thomas rubino

Fluffy went out partying last night and seems to have ended up in the wrong house this morning

Hey Aeron, since this is a shop heater rather than a home heater, you might find my shop build interesting.
A unique hybrid build: I use double barrels for instant heat and a brick bell to store it.
When I built this, I was told it would not work...  they were wrong, it works great in a poorly insulated shop in Northern Montana.
https://permies.com/t/279929/Rebuilding-remodeling-Shop-Dragon. This is a rebuild thread.
Here is my original thread from many years ago,
https://permies.com/t/94980/Brick-Bell-Shop-Heater
You might find this one interesting as well
https://permies.com/t/140568/Dragon-flames

After looking it over, I suspect you treat this with care and keep it clean.  
If it stops doing its job, you retire it and order a new one!
I really do not think this could be applied at home, but as there is a first time for everything... I could be mistaken...

Amazingly enough, there was zero literature that arrived with these.
The bag says "machine washed," not machine wash.
This is from their website.
"Simple. Wipe with a damp cloth or rinse in cool water with mild soap, then air dry. Avoid hot water or machine washing to protect the beeswax coating. Takes 30 seconds."
So no high heat, or you might damage the beeswax.

Hi all.
I recently made a purchase based on reading an article, rather than my usual method of seeing something in person.
Liz and I have been noticing that bread products seem to go stale or mold much faster than they used to.
Go to make dinner, and, oops, the bread has gone moldy again!
Gee, I would like a cheese sandwich, but the bread is hard and stale again!
Yes, freezing is an option, but not a favorite one.

Then we discovered these, https://eazywell.net/products/premium-100-cotton-beeswax-bread-bags-by-eazywell
In high demand and not as cheap as some offered through Amazon.
These come from France, but I feel the wait was worth it.

I like to bake Italian bread; it goes so well with my Italian cooking.
Sadly, it seemed to start going hard by the second day, and by day three, it was eaten or went to the piggies.
When I bake bread, we have a tendency to have bread and butter for our meal, it's just so good!
When our new bread bags arrived, I quickly decided that it was time to bake some bread!
As usual, I only made one loaf. Why make two if one goes to the piggies?
And also, as usual, we ate 2/3 of it right away (damn, it's good!).
The remaining third went into our new bag.
The following day, amazingly enough, the bread had not hard crusted, and was still soft and tasty!
Day three, four remained the same, but on day five, it was finally starting to form a hard crust!!!
I quickly polished off the last slice!
WOW, how cool is this!  We now take our store-bought bread out of the plastic bag and place it in our new bread bag!

How cool to locate a simple old-time product that is still made and still works!
Check them out, the wait is worth it!

https://eazywell.net/products/premium-100-cotton-beeswax-bread-bags-by-eazywell

Hi all;
Normally, you would find my posts in the energy or piggie forums.
This could be my very first post in the gardening forum!
Being home all the time now, I find I have more time on the computer... who would have guessed!

I watched a fascinating video with a totally crappy AI voice-over.
The gist of it was 2 tablespoons of yeast and one tablespoon of sugar, mixed in one quart of water.
After activating, this is diluted with 10 parts water, and the resulting mix is applied three times.
When first planting, when the foliage is greening, and lastly when fruiting.
They claimed this mixture introduced biodiversity in the soil, promoting strong root growth, with corresponding plant size and fruit quantity.

Is this true? It seems too easy...
Gerry thought it sounded like what biochar does to the soil.
Any expert gardeners here at Permies???

I mixed up a batch, and I gave my seaberries a nice yeast watering!
They were already growing like crazy. I am very pleased with the nursery that I purchased them from.
I'm hoping to see even more new growth now that I have set them to "rise"!

That's what it said on line, a message, not an idiot light.
Seemed like a common problem, easy enough to change.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2yVo9qfrzg

Well, John, obviously, you have a very hot driveway!
Or... perhaps there is a super volcano under your driveway, and nobody but your truck has noticed this yet...
Otherwise, you have a failed sensor on the motor.
Your A/c not staying on, which could be because it thinks your motor is overheating.
The easiest sensor to locate is the one that controls the gauge, but we know it is working properly.
A quick search turned up the CTS sensor as a known problem with Chevy motors.
Either the sensor itself or the wiring going to it is where to look.

I would dearly love to charge our car from the panels.
Most older EVs had limited range, making them worthless around here.
These new ones with a 280-mile range would fit the bill perfectly!
The $40,000 price tag when new makes them a pipe dream, but in a few years, those prices will moderate.
Have to see how their battery holds up, as that is the catch with purchasing a used one.
What I really would like to own before I move on... is a George Jetson car, a basic model, no need for it to fold into a suitcase...

Today, I hit the 500-mile mark on the new short block.
I drained it into a clean pan to visually check it, no chunks visible... always a good thing.
Some sparkles like fine gold in the bottom of the drain pan; they could easily be zinc particles from the break in oil.
She now has a new filter and a conventional 10-30 Valvoline motor oil for the next 2500 miles.
So far, she purrs like a kitten and has no leaks or drips.