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Hank Rogers[_4_]

Sheldon Martin wrote:
> 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.
>

Are yoose saying they are all liars and faggots Popeye?