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'Cuz Texas doesn't ever see -30. Seriously, spending a ton of money to outfit the wind turbines (or the natural gas lines or the coal conveyors or any of the other equipment that was really to blame) for conditions that Texas sees once every 50 years would be silly. And wasteful. However, if Texas joined the national power grid, then places that weren't frozen solid, or were equipped to handle the cold could have transferred power to Texas. Maybe not enough to keep everyone running all the time (rolling blackouts), but enough to prevent this kind of shit from happening. But (and it's a BIG "but"), the oil industry decided it wanted cheap electricity to run it's refineries. So they bought up politicians and got control of the utilities and created the ERCOT. So you get what we've got. And because the politicians in Texas are 'anti socialist' and hardcore Republicans, you get this: Tim Boyd, the mayor of Colorado City, Texas, put on Facebook: “The City and County, along with power providers or any other service owes you NOTHING! I’m sick and tired of people looking for a damn handout!... If you are sitting at home in the cold because you have no power and are sitting there waiting for someone to come rescue you because your lazy is direct result of your raising! [sic]…. This is sadly a product of a socialist government where they feed people to believe that the FEW will work and others will become dependent for handouts…. I’ll be damned if I’m going to provide for anyone that is capable of doing it themselves!... Bottom line quit crying and looking for a handout! Get off your ass and take care of your own family!” “Only the strong will survive and the weak will parish [sic],” Edit to add link to quote from Heather Cox Richardson: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/posts/2606591706151546

Ya mean they're just here to make noise and a mess? Something like 'serial vandalism' of the site? Hmmmm...

Yup. Very familiar. I don't think so. I think it's an old 'friend' who's decided to come back and try to stir up some shit. I have a few suspects, and the more he posts, the more I narrow it down.

True. But Trump never made billions. He lost everything his father gave him (or that Donnie stole from Fred), made a bunch of money on TV and then went and lost that too. He was too stupid to make money with a casino. A CASINO. He was given an excellent economy by Obama. He cut taxes, blew the debt & deficit way up and then couldn't handle the pandemic. So he 'governed over the worst unemployment numbers ever recorded'. What questions haven't been answered? Why didn't ANY of the court cases go anywhere? Oh, yeah. Lying in a court of law is a crime. The biggest 'unanswered question' is: Why are Trump supporters so stupid? Why do they keep believing his blatant lies?

Not really. They're fairly delicate and a potential fire hazard. Over discharging them can ruin them, so you have to be careful. Charging them incorrectly can start a fire. So you have to use a 'smart' charger and either keep them in a safe area or not leave them alone (or both) when charging them. Keep in mind that 'old school' lead acid batteries contain... Sulfuric acid. They also produce hydrogen gas when being charged. Ever see a battery explosion? THAT is something that's very scary.

Well, the Trumpettes are going to turn on him. It's not entirely impossible to think that he will face a primary opponent, one supported by Trump and the rest of the extremists. Also not out of the question that he'd lose to that extremist. Think about Greene from GA. Whether or not the extremist would win the general election is a good question. But it's clear that Trump is trying to destroy the Rs who haven't backed him. Or those who criticize him. I don't think he understands that splintering the Rs is not in their best interest. Or he just doesn't care.

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Comparing same to same gets you... The same. Compare the lead acid battery (which has been around for over a century) to AGM or Gel batteries. Look at the capacity and "C" rating increases in Li-Po batteries, especially the ones in R/C stuff.

Compare what batteries can do today (actually do) vs what they could do, say, 10 years ago. Then compare to 20 or 30 years ago. The tech is advancing. And continues to do so.

Interesting. Every main I've ever seen has a label. But I've not dealt with mains this old. Only from the mid-90s and newer.

It should. Typically, they are on the top, in the middle along the trailing edge. It's possible that the label is inside somewhere. Not sure if anyone did that.

Well, the first flush didn't work. Hopefully GA & NY will be able to properly flush him when they take their turn.

Well, they did a pretty good job containing Covid. If we had followed their lead, maybe a few hundred thousand people wouldn't have died. Unfortunately, no matter how well one leads, unless those coming behind are willing and able to follow that leadership, it doesn't do a damned bit of good.

We're moving towards effective energy storage. Probably faster than most of us realize. For example, the battery in my car is now 7 years old. With overnight temps going below zero (F) every night for the last week and a half, it has struggled to start a couple times. So yesterday I went and bought a jump pack. A battery I can carry with me to jump the car if needed. 20 amp/hours, peak output of 300 amps. It won't take me from 'totally dead' to started, but if I'm right on the edge of getting started, it will 'put me over the top'. It's the size of an average smart phone. $60 (USD). The ones I'm used to are the size of a Playmate lunch cooler. They still make those, and some have enough power to start a fairly large truck. Those can be a couple hundred bucks. But there are 'phone sized' ones that will start a diesel pickup truck. We have a ways to go before we'll be able to store enough to, say, make up for the solar loss when the sun goes down, but we are definitely moving in that direction.

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Well, there's only three repacks listed on the card, but they are all "AIR" (air, inspect, repack). If that was the first card, the first one should read "A&P" (assemble & pack). Guessing this is the second or subsequent card. But yeah, the rig is 40+ years old. The reserve is 64 years old. No way I'd even consider using this in the air. Water training (pool simulation), practice packing (I gave a very old Wonderhog with a round reserve to a fella on here a few years ago), maybe sewing training. But jumping it? No way. OP: There should be a data label on the rig (the harness/container). It will have the manufacturer, date of manufacture, serial number and size. It might be on the inside of the main lift web (shoulder straps) or it might be on the outside, under the reserve risers. Or it might be on or near the reserve card pocket. It won't change the value (or lack of), but I'm a bit curious.

If you think his links have any relevance to his claims, you are being rather silly.

Standard answer is lighter fluid (Naphtha).

Nope. Not at all. Not even a little bit. A friend of mine either started or 'started around here' Freedom Freefall. She lost her fiance to PTSD Veteran Suicide. She found peace and solace in jumping and felt (correctly) that it would help struggling veterans. She either put it together or found someone who was doing it and got it going around here (not sure which). It's taken on a life of it's own, and has been going on every year since. They've taken a lot of vets on tandems. Some are not suffering or struggling, some are. All of them are grateful for the opportunity and clearly express how great of a thing it is. I personally find a lot of 'therapy' in jumping. Last fall, my mom was having some health issues and ended up first in the hospital and then into a rehab center. Between the issues she was facing and the threat of Covid, it was very stressful. I got up to the DZ a couple times during that period. I really needed it. As I said at the time: "When I went out the door, I left everything else back in the plane. All the crap, all the worries, everything running around in my head was left behind." It was still there when I got back to the ground, but it was a big help to let it go for a bit. Note: I'm thinking your question was something of a joke. But my answer is totally serious.

How many wouldn't have died if everyone had taken them seriously?

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Nope. This is a huge undertaking. As you note, the logistics behind this sort of thing are very impressive. I was a small part of a 'one hundred jumps in one day' event back in 04. It's an amazing thing to see and participate in.

Got this all day today. There don't seem to be any posts at all during the time I was getting it.

I kinda like the one asking how the Nuremburg trials would have ended had half the juries been Nazis.

True, but often times the disease didn't go away, it just became endemic. Smallpox, polio, measles, ect. They stopped being 'pandemic' when enough adults had suffered and survived (or not) that many became 'childhood diseases'. Before vaccines became available, just about every kid went through mumps, measles, chicken pox, ect. Many did not survive.