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Former Member
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Changing gears and not to put too fine a point on it.... A week in Death Valley during August makes Texas almost look like Alaska.  Almost, that is...  - D I hate to disagree about Texas and Death Valley, but I think Tucson, Arizona, has them both beat. I used to live in Texas (both Dallas and Houston) in the late 1950s, and I took a trip around California in August of 1960 and Death Valley had a very pleasant climate. I remember two things about the trip; one is I camped at Scotty's castle and I have never seen it rain so hard in California (I was living in Pomona at the time). The other is I took the eastern entrance to Yosemite and I had hoped to see Yosemite Falls the way I expected, but sadly there wasn't much water in the falls at that time of year. I was told spring is the best time of year to see the falls due to runoff from the snow. On the other hand, I took a business trip to Tucson, again around August, and I have never experienced such hot weather before. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at May 9, 2011 2:20:03 AM] |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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................................CONGRATULATIONS RT ON REACHING 91,000,000 MOT POINTS !!!................................ |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Changing gears and not to put too fine a point on it.... A week in Death Valley during August makes Texas almost look like Alaska. Almost, that is... - D I hate to disagree about Texas and Death Valley, but I think Tucson, Arizona, has them both beat. I used to loive in Texas (both Dallas and Houston) in the late 1950s, and I took a trip around California in August of 1960 and Death Valley had a very pleasant climate. I remember two things about the trip; one is I camped at Scotty's castle and I have never seen it rain so hard in California (I was living in Pomona at the time). The other is I took the eastern entrance to Yosemite and I had hoped to see Yosemite Falls the way I expected, but sadly there wasn't much water in the falls at that time of year. I was told spring is the best time of year to see the falls due to runoff from the snow. True, the Sonoran desert there can be quite warm. Only made one trip to the area south of there - Sierra Vista, Bisbee, etc. It was interesting to see how the heat literally cracked the dashboards in cars. Seeing the Grand Canyon is always an experience but seeing it with snow on the ground is even better. Still, driving through the Mojave and seeing it snow - and stick too - really messed with my mind. As for hot, I believe there's a place over in Ethiopia that beats anything the US can claim. |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Oh! Thinking about the Mojave reminds me, how's the electric bill now Chris?
---------------------------------------- Dave, now that your remodel is done, how's getting solar in going? |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
I never said my remodel is done. The sunroom is done, the storage rooms are done, the garage is mostly done (still waiting for the garage door), and I have to get shelving for the storage rooms which will be much larger than what I already have for the new pantry. The washer and dryer have been installed in the washroom. The asbestos cover on the ceilings of the original house still has to be removed and the cables have have to be moved for the Dish receiver. The Bose speakers also have to be moved but these are things waiting for the new shelving which is waiting for the garage to be completed.
As for the solar, pictures and measurements have been taken by Sungevity, but they will have to get the plans to the building department to get the building permit. |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 05/09 - All Members:
----------------------------------------Team rank movement report =========================
Points milestones report ======================== xroule reached 13,500,000 points  Barramundi reached 900,000 points Runtime milestones report ========================= judson Somerville MD reached 32 years of runtime Results returned milestones report ================================== RT reached 250,000 results New members report ================== No new members found.  Retired members report ====================== No new retired members found. For the week as a team: Statistics Total Run Time Points Results Team Records: Results Returned: 05/05/2011 3,839 Points: 05/05/2011 1,051,659 Runtime: 01/25/2006 1:123:00:53:34 Good crunching folks!!!!! |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 05/09 - Active Members
----------------------------------------Active team members report ==========================
Note: Active members are those who earned points in the prior 30 days. Top Twenty active members returning points today: 01: RT - 209,122 points 02: judson Somerville MD - 174,673 points 03: GeraldRube - 109,455 points 04: Coingames - 60,696 points 05: xroule - 36,513 points 06: finman - 35,549 points 07: David Autumns - 34,308 points 08: NiceMedTexMD - 33,248 points 09: dkt - 32,067 points 10: Fanie - 22,161 points 11: brown chris - 21,842 points 12: Blueprint - 16,840 points 13: Barramundi - 15,818 points 14: Vuj - 14,196 points 15: keithhenry - 13,910 points 16: Rene Punt - 12,129 points 17: parmesian - 11,403 points 18: PohSoon - 9,958 points 19: Alain Bryden - 9,698 points 20: darth_vader - 9,089 points Total points returned today: 932,481 Active members returning points today: 46 Average points per member active today: 20,271.3261 |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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.............................CONGRATULATIONS xroule ON REACHING 13,500,000 MOT POINTS !!!............................. |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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............................CONGRATULATIONS Barramundi ON REACHING 900,000 MOT POINTS !!!............................ |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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I never said my remodel is done. The sunroom is done, the storage rooms are done, the garage is mostly done (still waiting for the garage door), and I have to get shelving for the storage rooms which will be much larger than what I already have for the new pantry. The washer and dryer have been installed in the washroom. The asbestos cover on the ceilings of the original house still has to be removed and the cables have have to be moved for the Dish receiver. The Bose speakers also have to be moved but these are things waiting for the new shelving which is waiting for the garage to be completed. As for the solar, pictures and measurements have been taken by Sungevity, but they will have to get the plans to the building department to get the building permit. Oh wow! I'm impressed! Taking on solar while you're still remodeling. Thinking about it, that actually does seem to be a good time to do that though. I don't envy the asbestos removal. I know there are firms that specialize in that but it never sounds like it's cheap. It sounds like you've essentially built a new house. |
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