I am not going to write about that. Too much mud in the water. I would just be stirring it up since I have no unique insights nor have I been breathlessly following every pundit and new shred of evidence.
Nope. I am going to wait this one out. I have people working on it and I (mostly) trust them.
Recreational Plumbing
I have a leak beneath the faucet in our newly remodeled bathroom.
I turned off the valve and the leak continued, so it is not on the fixture side of the valve.
I felt the threaded joint between the 1/2" nipple and the valve and it does not seem to be coming from there.
By the process of elimination I deduced that I have a flaw in the 1/4 valve. I purchased a replacement this morning and as soon as I feel motivated I will replace the valve and see if good things happen. That will probably happen AFTER Mrs ERJ takes her shower. Dumping the water pressure as she is stepping into the shower is likely not make me popular.
Power outages and emergency lighting
Mrs ERJ was talking with her sister on the phone last night. My S-i-L expressed a concern about power-outages. S-i-L eyesight isn't the greatest even in good light, so she was fretting about being able to find a flashlight and even being able to find and manipulate the on-off button.
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| Source. 14 hours of light (each) on three AA batteries. |
Mrs ERJ mentioned that we have a "Pull open to turn on" lantern in every bedroom.
Roasting a chicken
The plan is to roast a chicken today. Mrs ERJ told me that we have a lid for the dutch-oven in the pantry...I went looking and she was right. I think her sense of aesthetics were offended when I used a cast-iron skillet as a lid.
Having messed around with meat birds, the heavier birds are almost always male and have a better meat-to-bone ratio. The birds at the grocery store varied between 4.7 pounds (dressed) to 5.9 pounds. Since they are all slaughtered at the same age, that means that the 5.9 pound carcass came from a boy bird.
Property values in Minneapolis
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| Median house price in Minneapolis. Summer of George Floyd circled in red. Source |
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| Affordability index. Higher numbers are more affordable. Something happened near the time of the yellow line to cause a step-function in affordability |
The short answer is "Not Yet".
I was surprised by how little the unrest around George Floyd's death impacted the housing market. It was nothing like the Detroit race riots.
The Detroit race riots marked a secular shift in the demographics of the region. The Minneapolis market shrugging off the GF riots might be evidence that people recognized it was "business as usual".
Hard to say with any kind of certainty.
I think your gorilla is 800 lbs. Joe. I actually have been following it and you are right about muddy water. I think more gorillas are inbound too… and it will get much harder to ignore them.
ReplyDeleteTry to maintain pressure in the cold zones of your water system or work real quickly. Lots of people are experiencing frozen water lines right now in Michigan.
ReplyDeleteI like those emergency lights too! I have them spaced around the house for the same reason. Re MN, I'm using the 72 hour rule.
ReplyDeleteI have practiced navigating my abode without sight. I have done this everywhere I have lived since I was a child. Counting steps is not completely necessary, but is helpful. If need be, think of it as a game. Quickly, navigation in the blind becomes old hat.
ReplyDeleteI do have a powerful flashlight wall hung at the front door. Another in the kitchen. Both are rechargeable. My favorite crank to recharge flashlight was stolen. I have yet to find a replacement of good quality.
I ran am inline recirculating pump where I lived in cold climes. Lower power draw placed furtherest from the water heater. Do these work in sub zero environments?
ReplyDeleteTrack any leak by spreading newspaper sheets around the area of the suspected leak. The wet patches are obvious and will help you pinpoint the source.
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