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Bottled 5 gallons of American Pale Ale. Went for a long walk down along the water with the young wife. Chatted with a few neighbors while we were out for our walk.
Despite a period of relative peace, most areas and districts of Belfast still reflect the divided nature of Northern Ireland as a whole. Many areas are still highly segregated along ethnic, political and religious lines, especially in working-class neighbourhoods.
These zones – Catholic/Republican on one side and Protestant/Loyalist on the other – are invariably marked by flags, graffiti and murals. Segregation has been present throughout the history of Belfast but has been maintained and increased by each outbreak of violence in the city. This escalation in segregation, described as a "ratchet effect", has shown little sign of decreasing.
Took a nice bike ride around the neighborhood in 82 deg weather. Ran into a pair of Sand Hill Cranes with their babies.
... never again will I do any upholstery jobs. She said it looked a lot easier on the video.My hands are sore from stretching and from shooting the staples. Man that spring loaded handle is strong. I'll help her finish all the chairs but next time its off to the shop for them,or buy new.
I got away from the computer long enough to do a wiring run from the solar power shed to the pool pump.
What happened was that with spring already here, the day was getting longer and the sun angle was getting noticeably higher each day. Yet, it is the nice time of the year where no AC cooling nor heating is needed. My lithium bank of 22 kWh gets full before noon. The water heater used as a load dump gets up to its temperature setting, and turns off. The charge controllers go to sleep. All that solar power that can be harvested is wasted. I do not use enough power at night to drain off the battery, and it starts the next day already near full. Rinse and repeat.
Hence, the decision to run the pool pump with solar power, as I have plenty of it. In 2 months, when the ACs start cranking, I will not have enough but as of now, I am awash in solar power. Well, not quite because there has been more rain this year than normal, and there were days where solar production was very puny.
Thanks for the reminder. I drained mine today, too. I used a bucket as you suggested and was surprised at how little junk was in there..............
Flushed the water heater by simply attaching a 3/4" garden hose to the drain fitting on the bottom and running it into the utility sink. ..........