sir willymac! yes sir about the comments, I guess it's going to take the price moving back up to get people more involved again. and I hope that happens soon.
But yes, dogs are so good about keeping us on schedule aren't they? lol.
so it DOES get below freezing there? i didn't know that.
Yep, we don't get a freeze often. Had one last winter that got down to 19 three straight mornings! I had split copper pipes in three places on outdoor faucets and had to do repair work in the below-freezing weather so we could have running water. I really, really do not like working with water when it's that cold!
What's a cold night around your neighborhood in February?
oh man that's torturous to work in that kind of cold and with water! yikes. yeah it gets down to about that, last winter it got down to 13 degrees but thankfully that's unusual, it usually doesn't get below freezing.
Our temps are normally pretty decent, with only occasional dips below 32. Anything below 40 is COLD to me and I gointo mental hibernation until it warms up. I would be happy if it stayed between 60 and 70 year 'round.
oh that 60-70 degree range would be wonderful, so if it gets cold this winter we can expect you to disappear for awhile? lol.
Well, that just goes to show who has the grit to keep on Steemin' and who is here for the money, I suppose.
Personally, I enjoy these conversations and making friends. I have been talking all my life and have never been paid for it before, and if I don't get paid now, I don't take it personally. I know times are hard for the platform, but that should not kill creativity. It certainly has not affected yours.
yes sir willymac meeting so many people from all over the world has it's own rewards and many would stay in touch even if steemit went away, at least that's what I believe.
yeah it's a little hard to keep slugging away as far as posting but the talking to people is great fun so I could do that without pay for sure!
Might as well talk about the mundane things in life since no one is around to be embarrassed by my lack of content.
I just took a break for pulling weeds and "rescuing" some centipede grass I need to transplant as part of my scheme to beautify my world. It's a near-term plan to make the yard easier to care for with my riding mower so I can whack it all down and not have to do too much manual pulling.
And then I tried to figure out why my solar panel charge controller is not working: blown fuse, fixed, but still in failure mode. More checking: it got zapped before the fuse went and puts out 3.4 volts instead of 12. Rat!
More business for Amazon!
I agree about keeping in touch. Got kind of interested in what's happening in North Texas, in Oregon with Glen, and Pete down in SA. At least y'all talk to me!
Howdy back sir willymac! hey real world work comes before steemit that's for sure, maybe when it's cold in the winter you will be caught up on here and do more posting.
Yes those are some great guys to talk to, you don't have trouble finding people to talk to do you?
your solar power system, what does that power, what appliances?
You and Glen are such high volume commenters, it's easier to relate to you. Kind of hard for me to sustain more than one conversation with most people. The finish one and that's it.
I still have more opportunity than I have time for.
The solar thing is no big deal, One panel to keep an emergency portable battery topped off and 12 volt emergency lights in two small storage buildings and in my shop/radio building.
I would like full solar but the trees cut back the efficiency of that. I hate cutting them down since the offenders are maples and poplars, and I love the summer shade. I'm still leaning towards getting 10 or 12, 100 watt panels and backup batteries for emergency lighting and the well pump. You never know these days what's going to be needed. I have smaller panels for charging batteries and cell phone 'n stuff.
Do you have any solar assist or full solar. I understand Texas has some full-sunshine locations.
sir willymac! I wouldn't cut down those shade trees either if I were you. but what you have for solar now is smart to keep some essential power. You guys have your own water well?
Have you looked into a hand pump if the grid goes down?
We don't have any solar yet but we want to, the sun shines almost all the time here.
Yep, our own well. Good, sweet water about 90 feet down with a deep well pump. I do have a hand pump selected I had planned for the fall. A friend has one installed and his works well...after the installer finally recovered the pump intake valve that dropped down the casing pipe during installation.