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[J Tiers]

OK, could be....don't recall.... whichever. Interchangeable rich politicians who do not "get it"....

[J Tiers]

UV does quickly eat white plastic in some cases.... depends on the pigment density. I've had some plastic gutters on the shed for a decade or two, no...

[J Tiers]

Or: Violators ashes will be scattered in the river.

[J Tiers]

You know, any joint in a high confidence structure needs to be "designed". When a fastener fails, you used the wrong one or the wrong quantity,...

[J Tiers]

Sure, used one in engineering school.

In some ways they are much better than calculators, although I do use pocket calculators now, and started...

[J Tiers]

That roof beam trick works well for I-beams also. anything long thin, and heavy.

[J Tiers]

I thought there were "rights of way" across otherwise private land that have existed for hundreds of years, and are legally protected? Not...

[J Tiers]

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A lot of folks are scared of geese, but a boot isn't and the geese don't like it. They are great alarms though, I think even the Romans...

[J Tiers]

Yep. You need to get grease or never-seez on there to "poison" the surface....

[J Tiers]

Oak trees here drop a thing that looks like a floppy brown pipe cleaner an inch or so long. Tangles in everything. Any of the coarse mesh get clogged....

[J Tiers]

I have not been investigating these for a few years, and back when I inquired, I got a lot of "you can't do that" responses. Obviously wrong,...

[J Tiers]

Most Spanish speaking folks are good hard working people. They have not had everything handed to them.

Kennebunkport? Really? Isn't that...

[J Tiers]

I wonder if they will protect the crane from going over-center this time........ Still cannot believe they did not think about the fact that ships can...

[J Tiers]

I think you are deliberately misunderstanding. Why insist that this means powering the grid? It does not.

UL 1741 has set requirements...

[J Tiers]

Sparky, I understand that. I've worked with a number of grid tie inverters. I have worked on design of systems much larger than your small system, systems...

[J Tiers]

Hey, I'll give you a job. Pay is a dollar an hour.

You gonna take it?

Now, let's say you are very poor. The job is part...

[J Tiers]

You can't use some electricity!

Actually, you can't, because you surely have a grid-tied system, which means that by law, you cannot use...

[J Tiers]

We have had a foam type filler in some of the gutters for several years, and it works well. Has kept problems with maple whirlies and leaves, etc from...

[J Tiers]

Many of those folks see little reason to go back to a "job" that pays minimum wage, and requires them to augment earnings with various welfare...

[J Tiers]

Graveley cranks were made that way. Large marine engine cranks were made that way, and probably still are. Gravely are a bolted pin between discs, large...