#soylent | Logs for 2025-06-15
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[07:30:18] <Ingar> good morning soylentils
[07:44:53] <chromas> g'day
[07:44:59] <chromas> noice yellow moon out tonight
[07:49:30] <Ingar> yeah, it stays pretty low atm, atmosphere making it yellow
[07:50:27] <janrinok> Good Morning All!
[07:50:46] * Ingar offers janrinok a croissant and some coffee
[07:51:17] <janrinok> That is very kind of you - accepted!
[07:52:03] <janrinok> There cannot be many better things that the virtual smell of virtual coffee on a Sunday morning!
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[08:07:05] <Ingar> it's a day of respite from s
[08:07:19] <Ingar> *it's a day of respite from suffocating heat
[08:08:57] <janrinok> I should be so lucky!
[08:09:29] <janrinok> Overcast with hints of rain clouds, but no actual rain so far today.
[08:10:13] <Ingar> we had some light rain yesterday
[08:10:29] <Ingar> looks like they got the full load just south of here
[08:11:20] <Ingar> but, most important, clear nights!
[08:11:44] <janrinok> The good thing is, even when the weather here is as it is, my recently installed photovoltaic panels are producing more power than I am using!
[08:12:07] <Ingar> lucky you
[08:12:15] <Ingar> before I can install solar panels, I have to replace the roof :(
[08:12:31] <janrinok> yes, that probably is a wise move.
[08:12:54] <Ingar> no I mean, I'm currently not legally allowed to have solar on my roof
[08:13:01] <Ingar> there's asbestos
[08:14:03] <janrinok> ah, I thought perhaps you had a structural problem - but I suppose asbestos IS a structural problem. It is also still quite common here, but not on homes, mainly on garages and garden sheds etc.
[08:14:42] <Ingar> there are some minor leaks and all that, but nothing serious that merits replacing it, besides the asbestos thing
[08:14:50] <janrinok> Very expensive to get rid of too - has to be done by specialist companies who can charge whatever they wish.
[08:14:52] <Ingar> govt is pestering home owners to get rid of it asap
[08:15:38] <Ingar> janrinok: there's one advantage: it's an area here where all houses are the same. I can get company that knows them
[08:15:55] <Ingar> and looking to do it together with a neighbour, to get some price advantage
[08:16:47] <Ingar> but , that's future
[08:16:59] <Ingar> first I need to handle inheritance
[08:17:02] <janrinok> good move - I have some panels that I removed from a shed over 10 years ago - the cost of having the company spray them, pack them, and dispose of them is exorbitant .
[08:18:01] <janrinok> ... and they wonder why people just dump things in remote places.
[08:18:28] <Ingar> one thing's for sure, I won't be getting new telescopes anytime soon ;-)
[08:18:34] <Ingar> (or maybe second hand)
[08:18:57] <janrinok> lol. Is that a 'negative inheritance' ?
[08:28:27] <Ingar> well in short, my mom had enough savings left to cover the funeral and her open invoices, but I'll end up paying a bunch for the house
[08:29:02] <Ingar> I live there , so I don't have much choice
[08:29:27] <Ingar> I've been prepared though
[08:29:36] <janrinok> yeah, that is pretty common nowadays. In the UK the government has done pretty much the same. Inheritance in more getting the responsibility and not the value.
[08:31:31] <Ingar> it's a good thing that, besides buying some toys, I live a reasonably frugal life
[08:49:00] <chromas> Leave your heirs like $5 and a treasure map, so the gov't can tax the five and the rest can be found Indiana Jones-style
[09:10:35] <c0lo> hmmm... he does make some points https://www.youtube.com
[09:10:37] <systemd> ^ 03How We Designed the Soul Out of Everything
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[10:11:28] <Ingar> old houses be like... pulling open a closet to quickly find something ends up in a 2hr cleaning session
[10:11:48] <Ingar> I did find that shirt I was looking for!
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[23:53:30] <kolie> o/