Good Morning!!!! 60F @ 4:15AM. Plentiful sunshine. High 91F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.
They say the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, Eric, but the old pasture looks incredibly lush to these drought parched eyes of mine. The new field must have been really somethin' to move those sheep like that! And you better shut up about the gravity and hydrogen shortage before our politicians pass a new law requiring rationing of what's left!
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Hope you continue to tolerate the chemo well, and you get your propane situation squared away at the RV dealer, Drew. Gonna ask 'em about a weekender setup? Usta think Dinty Moore was the perfect food for hunting trips, Drew. A whole meal in a can. Then I started reading ingredients, started making my own stew, started freezing it in zip loc bags to bring along instead. Started reading labels on frozen meals, and stopped shopping at Trader Joes, too. Too much salt, too much sugar, too much oil and grease.
Big lightning storm northwest of here out in the forest, Buppies. Same deal last week, and it caused 37 wildfires, two of which are still burning. No count on how many new ones yet. Glad you and yours are OK, and hope there's not too much mess to clean up.
Hope you land a whopper, Bruce. Pics if you do, OK?:thumbsup:
Glad no one was hurt at either your or your neighbor's place, Ken. Sounds like a big mess, though.
Slopped a bunch of POR-15 around in the firetruck tank yesterday, then got the lid back on and bolted down. Still have to weld a fitting on for on of the drain lines, then paint the hatch, but getting closer to getting that thing out of the driveway and out of the way. Also got the suction line ordered, two 20' lengths of flexible and translucent PVC.
First batch of new network hardware showed up, and the end of the box containing the main component was missing on arrival. I'd left the gate open all day so the FedEx guy could come down to the house; no wonder he dumped it in the parcel box instead. When I picked it up I found that end of the box was wet, and the cardboard was delaminating like it had been that way for a while. Thank goodness the unit was wrapped in plastic or it would have been a goner. Fired right up and seems to be OK. Need to pick up some shelves in town today so I'll have a place to mount the new rig; it'll be nice to clean up that spaghetti explosion in the closet.
Solar contractor tweaked the controller settings night before last, and the system sold back a third more power than it consumed yesterday.:thumbsup: Looks like small changes in battery charging setpoints, and a new "mode" called "Support" for the overnight hours. Have more homework to do on that one. As I sat on the back porch enjoying a barley pop last night, I noticed that there might be enough room on the solar panel rack for another column of panels. Hmmm...
Gonna cancel all my BofA accounts while I'm in town today, K5. Been planning it for months...
Also gonna try to get the van smogged today. Rumor has it that the California Air Resources Board is requiring all engine swapped vehicles to go through their "referees" for a special inspection this year, and I'm not optimistic it'll go smoothly.
Hang in there, gang, Friday's comin'!
