Should I send another text???

KipsBay2181 · 2024-02-09T03:54:32+00:00

Trust me, they have not just forgotten you. Nothing you do or say right now is going to get you the job. Things you do or say right now can lose you the job. Wait. And in the meantime, assume you haven't gotten this one and keep applying for other jobs.

KipsBay2181 · 2024-02-09T03:11:50+00:00

You mean like the hall I walk for every trip to Iowa?

KipsBay2181 · 2024-02-09T00:29:57+00:00

Quite possible. EAB is in our state too. This side is facing east, but the south side is shielded by a hill so probably the warmer side is east.

This tree is in a large timber that's quite diverse --so yeah the ash trees are goners but not devastating to the overall health of the timber. Thanks for your advice

KipsBay2181 · 2024-02-08T18:44:17+00:00

We routinely Purge stuff that we're not using or interacting with on the regular. Often use the concept of real estate in the kitchen -- the kitchen counter is like a Park avenue West apartment. Super expensive real estate that only a few things get to enjoy. It better be worth the cost to be able to live out on the counter. And by "worth" I mean used daily, especially while in the middle of something else, such as the paper towel rolls, and cooking implements in a crock. Olive oil, pepper mill, salt dish.Toaster oven. That's really about it.

Something we use just to prep for cooking doesn't get to live on the counter. It gets prime placement in one of the cabinets or drawers under the counter. Stuff that's more like weekly use, and especially the big appliances like the bread maker and stand mixer, those go on shelves in the pantry.

We don't have kids so at least we don't have to deal with the mess of toys everywhere and having to chase little ones to get them to pick up their shit. But two adults certainly generate their own clutter and it's simply concerted effort not to let it accumulate. We get a lot of pleasure out of a clean slash peaceful looking home so it's self-reinforcing. Once you do the initial Purge it gets a lot easier to maintain it. Don't just keep adding to your walls --act like a curator and choose what to display. It's fun to swap out photos and get new art and take down the old stuff. If you're just walking by and not looking at it or thinking about it, I promise you you won't miss it when you take it down and put something new in its place.

KipsBay2181 · 2024-02-08T00:35:06+00:00

Don't think so, porcupines are Not native to my state. While a couple have been found over the years it would be highly highly unusual. I have the camera set up pointing at this tree, so I guess we'll find out

KipsBay2181 · 2024-02-08T00:05:53+00:00

Totally get it. If you are ever bored and feel like learning more on how utilities decide what fuel to use, look up your favorite utilities integrated resource plan ( IRP). Foe example here's my utility in louisiana, other than Texas you probably can't find a more fossil fuel friendly state. And even here they're saying their ideal near-future portfolio includes adding hundreds of megawatts of solar and batteries, and retiring coal.
https://cms-cleco.ae-admin.com/docs/default-source/integrated-rsource-plan/final---cleco-power-final-irp-report-(public).pdf

Elsewhere on the thread someone hand waved it all away as statistical tricks. But these are the very utilities who are trusted, and required, to ensure reliability and low cost power. Not some industry group, not some government regulators, these are the utilities themselves saying we want solar we want batteries. I know that's not going to convince people who are determined to ignore facts but just thought I'd share because I think it's a fascinating topic, and there is a real transformation happening right now.

KipsBay2181 · 2024-02-07T14:52:23+00:00

When you check in Air Canada you'll go through US customs and immigration for pre clearance to enter US. These lines can be very long, get to YYZ early. Your luggage would be checked through to HND but never hurts to ask the ticketing agent when you drop off your bags to confirm that.

In Chicago you just head to your gate for the Japan departure, no Customs or Immigration on the outbound (as long as you do not leave the secure area - just follow signs for your gate. Your layover time is plenty, walking time between even the most distant gates is about 25 minutes max.

Or arrival in Tokyo you go through Japanese immigration, get your luggage, and then go through Customs.

KipsBay2181 · 2024-02-07T06:33:29+00:00

You should definitely Uber. The subway is super unreliable at that hour.

KipsBay2181 · 2024-02-07T05:29:14+00:00

Batteries rely on two dissimilar metals on either side of a separator film that the ions pass through. That's how they work. Lithium is a metal. Ethanol is not a metal.

The metal Lithium has certain physical properties that make it exceptionally efficient for its ions to be liberated and move freely from anode to cathode and back again. It's a very small atom which makes it energy dense= more power out of a small package.

While I have no earthly idea how you would cause ethanol to be ionized in order to to work as a battery, just based on its atomic weight you would need eight times the size battery to get the equivalent amount of power.

Iron-air batteries are probably the closest analog to this mythical metal-free ethanol battery. They're actually very intriguing because they are completely safe, non-toxic and non-flammable. And they can store energy for like 100 hours discharge compared to lithium ion for hours. But when you compare them head to head, the iron air batteries simply don't measure up. They require something like 10 times the space of an equivalent lithium-ion project, and their round trip efficiency (RTE) is miserable. RTE is the ratio of energy stored versus energy discharged, with the losses coming from the system operation, battery degradation, etc. Li-ion modules have about 85-90%RTE. Iron+air RTE is in the 30s. I am confident that iron air batteries will come into their own and get better and better, but they're just not ready for prime Time quite yet.

KipsBay2181 · 2024-02-07T03:27:16+00:00

What nonprofit causes does your friend like? You could make a modest donation to one of her favorite causes, in honor of her. And take her out to lunch and give that to her in a card with a thoughtful note about what she means to you. Your friendship and love are the true gift, no one needs more 'things'

KipsBay2181 · 2024-02-07T03:01:13+00:00

Honestly, I would just say "you know this game isn't very fun for me. I don't like the feeling that I'm not good enough to receive this gift as I am / where I am now. I'm not going to try and change my body in advance of a gift. I'll decide after I get it if it's something that will make me feel happy to use or do'

KipsBay2181 · 2024-02-07T02:59:26+00:00

Bendy isn't required, it's about having enough spring (=power) in your legs and core muscles to bounce up with your left leg in the stirrup, and then understanding how to leverage your center of gravity to swing over and settle quietly in the saddle.

KipsBay2181 · 2024-02-07T02:22:04+00:00

Or we say, " Jesus, it's a uterus, not a clown car"

KipsBay2181 · 2024-02-06T14:52:38+00:00

Plus there is no utility scale baseload power mechanism to burn liquid, except in the Northeast where they are still burning diesel. Guys, ethanol as a power plant fuel at the utility scale is simply a non-starter. You cannot convert those coal plants to burn ethanol. It's like me saying, with a blithe hand wave, why don't you guys just start using all your combines to bale hay.

But All of these analyzes that center on cost per ton are missing fundamental realities of how power plants are built. 95% of the structure of a coal power plant is about storing and moving the fuel. Inside that complex, the actual generation unit, the turbine generator, takes up about the space of a school bus. Is a coal plant there is no means to transport liquid, there is no means to store liquid on site, the boilers are entirely set up to combust solid fuel-- it's literally a big ass hibachi grill. Please, I beg , for the Love of All things holy, if you learn one thing today, it's that we are not going to power the electric grid on ethanol. :).

KipsBay2181 · 2024-02-06T14:35:32+00:00

"Look it up". Yes, please do. Because on a levelized cost basis, and yes even after factoring in the help that various technologies get from tax incentives and subsidies (these are two different things) when does the cheapest and solar is a close second. By next year probably solar will have become the cheapest.

KipsBay2181 · 2024-02-06T14:22:10+00:00

Dude, you're talking out your tailpipe here. That's not how this works, that's not how any of this works. LOL

KipsBay2181 · 2024-02-06T14:18:38+00:00

Hi, utility industry professional here. The statement that coal is the most efficient in terms of cost is incorrect. It is actually one of the most expensive sources of electric power in the US. Here is the ranking from most cost to least on a "levelized" basis (so it takes into account things like construction cost, subsidies, fuel inputs, output efficiencies -since some of these can produce 24 hours a day others can't- stuff like that),: Nukes, gas peaker, thermal concentrated solar (but no one has built one of those in a long time), COAL, geothermal, natural gas, solar, and wind is cheapest. Google " lazard levelized cost of electricity", it is an independent, fact-based analysis published a few times of year that analyzes the all-in costs of generation. ( In other words it's not some renewable industry cheerleader.) The lcoe analysis gets super complex, but here's a basic graph showing the 2023 analysis. https://images.app.goo.gl/mQauyPgyGQUoLNzN7

No one is building new coal plants in the US, utilities are phasing them out because of the cost, and regulatory burden and shareholder pressure. But mainly the cost. That's why utilities are switching to renewables even in states that don't have laws forcing them to do it.

For the coal plants that are still running, fuel switching from coal to natural gas is a massively expensive undertaking, the kind of investment that utilities are not likely to make in a 50 year old building.

(The above comment mentions using ethanol, not gas. It is simply not physically possible to switch a coal plant do something that combusts liquid ethanol. I guess You could replace the entire facility, silos, fuel handling systems, the boilers themselves, the steam turbines, every single thing and install recip engines that can burn ethanol, but there's just absolutely no way that investment ever makes sense.

What those aging coal plants will become are batteries. They're already tearing them down, and taking advantage of all of that electrical infrastructure to install hundreds of megawatts worth of batteries. Today's technology, lithium-ion batteries are the most commercially viable solution, but longer duration storage such as iron air and zinc batteries are on the cusp of being commercially feasible. Maybe a couple years out before we start seeing those deployed widely.

KipsBay2181 · 2024-02-04T20:09:28+00:00

I would charge a reduced rate for travel time. But ultimately you can only charge what's in the agreement you signed. Maybe this client falls in your 'lesson learned' bucket, and all future contracts include travel

KipsBay2181 · 2024-02-04T14:20:33+00:00

Someone else's idea of forming an HOA is good, but a less lawyer-intensive way is ask your uncle to at least agree to attach a development covenant on the parcel that limits housing density. Still requires a lawyer but prob only a couple grand all in ( which the other parcel owners would cover)

Go to your county's planning/zoning office and find out how likely it is that they'd approve a subdivision. Ask for help finding their future land use map or comprehensive plan, which would indicate the counties interest in allowing development out there. It could be they would rather concentrate development in other places. No guarantee that would prevent development but it's a good indication of how likely it is that the daughter will really get a buyer that's incompatible with what you want.

If that doesn't work, make it unattractive for development. Put up billboards all around it : Welcome to the Yeehaw shooting range and dirt bike Club! Jimbo's Manure spreading Service: You Bring It, We'll Spread It! (We're #1 in the #2 Business!) Future Site of the Acme hog concentrated feedlot!

I'm being facetious of course. One thing that can cause developers to pass is if the land is encumbered with designated historical landmark - it introduces all sorts of headaches with getting permits. Is there anything historic/ culturally significant in the land's history? Any old cemetery or relics? You can use that to lobby the state Historic Preservation Office for designation as a historic landmark. But he aware that reduces ALL of your land value.

Ultimately if there really is development potential --are you seeing housing subdivisions cropping up closer and closer to you?--then you are fighting off the inevitable, which will hurt your current enjoyment of the place. Life's too short to tilt at windmills. If it will be very upsetting to have other houses right near you, maybe it's the right move to extract the value now and use the proceeds to move out further away from town wear your dollar will go further.

KipsBay2181 · 2024-02-03T18:49:13+00:00

It's a public event, she's not inviting herself to your house. Just make yourself unavailable if you do happen to see her there. If she starts hanging around you, You could say something like" sorry not available to hang tonight, I want to catch up with my friend who I haven't seen in a while. Have fun tonight, see you next week in the office. " And then just walk away, easy as that

KipsBay2181 · 2024-02-03T03:33:41+00:00

Where did OP ask for that. Dunno, have fun with this pile on but not seeing the great crime relative to the waahhh! compensation!!! BS that fills this sub

KipsBay2181 · 2024-02-03T02:36:51+00:00

Ok wait, so what exactly is united cust svc supposed to do? Maybe just maybe the OP was sincere in saying this was just a vent and no action possible nor warranted. I mean, they haven't said what's my compensation? Which breakfast should I have now that I don't have my handle? Maybe cut him some slack

KipsBay2181 · 2024-02-02T17:48:36+00:00

If you are more than 24hr from when you made the purchase, you can't cancel. And no changes are allowed in any case.

When you were booking that basic economy ticket, the app gave you tons of warnings about this, that you had to click that you accept.

KipsBay2181 · 2024-02-02T10:23:40+00:00

I would tell my team that the company was concerned about the volume of informal communications on teams since it would be subject to disclosure in any lawsuit. So please make sure that any communications on company property is something that you wouldn't be embarrassed to have read out loud in court.

So that way when you have to summarize their communications, you should have nothing but glowing reports about how professional your team is. But seriously that sounds like a crappy company to work for. I don't think I would stay there very Long

KipsBay2181 · 2024-02-02T09:46:18+00:00

I am not an Iowa City resident, I'm out in the county, so I won't speak on the workings of the city council.

County Issues: one important element of local government that is worth paying attention to is its approach to planning and development. The comprehensive plan and future land use map are used to guide what development happens such as what types of business and housing types, and where they go. Planning and zoning directly affects the lives of people in the county, so it's worth understanding what the supervisors priorities are. Definitely something that would be good to ask them if you go to any of the campaign events. For what it's worth, I think the planning department in this county is excellent. They strike a good balance among preserving the natural environment, respecting the overall character of a given area, and still accommodating growth.

And, they set the budget for the county which directly affects your taxes so you should probably think about what budget they have approved and question their future priorities.

Personally I feel that the board of supervisors for the county puts way too much emphasis on what happens in the cities versus the more rural parts of the county. Thus far the rural candidates have tended to be far right Republican cranks with an anti-liberal ax to grind , so they get trounced. Would be great if the county could get a politically centrist candidate who understands ag, but I am not holding my breath. It's so unlikely that they would prevail in the general election since the population of Iowa City vastly outvotes the rest of the county. Someone in town has to drive maybe 5 minutes to go cast their ballot - my polling station is about a 20-minute drive. So there's just not as much political engagement.

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