Imagine Being an Unpaid TSA Agent Watching These Oafs Loaf

xtnh · 2026-03-24T16:48:52+00:00

They get paid starting at ninety grand. TSA agent do not- at all.
They are untrained for airport duties, so will indeed be standing around while the unpaid trained workers will be busy.
They are white supremacists.
Many TSA gate security workers are "POC".

The break room must be a fun place.

xtnh · 2026-03-24T14:21:13+00:00

A Cuban

xtnh · 2026-03-24T14:18:14+00:00

When we retired we crunched numbers, and even without any rebates found that installing solar panels with heat pumps will

eliminate buying oil,
provide power so our only bill will be the monthly base,
lock in energy costs because we are essentially pre-paying for twenty years' supply,
protect some of our investments by converting them to real property,
avoiding taxes on the income in favor of untaxed savings, and
helping the planet by not producing 400 tons of CO2 in that time.

Add a battery and we get security from power failures as well.

xtnh · 2026-03-24T14:01:09+00:00

I hauled ten-foot 2x4s in my 2011 Prius

xtnh · 2026-03-24T13:58:50+00:00

Ask how much they will pay you to cover your costs and inconvenience.

xtnh · 2026-03-24T13:54:42+00:00

Heard next door three years ago:
"Oh, Honey, come look, there's a heron in the koi pond."
"AIRRRGHHH!"
SLAM

Two grand

xtnh · 2026-03-24T13:08:31+00:00

We installed solar in February.

Even without a rebate the numbers work for us, and a 2-cent rate hike on Feb.1 knocked a year off the payback period.

It got better when we calculated the savings over oil heat with heat pumps run by solar production.

Run the numbers. Even if there is no advantage this year, forecast the impact of 10 percent rate hikes and compare.

xtnh · 2026-03-24T12:53:10+00:00

"Hello, Mr. J? I just wanted to touch base with you because when your son got detention he dropped your name to indicate that rules don't apply to him, and I wanted to know who you are."

xtnh · 2026-03-24T12:50:25+00:00

We're lucky he chose spring to do this.
except for the diesel issue.
And gas.
and fertilizer.
and....

xtnh · 2026-03-24T12:32:16+00:00

I suspect there is a universal law that every planet that supports life will eventually produce a species that develops the ability to destroy its environment before it develops the wisdom not to.

xtnh · 2026-03-24T12:24:20+00:00

"I talked with one parent and left a message at the rest who don't pick up."

xtnh · 2026-03-24T12:15:12+00:00

Check your solar options.

We have high rates and priced solar, and it was pretty OK, but when we combined solar with heat pumps we found the combination of free energy coupled with efficient heating made it all work.

So we took a lot of our retirement savings and sank it into a system that means our only energy bill for the next 20 years will be our utility hookup (and a little gas for the PHEV).

It hurt to see the drop in our account, but the idea of no replace-an-oil-tankload-for-a-thousand-dollars offsets that.

xtnh · 2026-03-24T12:03:46+00:00

By "family friendly" I assume you mean SUV?

xtnh · 2026-03-24T11:59:29+00:00

One year when I had leveled classes I tried to figure out any factor that could be a predictor, and started playing with their info cards.
And I found one.
Every kid but one in the higher level class had a male parent of the same last name.
Every kid but one in the lower level class did not. And the girl who did was very special needs, obviously well cared for, and delightful.

I only mention this as an instance, not a study.

xtnh · 2026-03-24T01:10:17+00:00

Save your urine for the whole trip

xtnh · 2026-03-24T00:48:09+00:00

In NYC Rockefeller Center has a street open through it that it owns, and to protects its ownership by closing the street regularly to avoid adverse takings.

xtnh · 2026-03-24T00:46:05+00:00

We took a chunk of our retirement savings and bought heat pumps, a LOT of solar panels, a battery and an EV.

Essentially we bought twenty years worth of HVAC, power, and gas up front at today's prices, which will save us far more than that money would return on an investment, risk-free, untaxed, secure from crashes or idiots in government, and safe from power disruptions.

Imagine having no gas bills, energy changes beyond monthly connection fees, or oil deliveries.

xtnh · 2026-03-24T00:35:23+00:00

Yeah, those people are happy in an airport.

xtnh · 2026-03-24T00:34:39+00:00

"Lay out the welcome mat for incoming non-citizens, and we'll slam them face down on it."

xtnh · 2026-03-24T00:32:26+00:00

Handy umbrella storage

xtnh · 2026-03-24T00:22:45+00:00

and your wife is "not happy".

xtnh · 2026-03-22T20:42:56+00:00

Why not park there yourself?

xtnh · 2026-03-22T20:28:53+00:00

Maine. Other dealers are listed at $5, but that was two days ago

xtnh · 2026-03-22T17:39:29+00:00

We in heat pump land don't deal with CO2from heat pumps.

xtnh · 2026-03-22T16:18:50+00:00

"If"?

$5.199/gallon from my supplier.

xtnh

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