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MurpheyJT
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | Baton Rouge, LA |
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| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Number of Posts: | 76 |
| Registered on: | 9/2/2006 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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After being a long-time AT&T customer (Suncom->Bellsouth->Cingular->AT&T), I finally got sick of their high price and failures during the flood and Ida. I initially swapped to Verizon, but I had MANY dead-zones in the BR area including at my work. I switched to T-Mobile and have been absolutely happy with it. I haven't experienced any holes in the Baton Rouge area.
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Read up on Sleep Restriction Therapy. Basically, you go into slight sleep deprivation where your sleep efficiency becomes greater than 85%, then add time in bed by 15 min increments. It sucks when you first start, but it works.
re: Huge comet looking thing just passed over the Northshore
Posted by MurpheyJT on 10/20/22 at 8:12 pm to GetmorewithLes
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That looks like space junk breaking up on re entry. Meteors are really fast and you miss them in the blink of an eye.
If you watch a satellite or the space station pass over it is much slower.
It was the latest batch of starlink satellites making their way up to their final orbit.
Saw it in BR. So bizarre looking trucking across the sky.
re: Anyone have Tmobile cell service?
Posted by MurpheyJT on 7/22/22 at 11:12 am to MikeDaTiger23
I'm not in Lake Charles, but I just switched this week, and so far so good. I had switched from AT&T to Verizon this past fall, but Verizon was crap where I work and recently got worse. Before switching, I borrowed a T-Mobile Hotspot from EBR Library and tested out the service in various places around town.
Verizon in St. Gabriel Area
Posted by MurpheyJT on 7/19/22 at 5:19 pm
Any ideas on what's going on with Verizon in the St. Gabriel area? The service was weak at the plant already, but data has been pretty much non-existent for the past couple months. T-Mobile hotspot seems to work well, so I may be making the switch soon.
re: Scout Camp, power bricks and solar charging....
Posted by MurpheyJT on 7/14/22 at 8:58 pm to Lonnie Utah
Our troop just went to Skymont and my Jackery 300 was perfect for running the CPAP (humidity off = 11 watts) and charging phones/hotspot. I didn't buy the solar panels as most all scout camps have a charging station for the leaders. I charged my Jackery once mid-week and was good to go.
re: Picture/Video Storage for Family
Posted by MurpheyJT on 1/3/22 at 1:12 pm to Slingscode
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This sounds like a job for Microsoft One Drive TBH and not worry about dealing with hardware configuration and access.
This! You get 5TB for each userid.
Are y'all suggesting the Microsoft 365 Family plan for $100/yr? I see 1TB per user, not 5TB. While I am not against it, I'm a cheapskate and that seems a little overkill for what I'm looking for. Am I missing something?
Picture/Video Storage for Family
Posted by MurpheyJT on 1/3/22 at 12:04 pm
I'm looking for a storage solution for pictures & videos generated by multiple devices by the family. Would like to be able to access the pictures & videos from iPhone, Galaxy S10, Galaxy Tablets, and PCs on the network.
My router (Netgear Nighthawk) has a USB slot with their "ReadyShare" configuration in the settings, but I don't know anything about it. It appears to be a simple SMB share, but I'm not sure if iOS or Galaxy devices can access that.
I have my SHTF backups of everything on a couple of USB hard drives. This would be more for everyday access.
Should I purchase a USB drive and give ReadyShare a shot? Purchase some NAS? Purchase a cloud solution?
My router (Netgear Nighthawk) has a USB slot with their "ReadyShare" configuration in the settings, but I don't know anything about it. It appears to be a simple SMB share, but I'm not sure if iOS or Galaxy devices can access that.
I have my SHTF backups of everything on a couple of USB hard drives. This would be more for everyday access.
Should I purchase a USB drive and give ReadyShare a shot? Purchase some NAS? Purchase a cloud solution?
re: Baton Rouge power outage
Posted by MurpheyJT on 9/4/21 at 6:57 pm to glorymanutdtiger
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Everyone on Inniswold between Floynell and all the way to Jefferson have no power yet
We just got power!!! Inniswold & Oliphant
re: Baton Rouge power outage
Posted by MurpheyJT on 9/4/21 at 5:28 pm to glorymanutdtiger
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Me too. Hoping it turns Inniswold green soon. No work being done for 3 days. Thought we all will turn green at once
I just did a drive around. No one working in the neighborhood, and everything looks good to go. No one working at the substation, but there are guys there in the trucks. Hopefully they are waiting for something??? {Fingerscrossed}
Nope, not a damn clue. I was so hopeful as well.
re: Baton Rouge power outage
Posted by MurpheyJT on 9/4/21 at 8:06 am to glorymanutdtiger
Yep, I'm still out as well. Inniswold and Oliphant.
re: Baton Rouge power outage
Posted by MurpheyJT on 9/3/21 at 8:33 pm to LSUFootballLover
Latest word on the street is that they had to purchase equipment for either the substation on Jefferson or the transmission lines that come in and delivery is "a few days."
re: Baton Rouge power outage
Posted by MurpheyJT on 9/3/21 at 8:22 pm to glorymanutdtiger
With all the generators running in IEJT, we could probably have our own power plant.
re: IEJT folks - power update
Posted by MurpheyJT on 9/2/21 at 12:40 pm to glorymanutdtiger
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Hopefully we get power back by the last day of pool
Tim closed the pool for the year. He sent an email this morning.
re: IEJT folks - power update
Posted by MurpheyJT on 9/2/21 at 11:39 am to glorymanutdtiger
Yesterday evening, there was a large crew working where the main lines come over Danbury and also at the substation on Jefferson Hwy. I believe that is the main feed to IEJT, so I hope that is a sign we are close. All of the broken poles / transformers that I saw in the neighborhood have been replaced by new poles & transformers.
re: Baton Rouge power outage
Posted by MurpheyJT on 9/1/21 at 10:11 am to OneSaintsFan
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Hearing conflicting reports for Jefferson Terrace area…both from neighbors who talked to lineman
1. Said late last night or today
2. Another said 2 more days at least.
Anyone hear anything solid? Both of these reports were from yesterday.
I am hearing similar...all hearsay of course. Someone talked to a lineman this morning, and they keep getting close to energizing, but keep finding small things to fix first. "Likely coming on today."
Map Bixby button to Page Down?
Posted by MurpheyJT on 1/23/21 at 3:11 pm
Long story short, I have been having visual issues with scrolling on the phone. I know how to map the Bixby button to open an app, but is there a way to map it to "page down" so that I can avoid scrolling?
re: “Buffalo Gnats” aka The new target of my genocidal crusade against pests
Posted by MurpheyJT on 4/16/20 at 9:39 pm to SundayFunday
Bug Soother (smell like lemon Pledge) or Victoria Secret Amber Romance (smell like a $5 whore). Never use Off or Repel as they are attracted to it.
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I received my tuition refund check in the mail yesterday. Reports are all people who sent in a release form were issued checks also.
I'm still not stoked about the whole situation but glad to be made whole financially at least.
Same here. I went to the bank as fast as I could yesterday!
re: Runnels School Closing - Not Just High School
Posted by MurpheyJT on 3/13/20 at 4:29 pm to Evil Little Thing
Sooo...how are we supposed to find new schools for our kids if they are all closed for the next month? This week just keeps getting better and better.
Oh, and my A/C is apparently broken too.
Oh, and my A/C is apparently broken too.
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With that said I give myself a 50/50 shot at getting a refund check. Hope I am proven wrong though. I can't speak for all parents but I am sure most just want to put this behind them and move on.
There are more important things in life but this is a shite sandwich nonetheless...
Haha, I don't know...my $16k is pretty important right now.
re: Runnels School Closing - Not Just High School
Posted by MurpheyJT on 3/9/20 at 9:35 pm to MaximillianPayne
re: Runnels School Closing - Not Just High School
Posted by MurpheyJT on 3/9/20 at 11:47 am to maxxrajun70
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Prepayment of tuition and fees previously paid will be subject to funds available
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uh oh
Yep. They gladly took my full payment for 2 kids, while telling us that K-8 was in good shape, knowing full-well they were going to shut the school down. They wait until all of the magnet/private school placements are done to drop the bomb on 500 families. Oh, and they'll hold our already-paid $16k making paying for a new school tuition even that more difficult. Completely unfathomable coming from a school that was all about being "kind."
I think a lot of the outsiders reading about this announcement don't understand that it isn't so much about the school closing, but HOW they are doing it.
No worries. I'll just get my kids into the magnet program. Oh wait, magnet program lottery is already done. I cant believe Runnels would frick over so many families like this. Terrible.
Runnels School Closing - Not Just High School
Posted by MurpheyJT on 3/8/20 at 5:57 pm
Dear Members of Runnels School Family,
Since the mid-1960's Runnels has been an integral part of the educational and cultural landscape of Baton Rouge. It has also been a vital ingredient in the lives of hundreds – and thousands – of the students, faculty, and staff members of Runnels. These thousands of individuals did not just be served by the school, they also in countless ways helped create, promote, and sustain the magical nature of the school.
With hearts overflowing with pride – and misery – Gladys and I must report to you that Runnels School cannot continue to serve our beloved community any longer, after the close of school year 2019-2020, as approved by The Board of Trustees.
With gratitude to all of you for joining us in this truly noble endeavor, we will attempt to help you understand the many reasons that have compelled us to this decision. The reasons are all fundamentally financial in nature.
The reason most apparent is the decade-long decline in our enrollment, a factor experienced by virtually all tuition-charging schools. In our case, our enrollment has steadily declined by 34% over the past ten years. Unlike most tuition-charging schools, Runnels has had no financial support by a parent organization, such as a church, which means that a 34% decline in enrollment implies a similar decline in the funds available to operate the school. In our 55-year history, we have learned that the solution is not to raise tuition – that inevitably results in even greater decrease in enrollment. We have also learned that modest tuition increases (3% - 4%) are usually accepted by the market, and that has been our practice.
We have also learned that economies such as discontinuing some courses and services is not the answer either. We have learned from experience that many parents are unwilling to forgo any programming that is important to their children, and all of our programming is very important to large segments of our student population. We certainly understand, but it does make it difficult to consider eliminating features to cut costs.
A more subtle financial hazard became clear to us as we attempted to study the details of the planned “Pre-K to 8th Grade School.” The already marginal enrollment in those grades contains a significant number of Monthly Contracts, requiring relatively little cash at enrollment time, with a significant fraction of the payments not due until the summer months. In practical terms, we cannot force parents to honor those contracts, leaving parents to opt out of the agreement if they cannot accept (for example) cost-saving efforts by the school. The current enrollment in the Preschool program is woefully short of being break-even, and the usual spring-time influx of enrollments has not materialized, neither at the preschool nor in the elementary and junior high grades.
Another huge problem with planning for the Pre-K to 8th Grade School is the dismal prospect of staffing it. Many current staff members in those grades have their own children enrolled in high school grades, who will not be served in the future. This is again a financial issue. It is bad enough to contemplate replacing a large percentage of our faculty next year, but our ability to hire new teachers at the salaries we can afford, without the benefit of tuition for their children in high school grades.
There is no realistic reason to believe that declines in enrollment will abate. The decline in the past decade was eerily steady, unaffected by changes in school leadership, or flood, or anything else. The underlying explanation has to be the current and increasing abundance of good, and free schools in surrounding parishes and in charter schools and magnet schools in Baton Rouge.
We have explored every strategy we could imagine to continue to be able to offer the magic of Runnels School – but have not succeeded. In financial terms, we are currently millions of dollars behind and to continue the effort will only worsen the situation.
The only asset the school has to pay all of its debts is to sell the school property for an amount within sight of the appraised value. That is not a “fire-sale” that could possibly pay off Investor Bank's mortgage but little else – not the pre-paid tuition payments, and not any other debts of the school. The good news is that there is an investor who is willing to negotiate with Investor Bank to “work out” our loan arrangement with them, to allow our current students to finish this school year with all the accolades, celebrations and joy that have always been a part of spring semesters at Runnels School.
Prepayment of tuition and fees previously paid will be subject to funds available upon completion of restructuring of school real estate. This could take up to sixty days.
Our elementary and preschool leaders and staff will provide assistance to our families in locating options for new school placements for the children. They will help in every way possible to make the transition a smooth one – providing recommendations and records, and contacting other good schools to tell them about our situation and about our wonderful students. They will be a blessing at whatever school their parents choose for them to attend, as they have been in our school family.
We thank you for loving our school and for allowing us to be a part of your children's lives for so many years. It has been our greatest joy.
Sincerely,
Gladys and Kelly Runnels
Since the mid-1960's Runnels has been an integral part of the educational and cultural landscape of Baton Rouge. It has also been a vital ingredient in the lives of hundreds – and thousands – of the students, faculty, and staff members of Runnels. These thousands of individuals did not just be served by the school, they also in countless ways helped create, promote, and sustain the magical nature of the school.
With hearts overflowing with pride – and misery – Gladys and I must report to you that Runnels School cannot continue to serve our beloved community any longer, after the close of school year 2019-2020, as approved by The Board of Trustees.
With gratitude to all of you for joining us in this truly noble endeavor, we will attempt to help you understand the many reasons that have compelled us to this decision. The reasons are all fundamentally financial in nature.
The reason most apparent is the decade-long decline in our enrollment, a factor experienced by virtually all tuition-charging schools. In our case, our enrollment has steadily declined by 34% over the past ten years. Unlike most tuition-charging schools, Runnels has had no financial support by a parent organization, such as a church, which means that a 34% decline in enrollment implies a similar decline in the funds available to operate the school. In our 55-year history, we have learned that the solution is not to raise tuition – that inevitably results in even greater decrease in enrollment. We have also learned that modest tuition increases (3% - 4%) are usually accepted by the market, and that has been our practice.
We have also learned that economies such as discontinuing some courses and services is not the answer either. We have learned from experience that many parents are unwilling to forgo any programming that is important to their children, and all of our programming is very important to large segments of our student population. We certainly understand, but it does make it difficult to consider eliminating features to cut costs.
A more subtle financial hazard became clear to us as we attempted to study the details of the planned “Pre-K to 8th Grade School.” The already marginal enrollment in those grades contains a significant number of Monthly Contracts, requiring relatively little cash at enrollment time, with a significant fraction of the payments not due until the summer months. In practical terms, we cannot force parents to honor those contracts, leaving parents to opt out of the agreement if they cannot accept (for example) cost-saving efforts by the school. The current enrollment in the Preschool program is woefully short of being break-even, and the usual spring-time influx of enrollments has not materialized, neither at the preschool nor in the elementary and junior high grades.
Another huge problem with planning for the Pre-K to 8th Grade School is the dismal prospect of staffing it. Many current staff members in those grades have their own children enrolled in high school grades, who will not be served in the future. This is again a financial issue. It is bad enough to contemplate replacing a large percentage of our faculty next year, but our ability to hire new teachers at the salaries we can afford, without the benefit of tuition for their children in high school grades.
There is no realistic reason to believe that declines in enrollment will abate. The decline in the past decade was eerily steady, unaffected by changes in school leadership, or flood, or anything else. The underlying explanation has to be the current and increasing abundance of good, and free schools in surrounding parishes and in charter schools and magnet schools in Baton Rouge.
We have explored every strategy we could imagine to continue to be able to offer the magic of Runnels School – but have not succeeded. In financial terms, we are currently millions of dollars behind and to continue the effort will only worsen the situation.
The only asset the school has to pay all of its debts is to sell the school property for an amount within sight of the appraised value. That is not a “fire-sale” that could possibly pay off Investor Bank's mortgage but little else – not the pre-paid tuition payments, and not any other debts of the school. The good news is that there is an investor who is willing to negotiate with Investor Bank to “work out” our loan arrangement with them, to allow our current students to finish this school year with all the accolades, celebrations and joy that have always been a part of spring semesters at Runnels School.
Prepayment of tuition and fees previously paid will be subject to funds available upon completion of restructuring of school real estate. This could take up to sixty days.
Our elementary and preschool leaders and staff will provide assistance to our families in locating options for new school placements for the children. They will help in every way possible to make the transition a smooth one – providing recommendations and records, and contacting other good schools to tell them about our situation and about our wonderful students. They will be a blessing at whatever school their parents choose for them to attend, as they have been in our school family.
We thank you for loving our school and for allowing us to be a part of your children's lives for so many years. It has been our greatest joy.
Sincerely,
Gladys and Kelly Runnels
It sounds like Rocketbook may be a good application for you.
re: blue tooth handsfree walkie talkie?
Posted by MurpheyJT on 11/21/19 at 7:02 pm to mrgreenpants
Zello app with a bluetooth clicker.
Have you recently installed any wireless cameras? I had a similar thing happen after installing some Amcrest security cameras. It turned out that the DNS for the router was being overwritten by the blank DNS from the cameras.
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Post pics so we can determine if android is a good fit for your wife or if she just needs to stick with apple.
I'm not sure how this helps, but here ya go:
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