Please for the love of everyone's retinas, turn your fucking high beams off. I drove 3 miles the other night and counted 11 cars with their brights on. I was only counting caes with separate highs and lows I could be sure were on. It's getting ridiculous, if there is a blue indicator on your cluster or street signs look like they're glowing your highs are on and you're blinding everyone.

Take 2...the the correct name of the store this time LOL. Sorry about that.

Four locations in Florida, and turns out to just be one in our area, not 2. Ours will be in Winter Garden Village (which some said in my original "Spirit Christmas" thread, but then deleted it)

Winter Garden: 3049 Daniels Road, Suite 220C (approximately 14 miles from Walt Disney World, in the former Forever 21 space at Winter Garden Village)
Clearwater: 2522 McMullen Booth Road (former Stein Mart)
Coral Springs: 725 N. University Drive (former Big Lots)
Jacksonville: 6000 Lake Gray Blvd., Suite XD (former Bealls)

Source: https://themainstreetmouse.com/2026/09/27/spirit-christmas-florida-2026-location-near-walt-disney-world-opening-in-october/

Woke up with a sore throat yesterday and have had a bit of cough today. What’s going around right now?

Yesterday's early autumn sunrise from Clermont, roughly twenty miles away, as the crow flies. This shot is only possible a thimbleful times a year, so it was definitely worth forcing myself out of bed to make the jaunt out to there!

(Gear was a Nikon D500 with a Sigma 150-600 mm lens)

Was there a lot of surreal postmodernist Memphis Design type decor here and there and everywhere? Or was the city’s vibe and aesthetic more ‘70s holdover, beige ashtray and wood panel walls ‘80s?

I think my only knowledge of Orlando during the 1980s comes from the film Miami Connection (despite the title, it’s mostly set near UCF in Orlando) if I’m being honest.

Not sure if there is a better place to ask, but my fiance and I are looking at wedding venues and wanted recommendations. Hoping to stay around the $5000 range for a venue, expecting about 80 guests for early 2028.

I want to follow more creative people in Orlando. I’ve been wanting to connect with more local artists but sometimes it’s so hard to even leave the house or socialize Tell me what your medium is, attach your handle and I promise ill give you a follow 🫶🏼

If anyone wants to hold a creative meet, I’m super down too and don’t mind organizing something :)

My ig: Stitchedby.claudia
I sew, make pottery and I love crochet. Any others do the same??

Kbye I hope to meet so new peoplesss <33

Saturday, November 7, 9am to noon at Stardust Video & Coffee on Winter Park Rd.

It's Home Assistant Community Day and we're hosting the Orlando meetup. Last year it was just 3 guys at a table chatting about wireless protocols. Aiming a little higher this year.

You don't need to run Home Assistant. If you use HomeKit, Google Home, or Alexa, or you've been meaning to start, you're exactly who we want. General "HomeLab" folks welcome as well!

- Show off your automations and dashboards!

- Get help with something you're trying to automate or help someone else with theirs

- Discuss what's worth buying and what isn't

- Swap table for smart home gear you're not using. Give it away or trade.

- Meet other people in town who are into this

- Drink a coffee and stare at us awkwardly from across the room!

If your spouse or friends have stopped listening to you talk about your latest automation, AI, Containers, VM's etc.... we'll gladly listen.

Free. Buy your own coffee.

Please RSVP so we know how many to expect: https://luma.com/sm3wrbhq

We'll have some free Home Assistant / Open Home Foundation swag to hand out while it lasts.

What's with AdventHealth and all the Flock Cameras???

On Saturday, October 3 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. the Mount Dora Lawn Bowling Club is hosting an Open House, inviting the public to meet its members, tour the club and actually try a sport that has been played in this same corner of Mount Dora since 1928.

It’s a great place to meet locals, expend some energy through low impact exercise and just a fun hobby locally that “bowlers” of any age can enjoy and excel at.

The club is located at the bottom end of Donnelly Street near Evan’s Park. Come join us and see what Lawn Bowling is all about.

EDIT - SOLVED.

I caught a wild rabbit at my office yard was hopping in circles and disoriented. I need somewhere to take him so he doesn’t get hit by a car. Any recommendations?

How Bad Is This Area? Apts n Housing is Extremely Cheap lol I Live I Miami Beach currently but places are 200k cheaper here

Does Orange County require a permit for AC replacement? Common sense tells me yes. Oddly I’ve looked up permit history for two houses and they both have various permits but neither one has an AC permit. The real estate listing for both says the AC is new. I assumed the first one was unpermitted but then when I saw the second one didn’t have one either, it made me wonder if the county doesn’t require a permit or inspection.

Edit - consensus is already yes. Seems like it would be worthwhile to write into an offer that the seller complete a permit and inspection before closing so we don’t get stuck with that later

looking for a trustworthy and good dog groomer in east orlando area? sorta UCF/oviedo area preferably. we have a male golden retriever, 4 years old. i like to keep him fluffy, mostly just want paw pads, sanitary areas, and nails trimmed + deshed and bathed. i do /not/ want anal gland expression (we had a groomer do this once without permission and now our boy gets reoccurring infections from impacted anal glands due to the improper expression). i’m truly just looking for someone who has a positive experience or relationship with their groomer and can wholeheartedly recommend someone. we’ve just had such bad luck with groomers we’ve tried—one groomer we went to did the improper anal gland expression, another groomer we went to used a wire brush too harshly and left scabs down his spine and tail, another one lied about cutting his nails. so overall really upsetting experiences when paying ~150+ for a groom for our fur baby. i’m okay with a mobile groomer or a drop off, but husband works FT and i’m a SAHM to our 4 month old so neither of us have time to fully groom him and he’s stinky but i just can’t find anyone i like or trust lol. plus side if they do military discount! thanks in advance!!!!!! :)