"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Fri, 7 Apr 2017 07:11:22 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:


My bottle of Grey nail polish broke when I tried to open it to mark
the Maytag timer, and finding a nonmetallic replacement was
difficult.

ICK! Having worked in a building owned by an ex-Navy man (gray
exterior with 1' band of maroon near the top, gray interior paint,
darker gray carpeting, gray benches, gray countertops) I got a bit
tired of that lovely, bright color and try not to purchase anything
gray to this day. My wool hiking socks are the exception. g
Whuffo you use gray nail polish? Wouldn't black be a better
contrast
for a timer marking?, or were you remaining true to the original
icky
color?

I was dabbing the color of the removed wires directly on the rivet of
the Faston tabs, since the wire number labels aren't all close to
their terminals.

The Navy must have unloaded their surplus grey paint on the Army after
retiring the battleships because it was our standard interior and
equipment color too.



Weather radar showed the intense squall line that passed through NY
and CT breaking up before hitting us. I didn't hear a single thunder
boom.

Although I didn't hear any thunderstorm last night, I awoke this
morning to a repeated beeping in the other room. Looking at the
bedside clock, it was dark. The power just now came back on and the
heater feels good. 75,061 people lost power (for 3-4 hours) in
Oregon
this morning due to many trees taking down power lines. They trim
the
trees every year to prevent that. Go figure.

Coffee was made on a propane burner (first things first) and then I
settled back against the wedge on my bed to read by 48 LED panel
from
a survival lantern I built. It has a 9w 3 LED spot in MR-16 body
and
a 5Ah 12v gel cell.

139ma @ 12vdc http://tinyurl.com/muzjaqz I also used them to
replace
my cargo lights over the truck bed, where they work well.

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That's the thing about needs. Sometimes, when you get them met,
you don't need them anymore. -- Michael Patrick King