those thunderstorms are heading our way in a few hours. Got to a 110 heat index today but
quite nice out, on the nippy side after looking at that snow I'd say...
Changed oil and filter on standby generator, did a lot of tree watering, changed air filter in JD garden tractor/Yanmar diesel and after one full year
and 130 hours, the filter was hardly dirty at all. All the screens ahead of that area seems to do a good job keeping the
dirt out of the slightly smaller than standard Donaldson style filter. I put a new one in there but kept the old one to blow out and use in a pinch.
The inner filter was changed last time and looks like new. Very odd rubbery surfaced filter. Usually like mouse fur but not this one.
Then I put a small amount of fertilizer in the water wagon and sprayed a number of areas that needed a boost, and then I used the water for fertilizing bushes.
Went through three loads, about 150 gallons.
By then it was 2pm and it wasn't much fun to be outside any more even in the shade or in front of a fan.
got my bill from the hospital for five hours of outpatient surgery, 21 thousand dollars. Wow. Probably about what the Jaguar dealer would charge to fix the squeak
in my thirteen year old car.
I bet the Vidant hospital chain gets half the amount billed. If I had no insurance they would try to collect the whole thing from me, and then
in a big show of generosity they would take one third off the bill for self pay discount. Which of course they don't advertise but I discovered last time when I griped about
their inflated billing. Yet even with that discount they get paid a lot less by the insurance companies, so it's all hard to believe when you get your bill.
With Medicare and BC/BS supplement, I have not paid a penny in three years other than drug copays. So local doctors still accept Medicare; no instance of my getting billed for balances
allegedly left unpaid. Those without insurance are getting abused. So what else is new...
I hope the elderly and all pets/livestock do ok in this heat.
