RearAdmiral
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I would enjoy an ice cream party.fixed it for you.
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I would enjoy an ice cream party.fixed it for you.
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I just randomly remembered about my Mastercard rewards, just one of those things that's kind of set and forget. Made an account on the site since I never did before, and I had enough points to get $350 worth of Home Depot gift cards. My water heater is on the verge of failing on me (does lot of weird noises, I think the anode rod broke and is loose in there) so this money will go towards a new one. I might just go electric as it's easier to install and more efficient. The high efficiency gas ones are a lot of money. If I find this one costs me too much in hydro then I'll save up for a higher efficiency gas one like a tankless or condensing tank unit.
6000 watts though.Did not realize those drew so much power. I guess it makes sense considering a kettle is like 1500w and only has to heat like a litre of water. Of course it does it faster too.
3 cups heavy cream
1 cup whole milk
1/2 cup sugar
4 egg yolks
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup fresh lemon zest
Soak the lemon zest in the lemon juice and set aside in fridge.
Custard base:
Heat cream, milk, sugar in a heavy sauce pan. Stir until sugar is dissolved and mixture is hot but don't bring to boil. Whisk egg yolks and pour into cream mixture. Cook custard, stirring constantly until mixture thickens slightly. Don't allow to boil. Remove the custard from heat. Place a sheet of plastic wrap over custard, pressing the wrap onto the top of the custard and place in fridge. The plastic wrap reduces skin formation on the top of the custard. Chill until custard is at fridge temperature (don't freeze).
Once cooled, remove plastic wrap and any surface skin from custard. Stir lemon juice and zest into custard. Pour custard into ice cream maker and churn/freeze per ice cream maker instructions.
I just randomly remembered about my Mastercard rewards, just one of those things that's kind of set and forget. Made an account on the site since I never did before, and I had enough points to get $350 worth of Home Depot gift cards. My water heater is on the verge of failing on me (does lot of weird noises, I think the anode rod broke and is loose in there) so this money will go towards a new one. I might just go electric as it's easier to install and more efficient. The high efficiency gas ones are a lot of money. If I find this one costs me too much in hydro then I'll save up for a higher efficiency gas one like a tankless or condensing tank unit.
6000 watts though.Did not realize those drew so much power. I guess it makes sense considering a kettle is like 1500w and only has to heat like a litre of water. Of course it does it faster too.
How much are electric costs in your area compared to gas? In most cases, gas makes the most sense, especially if you have natural gas.
So you know all those insurance commercials that say a 15-minute call can save you 15% on your insurance? They're full of it.
It's actually closer to a 45-minute call, but they saved me 20%. $3000 for 12 mo. home & auto at Liberty Mutual now instead of Allstate at $3800. I left Liberty many years ago because of cost and left Allstate prior to that because of cost and ended up at them twice. Now left again.
Bottom line, if you guys just accept the incremental increases every year, you don't realize that it adds up. Shop it every few years.
I also signed up for the OBD-II driving-monitoring program since it's only 90 days I'll have to grandma my car, then never again. Saves about 15% by itself.
Can you elaborate on the driving-monitoring? Never heard of that. Is that for premiums based on mileage?So you know all those insurance commercials that say a 15-minute call can save you 15% on your insurance? They're full of it.
It's actually closer to a 45-minute call, but they saved me 20%. $3000 for 12 mo. home & auto at Liberty Mutual now instead of Allstate at $3800. I left Liberty many years ago because of cost and left Allstate prior to that because of cost and ended up at them twice. Now left again.
Bottom line, if you guys just accept the incremental increases every year, you don't realize that it adds up. Shop it every few years.
I also signed up for the OBD-II driving-monitoring program since it's only 90 days I'll have to grandma my car, then never again. Saves about 15% by itself.
And breaking, Gs, acceleration, etc.Can you elaborate on the driving-monitoring? Never heard of that. Is that for premiums based on mileage?
I'm quite sick of Allstate's constant increases, BTW.
And breaking, Gs, acceleration, etc.
Call a local independent that has multiple carriers. Auto owners, Hartford, progressive,....have them shop it every year.
Can you elaborate on the driving-monitoring? Never heard of that. Is that for premiums based on mileage?
I'm quite sick of Allstate's constant increases, BTW.
Can you elaborate on the driving-monitoring? Never heard of that. Is that for premiums based on mileage?
I'm quite sick of Allstate's constant increases, BTW.
Well they use a monitoring device (can be your smartphone) and check your driving habit. I don't think the discount justifies the loss of privacy.
Considered it... what kind of privacy should I be worried about in this case?
And braking, Gs, acceleration, etc.
Call a local independent that has multiple carriers. Auto owners, Hartford, progressive,....have them shop it every year.
OK, thanks, very helpful. My car was made just before ODB2 hit the market, so I'd not be eligible techwise.It's an OBD-II port device that you leave plugged in. For Liberty Mutual, it's called RightTrack and they only need data for 90 days and your savings rate is locked in forever. Allstate explained their DriveWise needs to be in every 6 months for 60 drives. LM gives you up to 20% off your auto rate (10% up front) depending on the data results which you can even track on your own. She explained the following:
- monitors hard acceleration and hard braking
- night time driving
- top speed like 80mph on a highway doesn't matter, only how fast you got there
- total miles (must be > 125 mi. to qualify, which I may have trouble with)
So I'm going to granny it for 90 days and hopefully get their avg of 15% off. No idea if the car computer stores previous data and whether the device will read that.
It was not so bad when it used to be a box in your car, but the smartphone apps, no thanks. It's one thing to track driving habits, it's another thing to track my whole life. Not worth the savings. Some of those even require that you leave location services turned on.![]()
Well they use a monitoring device (can be your smartphone) and check your driving habit. I don't think the discount justifies the loss of privacy.
Thankfully this looks to be only adapter info. Driving habits I don't care about. Time & location is already collected by Google (Maps) as I use that EVERYWHERE I go. You guys don't use it?
If you use smartphone-only apps just be sure what they're grabbing.
