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You're not kidding. Have you seen the people who live on Honeysuckle Drive who are opposing development of an adjacent block within the UGB? These people live in million dollar homes built less than 20 years ago on cleared forest land. They're arguing that building homes right next door to them constitutes "wanton disregard for the preservation of current ecological systems." So what about your house then? And you're on gofundme? Seriously? You already have more money than god. If they advertise showing up at a council meeting to oppose the annexation I'll gladly go testify in favor just for the opportunity to shit all over them.

Don't trust a word Comcast says, they'll tell you whatever they have to to get you to rent their crap. ISP provided equipment is almost always garbage, and comes with rental fees. I highly recommend you get your own equipment. Get a separate modem and router, and they'll pay for themselves in about a year since you're not paying rental fees. Comcast may fight you on bringing the your own equipment, but they legally have to let you.

This is the modem I use:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01A1E6BA2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_9TSFRKKS7ETBC7WNNRRM

And this is the router I use:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00R2AZLD2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_P69YGQAWQC3AVGFRFBRR

I love the alltrails app and website for exploring nearby areas and trails. There’s a 60 mile hike from here to the coast. I don’t think it shows the specific stuff you’re asking about but it’s something. this

Sure! First off, it's common for the exhaust hose to reach 90F. You want that heat to make its way outside, not leak back into your house. I insulated mine by wrapping it with a thick blanket, used wire to tie it down (rope could also work). Massive improvement already.

Second, mod the unit into a dual hose. The idea is you pull outside air (instead of room air) into the condenser, and the exhaust hose rejects it outside.

There are two air intakes on the back of these portable units - one for the evaporator (cools air and pushes it into the space), the other for the condenser (heats air and pushes it outside). In order to identify which is which, I set the unit to "fan only" mode. I felt air being pulled through one vent (pushes over the evaporator and back into the space) - so the other vent is clearly the condenser side (to push heat outside). I went to a hardware/plumbing supply store and bought a 4" plastic vent hose (like this), some fittings, and some duct tape. I used some cardboard and solid foam blocks to basically create a box on the condenser's intake vent that forces it to draw air through the hose, along with a foam insert to hold the other end on the window.

Beazell Forrest is always a great place to go. It's kinda out of of the way, so it doesn't get many visitors. Weekends are sill very quiet.

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https://www.alltrails.com/parks/us/oregon/beazell-forest-park?ref=header

I did this for a while http://www.apple.com/jobs/us/aha.html and it focuses more on customer service than technical skills. Usually starts at $16 - $17 per hour.

When I was between jobs I did this https://www.mturk.com/mturk/welcome for $150 - $200 per week. It's no brainer work at crappy wages but I was sitting in front of a computer anyway.

Is it Villa Chateau, on NW Hobart Ave?

Do you have a gaming computer? When you're not using it, you could donate gpu processing time to folding at home.

https://foldingathome.org/2020/02/27/foldinghome-takes-up-the-fight-against-covid-19-2019-ncov/

Try to get a router that supports Docsis 3.1. It's a little more future-proof and takes full advantage of high speed internet.

Here's mine: https://www.amazon.com/MOTOROLA-Approved-Comcast-Gigablast-MB8600/dp/B0723599RQ/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=docsis+3.1&qid=1622230575&sr=8-5

Adding even more tips to this already great thread:
- Keep doors to unused rooms closed so you don't waste energy trying to cool them (e.g. bathrooms--note that bathroom fans will only cool off the room when outside air is cooler)

- We just bought these thermal door curtains for our sliding glass doors, and they've so far helped keep our bedroom at a consistent 68°F temperature throughout the sunny, warm days! Turns out sliding glass doors are terrible for insulation (who knew!? /s). We're considering adding another one of these in front of our front door which gets direct sunlight 60% of the day (and boy does that door get hot). We have yet to see how well this holds up on 90°F days...*fingers crossed*

- You can also hang greenhouse shade cloth outside if you have a patio to help further reduce incoming sunlight (which we also do).

- We also have an RV window reflector in one of our windows that gets direct sunlight most of the day. The window is on the second story and can't open, so we just kind of set that up along with a thermal curtain to help mitigate the amount of heat that comes in through that stupid window.

I used to get some shitty ones from Fred Meyer but they don’t carry them anymore. Your best bet is to buy them off Amazon.

I personally love these, but if you haven’t tried a bunch of different brands, this variety pack was very good in my opinion.

Sorry if Amazon isn’t something you wanna buy from though, I think you’re out of luck.

If you do locate your keys, and I hope you do. You might consider getting a Smart Tag. I only have one key to my Lexus and if I lose it, it can be located on Google maps or by sound at the press of a button on my smart phone. If you have the key in your hand and lose your phone, a press of the Smart tag will ring your phone as well.

All things pass. No one will tell you when an event will abate but it's implicit in the warning statement and other reporting that suggests we'll be able to go on the offensive against the fires as weather conditions improve. The air advisories are stated in effect until Thursday afternoon. Of course, they could be extended but based on what we know right now that's what the evidence seems to point to. If you look at our forecast, by tonight we should start to see a shift in wind direction. We're not getting the smoke because there are fires, we're getting hit with the smoke because there are fires AND the wind is moving things into the valley right now.

https://www.wunderground.com/severe/us/or/corvallis/97330

Out here definitely would not be a good area... you should defiantly not go out there to scout around see if anybody has already hidden one out there.

Bit of a necro, but I'm pretty sure this is in starker arts park. That's ashbrook in the background.

Right near here, I think:

https://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=44.549637,-123.298917&hl=en&sll=44.549171,-123.297855&sspn=0.006797,0.013937&t=h&mra=mift&mrsp=1&sz=17&z=17

Since you made the nice reply I'll help you out a bit. What you want is an air mattress if you don't want to sit in the water ( Kmart in town off of ninth is pretty cheap) or a tube if you don't mind the water again Kmart is perfect. Here's kmart's address 400 NE Circle Blvd, Corvallis, OR 97330. Here's a decent guide to the trip. http://www.everytrail.com/guide/willamette-river-summertime-float You don't need life jackets or a canoe. Definitely bring some beers though.
Hit me up if you have any other questions.

This is where I found the trail. When you get to the trailhead off of Oak Creek there is a trail map for the path up to Fitton Green.

I've got you so covered!

https://ridewithgps.com/organizations/97-mid-valley-bicycle-club/routes?

The mid Valley cycling club maintains this filterable list of rides by length or elevation gain. They all assume you start at Osborn Aquatic center so adjust from there but it's a great list of a lot of rides.

I noticed you found it! Good luck!
You could also try asking on craigslist. Or a site like airbnb. Probably cheaper, and nicer than a motel.

A more effective but also more expensive solution is to buy a GPS tracker. This one is $10, but you have to pay for monthly cellular service. If you pay 24-36 months at once, it's only like $5 a month. It's much more precise than the Airtags. There are tradeoffs though, they're slightly larger and as such harder to hide, and they must be charged occasionally.

You can buy a SATA hard drive reader for like $10 on Amazon. It'll read anything off your hard drive as long as your hard drive isn't encrypted which 99% aren't. It's really easy.

they can buy from Amazon like everyone else https://www.amazon.com/Honest-Company-Baby-Wipes-Hypoallergenic/dp/B01NASH63G/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=3U1FD1IBHG2RS&dchild=1&keywords=baby+wipes+unscented&qid=1598271923&sprefix=baby+wipes%2Caps%2C256&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUE2MjJCQVBSUUQxVTkmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTAyOTk1OTYxVDcxOUZGR1RMODdYJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAwODQyMDQyS0lVSDQ1NUdYS0xCJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

This would probably do the trick https://www.amazon.com/Kuject-Connectors-Waterproof-Electrical-Automotive/dp/B07BJX51VT/ref=sr_1_4?hvadid=77859260436693&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvqmt=e&keywords=wire%2Bsplice&qid=1576611349&sr=8-4&th=1

I agree, I never said the problem was Comcast, just a way to get around the problem of slow WiFi. Although it could not be anything but the router, this is surprising to me. The router is only 2 months old and wasn't too cheap. There are 5 of us students almost constantly on the network with our phones, computers, and tablets. I would assume that this is real issue, but I'm not sure. Do you have any other thoughts on improving the network?

Here is the amazon page for the router we have: http://www.amazon.com/ARRIS-SURFboard-SBG6580-Docsis-Router/dp/B0040IUI46/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1456722053&sr=8-1&keywords=router+motorola+surfboard

Hands down best book on Oregon geology:

http://www.amazon.com/Geology-Oregon-William-N-Orr/dp/0787266086

I did 2 years of community college before transferring to UC Santa Cruz for an Earth Science degree. Loved that path! Your first two years of undergrad is just core chemistry and physics and such and honestly you don't need to go to some fancy 4-year college for that. The good stuff starts junior year anyway. Best of luck!