Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

I bought a pair of Rain-x blades for my Ram for $29.95.

 

[rswyan]

Yes, electricity cost us $47.8 million that week to our "Green Energy Town - First in Texas". It will add $10 monthly to everyones electric bill for the next 10 years. So my $80 electric bill this month should have been $1280.00 (and I don't have electric heat). Stay away from that green energy, it's very expensive.

Updated: Energy cost impact + FAQ – City of Georgetown Texas

georgetown.org

You realize that NG costs also spiked nearly 5000% during that cold snap event ... right ?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1360673738044428290

How Texas’ Power Generation Failed During the Storm, in Charts

What you are experiencing is a consequence of how Texas has chosen to design it's energy marketplace ... and the decisions by generators and energy suppliers (both green and non-green - aka fossil fuels) to not cold-proof their plants and infrastructure.

You and other consumers (assumedly) saved money as a consequence of them not doing so - unless other market forces gobbled those savings up.

But now the event has come that requires the piper to be paid ... for failure to anticipate an event that was surely going to come at some point or another.

 

[rswyan]

Thread drift -
Whatever happened to refillable wiper blades?
I just looked up the blades for my 2019 Escape at parts geek.
Prices ranged from ~$5.50 to $20 EACH BLADE but none came as "refillables".
I used to buy refillable strips for a fraction of the price of a full blade. And they were a LOT easier to store.

Didn't fit into the planned obsolescence scheme ... IOW: bad for the bottom line (someone's ... but not necessarily your's)

I too was astonished the last I bought a set ... was upwards of $30 or $40 IIRC ...

I can remember selling Anco and Trico refills for like $3 or $4 ... per set ...

 

[txdon]

RS
Why are none of the other TBN members in Texas reporting a $1280 electric bill for February?

 

[rswyan]

RS
Why are none of the other TBN members in Texas reporting a $1280 electric bill for February?

I dunno ... maybe embarrassment ?



At any rate, it sounds like a good research project for ya ...

 

[sodamo]

62°F and 1.43 inches rain. A bit short only 59.75 ytd

Dealer supposed to pickup tractor for servicing at 10AM. Hope he makes it.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[txdon]

I dunno ... maybe embarrassment ?



At any rate, it sounds like a good research project for ya ...

I did my research. It proved my point- green energy is the most expensive electricity in Texas.

 

[txdon]

Got my last pair of wiper blades at Costco...Michelin Guardian...right now they are $3 off, so $5.99 each. I've had them on for at least 6 months, maybe a year, through a lot of rain and I'm quite pleased...will pick up another pair next time my wife goes while still on sale.

I have a 23 1/2" blade and a 17 1/2" blade. They only come in full inches. Are all wiper blades actual length 1/2" short.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I prefer gaiters .. over masks. Just pull them up and down with one hand.

I prefer a gen-u-wine 3M Aura 9205 Plus N95 Particulate Respirator Disposable Protective Mask that actually filters out 95% of CV19 sized particles. My last batch came from eBay seller globedrug, so they must be real, right?

 

[sodamo]

Eric, sorry, but I couldn’t read your invoices. Pretty area.