What's on your mind?

[Toro]

OMM: wishing I had technical skills to fix my radio. It's been since October when I bought the car that the radio just died. I can take it apart, wait for it to reset and then put it back together, but it only lasts about a day before it dies again. So I've been rolling with a JBL Bluetooth speaker. I got a bonus from work, and in the next few weeks I'll be reimbursed a goodly sum for passing my ABO exam, and a raise with it, so I thought it would be a good time to check out how much fixing it would cost... They quoted me twelve hundred dollars to replace the radio- just replace the radio- that's not even new speakers, an amp or a sub, just to replace the radio unit itself...... That's just so far out of what I can afford even with a raise coming... I need a Plan B, but I'm just hitting dead ends.

Its really not hard to install, honestly the hardest part is popping the panels on your car and running a clean install.... which is more a pain than actually hard. (Sub,speaker, amp and aftermarket headunit install) aside from popping the panels the only real trouble is finding a GOOD ground for the wires.

I certainly wouldn't pay 1200 for the work.

Its even easier if you go from a factory radio to a same factory radio..... the hardest part on that would likely be obtaining security codes (IF your radio comes with the security feature) otherwise it should be a simple plug and play. If you can take the radio apart and "reset it" youd be amazed how easy the work is to do yourself with just a little homework (knowing where to pop the panels on your car and how to do it without damage etc...)

Either way you go Id suggest doing a little homework on your car and process first.... your audio set up could be much better if you aren't putting forward 1200 just for install.

The first system I installed I thought it would be far more complex and was a bit intimidated at first.

 

[Toro]

Modern music is like a contest to see who can make themselves sound the dumbest.

I heard a song today that was LITERALLY about 80% of them saying "Walk it Like I Talk it" repeatedly....

Its like..... Im the only one stuck in an endless annoying loop of the music

 

[MehGuy]

Sadly there are only so many songs one can make.

 

[Toro]

Sadly there are only so many songs one can make.

Well when "Old Mac Donald" has deeper and less childish/repetitive lyrics .......... there are no excuses.

Especially when that childish drivel makes the person a millionaire

 

[MehGuy]

Well when "Old Mac Donald" has deeper and less childish/repetitive lyrics .......... there are no excuses.

Especially when that childish drivel makes the person a millionaire

It's only going to get worse as the decades pass.

 

[alsughasoughaiuyfygh]

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[MehGuy]

With this whole tariff war between Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau, I'm thinking instead of all this bullspit politics, we should just put them inside a Mixed Martial Arts cage and let them duke it out. The winner gets their policy in place.

I'd place my bets on Justin Trudeau.

All Donald Trump has to do is identity as a woman and he won't lay a finger on him even as Donald precedes to beat him up.

 

[Strider1002]

Well when "Old Mac Donald" has deeper and less childish/repetitive lyrics .......... there are no excuses.

Especially when that childish drivel makes the person a millionaire

Makes me think of the 90s version of “Cotton Eye Joe”... as annoying as that song is, I’d rather listen to it on a loop than most of today’s drivel.

 

[alsughasoughaiuyfygh]

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[MehGuy]

At least drama tv series are getting better.

I enjoy independent YouTube content too.

 

[Saucy]

WWJD?

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1122297954454448

 

[MehGuy]

Ah.. the department store parking lot.. probably the best place to research the depravity of mankind.

 

[mojoboy31]

Its really not hard to install, honestly the hardest part is popping the panels on your car and running a clean install.... which is more a pain than actually hard. (Sub,speaker, amp and aftermarket headunit install) aside from popping the panels the only real trouble is finding a GOOD ground for the wires.

I certainly wouldn't pay 1200 for the work.

Its even easier if you go from a factory radio to a same factory radio..... the hardest part on that would likely be obtaining security codes (IF your radio comes with the security feature) otherwise it should be a simple plug and play. If you can take the radio apart and "reset it" youd be amazed how easy the work is to do yourself with just a little homework (knowing where to pop the panels on your car and how to do it without damage etc...)

Either way you go Id suggest doing a little homework on your car and process first.... your audio set up could be much better if you aren't putting forward 1200 just for install.

The first system I installed I thought it would be far more complex and was a bit intimidated at first.

I'd love to go aftermarket, but the "dash kit" for my car is super specific and there's only like two, and they're like 400 bucks each. The problem with just buying the same model radio unit is that they're notoriously unreliable (for the same issue I'm having), so a new one may not necessarily fix my problem.

 

[Swords&Sunflowers]

I think someone on here tried to prove that grilled cheese sandwiches are of the Devil, once (or maybe it was them telling us a story about someone once tried to prove it to them). Watch your soul, Abigail.

too late...the temptation had overcame me...

 

[SarahsKnight]

I heard a song today that was LITERALLY about 80% of them saying "Walk it Like I Talk it" repeatedly....

Oh, wow, I have got to hear this one, then. Last time I kept up with the radio it seemed the maximum capacity of crappy repeated lyrics was only 60%. I didn't really think we could go much further in taking the actual music part out of pop songs, but here we are.

 

[SarahsKnight]

too late...the temptation had overcame me...

I am sure God will cut you some slack ... this time. XD

 

[Strider1002]

Today's drivel music? How about today's drivel shows? I remember as a kid, we would watch stuff on the Disney channel. Today's kids watch YouTube stars like the Paul brothers, Danielle Bregoli, and Little Tay.

Football and baseball are the only reasons I turn on current TV anymore

 

[MehGuy]

Oh man.. just watched a video on YouTube of a face reconstruction of a woman who lived over 8 thousand years ago.

She looks pretty manly, almost like she could be mistaken as trans. Scientist say that women back then (including men) had more of a masculine appearance. I know neoteny is responsible for how modern humans look but sometimes you forget just how recent some changes are.

 

[SarahsKnight]

Perhaps this is fate. In such a small town as Magnolia, Arkansas, where I went to college and came to like it there enough to be willing to stay even after school was over, and a lab job opportunity arose at Albemarle, my first job, just 6 days ago. I just happened to find it when searching on Glassdoor. Considering I was laid off for purely economical reasons, and I had heard a good report of me when they were giving me the layoff speech, perhaps they will actually be glad to have me back. And I would be closer to my home church again where I can be there every Sunday unless I were working. At least for however longer it takes to be invited to Canada.

 

[Travelers.Soul]

I NEED prayer please. I have some decisions to make and I am in desperate need of wisdom.