Recent content by Kroeran

Old tablet plus Libby = great free ebook reader

Picked up a free electric non-operating wheelchair for my mom, just needed new batteries.

Yes, I did not sufficiently underline the fellow’s assertion, that if fasting works for you for weight loss, that’s its value, and that value is VERY significant. His point was that if weight loss is not a challenge, or if you have another way to achieve your weight goals, AND if fasting is a...

Any adherents of Dr William Davis’s “Wheat Belly….” Fascinating lecture https://youtu.be/UbBURnqYVzw?si=NYSEoJ-RJJvj_ROE

This fellow points to research that suggests the benefit of fasting is solely from the weight loss effect, which is nonetheless valuable if that works for you. He further suggests that for older people, it’s harder to maintain stable protein intake, in support of muscle mass, which is a most...

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Wondering about the Amazon Fire TVs?

Actually, people who sit on invested money provide the scarce resource of capital, to help people get affordable car loans, mortgages, rental accommodation, it supports factory productivity that supports wages. Small savers provide a small benefit to society, savers at scale provide a massive...

I am not religious, but I did spend a lot of time reading and rereading Jesus’s alleged life “suggestions”. “Sin” entirely relates to interpersonal relationships and interactions, and the assertion that said Interactions relate to human purpose, terrestrial happiness and eternal consequences...

Had a rotting edge of wood on the house. Cleaned it up and fashion a repair mold for the voided area with drywall corner aluminum. DW reminded me that pro house painters used Bondo, not wood filler for this sort of thing. Life changing hack! Once you get the hang of mixing the hardener...

I use Libby mostly for 1940s +- detective novels, which are mostly available without holds. I prefer reading on discarded obsolete iPads rather than kindle.

We are just inland from FM beach. Most are able to capture the equity, which is substantial, by selling the land as the house had negative value, and get something twice as nice 20 miles inland. Not the same lifestyle of course. FM beach will look like Bonita Beach monsters on stilts in 5...

If I was starting over in Florida 1) do a full survey of other states, Central America and Islands to be sure there are no suitable cheaper alternatives 2) find a location on highest land far from storm, creek or river surge. 3) looks to me that Crackers build in unrestricted non gated...

Just completed a nasty repair of a flat roof surfaced in circa 1965 poured tar with a floating deck on top of it. It’s off the second floor but with a two story drop to the basement walkout driveway, so risky. Left the top rail of the old railing up for safety. All this to save a $20k deck...

Generalizations are dangerous, but these are my impressions based on day tripping SWF for a decade. Gasparilla is old money (ie Tucker Carlson) From there to Cape Coral is economy land. Arcadia is an historic cattle town with a lot of antique shops, monthly flee market. Babcock Ranch is a...