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NJ charges EV owners a $250 registration fee which is about $200 more than a car gas. They say it’s because EV’s don’t pay a dime for road wear and tear which is funded by the fuel tax. On top of it the electric utilities in the state jumped the rate charged by 19% on average as of June 1. That was on top of 15% rate hike last year. Those…[Read more]

NJ fuel Tax is 44.9 cents per gallon for gasoline and 51.9 cents per gallon for diesel fuel.
Regular: $3.134 per gallon.
Average cost per gallon
Mid-Grade: $3.669 per gallon.
Premium: $3.908 per gallon.
Diesel: $3.651 per gallon.

I pay on the low side for regular at about $2.90. It was down to $2.70 earlier in the year. We’ve got some Exxon…[Read more]

Yowzah, 91F today, 90’s all week. I’ll water the lawn and place a lawn chair right in the middle of the shower.

A lawn sprinkler system is on my bucket list but the cost to sink a new well is +$5k out here. We have an older well and pump which hasn’t been used in over 30 years. I have no clue how deep it is sunk and if it still works. Most of the neighbors have well irrigation. Some say their wells are at 125′. The pump is in the basement, so it is…[Read more]

My cousin operates the family bakery in Old Zurich so we’ll be stopping by for a couple of days, then head to Lucerne. Last time we were there we drove north through Bavaria and the Black Forest before heading to Munich to meet up with my sone and his wife. The girls went to the Munich Opera House while we made a tour of bierhauses. Augustiner…[Read more]

Agreed, proof is on the mat, Mesenbrink tires you out just watching him. We’ll see how he fairs at Final X against David Carr.

Just back from a week in Bermuda. It’s a tropical isle only 100 minutes away. Great Caribbean style seafood. We’ll be heading off to Europe in August. Switzerland, northern Italy, France and Monaco

Mesenbrink may well become the best the US has ever produced. He’s got a shot at that moniker. I’ve never seen someone wrestle relentlessly like he does, not even Cale. Cale was deliberate. With Mesenbrink, he is in constant movement with arms and legs flying. He’s got an uncontained tank. I can’t wait to see him on the world stage.

If you haven’t, you have to catch Mesenbrink v David Carr at the WTT final. The kid is from a different planet.

Nothing but clouds and rain the past 4 days. Haven’t been able to do a darned thing outside, but the grass is back to green.

My son just bought a used diesel. The issue he wasn’t aware of is that it’s intended to run hot which means highway driving. That’s fine since he hits the highway 5 days a week going to work. It’s on the weekends when he does mostly local driving taking the kids to their games, the store, etc. It has a computer that will kick on to burn off…[Read more]

There’s nothing exotic to hunt out here. When traveling in Chicago I used to go to a restaurant, The Wild Game Room. It served meat that you ordinary can’t get, anywhere. The best was antelope. I thought it would be like venison but wasn’t even close. It had its own unique flavor which I can’t describe. They served rattlesnake, grizzly,…[Read more]

I haven’t hunted deer just birds, mainly pheasant. No’1 son hunts, got his first black bear last season, 350+ lbs. Filed dressed it, then had it butchered for half the meat. It filled his freezer so he gave a bunch away. Tried it, didn’t like it. I think venison is best as a stew, Then had the fur cut into a vest and mittens for the kids. Now…[Read more]

Deer are just big rats, though they look better. We’ve tried all kinds of deer resistant shrubs and flowers and they still eat them. They ignore the repellant. Before we moved here, the town we lived in held an annual deer hunt. There were daily collisions between deer and cars. Permits were issued for specified lots and days. With state…[Read more]

You’re welcome. Thew Georgetown area has the best food. Downtown is very commercial, not much special about it. I wasn’t aware the black history museum served food. I’ll have to try it next time I’m there. DC has the best subway system.

Was SCOTUSN in session when you were there? I know you can get in to observe, but I don’t know if you need…[Read more]

78 became 87on Saturday.

Happy Easter, No.2 son hosted brunch our family as well as his wife’s family. Great day at 75, kept the kids outside, all 18 of them.

Finally, 78F tomorrow.

I hate having to replace roofing. No one ever tells you yo0u have a beautiful roof and they are not cheap to replace. That was one of first things we had done here. Sections had 3 layers which was totally unexpected. Fortunately, the sub roof was in good shape. They replace a single 34″x24″ area. Most of it is 3/4″ tongue and groove pine…[Read more]

Out here the cod and ling like really cold water so the best time to catch them is in winter when they move closer to shore. In
summer they’ll be at the 300 foot depth and it takes forever to bring them up. They pool up off Massachusetts, Cape Cod, of course.

I’ve had days like that. Catch everything but what you went for. Interesting, we have ling and cod out here, but no lingcod. All 3 are different fish, though the lingcod has a dorsal fin somewhat similar to the ling. Cod are one best eating fished in the ocean. Not ling, fatty and oily. I always throw them back. Both ling and cod are…[Read more]

4 days of PNW weather over here. On and off rain, fog and low 40 temps. Not a hint of sunshine.