Mr Info

Bought my flights to the opener last night. It’s been a tradition with some college buddies for the 4 of us to attend the Jets @ Bills as 2 are Jets fans and the tailgate and atmosphere in Buffalo far exceeds that in NJ. One of my Jets buddies was transitioned off a ventilator last week after 19 days in a downstate hospital. He is doing well and has been moved to a rehab facility near White Plains and expects to attend.

Not a vacation but flying Fri-Sun this weekend from RIC-BUF to visit my parents. Will be extra safe when visiting them with PPE & proper distancing, i booked my flights on an Embraer 145 (small jet) with a single row, alley, double row. I selected all my seats in the single row. I just do not trust airlines will not sell the seat next to me if I selected a double seat row. Right now I see 8, 10, 12, 7 other people on those flights. The 145 holds 50 passengers.

Thx for this. I did not include it in my original post as it was vehicle based but this is the year for a solar project as federal tax incentives are 26%. It will be 22% next year & then gone. Ordinarily, this is true but still TBD with FSD (full self driving) and V2G (vehicle to grid: credit to your energy provider...present in the Tesla & Powerwall API). FSD price will increase over time as Musk has already stated. In addition, there will be opportunities to generate income from an FSD vehicle when not in use.

Hi all, I am interested if feedback on Electronic Vehicles and will be particular to Tesla since they seem to be ahead of other competitors. My wife and I took a Model 3 for an hour spin from a local dealer and we really enjoyed it. Good pickup and a heavy, solid vehicle. We even placed it in semi-autonomous mode and mapped a destination and watched as it slowed down when a car veered in front of us, changed lanes, and then pulled off the exit but it prompted me to turn the signal on. Keeping hands on the wheel is necessary or it gets disengaged. I enjoy driving and have a 6 speed manual that is great to drive when there is no traffic. But I would like to swap out an internal combustion car for another vehicle and strongly considering Tesla. I want a car that will be dependable for a long time. The long-range covers nearly the distance I would like. There are plenty of charging stations around and the new V3 Superchargers are now ramping up for deployment. These will add 75 miles in 5 mins so a 15 min stop will add 200 miles. I live in VA but have Bills season tickets and my parents and sisters live in WNY. I want to autonomously drive there when it is available. Though I enjoy driving sometimes, there are other things I would rather be doing like having a cocktail and relaxing. Maybe it's another 1-2 yrs but I welcome the change. Neat tool; Enter your Tesla vehicle and starting and ending points and it will tell you where to stop to charge and for how long. I have used Buffalo for this and shows a stop after 3-4 hours so one stop for 30 mins on the way is fine for bio brake, munchies and leg stretch. https://www.tesla.com/trips Teslas are expensive but there is no scheduled maintenance as no belts, oil. spark plugs, etc. so some cost savings there. The car has a 4 yr 120k warranty but there are some Tesla drive trains with a million miles so not worried about warranty that much. With regenerative braking, the brake pads should be good for 100-150k miles so additional savings there. Petrol prices are low now but they will rise again and the cost/mile should be much less with electricity instead of gas. An issue is battery wear. I was considering waiting for Tesla's lithium-iron-phosphate battery technology but that may be 2-3 years away. That is their million-mile battery. It appears these batteries will be less expensive to manufacture so swap my batteries out in 5-7 years for what should be a reasonable cost. More recent news on Tesla batteries here: https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063234625 If I do this, I may double-up and add solar and Tesla's Powerwall for my house which would also assist in charging the vehicle (using solar for charge rather than Powerwall). This is a separate topic though. Btw - I do not own Tesla stock but wish I did. Any Tesla or other EV owners with input? Lots of smart people on this board with good insight so welcome your feedback. Thanks

Man Wh0re?

Probably the same reason my sister canceled her daughter’s wedding reception in early Sept. Just only immediate family in Sept. for a small wedding. There are some 60+ aged people & other high risk attendees that do not wish to fly or travel and be placed in a risky situation. The wedding reception has been rescheduled for 2021.

Gotta be...I say L->R: Danko, Manuel, Helm, Hudson, & Robertson

But it was a drummer responsible for that famous quote.

You could try a company like C H Robinson. https://www.chrobinson.com/en-us/contact-us/get-a-quote/ We have used them for business to business but they may also do residential or point you to some company that will.

My sister & her husband planned a kick-ass (225 guests) wedding on Labor Day weekend this year for their daughter. They live in MN. They told us on Sun that the wedding will still be held for immediate family only & the reception will be next year on Aug 28 at the same place. We already had preliminary discussions this might occur. This seems like a good idea. There are some attendees past 60 and they do not want to fly or travel far until there is a vaccine.

Petticoat Junction cast?

https://reasonstobecheerful.world site created by David Byrne

Lotta hate. Have a cocktail & relax. Don’t miss your anti-hypertensive meds.

Tell you what, Mr Cratchit. You can drive with me to the games next year & we can drink the entire way in an autonomous EV. That is the only way I am driving to WNY again.

Another option if time is more important than $ is to use EZPass to get past the DC traffic. You will prob still run into a backup where EZPass terminates around Quantico. Let Waze know you have EZPass and you can relax while moving past traffic in the public lanes.

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Thanks for putting this out. Seriously considering this one and coordinate it with a visit to fave relatives in Pt Richmond. May only go to the game, though. What is your opinion on using the Capital Corridor to attend a game? Could arrive early for the socially proper tailgate.

it will be interesting to see if he changes this position due to the relaxation of coronavirus restrictions in many states. Perhaps that was based on an assumption of tighter lockdowns & distancing. With relaxation, maybe the C19 downward trends represent a slowly declining plateau rather than a bell curve for the initial wave. Thus, there might not be a second wave.

I am just throwing out crazy ideas while drinking. The second game is home vs Pats*. A few days before the game, a + testing asymptomatic coronavirus mob of Pats* fans declares they are buying tix to the Bills game to deter Bills fans from attending. Bills Mafia gets together a mob of Bills fans testing + for Coronavirus antibodies to meet the swell of Pats* fans.

Even if they could perform the antibody test on everyone right now there could be false negatives either very early (prior to symptom onset) or very late in the recovery stage. If you did test + it might not be a pass to go anywhere. Still undetermined would be whether you could become reinfected. But let’s assume you are immune and you go to an outing and shake hands, mingle like the old times and end up interacting with someone who is actively infected. Even though you are immune, could you pass it to someone compromised later that same evening when greeting them? You assumed you were immune and all is ok.

NFL schedule makers now working round the clock to move more Bucs games into prime time.

CCR?

AC/DC...the Youngs?

Are all the people at this table in the band?

Let’s hope this can be corroborated. No generic manufacturers yet but it appears to be off patent so that would change quickly...thx for posting.