I seem to remember seeing conversation of people running pfSense on here. Just wanted to say that I started messing around with it yesterday and was very pleasantly suprised. Not only with the how easy it was to get setup a working, but the capabilities.
I'm a HUGE fan of Pfsense, it solved a LOT of headaches here.
Jas Hud wrote to Sean Dennis <=-
Someday I'd like to get some land and get a pre-fab house put on it. I
you'd have to have a big chunk of money to do that.
i heard they are up in price everywhere. the quality is not great so i wouldn't recommend it. also your pipes will freeze if it gets cold enough. probably not an issue for your area.
wouldn't recommend it. also your pipes will freeze if it gets cold enough. probably not an issue for your area.
I'd have to have it modified for my needs and I don't know if that could be done which is why I'd rather have a house.
Jas Hud wrote to Digimaus <=-
Just keep playing the lottery!
The lottery is a tax on the stupid.
Arelor wrote to Digimaus <=-
I think a lot of it is social presure only. It is very typical in Spain for people in the workplace to pool money in and buy a lottery ticket
for the whole office every now and then. If everybody is doing it and
you don't participate, you come across as the weird sociopathic guy.
I am the weird sociopathic guy, but not because I don't play the
lottery (because I don't).
Arelor wrote to Sean Dennis <=-
What are the economics of using blottled gas over there? If you only
need heating in deep winter, then maybe it is better to use bottled gas for three months tops than to pay for a natural gas subscription for
the whole year.
$489 in California, on an EV time-of-day plan. 3 bedroom house, 2 gas heaters and 2 electric space heaters.
We did a remodel in our bedroom last year and ditched a huge gas
heater. Most of the time that we're in there, we're in bed under
covers, so don't need heat in that room very often.
Our rates just went up 20%. Our utility company has a pretty good thing going.
Everyone knows it should be privatized but whoever attempts it will
have so much campaign money funneled to their opponents that they'd
never make it through the next election.
people spend a good chunk of their government money on lottery tickets.
I am the weird sociopathic guy, but not because I don't play the lottery (because I don't).
I don't recall any workplace I've been at doing that. It might not be really common here, dunno.
Not allowed to use propane in the city limits. Outside of the city limits, it's commonly used.
Digimaus wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-
It wouldn't be PG&E, would it?
Yes. The same company that went bankrupt in 2001, but not after
funneling a $5 billion payment to PGE Corp before doing so. It's incredulous seeing what corporations will do when there's no
consequence.
Not allowed to use propane in the city limits. Outside of the city limits, it's commonly used.
Jas Hud wrote to Digimaus <=-
so you can't have any type of propane?
Kurt Weiske wrote to Digimaus <=-
Up in the Sierra Nevada mountains, we had our choice of going all
electric or setting up one of those big propane tanks. We don't live
there year-round, so we went all electric.
Propane and snow are a bad combination. We had a couple of big winters where tanks exploded. I don't know if they imploded or if the snow was
too great for the connectors and pipes. Most likely, the latter.
Possibly the snow caused the pressure to build in the tanks. I haven't seen that around here but it's rare for us to get more than a few inches in the valley though higher up they get a foot or two.
Digimaus wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-
Possibly the snow caused the pressure to build in the tanks. I haven't seen that around here but it's rare for us to get more than a few
inches in the valley though higher up they get a foot or two.
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Digimaus wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-
Possibly the snow caused the pressure to build in the tanks. I haven't seen that around here but it's rare for us to get more than a few inches in the valley though higher up they get a foot or two.
We've had a huge system settled in over California, we had rain nonstop
for around 48 hours on the coast, and reports of 2-3 feet of new snow at
our cabin.
from the tanks to the houses/cabins was not burried deep enough, or maybe the installers did something else that didn't take the cold and snow into account.
They are probably used to it in Wisconsin but, in California, if the
company that handled the install was not from the snowy mountain area they may not have installed it right.
Up in the Sierra Nevada mountains, we had our choice of going all
electric or setting up one of those big propane tanks. We don't live
there year-round, so we went all electric.
Propane and snow are a bad combination. We had a couple of big winters
where tanks exploded. I don't know if they imploded
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Jas Hud wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-
ps my tanks have been sitting outside in -20 windchill this year.
I think it was more a function of the 15 feet of snow surrounding the
tank.
Jas Hud wrote to Mike Powell <=-
They are probably used to it in Wisconsin but, in California, if the
company that handled the install was not from the snowy mountain area they may not have installed it right.
he said tanks exploded or imploded.
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Jas Hud wrote to Mike Powell <=-
They are probably used to it in Wisconsin but, in California, if the company that handled the install was not from the snowy mountain area they may not have installed it right.
he said tanks exploded or imploded.
The tanks aren't the problem, the gas lines running *to* the tanks are.
The propane leaks out and ignites.
where tanks exploded. I don't know if they imploded or if the snow was
too great for the connectors and pipes. Most likely, the latter. "
They are probably used to it in Wisconsin but, in California, if the company that handled the install was not from the snowy mountain area they may not have installed it right.
he said tanks exploded or imploded.
The tanks aren't the problem, the gas lines running *to* the tanks are.
The propane leaks out and ignites.
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They are probably used to it in Wisconsin but, in California, if the company that handled the install was not from the snowy mountain area they may not have installed it right.
he said tanks exploded or imploded.
The tanks aren't the problem, the gas lines running *to* the tanks are.
The propane leaks out and ignites.
I thought you mentioned the gas lines at some point. ;)
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