I got my solar panel company coming out tomorrow to take my panel system down so the roofing company can start on my roof Tuesday.. Getting excited!!

What's your thoughts/opinions on your solar panels? Feel like they were worth it?

I guess it depends on the system and the number of panels.. I have a ten panel system that does a pretty good job for the size home we own. 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 1600 sq ft.. Huge difference in my electric bill. Down roughly from $250 per month to anywhere from $50 to $100 a month..

Our electric provider also gives us a check once a year for energy buy-back.. Basically we sell the energy that we don't use, back to our electric provider..

Worth it in the long run if you can afford it now.. We purchased our system years ago. My wife's sister is purchasing a new solar system for her home up in PA, and she's being charged $25k..

We paid a small fraction of that, years ago..

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What's your thoughts/opinions on your solar panels? Feel like they were worth it?

I guess it depends on the system and the number of panels.. I have a ten panel system that does a pretty good job for the size home we own. 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 1600 sq ft.. Huge difference in my electric bill. Down roughly from $250 per month to anywhere from $50 to $100 a month..

Our electric provider also gives us a check once a year for energy buy-back.. Basically we sell the energy that we don't use, back to our electric provider..

Worth it in the long run if you can afford it now.. We purchased our system years ago. My wife's sister is purchasing a new solar system for her home up in PA, and she's being charged $25k..

We paid a small fraction of that, years ago..

Have you ever thought about buying a battery to store your solar power?

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One for the philosophers out there: If carrots are good for the eyes, why is it that so many rabbits become roadkill?????

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Instead of a sign that says "Do Not Disturb" I need one that says "Already Disturbed Proceed With Caution."

I met my current girlfriend at a singles dance. Well, that’s what I called it anyway. She danced and I gave her singles……….. lol

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Instead of a sign that says "Do Not Disturb" I need one that says "Already Disturbed Proceed With Caution."

What's your thoughts/opinions on your solar panels? Feel like they were worth it?

I guess it depends on the system and the number of panels.. I have a ten panel system that does a pretty good job for the size home we own. 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 1600 sq ft.. Huge difference in my electric bill. Down roughly from $250 per month to anywhere from $50 to $100 a month..

Our electric provider also gives us a check once a year for energy buy-back.. Basically we sell the energy that we don't use, back to our electric provider..

Worth it in the long run if you can afford it now.. We purchased our system years ago. My wife's sister is purchasing a new solar system for her home up in PA, and she's being charged $25k..

We paid a small fraction of that, years ago..

Where I live in Northwest Ohio, theres very few people I know using solar. I'm just not sure if it would be the right choice for someone like me. Divorced, bought a small house. My son turns 15 in a few weeks so it won't be too many years from now and he will move out. 

The house I bought was a small, over 100 year old house. I refinished everything, including reinsulating, wiring, furnace/central air, etc. My electric bills currently are actually pretty awesome. I average about $80 a month, super cold months like Jan was, a bit more. It actually broke $135. Seen a bunch of people complaining about having $600-$900 bills. I do have gas for the furnace, but thats about $40 a month. 

So all in all, I'm not sure if the investment into solar would be beneficial for me or not. Seems the costs for the setup and installation are going crazy anymore.

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In Dougie I Trust!

Scam email I just got. Government email addresses do not end in @gmail.com:
UNITED STATE POSTAL SERVICE <[email protected]>
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A lot of dead giveaways in this example, but the one word, if nothing else prior to that point does, that sets off my phishing/scam radar when I receive such emails is the word "Kindly".  "Kindly respond...", "Kindly click this link...", etc.  The word "please" is almost always used in its place by native English speakers at least in this country i.e. "Please respond..." etc.  It just sets off my "English is probably not this person's first language" alarm even though it's not an incorrect use and it seems to be a hallmark of phishing attempts, at least for me.

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Is this where Trans-women go to live??????

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Instead of a sign that says "Do Not Disturb" I need one that says "Already Disturbed Proceed With Caution."

I guess it depends on the system and the number of panels.. I have a ten panel system that does a pretty good job for the size home we own. 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 1600 sq ft.. Huge difference in my electric bill. Down roughly from $250 per month to anywhere from $50 to $100 a month..

Our electric provider also gives us a check once a year for energy buy-back.. Basically we sell the energy that we don't use, back to our electric provider..

Worth it in the long run if you can afford it now.. We purchased our system years ago. My wife's sister is purchasing a new solar system for her home up in PA, and she's being charged $25k..

We paid a small fraction of that, years ago..

Where I live in Northwest Ohio, theres very few people I know using solar. I'm just not sure if it would be the right choice for someone like me. Divorced, bought a small house. My son turns 15 in a few weeks so it won't be too many years from now and he will move out. 

The house I bought was a small, over 100 year old house. I refinished everything, including reinsulating, wiring, furnace/central air, etc. My electric bills currently are actually pretty awesome. I average about $80 a month, super cold months like Jan was, a bit more. It actually broke $135. Seen a bunch of people complaining about having $600-$900 bills. I do have gas for the furnace, but thats about $40 a month. 

So all in all, I'm not sure if the investment into solar would be beneficial for me or not. Seems the costs for the setup and installation are going crazy anymore.

It sounds like it would be a waste of money in your situation unless you lose power on the regular. The grids are getting older and power companies don't maintain and upgrade as often as they should, so reliable electric service could become an issue down the line. 

Or you could have a freak incident like we did in my county in December 2022 when idiots shot up and destroyed some equipment at a couple of substations and 90% of us were out of power for five days. Duke Energy had to have equipment brought in from out of state and their guys worked 24/7 to get us back online. Guess who paid for it? Not the people who caused the problem  and not Duke. 

I'd love a system just to be more self reliant but where we live currently it's not an option.

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They're starting to load the materials onto my old roof now. They're going to start the tear down tomorrow morning.. Cool stuff!!

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Here's a very good question.......

Why do we have to rest in peace?, why can’t we just live in peace?

And a song to go with it.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugrAo8wEPiI

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Instead of a sign that says "Do Not Disturb" I need one that says "Already Disturbed Proceed With Caution."

Yep.... I would need (as well as a few other people I know) one of these bracelets in case I croak before I can erase my hard drives..... LOL

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Instead of a sign that says "Do Not Disturb" I need one that says "Already Disturbed Proceed With Caution."

Man, anyone else have the late-winter cabin fever blahs? I need warm sunny weather. Now.

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Man, anyone else have the late-winter cabin fever blahs? I need warm sunny weather. Now.

No.  I’m playing golf (again) tomorrow.

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6:30am this morning and I had a whole pack of em on my roof for tear down.. They even tarped all the way around the house to protect stuff and catch roofing nails..

Them guys doin' work and they're not playin around haha

Hog heaven!!

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Man, anyone else have the late-winter cabin fever blahs? I need warm sunny weather. Now.

No.  I’m playing golf (again) tomorrow.

Bah!

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Man, anyone else have the late-winter cabin fever blahs? I need warm sunny weather. Now.

No, but I want to punt my inbox into the sun. Not sure if that is entirely seasonal or not.

Riding to work as the sun comes up is a great remedy for blahs, but the trade off is ending up at work.

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6:30am this morning and I had a whole pack of em on my roof for tear down.. They even tarped all the way around the house to protect stuff and catch roofing nails..

Them guys doin' work and they're not playin around haha

Hog heaven!!

When they did ours I was finding them little plastic washers(?) all over the yard, even months later. It's like roofer glitter.

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Man, anyone else have the late-winter cabin fever blahs? I need warm sunny weather. Now.

No, but I want to punt my inbox into the sun. Not sure if that is entirely seasonal or not.

Riding to work as the sun comes up is a great remedy for blahs, but the trade off is ending up at work.

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6:30am this morning and I had a whole pack of em on my roof for tear down.. They even tarped all the way around the house to protect stuff and catch roofing nails..

Them guys doin' work and they're not playin around haha

Hog heaven!!

When they did ours I was finding them little plastic washers(?) all over the yard, even months later. It's like roofer glitter.

The little plastic washers here and there I can deal with.. Little nervous about roofing nails though. I've seen how well they take care of their nails. There's a pile of em in the road at every red light haha

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Just got an email that informed me that my High School class reunion is coming, our 45th......... 45!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where does time get to???????? Between that, and my daughter just turning 39 years old, and after having both hips replaced...........well........ excuse me while I go drink some ensure, geritol, and rub some marijuana extract on these aching joints of mine...... Well, I guess there is only one appropiate way to end this rant by my dinosaur self........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEGL7j2LN84

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Instead of a sign that says "Do Not Disturb" I need one that says "Already Disturbed Proceed With Caution."

Man, anyone else have the late-winter cabin fever blahs? I need warm sunny weather. Now.

No.  I’m playing golf (again) tomorrow.

I played golf yesterday.  The temperature when we started was about 50, when we finished it was about 63.  Sunny all day.  We played as a 4-man scramble and shot -2.  Yes, that is a pretty crappy score for a 4-man scramble, but we're pretty crappy golfers.  Drinks in the 19th hole afterwards.  A great day.

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No.  I’m playing golf (again) tomorrow.

I played golf yesterday.  The temperature when we started was about 50, when we finished it was about 63.  Sunny all day.  We played as a 4-man scramble and shot -2.  Yes, that is a pretty crappy score for a 4-man scramble, but we're pretty crappy golfers.  Drinks in the 19th hole afterwards.  A great day.

#retiredlife

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