Warm, moist, maybe wet. Yesterday started dreary but ended with some sun. It was moist all day though. Today might be a bit less dreary if the national forecast is correct, but it’ll probably still be moist. 85F in the afternoon? Yeah, probably again.
Did finally get to my rent house yesterday to assess the situation. The garage door wasn’t opening because the torsion bar springs had broken. Both of them. That’s a pro level repair. So I have that to find a guy and get fixed. Two trees need to come down, but they are small and I can do it with a pole saw. The porch has some rotting boards that I’ll cut out and replace. I might blow out the gutters, or not. Depends on how I feel.
And the garbage disposal will be top of the list for replacement. I bought a 1/2 hp model to replace the 5/8 hp dead one. There was $150 upcharge for the extra 1/8 hp. Not in a rent house. The previous insinkerator lasted 12-17 years so I went with the same model. I’m sure it won’t last as long. Enshittification.
The LED flood light for the driveway probably won’t last the 20+ years the existing incandescent one lasted either. I’m replacing it because it’s 300w, and the clear part is yellow and almost opaque, where it’s still there. It still lights up when something moves in front of it, just not well, and it looks pretty bad. Might as well fix it on this round of repairs.
Rental property only makes money if you can collect the rent, and control the costs. Fixing stuff helps with the ‘collect the rent’ part. Doing most of the work myself helps with the ‘control the costs’.
So I’ll be working on that today, as well as my normal list. And getting a new battery for the Ranger. Costco didn’t have any at my local store, so I’ll start my day driving to another store for the pickup. 1 1/2 years for this battery. I asked the guy behind the counter if it was my imagination that the ‘new’ interstate batteries weren’t as good as they old ones. He said “nothing’s as good as it used to be.” That’s the death knell for Western technologically based society.
Stack. Skill up. Tribe up.
nick
Many happy returns, Nick!
Thanks for all the effort you put into keeping the conversation going here. A bulwark against enshittification…
Tuesday. The final day of my leave, so I am of course super busy. Have an excellent day!
I’ve put two In-Sink-Erator disposals into the current house, and we’ve been here for 11 years.
Be sure to retain the strain relief on the power cord and put it on the new unit. That’s Texas code but not included in the box.
Home Depot only sells replacements as part of the $12 disposal install kit.
You did remember to knock out the hole for the dishwasher drain, right?
If either daughter gets annoying before you throw the old one away, and let’s face it, what are the odds that neither teenage girl will be annoying in the near future, you can hold up the dead garbage disposal and say that you got it just before the kid was born. And then drop it in the trash. “Time to think about finding a new home, kiddo.”
Some states, eg NYS, make it awfully difficult to collect rent if the tenant doesn’t want to pay. More to the point, it’s awfully difficult to get rid of the tenant if he doesn’t want to pay, especially if it’s a she and she has children and no husband. It’s why I sold my house; all three apartments were occupied at the time but the rent going into my pocket did not meet expectations.
I’ve had good luck with DuraLast Gold from AutoZone. They last the warranty period in Texas but not much more.
Costco is like a shark. Keeping money flowing through the registers is the most important part of the company staying in business. The company will pay for the pro-rated replacement battery in 30-90 days, but you gave them cash/credit in the mean time.
Costco is not going to care about the decline in quality at Interstate beyond a certain point. Most customers replace the battery themselves.
Bad Daddy.
Cue Stephen Williams. The line that made his career.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XCRLDUl6sM
I’ve been blown off for most of the last decade about the importance of using the vent on our cook surface, and when I went to do the first deep clean on our kitchen in about five years, I discovered that grease accumulation has ruined the cabinets above the burners.
Another item for the list, but whether we stay in the house or move in the next year, replacing the 30 year-old cabinets just moved up the priority list.
I don’t think my marriage would survive a big kitchen remodel so I’m looking at a ductless range hood and some serious elbow grease on the cabinets in the interim.
The previous owners removed the range hood which seems to be standard in the neighborhood. That wife didn’t cook so she replaced the hood with a daaaahling little light fixture.
Wedding planner. Everything surface.
I never wanted to live in the stereotypical Chinese-American household where the kitchen cabinets above the range are ruined by cooking grease from members of the household ignoring western convention, but here I am.
My daughter is the big offender.
Bad Daddy is mean.
The really crazy thing is that the cook surface hasn’t worked right for years, but I’m the one who would have to deal with the sharks on the sales floor of a place like Home Zone or NFM shopping for a replacement. Gas. High end. I walk into the store, and the salespeople will quietly say “Yum yum”.
Of course, *then* my wife will get involved.
I’ll check the deals at NFM for the shareholder weekend in May. The financial anal rape may not be too bad.
After discussion here some years ago I have been using the Everlast Maxx auto batteries from Walmart for all my vehicles with good results.
There’s your problem. The only thing that belongs above a stove is an extractor good.
Extractor *hood*.
Very precise. I’ll just stick with vent.
I spent a lot of money a few years ago to replace the over stove microwave with a ductless vent with a new one vented to the outside because it was old and I couldn’t see the sense of just blowing the exhaust around the room. Kinda like letting Ray walk around the house.
Feeding deceased enemies to an oubilette showed up in Heinlein’s Double Star (Hugo Award #2, 1958).
As I recall it shows up in The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress (Hugo #13, 1967) as well, but I am only at #5 in my rereads right now.
My wife went for one of those stoves that have a vent that sucks the air down. So no hood. My engineer’s intuition said that this cannot possibly work very well.
My engineer’s intuition was wrong.
The vent actually does better than a hood, given that hoods are generally 3-4 feet above the stove. We have a hanging light above the stove, and after 5 years it is not noticeably dirtier or greasier than other lights in the room.
You did remember to knock out the hole for the dishwasher drain, right?
– not the first time. The dishwasher still drains, mostly, and it takes a long time…
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We started in this house with a Dacor downdraft behind the electric range top. It worked ‘ok’ if the pot wasn’t too tall. I got a glass and stainless island vent hood at an estate sale, and while it works well (I rarely turn the fan up past the first notch) I hit my head on it all the time. Can’t see the glass edge. I’d smash the cursed thing if I wasn’t the one who would have to replace it.
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I don’t like giving Walmart and the libs that benefit from ownership any money at all. I’m not thrilled about costco either but I do save a ton of money.
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@greg, beautiful cooktops show up at reStore all the time. I got tired of one burner on my Dacor that burned food all the time, and swapped in a GE for $200 or less basically in a fit of pique. I see high end gas appliances there all the time. Also, look on hibid.com in your area. There will likely be several auctions that have appliances. Some auctions guarantee that there isn’t anything wrong with the item. They are straightforward to install.
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Grey day today. Weird dreams this morning. Very detailed, very vivid, mostly sensible, but completely outside the realm of normal life.
Time for coffee and an egg, then I need to find a garage door fixer and get my battery situation resolved.
n
The Everyday Cheapskate has a wealth of household cleaning hints and formulae. Her article on variously aggressive cabinet cleaning techniques:
https://www.everydaycheapskate.com/how-clean-kitchen-cabinets-keep-them-looking-gorgeous/
@Brad: Congrats on your downdraft vent’s performance. However, I’ve seen numerous contrary articles. They usually complain about the accumulation in the exit path or operating noise.
Costco management in Issaquah is hard left.
Walmart leans more conservative, but Hillary was on the board for a while.
Thoughts on a Grey Day
I’ve got personal experience with how aggressive walmart is with suppliers. They’ll drive companies out of business to make an extra 2c.
But yeah, they all suck.
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Headed to the rent house to meet with a garage guy.
n
And also in Friday, via a swimming pool. That also addresses some pitfalls in the process.
The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress also foreshadowed another recent trend where loved ones are rendered as fertilizer for gardens.
“Scythe (Arc of a Scythe)” by Neal Shusterman
https://www.amazon.com/Scythe-Arc-Neal-Shusterman/dp/144247243X?tag=ttgnet-20/
Book number one of a three book science fiction series. I read the well printed and well bound trade paperback published by Simon & Schuster Books in 2017 that I bought in 2025. I do not know if I will buy the following books in the series yet.
Several hundred years in the future, mankind has built a utopia. No more disease, no more death from aging, no one lacks anything that they truly need. Many people are now two hundred or more years old. Even accidental deaths are routinely reversed in less than a week in revival centers. People go into centers whenever they feel like it to get their ages reversed to 25 years or whatever they prefer.
All of Earth’s governments have capitulated to Thunderhead, the massive AI, artificial intelligence, that took over the internet years ago. Thunderhead is instantly available to any human for any task or confidence such as picking out the color of today’s shirt or driving your car. If you have a problem that your nanites cannot handle then Thunderhead will call the EMTs to take you to the revival center.
But, there is a downside to the utopia. Earth’s population is slowly increasing. So a group of people took up the task of reducing the population. They are called Scythes and they exist outside of the duty and awareness of Thunderhead. The Scythes are required to glean around 250 people per year each by any means that they want to use: knifes, guns, poison, flamethrowers, etc.
Socrates once loosely said “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” Who will guard the guardians? For the Scythes have become corrupt.
My rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (21,111 reviews)
Lynn
“Massive West Texas RV park set to break ground, housing data center workers”
https://www.chron.com/news/article/data-center-rv-park-abilene-texas-21965444.php
“The park will exclusively serve employees of a nearby data center.”
“A multi-million dollar RV park with room for nearly 1,000 units could soon break ground in West Central Texas—designed to house workers tied to a $25-billion data center nearby.”
Ah, the old company town. Let the drinking and carrying about at 3 am in the morning start now.
“Trump said the Iran war is nearly over. That doesn’t solve the oil crisis.”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-said-the-iran-war-is-nearly-over-that-doesnt-solve-the-oil-crisis-173916971.html
“President Trump said he believes the war is “very complete, pretty much,” and that the US is “very far” ahead of his estimated timeline. The remarks, made Monday afternoon to CBS News, sent oil prices tumbling and triggered a sharp swing into the green across all three major US indexes.”
“But statements from Trump alone are unlikely to solve the severe physical bottlenecks weighing on the global energy market, analysts and energy experts told Yahoo Finance — especially as the critical Strait of Hormuz, which accounts for 20% of global seaborne oil flows, remains closed to normal through-traffic.”
WTI Crude oil for April delivery is back down to $83 per US Barrel. That is way back down in the middle of the control range.
Interesting catch, I don’t recall that about F (I’m sure you are right), tho the bit about recycling on Luna sounds vaguely familiar.
Am I going to have to reread all of Heinlein’s novels in order now?
I bought something at Walmart. I don’t know what. For whatever reason, I didn’t save the e-mail of the order. But I paid the extra $2 for a two year protection plan. I saved that e-mail. It expires this coming May.
Whatever it was it either still works or I’ve already tossed it in the trash. I normally do not buy the extended warranty.
I looked it up on Walmart’s site. It’s a “D-Link Amplifi DIR-657” router. I still have it, I’ve replaced it and now it’s a spare.
“A potential terrorist threat from Iran”
https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-potential-terrorist-threat-from-iran.html
“I’m sure that by now, most of the readers of this blog are aware that Iran has been sending coded signals to unknown persons.”
I suspect that most of the embedded terrorists are really enjoying the USA and decided to join us. Still, that leaves a few holdouts that have plans and are going to execute them. Look out and stay away from crowds.
“What’s the REAL reason behind Kristi Noem’s reassignment? Glenn Beck has a surprising theory”
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-glenn-beck-program/whats-the-real-reason-behind-kristi-noems-reassignment-glenn-beck-has-a-surprising-theory
“Last week, President Trump announced that Kristi Noem would be replaced as Secretary of Homeland Security by Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) and reassigned to the newly created position of Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas.”
““Let me translate what this usually means in Washington and may mean this time,” Glenn Beck says.”
““When a president moves somebody into a job that hasn’t been fully defined yet, it usually means one of two things: either A, yeah, bye-bye, you’re being pushed aside, or B, you’re being moved in to run something that is bigger but isn’t public yet.””
The USA shield program is going gangbusters reputedly. And the DOD needs SpaceX’s Starship to launch the new space lasers.
Isn’t AI suppose to destroy jobs?
There are far worse ways to spend your time.
What order?
Publish date? Writing date? Chronological by date of action?
I can’t recall if he had multiple future history timelines. If so, that complicates things.
There is one timeline with some stories closely associated, some loosely, and the rest only as part of the multiverse.
DataRepublican has exposed Thune’s swampy backstory. If he doesn’t move on the SAVE Act he should shop godfathermovies.com for leak-proof mattress protectors.
Say 2000 data center jobs, half on the computing hardware and physical plant, half on management and administration and other BS.
And 20,000 jobs elsewhere replaced by chatbots, expert systems, and other code. Temporarily, at least, until it’s found that an algorithm can’t quite fill in for the person who was laid off.
I just saw something new.
There are large dark colored helicopters that fly in a north/south direction. Bigger than the EMS helicopters. I figure they are going between Ft. Hood and San Antonio. They almost always fly to the west of Highway 281. They are loud, enough to vibrate the house. They don’t fly low like they are about to land at the Burnet airport.
Today, the new thing. Same color. At first I thought helicopter, maybe. Whatever it was had the engines on the end of the wings and zoomed over my house, from the southwest, real fast, maybe 200 feet up. Big prop engines.
Pretty neato.
Noem is from South Dakota, and used to be governor there. Trump needs a good candidate to primary RINO Thune in 2028. This is a “Keep Kristi Highly Visible” job for 2 years. With Trump’s support and Musk’s money, Thune might as well resign now.
Family don’t get recycled into the commercial gardens; they go into the flower beds to be enjoyed and treasured for the future.
Today, the new thing. Same color. At first I thought helicopter, maybe. Whatever it was had the engines on the end of the wings and zoomed over my house, from the southwest, real fast, maybe 200 feet up. Big prop engines.
Ospreys?
Ospreys? Maybe. The engines didn’t look like your pictures. And the props were not that large. Can’t say about the tail fins… it was moving pretty fast.
Tuesday. Bedtime of a busy day.
Prepared for a presentation at work tomorrow, did some gardening, some domestic bliss, did some paperwork for the gun club, tested a few new magazines (they worked), evaluated a couple of for-sale target rifles for a beginning shooter. Had a couple of beers with a friend. All in all, a good day.
Goodnight!
“Is the AI threat to jobs also a threat to pensions, IRA’s and 401(k)’s?”
https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2026/03/is-ai-threat-to-jobs-also-threat-to.html
“So . . . if AI leads to increased unemployment (as appears likely at present), what will the newly unemployed do? Can they, on their own initiative, figure out new ways to make a living and rebuild their society? Or will they listen to the siren song of politicians who promise them all sorts of freebies and benefits in return for their vote? (For that matter, any politician who promises to set up government programs to do the hard work for people, so that they don’t have to think and work for themselves, is almost guaranteed electoral success. See the universal basic income (UBI) scheme being pioneered by Chicago, and look for something similar in New York and other “blue” cities.)”
“The biggest threat posed by AI job replacement is one that Mr. Turley has not mentioned at all. It’s simply this: if government is to provide a basic guaranteed income to every citizen, it can argue that private pension schemes, IRA‘s and 401(k)‘s are now obsolete and unnecessary. After all, if the state will provide our needs, why do we need to make provision for them ourselves? That leads directly to the next and larger problem: what if the state decides it can confiscate or “nationalize” our pensions, because with UBI we no longer need them? There are many trillions of dollars saved by Americans in such pension systems, and a left-wing government will be frothing at the mouth over the temptation to seize them all. It would wipe out a huge chunk of our national deficit (at least until such governments spend it all again!), and can be “sold” to the underfunded portion of the electorate as a “tax on the rich” who want to “hold on to money they don’t need any more”. The massive population of “blue” cities and states can be expected to vote for it en masse, overwhelming the more conservative vote of those who’ve worked for their future income and want to keep it for themselves.”
Oh, crap. Here we go again for UBI.
I had an add-on for T-bird called Sig Switcher. Or something like that. It no longer works. If there is a way for the new version to use my existing sig.txt file, I’m not clever enough to find the directions. Maybe tomorrow. Or I’ll just have a plain sig with my web address.
No one pays attention anyway. Ok, once. I had a Dame Edna quote. Along the lines of “What a nice dress, you were lucky to find that much fabric”. I didn’t call anyone fat but several folks piled one and called me “rude”. Me? Rude? Art thou fat? Me thinks thou protest too much and to no avail.
I stomped that flurry of fury right down.
I still think it was funny.
“Trump Cabinet Members Allegedly Buying Nuclear Bunkers”
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-cabinet-members-allegedly-buying-nuclear-bunkers
“The Iran conflict has ignited a massive surge in demand for nuclear-proof bunkers across America, with even top Trump administration officials securing their own underground fortresses amid whispers of World War Three.”
“These bunkers boast hardened steel construction, armoured blast doors, air purification systems, and luxuries like cinemas, pools, and gun ranges—designed to withstand drone strikes or worse.”
$450,000 for a complete minimum setup.
I’ll be disappointed if ICE doesn’t set up it’s own trailer right at the entrance.
Tech. You have no idea what kind of freak show that is going to be at 3 AM.
My wife recently got a call from a recruiter looking for someone to go to Abilene.
A couple of weeks ago, the national wires had stories about locals complaining about ICE setting up shop in Social Circle, GA, home of the new Rivian boondoggle plant.
I am really liking what I am seeing about the new Apple NEO laptop. I think for a large swath of the population, the machine will be fantastic. For my needs, with the exception of Adobe photo applications, the machine would fill my needs quite nicely. The Apple PhanBoys are screaming that 8GB of memory is not enough, the machine will struggle, rampant “beach balls”, wearing out of the SSD from too much swapping, yada, yada, yada.
I don’t see the majority of the users having any of those problems with the machine. I think the machine will be one of Apple’s best sellers. The delivery delays are already stretching out to three weeks for the colors other than silver.
If I was not getting a new iPad, I would consider the NEO. But I like the iPad for what I do, while watching TV; email and some websites. For those I do not need a keyboard, and touch works much better than a keyboard for my needs.
If I was an international traveler, I would get one of those machines. Keep a minimum amount of data on the device. That way if CBP decides to scan the contents, not much would be found. Same as using a burner phone when traveling overseas. If CBP can’t find anything, the more (less?) the better.
I may purchase a NEO before my next trip to Europe. Small to carry, if lost or stolen, not a major loss. And CBP worthless. After my experience in Norway, where I was moved to a private room, asked to strip to my underwear, my passport temporarily taken, my clothes examined, (no prostate search), I am a little cautious.
San Antonio has a big Joint Base medical training facility. Lots of helicopter activity, but an Osprey wouldn’t surprise me for Marines.
The night training is why the military has a “strange bedfellows” relationship with the Socialist Mayor and city government in San Antonio, encouraging the city’s annexation ambitions so the brass doesn’t have to deal with the local landowners filing complaints with Bexar County the moment noise regulations are violated by night training activity.
“Gavin Newscum Pushes Refineries Out of Commiefornia . . . Then Blames Trump for High Gas Prices”
https://thelibertydaily.com/gavin-newscum-pushes-refineries-commiefornia-then-blames-trump/
“The California Air Resources Board proposed sweeping amendments expanding the state’s Cap-and-Invest program. Under Cap-and-Invest, refineries have set emissions limits and must buy allowances from the state to exceed said limits. If signed into law, the amendments would revoke 118 million metric tons in emissions allowances.”
“In response, Chevron and others operating the state’s few remaining refineries are threatening to close down if Newsom signs new energy regulations into law. California gas is the most expensive in the nation, routinely running $1-2 per gallon over the national average due to taxes and regulations.”
“In response to rising gas prices, Gavin Newsom tweeted “Great work, @realDonaldTrump.””
Absolutely freaking crazy.
Hey, the 401k stuff….. Voya handles my HEB 401k. They seem to think I need to re-balance my funds.
Nah. I think I have 10% or so in the HEB general fund. The rest is in the US large cap stock fund. Seems to pay well. But that fund charges almost nothing. Oh. Light bulb moment!
I started pulling a grand a month about a year and a half ago. My balance is down about three grand over that time. Insane. Hey. I have about 40 grand in there “pre tax” and once I get that back all the rest is frosting on a cake. Just a couple of years to go.
Fedora Linux has some kind of memory compression technology in lieu of swap by default.
I configure disk swap when I install the OS, but it barely gets used for most work, even on my 4GB “road” laptop.
I assume Apple’s Core OS group is clever enough that they have something similar in their OS, but there are no guarantees.
When I had my interview in Bandley 3 – Google that one – half of the cubes in Core OS were vacant after Amazon cleaned out the group following Jobs’ death.
We’re down to my wife reminding me only once every three or four months.
An S&P 500 fund is cheap to run these days. Vanguard is the benchmark with an expense ratio of 0.03% and a ~ 17% gain in share price for the last year.
A lot of 401(k) plans are going to buy the Vanguard VOO ETF for their large cap stock funds.
Hundreds Attend Funeral of Tennessee Navy Veteran Who Passed With No Living Relatives
Proud to be an American.
Interesting. Spectrum won’t let me put a 32×8 cable modem on my line, claiming that the new modem is “incompatible” with my speeds, but my existing 16×4 modem has recently been discontinued by the manufacturer.
What happens when I really need a replacement and not just experimenting.
Instead of letting me upgrade, Spectrum offers a “free” modem, which I imagine has WiFi service built in for their customers.
No thanks.
The “Stinky, dirty, gunky” solution is Murphy’s Oil Soap.
Murphy’s Oil Soap. Yes. I used it to clean the dining room table. It just melted away the grubby spots where folks rested their arms.
Then I waxed the table with way too much Johnson J-wax. Took a couple of months to buff the haze off. But the table is beautiful. When the sun is right, it’s like a big oak mirror.
“Johnson J-wax”
Discontinued. Big bucks on eBay. YT comparisons unkind to alternatives. Stoddard solvent in the MSDS. Maybe perk up the alts with a shot or two of WD-40?
Close Foreign Consulates in U.S. Sanctuary Cities
https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/03/10/close-foreign-consulates-in-us-sanctuary-cities-n3812690
Start with the Ecuadoran consulate in Minneapolis. When ICE pursued an illegal to the alledgedly unmarked building (they stopped at the front door when told they could not enter), they couldn’t wait to get the video to the LSM.
It’s all just a network to support the violation of our sovereign laws. Kick their multi-colored asses out.
What the NYC ISIS Bombers Had In Their Storage Unit Was Insane
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/03/10/theres-some-shocking-new-information-out-about-the-attempting-nyc-bombing-n2672628
Premature.
They should have had a meeting first with the perps and their attorneys. In a remote open field, but providing closeup seats for the press.
“Here’s what we found in your storage unit. Your boom-booms?”
“We deny those are explosives.”
“Here, take a closer look [lights fuse, steps behind explosion-proof barrier].”
I was going to mow out back but got sidetracked by the need to get rid of some more of that old conveyor belt material laying in the tall grass/tumbleweed sprouts. It’s just nylon belt but still not something you want to run over with a new mower. The remainder of the old horse corral came down this last winter and there was a lot of it, I’m estimating about 500+ feet.
It was 8″ wide and ½” thick, multiple passes with a box cutter were needed to section it, 5-6 cuts to go through at first, that became 10 and then 20, and then a snap for new blade. A 25′ length wasn’t too heavy to move, pick up the center and drag it behind me and load it onto the old flatbed trailer with last years pile. I have a couple bruises on my lower legs from where this stuff whacked me when I cut through it and it fell.
Then, despite a strong urge to start mowing and “get ‘er done”, I stopped. Discretion is the better part of valor and my lower back was already hurting through the ibuprofen, tomorrow will be fine: taller but dryer vegetation.
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/03/10/price-of-oil-has-dropped-like-a-rock-n3812708
Trump broke the bottleneck and took billions out of Lloyds’ pockets. Something tells me that they ain’t getting it back anytime soon:
Prime Minister Wanker: “Yes, well, I’ve convinced Lloyds members to be good chaps and provide the insurance. ”
Trump: “Our USDFC is already building a new dock for the insurance premium payments. Seems they are competitively priced. Adding “Protected by U.S. Navy” to their transponder signals seems to have a real value.”
Well that was a long afternoon. And my wallet is $1K lighter. Tech was israeli and had been in this country only 1 month. Very little english. Boss on phone was hard to understand too. Took a long time to do the work, in the dark and hot garage. Very little room to get a tool in where needed.
But I don’t mess with the torsion springs.
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Jack in the box chix nuggies only bumped me to 140 and I didn’t crash afterwards. Learn something new every day.
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FINALLY got a burger from D1’s latest place of employment and it was good, and reasonably priced.
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This video has some interesting things to say about housing, rent, living in a trailer, and manufactured housing. I think there is more to some of it than she thinks, and possibly a little less, but overall, it’s interesting and follows the money.
https://youtu.be/ANuGHbXa9QE
H/T phil at https://bustednuckles.com/
n
“Every one’s a critic…”
https://bustednuckles.net/every-ones-a-critic/
“I’ve just released my own fragrance.”
“Nobody in the car seemed to like it.”
The Geico Gecko also owns Shaw and Johns Mansville, where the linoleum and insulation for the trailer probably originated.
Clayton most likely sources appliances through the Gecko’s furniture and appliance retail subsidiary network as well.
UPDATE: I forgot Benjamin Moore for paint.
vertically integrated industries used to be all the rage. Now rent farming is an industry. Joy.
n
vertically integrated industries used to be all the rage. Now rent farming is an industry. Joy.
Everyone likes to collect rent. Few like to work on the rental properties.
I’ve had a very annoying intermittent problem with internet connectivity for some time. Months. It got bad enough for the last week that I’ve been resetting the wifi router several times a day to correct the problem. Today I thought, I have a Cat5 cable from the router to my desktop, so I could move the router and not have to run upstairs to reset it. Off to the closet, to look at the cable setup to ensure I can just swap the cable. Put my hand on the Cat5 connection to the PoE feed for the antenna, hear a ‘click’. Hmm. I wonder how long the cable hasn’t been connected properly? Maybe several months? Since I installed a new UPS in the closet several months ago?
As always, Jerry was right: It’s always a cable.
Having a snack and then shower and bed. The tiny little fire is more enjoyable when I’m not freezing my backside off. Saw one black cat slinking by. And a next door resident arrived home while I was sitting out. Clearly the 9pm curfew was either a fantasy to calm neighbors or has been modified. The odd thing was a whiff of perfume from the vehicle, like a female dropped him off.
I like sitting out in the night, you get to see stuff and live more in the world. Two fast helos went over tonight, flying below the clouds. Couple hundred feet AGL. Don’t know if they were the same one on different paths, but it wasn’t lifeflight to the nearby hospital. Surprisingly loud and not quite the right rotor sound. I almost thought it was a big drone. I was reading so I didn’t rush inside to see what the flight tracker showed. Without a subscription I can’t go back in time to see the tail numbers.
Occasionally we get military flights going overhead, headed in the general direction of Ellington. Usually those are in pairs. I used to see a big grey drone north of us by IAH. The hump and V tail are pretty distinctive. Haven’t noticed it in a while though. I guess I should say UAV, as that was not a small quadcopter.
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Occasionally we get military flights going overhead, headed in the general direction of Ellington. Usually those are in pairs. I used to see a big grey drone north of us by IAH. The hump and V tail are pretty distinctive. Haven’t noticed it in a while though. I guess I should say UAV, as that was not a small quadcopter.
They are converting Ellington from F-16s to large drones. So it could have been a large drone or two.