OT: 120th Obsequious Banter Thread: The Fallowing of the Bone Tree

[Cody Webster]

Over 28 hrs for my mom (supposedly restored at 7pm this evening) in Bucks. She had to come to my place in Philly with my brother.

Time to get a Generac since these extreme weather events will be more frequent.

Anybody have one? We have a regular gas generator but just eats up too much gas and is not a whole home system like a Generac.

We bought a house two years ago and the previous owners had one installed. The thing is a glorious

 

[Kermit the Prog]

I’ve almost bought a ‘70 twice in the last ~10 years. This must have been a long time ago or there was a lot more going on with that. ~5 years ago, it still would have set you back 20k. Even a project car ‘68-72 Judge is 25-30k USD these days. I mean not running. Figure you’re at 35-40k for a non-matching car that runs.

My dad is a massive classic car and motorcycle guy. Did most repairs and restoration himself and roped me into them for basically all my life. What stopped me both times was remembering how much money and effort it took him to maintain them. You can afford to buy a very nice classic Ferrari. I promise you. The cost of keeping it on the road is a completely different animal.

Oh, yeah. I would have thought it would have gone for at least $30K, which is why the $8K final knock floored me. It was cherry inside and out. It was towards the end of the auction, which usually clears out the whales who've sewn up their targets, but, come on...$8,000??? Ridiculous.

I won't ever buy a high-ticket vehicle. I had a Jaguar a while back and the maintenance costs on that were easily triple what I would have to spend on a very good car. Oxygen sensor replacement cost me $3,200 - 15 years ago. Unless you're leasing or have the resources, even well-kept high-ticket cars come with boomerang costs that buckle the knees when things need to be replaced or repaired.

 

[Embiid]

Ever since I moved up to Bucks County from the city it’s definitely been a difference in the power outages/the time it takes for power to go back on.

Mine is currently out but fortunately my dad lives close by & his is on.

My mom's street has been a nightmare bc the wires are above ground and a stiff fart can literally knock out the power for hours. They made some kind of mod but it still is not great.....

We have solar panels and I looked into the Tesla Powerwall but I would need two or 3 of them for multi day needs. Not cost effective even with the 30% energy credit/subsidy the Gov't will most likely take away from Elon ..lol.

The Generac is better for multi day losses even if we have to get the big ugly propane tank...

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

My mom's street has been a nightmare bc the wires are above ground and a stiff fart can literally knock out the power for hours. They made some kind of mod but it still is not great.....

We have solar panels and I looked into the Tesla Powerwall but I would need two or 3 of them for multi day needs. Not cost effective even with the 30% energy credit/subsidy the Gov't will most likely take away from Elon ..lol.

The Generac is better for multi day losses even if we have to get the big ugly propane tank...

I think about the generac but it’s expensive. Not that I couldn’t shell it out but I always think in the sense of resell.

 

[trostol]

 

[JojoTheWhale]

I think about the generac but it’s expensive. Not that I couldn’t shell it out but I always think in the sense of resell.

My parents lost power for ~3 weeks after Sandy. Their Generac had them completely covered. It sure as shit sold us one.

Side note, but the eye made landfall ~15 miles from here. I know we were incredibly lucky to be on the lesser side of the storm, but we somehow never lost power. All of the lines are above ground.

 

[Rebels57]

The next block over from me hasnt had power since the stor came through Thursday night. Feeling very lucky at the moment.

 

[Danko]

Over 28 hrs for my mom (supposedly restored at 7pm this evening) in Bucks. She had to come to my place in Philly with my brother.

Time to get a Generac since these extreme weather events will be more frequent.

Anybody have one? We have a regular gas generator but just eats up too much gas and is not a whole home system like a Generac.

The day of the storm my Ecoflow River 2 Pro arrived which is essentially a portable battery, it should power my sons feeding tube pump, pulse ox monitor, a few lights, router/modem and a tv for about 8 hours. Has a solar panel input to charge from Solar, came with a car charger, or can charge from A/C in 70 minutes. Eventually I'd like to work my way up to the two of the Ecoflow Delta Pro 2's, which you can tether together and can do whole home backup power.

My in laws who live in Delaware County still have no power, but they have a Ford Lightning and are running a power strip from the car to the house to get some basic power

 

[Jack Straw]

Over 28 hrs for my mom (supposedly restored at 7pm this evening) in Bucks. She had to come to my place in Philly with my brother.

Time to get a Generac since these extreme weather events will be more frequent.

Anybody have one? We have a regular gas generator but just eats up too much gas and is not a whole home system like a Generac.

I got when when I bought my house in Maine, and the house I have now had one when I moved in. It's only 16kw though and doesn't do the entire house so I'll probably upgrade it at some point.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

The next block over from me hasnt had power since the stor came through Thursday night. Feeling very lucky at the moment.

We just got wind advisories yesterday and scattered power outages. Supposed to get storms tomorrow morning that is bringing in the hot weather. Might be 100 here on Tuesday and I have a softball game. Should be fun

 

[DancingPanther]

We just got wind advisories yesterday and scattered power outages. Supposed to get storms tomorrow morning that is bringing in the hot weather. Might be 100 here on Tuesday and I have a softball game. Should be fun

Brother I'm going to be playing roller hockey tomorrow outside lol

Then I have engagement pics

It's going to be a rough one

 

[Beef Invictus]

Over 28 hrs for my mom (supposedly restored at 7pm this evening) in Bucks. She had to come to my place in Philly with my brother.

Time to get a Generac since these extreme weather events will be more frequent.

Anybody have one? We have a regular gas generator but just eats up too much gas and is not a whole home system like a Generac.

Two days after you get the generator your utility will announce they're burying the lines

 

[Embiid]

Two days after you get the generator your utility will announce they're burying the lines

 

[trostol]

 

[trostol]

love this scene

 

[PALE PWNR]

Had a super fun weekend.

The last couple months I've had a couple really bad cases of food poisoning. Just unbelievable pain in my stomach, can't get relief, keeping me up at night, sweating vomiting etc.

Well I had another Friday night around 7 pm. By 6 am the next morning I was fed up enough to go to the ER. Described what was going on, nurse immediately said it sounded like gallstones. After a CT and Ultrasound it was confirmed and I was prepped for surgery. Couple hours later I was missing an organ I came into the hospital with and discharged.

Was home by 3:45. Unreal. Also, I guess I don't know what food poisoning feels like. Because I thought it was the worst pain in the world. But apparently it was gallstones blocking shit up.

The hospital and the staff btw were incredible. I was seen within 30 seconds of being there, admitted and knew what was going on with pain killers going through me within 2 hours and got in surgery and out of the hospital in under 11 hours. Way different experience than I've ever had. Now I wait for the bill... and can't eat or drink anything really.

 

[trostol]

Had a super fun weekend.

The last couple months I've had a couple really bad cases of food poisoning. Just unbelievable pain in my stomach, can't get relief, keeping me up at night, sweating vomiting etc.

Well I had another Friday night around 7 pm. By 6 am the next morning I was fed up enough to go to the ER. Described what was going on, nurse immediately said it sounded like gallstones. After a CT and Ultrasound it was confirmed and I was prepped for surgery. Couple hours later I was missing an organ I came into the hospital with and discharged.

Was home by 3:45. Unreal. Also, I guess I don't know what food poisoning feels like. Because I thought it was the worst pain in the world. But apparently it was gallstones blocking shit up.

The hospital and the staff btw were incredible. I was seen within 30 seconds of being there, admitted and knew what was going on with pain killers going through me within 2 hours and got in surgery and out of the hospital in under 11 hours. Way different experience than I've ever had. Now I wait for the bill... and can't eat or drink anything really.

Glad you're better? lol either way that sounds both awful and like exceptional service

 

[PALE PWNR]

Glad you're better? lol either way that sounds both awful and like exceptional service

Basically lol.

I'm super sore. But I'll take this over what I dealt with during my "food poisoning nights" 100x out of 100