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The older I get the more I want to read and the less I actually do it, for some reason. I was off work for 4 months last year and didn't read much at all--watched a lot of World Cup. Got a Kindle Paperwhite for Christmas and some new books loaded on it, but I haven't read more than 15 minutes at a time. Wonder if my attention span is ruined by too much social media, somehow something age-related is creeping in, etc.?

I have "read" some books recently on Audible, but not the same. I think the last book I read cover to cover was Grisham's most recent--The Reckoning.

Have you read "Skunk Works" by Ben Rich? I enjoyed the heck out of it. Just finished it a few weeks ago.

I predict we will not see any more snow in south central KY until winter resumes in late 2019

My son has been going out running at 3 p.m. He said today was tough. Officially it was supposed to be "only" 92 degrees then, but both car temperatures showed it at 95 where he ran. That's tough.

Gonna heat up here in the Ohio River Valley over the next few days... low 90’s, and with it, higher humidity levels.


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I predict we will not see any more snow in south central KY until winter resumes in late 2019

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About when do you think that will be? Wondering how long we'll have to listen to BEvans wishing for snow..... ;)

Spring time weather the next few days... mild temps, no humidity.


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My family is so weird...we have people freezing in the house, while others are wearing coats. I kid you not. Coats.

^Mrs. BEvans won The Great Thermostat Wars a long time ago. Basically she sets the A/C or heat wherever she wants and I adjust. As long as the A/C's on at all and there's low humidity in the house I can put a fan on and not burn up.

When she says "IT'S FREEZING IN HERE!" all she has to do is look in the mirror to see the reason. (I say that in my inside voice, not my out-loud voice.)

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^Mrs. BEvans won The Great Thermostat Wars a long time ago. Basically she sets the A/C or heat wherever she wants and I adjust. As long as the A/C's on at all and there's low humidity in the house I can put a fan on and not burn up.

When she says "IT'S FREEZING IN HERE!" all she has to do is look in the mirror to see the reason. (I say that in my inside voice, not my out-loud voice.)

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I don’t get it with the wives and the thermostats. It’s like 72-74 degrees is the same winter, spring, summer, or fall. How can the house stay at the same temperature year around and yet they’re freezing, or burning up.

I will sneak the temperature down after she’s gone to bed, I prefer sleeping on the cold side. I used to get yelled at in the morning when she turned it back up, now she turns it back up and moves on.


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500 miles of driving yesterday after having surgery done on my hand Thursday. 500 miles of driving today. I'm about tuckered out.

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500 miles of driving yesterday after having surgery done on my hand Thursday. 500 miles of driving today. I'm about tuckered out.

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All with one hand...so much for texting and driving.


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And now, for intermission..... some of my latest work....Attachment 8070

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All with one hand...so much for texting and driving.


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250 miles today. "Off" tomorrow, probably 25-30 miles, then 250 miles Friday, and 300 miles Sunday. Lot of driving right now.

Humidity builds back in to the Ohio Valley starting tomorrow... should have cut the grass in the lowlands yesterday.


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I'm off the hook for the 300 miles Sunday. After the 250 today, which was actually more than 300, I get tomorrow and Sunday off from trips.

Just noticed I drove over 2000 miles last week. And all on a Hertz rental car!

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Humidity builds back in to the Ohio Valley starting tomorrow... should have cut the grass in the lowlands yesterday.


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The weather boffins say I will have all of tomorrow to complete all my yard work, then I get to relax on father's day and watch it rain.

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The weather boffins say I will have all of tomorrow to complete all my yard work, then I get to relax on father's day and watch it rain.

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Ditto, maybe today some scattered stuff later in the afternoon... tomorrow looks to include a nice rainy day nap.


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The weather boffins say I will have all of tomorrow to complete all my yard work, then I get to relax on father's day and watch it rain.

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And then all next week too.

Have not seen a drop yet

In honor of the 1st day of summer, this map I saw on twitter of hours of sunlight in the northern hemisphere:

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In honor of the 1st day of summer, this map I saw on twitter of hours of sunlight in the northern hemisphere:

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That is a very cool map. At my old age, I had to blow the map up a little to see it more clearly, but it was cool for me to see. I'm pretty geographically challenged, which is something I have vowed to remedy at some point, but just haven't found the time yet. Seeing how the Sun / daylight affects different parts of the world is pretty cool.

^I follow Brilliant Maps and Map Porn on Twitter. (Yes, I'm that nerdy.) This was from one of those, I forget which. They have some interesting maps from time to time, I thought that was a good one.

Well that explains it. Either the Russians or the Aliens have built a giant magnifying glass and placed it over the arctic.

The Wakinyahn have decided to pay us a visit tonight...


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Did they knock before entering?

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Did they knock before entering?

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They knocked so loud the whole hose rattled and shook...? They’re back this morning, I think they like it here.


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It's weird when 2 songs from the same artist plays randomly. The playlist I'm listening to has 3 songs by the B52s. 2 of them just played in a row. Had to double-check to make sure I was in shuffle mode. Randomness....

Rock Lobster......

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Rock Lobster......

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Love that song, but I've got a work playlist that's a little more toned down. The 2 were Roam and Love Shack.

Tonight sunset drops to under 9 pm here in Louisville for the 1st time this summer:

https://twitter.com/BGoodeWAVE3/stat...19836421857280

Death (in the form of winter) is coming for us here in the Commonwealth.

Have a nice day.

Sure have had some beautiful weather this week... highs in the low 80’s-lows in the low 60’s, zero humidity.




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Spiney Lobster

Langostino.

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Spiney Lobster

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As opposed to a spineless lobster?


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So for some reason our tankless hot water heater has started working intermittently. It's a bummer when it's off when you have to take a morning shower, like this morning. Hoping to get someone in to look at it today.

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As opposed to a spineless lobster?


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You mean all of them?

I'm going to miss Bob Ley. Just wanted to get that on the record.

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So for some reason our tankless hot water heater has started working intermittently. It's a bummer when it's off when you have to take a morning shower, like this morning. Hoping to get someone in to look at it today.

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I have one that's still going strong, hope it never gives out. Mine is a Takagi, supposed to be commercial grade but I've had it a number of years now.

Handy things. For me it was space as much as anything, but endless hot water can be nice once in a while. I do think the flow rate trigger for mine has gotten higher. Just a trickle and it won't turn on, but now it seems to need a pretty strong flow to trigger on.

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I have one that's still going strong, hope it never gives out. Mine is a Takagi, supposed to be commercial grade but I've had it a number of years now.

Handy things. For me it was space as much as anything, but endless hot water can be nice once in a while. I do think the flow rate trigger for mine has gotten higher. Just a trickle and it won't turn on, but now it seems to need a pretty strong flow to trigger on.

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After 3 trips from the plumber and having to order a gas valve from the manufacturer, we finally have hot water again in Casa Evans. The plumber said he'd bill us and "try to work with us" on the bill. Scary words.

BTW, the hot water heater is GE. We bought the house from a guy who's a GE executive. It had GE everything--tankless hot water heater, water softener, microwave, stove, refrigerator, dishwasher, under-counter refrigerator, washer and dryer. In the 9 years we've lived there we've had problems with every one of them except the dryer and dishwasher. Needless to say I'm slightly less than enthusiastic about the quality of GE products.