GOLDIE IS AT IT AGAIN..( FOR NEW COMMERS -- GOLDIE IS OUR" GHOST OF THE LEFTHAND DRAWER" WHO CONSTANTLY MAKES SUGGESTION S ABOUT THINGS-- AND WE /I HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE THOSE SUGGEWTIONS SERIOUSLY....
YESTERDAY I GOT ONE OF THE BIBLES OF MY EXISTANCE ... THE NORTHERN TOOL CATALOG ( hard cover) the other is the 4" thick grainger catalog- flipping thru-- i always check out wheels and wagons---i did not have enough wheels as a child.... the other is generators-
the fascination with generators came from when my kids were teens- and i saw---SOMEWHERE---- A GUY HAD RIGGED A GENERATOR ON A STATIONARY BICYCLE- SO IF HIS KIDS WANTED TO WATCH TELEVISION, THEY HAD TO PEDAL.-- THERE IS A MILLIONDOLLAR IDEA IF EVER THERE WAS ONE... AND IT WENT ROARING BY ME..COME ON ALL YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE... I WOULD LOVE TO SOLVE AQLL THAT .. THEN ALL THESE EXERCISE GYMS COUDL HOOK UP ALL THEIR BIKES AND SELL ELECTRICITY BACK TO THE GRID.. WHEN I WAS 10ISH... I THINK I HAD A THING THAT RUBBED ON MY BIKE TIRE AND MADE MY TAIL LIGHT GLOW..
IT TOTALLY HAS TO BE DO-ABLE..... I KEEP SEARCHING FOR THE PIECES TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN-- KNOWING LESS THAN NOTHING About electricity... it is difficult. there are a few online with reference to the power grid and russia... so maybe someone will...
of course not only the bicycle, but the antique singer sewing machine... with it's treadle... has always fascinated me... maybe that isw where i need to set my light-- a concept worth doing....
so i got into generators in the catalog--- not the big whole house ones, but the cute little red 18 inch- that run just one or two things and probably would not be too hard to pull a rope to start.. i had seen many at horse shows running just the pa system-- hondas.... and i don't remember the word "inverter" being used so often-- now apparently the cute little red generators provide BOTH D/C teh direct currant that battery run stuff needs-- and also teh AC "alternating curraqnt" that is the house hold plug tyope stuff.. THERE EXISTS AN EASIER/CHEAPER DEAL TO RUN ONE OR TWO LIGHTS-- MAYBE TEH TV AND ONE LIGHT--- FROM RUNNING YOUR CAR... FOR UNDER $10-- IT AIN'T MUCH.... BUT IF YOU ARE SITTING IN THE DARK FOR 3 DAYS WITHOUT POWER... MAYBE 5 MINUTES OF NEWS OR LIGHTS MIGHT BE A THRILLING EXPERIENCE-- ONLY OTHER THINGS TO NOTE..,.DON'T RUN THE CAR IN THE GARAGE ( DEADLY) AND THIS IS ONE PLACE WHERE SHORT FAT IS THE WAY TO GO-- ELECTRIC CORDS -- THE SHORTER THE FATTER THE BETTER... ALL MY VEHICLESD DO HAVE A MEDIUM SIZE INVERTER IN THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT... THIS IS ENOUGH TO RUN AN ELECTRIC DRILL IN THE "BACK FIELD" OR ANYWHERE I GAN GET TO WITH THE CAR.
WHICH MADE ME WONDER--- IF WE LOOSE POWER BECAUS OF WIND THEN WHY DON'T WE HAVE WIND GENERATORS THAT WOULD KEEP ONE OR TWO LIGHTS GOING?? THE ONLY POSITIVE EFFECT OF 3 - 4 NIGHTS IN ABSOLUTE BLACKNESS IS YOU CAN BEGIN TO APPRECIATE BLINDNESS-- COUPLE THAT WITH SWHORT TERM MEMORRY IN THE DARK-- AND YOU CAN HAVE SOME VERY REAL PROBLMS ( THAT IS A BIG LESSON LOF THE DAY...)
SO WHERE GOLDIE WAS GOING? .... I LOOKED THRU THE CUTE LITTEL RED GENERATOORS FOR FUN... --- AND THEN... FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.... THERE WAS A GENERAC AD ON LATE NIGHT TV... WHERE THEY GAVE AWAY A CUTE LITTLE GENERATOR WITHTHE PURCHASE OF ONE OF THOSE ENTIRE HOUSE ONES....LIKE WE HAVE 2 OF RIGHT NOW-- AND AM INTENDING TO PUT IN AQ THIRD TO KEEP THE LAUNDRY AND ICU BUILDINGS-- and cameras.... L"LIVE" IN A BLACKOUT. I FIGURE THAT WAS GOLDIE TELLING ME BETTER GET THAT THIRD GENERATIOR OPERational--- if for nothing other thatn heat and a/c - having two now is nice but teh redundancy of 3 with all these dogs-- wold lesson teh worry of no elect.
a third generac it would keep teh cameras running...
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progress has been made on teh 34 minute video on discs laura prepared a bunch for mailing $15 +$5 postage-- i intended to have it mainly to run at talks and trade show kind of things.... just informational with very little "please donate" type stuff... no pushing chicken bricks.
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this is "cake day" last month i was in the hospital and georgetown did not get a cake...-
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but even better --- it is purina day---- the trucking company said tehy have a delivery-- i should have asked how many pallets 8 would be teh dry... and 1 would be teh wet-- and we are nearly out of both
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just a shot-- AT ME--- HOW TERRIBLE OF ME TO SAY THAT PURINA DAY IS BETTER THAN CAKE DAY--- I AM SAYING IT IS BETTER TO RECIEVE THAN TO GIVE??????
