Good Morning!!!! 42F @ 4:30AM. Periods of rain. High 48F. Winds SE at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 90%.
If the forecasters are to be believed, the rain will be showery, last only a few hours, and only amount to an eighth of an inch or so. Probably not even enough to put out last night's camp fire, which needs doing because the fire ring ashes need to get dumped on an ash pile down the hill.
You might be able to purchase a used stereo receiver inexpensively on Craig's List or Ebay, Drew, then use both the A and B channels to drive two sets of speakers in the same room. Lots of folks have updated their rigs to include video switching via HDMI ports, leaving their old audio only gear gathering dust in a corner. And with Christmas bills coming due, they might be more willing to make you a better deal.
Good luck on your EDC search, Scotty. Back a few years when I was in the market, the offerings were severely limited by California DOJ's approved list, and most of what is on your list was only available by purchasing second hand from a LEO, often at double the MSRP. GOA/GOC are trying to get the list banished through the courts, but I don't think they've been successful yet. You'll also have problems adding a new pistol to your CCW permit, as new DOJ regulations put into place on New Years have disqualified all the trainers in the state, and last time I checked no classes are available yet.
Could be
a pair of C130s, Billy.
Your talk of generators, Scott, reminds me that the new house needs a transfer switch so I can hook up a generator. Only trouble is it also has solar power, and as far as I can tell, there's no provision for hooking up a generator to the system. And from what I've seen of Sunrun's so called customer service, asking how to do it will be like talking to a brick wall...
Spent yesterday morning going through almost three weeks of accumulated snail mail, and it never did warm up enough to work on the Vanagon. I did manage to scrounge up enough wood for a camp fire, and got another pile of old documents destroyed and a lot of electronics boxes burned. They've been accumulating in case the devices they once held broke and had to be returned to their manufacturer, but the working life of most of the stuff far exceeded the warranties, leaving the boxes to pile up on a closet shelf. Not gonna waste time and space moving that kind of trash.
That pile of mail included a renewal notice for homeowner's insurance on the Yankee Hill property, and it was a good-news-bad-news deal. Good that State Farm is willing to renew the policy, especially since they've announced they won't issue any new policies in California. Bad news that they've almost doubled the premium.
Had a go at disassembling and cleaning a hydraulic toe jack yesterday, and the only thing I accomplished was to "fix" it so instead of leaking, it doesn't work at all. So ordered a new one on Amazon from Jet, who offers replacement parts and a warranty, two things the old jack didn't come with. Looking closely at the photos of the jack, it appears to be an exact copy of the one that broke, offered by Jet instead of who I got it from. And at almost double the price. Seems to be a lot of that going around these days.
Looks like today will be a mostly inside day doing paperwork and maybe a little laundry. And perhaps some packing for another trip south.
Hope everyone enjoys their weekend...
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