North West BS Thread

Car dealerships are calling themselves 'essential' for car repairs. I don't know about everyone else, but if I were a mechanic, if, I wouldn't want to be bringing in possible disease carrying cars in & out all day - CDC already reported finding corona on the princess cruise ship 17 days After everyone got off of it, 17 days! What y'all say?

 

Yeah, that would be crazy. There was an article on the BBC that talked about some recent surface testing with Covid. They said copper surfaces killed it "in as fast as 4 hours". Other surfaces were a lot worse. 4 hours seems like a very long time and that was the fastest.

 

If heard mixed answers on how long it lives on paper and cardboard but definitely something to think about when getting the mail these next few weeks/months.

 

Yeah, I’ve heard mixed and conflicting info too.

Dug into the emergency supplies tonight

 

How's everyone doing today? Staying healthy I hope

 

Doing. Slept like crap, tired, wanted to sleep in. Guess it could be worse, could be laid off work with no income. Need to fast forward through this crap already.

 

Yea I hear you. I feel very fortunate. I am able to work from home and I have everything I need to not have to leave the house for a while if need be. I have family in the food industry and they are out of work for the foreseeable future. It is going to get rough for a lot of people out there.

 

Unfortunately it is. We just need to help those that we can.

 

Good here, hope all is well with you guys.
Ran a few errands this morning for some home projects before Inslee's order takes place tonight.
The stores are empty and the shelves are stocked around here

 

tired of
Working out of the house. I enjoy going to work. Our family of three is starting to get a bit stir crazy. If the weather would clear up for a few days, I’d get out and detail the cars.

 

Doing pretty good overall. I’ve been busy the past few days, which always makes the day go faster. My wife got into it with our daughter today, so tempers are starting to rise.

Already dreaming of a road trip in the Tundra. Need to get some food here in the next day or two. Maybe I’ll take the long road to Costco.

I’ve decided to take the evening off from news. I need a break...

 

Did any of you guys buy the AJT cupholder surround to replace the chrome one? If so, do you still have the chrome one, and would you be willing to part with it?

 

Painted mine, sorry. My wife thought I was crazy until she saw the finished product

 

on the lighter side of life.
Staying at home, wife was tired of cooking and mentioned we had steaks. Screw the 10% rain, bbq. Man they were great. Leftovers for steak tacos...

 

Did some more hiking today.

 

That’s awesome. Where is that?

 

Outside of Idaho City at the Adelmann Mine. It was awesome! I love that old stuff and the history of it.

 

Sweet! Rained off and on here. Stayed inside. Getting a little stir crazy

 

It was beautiful out. Nothing beats fresh mountain air.

 

True that!

 

Yeah, that' really cool. Beautiful scenery.

Dang it...530 miles away. The wife and I got out today for a drive, but nothing that epic...only about 110 miles.

 

Truck hasn't moved since Saturday. Feels strange to not be doing any driving. I average just over 40 miles per day during normal times (what does that even mean anymore). Looks like I've "saved" about 700 miles so far not having to commute to work and take the kids to after school activities. That ~$160 in fuel savings should just about cover what I expect will be an epic power bill this month.

 

Hopefully it won't be too bad. Still on winter rates as opposed to summer. I swear I use the same amount of electricity each month and the summer electric bill is 3-4 times higher.

 

yikes. @Green Thunder @jewsNbrews any idea what your PUD charges per kWh?

 

I would have to look at my last statement. I dont remember off hand. Pacific power is our utility for electricity.

 

We have Clark PUD and our bills have averaged around $50-60/month throughout the year.
Our electrical consumption doesn't appear like much but I feel our usage is fairly average. Most of the use in is fall/winter months since we use more lights.

 

I just looked up my bill. My electricity bill is up about $20, to about $100, but my gas bill is down about $15 (fewer showers I'm guessing). Not sure what the rate is, and logging into the website is a PITA...so I won't. If this keeps going the way it is, my bill will go up some more when I have to start using A/C. But the increase in A/C use is offset by the decrease in other electricity use, so it's basically a wash.

Guess it's not as bad as I thought. The money I'm saving not eating lunch at work is paying for my bigger bills at home. Fuel savings is all direct to the pocketbook! Sweet....

 

Fuel savings have been a plus to all this craziness. I’ve only driven my truck like 30 miles in the past two weeks.

 

Since I am still working through all of this, my commute times have been great! Last week on Friday night I made it all the way to work and never had a car in front of me. For reference its 12.7miles and most of it is a "back roads" so only one lane each direction. Usually its packed full of people that can't read the speed limit signs.

 

Inslee just extended the lock down until May 4th. Wow.