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

[Mike Harrison]

> Regarding your message:
> Stove?  Oven?  Dryer?  Water Heater?

Stove/Oven is electric, as is the Dryer.
Nancy likes the smell of air-dried things, so a lot of time things are
hung on the solar powered clothes dryer, which on our house is off the 
deck, > 20 ft in the air. The water heater is gas, as is part of our heat,
it's a heat pump with gas. The gas (propane tank) also fuels the 
generator. Summer gas usage is negligable, last years fill up was about 
$500. Nancy likes it warm in the winter, so we suck it up and heat the 
house.. I'm comfortable in the low 60's.

One of the reasons I bought this house was it's ability to naturally cool.
During much of the year we just open the windows, a cool breeze flows down 
the mountain I'm on the side of and through the house.

Semi-on topic: I've been self-employed a lot, and having a cheap efficient 
place to live allows me to survive those "the check is coming" moments 
without freaking out. It is possible to make a living as a Linux nutcase, 
but you have to be creative.