Scored this little dude from Science Surplus 🛸

Because I’m all done with the toothpaste caps jumping down the manhole.

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A chipmunk just cost me $258 for a chewed-threw wire replacement. At first I thought it was something I’d messed up when installing the ecobee thermostat but no, it was a dumb rodent.

Repair guy said they detect the heat in the wire and think it’s a food source of some kind. I guess with brains smaller than a walnut, they have to be pretty stupid.

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Finally took my thermostat from the 1980s to the 2018s 💪

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This is why I should always take a step back and look at the big picture when I’m cutting someones’s hair. It’s also what happens when I just want to get something done.

Sorry kid, this is a lost cause. You’ll just have to wait until your hair grows back.

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Throwback Thursday to five years ago this May when I painted an anarchy sign in my garage.

Because I still protest. In general.

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When Sara and I were up in Galena I found and bought a trombone at an antique store. Same store I got the looney bin room numbers.

And then I hung up the trombone in the blue room with a curtain holdback hook. Because of course that’s what you do. I was gonna put it above the window but Sara said maybe beside. Of course her idea was better.

I blew it a little when I got home and I sounded just about as good as I did when I was ten and played one in school.

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They hang on my back door and clang anytime it’s opened and closed.

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When you’re me you get some vintage hospital room signs and hang them above every room on your second floor.

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Now I won’t have to look at the neighbor’s brown house for the rest of eternity.

The new plant shelf is much more appealing.

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Got a new upstairs window fan. 20” and 1600 RPM, both intake and exhaust. They say it’s “whole house” and I believe ‘em. I can feel the air moving when I’m down in the basement. This’ll be perfect for when it’s hotter inside than out.

I’m seriously impressed so far. With sucking up the cold air from my basement my house is already 2° cooler since I turned it on. My kitchen isn’t hot and muggy for once even though it’s 79° outside.

I did have to do some creative mounting work because I didn’t want it permanently attached to the window. And then I hooked it up to Alexa with a TanTan Smart Plug and called it The Terminator.

Look for it on Amazon: AirKing 9166 20” Whole House Window Fan — $160 when I got mine.

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