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Old Nov 28, 2023 | 08:26 AM
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Happy Tuesday Nor-Cal. It is getting colder every day here. It is currently 37 as I type this. 6:26am.
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Old Nov 28, 2023 | 10:07 AM
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We woke up yesterday at our nephew's house in the city (San Francisco to many of you), and it was a balmy 59 degrees.
 
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Old Nov 28, 2023 | 10:55 AM
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Thought about the block heater on the Diesel, but at 27*F this morning the 6.0 fired right up. Jack Frost really left his calling card around the neighborhood.
 
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Old Nov 28, 2023 | 02:09 PM
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Pick N Pull came out yesterday morning and took away the donor truck. So, now I am down to one non running vehicle instead of two. LOL They arrived at 9am and had to wait for the mechanics to remove the bumper, and wheels for the keeper truck. Something they told me would be done a week ago. Finally found someone lazier than me. I took the Melling's HV oil pump over there, but the mechanic didn't want to install it on my original engine. He suggested getting the one from his brother/friend for $1,300. I told him I agree, but don't have $1,300. I am still paying off the SNAP loan of $1,200. That was before I checked my mail and found two credit card offers. Bother of them are the pay us first" kind where they have an annual fee as well as a monthly fee. Monthly fee doesn't start until the second year though, so only the annual fee I pay up front. One of them offered a $1,000 limit, so I chose that one and threw the other one away. So, in a couple of weeks I will be able to buy that $1,300 engine using the $328 from the donor truck sale, and this new credit card.

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Old Nov 28, 2023 | 04:05 PM
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The X suggested today that from now on, she only wants the tri tip cut at an angle which gives NY steak sized slices. Only it's me doing all the work.





 
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Old Nov 28, 2023 | 05:02 PM
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And now, we honor Mr. Munger.


The market was up today. He went out on top.



 
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Old Nov 28, 2023 | 07:01 PM
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Tell the X if she wants a special cut, she is more than welcome to do it herself.

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Old Nov 28, 2023 | 10:19 PM
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It's not any harder. It's not more work. It's just like everything else in life, where some woman wants things and expects you to provide. She could easily do it herself, without ever asking me to do it.


Instead of cutting like this.





She wants it this way.




 
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Old Nov 29, 2023 | 10:34 AM
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The trick with tri tip is cutting cross-grain. Makes the cut pieces more tender.
 
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Old Nov 29, 2023 | 11:15 AM
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Happy Humpeth Day Nor-Cal. No new news to report, so I will make this short.

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Old Nov 29, 2023 | 07:49 PM
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Today was supposed to be a work from home day, but………

PG&E had a major outage about 8:30 this morning with a 4-5 hour estimate for restoration. So…off to the office.
They got our house reenergised by the 4 hour mark, but coming home the store on the corner was still dark.
 
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Old Nov 29, 2023 | 09:49 PM
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PG&E rates are going up. Nobody is happy about it. Outrage. The rates are regulated by the California PUC. Ca PUC Commissioners are appointed by The Governor.

The bigger picture is a that in the real world, even if we vote in a different Governor, we will not get a new Commission who will lower the rates.

 
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Old Nov 30, 2023 | 09:48 AM
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We just got notice that out power will be off next Wednesday for the day. Planned upgrades. We hope so.
 
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Old Nov 30, 2023 | 10:34 AM
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No power outage here. Although a couple of days ago it was mentioned that northeast Fresno had their power out, but it didn't affect me.

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Old Nov 30, 2023 | 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by GlueGuy
We just got notice that out power will be off next Wednesday for the day. Planned upgrades. We hope so.

At least when it's planned, there's more control. When it's not planned, there's no telling.
 
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