 - 20:46

xsanguine wrote:
LooseGoose wrote:

Either, they just have to be dead. Every resident of Michigan can cut 5 full cords, so 15 face cords for that permit.

Good to know. Thanks LG.

We used ot get the wood for our cabin that way back in the 70's. Helps the forests out too by removing the deadwood fuel to slow down fires.

by CheesySpartan Wed 7 Dec 2016 - 21:08

LooseGoose wrote:
xsanguine wrote:

Good to know. Thanks LG.

We used ot get the wood for our cabin that way back in the 70's. Helps the forests out too by removing the deadwood fuel to slow down fires.

Correct. The suppression of which caused/causes the majority of wild fires

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** Wed 7 Dec 2016 - 21:22

Nordic wrote:
WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:

Nordy, you don't even have wiring for a doorbell? It is nice to be able to use the live view.

Never really realized it till now, nope, just checked, no doorbell. Not even a broken one, no buzzer at all.

Can I just open the app at any time, like when some knocks on my ghetto door?

I don't think I ever answered this.

So if you're not hard wired, then no, you can't use "Live View", which is a feature of the thing where you can click on it at any time and look through the camera. If you're on battery power, the camera only kicks on when someone rings the bell and you open the app (you get a notification on your phone and/or computer). It also records it and it shows up in the app for you to view later.

by **tGreenWay** Wed 7 Dec 2016 - 21:56

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:
Nordic wrote:

Never really realized it till now, nope, just checked, no doorbell. Not even a broken one, no buzzer at all.

Can I just open the app at any time, like when some knocks on my ghetto door?

I don't think I ever answered this.

So if you're not hard wired, then no, you can't use "Live View", which is a feature of the thing where you can click on it at any time and look through the camera. If you're on battery power, the camera only kicks on when someone rings the bell and you open the app (you get a notification on your phone and/or computer). It also records it and it shows up in the app for you to view later.

In a thread about doorbells, you worded this perfectly. Splendid! Bravo! I got this Ring doorbell - Page 2 1486952199

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Wed 7 Dec 2016 - 22:05

tGreenWay wrote:
WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:

I don't think I ever answered this.

So if you're not hard wired, then no, you can't use "Live View", which is a feature of the thing where you can click on it at any time and look through the camera. If you're on battery power, the camera only kicks on when someone rings the bell and you open the app (you get a notification on your phone and/or computer). It also records it and it shows up in the app for you to view later.

In a thread about doorbells, you worded this perfectly. Splendid! Bravo!

by **Turtleneck** Wed 7 Dec 2016 - 22:24

Why does she say "I'm bathing the children" in the ad? The line should have been "I'm cleaning my gun. Do you want to come in and see what the 2nd Amendment feels like?"

by tanfan! Wed 7 Dec 2016 - 23:17

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:Had been wanting something like this and it went on sale on BF/CM so I snagged one.

Really cool. I'm glad I bought it. My use case is kinda unique but I dig it.

You can hook it up standalone and it will run off of battery power. You can recharge the battery by removing the unit from the mounted plate. You download the app to your phone and/or your desktop. It configured pretty much automatically once you select your wifi network and type in the password. Someone rings it and it rings you on your phone and/or desktop via notification. You click on it, it immediately pulls up video. You can click on a talk button and talk to the person directly through the unit. Video and audio is decent.

The one thing I didn't realize (because I didn't do enough research #spaz) is that you need to have it hooked up electronically to your doorbell shit if you want to be able to just view live video. The battery isn't powerful enough on its own. But I got that taken care of and I can sit here in my TV room in the basement and click on the live view and watch it if I'm waiting for someone or whatever. Nice feature if you have a loud large dog and kids.

PSA.

What if your wife bought that for you for christmas? jesus dude

by **Turtleneck** Wed 7 Dec 2016 - 23:31

MSU addict wrote:
Turtleneck wrote:

A good start would be limiting showers to every other day only and capping them at 5 minutes. Anybody that tries to shower two days in a row or goes over 5 minutes gets punched in the face, or maybe has to live on the streets for a week.
It is the sprinkler system that causes the problem. We built our house and we have separate meters for the house and sprinkler system. Both meters were new and read 0 when installed. About three times as much water has run through the sprinkler system. I don't want to think what the bill would be if I had to pay sewer charges on the sprinkler.

You're missing the point. It is about bringing some much needed order to a lawless house.

by **Motown Spartan** Fri 16 Apr 2021 - 11:56

Looking for more info on these. They’ve changed a lot in 5 years.

by **The Pantry** Fri 16 Apr 2021 - 12:00

Motown Spartan wrote:Looking for more info on these. They’ve changed a lot in 5 years.

Tell us what you find out.

by **Turtleneck** Fri 16 Apr 2021 - 12:17

Motown Spartan wrote:Looking for more info on these. They’ve changed a lot in 5 years.

They are creepy surveillance devices. Unless they pick up aliens in the driveway. Then they are kinda cool.

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