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or more sneakily, they'll fake a number in your same exchange, to make it look like a neighbor or someone local. Ie, your number is (701) 555-1212 and they'll call you from (701) 555-9816 I've been known to play along with the "tech support" scammers and pretend I am doing what they tell me to...

It's been cooler. We;ve had several nights where it gets down into the upper 30s at night. Warmest day got to 70 but its been 50s or low 60s most of the week for the high. Lots of periods of cloudiness. This was yesterday's solar generation (pic below). You can see it was cloudy for the...

Short house update. Except along walls where I need to rip some boards the upstairs "bonus space" flooring is down. There are a few places that were not as level as I thought -- mostly where two of the subfloor OSB came together and formed a ridge (it was open to weather before the roof put...

You're not wrong

The last few times I've had to go to the DMV or the Driver's License division (which are now in the same building across the lobby from each other) it's been pretty quick. Could be better but we're not small town and it's been way worse in the past. Generally for driver's license you make an...

They recently put in the remotely read meters for our electrical service in the neighborhood. The utility website (or their app) allows you to log in and get daily usage reports (though they're often a day or two behind). They do offer an "EV Owner" program where they have really cheap...

At least if he was in Texas

Yeah it's a garter snake. I had a "pet" one one year when I was a teen ager.

Märklin owns Trix now (since 97 I believe) and makes the standard 2 rail DC versions of Märklins 3 rail AC stuff.

The Communist Party of Kansas City? What with it being mostly red and all with the CP initials...