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don bauder Nothing to report because I follow the rules. Been audited twice since 1999 and no issues either time.— June 19, 2015 12:04 p.m.
Don't move here for great childcare or education
don bauder When we moved to San Diego almost 40 yrs ago, the cost of living was already to high. If we hadn't had a place to live, I doubt that we could have afforded to make the move.— June 19, 2015 9:51 a.m.
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don bauder, Among other places. When being a "legal resident" of a state with no personal income tax, one has to be careful to allocate their time properly.— June 19, 2015 9:43 a.m.
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don bauder Yeah, well it does make a difference when that typo is about a decimal point in the wrong place, throwing your calculation off by a factor of ten. Oh well, at least I never claimed to be a math wiz in school.— June 19, 2015 9:40 a.m.
West Nile high
don bauder, all good questions. But being that I'm not an expert on either mosquitoes or west nile virus, I can't answer them. However, according to CDC stats for 2014, Washington and Oregon had a 12 and 8 total cases, respectively, with no deaths. In comparison, Arizona had 107 cases and 13 deaths, while California had 801 total cases and 31 deaths. Minnesota, which I have been told is terrible for mosquitoes in the spring and summer, had 21 total cases and no deaths. Interpret that data however you want. CDC data for 2015 says that as of June 16, California, and Colorado for that matter, have had only non-human WNV activity, while Arizona Oregon and Washington have had no activity at all. Again, Interpret that data however you want. One other set of stats for you. Again according to CDC data, from 1999 thru 2014 Washington had 63 total cases, Oregon 167 cases, Arizona 1,436 cases, Minnesota 635 cases and California 4806 case, which by the way was second only to the 5112 cases found in Colorado. As before, you can interpret the data however you want.— June 19, 2015 9:34 a.m.
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Um, yeah. I noticed my typo but couldn't edit it. And that's one reason why I didn't change over to central air. If anything, I would have gone with a split zone ductless system, but they still use upwards of 5kwh.— June 18, 2015 2:38 p.m.
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brain fart, forgot the pesky decimal point, because you need 3-5 kw to cover an average central ac system.— June 18, 2015 2:12 p.m.
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dennis No, I am saying 2 panels at 530 watts won't run anything. I didn't catch the typo until it was 2 late to edit, but even with the typo, 2 panels still wouldn't even run the pool pump, let alone the ac.— June 18, 2015 2:08 p.m.
West Nile high
don bauder mosquitos can breed anywhere there is standing water in as little as a table spoon. Think of a discarded water bottle cap. Or in the saucer of a potted plant. Or in a plastic bag hidden by a plant. You probably don't do much yard work around your house, but how about a shovel that's lying on the ground or a dent in the bottom of an overturned wheel barrow. You get the idea.— June 18, 2015 11:05 a.m.
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don bauder That's a common misconception. If you look at a solar irradiation map of Germany, you'll see that the southern third of the country has roughly the same solar potential as San Diego, the middle third roughly the same as the southern US, from east Texas to the Atlantic coast and the northern third at about the same as the the mid-western US. This of course, is based on a tilt-latitude collection system.— June 18, 2015 10:57 a.m.