Commercial Items Identified on my Commute

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I see a lot of interesting commercialitems on truck on I-75. When you make the commute many times you start to see the same items over and over again. Sometimes it is huge equipment tires, sometimes heavy equipment of different types. I see these huge blocks of aluminum going North. I think about what the mill must look like and where it is going. And how much aluminum foil a block like this will make. Using the Tesla Full Self-Driving (supervised) allows me to look for these things on the highway. The FSD also helps me through the crazy stop and goes. Easily over 70MPH and then sudden traffic at dead stops, frequently. I see accidents every trip. It is amazing there aren't more. A side note- aluminum foil has a shiny side and a dull side. The reason why is that the foil is folded as it goes through massive rollers. The shiny side is the side that faces the steel roller. The dull side faces itself - aluminum.

Well, I have almost all the plumbing work done as well as almost all of the electrical work done. I found a bit more of the wiring was ripped out of the house by the foreclosees than I figured. It worked out to be about 50 dollars more in materials (nothing compared to the costs of copper today). On the other side, I discovered the electric is all in for the spa. Not that I have the spa yet. I am certainly gaining on the house. I have my vintage McIntosh audio equipment hooked up to the computer for some really fine tunes and I am adding to the suite of audio equipment. A few more pieces to have it perfect, at least for now.

My geese neighbors got in my way this morning on my drive out of my neighborhood. My place is pretty well fenced for geese. I don't need those turd machines making more work for me.

I went for an especially nice flight today. Descending over Lake Lanier I couldn't help but think about my boating experiences on lake Ontario and what a step-change I have experienced with aviation. I like aviation better, especially as I am descending over a lake with lots of boats. It was a lot like like flying over the golf course in Greene, NY.

Having my car in a garage was a new experience, believe it or not. It is a first for me. This the first place I have lived with my own car in a nice garage. Simple pleasure.

At the flight school today, I got to witness a first solo of a student. I confirmed with the folks there that the first solo "is the milestone". All the other hurdles and accomplishments don't match up to the first time you get in the plane by yourself and fly around the patch by yourself. It was good to witness.


Expect to see more blogs in Portuguese. It is Brazil's time. They have been waiting patiently. Eu meu chamu chr-les. Tchau Tchau.






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