COLD DARK ROOM

jeff kushner

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When I see cost-free mechanical motion at home, in this case, I think power-generating Boutique spinners, like turbines.....folks could use them to power pond pumps, lights etc.

Made with quality components to compliment the workmanship, could sell.

4kw power storage, optional

just thinkin....


Picking daughter up at BWI this afternoon.....so it will be good that she's back home.....and bad that she's back home! LOL

Off to read emails....."oh, what fun jeff"
 

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Everyone gets snow but us......but I'm not complaining about 50F in the middle of March either.

According to our field guys, the cherry blossoms in DC are already blooming and have been for a week.

Cloudy & 48 today and supposed to rain I think. Matilda ate Friday afternoon so I haven't seen her all weekend, daughter and Kerry gone.......yeah, I miss the girls.

Good Ray, I hope you drive her nuts.....make her yell at you, always worked for my ex. She'd get sick, get mad at me since I never did, and she'd yell at me and the kids, then she'd be better. Not completely sure that we were ALL rooting for her to get better all the time though...LOL

Poor Kerry, no really $$ POOR Kerry.....LOL....she went down to help her daughter get settled into her apt near school. I warned her that it was going to cost and she want to take my discover card and every time I've called, she or they are in another store......apparently she's brutalized her Cap1 card down there. LOL

She comes back late tonight but I won't see her till next w/e.
That's why they call it the discover card. Soon you will discover how much they spent. 😁
 

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Good morning all,
I've been awake since about 4.30 am when the 50mph winds were slamming into the house, This is my second visit of the morning to TFO. We're still being battered, but the wind's down to about 45 mph now - looks like the March winds have arrived all at the same time! I need to go to the shop but will wait until I can walk there later when it's calmer.
I hope the weather is better where you are and you all have a good Monday.
 

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Good morning all,
I've been awake since about 4.30 am when the 50mph winds were slamming into the house, This is my second visit of the morning to TFO. We're still being battered, but the wind's down to about 45 mph now - looks like the March winds have arrived all at the same time! I need to go to the shop but will wait until I can walk there later when it's calmer.
I hope the weather is better where you are and you all have a good Monday.

Big winds scheduled to arrive here on Tuesday & Wednesday. They will be arriving in UK land soon after that. Batten down your hatches Lyn.
 

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Mark; I remember during the cold war, they wouldn't let my dad travel to the Soviet Union, not till after the wall fell. He wanted to take my mom to where his parents lived(he was born in the US along with his brothers and sisters) but despite his multifaceted pressure, they said no, till much later.

I'm kinda surprised they let you go over there considering what you did to occupy your time during the day...LOL.....some folks simply have too much operational awareness to let it into the hands of bad actors.

I'm sure that 30 some yrs removed from the cold war and 55 from crawling under our desks for "practice", it's a bit of a different climate.

That had to be a cool trip.....

Pod guy was waiting for me in the driveway, just by chance....Amazon will bring the locks today. Contractor just got a copy of my receipt from the Floor place and will start on the 20th. He even complimented my complete order.....he must be teaching me something. Best thing in life I ever did was to remain, teachable. LOL

Daughter was forced to Uber home after she landed while I dealt with pod guy....but as consolation, I ordered pizza for her and her boyfriend. She should be here soon.

Enjoy the coming bluster!
 

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Isaac is a nephew's son, and quite a character.
I hope the snow doesn't hang about too long for you Cathie.
Is it the nephew that got married in Los Vegas? I'm not sure which one. I seem to remember that a nephew of yours had a baby. We got some flurries today but they didn't stick. I'm hoping I can call that the third snow after the forsythia blooms anyway.😁
 

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Mark; I remember during the cold war, they wouldn't let my dad travel to the Soviet Union, not till after the wall fell. He wanted to take my mom to where his parents lived(he was born in the US along with his brothers and sisters) but despite his multifaceted pressure, they said no, till much later.

I'm kinda surprised they let you go over there considering what you did to occupy your time during the day...LOL.....some folks simply have too much operational awareness to let it into the hands of bad actors.

I'm sure that 30 some yrs removed from the cold war and 55 from crawling under our desks for "practice", it's a bit of a different climate.

That had to be a cool trip.....

Pod guy was waiting for me in the driveway, just by chance....Amazon will bring the locks today. Contractor just got a copy of my receipt from the Floor place and will start on the 20th. He even complimented my complete order.....he must be teaching me something. Best thing in life I ever did was to remain, teachable. LOL

Daughter was forced to Uber home after she landed while I dealt with pod guy....but as consolation, I ordered pizza for her and her boyfriend. She should be here soon.

Enjoy the coming bluster!
I agree with being teachable. That means you're alive because there's always something to learn.🤗
 

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The kids came in looking like worn out world travelers......her bf looked just like Hagrid! LOL

They appreciated the pizzas


Then;

I got a Superbonus last night!


Kerry's son had parked a car here last week that he had bought locally. Last night Kerry brought him over to pick it up so I got to see her for a bit. She got home at 3am then taught all day so she didn't stay long but it was a nice surprise!

For me, remaining "teachable" is how I keep my ego in check.......come on, being Superman... Can you imagine the ego if allowed it to roam?

"working at home" today.......LOL
 

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I can't wait to see the wind spinner spinning. The second project reminds me of a mail organizer for a desk.🤗

Hhhmmm. I’m sure I posted one “spinning”. If not, here goes.

Ps - i sent one off to a guy in Pasadena, Ca. $15 for the spinner, but $17 to ship flat rate. Crazy USPS postal rates. One good thing is that it arrived at his house in two days - Maryland to California. So he was happy.

Now…back to our video.

 

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Is it the nephew that got married in Los Vegas? I'm not sure which one. I seem to remember that a nephew of yours had a baby. We got some flurries today but they didn't stick. I'm hoping I can call that the third snow after the forsythia blooms anyway.😁
No, my nephew Sam is the Daddy of Cambrie in LV. She was one back in January and as bright as a button. We hope they'll be back home again this summer.
Hopefully that's the last of your snow.
 

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Good morning all, we have some respite from the grey days today. It's mainly bright and sunny but still low temps at under 40F.
Lola is only just surfacing - he's given up waiting by his door for room service.
I hope you all have a good Tuesday!
 

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Mark; I remember during the cold war, they wouldn't let my dad travel to the Soviet Union, not till after the wall fell. He wanted to take my mom to where his parents lived(he was born in the US along with his brothers and sisters) but despite his multifaceted pressure, they said no, till much later.

I'm kinda surprised they let you go over there considering what you did to occupy your time during the day...LOL.....some folks simply have too much operational awareness to let it into the hands of bad actors.

I'm sure that 30 some yrs removed from the cold war and 55 from crawling under our desks for "practice", it's a bit of a different climate.

That had to be a cool trip.....

Pod guy was waiting for me in the driveway, just by chance....Amazon will bring the locks today. Contractor just got a copy of my receipt from the Floor place and will start on the 20th. He even complimented my complete order.....he must be teaching me something. Best thing in life I ever did was to remain, teachable. LOL

Daughter was forced to Uber home after she landed while I dealt with pod guy....but as consolation, I ordered pizza for her and her boyfriend. She should be here soon.

Enjoy the coming bluster!


Aaaagh, yes “Security”. This was right when Russia’s White House was attacked. That said, the only way that I was permitted to go was because this was a very limited itinerary with no roaming about on your own. Flew London to Moscow, boarded the boat & departed next morning for St Petersburg with many “controlled” stops along the way.
So, limited roaming, fixed known itinerary.

Ps - i was in Moscow when this occurred.

 

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This was a fun day.....
I visited what I had been told was a "dark site" today for work in Urbana, MD. It turned out to be a no-longer-classified ATT site now. Used to be "dark site" for Army I'm guessing from the construct. So, not really sure why I was there other than "our new friends" might not like their old friends(my competition). I usually don't get involved in "normal" stuff but this one was fun.

The gist of the work is they want us to clean out 5 air shafts, and dewater them. These aren't the 20' deep variety we all see on the sidewalks next to buildings and schools with those big grates on them, no.....these are the 110 feet deep variety built by our US Gov, to the highest tech at the time, with an open wallet! Just getting to the work can cost them thousands of dollars now.

It took me 2 hrs to get there with DC beltway traffic. I checked on google....I could have driven to the Balt beltway and it only would have taken 6 more minutes!

It went like this;

Once we hit the lower level on one of the largest elevator cars known to man......

"Your work is in there, behind the 10" steel blast door". My escort from the management firm running the property says as he tries to open said door while the "Supt" stands there in her awful cute 22 year old self, skinny-jeans, size 7 sneakers, a teaser jacket built for speed, not warmth...she looked more like JB than a "supt".

Anyway, little, but powerfully built guy is leaning into this door with heart so I join him and the door opens, I walk onto a grate suspended 35 feet in the air. "Down there" he says as he points to this "pit of black death" LOL


At least the other portion of the project has "removable" 1500lb steel plates bolted to the wall for access to the base of the 4 shafts, 105 feet below the surface.


dang, I type too much....good times though and home by 1pm!
omg! Ya gotta take pictures...I dislike heights....
 

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A few more suet cakes for the birdies. Next week is below normal temps, something we haven’t had much of this year.

Sunflower seeds, cracked wheat, quinoa & unsalted peanuts all mixed in with melted lard.
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I also feed wild birds...BUT, I have rats. I even see fat, sleek, very healthy rats in the damn day time under the bird feeders. So then all night I have scratching noises from under my floor...
 

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That's neat to be so near history when it happens, obviously we don't want anyone getting hurt.


I didn't put up my feeders this winter....I believe they drew the rat that chewed into Matilda.



I saw the chiropractor for my Mon appointment, on Tues. Today he needled my neck on both sides of the back, up in my hairline....weird feeling but he says it allows the swollen attachment points on my skull to drain. Of course he presses a lot of it out, leading me to wonder if he still presses after I pass out from the pain? LOL, not quite that bad but it will interrupt your thoughts! Time will tell....

Pod girls are still downstairs...they began by assembling boxes....stacked to the ceiling and several rows deep! How much stuff is down there? Gulp!
 
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