Southfield freeway is the fucking worst. I avoid it at all costs.
My guess is you just haven't driven around the city very much, where were you? I've lived in the city for 15 years, this is pretty much standard. Lived in Grandmont Rosedale for 10 years and now Sherwood Forest, going through red lights is the tame stuff. We now have thousands of speed humps to help deter the insane amount of residential speeding we have
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Maybe. Not that I drive much but I've not noticed in the Royal Oak/Ferndale area.My guess is you just haven't driven around the city very much, where were you? I've lived in the city for 15 years, this is pretty much standard. Lived in Grandmont Rosedale for 10 years and now Sherwood Forest, going through red lights is the tame stuff. We now have thousands of speed humps to help deter the insane amount of residential speeding we have
The weather held out for Youma! Aside from some heavy wind, lovely weather for cosplay and photo shoots outside.
Awesome news. Was considering going but I had to get dental work done and my insurance was already maxed out so I had to burn 600 bucks. Killed my interest in an impromptu visit.
It's pretty weird how they didn't have official merchandise this year though, same for the no lanyards for badges thing minus some $5 ones they were selling in the gaming room (after carrying around my badge all day the first day, just ended up bringing the old one I got last year).
That said, been finding a lot of things I wanted among the vendors.
I kind of miss when the convention had the arcade at the hotel, you could stay there all night/late and not have to worry about walking back outside. When do they close the arcade area at the Cobo Hall or whatever the fuck its called now?
Generally around 10pm. Although tabletop still is at the Ren Cen and that stays open until 4 in the morning.
Cool. Maybe next year. Maybe I"ll have my back pain problems sorted by then. I can't stand for very long lately. I couldn't survive registration lines like I used to.
Reg lines moved pretty quickly from what I saw this year. There was a longer line (still fast moving) to get into the dealer room, but that's because they were screening for masks and proof of vaccination, which I was glad to see.
Yeah I'd have to dig out my proof somewhere haha. Wonder if next year will have that.
Possibly, I think that all depends on what happens vis r vis covid levels. By the bye, the covid booster is also accepted too, so when you get that just hang onto that document. They had special stickers too so once you showed proof you got it on your badge and didn't have to keep whipping documents out.
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Long shot I guess.
Anyone here got recommendations for solar installation companies?
Even longer long shot. Anyone use a tankless electric waterheater?
Anyone here got recommendations for solar installation companies?
Even longer long shot. Anyone use a tankless electric waterheater?
Check with Homeland Solar if they do work in your area. Great price and they were especially good with the designing process. I had to get panels in like 4 different areas of my roof for what I needed and they were able to work with that.
I looked into it last year but went with standard gas again. I never hit the capacity on my standard one and didn't want to deal with the extra 10-20s wait for the hot water.
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For me it's more of wanting to go all electric especially with us likely getting solar. And then freeing up space going tankless would be an added bonus.
How is your solar system set up? do you overproduce in the summer and can then draw your "banked" power from grid?
Is it connected with DTE?
Yeah, hooked into DTE.
DTE doesn't have a straight 1:1 banking anymore.
Based on the rate plan I am on, during peak hours I have to pay 22 c/kwh to get power from DTE. But excess solar that I push back to them, they pay me like 10 c/kwh. The credits banked can be used in Winter to offset some of your winter bills.
Usually the solar company should be able to run a spreadsheet for you. You can download your past per-hour usage file from DTE as a .csv file. They will also be able to give you a "break-even" time frame. It was around 7-8 years for me. But it could pay off sooner looking at how quickly DTE is trying to raise rates.
Strawberry Solar has installed some on cribs in North Rosedale Park that people seem pretty happy with, had them come over to my neighborhood for a quote but too many trees / and historic district made things difficult. As mentioned above, no net metering in Michigan anymore but that could definitely change soon with the majority dem house / senate. Call your local rep and let them know you want it, it's really stupid that we are forced to pay half of what DTE sells it for. Makes no sense.
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Weather's perfect to go out and behold the devastation from the winds. One tree in my neighborhood got torn damn near in half by it. But luckily no buildings seem to be damaged.
Yeah my job sucks when people lose power, but this wasn't so bad.
Kept my ass from sleeping though, howling constantly.
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I just drove by a couple of top down convertibles. That was certainly a choice given the situation
Yeah, just took a walk outside. It's like a haze over everything.
Anyone know any good ways to find a temp foster home for a dog, preferably in the Dearborn Heights area, or nearby?
My sister is in mental health/alcohol treatment and I've been watching her dog, but it's not working out. Causing too much tension between my wife and I, and our dog and cat are not doing well with the new dog here.
My sister is in mental health/alcohol treatment and I've been watching her dog, but it's not working out. Causing too much tension between my wife and I, and our dog and cat are not doing well with the new dog here.
I think HVA in Washtenaw will hang on to people's pets temporarily in extenuating circumstances.