That remote range drops hard if you got brick or metal between it and the pit.

Three weeks later that guy called you? That's wild. I'd be terrified to pick up the phone if I were you. Transmission going out that fast after a sale is brutal though, like the car was just waiting to unload that problem on somebody else. At least you didn't get stuck with that repair bill, those can run you a couple grand easy.

Actually, that pull string trick works way better if you tape a plastic grocery bag over the end of the vac hose first @jamief67. Creates a seal and keeps the insulation out of the filter. Otherwise you're right, it does sound like a cat with a cold after about thirty seconds.

Yeah the limitation thing makes sense. Read somewhere that the 44.1kHz cutoff actually forced engineers to filter out ultrasonic noise that would mess with analog gear later. Kinda a happy accident for those 70s records.

My buddy works in HR and told me he watched a qualified applicant get filtered out because their resume used "truck routing" instead of "fleet optimization" in their summary, which is ridiculous. Kind of like what @gavin365 mentioned, he said a lot of companies don't even realize their AI screeners toss out good people for tiny word choices.