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  1. Estimated cash value:
    1. $10,000
    2. $16,938
    3. Likely nil for most posters on here as I imagine credit is decent. The bump wouldn't do that much.
    4. $288,000. Assuming it's only two at a time. One trip a month, priced at $400 per ticket for 30 years.
    5. $1,016,280. $416,100 is median home price in U.S. but you don't get to sell it, so the value doesn't matter. Average mortgage payment is $2,823 over 30 years, comes up to more than $1 million. Doesn't include anything for taxes, insurance, maintenance.
    6. $36,580. BLS says the average household spends $7,316 a year on food.
    7. $261,000. $185,000 for a Mercedes Maybach S 580, but you can't sell it, so the value means nothing. Average car payment is $725 monthly, so over 30 years, that adds up to $261,000
    8. $387,000. The average medical cost per person in the United States is $12,900. Over 30 years, that's nearly $400,000.

    Tell me you’re an actuary without telling me you’re an actuary.
  2. Not over complicated, it’s just that the splitter you bought doesn’t have any internal fusing to limit the 5-15R receptacles to 20A. In an overload situation, you could drawn all of your generators 27A through one receptacle which might start burning wires on the splitter or whatever cords you have plugged into it. All you extension cord are outdoor rated 10 or 12 AWG (depending on distance), right?

    That’s why I commented about having a sub panel system. If you correctly wire in a generator inlet to your existing panel, you already have all the fusing/circuit breakers in place to protect that wiring.

  3. Send a registered letter (cc’d to yourself) letting him know you are aware of the fence on your property, and that said fence shall not be construed as you giving up possession of that property. That should take care of any adverse possession in the short term.

    If you want him to move it to his property, inform him, and give him a time period to comply otherwise you will take action. I believe the fence is still his property so you moving/removing it might have some unintended consequences on your part.

    If you ask him to move it and get a FU in return, I’m sure you can find a Surly lawyer to send a sternly worded letter for about tree-fitty.

  4. yeah i want more cords going into the house. The thought is to split the 30 amp two ways - one to refrig and one for microwave/coffee maker. That leaves 2 other cords for lights, computers etc

    Ideally, you’d need to make a small portable sub panel to break the 30A circuit out to 15/20a loads, similar to what’s done for the 15a circuits on your genset.

    An better way is to get a 50A generator inlet wired into your breaker panel through a 50 a breaker and mains interlock. Then use a 30A to 50a dogbone to your genset. This will work for that 4kw genset up to a 12kw.

    Check out the What are you buying for the next grid failure? Thread had a lot of movement after the 2021 ice storm.
  5. The Midnight Special started a YouTube channel a few months back and  have posted up a bunch of song performances and full shows from the 70’s.

    Everything about this video is great, from the back-up singers to Skunk ripping a great solo.

     

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  6. That allocation stuff is pretty much correct.

    My wife worked for the area Toyota distributor for a long time in an IT related role. She was able to get vehicles on an employee program for less than the dealer purchased them. We were able to order vehicles exactly the way we wanted through the same system the dealers used. We would choose a vehicle model and trim level from distributor allocated batch and then choose details like color and options that we wanted. A few months later we would go to a dealer of our choice and pick it up. Was a 15+ year period where we didn’t have to do any of the dealer negotiation dance. Really enjoyed that.
  7. it's been hot. Down at the bottom its... sligjky less hot? Anyway, not much progress between the heat and vacations. 
    Some friends:
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    Some unwelcome friends:
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    Some very unwelcome friends:
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    Not sure what kind of snake. I choose to believe coachwhip or rat snake.
    I put down some foam tape to better seal the top, and realized the two short sides had a bug gap. Ate 2 cans of foam and need more. I think I will drill holes and do foam all across the top.
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    Quite possibly the first vertical mine entrance to be sealed off with foam-in-a-can.
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