It is totally amazing to me but last Thursday we had a group of four technicians from our local power coop start climbing around on our roof and yesterday we actually started producing our own electricity! Amazing stuff. Also I haven't had to write a check that large in some time! But this is this morning.
We have plenty of south-facing roof so that's where the solar array is mounted.
The original design was a bit different but the foreman of the installation crew could see where we would get a lot of shadow from the chimney so got permission to place the array as you see it. It will be interesting to see our electric bills this year compared to last year.
I couldn't find a food bank who wanted/needed our old refrigerator so I put it on the Marketplace on Facebook. Sure enough, we had a person who was happy to come get it the next day. So that's another bother removed. Gee, I'm going to have to get to work on finding more projects.
Nevada is slowly abandoning the mask mandate as more people have received their COVID shots. The 'Mask Required' signs are coming down and more people are not wearing masks. I'm hopeful that things might return to normal here one day. Whether it is too soon or the vaccine isn't good enough or whatever; we'll just have to see what happens.
I read an article this morning talking about the large number of Republican's who agree with at least some of the Qanon stories. The article mentioned Satan-worshiping pedophiles who the Qanon folks believe are running our country. Really? OMG! What kind of idiots are coming up with this crap? I'm just amazed.
In more amazing news, some people in Eastern Oregon are talking about their area should withdraw from Oregon and unite politically with Idaho to create a Greater Idaho state. I do understand, a little, what they are on about. The northwestern portion of Oregon, around Portland, is much more urban and liberal than the eastern portion of the state. Of course urban equals lots of votes and rural equals not so many votes. So whenever a vote is taken on a law where urban and rural needs are different, the people in the rural areas don't get their choice. That's the reason each state has two Senators; so that rural states would have a voice equal to more populous states in the Federal government. I don't imagine that Greater Idaho will come to be but maybe Oregon can make some changes for it's rural citizens.
I guess that's all the news this morning. Thanks for stopping by. And keep washing those hands; at least that is simple hygiene!
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