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ValJamesDuex
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it was a day I truly realized the internet is dead, so much mis-information, rumors, and bad takes (some by major news outlets) before "true" info came out. Do wish the guy had gotten to see KISS though.I haven't had a lot of time today, but I did see a video of the car going airborne.
Crazy to think how fast they had to get to in order to get that much air.
sabremike
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Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate. Have a wonderful Thursday to those who don’t.
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Dubi Doo
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I wouldn't read too much into it assuming you're not being sarcastic.Having some weird discomfort in a medical way. Went to the dr in Sept, discussing bloodwork today. Her replying with "See you soon" feels vaguely threatening.
One of my buddies father's died on our ICU a few weeks ago. Very strange situation. One day before I clocked out for work, I saw him walking back onto our ICU. As I was leaving I said "have a good one, man.'
Honestly, a split second after I said that I cringed so hard. His dad was ventilated and slowly fading to the otherside. I just had a brain fart. We withdrew care that night. Sad
Morale of the story, sometimes us healthcare workers say the wrong thing at he wrong time haha.
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When did attending concerts become social hour? I attended acoustic shows of the same artist in February and November, different cities, one Friday night and one Tuesday night. Both had chatting throughout the performance to the point at times it was louder than the artist and the second show a stage hand went through the venue and asked people to be quiet because the chatter was being picked up by mics at the side of the stage. Granted these were small acoustic concerts with ~600 and ~300 people so maybe a small number of people were enough noise to be distracting however I attended a rock concert Saturday night and the background chatter was noticeable during the headliner's set. It was at an arena with the stage close to one end and maybe 3000 in attendance. It wasn't from people making an observation to their friend, it was constant chatter. On one hand I guess it's good for the artist to receive extra money because you purchased a ticket but on the other hand maybe stay home or go to a bar/restaurant if you want to talk all night. As crazy as it may seem some people are attending the concert to listen to music, lol. But seriously, shhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Thank you.
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brian_griffin
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Nice job by all involved. I've replaced serpentine belt on several vehicles. Some myself, some by shop mechanic. fortunately, I've never had one fail on the road, although I've been a passenger on one occasion along time ago in college when vehicle maintenance was 50% prayer.
I always place the old belt in the trunk with the spare tire in case I ever have a failure while driving. If I can't/won't do it on the spot, it's there for the tow truck.
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Wife, youngest son and I were gone for 10 days over Thanksgiving week. Weather has turned cold, so went upstairs today to a spare dresser with sweaters, Christmas socks, sweatshirts, and the like. (I haven't yet swapped out my light summer shorts, etc. for the winter drawer.)
I noticed two water stain spots on the upstairs bedroom ceiling. Need to check my weather station to see how much it rained while we were gone. Gonna cost a lot more to fix that than a serpentine belt. Hopefully a repair and not a replace / re-roof. I was hoping to get ~2-3 more years out of the current roof.
When I re-roof, I'll consider solar. I might, might, might, consider a battery wall in the garage with the solar. Have an ideal exposure & large surface area. Rear of Garage and house are full southern exposure. Garage is 12-12 pitch and house rear is somewhere between 4-12 and 6-12. Center ridge is in the middle of the house front to back. Front slope is steep salt box, no windows, north-facing. Rear is "biscuit box" with bedroom windows (no dormers / clerestory windows). Walk-in closets to the north end of bedrooms have knee-walls - they're massive closets, full width of the two bedrooms, 12' wide 7' deep each.
For the cost the batteries arent worth it, and I went with ~60% offset for my solar because its not worth it to sell back to the grid because they pay such a low amount for your wholesale rate that you are better off just using all that you can produce.
brian_griffin
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Thanks. The ONLY reason I'd consider the battery is because I'm a hurricane target and wife wants to leave every time one is a direct hit. My boss at work just built a new house with solar and the batteries in lieu of a generator, which is event-use vs. solar which is continuous use. I am concerned about selling back to the grid (haven't researched it) because I assume the contracted rate terms for sell-back will always strongly favor the utility and not the consumer, and can likely change (and/or change often) in the future. We're nuclear where I live. Even with continued population growth, I'm not sure Duke power has that much load stress on the system. My in-laws where you live (they moved 2022 to Orlando) had solar and ALWAYS sold back to the utility. Utility in PHX on more than 1 occasion sent people out to understand why their grid consumption was so low and sell-back so high. My FIL double-insulated the attic part of the house, and in the attached 2-car garage put old styrofoam packing material of all dimensions up there. Plus, 1/3 of their conditioned house space (about 900 ft^2) was basement for 7' depth of exterior wall (1' deep window wells, 2' tall windows, 8' total basement height). It also helps they keep their house at a year-round temperature suitable for making jerky, 78 degrees. Saw my in-laws last week. 82 degrees outside ambient shade, independent of the direct sunlight addition, and he's wearing waffle-weave long-sleeve Henleys and jeans. I'm in T-shirts and shorts once temp gets above mid-60s.
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SRP buys back at $0.0281 per kWh, I do Time of Use Export and this is what they charge.
My generation over the past 4 years on a 6.72 kWh system with panels on the western slope of the roof.
Well University 1 just also awarded younger spawn a massive financial award to attend. She's somewhat blown away. It's still not even one of her top three choices.
Okay, one of her top three just came in as positive too... and their offering up an absolute bundle. I'm floored.
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Good job 'dadding', Chain. Kid's very rarely are naturally built to dominate school. Sounds like you raised a smart one!
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