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Re: Fla Power and Light-written bill to gut rooftop solar? - Today
Big power isn't paying for the cost overruns, your rate increases are. Solar has the potential to reduce the customer base that is making the payments. That means the utility will have to increase the rates to avoid paying those overruns from profit. The increased rates will just drive more customers to solar. It is a reversed pyramid scheme. This law helps to keep the customer base intact andby Ombligo - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: Zoom memorial service. - Today
Good to know Rhonda. If I may, I suggest you look for a support group to help you get through the next few months. Only those who have been through this loss can truly understand. Let them help you.by Ombligo - Tips and Deals
Re: Fla Power and Light-written bill to gut rooftop solar? - Today
Made it through committee on a bipartisan vote. This will be one of the first bills passed and signed into law.by Ombligo - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
NFL Wildcard Weekend - Day 2 - Today
Danny thread was getting buried and besides it was yesterday... Bucs are going through the Eagles easily. Three scores in three possessions. Interesting factoid posted a few minutes ago -- Tom Brady has played in more postseason games than all of the other teams' QB's combined.by Ombligo - Tips and Deals
Re: Netflix raising prices again - Yesterday
QuotepRICE cUBE Got Netflix now on promo and the biggest consumer of my time is not the new shows, it has been Star Trek shows. TNG, DS9, Voyager, Enterprise are all on there. When the promo runs out, I don't think I will continue the service. I believe only TNG and DS9 are still on Netflix for free. As of January 1, the rest are now locked to Paramount+. (which is $5/month)by Ombligo - Tips and Deals
Re: Any experiences with DirecTV Streaming? - Yesterday
They dropped OAN, so that is a good sign.by Ombligo - Tips and Deals
Re: I'm going to be really 8!$$ed off if I can't get my surgery. - Yesterday
Florida hospitals are in a bind - SCOTUS has approved mandates on them with Medicare/Medicaid cutoff if vaccinations are not required. Meanwhile, DeathSantis has told hospitals that the state would enforce its no mandate law with a $50,000 per day fine.by Ombligo - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Netflix raising prices again - Yesterday
The Netflix standard plan for U.S. subscribers has increased from $13.99 to $15.49 per month. Subscribers will see the change on their next bill.by Ombligo - Tips and Deals
Re: So, my partner's dumbass anti-vax brother..... well, guess what? - Yesterday
Insurance companies should make vaccination a requirement for any Covid coverage.by Ombligo - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: With March primaries looming, TX has begun rejecting voter registrations - Yesterday
That R & D on the new Texas registration forms actually stands for Retain and Discard.by Ombligo - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: Can Openers - Yesterday
No real choice when you need a one-handed can opener. The Chef'n EZ Squeeze lasts about five years for $12by Ombligo - Tips and Deals
Re: Oh man. Pope caught on camera visiting a Rome record store - Yesterday
QuoteDP Oh, c'mon! No joke about him walking in and saying, "Please allow me to introduce myself"...? and WE HAVE A WINNER!by Ombligo - Tips and Deals
Re: Oh man. Pope caught on camera visiting a Rome record store - 2 days ago
stocking up...by Ombligo - Tips and Deals
Re: DeSantis/Trump brawl about to kick into high gear - 2 days ago
Quotemrbigstuff Well, you would not have to choose between either of those two, unless you were forced to vote in a Republican caucus. I live in a county where if you are not Republican you don't get to vote. The Dems have not put any local candidates up in the last two election cycles. So I've sat out the last two primaries and watched decent Republicans lose to loonies. I'm not doing that aby Ombligo - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: Travel in Asia may not be on your mind, but... $399, 12 nights, with Air, China/Thailand. - 2 days ago
It's a shopping trip with stops at sightseeing locations. If you read the terms, while you are not required to buy anything, you are required to go to the shopping portions which last at least an hour at each stop. If you skip it, the remainder of your package is cancelled including return air.by Ombligo - Tips and Deals
Re: DeSantis/Trump brawl about to kick into high gear - 2 days ago
If I had to choose between DeSantis and Trump in an election... I'd drink bleach. Seriously though, I'd have to go with Trump. Desantis is Trump on steroids, just as nuts but far more adept at politics. Trump wants to be a dictator, DeSantis knows how to become one.by Ombligo - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: Oven Cleaning - Self Cleaning or Spray Cleaner or Other - 2 days ago
If it is just a centralized spot of two, just spot clean with no-fume oven cleaner. If it is the whole bottom or sides, etc - then run the self-clean function. mine can smoke pretty bad, so I tent some old towels from the hood vent and run it while the cleaning cycle is going. No smoky house.by Ombligo - Tips and Deals
Re: Gavin Newsom Rejects Parole For Sirhan Sirhan - 2 days ago
I generally favor parole for elderly inmates, but in this instance, I have no issues with him remaining incarcerated. His refusal to accept responsibility for the murder is enough to justify the denial. Much like the Serbian assassin who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand and set of two world wars, Sirhan's bullet likely changed the future of this country in ways that can only be imagined. I knowby Ombligo - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: The overrepresentation of rural states in the Senate is going to get a lot worse - 3 days ago
The constitution originally called for one representative for every 30,000 inhabitants. If that still held true, the combined populations of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming the Dakotas (~5 million) would have 167 representatives. That would be roughly the same as Alabama. California's population of 39 million would have 1,316 representatives. Under that formula it would equal the combined congressby Ombligo - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: PSA - Give Blood! - 3 days ago
This is the first year in more than a decade that I can donate. Usually, I'm disqualified because we go to Central America. I haven't been in the last two years, so I can give again.by Ombligo - Tips and Deals
Re: QR code scams on the rise. Think twice before you scan - 3 days ago
Took them long enough. I think I've used a QR scan maybe four times, and that was for airline boarding passes.by Ombligo - Tips and Deals
On a high note - cannabis may stop Covid - 3 days ago
According to a peer-reviewed paper published this week at least three compounds naturally occurring in the cannabis plant were shown in lab tests to be effective at stopping all known variants of the coronavirus molecules from entering human cells. But don't reach for that joint just yet — the compounds, CBD-A, CBG-A, and THC-A, are non-psychoactive and degrade at high temperatures, which maby Ombligo - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: Why people are leery of police - vol CLIV - 4 days ago
Until I was instructed not to, I used to show a youtube video of a former police officer, now a law school professor talking to college students. He is telling them why they should never, under any circumstances say anything to any law enforcement officer except to say that they want an attorney. The school police objected, saying that I was instructing students not to be cooperative. Thby Ombligo - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: Because you are my virtual family, I wanted to post my personal loss - 4 days ago
There are times for words and times to just reach out and offer a hug. Just know that there is a long line of souls standing with me, and all of our arms are open to you.by Ombligo - Tips and Deals
Re: Covid ICU - 4 days ago
I thought you found a different gig? Regardless, stay safe and thanks.by Ombligo - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: "Deltacron" ... likely a lab error, but... - 4 days ago
What people fail to realize is that the next variant could be as contagious as omicron and as deadly as the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), which has a 37% mortality rate. Getting a mutation that is worse is just as likely as getting one that isn't - we've just been lucky.by Ombligo - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: How bad are things? So bad… - 4 days ago
QuoteLemon Drop Not to burst a bubble, but nearly every state has a budget surplus due to federal payments. But it is only the blue states that are having difficulty spending it ethicallyby Ombligo - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: Letter opener that is 100% metal - 4 days ago
when you are grocery shopping, ask the stockers what they use to open cardboard boxes. Five years ago my son gave me one that Publix uses, it is still going strong. Heavy duty plastic handle, it isn't breaking This it - $1.99 -by Ombligo - Tips and Deals
Re: Need ideas to spend aunt’s money to below $2,000 every month while she’s in nursing home. - 4 days ago
Is she receiving good care? is the nursing staff worth a catered lunch and dinner (for the different shifts)? If it is a hospice, it shouldn't matter as medicare pays 100% of that. Otherwise, buy something that could be used as an investment, somewhat can be cashed back out for her estate. but I would definitely talk to a financial advisor to CYAby Ombligo - Tips and Deals