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Last week I caught Covid (my first time) Got to the doctor the same day to get Paxlovid. My wife whet to the pharmacy to pick it up. "List price" was $ 1777, and my cost with a part D drug plan was $ 695 ! The idiot running the FDA apparently decided that the subsidies were no longer needed...

We live at a geographically high spot. Years ago I lost several pump motors when lightning struck a tree in the area. At some point talking to a plumber, he said I needed to ground the well casing. At first it seemed to be illogical since the well casing should be a big ground rod. But when...

Put Weather&Radar on your phone. You should then be able top add it to the AA list.

I use WU at home. IBM has sold it, so don't blame them if you don't like it. On my phone I use Weather&Radar. In the car on android auto I can pull up a moving map screen of weather radar which is great when traveling and storm activity is occurring. You can see the storm cells relative to...

our black lab early on learned many words like treat, dinner, snack, etc. So we started spelling the words and not long after he responded to the spelling. We now have to spell abbreviations, pig latin spelling or substitute words. We are amazed at how much he catches on to words

I wired my home when we built it. I made all outlet circuits 12 ga, so no limit on what was plugged in. I also put a outlet bx in every room connected to 1/2 pvc conduit which terminated in the basement. Did this for both floors, all rooms. Over the years this has been very useful. Over the...

Not easy to say which is more important. Many devices can tolerate deviations in Hz, including motors, lights, heating devices and most electronics. Voltage can cause some issues. Too high can potentially damage some devices and very low can result in motor issues. If you keep the voltage...

My Wellcare PDP premium went from $ 0.50 per month to $ 0.00 per month. Annual deductible went up $ 45.00 and most co-pays increased $ 5.00 paul

SRECs have been around since 2010 or earlier. I signed up in 2011. I get about $35-45 per MWH. A co-worker got in earlier and was able to sign up to Washington DC and he gets $ 300 per MWH. I use srectrade.com, who is a broker. States pay SRECs to suppliers to help meet renewable energy...

I installed a ground array in 2011, with 40 230watt panels. I bought a Schletter rack system. All aluminum extrusion which was delivered engineered by Schletter for my installation. When I bought the rack in 2011 it ran me $4700. Schletter wanted 5 8' footings in the rear and 3' in the front...

If you have 10KW of panels, you will never produce 10 KW. The standard ratings are at 1 kw/m^2 illumination. So unless you live on the equator and it is high noon, you will never see the rated output. I have a 9.2 KW rated system on a ground array, located in PA at 40.4N I average 1+ MWH per...

We went with AARP (United Healthcare) They gave a discount for my wife and I when we signed up "together". They also discounted the premium 10%, going back up 1%/year for 10 years

You have abrasion covers on the hoses, so the actual hose under the covers are likely looking just fine. As stated a bleach or ammonia solution will clean the covers and not harm the hose rubber. Hose the off with water after cleaning. paul

My wife recently had both eyes done, 3 weeks apart. Standard lenses set for distance. Within 2-3 days of the first one done she was thrilled with the sharpness and color of vision in the eye. The second one was even quicker to show great vision. She is thrilled with the results. We picked...

If you have wifi get a couple of Amazon Echo Dots. We have several in the house and they make great intercoms as well as supplying some free entertainment