On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 06:34:58 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>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

So far you've never posted anything of worth... you are truly a dumb
**** just like Gary. There's no brain power needed to wield a paint
brush, all anyone needs to know is on the paint can.... so far to date
I've never seen anything Gary has painted, I'm positive that Kootchie
is a much better painter... least Kootchie has the cojones to show us
his painting, Gary has NO cojones. I really don't believe that Gary
earns a living painting... that's why he can only afford to live in a
scroungy tenement apartment. Real painters I've known live quite well
in their own homes.