On Sunday, July 19, 2020 at 9:15:16 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> Hank Rogers wrote:
> >
> > Sheldon Martin wrote:
> > > On Sat, 18 Jul 2020 11:22:43 -0700 (PDT), "
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Saturday, July 18, 2020 at 9:57:28 AM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Why didn't you install solar panels on your roof? You could have generated
> > >>>> your own electricity and probably sold some back to your local power company.
> > >>>
> > >>> I doubt his roof has enough area at the correct exposure for solar
> > >>> panels to produce much.
> > >>>
> > >> It would depend on the direction his house faces. He's got enough roof
> > >> surface he could have several panels plus his garage roof would accomodate
> > >> more panels.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> Where I live a lot of people place the solar
> > >>> panels in their yard on posts that are cemented into the ground so
> > >>> they're up off the ground so they can mow around them and so they can
> > >>> brush the snow off. They don't like to place them on their roof as
> > >>> they will cause the roof to leak.
> > >>>
> > >> Properly installed solar panels do not cause leaks. There are some
> > >> available that actually open like ladies handheld fan but these open
> > >> a full 360° and are mounted on a post. But these are quite expen$ive.
> > >>>
> > >>> I doubt it would work well on that
> > >>> tile roof anyway, they'd have to drill a lot of bolt holes.
> > >>>
> > >> He was needing a new roof anyway. He could have replaced it with longlife
> > >> asphalt shingles and the money he saved on the roofing could have been used
> > >> for solar panels.
> > >>>
> > >>> I thought about installing solar panels here and even had a company do
> > >>> a survey. I have several acres they could use but I didn't want to
> > >>> look at those ugly panels and there would be a lot of mowing and snow
> > >>> removal. Plus more than half the time they'd produce no elctricity,
> > >>> they produce nothing at night or on cloudy days.
> > >>>
> > >> That's why you stay on the electric company's grid to provide you with power
> > >> on days with extended cloudiness, snow, or rain.
> > >>>
> > >>> Once installed I'd
> > >>> be responsible for their maintenence and repairs.
> > >>>
> > >> Just like you are responsible for maintenance on your house and vehicles.
> > >>>
> > >>> The panels are
> > >>> mostly made of plastic, UV light wreaks havoc on those panels so they
> > >>> don't last long.
> > >>>
> > >> That, I don't know. But I don't hear people complaining about replacing
> > >> those panels all the time.
> > >>>
> > >>> Solar panels are okay for a few small light bulbs
> > >>> but would need a lot of panels to run A/C, an electric stove, a
> > >>> clothes dryer, a fridge/freezer, charge an electric car, fergetabout
> > >>> it.
> > >>>
> > >> Not true. Depending on how many panels you have installed they can power
> > >> a large house.
> > >>>
> > >>> Solar power is a long way into the future. Solar is good for
> > >>> powering small electronics, like a calculator, a medical thermometer,
> > >>> a toothbrush, a clock. The main drawback to solar is transmission.
> > >>>
> > >> Again, not true. The one thing that holds people back from installing
> > >> the panels is the initial cost.
> > >
> > > Those with the money for the installation are typically too old to get
> > > the payback... for me at my age it would be like kootchie at his age
> > > spending more on a roof than his entire house cost. When they did the
> > > survey they quoted me a price for the panels and installation of
> > > $240,000. If we live to be 100 our electric bills won't equal that.
> > > There are better ways to keep one's electric usage low. I've been
> > > frugal with electric all my life, I don't turn on lights on a sunny
> > > day, I open the shades and I automatically turn off lights when I
> > > leave a room. And recently we changed all our lighting to LED, cut
> > > our electric bill to less than half, especially with all outside
> > > lighting LED on at dusk off at dawn fixtures... those lights last a
> > > long time (15-20 years) could easily outlive us, no bulbs to buy and
> > > no climbing ladders to change bulbs. We have all the creature
> > > comforts, more than most... four TVs, two refrigerator freezers, two
> > > cars, all the food we can eat. We're simply not wasteful. We gave up
> > > eating at restaurants, they are all way over priced and their quality
> > > is the lowest possible. I have no problem doing all our cooking.
> > > Makes us ill speding over $100 on a restaurant dinner for two and
> > > leaving very disappointed and hungry, even the service stinks, what
> > > service, there is none. And restaurants are especially rip offs on
> > > bar drinks. Their salads are wilted greens out of those plastic bags..
> > > It reached the point that we couldn't find anything on their menus
> > > that we wanted to eat that I couldn't prepare at home for half the
> > > price or less and of far better quality. For dinner yesterday I made
> > > center cut pork loin chops on the bone, thick cut 1 1/4", seasoned
> > > with fresh ground white pepper, fresh ginger, soy sauce, toasted
> > > sesame seed oil, pan fried. Then in the same pan stir fried slivered
> > > garlic and a big mess of Swiss chard fresh from our garden. We
> > > couldn't finish those huge pork chops so we have half for tonight with
> > > a bigger batch of Swiss chard. When we decide on beef steak I'll make
> > > a quick trip into town and ask the same butcher at Tops whats good, he
> > > never fails to produce high quality steaks, much better than any
> > > so-called fancy schmancy steak house... it's no big deal to cook
> > > steak... probably one of the simplest foods to prepare. And for 1/3
> > > the price of a fancy schmancy steak house. And I never minded pouring
> > > our own booze. My wife has her Belizean rum and coke and I have my
> > > Crystal Palace and sugar free Sprite with a big lemon wedge. The same
> > > butcher prepares our pork chops, also extremely easy to cook. Lately
> > > I prefer pan frying rather than on the outside grill. We're not in
> > > the least concerned about grill marks. I prefer to pan fry meat and
> > > then to immediately stir fry the veggies in the same pan, much more
> > > flavor. The veggie garden is now producing full tilt, yellow and
> > > green summer squash, Kirby Cukes up the kazoo, mixed salad greens, and
> > > tons of Swiss chard... soon tomatoes and peppers... already melons and
> > > pumpkins are set, we have people to gift with ovearge. We grow
> > > pumpkins for decor.
> > >
> >
> > Popeye Yoose sure like to type.
>
> Cheri used to call that his "Wall of Text" heheh

Yeah. It's as if he is just dumping his brain to the keyboard as fast
as he is able.

Any of his teachers past 6th grade would mark him down for not
splitting that up into paragraphs.

Cindy Hamilton