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I’m sitting here re-charging my RV battery bank. Just messing around seeing how this stuff works. One trend is RV manufacturers now furnish 12 volt DC powered refrigerators. Even the small units pull 10 amps, on hot days I can see 40 amps or so daily would be routine. Using a generator and the installed RV converter, it needs re-charging often, and while the performance is good, it is what it is. A propane powered refrigerator, on the other hand, will run for a month on a standard 20 pound barbecue tank. Out in the desert, water looms critical when...

Okay, I have a vaiio laptop that I love dearly. But let's backup a bit and explain how this almost impossible occurence.... (I screwed up, ok!!) We were going away on vacation and decided to 'safe' the laptop, as it was not needed, and lurking in the back of mind was my ever present near paranoia 'did we remember to turn the stove off, honey??' and memories of internet pictures of laptop fires caused from faulty batteries ; No, we're gonna unplug this thing - and remove the battery. That is safe enough, right? Remember when I said I was...

Swear I heard on SW last night that Ralph Nader is in Cuba, but haven't found any mention of that in the lamestream press. If true, I wonder what he's doing down there...

Somehow, I don't think the I.R.S. takes this view when it comes to back taxes, for example. In point of fact, they are quite thorough and go to great lengths to ensure compliance going back several years. While not wishing to debate the merits of an uncontrolled influx of illegals, their 'argument' is specious.