OT - What are you doing right now?

HeavyG

Legume said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Legume said:

ColbyLang said:

Sad day in America when sound logic gets pushed out of the way for the all mighty tax dollar.

Wait until they have to raise the cash for two cops in every school.  That's gonna cost a lot of money to protect the children.  It's probably $80-100k cost to the city for each officer (where you are, not in high cost cities), x2 for every school, every year.

At least they're not green lighting whole developments that don't have guaranteed water.

That last line hits hard.  We have communities near me that truck in all their water.

I remember reading about one just east of Scottsdale I think. Buyers didn't realize that hidden in the paperwork was something about the water contract not guaranteeing water and with greater drought now, they're f'd.  To my thinking, the city/county administration and the developers should be held fully liable for that.  Absolutely horrible.

The whole US southwest is soon to be effed water wise. "Good times" ahead over the next couple of decades.
As the saying goes... "whisky is for drinking, water is for fighting".

lousubcap

But only if you water your whiskey...

alaskanassasin

I can’t seem to get rid of water fast enough 

WeberWho

My pump on my sprayer went out last fall. I pulled in last fall as I didn't want to leave it outside and freeze this winter. I didn't have a plan but all I knew it kept burning up fuses and wouldn't turn on. So I let it become a Spring problem. Well Spring is here and I still have a non-working pump. I pulled the motor wires from pressure switch and pressed them together and the pump fired right up! So I took the pressure switch apart and cleaned up the contacts. I wired the switch back together and now that's even working! Super happy it was something so simple and an extra Benjamin in my pocket now! 

lousubcap

@WeberWho - Your technical prowess and advanced homeowner troubleshooting  skills are at the top of the charts.  Never mind the Q recovery projects you have resurrected.  Well done.  

WeberWho

lousubcap said:

@WeberWho - Your technical prowess and advanced homeowner troubleshooting  skills are at the top of the charts.  Never mind the Q recovery projects you have resurrected.  Well done.  

Hey thanks. I can stumble my way through some stuff but it's usually a combination of knowledge from my Dad, the internet, or YouTube. I was honestly surprised to hear the motor kick on when bypassing the switch. Once I knew the motor was good I knew the switch was the issue. I was really hoping the switch was dirty and not bad. The replacement switch is nearly half the price of a brand new pump. Which is insane. I cleaned up the wire terminals with some steel wool, wiped down the switch, and put it back together. She's good to go. 

Canugghead

@WeberWho not the least bit surprised you fixed it. Dumb question, I'm wondering if dielectric grease would be beneficial when you reassembled the switch. IIRC I learned about dielectric grease from you in a Masterbuilt Gravity smoker mod discussion?

Wolfpack

JohnInCarolina said:

The long term forecast for the region is not looking great in this regard, so I’m not surprised by the increases.

It is a little interesting the banks/investors are ignoring rising ocean levels. Depending on the locale, this could become interesting if trends continue. Talk about a real estate bubble…

JohnInCarolina

Wolfpack said:

JohnInCarolina said:

The long term forecast for the region is not looking great in this regard, so I’m not surprised by the increases.

It is a little interesting the banks/investors are ignoring rising ocean levels. Depending on the locale, this could become interesting if trends continue. Talk about a real estate bubble…

When it comes to investments, all that matters is whether you’re playing a short game or a long game, or just a lousy game.

WeberWho

Canugghead said:

@WeberWho not the least bit surprised you fixed it. Dumb question, I'm wondering if dielectric grease would be beneficial when you reassembled the switch. IIRC I learned about dielectric grease from you in a Masterbuilt Gravity smoker mod discussion?

That's right. Good memory. The switch itself has a fixed screw inside it where the cover doesn't tighten down completely flush. I believe this is where my issue was. I was getting dirt and trash within the switch casing.



Since the sprayer and pump isn't anything to look at, I just took some black electrical tape and tightly ran it around the case of the pressure switch to keep from anything from entering into it in the future. Dielectric grease would have came in handy!

You and your gravity feed smoker crossed my mind maybe a month or so ago. I'm curious what you ended up deciding on with the smoker?

Canugghead

@WeberWho Apology for not providing update earlier. I decided not to bother with the Masterbilt Gravity and sold it. Likewise I sold the Weber Smokefire EX4 prior to that. Both were impulse buy and still in box 

ColbyLang

Ozzie_Isaac said:

ColbyLang said:

House/land shopping. Talking with realtors. Sad day in America when sound logic gets pushed out of the way for the all mighty tax dollar. Currently live in a 100 year old neighborhood that has zero protection over zoning laws due to no HOA. Illustrious city council members have forced my hand. Time to change cities. I’ll commute to the bakery

HOA doesn't protect from zoning laws.  Zoning laws trump HOA rules, unless the HOA is more restrictive.

I need a neighborhood where rentals less than 30 days aren’t allowed. My lovely city just permitted them by right in all zones. Ask @nolaegghead how much New Orleans is cracking down. Meanwhile, I can’t raise my kids in this ****

Legume

Allowed where I live, but there's a max cap number of nights / year.  They also had density limits (like if your neighbor has an ADU, you can't), but that was just lifted.

Dobie

@ColbyLang from what I can tell you’ve built a nice business and lived below your means but you know when it’s time, make the jump. 

Gulfcoastguy

Maybe your new house will be in an area with better insurance rates. Maybe a nice be yard for the boojie dogs to romp around in with the kids.

Ybabpmuts

I'm thinking about ordering something I can eat with a fork, because I was tucking my shirt in and kinda went too deep, and I'm pretty sure I touched my bum. 

Ozzie_Isaac

ColbyLang said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

ColbyLang said:

House/land shopping. Talking with realtors. Sad day in America when sound logic gets pushed out of the way for the all mighty tax dollar. Currently live in a 100 year old neighborhood that has zero protection over zoning laws due to no HOA. Illustrious city council members have forced my hand. Time to change cities. I’ll commute to the bakery

HOA doesn't protect from zoning laws.  Zoning laws trump HOA rules, unless the HOA is more restrictive.

I need a neighborhood where rentals less than 30 days aren’t allowed. My lovely city just permitted them by right in all zones. Ask @nolaegghead how much New Orleans is cracking down. Meanwhile, I can’t raise my kids in this ****

5000 acres with your house in the center would be just about right.

nolaegghead

True, New Orleans came down hard on Airbnb and all other similar rentals.  Almost impossible to get now, but it was late in coming, they have been out of control for years.

alaskanassasin

Welcome to the country @ColbyLang. there are no rules so make sure you space yourself from your neighbors accordingly 

billt01

Ozzie_Isaac said:

alaskanassasin said:

Believe it or not @Ozzie_Isaac a lot of hay is still hand stacked lol.

That is a miserable job.  I would not want to be stacking it in the trailer!

nephews and their friends, a few hundred bucks, and an unattended cooler filled with blue mountains..

its like a magic wand I tell ya...

billt01

lkapigian said:

22 Tritip , barley puts a dent in the Stumps Capacity… cooking for someone else who had an event , all I have to do is cook it , easy peasy 

So far, the best cooker for fire, fuel, and temp management I have cooked on.. 

alaskanassasin

billt01 said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

alaskanassasin said:

Believe it or not @Ozzie_Isaac a lot of hay is still hand stacked lol.

That is a miserable job.  I would not want to be stacking it in the trailer!

nephews and their friends, a few hundred bucks, and an unattended cooler filled with blue mountains..

its like a magic wand I tell ya...

It’s getting harder to find youngsters that will stack hay anymore.

billt01

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Legume said:

ColbyLang said:

Sad day in America when sound logic gets pushed out of the way for the all mighty tax dollar.

Wait until they have to raise the cash for two cops in every school.  That's gonna cost a lot of money to protect the children.  It's probably $80-100k cost to the city for each officer (where you are, not in high cost cities), x2 for every school, every year.

At least they're not green lighting whole developments that don't have guaranteed water.

That last line hits hard.  We have communities near me that truck in all their water.

260ft and 20GPm

gitty up

lkapigian

billt01 said:

lkapigian said:

22 Tritip , barley puts a dent in the Stumps Capacity… cooking for someone else who had an event , all I have to do is cook it , easy peasy 

So far, the best cooker for fire, fuel, and temp management I have cooked on.. 

yes sir , the thought of having too much capacity went out the window, I’ll fire this up for small cooks as well , just a couple minutes set up time… over the next week, this will feed around 1200 people over a few events … those 22 Tritip just 2 hours out of my day start to finish 

ColbyLang

alaskanassasin said:

Welcome to the country @ColbyLang. there are no rules so make sure you space yourself from your neighbors accordingly 

If only it were that easy. 

alaskanassasin

billt01 said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Legume said:

ColbyLang said:

Sad day in America when sound logic gets pushed out of the way for the all mighty tax dollar.

Wait until they have to raise the cash for two cops in every school.  That's gonna cost a lot of money to protect the children.  It's probably $80-100k cost to the city for each officer (where you are, not in high cost cities), x2 for every school, every year.

At least they're not green lighting whole developments that don't have guaranteed water.

That last line hits hard.  We have communities near me that truck in all their water.

260ft and 20GPm

gitty up

Is that a shibu mine?

fishlessman

billt01 said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Legume said:

ColbyLang said:

Sad day in America when sound logic gets pushed out of the way for the all mighty tax dollar.

Wait until they have to raise the cash for two cops in every school.  That's gonna cost a lot of money to protect the children.  It's probably $80-100k cost to the city for each officer (where you are, not in high cost cities), x2 for every school, every year.

At least they're not green lighting whole developments that don't have guaranteed water.

That last line hits hard.  We have communities near me that truck in all their water.

260ft and 20GPm

gitty up

ours is a bit more simple, the neighbor punched a 2 inch pipe down 8 feet with his back hoe

Ozzie_Isaac

fishlessman said:

billt01 said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Legume said:

ColbyLang said:

Sad day in America when sound logic gets pushed out of the way for the all mighty tax dollar.

Wait until they have to raise the cash for two cops in every school.  That's gonna cost a lot of money to protect the children.  It's probably $80-100k cost to the city for each officer (where you are, not in high cost cities), x2 for every school, every year.

At least they're not green lighting whole developments that don't have guaranteed water.

That last line hits hard.  We have communities near me that truck in all their water.

260ft and 20GPm

gitty up

ours is a bit more simple, the neighbor punched a 2 inch pipe down 8 feet with his back hoe

I'm just shy of 600.  I can't imagine just pushing a pipe down.

We have caliche too, you probably couldn't even push a pipe down 3 ft.  Digging a hole here takes a jackhammer and breaker bar.

fishlessman

Ozzie_Isaac said:

fishlessman said:

billt01 said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Legume said:

ColbyLang said:

Sad day in America when sound logic gets pushed out of the way for the all mighty tax dollar.

Wait until they have to raise the cash for two cops in every school.  That's gonna cost a lot of money to protect the children.  It's probably $80-100k cost to the city for each officer (where you are, not in high cost cities), x2 for every school, every year.

At least they're not green lighting whole developments that don't have guaranteed water.

That last line hits hard.  We have communities near me that truck in all their water.

260ft and 20GPm

gitty up

ours is a bit more simple, the neighbor punched a 2 inch pipe down 8 feet with his back hoe

I'm just shy of 600.  I can't imagine just pushing a pipe down.

We have caliche too, you probably couldn't even push a pipe down 3 ft.  Digging a hole here takes a jackhammer and breaker bar.

the camp is easy, its on a sandbar surrounded on three sides with river water. easy digging. put raised beds on top of a ground seep. doesnt need to be watered til august when the tomatoes start turning. all you need is this a piece of pipe and a big hammer but the back hoe hammer was a good idea

kl8ton

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I'm just shy of 600.  I can't imagine just pushing a pipe down.

We have caliche too, you probably couldn't even push a pipe down 3 ft.  Digging a hole here takes a jackhammer and breaker bar.

600 feet. . . sheesh....you are probably tapped into an aquifer in China!