| 10/6/2016 Thursday Chat |
Subject: 10/6/2016 Thursday Chat by teebee on 2016/10/6 12:58:45 Morning guys...I got pretty busy yesterday and didn't make it back to see what was going on with you, Coffee makers; I always liked the coffee that I got at #1s house. Makes single cups, you load your beans and water and makes it 'on demand'. Great coffee. I finally asked her about it (I knew it wasn't cheap), and she said "It's expensive." I said, knowing in my heart that if she said expensive it must be EXPENSIVE, "4, 5 hundred?" She says "$2000." Oh sh!t. That morning I went out on Craigslist and found a nearly new one for $400, bought it and have been using it for the last two years. LED lightbulbs; This goes back 6 years, we were looking for ways to cut electricity costs at our church. I was changing 2-4 bulbs every weekend (incandescent), so we went to CFLs (compact florescent) we noticed a small difference in the bills. After a couple years I started replacing them, about 1-2 each weekend (and we never really got used to the color of light they out out). And at that time the LEDs were pretty much coming on the scene, so I talked them into buying all new bulbs for the fixtures in the main church (53 little bulbs, 60 watt equivalent, and 8 250 watt equivalent spot lights). Cost us $1000 at the time. Because we were buying so many, I worked a deal with Menards and got the price down a little, otherwise it would have been closer to $1300. Well, after the CFLs, the light color took a bit of getting used to again, but these are closer to natural sunlight in color than the CFLs. Anyway, the first month we saw a big difference in the electric bill. I have switched most of the bulbs in our house over to LEDs, buying the bulbs as I see them on the "rotten rack" (what I call the clearance stuff). Doing it this way, I pick up 60 watt equivalent bulbs for $2-4 each instead of the $10 we paid for the churchs' bulbs. Our bills at home have been reduced as well. Hurricane Mojo Tommy. |
