NorthWoodsMaine

Somewhere in mystery land there are 200 KwH that I've apparently used and can't account for, but I get to pay for it. Here are measurements of my electrical loads vs their "measurement".

Beef jerky at the store is effin' expensive and you don't get much of anything. With a little bit of effort, make your own.

I made up some chili and canned it up. I'd say it was successful. Although it's not hard to do, this is not the place for a beginner to start.

I'm done fishing, as are many others and the season doesn't close until 7JUN. Yep, there's a lot of time for them to keep swimming unobstructed.

If you see a funky lid inside what's the story?

It doesn't get much simpler than this. This would be a good beginning point to start learning about pressure canning.

A few days ago we had a pile of snow. Now I'm getting gardens ready? Yeah...that's Maine.

This rotor hasn't been used since about 2007. I got it up and running! I plan to take it north and use it in the North Woods.

We had a Nor'Easter, rain, more rain and cold temps. I managed to pick up a few pounds and sold off. My little boy likes eels, but doesn't like lady bugs.

Why do I prefer Glock over Sig? It's a bit of user preference, but mainly due to how each one is made. I've been through Glock and Sig armorer's school and this is my take on both.

Oh yuht....this is some good stuff.

You're gonna die.......if you..... You're gonna kill somebody....if you... Food is no good in the freezer after 6 months.... Blah blah blah.. It's all nonsense. Here is supper from pressure canned and frozen food.

It got off to a slow start, now we're facing a storm with some snow/rain and high winds, so we'll see what happens.

When you order a chain brake for a saw and it doesn't fit right despite supposedly being the correct part...well... I tried to conjure up something out of the old and new.

I have very little faith in the public safety communications systems here. There are some systems that are built rock solid with several redundancies to minimize the chances of failure, then there are some systems that are sloppily thrown together with no redundancies and if one part fails, it's all down and there are no work arounds. How solid do you think the emergency communications systems are that cover your area? Will they fail because of one simple thing?

Here are my reasons for owning a propane fridge.

Who do we think stays in business with annual losses of billions of bucks every year? They aren't run by geniuses, that's for sure. Check out this mind boggling boogerish.

One year ago I did a comparison to a year prior. Let's take a look at these W-I-D-E kilowatt hour variances/bill differences when there's nothing to explain it. Sure there will be variances in usage and the bill amount, that's normal and understandable...BUT....when you're needing greater than 200KWH more to run the same things you ran a year ago? Hmm.

Things wear out, especially on these so called "roads". Here's replacing suspension components on a trailer.

The old one bit it so I installed a new one.

Let's tap on the Ice Storm of '98, 9/11/01, AT&T's crash, cell sites going down, broadcast radio going off the air, communication towers crashing to the ground and the delicacy of some of our public safety systems shall we?

Used gear, home made antennas.

The "experts" like to make their opinions known and think that everyone should function their way and that there is no other way. If they don't approve of something, then it's not acceptable. Just discount those clowns. Ham Radio is your hobby, have fun with it as you like, not how someone else tries to dictate.

Today I found a jar that I made quite awhile ago. I decided it would be good for lunch. How old was it?

You know the saying... "Close enough for government work". No matter...when you screw things up constantly there will always be people trying to clean it up for you.