R Scott

We have had great luck at work running fuel pumps from 18v tool batteries. Buy a $10-20 battery adapter off Amazon for your favorite flavor of battery, a couple crimps, and a fuse holder if the adapter didn’t have one. The pumps are made to run at alternator charging voltage so the 16-18 they see from the tool battery isn’t a problem. These are 50-100 gallon transfer tanks and usually pumping 30 gallons max at a time.  It doesn’t matter which truck or trailer or corner of the onsite it’s sitting, just grab a battery when you need it.

I know of several versions that open above 40, greenhouse and crawl space vents are the most common, but can’t think of any that work the other way.

I agree it should be possible to rig one to work backwards and adapt to a 3” pipe, but surely there must be something easier.

Candy corn has nostalgia from Thanksgiving at grandmas house (I bet she bought it on sale after Halloween) but either I have outgrown the taste or they really did taste better back then. My favorite was the Candy Indian corn, it had a brown center that was tootsie roll like flavor.

Does it have the safety “on” button?  That membrane switch gets wet easy from condensation. It seems to be the weak link in all the newer Makita. I think it is usually a relatively inexpensive part to replace.

Yes, but not as soon as they replace accountants.  

I agree on all your points except price. They will charge the same, or more, because people will pay it to get faster/better service.

If you want a job that isn’t guaranteed to be replaced by AI (might eventually, but not for a while) become an electrician or plumber or other blue collar you like and is needed where you want to live.

AI is coming for most of the white collar jobs, or changing them so rapidly that current college is less than worthless.  

I also used to be an engineer. When I got laid off, I decided to get off the merry go round. I didn’t want to move to a big city with a family and there was a fundamental shift coming in technology so I didn’t want to retrain. I paid everything off and took a blue collar construction job. Money is tight, but life is so much better.

Buy the cheapest, grow the easiest.

There are differences when cooking, but I’m not fancy enough to care or even remember.

A bowl of charcoal and/or baking soda also helps absorb the unpleasant odors. Tuck it under the toilet next to the brush.

I can verify the reed diffuser works well for this application.  Use an oil blend that you like and has anti microbial qualities. You can adjust the strength of the smell by adjusting the number of reeds or concentration of essential oil vs carrier.

If you search YouTube there are a few options but most use rubber.

With some grains like sorghum I have had good luck running it through the normal burrs really coarse, basically dehulling and cracking the grain. Then sift or winnow to remove the hulls and grind a second time to get to a fine flour. Oats had marginal success, lots of misses. I gave those to the birds, but it was way too much waste if you need it all for people.