Discovering the Amazing Incentives of TireRack.com’s Tire Road Hazard Program Several months ago, I shared my excellent experience purchasing tires through TireRack.com. Recently, I had yet another positive experience with TireRack.com, that has won me over as a loyal customer. After dropping my son off at school, I noticed that all-too-familiar and unsettling yellow icon […]
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A Holiday Surprise: Figuring Out Why the Toilet Bowl is Not Filling Up While my in-laws were visiting for the holidays, I overheard them mention to my wife that the toilet bowl in the guest bathroom wasn’t filling up with water. That’s not what I wanted to hear during the Christmas break while we had
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The Find My App, Police, and a Not-So-Smooth Criminal Incident My holiday was briefly ruined when my iPhone appeared to be lost and then stolen. As I was getting over my despair, things took a dramatic turn and the stars aligned. With the use of the Find My app and the watchful eye of the
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Documenting Every Step: How I Removed Asbestos and Upgraded Air Ducts It is done! My asbestos saga has finally come to an end. Since my last update on November 14, 2024, with “Navigating Asbestos Safely”, the asbestos has been removed and new air ducts are installed. It took several weeks and quotes from numerous contractors,
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How I Responded To My Asbestos Woes Recently, I received an email from tenants with a frantic message about a concern for asbestos in the house – a vendor came to give them an estimate for air duct cleaning and informed them there may be asbestos in the attic. The details were not clear, but
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Over the last month, I wrote about data breaches and some of the things you can do to protect yourself from identity fraud. Ironically, I recently received a letter dated August 26, 2024, from Young Consulting c/o Cyberscout, notifying of a data breach and that my personal information was compromised. Additionally, in the mail, I
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How to Protect Yourself After the National Public Data Breach This has been a bad year for personal data. In 2024, there has already been over 1 billion records stolen. The latest breach involved hacking group USDoD, who breached a background check services company, National Public Data – resulting in a data leak of 2.9
Mystery of the Dim iPhone Screen Solved… iOS Window Zoom I thought it was a simple question, that will have a simple answer. Why is my iPhone Pro Max 15 display so dark? It all started when my wife noticed that the display on my iPhone Pro Max 15 seemed unusually dim. She was right.
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This blog is called “Dads Doing Dishes and Everything Else,” but I never wrote about doing the dishes – the irony. With a family of four, one of the many constants is dirty dishes – not to mention a messy sink. There is no break. Whether it’s washing plates, bowls, or pots, it doesn’t end.
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I previously wrote about ambulance surprise bills. I discovered the issue after my wife received an invoice for $4,299.56 – the amount billed by the ambulance provider for the nine mile ride to the emergency room. Unlike many others, my wife and I were fortunate that our health insurer covered the ambulance invoice – we
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