Ashley P

^ Ouch!

I'm about 6 weeks behind. And nearly fed up with people who have NO CLUE about what I have to do.

When installing seals on Ford direct injection injectors, install the sizing tool on the injector BEFORE installing the seal. #stupidford

https://democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/

I've noticed that I need ANOTHER job. We've burned through some serious dollars just a little each week. Inflation is eating us up.

The wife told me our three youngest were at a playground climbing monkey bars when another boy their age (7?) joined them. He couldn't even hang on the the bar. He was amazed at how fast my kids ran. He had some sorta "device" and asked my son who is 7 going on 45 "do you play minecraft?" With almost an eyeroll attitude: "No. I play outside."

Our tomatoes were junk this year....way more rain in August than usual, lower parts of the plants died....I dunno. Sweet potatoes...test dug some today...looks good so far.

How do I connect the dots between: Electric production "clean energy requirements" Government/laws What people/party supported it What funding (if any) drives it

The plane recoils. The casings pour out.

Gun topic or plane topic?

Oh, fun fact, the solar company offered to lease all my land. I was puzzled because creeks and wooded areas take up 3/7ths of the land. I pointed that out, he said they'd "take out" the trees. I don't know how many trees that is, but about 25 acres worth. Solar farms are NOT about the environment. They are NOT about lower electric costs. They are taking food OFF the shelves/table. This stuff is driven by federally mandated decarbonization of electric production. It's bad.

I went to a meeting for Brightnight to promote/inform the community of the project. Bias is a strong force. Car guys need to beware the word "decarbonizaton". If major power companies are aiming for "net zero" by 2050, then our gasolne days are also numbered. Chicken Little FTW.

I'm trying to follow the money, but dern it's a winding trail full of....crap lingo. Ever read any of the document from white house . gov regarding the "inflation reduction act"? Try reading that phrase time and time again....without puking!

BrightNight got $500,000,000 from https://www.global-infra.com/portfolio/industry/energy-renewables-power/ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/global-infrastructure-partners-provides-500-million-capital-facility-to-brightnight-301457943.html Read the following copied from the above link: BrightNight's mission is to provide next generation power solutions by combining multiple renewable technologies and thereby enabling its customers to accomplish deeper decarbonization of their generation portfolio. The company's development pipeline utilizes hybridized solutions across the U.S. with a diverse set of resources, including solar and storage, as its center piece capability

If the solar company BrightNight is promising to lease crop land at a rate about 4 times what a farmer will pay, where is that money coming from? Farming is subsidized by the gov, how can solar beat it by quadruple? https://brightnightpower.com/about-us/ My theory is that electric power companies are mandated to use X% "clean" energy and are then contracting with solar companies to provide that. So, electric rates for all with increase. True, or not? Proof? There is a community meeting in two days and I think the community is going to try to rally together to pass zoning regs to tell landowners what they can do on their own property. I'm against dozing trees and crops for solar panels, but I'm more against communism. Help.

I've been watching old Reno air race stuff. One interesting thing I learned was that the modified Mustang that crashed killing 10 people in 2011 is calculated to have pulled 17 Gs when it's trim tab came off. I did not realize the airframe was so strong.

Now THAT is stealth! (And HOW does one lose a military jet??)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/bbc-urgently-looking-issues-raised-160956646.html

I'm a gearhead....this audio gave me gooosebumps.

Radial engine problem at 440 mph. I assume the pilot feathered the prop and idled/killed the engine quickly.