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Numismaniac Offline
#351 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 6:41 AM EST
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tonygraz wrote:
I have 3 RCA TV's from 1985 that are still going strong. Got them all free for opening CDs at a bank. No deals like that any more.



NO, AND they don't even make 'em like that anymore! Those things are electricity hogs, though. My brother was wondering why his electric bill was SO HIGH, a few years ago. I told him that he should try some troubleshooting with unplugging and NOT using a couple of old TV's for a month. He was blown away at how much less the bill was when it came in.

Where we live, this County electric CO-OP is operated under TVA, and we not only have net-metering, but also a system of paying called "PAygo". YOU keep a small amount of money in the account, and add more before it gets to zero, otherwise, your lights will get turned off at 10am, the next morning. You can look at usage on a thirty minute basis, pretty handy! I changed EVERY lightbulb out in this giant sucker to LED a month or so after we bought it. Cheapest house EVER! Lots of insulation, and pretty well made except for the cheap ass windows. During the winter months and spring and fall, I can run this place at 2 bucks and under some days!!! Now that's not counting the gas bill, but it's under a hundred as well!! Little different in the summer, what with a pool, and our terrible hot/humid days. Still can generally keep it around 5-6 bucks a day or less, and since the water heater is in the attic, my gas bills are all under 20 bucks a month.
Ram27 Offline
#352 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 6:53 AM EST
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Finish out the week my little worker bee friends.



Congrats on test results danm. Applause
deadeyedick Offline
#353 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 7:29 AM EST
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Numismaniac wrote:
That had to be a blast! At least for you, LOL.

I remember driving by that building when I had to go over to the Scottsdale PO-PO office for my set of fingerprints.


NO, I didn't get arrested, I had to do that JUST to buy silver and gold coins, etc. for the big Buying group I worked for during the recession. BEST MONEY I ever made!!!

WE usually just set up at the Best Western in Tempe, right beside 202 and "caddy cornered" from the IN and Out burger, as well as across from Town Lake. But we decided to do 3 locations by the time we went back about 6 month later. Seems like I was there three different times while working for them. I could see the dates for the Scottsdale show and that was a NO-NO, but I asked the Big Cheese if it was ok to bring my wife and go to the Grand Canyon after the show was done. He knew he could trust me, so we got to knock off a few bucket list items that I NEVER thought this ole country boy would do or even afford. Sedona is a lovely place to stay as well. We had an schedule, but had no clue where we would be until about a day or so before we flew out. That was to keep another group that had worked for the Big Cheese for a few years and then broke off and started doing the same thing, except they knew his regular schedule and would set-up a week before he got to the larger cities. I have MANY, MANY wild episodes I can tell about that job!!!!

DED, wonder if you remember seeing our BIG 3 page ads in the paper, or even funnier, when we had the infamous "sign wars" with a local jewelry and pawn shop owner that HATED us so badly that he tried to do a show on the other side of the 202. We actually paid a homeless guy to hold a sign and they were having fender benders, etc. It was HOT AS HELL, too! But, still didn't seem as bad as our humidity here, as well as South FL in the worst months. BUT, I was inside, although the Best Western rooms on the side I had to sleep were/are brick and it would be 2-3 am before the damn room would cool down to below 80!!!


I remember those adds. In fact, there was one in the paper this last week. Buying all kinds of collectables from coins to German WW2 gear.

Now I'm pissed that you didn't contact me so we could herf when you were in town.
corey sellers Offline
#354 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 7:45 AM EST
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Morning gents
Numismaniac Offline
#355 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 8:02 AM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
I remember those adds. In fact, there was one in the paper this last week. Buying all kinds of collectables from coins to German WW2 gear.

Now I'm pissed that you didn't contact me so we could herf when you were in town.




I'm even MORE pissed that I wasn't into cigars back then! I went ALL over the Country! We were the largest group in North America doing that, but that company close down years ago. Lord only knows who those characters could be, LOL!

Most are hacks and you can get better money at Pawn Shops, especially the one in Vegas that is n they History Channel, OR, they don't know what they're doing and wind up broke pretty quickly!!
rfenst Offline
#356 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 8:10 AM EST
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Good morning, peeps.
tonygraz Offline
#357 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 8:58 AM EST
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Numismaniac wrote:
NO, AND they don't even make 'em like that anymore! Those things are electricity hogs, though. My brother was wondering why his electric bill was SO HIGH, a few years ago. I told him that he should try some troubleshooting with unplugging and NOT using a couple of old TV's for a month. He was blown away at how much less the bill was when it came in....


I heard they use a big burst of power when first turned on, but much less as they keep running. One TV is on here just about all day along with 2 computers. WE have the 3rd highest electric cost in the country, but my bills are pretty low except for winter with electric heat and hot water.
Cheno Offline
#358 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 9:06 AM EST
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Morning y'all
DrafterX Offline
#359 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 9:46 AM EST
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Cool Dudes...
opelmanta1900 Offline
#360 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 10:06 AM EST
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Morning all... Slept like danm last night... Maybe got a cumulative three hours...

Gotta get puppy dog into the vet this morning to figure out why her **** doesn't wanna stay inside her body... Ya, that's the night I had...
MACS Offline
#361 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 10:10 AM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
Time to talk to that financial planner and JAX real estate agent?


Not yet. Truthfully, I am nervous about leaving too early, for one thing.

Then there's the fact that the management union is working on getting us a deal similar to the one the other employees just got. Nothing major, but a raise is a raise.
USNGunner Offline
#362 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 10:52 AM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
A round of Friday on me. For all ya’ll (trying to speak Southern).


Well bless your heart!
danmdevries Offline
#363 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 11:04 AM EST
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USNGunner wrote:
How did the beans come out? I just finished a bowl of beans and ham, still a touch chewy even though I parboiled them and cooked the bejeebers out of them. Danged if that doesn't chap my hide. Not talking



Beans came out perfectly.

Had too much liquid, I put in the amount I always use for refried beans but the instant pot doesn't evaporate (much) so I had to pull off a lot of liquid before mashing.

I expected them to be spicier with 12 giant jalapenos in a pound of beans. It's good tho.
danmdevries Offline
#364 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 12:12 PM EST
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Work called offering up double time to work tonight.

Was planning on going to camper show up in Schaumburg tomorrow but I think that's gonna have to get pushed to Sunday.

danmdevries Offline
#365 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 12:12 PM EST
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Time to pound a couple beers and go back to bed.
Numismaniac Offline
#366 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 12:17 PM EST
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USNGunner wrote:
Well bless your heart!




Now you're teasing, LOL. That's one that I've heard most of my life.
Numismaniac Offline
#367 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 12:19 PM EST
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opelmanta1900 wrote:
Morning all... Slept like danm last night... Maybe got a cumulative three hours...

Gotta get puppy dog into the vet this morning to figure out why her **** doesn't wanna stay inside her body... Ya, that's the night I had...




Sorry to hear about your pup, our dogs become family and the older I get the harder it is to see one suffering. Hope they figure this out soon, my friend.
Ram27 Offline
#368 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 4:15 PM EST
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Hey victor check in if you can !!!!

Hope you made it through Mississippi !?!



Afternoon gang.
USNGunner Offline
#369 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 4:26 PM EST
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Afternoon as well!

Ice ice baby around these parts.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#370 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 4:37 PM EST
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Friday survived

Cold but gonna get colder. Winter may be rearing its frostbitten head this weekend
USNGunner Offline
#371 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 5:11 PM EST
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Sunoverbeach wrote:
Friday survived

Cold but gonna get colder. Winter may be rearing its frostbitten head this weekend


We are in the midst of a frozen **** storm. Slicker than snot and getting worse. By the time we get out of here tonight it's liable to be a bobsled run if the forecasts are accurate. And so far they've been dead on. d'oh!
tonygraz Offline
#372 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 5:20 PM EST
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Snow and other precipitation predicted for late Saturday afternoon here. 5" + may be coming.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#373 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 5:25 PM EST
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Our weather people lie their azzes off. Hoping that holds true this time
Numismaniac Offline
#374 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 5:55 PM EST
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MAde me check the weather, nothing new for here. We often get some 30+ degree temperature changes in less than 12-24 hours! Just rain, though for now. High of 58 tomorrow and the down to 26 by midnight, most likely.

I have a feeling that we may have the worst of winter still to come!
danmdevries Offline
#375 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 5:56 PM EST
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Got a couple hours sleep.

Off to work.
MACS Offline
#376 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 7:02 PM EST
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Sunny and 60 degrees.

I'll take it.
danmdevries Offline
#377 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 8:02 PM EST
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Took a little more than an hour to get to work with the light snow. Don't think I broke 10mph till I got to the parking lot. Roads aren't bad, but the drivers are.
USNGunner Offline
#378 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 8:37 PM EST
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It is getting flat out ugly here. Lots of ice building up, it's going to be dicey going home at 2230. ISP is going crazy with ditched trucks.

4wd isn't any help on ice, nor does it help stopping either. Folks forget that.

I threw all my arctic kit in the car this morning just in case. All my Wiggy's parka, mukluks, balaclava, mittens, the whole nine yards. I damned sure hope I don't have to use it. The car is front wheel drive and hasn't let me down yet. I figure I'll be all right as long as I can avoid the morons.

But I have water and some chow with me, and I grabbed a bottle of bourbon on the way into work today. So I've got that going for me if nothing else.

I did not think to pack a couple of cigars though. ThumbDown

I will not make that oversight again. ThumpUp
DrafterX Offline
#379 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 8:52 PM EST
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Ya, you're screwed.. mukalucks are no replacement for a good cigar when you're freezing to death... Mellow
frankj1 Offline
#380 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 9:11 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
Took a little more than an hour to get to work with the light snow. Don't think I broke 10mph till I got to the parking lot. Roads aren't bad, but the drivers are.

what was your top speed IN the parking lot?
frankj1 Offline
#381 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 9:13 PM EST
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DrafterX wrote:
Ya, you're screwed.. mukalucks are no replacement for a good cigar when you're freezing to death... Mellow

if only you had a million bucks for every time you told that to a noob...
USNGunner Offline
#382 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 9:42 PM EST
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DrafterX wrote:
Ya, you're screwed.. mukalucks are no replacement for a good cigar when you're freezing to death... Mellow


I feel like such a noop. Sick
teedubbya Offline
#383 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 9:50 PM EST
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Enough ice here that my garbage can slid across the driveway.
izonfire Offline
#384 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 10:27 PM EST
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USNGunner wrote:
It is getting flat out ugly here. Lots of ice building up, it's going to be dicey going home at 2230. ISP is going crazy with ditched trucks.

4wd isn't any help on ice, nor does it help stopping either. Folks forget that.

I threw all my arctic kit in the car this morning just in case. All my Wiggy's parka, mukluks, balaclava, mittens, the whole nine yards. I damned sure hope I don't have to use it. The car is front wheel drive and hasn't let me down yet. I figure I'll be all right as long as I can avoid the morons.

But I have water and some chow with me, and I grabbed a bottle of bourbon on the way into work today. So I've got that going for me if nothing else.

I did not think to pack a couple of cigars though. ThumbDown

I will not make that oversight again. ThumpUp

The worse the weather gets, the more I like it.
Just stay safe out there Gunner
USNGunner Offline
#385 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 10:50 PM EST
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izonfire wrote:
The worse the weather gets, the more I like it.
Just stay safe out there Gunner


Thanks Rich.
USNGunner Offline
#386 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 10:54 PM EST
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FARK!

My neighbor just called. He was going to get a head start on the driveway and evidently the shear key for the 2nd stage auger has "sheared". SOAMFB!

Well, as my Daddy likes to say, "Sometimes you just have to drop your pants and slide on the ice!"

I'd say that's appropriate right now. After I get home. Holy crap what a day.
victor809 Offline
#387 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 10:59 PM EST
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Made it into a cave for the first time today... Made it out with a blindfold on.
frankj1 Offline
#388 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 11:02 PM EST
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mind if I live vicariously through you in caves?
victor809 Offline
#389 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 11:06 PM EST
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I'm not guaranteed to live through them, so one of us may as well
Numismaniac Offline
#390 Posted: Fri, Jan 17 2020, 11:34 PM EST
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victor809 wrote:
Made it into a cave for the first time today... Made it out with a blindfold on.




NICE! Always something that I wanted to do before my health got too bad.
danmdevries Offline
#391 Posted: Sat, Jan 18 2020, 2:57 AM EST
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Happy Saturday fellas

Why blindfolded Vic? Sounds like adding another layer of danger to an extremely dangerous situation is stupid.

Safe travels gunner. I'm hoping the temps don't fall too quickly here. Got snow, then rain, and now snow again.
rfenst Offline
#392 Posted: Sat, Jan 18 2020, 7:17 AM EST
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Good Saturday

68- 76 today. Average temp this time of year is 71. No cold front till tomorrow
opelmanta1900 Offline
#393 Posted: Sat, Jan 18 2020, 8:16 AM EST
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let's carpe some ****** diems...
deadeyedick Offline
#394 Posted: Sat, Jan 18 2020, 8:37 AM EST
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48/71 here today. Car show at the local burger joint with all the out-of -towners here for the eight different collector car auctions that are going on this week here.
corey sellers Offline
#395 Posted: Sat, Jan 18 2020, 9:06 AM EST
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Morning gents 71° here today
DrafterX Offline
#396 Posted: Sat, Jan 18 2020, 9:24 AM EST
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Cool Dudes....


Haven't been outside yet... Mellow
danmdevries Offline
#397 Posted: Sat, Jan 18 2020, 9:29 AM EST
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Just rainy this morning, staying above freezing for now.

It's very wet out there.
DrafterX Offline
#398 Posted: Sat, Jan 18 2020, 9:32 AM EST
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Rain will do that... Mellow
opelmanta1900 Offline
#399 Posted: Sat, Jan 18 2020, 9:46 AM EST
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34/53... gonna see if my wife will watch the puppies for a bit while I go soak a line...
danmdevries Offline
#400 Posted: Sat, Jan 18 2020, 10:07 AM EST
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DrafterX wrote:
Rain will do that... Mellow


The weirdest thing this morning, my ditch is full too.

Think
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