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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:54:19pm

GOTV.

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William Lewis  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:54:21pm

Foxtrot Tango. With this as my current mood:

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

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Belafon  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:56:13pm
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I Would Prefer Not To  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:56:47pm

PopUp comedy show.

Tickets here Pay what you want.

I’ll be doing another set. New material.

Tomorrow night. Wed. 7PM ET (did I get this right, I’m still confused about daylight saving time).

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:57:03pm

There’s that.

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jaunte  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:01:37pm
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gocart mozart  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:02:49pm
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William Lewis  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:05:11pm

Looking for something else, found the most delightful mess I’ve seen in a long time…
(meh recording but still worth it).

The Wallflowers - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight (Richard Thompson) - 6/8/18 - Mohegan Sun

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:05:53pm

Hot spots:

Image: G17-sector-psw-band07-36fr-20200908-2300.gif

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Belafon  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:05:53pm
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Belafon  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:06:25pm

re: #7 gocart mozart

“He was improving US-Russian relations before running for president.”

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:12:40pm
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Patricia Kayden  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:20:02pm
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William Lewis  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:24:54pm

Even if I wasn’t already going to, this tweet alone would get my vote. It goes to 90% of what is wrong in America today…

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:26:06pm

re: #249 Jack Burton

Put a fence around Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and the Dakotas. Tell them there’s no taxes and abortion is illegal in there. Lock the gates when they are all in.

Problem solved. Except I don’t want to piss off the Plains Native Americans anymore. So they would have to be OK with it first.

We’d have to get Rebecca Shoenkopf of Wonkette and her family out of Montana first.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:27:05pm

re: #14 William Lewis

Even if I wasn’t already going to, this tweet alone would get my vote. It goes to 90% of what is wrong in America today…

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I’m glad he’s talking about people with disabilities making a fair wage. I’ve always hated how employers think they can underpay people especially young people with disabilities.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:29:19pm

re: #14 William Lewis

Even if I wasn’t already going to, this tweet alone would get my vote. It goes to 90% of what is wrong in America today…

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Evil socialism something something…

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Dread Pirate Ron  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:37:08pm
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William Lewis  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:37:14pm

Fre: #17 Eclectic Cyborg

Evil socialism something something…

//

Yeah, no shit. I’d love to give them true Democratic Socialism but then I remember President Salvador Allende… sigh.

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Targetpractice  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:39:24pm

re: #12 Patricia Kayden

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Tiger Beat on the Potomac offered a pretty convincing reason why Trump is doing well with Latinos in Florida: Cubanos and South American immigrants who are responding to Repub cries of “DEMS ARE SOCIALISTS!!!”

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:40:49pm

Sad news.

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Dread Pirate Ron  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:42:43pm

re: #19 William Lewis

F

Yeah, no shit. I’d love to give them true Democratic Socialism but then I remember President Salvador Allende… sigh.

Fuck the CIA in the America’s.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:43:17pm

Senator McCollister
@SenMcCollister
* 3h
Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts is PREVENTING our state from getting extra federal dollars for those on food stamps. Want to know how many other Governors are doing what he’s doing? NONE. Nebraska is the ONLY state in the country that hasn’t applied for these extra funds.

Senator Megan Hunt
😷
@NebraskaMegan
My strong, sensible Republican colleague. They don’t make them like this in other states — John is a nonpartisan unicameral original.

Nebraska is the only state that hasn’t enrolled in pandemic food assistance. Our people deserve better. Go and tell it to @GovRicketts
.

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Targetpractice  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:43:44pm

re: #18 Dread Pirate Ron

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What I really find interesting is the media at large isn’t even trying to lie about how the “skinny bill” has a chance of passage. All the talk is about what it will mean for the farcical “negotiations” between Meadows and Pelosi, with a bit of suggestion that it might serve some positive purpose for Senate Repubs facing tight reelection races.

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Interesting Times  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:46:27pm

Interesting observation in this reply to Nate’s tweet:

That actually makes a lot of sense, since an open-seat election can’t, by definition, be a direct referendum on the incumbent (which means it’s more likely to have a large pool of undecideds who in turn are more susceptible to last-minute developments, October surprises, etc).

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:49:00pm

re: #25 Interesting Times

Interesting observation in this reply to Nate’s tweet:

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That actually makes a lot of sense, since an open-seat election can’t, by definition, be a direct referendum on the incumbent (which means it’s more likely to have a large pool of undecideds who in turn are more susceptible to last-minute developments, October surprises, etc).

Makes sense. Open elections also allow third parties to ratfuck easier I.e. 2000/16.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:49:33pm

Oh, FFS. Like I would trust the Cheeto gang with any kind of financial information:

From: donaldjtrump.com gop.com>
9:52 PM (56 minutes ago)
to me

Your Trump Platinum Card is printed with your name on it and ready to go.

President Trump REALLY wants YOU to get your PERSONALIZED Platinum Card and we know you don’t want to let him down.

This is your LAST CHANCE, Jimmy. Don’t wait.

Please contribute $35 TODAY to get your very own PERSONALIZED Platinum Card. >>

Thank you,

Team Trump 2020

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Dread Pirate Ron  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:49:55pm
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Rightwingconspirator  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:58:37pm

re: #14 William Lewis

Even if I wasn’t already going to, this tweet alone would get my vote. It goes to 90% of what is wrong in America today…

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Bring back overtime. “Salary” instead of hourly. You get so screwed

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bratwurst  Sep 8, 2020 • 9:03:24pm

I am feeling more and more like this country is just too goddamn stupid to survive.

Hundreds of Americans Planted ‘Chinese Mystery Seeds’

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teleskiguy  Sep 8, 2020 • 9:04:27pm
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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Sep 8, 2020 • 9:05:10pm

re: #14 William Lewis

Even if I wasn’t already going to, this tweet alone would get my vote. It goes to 90% of what is wrong in America today…

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I guess a Big Mac will cost $20 now./////

(An Oklahoma congressman actually did say that back when the $15 minimum wage was first suggested, as though a 40% (at most) increase in labor cost would cause the price to rise 500%. In GOP hinterland sweatshopper math, it probably does.)

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Dread Pirate Ron  Sep 8, 2020 • 9:07:16pm
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Jebediah, RBG  Sep 8, 2020 • 9:07:19pm

re: #21 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Sep 8, 2020 • 9:09:55pm

It’s Summer, according to my calendar.

Our winter weather advisory was upgraded this evening to a winter storm warning.

Yesterday it was 96°F. Now it’s snowing.

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fern01  Sep 8, 2020 • 9:10:17pm

re: #25 Interesting Times

Interesting observation in this reply to Nate’s tweet:

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That actually makes a lot of sense, since an open-seat election can’t, by definition, be a direct referendum on the incumbent (which means it’s more likely to have a large pool of undecideds who in turn are more susceptible to last-minute developments, October surprises, etc).

I will never understand why Biden is not at +46

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teleskiguy  Sep 8, 2020 • 9:11:00pm

Southwest Oregon. Population 85,000.

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BlueSpotinAL  Sep 8, 2020 • 9:12:29pm

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Dread Pirate Ron  Sep 8, 2020 • 9:15:11pm
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Kilroy was here  Sep 8, 2020 • 9:15:35pm

re: #38 BlueSpotinAL

Never read.. stolen from hotel..

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teleskiguy  Sep 8, 2020 • 9:15:36pm

re: #37 teleskiguy

20 miles south of Medford.

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fern01  Sep 8, 2020 • 9:18:30pm

re: #28 Dread Pirate Ron

Such a DIFFERENT viewpoint from the WAPO

As many as 1,000 Georgians may have cast ballots in the June primary both by mail and in person, Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Tuesday, raising questions about how well poll workers in the state are enforcing safeguards.

Raffensperger’s office is investigating whether those who voted twice did so intentionally and whether two votes were actually counted in each case. Georgia’s June 9 primary was plagued by widespread problems with the delivery of mail ballots and long lines at the polls.

Raffensperger’s office acknowledged that many voters may have shown up in person because they were afraid that their mail ballots would not be counted.

(my bold)
washingtonpost.com

Nothing like the NYT talking up points for trump.

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Kilroy was here  Sep 8, 2020 • 9:18:54pm

Portland, about 250 miles north was smokey from the fires. Air quality sucked yesterday.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Sep 8, 2020 • 9:25:56pm

I think the combination of snowstorms in Summer and my Internet service working one second on, two minutes off means it’s rum o’clock.

My new modem will allegedly arrive tomorrow by UPS after seven days, when it was shipped UPS Next Day Air.

I’ve already complained to CenturyLink about this; they say it’s out of their hands now since UPS has it. I pointed out to their billing department that UPS doesn’t care about me; only they can get UPS off the dime and get them to deliver the package (and oh by the way, UPS doesn’t care if they rip off CenturyLink either).

I suggested the quickest way to get that package to me was for CenturyLink to put in an insurance claim for the lost modem.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 8, 2020 • 9:34:22pm

Big bands, in the US anyway, mostly faded away, save for the nostalgia groups that tour the small casinos.

But here’s a band performing in France, with guest singer Faby Médina:

MizikOpéyi - MizikOpéyi - Creole Big Band Live

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🌹UOJB!  Sep 8, 2020 • 9:34:48pm

re: #42 fern01

Such a DIFFERENT viewpoint from the WAPO

(my bold)
washingtonpost.com

Nothing like the NYT talking up points for trump.

Ah the Screw York Times whose motto is...”All The Propaganda The GOP Tells Us To Print”!

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stpaulbear  Sep 8, 2020 • 9:35:58pm

re: #44 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I think the combination of snowstorms in Summer and my Internet service working one second on, two minutes off means it’s rum o’clock.

My new modem will allegedly arrive tomorrow by UPS after seven days, when it was shipped UPS Next Day Air.

I’ve already complained to CenturyLink about this; they say it’s out of their hands now since UPS has it. I pointed out to their billing department that UPS doesn’t care about me; only they can get UPS off the dime and get them to deliver the package (and oh by the way, UPS doesn’t care if they rip off CenturyLink either).

I suggested the quickest way to get that package to me was for CenturyLink to put in an insurance claim for the lost modem.

I wish you luck. I’ve had to replace my CenturyLink modem a couple of times due to failure and it’s been a pretty quick process (like two days tops for delivery), but that’s one of the perks of living in the big expensive city. Both times, replacement of the modem fixed all of the problems I was having so I hope that’s the case for you.

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🌹UOJB!  Sep 8, 2020 • 9:37:00pm

re: #47 stpaulbear

I wish you luck. I’ve had to replace my CenturyLink modem a couple of times due to failure and it’s been a pretty quick process (like two days tops for delivery), but that’s one of the perks of living in the big expensive city. Both times, replacement of the modem fixed all of the problems I was having so I hope that’s the case for you.

I can’t wait for the Century Link contract to expire with us on 9/30 and we get a decent conference call system…

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Sep 8, 2020 • 9:40:59pm

Lincoln police chief quarantining after testing positive for COVID-19 (Scottsbluff, Nebr. Star-Herald)

Chief Jeff Bliemeister began experiencing symptoms on Saturday, got tested Sunday and was then notified he tested positive.

Lincoln Police Chief Jeff Bliemeister has quarantined himself after testing positive for coronavirus over the weekend, according to the Police Department.

Assistant Chief Brian Jackson led the department’s press briefing Tuesday morning on the death of Officer Mario Herrera, who succumbed to his injuries after a suspect shot him during an arrest Aug. 26.
Jeff Bliemeister

Herrera died at the Nebraska Medicine campus in Omaha early Monday.

Bliemeister began experiencing symptoms on Saturday and was tested on Sunday. He has maintained remote contact with Herrera’s family, and he continues to work remotely.

(more)

Chief Bliemeister notes further on in the article that the public should be focusing on Officer Herrera and family and not himself.

Chief Bliemeister is the fifth case of Covid-19 in the Lincoln Police Department.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Sep 8, 2020 • 9:47:01pm

re: #47 stpaulbear

I wish you luck. I’ve had to replace my CenturyLink modem a couple of times due to failure and it’s been a pretty quick process (like two days tops for delivery), but that’s one of the perks of living in the big expensive city. Both times, replacement of the modem fixed all of the problems I was having so I hope that’s the case for you.

This is my second replacement. The modem I have now lasted about ten months. That one took two weeks to get to me via UPS Next Day Air.

CenturyLink didn’t credit my downtime then either.

Ain’t capitalism grand? It’s almost like monopolies aren’t in the best interest of customers.

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teleskiguy  Sep 8, 2020 • 9:54:08pm
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Dread Pirate Ron  Sep 8, 2020 • 10:01:17pm
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TarHellion  Sep 8, 2020 • 10:05:49pm

Let’s say Biden wins Wisconsin and Arizona - but he loses Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Maine 2nd District. It would all come down to Nebraska 2nd District, or else it is a tie - and FFVCS wins re-election in the House because of a majority of the state delegation votes cast.

Bottom line is get as many people as you can to VOTE VOTE VOTE!

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Belafon  Sep 8, 2020 • 10:09:26pm

re: #36 fern01

I will never understand why Biden is not at +46

It’s the same country that used to sell lynching postcards.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Sep 8, 2020 • 10:12:28pm

A tropical wave has formed about 450 SE of Cape Hatteras, moving NW. The National Hurricane Center notes people in North and South Carolina should monitor the progress, as it has a moderate chance of development as it approaches the coastline.

nhc.noaa.gov

Elsewhere, there is a tropical storm in the central Atlantic and a depression in the eastern Atlantic which appear to be no threat. There is a tropical wave over eastern Ghana which the NHC gives a strong probability of developing as soon as it gets over the ocean.

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Belafon  Sep 8, 2020 • 10:13:22pm

re: #53 TarHellion

What if he wins Georgia, but somehow loses California. What other combinations would he need? :)

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Dread Pirate Ron  Sep 8, 2020 • 10:20:51pm
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ckkatz  Sep 8, 2020 • 10:21:47pm

Phewww… Finally caught up.

From last thread:

re: #237 calochortus

OT, but after the last couple days of repeated power outages, I’m kind of done with all that. Do any Lizards have experience with a battery/solar backup like a Yeti that is big enough to power a refrigerator? We could get a generator, but they’re noisy and require maintenance and having fuel around and it seems like a hassle.

I second the advice from the last thread, particularly the advice on getting propane. And on not needing it once you get it.

I have only used my snowblower a grand total of once since I bought it 5 years ago. And then mostly out of curiosity. My only advice from using it that one time: Ensure that you locate the Sunday paper and retrieve it from the snow before using the snow blower. Clearing the driveway with the snowblower took 15 minutes. Getting the Sunday paper out of the snowblower took almost 2 hours and proved fatal to the Sunday paper.

Anyway, here is what I found when I was researching power sources:

Good question! Sounds like you have answered the first question in the decision tree.

1. Decide whether you want to power the entire house, or just a small part of it.

If you want to power the whole house, get a qualified technician, do an energy audit to decide what circuits you want to power, install a transfer switch and install a standby generator. Having natural gas available to the house, as opposed to using gasoline or diesel is generally a plus. Assume at least 5k for the generator, another 1k for the transfer bar and an annual maintenance contract.

2. If not the whole house, decide whether you want to use the house circuitry for powering. If so, do the audit and install a transfer switch with an external plug.

3. If you are not going to use a transfer switch, assume that you are going to use extension cords since it is critical to run any generators outside for safety reasons. (Death from Carbon Monoxide poisoning can really put a dent on one’s day.) Probably a good idea to stage the extension cords before hand.

4. Look at the plates and instruction manuals on what you want to power. They will give you a good idea of what level of power you might need. Also, note that most appliances have a starting load that is much higher than the running load. And generators also are rated by both peak and expected loads. As a quick and dirty guess, newer fridges tend to use 100-400 watts per hour.

5. You may also wish to run a light or two and be able to power a computer or recharge a cell phone or laptop at the same time. Electric heaters, dryers, hot water heaters, electric stoves are all extremely high electricity users. Do not expect to be able to use a small generator to power them.

6. Most larger generators have both 20amp and 30 amp connections. Before you buy, ensure that the 30amp socket is the correct type for your use. (Iirc, there are at least 3 different types of 30 amp plugs.) Don’t ask I how I learned this…

7. Generators are basically lawn motor engines with power generating attachments.

Brand names are important. Honda is probably held in the highest regard, but also costs twice as much as other brands.

A second issue is that they are noisy. Although some are noisier than others. Consider whether your neighbors would appreciate it while it runs all night. And whether passerby, upon hearing the generator take a sudden liking to it.

Additional good things are an automatic low oil shutoff and a hour meter so you know how long it has run.

Most run on unleaded gas. This is easily available, but can clog up the carburetors if it is left in for too long. Also, particularly with ethanol additives, it can absorb enough water to not work well in gas engines.

Some generators (called dual fuel) can also handle propane. Propane has less energy than unleaded, but can store for much longer. Also, check on how much fuel you can store and where. Some municipalities are decidedly unenthusiastic regarding homeowners storing huge amounts of gasoline in their house.

8. Inverter generators are best used for sensitive electronics, like computers and some medical equipment, that needs a very clean electricity source. (They generate ‘pure sign waves’ rather than ‘modified sine waves’.)

9. Generators are very heavy and bulky, it is probably wise to ensure that you have a place to store them and a way to move them from storage to where you will use them. Also, figure out beforehand how you are going to run them in heavy rain, sleet, snow, etc. Running them in the garage is a bad idea.

10. Battery systems…

A. Goal Zero Yeti is the best known and just came out in the past month with a new series of portable power systems. There are multiple other companies as well. And there are new companies are entering the market on a weekly basis.

B. A lot of the systems are 12volt based and converting from 12v to 120v costs power, reducing the available power from the battery.

C. When researching a battery system, check recharging time. A lot of the Yeti systems took 12 hours or more to recharge. And unless you live in the desert southwest, planning on solar charging may not be very satisfying.

11. What I have -
I first purchased a Goal Zero Yeti 1000 from Costco some years ago. The wall charger that it came with it takes about 18 hours to charge it fully. (60 watts from the wall socket to fill 1000 watts of the battery.) I later purchased a fast charger that can cut charging time down to between 4 and 5 hours.)

The Goal Zero Yeti 1000 has the advantage that it can be used indoors and is quiet. Btw the Yeti 1000 weighs 40lbs.

I also have a Champion 100204 dual fuel generator, again purchased from Costco. (Max is 2800 watts on propane and 3100 on gas, but I am planning for a 25% load over the long term.) Like you, I plan on running it to power the refrigerator for a short term outage. Basically 4 hours on out of 24 to keep the fridge cold. (And recharge the Yeti. But I guess that I will have to watch tv in the dark.(joke) By the way, the generator weighs approx 100lbs.

Hope this helps a bit.

[edits - lots of typos :( ]

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TarHellion  Sep 8, 2020 • 10:23:27pm

re: #56 Belafon

I get your point. There are plenty of combinations that can certainly give one a headache.

Four years ago, FFVCS pulled off the equivalent of an inside straight flush. Based on the current numbers, it would need a 2-card draw for a royal flush to win this time.

Going with 334-204 at this moment, with the hope that it winds up closer to 360 for Biden.

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Belafon  Sep 8, 2020 • 10:29:05pm

re: #59 TarHellion

And I totally agree that GOTV is our mission. But I don’t see any complacency on our side, so just make sure your energy is used to get people to the polls.

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BeachDem  Sep 8, 2020 • 10:33:16pm

Shot:

REPRESENTATIVE TOM RICE (my worthless rep)
The South Carolina Republican, 62, said on Facebook in mid-June that he, his wife and son had all tested positive for the coronavirus but all were “on the mend.”

Chaser:

And here he and his lovely wife are at the yam’s big convention speech (he’s the doofus in the pink shirt and khaki’s—she’s the doofus sitting next to him—neither wearing masks.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Sep 8, 2020 • 10:46:29pm

I tell them there are only two labels I accept: my name, which my mother gave me, and black. Black is a term that carries with it connotations: the lynchings, the bombings, the burnings, the castrations, the raping of our women and our children.
-Ernest William Chambers

There’s a tradition in the Nebraska legislature for senators who are planning not to return to the body to have a tribute spoken in their honor. Here’s what was said about Senator Ernest “Ernie” Willam Chambers. Thank you Senator Patty Pansing Brooks, for your research and remarks on a man that spend his entire life fighting for the least, the last, and the lost and thank you to the legislative transcription office for providing the remarks quickly.

Ernie Chambers - Black (Goes to Seeing Red Nebraska, text of Senator Pansing Brooks’s speech)

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dangerman  Sep 9, 2020 • 2:31:06am

re: #18 Dread Pirate Ron

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this story is all wrong
they are not trying to bridge that gap..to compromise on something g in the middle

the D proposal was real, substantive and addresses real issues

the R proposal is a stunt to make it look like the Rs are doing something, anything. McConnell said so himself.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Sep 9, 2020 • 3:41:06am

re: #35 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

It’s Summer, according to my calendar.

Our winter weather advisory was upgraded this evening to a winter storm warning.

Yesterday it was 96°F. Now it’s snowing.

You’ve been misinformed. That’s fallout.
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