Ronstar
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This requires you to post a photo of whatever the drainage solution contraption will look like!
And photos of what the 10' gutter sections look like in the Hyundai
This requires you to post a photo of whatever the drainage solution contraption will look like!
Nice! Our next home will have a sauna... doesn't need to be huge, big enough for 2 or 3. Along with a jaccuzzi hot tub + tv combo and outdoor shower.Turned the A/C set point down and put a chair in front of the electric meter. Lucky for me, it ticked to the next kWh digit in about one minute. Flipped all breakers off except for the sauna, which I turned on.
All that was done just after DW left the house for an errand, so as not to have to explain my whacky actions.
If you haven't guessed, I wanted to find out how many kWh the sauna used. Over the next 100 minutes, 3 kWh were consumed. 2 in the first 30 minutes, and I waited and waited for that last tick. It really doesn't come on top much once it heats up. I entered and exited every 10 or 15 minutes to simulate actually using the sauna.
Yeah, so $0.30 to take a sauna. Blowing through some dough!
staying inside for the past week due to fire and air quality. AQI 375 right now.
You would think the house would be spotless! But, no.
Even with doors and windows shut tight, smokey smell still permeates some days. Cough, runny nose and watery eyes.
To those of you in the Hurricane Sally area, stay safe.
Wish you could send some rain this way.
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Just changed the filter 3 weeks ago and again today.
staying inside for the past week due to fire and air quality. AQI 375 right now.
You would think the house would be spotless! But, no.
Even with doors and windows shut tight, smokey smell still permeates some days. Cough, runny nose and watery eyes.
To those of you in the Hurricane Sally area, stay safe.
Wish you could send some rain this way.
The young wife and I were discussing this at dinner last night. This is not exactly the retirement we contemplated. But I'd still rather go through this year as a retired person than as a working person. It has been relatively easy for us to cope with the restrictions and life is still good.
I am so glad you were not affected by Sally. DW and I did almost the same thing as you. We packed a lunch and went to our secret place on the ocean, Listened to Pandora, ate lunch, fed the ground squirrels, and just enjoyed being outside.It looks like Hurricane Sally isn't going to affect us. Our hurricane warning, flood warning, tornado warning, are gone and the only warning left is a storm surge warning so we are pretty much "home free" now. Well, our massive flood gates are still closed, but that will probably last until Sally dissipates.
2020 is beginning to wear on us, as it might be doing to some others here perhaps. Old folks like Frank and me remember the good old days and it's hard not to lose hope for the future. "What's next?" we think.
Today we went on a 30+ minute pleasure drive throughout nearby suburbs, trying to lessen the 2020 angst. While driving we talked about happiness and what we can do to be more happy, within the constraints/rules we have when living in 2020. Life goes on! And we might as well enjoy retirement as much as we safely can.
I am so glad you were not affected by Sally. DW and I did almost the same thing as you. We packed a lunch and went to our secret place on the ocean, Listened to Pandora, ate lunch, fed the ground squirrels, and just enjoyed being outside.
Picked our first Moon and Stars watermelon from the garden this morning. 16.5 lbs. It looks good. We'll see how it tastes tonight. I am particularly happy, as it was a volunteer. We may ditch the old Black Diamond variety that we have been growing.