I peeked at my 20 year old radon system gauge in the crawl space. While the negative pressure balance seems okay, the upper measure is low off the scale. Does that matter; does that mean it is still working, but only working weakly?
I will do a air test next. It's been a while, but I've tested low every time. Most recent was probably a couple/few years ago.
Need a liquid propane generator. Dual fuel is fine, but I always have propane cans around.
Modest power requirement. Top off a fridge and small freezer periodically during occasional short-term power outages. Maybe run a couple fans or lights as well. Recharge phones. 1,100 watts maybe.
CO not a concern, this will be outside.
The only difference I see between the two that I can tell, is the slightly higher power of the Wen, which has a 20 amp breaker versus the Pulsar's 15 amp.
But the Pulsar is supposedly quieter, which is nice.
Main decision point is probably reliability, since it will be mostly sitting around unused for months in the heat and cold in a shed.
The 2015 Highlander V6 I have has notoriously inadequate headlight coverage.
Are there better aftermarket bulbs I can try? There's so many options out there I'm looking for a recommendation.
I have resisted going to LEDs, because I do not like to be That Guy who blinds all oncoming traffic, but perhaps there's an option that is not over-the-top bright?
I helped a company that had a horribly incompetent bookkeeper who then left suddenly. They left behind a ton of incorrectly and inconsistently classified transactions, and transactions with little or no descriptive information.
So, I took a shot at first cleaning up the chart of accounts because that was an epic mess, and then trying to make some sense of the classifications of hundreds of transactions. I based that entirely on educated guesses, from vendor name, transaction date, past coding, an other bits of evidence.
I got the transactions at least into the reasonable general categories, and did so consistently for all similar transactions instead of spread all over the ledger randomly. Plus we did bank reconciliations.
It was clean-up service, yes.
But I am looking for a word for what I did, but don't want to use official CPA terms. Certainly not audit, or attest, or assurance. But also not review or compilation. And while the bank accounts balances are reconciled to the general ledger, the transactions therein are often anybody's guess what they were for.
It's essentially a compilation, but I'm not a CPA.
Is there a safe word to describe this service?
When I was growing up, we used a word that described the "sound" made by a comical collision/fall/someone getting hit comically.
I have never been able to find the word, and don't hear it often. I wonder if it was a local/regional thing.
I cannot spell the word or even get close to spelling the word. I try dooj or dueje... it's sort of the pronunciation of the French words "de" plus "je," done as a single syllable.
Soft "d"; "oo" as in "good"; soft "j" as in "je."
I hope this rings a bell for someone, because I am flailing.
My high school kid is going to work on a condo building construction site. This summer it is mainly indoors in an existing new building. Sweeping, moving piles, pulling stickers off windows, maybe some light actual construction tasks later in the season.
Seems like he would be fine with the hiking boot style steel or composite toed boots (i.e. Carhart or Keen)?
My main concern is they all seem to be waterproof, and this will be summer indoor work. Might be too hot, the kid already has the sweatiest smelliest feet I know!
But he is having trouble finding classic leather style boots that fit his skinny ankles.
I have a kid who was selected all-conference for baseball. That is voted on by the other conference coaches who have played against him and seen him play.
How is the all-state roster chosen? I ask because we didn't publish video clips are highlights or anything. Should we try to make some of that available somehow?
I have been unable to find any guidance on the internet or official sources, just that a committee of coaches makes selections. Currently, all they would have to go on is the season stats published on Maxpreps.
My spouse clears her throat continuously, along with occasional coughing fits. It's become part of her normal conduct. She barely notices she does it any more.
(To be clear; there are likely physiological issues going on as well underlying this like sinus/reflux/etc, and she is exploring those.)
My question here is, I noticed over time that her mother and sister do this too. When they are sitting around especially in the morning, they are all quietly clearing their throat continuously, basically non-stop, perhaps dozens of times an hour.
So, I started to wonder if there is a learned aspect to it? Like that they learned that clearing your throat continuously is normal? Or, I don't know, I am not a doctor, it is just a mighty behavioral coincidence.
I do understand that there is a known psychological pattern for how habitual throat-clearing becomes a self-reinforcing habit. But that is within herself, I am wondering is she learned it somehow from her mother.
It can also certainly be true of course that (OR/AND) that her family shares physiological similarity around reflux or allergies, so that it makes sense they all have the same sensitivity.
Nevertheless, it is difficult after years of observing them all quietly throat-clearing continuously year-round in the exact same fashion, to start wondering if there's a learned dimension to it. It's like a bunch of birds chirping together.
The point of this, besides curiosity, is my concern that this has settled into "oh I just have an allergy, " sort of resignation. And it seems to be getting worse and more obtrusive, and frankly unattractive as she has started to occasionally cough like an old smoker, not even bothering to cover her mouth, trying to dislodge a tickle that I am not completely sure is completely there, or can be actually dislodged, and she's getting lost in the habit, not noticing she's in a room full of people.
Anyway, seems to me there are signs that point to a learned psychological dimension to this, so I wonder if that's where a solution might lie
I had perfectly good internet service signal quality, and a Sonim Megaconnect AT&T portable hotspot. I am getting 30 to 40 or more mb up & down. I'm in 720 resolution, and yet the app is telling me there slow internet, and then the video freezes a few times and eventually drops the stream. I got down to 480, still freezing.
Is is transient congestion or throttling on the cellular service? (To be fair it was around 5:00 pm rush hour). But every time I checked, signal and speeds were fine
I am wondering if it is the Mevo cam. Am I too far from the hotpot? What's a decent range for line of sight. I mea,n I ain't far, line of sight, and like 60 feet away.
I also have a GL- MT3000 router. I've never used it. Is it likely to have better reach than the Sonim?
Thanks
I notice that some reports list the general ledger accounts in a weird order that I am unable to even figure out what sorting rules it is using. It is not alphabetical, nor numeric.
I am trying a transaction detail by account report. And I have no idea what it is doing. Income accounts are below equity, but before liabilities.
WTH? I want a report that follows the financial statement order (balance sheet, P&L). Is that too much to ask?
What report setting in sort/grouping will make it follow the same order as what the entire universe uses to sort general ledger accounts?
Please help. Thanks.
Howdy. Time to replace my water heater, which I can 99% do myself.
Alas, the gate valve has not been operated in a while (uh, many years), and it shows oxidization and was pretty difficult to turn. I got it as closed as I felt comfortable, but it was still letting some cold water in.
Test my assumption: if I try to fully close it, I risk breaking something and regretting it? Should I drop a little WD40 or something in the stem?
In any case, replacing a copper line valve is outside my skillz. But getting a plumber here to do it will be quite expensive and can take a long time.
I could just shut off the water supply at the main house valve, replace the water heater, and then do the plumber thing some other time when I can afford it, and a plumber is available.
Is there any reason not to do that, besides the fact that I am likely to blow it off once the new heater is in and forgotten? Thanks.
I have this chair part. "Safe tip." I cannot determine what it does or where it goes. Cannot find one on the internet.
I suspect it goes to an antique bankers chair (Crocker Chair Co, Sheboygan) (swivel, adjustable height, reclining). But cannot figure out how it might fit.
This is the same chair (multiple views) https://www.ebay.com/itm/146131316947
Thanks.
EDIT. Solved. It's not a chair part at all, it's a chain saw part. lol. tgif.
So, I need to amend my kid's 1040 return because the "can be claimed as a dependent" box was not checked, and my efiled return was rejected. However, I just looked over the 1040-X, and cannot for the life of my find where to make that election as an amendment. I am hoping that I am being stoopid and it's right under my nose. Please help me find it. Thanks.
We used Free Fillable Forms for both. Which turns out to be a nightmare for this scenario. Can't amend his, and mine is hung up as rejected.
I guess I will paper-file his 1040-X, wait a few weeks and then file my (extended) 1040, also by paper? But first I need to find the check box...
