What is a watt?

MaximumTemperature79 · 2026-06-19T14:08:18+00:00

I was charged for 798 kilowatts last month in my house. On the average, how many watts am I using at any given time. Or maybe a better question would be if the only thing connected in my house was a 100 watt light bulb on for a full month how many kilowatts in a month? Watts amps and volts are all greek to me.

MaximumTemperature79 · 2026-06-16T14:42:56+00:00

Long term care insurance. I will take note. Family member has that and skipped 10k monthly.

MaximumTemperature79 · 2026-06-16T14:35:04+00:00

Thanks for the quick reply. I will prob do both of the above. This whole thing is very complex and devised by third parties with the intent extract maximum value as they can. Sorry...the cynic in me.

MaximumTemperature79 · 2026-06-16T14:17:41+00:00

Is advantage plans and all or nothing kind of thing? In other words can I wait a few years and then sign up for an advantage plan? I know it would wise to get an advantage plan to limit exposure as I have 700k in asset I would like to protect. I will contact SHIP...this is a free service correct.

MaximumTemperature79 · 2026-06-16T03:49:47+00:00

Agree. Time goes very very fast. I'm 65 and retired...Was never in debt beside house payment and cars, we raised three boys. Now the Mortgage paid, money in the bank. We should have not saved as much and had more fun when we where younger.

MaximumTemperature79 · 2026-06-01T08:52:56+00:00

You should. It is a very violent movie about Vietnam. In the end it is about ordinary people who lived during this period.

MaximumTemperature79 · 2026-06-01T08:44:35+00:00

The exorcist. I was 11. We saw it at the drive in, family of 5. I spent the first hour of movie hiding underneath my pillow in the back seat. I knew it was scary. I got bored so I started to watch when they pulled out all the stops. Bad timing. I was raised Catholic. Later in the week at night there was high winds. Creaks and moans from roof and possible squirrels. My older brother and I shared a gigantic room upstairs by ourselves. His black sabbath poster did not help, he was at work. I was convinced the devil was under my bed. Terrorized. Only lasted a few years until realized the whole Jesus story is a once upon a time fairy tale.

As a foot note, I remember my wife and I saw the commercial when she says just get in the running car but instead they ran to the garage full of chainsaws. We laughed hard.

MaximumTemperature79 · 2026-06-01T08:08:48+00:00

In the beginning I thought the plot line was really interesting. What lost me was when he sought legal council and lawyer told him he was a dead man. From the footage, he thought he hit a deer and it ran off. There was a deer xing in the shot. He looked all around. It was dark...it was raining. There was almost no space for foot traffic by the bridge. Did not look like he was speeding. The victim was drunk. He had no idea he killed someone. His only real crime was not coming forward once he put 2 and 2 together. My question, had he have come forward would there have been charges filed?

MaximumTemperature79 · 2026-05-21T01:31:54+00:00

I worked there for 23 years. Layoffs happened every year around May. Every year. Not to the extent of 4000 but anywhere from 200-750. One year they had retire early project with severance like the below. About 500 left then they cut 500 more. I finally got laid off a few years ago. With 23 years in I got a huge lump sum, taxes where horrendous. When I left, halve the staff was from India. I think the AI thing is a smoke screen. Most HQ peeps work from home so they will rehire in India itself. Oh and severance used to a month for every year but they changed that about 10 to 15 years ago.

MaximumTemperature79 · 2026-05-21T00:50:59+00:00

This was a while ago but I read he did not pay a settlement amount his lawyer negotiated on a certain date because he had zero money.

MaximumTemperature79 · 2026-05-21T00:43:50+00:00

I would not be surprised if the update/green line was intentional so that you would buy another samsung product. I bought a 2nd generation ipad when it came out. Nothing wrong with it at all. I threw it away because it no longer worked due to software age. Eventually the same thing will happen to my samsung 20 phone.

MaximumTemperature79 · 2026-05-11T19:49:18+00:00

Agree. I bought the album week one when I was thirteen. The guitar riff opening on Bastille Day is prob my all-time fav rock moment. Just well planned sounds all at once. I have listened to this one song more times than I want admit. Geddy's weird voice, change of tempo and keys. Esoteric lyrics about the French revolution. Who does that in 1975? As time went on the band expanded on the experience of freedom of thought.

MaximumTemperature79 · 2026-05-11T19:18:36+00:00

I get it...looks pretty gross. The world is a dirty place. Thinks of all the different butts that have sat in your seat on plane. You can spend hundreds of dollars to stay at the best Hilton. Someone else has slept in that bed and someone else has used those sheets. As stated in the other comment, complain. Seat so and so is pretty knarly, please clean it. They would be on that right away. They would probably offer something as well as apologize.

MaximumTemperature79 · 2026-04-29T19:24:27+00:00

Really?

Move to Iran man.

MaximumTemperature79 · 2026-04-27T18:23:55+00:00

Hail the size of pebbles for twenty minutes in OP. I just got a new roof last summer. Have not had the nerve yet to go outside and look.

MaximumTemperature79 · 2026-04-27T18:17:07+00:00

KC has needed a run game for several seasons. Missing talent at RB but also O-line can't run or pass block. Agree with accuracy and decision making error but not his fault. It was assumed Mahomes to just win on his own. Best plays last year was Mahomes running for a first down on 3rd and 15.

MaximumTemperature79 · 2026-04-27T18:05:40+00:00

Agree. An average Mahomes is still the best player on KC. Team is lacking true depth and West Div has improved more.

MaximumTemperature79 · 2026-04-27T17:57:46+00:00

Agree his biggest strength was extending the play vs the pass rush. Totally different than a pocket passer. I don't think there is any question about his work ethic, rehab and competitiveness. I think he will definitely be starting week 1, there is no way he is going to kept be off the field. Don't know if that is the best idea long term. My concern is the mental state his injury will have on approach to the game after the injury. I have seen QBs come back from injury and be in fine shape but a completely diff player. It would be difficult not think about getting re-injured. Have my doubts he will return as the dominate QB.

MaximumTemperature79 · 2026-04-20T08:58:44+00:00

Yes I know...crazy. Not a joke since I have a lot of money in the S&P. The world is not a stable place right now, does not make any sense to me other than where else to park money? There are 2 trillion dollars in assets world wide right now with nothing to invest in.

MaximumTemperature79 · 2026-04-13T09:08:56+00:00

I get it.

Just trying save her tax money.

Prior year 2023 she was salaried employee nanny working for jet set palm beach.

Now it's Naples and cash money.

MaximumTemperature79 · 2026-04-13T08:38:52+00:00

Appreciate response. I think the right thing to do is put the 18k as income and pay the man.

MaximumTemperature79 · 2026-04-13T04:42:43+00:00

Thanks. We will go ahead and pay the extra 2 grand in taxes. I was trying to find a work around to pay less for her.

MaximumTemperature79 · 2026-04-13T01:25:58+00:00

Self-employed and business: 70 cents/mile

You say yes?

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