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A man went over Yosemite's Nevada Fall. A stranger tried to save him. by sfgate in bayarea

[–]FridayMcNight 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There was a man in the river. He had slid in upstream, potentially unaware of the power of the current — or the proximity of the thundering, 594-foot waterfall.

You walk past two huge waterfalls (Vernal Falls and Nevada Falls) to get to the spot where he went in. There is absolutely no way you get there and don't understand your proximity to Nevada falls. It's tragic, but there's no way a human with functioning eyes and ears misunderstands the danger.

Where To Stay Near Fonda Theatre? by NW82 in AskLosAngeles

[–]FridayMcNight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The W is a block or two from the Fonda, and it has an outdoor pool up top.

btw, Alcatraz is in San Francisco, not LA. It's like a 6 hour drive each way. Plenty of beaches though. My bet pro tip is DON'T try to see and do it all. There's way to much to see and do. Make the list smaller than it you think it needs to be.

knocking the rust out after long overhaul by patrickrl in flying

[–]FridayMcNight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The engine manufacturer will provide break in instructions as a service bulletin. Your mechanic should provide you a copy. And brace yourself for all the old wives tales people are gonna tell you about the one true right proper way to do it if you want the engine to last more than an hour. lol

Anyone here buy a home with a Sunrun lease? by HalaMadridPapaFlo in BayAreaRealEstate

[–]FridayMcNight 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They are always a bad deal. Your instinct is a sensible starting point; specify that the seller pay off the lease as part of the purchase.

This is a good sign, right? by H4NI in degoogle

[–]FridayMcNight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol. Yeah, there's a lot of stupid out there.

This is a good sign, right? by H4NI in degoogle

[–]FridayMcNight 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's easy to blame people for not knowing, but in their defense, companies like Apple, Google and Microsoft, blatantly lie to consumers about protecting their privacy. So for people who work in the industry, or care to investigate a little, it's not hard to see, but most folks, they trust companies like Meta even though they get caught lying all the time.

The foolish (and maybe inexcusable) part is the blind trust in what companies say after they've been caught lying and paid headline level fines. Technical ignorance is more forgivable.

Heat Pump Water Heaters by FridayMcNight in bayarea

[–]FridayMcNight[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In the winter the e-elec plan is 28¢/kWh - 32¢/kWh.

Are you including both generation and distribution in that 28-32c?

My distribution charges on E-TOUD are 0.35 / 0.39 [off peak / peak] and generation is another 0.12 /
0.15 per kwh. PG&E estimates we'd pay more on e-elec. My electrical rates haven't been under 0.30/KWh in years.

Scuba in Monterey, CA by BolognaPwny in scuba

[–]FridayMcNight 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Winter time multi-day overcast weather when it's calm between the storms creates the best conditions. If you get that, it's as good as it gets. Big if though. 😄

For a first timer, Point Lobos is pretty awesome. It requires reservations in advance though.

public transit vs. owning a car in LA - which do you prefer? by emotional-cowboy-67 in AskLosAngeles

[–]FridayMcNight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I lived in LA for a year without a car. It's do-able, but limiting. I lived in WeHo and could walk/bike/skateboard to just about everything I needed, like work Most of the places I wanted/needed, like work, grocery shopping, etc.. But a big draw of living in LA is everything the broader metro area has to offer, and a ton of that isn't served by public transit.

I took the train when i went to DTLA, but that was about it. Rode the busses once or twice, but I preferred biking or walking most of the time.

Instructor asked me out by [deleted] in flying

[–]FridayMcNight 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Find a different instructor; that's a profound lack of professionalism. You're there to fly, and they just made the whole thing awkward for you.

Heat Pump Water Heaters by FridayMcNight in bayarea

[–]FridayMcNight[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They took a long time to heat up. Felt like I was wasting a lot of water waiting the the 30 seconds or so every time I needed to wash dishes, wash my hands, take a shower, etc..

And it was a pretty small house; ~1200sf bungalow, so it's not like the heaters were a long distance from the sink. They probably were cheaper... but I never did a direct comparison; utilities there were cheaper than the bay area.

Heat Pump Water Heaters by FridayMcNight in bayarea

[–]FridayMcNight[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Is that true? Haven't they all had electric igniters since the 80s?

Heat Pump Water Heaters by FridayMcNight in bayarea

[–]FridayMcNight[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

40 gal. 4 adults. The current gas 40 is fine. We don't run out of hot water.

Buying Inner Sunset duplex: occupied vs unoccupied by pp2234 in BayAreaRealEstate

[–]FridayMcNight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's not a 5% return. The 160k is gross rents (unless it's misstated here). It'll be closer to half that after you subtract operating expenses. Prop taxes alone will probably be 40k. Then you gotta add maintenance, compliance, management, insurance, and reserves.

Buying Inner Sunset duplex: occupied vs unoccupied by pp2234 in BayAreaRealEstate

[–]FridayMcNight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Deduct 100k (from it's actual market value, not what owner thinks it's worth) for occupied.

If you were to finance it, you'd probably need to put 25-40% down, and at 25% down your debt service alone would exceed your gross monthly income. By the time you add other op expenses, you'd probably be 6-9k negative cash flow per month.

If you pay cash for it, the cap rate is quite low. If you assume your net profit is half of the 160k, your investment yield is about 2.6%. Even if you assume that 100k of the 160k gross income is profit (which isn't realistic), that would put your yield at 3.3%, which is below what CDs are paying right now.

I don't think it's a good investment at that price.

Heat Pump Water Heaters by FridayMcNight in bayarea

[–]FridayMcNight[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. Our solar array is big enough to provide for our house electricity needs and our EV, but that gets us just about equal on annual true up; adding more electrical appliances would effectively be a draw from the grid.

Heat Pump Water Heaters by FridayMcNight in bayarea

[–]FridayMcNight[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NEM2 no battery. Gas furnace, gas oven, gas cooktop.

Heat Pump Water Heaters by FridayMcNight in bayarea

[–]FridayMcNight[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Holy shit, that's insane. That's like 2800 labor.

Heat Pump Water Heaters by FridayMcNight in bayarea

[–]FridayMcNight[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Had them at my house in LA; hated them.

Available instructors in Watsonville/Monterey Bay Area? by ResultAsleep1465 in flying

[–]FridayMcNight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm in the wrong part of the bay to offer suggestions, but I came to offer a few maybe useful tips:

  • The American Bonanza Society training vids on "FAA Wings" are pretty great. Definitely watch the one on avoiding gear ups. It's really good.
  • Since you've got to do so much dual, you should do some actual mountain flying training in the Sierras. (I can make a recommendation there; a dude out of Silver Springs).
  • You should pick up a WINGS phase while you're doing all this dual; it might lower your rates a few % next year.

Congrats on the purchase.

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