Handy Bob's Solar Blog

 https://handybobsolar.wordpress.com/handybobs-golden-rules-for-living-on-solar-and-battery-power/

Teachers vs pronouns Virginia

 https://www.foxnews.com/media/virginia-teacher-says-a-lot-staff-disagreed-some-quit-over-mandate-use-students-preferred-pronouns

LAW: many pts: your car's being blocked in

 https://reyabogado.com/us/is-blocking-a-car-in-illegal/

Books on flirting, interrogation

 https://www.lovetoknow.com/life/relationships/flirting-books-44636?fbclid=IwY2xjawGlyABleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTmiTIsPVWkfYV_GlqOu6gC1ornfYIauXidF3rmW7Vbk6QfjbQopdo31tg_aem__3pU3u2dZuAU8THXFOblMg

Third shift Studies cancer?

 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7324664/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGjJKtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHW3EyvpzvOxcxUjoyMcAmnEHdcuXbsQqlPox9TJ2bG-23rMy-26QsWF5qA_aem_1oOBj74IMwWm2rMalJBHFA

DIY folding workbench

 https://youtube.com/shorts/49HtiIE_udY?si=V3c6jHLNcGfD_g9Z

When Red for Republican, Blue Democrat

 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-republicans-became-red-democrats-became-blue-104176297/

Pre and post flood PREP

 https://m.facebook.com/groups/1681083865447536/permalink/3747045102184725/?mibextid=Nif5oz

As a Florida Shores Hurricane Ian Flood Victim— here are some things I’d wished I’d thought of/things we did. (Since you cant control it, youll want to have your head in the game. This isn’t to cause fear, it’s to equip people because we’ve been through it and wish we would’ve known. Hindsight is always 20/20). 

If you think your home could flood with recent happenings/track record, then maybe pay attention. We got through it and if you do flood, I promise you will too. These things may seem extreme but trust me, at the first site of our yard flooding, and this is what we are doing: 

🌀 BEFORE YOU FLOOD/PREVENTIVE MEASURES: 🌀

•have your volume on/download apps. A flash flood warning woke me up and saved me from losing way more than I could’ve. 

•Documents, books, things in low drawers, pictures or basically anything on lower ground, move to countertops. Know exactly where your important info is in case you need it. That includes for your car, we lost 3 of those too. 

•We lost all electric appliances because they were in our low kitchen cabinets. Move them up higher (food processor, crockpot, griddles).  

•dry food- get out of lower cabinets. You’re going to be hungry while you wait for rescue. We had hot cheese and grapes to eat. Don’t be us. 

•We kept our bandaids/sanitary stuff/meds/blow dryers in a low bathroom cabinet and lost it all. Anything you think you might need that isn’t in a bottle, move it up the night before. 

•Turn your breaker off as soon as you start flooding even if your power is already out because you won’t be thinking of it, trust me. Somehow my magical husband did, but I sure didn’t. This can hurt you or a lineman when it back feeds. 

•watch out for extension cords from your generator into the home with standing water. Seems silly to tell you that, but your brain is going to be in shock already, so let’s not shock the rest of you. 

•If you have gas cans ready for your generator, don’t set them on the ground!!! Ours floated away and created toxic water all around us and in our house. 

•have a bucket of some sort to keep anything electronic dry for immediate use. (Phone/flash lights). 

•Get your pet food off of the ground. Have leashes on the table next to your food to get ready to leave on a moment’s notice 

•Know where your paddle board/kayak is if you have one and be ready to use it. It saved us 

•if your dog crates are on the floor, put them on your kitchen table or anywhere off the ground. We did this trudging through two feet of water and it wasn’t fun. 

•keep the flash light on your night stand. I woke up at 5am to flash flood alert and only had a candle to see the water coming in my house and when I became paralyzed with fear, I could not find my flash light. I didn’t realize I’d need it on a second’s notice. 

•park at the highest point near your house. I lost 3 cars. Get anything valuable off the floor boards. You’ll be thinking of your house, not be able to drive anyways, and it molds within a couple days. We lost unnecessary stuff. 

•pack an essentials bag. We were scrambling last second to throw what clothes were dry into a bag and climbed out our window during a lull and almost got trapped because the water was rising to the truck’s hood that came to rescue us. Also why you want your leashes ready to go. 

•take pics of everything in your home. Write serial numbers down of expensive electronics. 

•get your diapers/kids favorite blanket/toy off the ground 

•now that I have a son in a crib, I wouldn’t let him sleep alone during a storm. If we had had him prior and didn’t wake up for the alert, the water would’ve covered his face in his crib. Morbid but true. 

•diapers are easiest changed on the couch, so have diapers and wipes on your couch and ready to go. 

•keep your pacifier clip on your baby. You won’t be wanting to search for it in the dark, or drop it in flood waters with no way to clean it.

🌀 POST HURRICANE: 🌀

• okay, you flooded. You’re going to freeze and not know what order to do things in. You’ll panic and do irrational, unhelpful things. It will paralyze you, so force yourself to go to that place of calm, rational, and ready to take action. There’s no time to panic or zig zag around looking for stuff. First things first…before you call anyone because it won’t matter right then, TURN ON LIGHT/candles so you can quickly get room to room and see the scope of what you need to do. THEN, grab any kids/dogs and get them safe and dry. You can’t help them if you can’t see them and if you don’t turn on light first, you or them can get seriously hurt. Or you’ll be frustrated carrying a flashlight around. THEN AND ONLY THEN, grab anything off the ground you didn’t get yet and don’t want to lose. Put it on tables and counters. Once you’ve had a second to pause, then call for help. They can’t come in the middle of the storm anyways so this isn’t your first priority. 

•Now what. 

We used a (jigsaw?) to cut the walls. We had to do from the floor to 4 ft up, depending on how the water is. We used a generator and extension cord. But do it before you do anything else to the house and ask someone based on how high the water is, if you need to do 2ft up or 4ft up. The faster you do this the less chances of mold. We did ours next day and didn’t mold. They used a chalk line for accuracy. The drywall fits nicely if done right. Don’t wait. Chances are you don’t get your hands on enough fans to dry it out before you have to cut. But you can try. 

•Don’t throw loose trash by the road. You will have so much debris, papers, random things— they will pick up what’s in contractor bags. It takes a long time for them to come sometimes so try to keep the trash neat. 

•They wanted the trash organized, I can’t remember exactly but I know construction materials (walls, flooring, wood) needed a pile, garbage bags in a pile, and maybe furniture in a pile. Anyways keep it neat. 

•keep a notebook of EVERY single person that calls you. Insurance, non profits, etc. Keep a detailed list of those that Venmo/send money so you can remember to thank them later because I promise you won’t remember them all and you’ll want to when you’re putting your life back together and remember the ones that were there for you.

•write down FEMA passwords, PIN numbers, insurance claim numbers, etc in this book and hold on to it for dear life. Saves so much time. 

•do not keep your flooded car. Take the insurance money. Problems will come later and then you’ll be outside of the due diligence period, just trust me on that.

•get your clothes out of the house as soon as possible because of mold spores. Happens fast and you can’t always tell it’s happened

•when you take your vanity/counters and cabinets out, save your hardware in gallon bags and LABEL THEM. This was extremely not fun trying to piece everything together. 

•use a pro ID account at Home Depot and keep every receipt electronic. YOU WILL need those receipts even years down the road when help gets to you 

•log all repair receipts in an excel sheet. You WILL use this sheet for any kind of reimbursement 

•if you are low on money, do the basic things to get back in your home: you can live with less than you think. We did walls first with a makeshift kitchen. Floors and doors came later. Paint and baseboards last. 

•Change at the bare min your bottom electrical outlets. You may think they’re fine but just change them in case.

•only only only only only use contractors that are licensed, insured and verified. My neighbor was scammed out of a substantial sum of money. It was horrific. 

•apply for everything. Red Cross, FEMA, county programs 

•don’t commit insurance fraud. This is hilarious to say but if you don’t have flood insurance, don’t try to make it seem like the water came in through the window because they aren’t idiots and you’ll go to prison and not be able to see your kids plus it’s just wrong. (This didn’t happen to us but if I’m saying it, trust me, it’s because I know you shouldn’t do this.) 🤣

Lastly… breathe. 

It might feel like the end of the world but you will get through this. If you walk away and 1) your family is still alive 2) your house didn’t slide down a mountain 3) you have food, clothes and shelter somewhere then you are leagues above a lot of people. This will pass and be a memory on a page one day. 

We got this!! Godspeed.

-The Barbers

5G cell phone cancer

 https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/radiation/cell-phones-fact-sheet?fbclid=IwY2xjawFk8mNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHZ5lcEoTvLyle2byTpFgPhXK5MQkOsgIFCEzsxbCuM-5rpi1JkzwYr5glw_aem_cl0mVb8FIMUwdkGrhW1Ajw

Carlin: Native American Indians

 https://youtube.com/shorts/jmOqE364YyM?si=_SRWOlwHbv_3kEGN

NACA mortgage calculator

 https://www.naca.com/mortgage-calculator/

JBP on sleeping schedule and waking

 "It doesn’t matter so much if they go to bed at the same time each evening, but waking up at a consistent hour is a necessity." JBP 

Lost hymn: Under the Shadow of your wings

 Teach me your strength, sing me your song, let me be covered by the shadow of your wings.

We are your righteousnes, 

https://youtu.be/noUeQQ64Q1I?si=4V4b5AEHRYiCcLaT

"Create in me a clean heart, O God

Let me be like you in all my ways

Give me your strength, teach me your song

Shelter me in the shadow of your wings

For we are your righteousness

If we die to ourselves and live through your death

Then we shall be born again to be blessed in your love

Halloween song: fire organ Toccata in D

 https://youtu.be/-reR7GEk6To?si=3JP_Nbh7eq_-60a7

Jobs to non whites... Discrimination?

 https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/major-us-companies-gave-94-of-new-jobs-to-people-of-color-in-2021-report-says-diversity-hiring-employees-apple-nike-microsoft-wells-fargo?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0wkrIwinJyVAGzKiz2g5ox-oD1hXkAAf4SbpA-c_Og4-6JLOEs_tLmoEc_aem_4zr3knqbYnpR7myxeRjGYA

Sin:sloth N64

 https://intervarsity.org/blog/seven-deadly-sins-sloth

Friends blogs (Ken,...

 https://kenjohnsonsblog.blogspot.com/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR24seAVSPStonEaqpDwiE8gVfohmW7ZOlrIJklhWc97QItPrUozh9DWtF4_aem_AVp9ePR6v6xCimf6HxUO28wC0fvFMyBl3hLVKFKHzv-1hdLAtniIrk8dJjkepEyI9k1qeAkAI-rD12VJ0nIKZPwT&m=1

Poem: Sing, shine

 the next time 

you refuse to sing

because you’ll never 

fill a stadium

or decline the joy of dance

for fear of looking

ridiculous

or you resist risking

the new adventure

because you’re 

not entirely ready or

you dim your shine

because you’re not

completely healed and whole

the next time

you hold yourself suspect 

because you’re not

entirely qualified

just remember

a bird doesn’t sing 

because it’s talented

a bird sings because 

it has a song

the moon doesn’t only shine

when it’s whole

it can show up with 

a single sliver of itself

and still light an entire

night sky

show up. sing. shine.

the world needs you

as you are.

~ Angi Sullins : www.AngiSullins.com

[Image: Lizzie Riches]

Stolen Land Indians Colonizers Colonized

 https://youtube.com/shorts/oI0ntL0vKuI?si=6_adOeV5kZYeyieh

Pool rules:BCA vs APA

 https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/rule-differences-between-apa-bca.371918/

https://www.doolys.ca/8-ball-rules#:~:text=If%20the%208%2Dball%20is,hand%20behind%20the%20head%20string.

Thanks to many replies, I've updated the list with additional rule differences.

Call Shots?
BCA: Yes, call shot (ball and pocket only)
APA: No, slop counts except the 8 ball. 8 ball shots must be marked.

8 on the break
BCA: Rerack or it gets spotted and the breaker keeps shooting...breaker decides
APA: Shooter Win the game.

Scratch while attempting to make the 8 ball
BCA: *Make 8: Lose, *Don't Make 8: Ball in hand for opponent
APA: You lose

Make a ball on the break
BCA: The table is open, you can shoot any ball
APA: You have to shoot the suit you make, (ex: Make Solid, Shoot Solids)

Jump Cues
BCA: Yes
APA: No

Legal Break
APA: If a ball isnt pocketed and four balls (not counting the cue ball) don't touch a rail, its a re-rack. Repeat until there's a legal break or the breaker fouls, at which time the other player breaks. No limit.
break until they make a legal break or scratch on an otherwise non-legal break
BCA: If you don't drive four balls to a rail, it's a foul and the incoming player can shoot or have the balls re-racked and break or have the original breaker break again

Scratch on break (or foul in BCA)
APA: Opponent shoots from the Kitchen
BCA: Ball in hand, anywhere

Ball off the table
APA: spot ball, no foul
BCA: Is a foul and doesn't get spotted (unless it's the 9-ball in 9-ball) (8-ball off table is a loss in 8-ball)

Accidentally move a ball with your hand or stick
APA: MUST be moved back by opponent to the original position. The ball must remain in current position only if moved ball contacts the cue ball, which is a BIH foul.
BCA: opponent has the option to leave it in current position or return it to previous position. The ball must remain in current position if a foul occurs due to it's movement.

Touching an object ball
APA: It is not a foul, however, to accidentally move any other balls (including the 8-ball) unless, during his turn at the table, a player moves a ball and it in turn comes in contact with the cue ball.
BCA: it is not a foul if you accidentally touch or disturb a single stationary object ball with any part of your body, clothing or equipment, unless the disturbed ball has an effect on the outcome of the shot.
* "Effect on the outcome of the shot" means that either the disturbed ball makes contact with any ball set in motion as a result of the shot, or that the base of any ball set in motion as a result of the shot passes through the area originally occupied by the disturbed ball. That area is defined as a circle approximately seven inches in diameter centered on the position originally occupied by the disturbed ball
1) you disturb the cue ball;
2) you disturb more than one object ball
3) a disturbed ball contacts any other ball;
4) you disturb a ball that is in motion.
5) If the game-winning ball is disturbed in conjunction with a violation of (1) through (4) and falls into a pocket, it is loss of game

Call Safe on made ball
APA: No
BCA: Yes, opponent would shoot

Practice During Match
APA: Yes
BCA: It is a foul if you practice at any time during your match, including during time-outs and periods of suspended play

Object ball on floor
APA: It is not a foul unless the shooter fouled in some other fashion. The balls would be immediately spotted unless the shooter also pocketed one of their object balls at the same time. In that case, the ball is NOT spotted until they miss or, if the ball knocked off the table is their suit, until they have shot all of their other object balls and then it is spotted and they continue their turn at the table
BCA: An object ball knocked on the floor is a foul and the ball(s) stay down.

Judge whether the cue ball or an object ball would fit through a gap
APA: The shooter may measure the distance with part of body or equipment. Shooter can also remove a dropped ball and check if ball fits in gap. It would not be a foul if object ball is moved, it must be moved back before shooting.
BCA: Shooter may only use their vision to judge whether the cue ball or an object ball would fit through a gap, or to judge what ball the cue ball would contact first. You may not use any ball, cue, rack, or any other equipment
or other part of your body as a width-measuring device

Amazing tops

 https://youtube.com/shorts/ynzoJOEfNxk?si=4wCC20D22PVreNMI

Apps obscure

 ABC...

AlfredCamera ... Spycam

BTmono... 4 bt earpiece connection

Chwazi... Start player chooser

Eaterpad food tracking 

Gtracker... Grocery price tracker item and QTY

Multitimer for labeling timer or stopwatch

Scriptogram MillionSudoku 

WiFiMapper by open signal.com

Census says "marriages last longer, when divorce is easier

 https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/12/the-upside-of-divorce.html