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10+ years when you want to start looking at retiring but you know you never will because you're like me in that if you didn't work you'd be bored, but you realize you can step back from 2500 series trucks and get a 1500 series with a 400+ mile EV range to do the work and just have the heavier stuff delivered by the supplier.

Was surfing google street view and came across one of the bizzaro distortion vehicles--a 6 wheel Honda CR-V..

East Coast Costcos, Sams, and BJs, generally don't carry diesel. I've driven the entire east cost from Boston to Key West and West to Detroit, MI.. not saying my survey was exhaustive, but I make it a habit to fill up at Costco as much as possible because they have the lowest prices for the top tier gas. I've never seen a Costco with diesel.

@balthazar Why are you looking at chargers around your house? Those are the chargers you would never use. Unless you're eligible for Tesla Supercharging for free or some other free service, charging at public paid charging stations never makes financial sense. What you want to look for is chargers between you and long-distance destinations that you visit. Can you make it to your son's college and back on a single charge? If not, look up chargers either in-between or at his school. Those are the chargers you would use. You're not driving 300 miles a day every day unless you're doing work in Harrisburg. Think about the longest trips you've taken in the past three years and look at the chargers for those routes. Anything under about 100 miles one way and you don't need to even think about it because for those you'd charge at home. The point that I believe @David is trying to make is that you "fill up" every day at home. You'll never use any of the public chargers around you... or even within 100 miles of your place. You'd never charge at a customer's home not because of any cost... even at 20c/kWh you're looking at $2.50 max worth of electricity on a 110v outlet. You wouldn't do it because on a 110v outlet the charge rate is too slow to even bother. If a customer had a level 2 charger at their house and let you use it, you could knock $5 off their bill and you'd be more than even. I suspect that the people you see hogging all of the Tesla chargers at the mall are just cheapskates that don't want their electric bill going up $30 a month. They paid all that money for a Tesla with free charging and they feel entitled to use as much free charging as possible and abuse the system even though from an opportunity cost/hour it makes little sense to the likes of you and I who can math. You could put a dryer outlet in your garage, get a level 2 charger for home and NEVER need to visit a public charger except for the maybe 2 times a year you go to your son's university. (I realize that Covid changes a lot of this scenario, but I'm talking about when life goes back to normal)

Your toilet & fridge are in the same room?? I like the 'clic-lock' LVP tiles. Just did a bathroom floor after a subfloor repair, and it came out really nice. Peel & stick is very hit or miss due to commonly weak glue, plus they will move overtime, gapping.

What had happened was, I was planning on ripping up my old bathroom floor (sheet goods, glued fast, big job, had to scrape, had a helper) and planning what to do next in there, but then the floor was UNDER the toilet, which needed to be replaced anyway, so now I am down to a fine finished plywood underlayment that is partially delaminated (due to a water disaster with a fridge icemaker line 16 years ago). And one toilet in the house. Was thinking of peel-and-stick tile, but I would have to replace the underlayment. Then I was thinking of thick sheet goods, which might be OK, but it has to be glued fast. So now I am on to waterproof LVP, which will easily go over the floor in its current condition, but requires careful cutting. Got to head over to the YouTube for tips and tricks.

Indianapolis. I'll take the '60 DeSoto Adventurer all the way to the left.

Kia dealer up the road (kinda awkward to get to from the highway) has 1 plug. Have to get permission to use. 1 toyoter reviewer gave a thumbs up, 1 Volt reviewer was told the charger was broken. Looked at a neighboring municipal location. There they charge $2.10 per hour, (by the minute). Also listed was a $20 per hour 'idling fee'. They have 1 plug. Some of these issues would be solved if lazy installers didn't put these on the wall of the building in a parking lot, where the spots can frequently get iced. Need a little 'fueling station' siding where people won't park. Although it's brand new infrastructure, it needs a LOT of refinement yet. Not only is it not ready for mass use, it's not 'anxiety free'. Works OK as a niche source right now.

Looked into one of my 4 aforementioned local sites- the one at the nissan dealer. Fast charger requires a PIN to activate. Dealer has a sign posted it's for nissan leaf ('leaves'??) only. One reviewer claimed he was kicked out by the cops for being there in a eGolf... but PlugShare shows a pic of a Volt plugged in- appears to be the same dealer. Another one I mentioned, the school said one honda eFit reviewer said he was kicked out by the cops late at night- that it was 'private property'. Must have a ChargePoint card to access. A couple other reviewers complained one of the charger plugs was broken, and other that spots were 'iced' (I believe that means blocked).

I used YOUR link to see what is in my area. That link stated the municipal chargers 'are for municipal fleet use only'. Don't assume; click 'details'. The rear lot of the building is fenced off and they have signs stating 'no entry'. I can verify the next time I'm over there, but I'm positive the outlets are behind the building. I KNOW they're not in the front lot. Where else would the site get that info but from the source? That does not include the private service charge points which increase even more charge locations if your part of that companies plan. What "company"? I find it weird that your Costco does not have Diesel as every Costco here has diesel in addition to multiple regular gas. It's not weird; it's just something you haven't seen for yourself. I've been a Costco customer for about 5 years (since it opened by me); I know how to use the internet / a business website. I DON'T need to check their prices tho, because they don't carry diesel.

Yes : 'Morrokide'. Great, thick stuff. My '64 still has zero rips.

^ was that material called 'Morrodyke' or something like that?

Double stop intersection.

I am glad that Texas has learned NOT to depend on oil for their future. Some countries have failed to learn the same lessons Texas was forced to learn in the 1980s.

Pontiac's "vegan leather" they used in the '60s was utterly fantastic stuff. Wore like iron. I picked up a set of white '66 buckets from a junkyard car (had just came in) in '95, cleaned them with vinegar and they looked great & sold like hotcakes.

Honda E EV auto while having great reviews failed in one area that led to only 1,000 units sold so far year to date. The reason is range. Honda went with a 35kWH battery pack good for 137 miles of range and at the same price you have the Renault Zoe which is #2 in EV sales behind Tesla in Europe selling 10's of thousands of auto's that has a 245 mile battery pack for the same price in the same segment. Honda has since partnered with GM to use their EV platform to offer subcompact and compact EVs to the world on the same platform that will lower EV entry prices. As such in the mean time till Honda can start producing their new line of EVs, Honda has followed FCA in buying hundreds of millions in clean air credits from Tesla. https://chargedevs.com/newswire/did-poor-honda-e-sales-spur-the-decision-to-buy-ev-credits-from-tesla/

Texas continues their march away from the Oil industry by embracing Green Energy and focusing on the new business that will go into the next century and beyond. Texas will now host the largest solar power station in the US. Producing 1,310 Megawatts of energy upon completion. The Solar Farm or what is being called the Samson Solar Energy Center will support five major consumer brands and three Texas municipalities. AT&T: 500 MW Honda: 200 MW McDonald's: 160 MW Google: 100 MW The Home Depot: 50 MW City of Bryan, TX: 150 MW City of Denton, TX: 75 MW City of Garland, TX: 25 MW This is a $1.6 Billion dollar capital investment supporting over 600 jobs over the 36 month construction period. Additionally this will bring more than $250 million to Landowners for payment of land use and support the local community in what is estimated at $200 million in property tax payments over the life of the project. The project will be online and fully operational by 2023. The power produced will support 300,000 homes. The Texas power grid is becoming one of the most modern in the country as they add 3.5 GW of green energy capacity this year and an additional 5.5 GW in 2021. https://electrek.co/2020/11/20/texas-largest-solar-project-us-samson/

Some men don’t base their “manliness” against what a car looks like especially when its a company vehicle. Well, maybe you do but then again, those are issues for a shrink and not C & G to figure out.

Plenty of examples have already been given. Your “approval” of this is not necessary to make it true. Sorry but at 100mph, that would have been a shrapnel laced disaster in ANY car.

Check out this 1952 Pontiac. I couldn't find it at first.

Neat conversion of this little Chevy. This is cool also, but some people are still stuck with this 1975 idea of what all electric cars are... Scooters are going electric also, the technology continues to grow.. Another mach E review. Really nice fabrication work on this VW van conversion. Impressive video!

Bummed a bit as my water heater decided to take a dump ( of water). Was lucky enough to get someone to put a new on in Tuesday, so no warm water for a few days. Worried that the basement would be real bad, but it looks like I’ll just lose one panel of drywall to mold, as so far everything else is drying out nicely as we got the water up fast....still going to be quite some money though... Having a very small get together with my family, parents, and brother. To be safe, have air cleaners running, and masks can be worn if they want. I am around these folks regularly, so there is low risk. But with all the crazy, plan to be as careful as possible since I fall into that high risk category. Avoiding shopping this weekend anyways, as I work most of it anyways.......