botched delivery I relocated via St. George, UT, as I was having an Amazon package delivered to a local business. The package was delivered by the Amazon label was smeared on mine and one other person’s package, rendering them unscannable by the business. They are returning the packages to Amazon. 😦 Fort Pearce This morning’sContinue reading “new location near Fort Pearce, UT”
Tag Archives: cooking
cooking with Pareto
The Pareto Principle is famously interpreted to mean that 20% of the people do 80% of the work. More formally, it says that “roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes”. I’ve been experimenting and I think it also applies to cooking: 80% of the cooking is done by 20% of the fuel. Continue reading “cooking with Pareto”
cold weather experiments
propane stove heater experiment I use a standard Coleman camping stove with 1lb bottles for my indoor cooking, due to ease of deployment and easy on/off. But the lowest setting for simmer is too danged high, and stuff kept boiling over. I figured I’d try a flame tamer doodad to attenuate the heat aContinue reading “cold weather experiments”
fragment: Housekeeping
[draft fragment from late August] Got a lot done today, though at a leisurely pace. Woke up at a stealth spot in a quiet neighborhood on the east side of the mountain. First workout at the gym; the automatically adjusting treadmills are cool. My cardio was better than I thought but my stre hingthContinue reading “fragment: Housekeeping”
Day 2
Day 2 at work, and also 2nd workout at the gym. I’ve been casting glances at the stair stepper. I used to walk the stairs after lunch in Dallas (had a 1hr lunch there) and this looked like a useful development. Hopped up there and guessed at the control functions. Started quite slow in “fatContinue reading “Day 2”
article: housing vehicle
from this article: “Some people may look at it as a recreational vehicle, but for us, it’s housing,” Batcher says. “We call it our HV.” She’s sharing the “HV” with one of her 25-year-old twin sons and says operating the vehicle has had a learning curve… Operating the RV has been “complicated, but you getContinue reading “article: housing vehicle”
estate sale gear
Picked up a couple more items for my list of gear. Some of the stuff is new gear I will need, and some is downsized/rightsized/simplified gear that will fit better into a mobile
a boondocking retirement 