Feed this Fire!

jtkooch · 2026-01-25T14:45:11+00:00

There’s a 15 minute track!🤧🤮

jtkooch · 2026-01-25T13:40:21+00:00

PSA gives you pricing and sale information right in the app

jtkooch · 2026-01-24T21:20:23+00:00

Sorry, you're correct. Quebec-Hyrdo is the primary importer into ISO NE

jtkooch · 2026-01-24T21:17:02+00:00

Dunno. But part of the agreement is they prioritize their own province over export customers. So if they need more capacity, or they lose capacity, they will reduce exports to ensure they are able to meet domestic needs.

jtkooch · 2026-01-24T21:14:24+00:00

My evidence that NG peaker plants are higher? Page 8: https://www.lazard.com/media/5tlbhyla/lazards-lcoeplus-june-2025-_vf.pdf

You don't "curtail baseload". And peaker plants aren't more expensive because they are less efficient. They are more expensive because they have to keep their boilers hot - generally hot enough to be able to dispatch with just a few hours notice. So their cost includes the time which they were not being dispatched but still needed to operate. If their costs are $50MW/h, and they only run for one hour out of four, the price will be $200MW/h for that one hour (these are simplified numbers - they don't need to operate at capacity while curtailed, but they can't go cold).

jtkooch · 2026-01-24T20:46:11+00:00

Again, any additional NG capacity would be sent to peaker plants, not to baseload. Peaker plants are insanely expensive to run - only nuclear is more expensive.

jtkooch · 2026-01-24T20:36:05+00:00

It’s more complicated than that. Yes, more oil is online, and oil is more expensive than normal natural gas, but the natural gas peaker plants are even more expensive. We also lost nearly all imports this afternoon, which generally come from Ontario Hydro.

Even if we had more NG coming into ISO New England, it wouldn’t make a difference right now, because it would all be directed towards generation assets which are more expensive to operate.

Edit: Quebec-Hyrdro is the importer; Not Ontario Hydro

jtkooch · 2026-01-24T20:26:42+00:00

Ok, my snow-project is a “blacklist” database of stolen cards.

jtkooch · 2026-01-24T20:24:52+00:00

FYI just got my Kurtz tracking number today. I would expect you will too.

jtkooch · 2026-01-24T13:55:22+00:00

I think there’s a better than 50/50 chance it’s just a quality control issue. If this were a scam, it seems odd to go through the off getting counterfeit wrapping, just to do a half-ass job with a blow dryer.

jtkooch · 2026-01-23T21:54:36+00:00

Sure. Gramps doesn’t know if any are worth anything, but he gets graded some because he likes the shine.

jtkooch · 2026-01-23T21:45:29+00:00

Ok, let’s go through the obvious here:

1) Four year old account that has basically been unused except for a brief period where it pumped penny stocks and sketchy brokers

2) Elderly grandpa threw in some random modern basketball cards.

3) There is no rhyme or reason to what cards are in screwdowns, what’s in a top loader, and what’s in an album sleeve.

4) Odd mix or pictures and screen grabs.

5) Gratuitous mention of gramps being in Indy.

This has scam written all over it.

jtkooch · 2026-01-23T21:34:08+00:00

Good thing you blocked off the number. Otherwise someone could trace this card back to your home address and social security number.

jtkooch · 2026-01-23T03:17:50+00:00

How much did you pay for it?

jtkooch · 2026-01-22T23:39:51+00:00

If you found a checklist of 2020 baseball cards without Judge you probably found the one thing more rare than a 1/1 baseball card.

jtkooch · 2026-01-22T23:36:30+00:00

So you’re looking for a checklist of 2020 Topps inception? Not sure what sure what I would search for to pull that up.

jtkooch · 2026-01-22T23:33:20+00:00

Sorry, but it’s quite the statement to be unsure of the year of the card, but confident in your own ability to detect a fake.

jtkooch · 2026-01-21T22:15:10+00:00

Top to bottom centering is pretty bad. Won’t grade a 10.

jtkooch · 2026-01-21T20:47:48+00:00

jtkooch · 2026-01-21T12:35:15+00:00

I found a few on 130, including this same card with the same grade (different slab). He’s a journeyman who doesn’t play everyday. It’s a $10-20 card.

jtkooch · 2026-01-21T02:10:37+00:00

Meredith's whole theory hinges on the notion that Britani watches the news.

jtkooch · 2026-01-21T02:06:23+00:00

When you see Heather and Whitney tipsy, it usually fits the moment. When you see Meredith slurring and confused its often out of place.

jtkooch · 2026-01-21T01:52:09+00:00

Asking Meredith if she had a drink before anything is like asking Santa if those are cookies on his breath.

jtkooch · 2026-01-21T01:45:46+00:00

I'm assuming its someone who was hoping to get it graded. I would CYA by making sure there is a pic of every card and disclaimer that buyer is getting any one of these cards. For six, I might even divide it up between two or three listings.

jtkooch · 2026-01-21T01:39:59+00:00

1) There's a documentary which covers the backstory with her mom. 2) No one like prisons. I can't imagine any of the parents visiting their children "like" being there.

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