[ale] OT Just bought my 1st & 2nd "lighting-class" LED bulbs

[James Sumners]

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Michael H. Warfield <mhw at wittsend.com> wrote:
>> Why do people insist on BLACK shingles in the hot states? Aesthetics
>> be damned! AC bills prevent me from have other fun :-(  The only black
>> things I want my roof are solar panels for power and hot water.
>
> Ours are brown but I keep insisting that "solar panel blue" is
> esthetically pleasing...  The evil looks I get from June would wilt a
> plastic plant at 100M.  We've even got an extremely optimal siting, with
> the orientation and view our roof has...  Sigh...  I won't win that
> fight.  Not even worth starting down the road.

I'm hoping to replace my shingles with metal some day. Evidently they
put an insulation under it now that essentially deadens the sound of
rain. And screw that regular replacement cost for shingles.

-- 
James Sumners
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"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."

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