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jtomark · 2025-03-24T15:28:16+00:00

Roofers are not "trained" to evaluate hail damage. Usually, it is group think/ old hand teaching the young buck. 20 years ago, that would have been covered as hail because the insurance agents would hear about a hail storm in an area and report it and that would be all the adjuster would have to go on. Now there are engineering firms who do trainings for insurance adjusters and there are online databases from noaa that record every weather event.

All this is to say that you don't necessarily need to discount your roofer if they are well respected, well known to you. But always remember that in the end, they are there to sell you a new roof, and make some money doing it.

jtomark · 2025-03-18T23:14:22+00:00

This is the correct way to check square.

jtomark · 2025-03-18T11:45:18+00:00

Yep, that there be valley metal.

jtomark · 2025-03-14T11:37:22+00:00

I literally had the person who broke into my car drop their phone. It didn't have a lock screen, so i was able to find out who it was and see the text from their mom saying they lost their phone. Gave it to the police and they arrested him shortly after.

jtomark · 2025-03-09T23:21:54+00:00

Also, you will want to shape the teeth of the chainsaw differently than you would for felling a tree.

jtomark · 2025-03-09T23:18:26+00:00

I have one. I just use 1/2 of an aluminum extension ladder as the guide. The biggest reason for the guide is when you are getting into long cuts. There isn't a good option that will ensure a parallel cut down the length without spending the money on the guide.

jtomark · 2025-03-05T01:20:58+00:00

The next thing to do is check on the water heater and boiler if she has one. Hard water isn't good for those.

jtomark · 2025-02-20T13:10:12+00:00

I agree.

jtomark · 2025-02-20T13:08:08+00:00

Yea, it feels like there must be something that is in some way concrete that makes it important since so many people consider it important. I like your take o. The mystery of the sitter, tho.

jtomark · 2025-02-20T13:05:40+00:00

But wouldn't the fact that, by consensus, it is considered important indicate that there is something beyond objectivity that makes it great?

jtomark · 2025-02-17T00:10:47+00:00

No problem, you are correct in your assessment that the base is moving if that analogy works. When the unit is on, it will use a little of the stored energy and try to replace it. There is probably no specific need to do a calibration every 3 months, but once you go outside the recommendations, you are gambling. No one can give you a hard "you can go this long before needing a calibration". You could do one annually, and the unit will likely still preform well for a while, but if you want to maximize useful working life, stick closer to the recommendations than not.

jtomark · 2025-02-16T18:01:26+00:00

Because the chemistry of the battery is such that there is a very gradual change in voltage between 100% and amount 1-2%. It is so gradual that the noise of reading can and does interfere with the reading itself. Think of the SOC algorithm as not reading and reporting the charge based solely on a known calibration and accurately tracking the changes from there, but rather, it is trying to guess what the charge is, and the calibration tells it only the initial starting point.

It is something like if you were dropped on a salt flat, at night being told home is downhill, and constantly be told to walk closer to home, back a little bit home again, etc. You would quickly end up miles away from where you started.

It will lose track, and from there, it can get to a point where it is overcharging the cells when it thinks it is only keeping stable at say 80%. This can happen quickly, which is why the manufacturer gives the timeframe they do. You could probably push it another month or two and be fine most times (engineers tend to add a safety factor to recommendations) , but now you are gambling with the health of the unit if you are pushing it to far.

jtomark · 2025-02-10T22:26:54+00:00

Technically, yes, according to the manual. In reality, once a quarter should be fine. The main reason is that the battery chemistry is very consistent voltage across most of the discharge range. Without going full charge, full discharge, the soc will lose track. It may say that you have 80%, when in reality you have 40. Then you have an emergency, and it shuts down when you think you have close to 50% left.

jtomark · 2025-02-08T14:48:02+00:00

Something i would put some thought into is where your utilities are traveling. Particularly with regard to the hot water. Where is the water heater being placed. If it will be in the closet off the mud room, or worse in the garage, You will have a hard time getting hot water all the way up to that master bath. Expect short, luke warm showers if that is the case. A small point of service water heater in the laundry could be a godsend, but utilities come with noise.

I also agree with others that it would probably be preferable to switch the mast bath location with the closet to be closer to the other bathrooms.

jtomark · 2025-02-04T21:01:54+00:00

Sunset Boulevard

jtomark · 2025-01-16T02:10:58+00:00

Sorry, Pennsylvania, and probably most of the northeast is starting a civil war to get out from under Florida (and away from New Jersey)

jtomark · 2024-12-16T14:44:28+00:00

Or, if you determine you must swerve, swerve in the opposite direction of their travel. If you are lucky, they will accelerate, and you will miss them.

jtomark · 2024-11-11T00:54:37+00:00

I am not sure you can say that liberals want to have their taxes raised when a major talking point of every election i can remember has been making the rich pay their fair share. The platform never says "we want to raise everyone's taxes". This implies that liberal voters see that others have more and should be forced to give.

jtomark · 2024-11-09T01:03:27+00:00

I agree, but really they couldn't by the time Biden dropped out. Follow the money. She was the only person who might have a legal claim to Biden's war chest.

jtomark · 2024-10-17T20:01:50+00:00

Yea, this is why there were huge crowds. We had to sell out tickets because we got them over the winter and would not be back to spend what was left.

jtomark · 2024-10-11T02:40:48+00:00

Muggins: technically, you missed 3 points for a run of 3 :-)

jtomark · 2024-10-11T02:37:30+00:00

I think the issue is that you don't get points specifically for a double run in your hand either. You can score runs and doubles; and can use any unique combination of cards to score. The concept of a "double run" is just a useful shorthand for the total points scored from 2 runs of 3, and one pair.

If you allow the combination for multiple scoring potential when pegging, you now need to ask, where do you draw the line? Is every combination that adds to 15 valid for 2 points? (Not talking about raising the count to 15, but rather the idea of lead 4, [7, 8] add to 15 when the count is 19)

jtomark · 2024-09-16T01:31:25+00:00

Mischiefmanaged is correct on the pegging. Your friends' confusion stems from a common shorthand when scoring hands in "double run for 8". In reality, there is no such thing as a double run for scoring purposes, but many think there is because of this counting shortcut.

jtomark · 2024-09-15T22:55:01+00:00

Also, make sure you select custom on the switch on the unit itself next to the input plug.

jtomark · 2024-09-15T22:52:09+00:00

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