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    Gas Price Info With National Gas Temperature Map

    The Salem Costco is $3.299 and $3.659 -- fully $1.20 less for regular than RP for regular. Costco Santa Rosa is 20 cents/gallon cheaper than RP for both gasoline grades. What's wrong with this picture? This may be a warning to Santa Rosa patrons that they're price is going to take a hop with...
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    Song Name Game Part 3!

    Close To You - Carpenters
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    Why would Spectrum cut ground wire?

    Practically (unless your area is subject to ground strikes), it probably doesn't make any difference. That said, the current National Electrical Code (NEC 2023/NFPA 70) dictates that grounding is a building code requirement (where the NEC is incorporated in local codes -- as is commonplace)...
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    Song Name Game Part 3!

    You Don't Know What Love Is - Chet Baker
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    Why would Spectrum cut ground wire?

    This is typically not the case if you've cancelled service, as is the case here. You should read at least the first sentence of the OP to set the stage.
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    Why would Spectrum cut ground wire?

    That's because they don't want former customers reconnecting themselves thinking they can get something for nothing.
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    Why would Spectrum cut ground wire?

    I also assume that is the standard procedure to prevent signal leakage from a cable that may or may not be terminated at the residence. This doesn't remove the Spectrum coax as a possible source of stray incoming current, and that's where this boggles. They did. See the photograph.
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    Why would Spectrum cut ground wire?

    As I noted earlier, whenever a cable enters the home, its "ground" part must be earthed. The question remains as to why it was cut, given that the Spectrum cable is still connected.
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    Why would Spectrum cut ground wire?

    The "right" thing to do would be to disconnect the red cable from the grounding block and walk away. What does the green plastic tag read?
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    Why would Spectrum cut ground wire?

    Earthing is a requirement when the cable is connected, but it may be a liability when the cable isn't connected.
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    Why would Spectrum cut ground wire?

    Even underground coax must be "earthed" at the entry point. I'm surprised that they would bother disconnecting anything at the house, as they usually do that at the branch connection in the hopes that there may be a connection in the future. Did Spectrum remove a grounding block, junction box...
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    Song Name Game Part 3!

    Love Will Find a Way - Yes
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    Bell TV getting out of the Satellite Business

    The point of LEO isn't about creating any surplus anything. It is more about dividing up everyone's pie to serve a few outliers. Frequency reuse isn't a thing with LEO, as the satellites will often cross paths when there are many thousands of them. The technology is already an eyesore for...
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    Song Name Game Part 3!

    Take a Chance On Me - ABBA
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    Song Name Game Part 3!

    Beach Baby - The First Class
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    Song Name Game Part 3!

    Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing - Stevie Wonder
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    Windows 10/11 Download

    As I said, Microsoft has closed most of the original loopholes. Be aware that Microsoft thoughtfully duplicates your Pictures, Documents, and Desktop folders into your account-associated OneDrive storage by default. If you have anything confidential in there, you need to change some settings.
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    Song Name Game Part 3!

    I Am Woman - Helen Reddy
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    Anyone planning to buy the iphone 17?

    This is the juiciest fruit that Apple Intelligence has managed to produce so far.
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    Windows 10/11 Download

    That has been their official position since Windows 11 was released forty-nine months ago. Microsoft is actively disabling the workarounds, and users concerned with privacy keep finding new ways to establish local accounts.
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    Bell TV getting out of the Satellite Business

    Starlink is available throughout Canada. It appears that Rogers is reselling Starlink cellular service. The other tech billionaire is still saying late 2025 for "rudimentary service" with 153 of their planned 3,200+ satellite mesh. One site says that the Amazon network is looking to be fully...
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    Get ready to fall back, 2025

    About a year ago. The subscriptions (except for Sirius) are still on Hyundai for a while yet, and I received an OTA update last Thursday while I was driving.
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    Get ready to fall back, 2025

    The manual says that it must be done ... manually.
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    Get ready to fall back, 2025

    My 2025 Hyundai Sonata doesn't automatically adjust. Baffling.
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    Song Name Game Part 3!

    Where The Boys Are - Connie Francis