I like this time at night on HBT

[Dan]

Saving for later use; Happy I don’t need it now. Happy new year, Dan.

Left contact Happy New Years to you and yours!

 

[Dan]

Aloha!

Been wintery here in Hawaii!

No way? Ya that’s not really true. All relative. But it does get chilly here. I lived in Antarctica for two years when a warm summer’s day was 32F and sunny and all you wear is long Johns, pants and shirt and bask in the sun.

Also lived in the Mohave desert where it’s over 100 F at 6am but nighttime is chilly at 70. I think the coldest I’ve ever been was in Southern California in February. 30-40 degrees and rainy. Bone chilling. I’d just returned from “The Ice”, McMurdo Station Antarctica and swear it was warmer down there.

Why am I rambling about all this? I’m not exactly sure. Many of you go through temperature changes each year. I’m not an exception.

I got totally sidetracked when I mentioned the word temperature because that word has been going through my mind a lot lately IRT solar water heaters.

Hawaii is a great place to have one. It is warm and sunny here on the island.

Solar WHs also use an electric heating element for hours of darkness; when sun can not provide heat to the tank.

I’ve come to the realization after rereading what I wrote that I can go on for pages about the topic in trying to ask a question.

Does anybody have guidance on how to adjust the cold water in mixed with hot water out on water heaters? Solar ones

I’m good on the electric part and timer. The solar controllers vary but work a lot alike. It’s the thermistors I’m having a hard time finding specs on. Some are directly proportional and some are indirectly proportional in regards to temperature and resistance . I’ve been researching company’s specs. It’s secretive. And it sucks

I’m suppose to fix their stuff with nothing other than my knowledge of electric’s and plumbing.

Do most of it very well. I’m a jack of all trades and master of none theses days. Only because I don’t have all the tech data on houses built from 1899-2005. Which are the years old houses I’m fixing

I work for a **** ass company that’s always promises training. Once all work orders are caught up. Hasn’t happened in nearly the three years I’ve been here. Just bs.

Totally sure if they put money into training instead of propaganda they’d be more efficient and have a better reputation in their portfolios. Bunch of asses really is who they are. They expect us to provide our own tools, fix everything and make them look good.

If you managed to get through al this ramble and venting. Mahalo, thank you


Always
Dan

 

[Dan]

Emergency. Woke up this Saturday morning to the emergency alert sound. Picked up the phone. It said incoming middle in 11 minutes to Hawaii. Wife got the same on her phone.

She freaked, so did I a little. I figured if NK sent a nuke middle our way and I had 11 minutes. I called loved ones. Told them how much
I didn’t tell them what was supposed to happen <11 minutes later...nuclear annihilation.

Turned out to be a false alarm which if it would have been real would have sucked.

I didn’t pray. Didn’t follow my wife’s frantic actions of filling a bathroom (useless) with water and canned goods

I was scared no ****. But if I only had 11 minutes to live, I’d only want to spend that time talking to those I loved the most.

During the time I was talking to my son, the 11 minute mark passed

We’re all ok here in Hawaii. There were panics going on. People in Honolulu seeking shelter, running stop lights and other panic driven stuff

If I haven’t said it recently I love folks on HBT

 

[triethylborane]

Emergency. Woke up this Saturday morning to the emergency alert sound. Picked up the phone. It said incoming middle in 11 minutes to Hawaii. Wife got the same on her phone.

She freaked, so did I a little. I figured if NK sent a nuke middle our way and I had 11 minutes. I called loved ones. Told them how much
I didn’t tell them what was supposed to happen <11 minutes later...nuclear annihilation.

Turned out to be a false alarm which if it would have been real would have sucked.

I didn’t pray. Didn’t follow my wife’s frantic actions of filling a bathroom (useless) with water and canned goods

I was scared no poopy. But if I only had 11 minutes to live, I’d only want to spend that time talking to those I loved the most.

During the time I was talking to my son, the 11 minute mark passed

We’re all ok here in Hawaii. There were panics going on. People in Honolulu seeking shelter, running stop lights and other panic driven stuff

If I haven’t said it recently I love folks on HBT

Dude, that was nuts! I have a renter in my house in upper makakilo and I called him after I heard the news. He is USAF at JBPHH, a bit shook but nothing too nuts. No basement in the house so sheltering is a bit sketchy.

 

[Sammy86]

Emergency. Woke up this Saturday morning to the emergency alert sound. Picked up the phone. It said incoming middle in 11 minutes to Hawaii. Wife got the same on her phone.

She freaked, so did I a little. I figured if NK sent a nuke middle our way and I had 11 minutes. I called loved ones. Told them how much
I didn’t tell them what was supposed to happen <11 minutes later...nuclear annihilation.

Turned out to be a false alarm which if it would have been real would have sucked.

I didn’t pray. Didn’t follow my wife’s frantic actions of filling a bathroom (useless) with water and canned goods

I was scared no poopy. But if I only had 11 minutes to live, I’d only want to spend that time talking to those I loved the most.

During the time I was talking to my son, the 11 minute mark passed

We’re all ok here in Hawaii. There were panics going on. People in Honolulu seeking shelter, running stop lights and other panic driven stuff

If I haven’t said it recently I love folks on HBT

Dan, glad you and Mrs. are ok! Had a friend who this happened to as well! Crazy stuff!

 

[Inkleg]

You hit the nail on the head about wanting to talk to those that mean the most in your life. Glad a clinched sphincter was the only out come.

Love you too Dan.

 

[lschiavo]

Love you Dan. Try not to get nuked. I'm trying to avoid it here as well.

Is anyone in trouble for that false alarm? Maybe a test? That's a scary thought...

 

[lschiavo]

 

[triethylborane]

Love you Dan. Try not to get nuked. I'm trying to avoid it here as well.

Is anyone in trouble for that false alarm? Maybe a test? That's a scary thought...

A state employee pressed the wrong button.

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/...eat-alert-sent-to-hawaii-phones-was-a-mistake

 

[ancientmariner52]

A state employee pressed the wrong button.

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/...eat-alert-sent-to-hawaii-phones-was-a-mistake

Don't make your watchmen afraid to push the button. Lives are lost that way. False alarms are a d@÷n nuisance, but not near as bad as no alarm.

 

[lschiavo]

That button was too easy to push. I hope the launch system isn't tied into that.

 

[hagar]

Emergency. Woke up this Saturday morning to the emergency alert sound.

I'm grateful that we are talking about false alarms tonight and not casualty lists and radiation plumes. I had hoped we had left this nightmare behind in '91.

Drinking one for the Great State of Hawaii tonight.

 

[triethylborane]

I hope the launch system isn't tied into that.

*** no, it isnt. Lol

 

[triethylborane]

I'm grateful that we are talking about false alarms tonight and not casualty lists and radiation plumes. I had hoped we had left this nightmare behind in '91.

Well when you agree to give states like the DPRK and Islamic Republic of Iran uranium or enrichment technology and think they are going to comply with agreement terms for monitoring and such, but they hate your guts and want you wiped from the earth . . . now something there just doesnt mesh up right.

We will have to reconcile old accounts sometime, somehow.

 

[Dan]

Beautiful day in Hawaii. Mahalo to my HBT family.

 

[Dan]

It’s a good day to be alive. I danced to music from the 80’s. Fixed stuff around the house. Got a bit tipsy on some beer. It’s a great day to be alive


Don’t want to put a downer on things. But I listened to this song today. I’m not a tree hugger but this guy spoke some truth

 

[Dan]

When I was in Iraq, I was stationed at a pretty secure base. My family of course was scared cause my squadron was there. We were very safe mostly.

In our fourth or fifth month we started receiving IDF (in direct fire) in the form of 120mm rockets. They launched however they could be. I heard off bed rails or things like that. The rocketeers got pretty good at their aim along the way

And now...that war is over. But another comes. I don’t know why mankind can’t get more upset than your grass isn’t greener than your neighbors. Side note, my neighbor told me the secret. We booth had luscious lawns after that.

Our world is getting smaller given technology. I’m not locked into a religious sect. I believe in my fellow man. We live in a beautiful world. To blame some sort of god for screwing it up is bs. Each of us has been he ability to make the best of our world, and help each other along the way

I love you all
Dan Dawson

I am

 

[passedpawn]

Loved 10kM with Natalie. Listened to In My Tribe a billion times.

The Cranberries were as good or better, and had a similar sound, but with a cool irish twang, and a bit of revolutionary anger that 10kM was missing. I prefer them. I admit I like irish girls. Delores O'Riordan! I have no interest in going to concerts, but this is one I'd go to.

Here's a few. So many great songs. The live versions of these are very cool (Dreams!). For your late nite soundtrack, The Cranberries.

Seems like a good day to quote myself. She died today.

 

[triethylborane]

When I was in Iraq, I was stationed at a pretty secure base. My family of course was scared cause my squadron was there. We were very safe mostly.

In our fourth or fifth month we started receiving IDF (in direct fire) in the form of 120mm rockets. They launched however they could be. I heard off bed rails or things like that. The rocketeers got pretty good at their aim along the way

Lol, yeah been there too in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Sleeping, then WHHHHHAAA sirens INCOMING INCOMING INCOMING sirens INCOMING INCOMING INCOMING followed by CRAMs brrrrrrrrt ripping off a few hundred rounds, the HEI crackling reports. Then immediate accountability report thanks to top. Soldiers pumped up. Accountability all up, then back to the rack.

Dunno my man, the adrenaline is addicting. At least it is for me.

 

[lschiavo]

Seems like a good day to quote myself. She died today.

That is too bad. I love her voice.

 

[Dan]

Seems like a good day to quote myself. She died today.

Hey Hoss

Going to copy and paste and quote Ecclesiastes 3

A Time for Everything
There is a time for everything,
And a season for every activity under the heavens:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8 a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peac

 

[Dan]

After putting up those words from Ecclesiastes, I can’t help from putting up the words put to music by the Byrd’s.

My dad referenced this Bible verse just before he retired, in the the local newspaper Elmwood Gazett. Dad was a doctor for a small town.

When he retired . He was months away from a cancer death which he held secret up till a month or two before he joined my mom in heaven. 18 years ago.

You never get over that, loosing somebody you love. But life does move on and we need to celebrate each day.

I’ve shared quite a lot of my feelings on this website over the years. I doubt I’ll ever stop... you might say enough Dan. Just stop [emoji7]. Not going to happen.

May your days be full of love, may you and yours not take each other for granted. May the happy times out number the sad. May peace be with you.

Truly,
Dan

 

[Dan]

 

[Dan]

Hey all,

I’m working on making a bed, what to call it? Not making a mattress, not making the metal frame the mattress sits on. I’ll call it the bed surround. There is probably a better name.

I always found it a pita to try and tuck sheets, blanket and comforter into the front and sides of a bed, especially when they have a footboard and side rails and to make matters worse the bed is next to a wall. I figured it out.

I doubt I’m the first to do this but I’d never heard of it before even if it already exist.

I’ll just show a pic of the in work foot board

I spent 42$ on 1/2” poplar 4x8 plywood and 5 on carpenter glue. Used the tools I have at the house.

I wanted sides on it. Since the bed sits real close to the wall I figured nobody will ever see that side. Why put a side rail on that side; so I didn’t.

What I did do was lay a 1”x3” board on the floor along that wall. That way the bed’s metal frame wheel legs never get closer than a few inches from the wall. Plenty of sheet, blanket, comforter room on that side

The front of the bed is on sleds so it can easily be pulled out, away from the bed for room for the linen, blankets, etc.,

The side of the bed you would see has a rail attached to the foot board and a support that looks natural if that’s the correct word, at the head of the bed. When pulled out to make the bed everything is out of the way. Pushed back in; nobody can tell it isn’t a solid surround.

Hope this all makes sense. If the bed was in the middle of the room and both sides were visible I’d put two side rails on it. Easy trick when all is pushed back in place to make it look like it’s all solidly together

Cheers!
Dan

 

[Dan]

Btw. This is going to be painted whatever color my wife wants which is a shame because the wood is nice and with some filler and sanding would look sweet with stain. I’ll still fill brad heads and the small seams even though it’s being painted. Thirty, forty years from now somebody could come across this thing and think wtf did you paint nice wood for?

 

[Dan]

The bed already has a headboard attached to the metal frame. I matched the design of the headboard to footboard best I could. It might have been a little more costly and time consuming to have just done both boards as a matched set. . But I’m ok with how this thing is turning out

 

[Dan]

If you make from scratch your design is your own

 

[Misplaced_Canuck]

Sitting in the lounge at London Heathrow, headed to Manchester for a beer & cider festival.

 

[Misplaced_Canuck]

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[Dan]

Sitting in the lounge at London Heathrow, headed to Manchester for a beer & cider festival.

Sounds like a great memorable time. Share some stories and pictures.

Cheers