since i am off grid i only had to convert it from natural gas to propane [easy]- everything else is just inverter wiring to its trigger wire per the inverter manual.....[focus focus whew] - in a grid tie application I assume you have to get a licensed electrician....and nowadays all the sparkies I know are very…

My 4kw kohler propane genset w/ auto start was $800 on craigslist- 40 hours on the motor. $200 to ship....

back in 2017 those pesky engineer types gave the US energy infrastructure a D+ grade. Doubt it is much better today ....I’m rural - totally off grid- its a decision that I had little choice about and truthfully did not always like as I limped thru all sorts of well pumps, refrigeration and shop tool demands etc etc.…

I know both Tim and Pop would likely eat my heart while I was still watching it beat if thats what it took to win...but the fact they would at least offer me a bite as well  just shows that nice guys can exist out there....  I am really really glad that both of them made this work for so long.  Great story - and I…

“DRIPPED” my friend : “dripped” .... as in Daz Bog’s dark roasted get yer yah yah s out finest coffee- R Roulette .....And no- I have never ever indulged in dipping russians . Certainly never to the point of roulette-dom.   Not sure how those rumors got started.

shhh ...hush now......twas only a plastic dream my child. Be still and sleep.... time enough for ospreys some other bright morn.....

no fish for breakfast? must be an urban fad. Out here in the boonies where roam the wild men and women of your cheap paper back dreams , we shimmy down into our canoe berths for a starry night sleep and BAHGAWD awaken and race the morning osprey for first trout of the day. Fresh dripped Russian Roulette, yesterdays…

really really do not like to admit that until a similar post showed up on FB, this discernment of that phrase had entirely escaped me.... ugh....

Nice prose and worthy examination of a topic that will likely remain with us for as long as there are ‘us’-es....thanks

yep- all those failed /semi failed narco infested states? Its their own damn fault.....no ‘demand’ to see here citizen.... move along. Yell about those immigrants....

Nice.  Terse and excellent.   Thanks!

he and I would likely agree on lots of stuff - but heh....electing rich white guys is not paying off so well huh? [besides, hoarding those precious dollars is. well. sick....]  

plenty of room for nuance here- but I am kinda thinking that not too many GOATs have done the heartfelt apology thing. And the public nature of it doesn’t matter to me- it can just as easily be interpreted as a realization that her status as GOAT made it important to be public- to set an example .... I always hoped…

we like the Executioner style electric swatter. Flash of light, that zzzt sound , fried skeeter smell..... what’s NOT to like?.... also and BTW- a small fan directed at the bed pretty much keeps ‘em at bay. Ceiling fan does it for the other rooms.

it was spring . 1972. The Pinto had so far only pushed a strut thru the frame somewhere. Which was probably fair in the karmic sense of the word as this trip West had begun in true ode-to-Gonzo fashion. Big hit of mescaline each in Asheville. Somehow living thru Nashville but into a setting sun that meant someone had…

yeah- I confess I wanted to jump in with all the old folks driving vs Autonomous humor .... but your article IS very germane re the reality of self driving - where are the liability boundaries? Is that a baby or a dog or an alligator on the road? Won’t someone think of the squirrels? If there’s a hurricane evacuation…

yeah- my thought too. You really “slept” through all that did ya now?  Musta been quite tired ya were....

I had a mother-in-law who was a decidedly Not Nice Person. She saw me turning a 5' rat snake loose in the garden and from then on would not leave her RV after dark.....my wife and I were giddy. Win/win

ugh- long ago Click n Clack asked for rodent solutions. Zero effective results. Here in the SW USA we get periodic waves of infestations- i’ve seen devout Buddhist folk lining up for poisons n traps at the local hardware.....I never do the poison but have near tamed a few ravens because of all the mouse carcasses I…

4d finish nail to first find the stud the electrical box is nailed to [pull the outlet cover first] - remember...plenty of homes are framed 24" On Center. I use that same 4d nail to search right on top of the base trim . Strong magnets work much better than “stud finders”....