++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

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Red Squirrel

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Couple hours of work left nef

15-20cm of snow expected to start in the next few days, glad I'll be off for that. Not that it's a lot, but still kinda inconvenient to have to brush the car off all the time.
 

Red Squirrel

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Think during my time off I'll do the electrical in my basement. Once that's done I can start to actually insulate it. Been wanting to do that for a while and tend to get side tracked. Still debating on spray foam for the rim joists. will make it much easier than doing vapour barrier manually.
 

Red Squirrel

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Oops. Forgot to set rest of my work schedule in my hvac control system. Just checked now and it's a little cold in the house. Just turned the heat on now. The default schedule would not let it get below freezing though.

Living Room: 10.6875°C (-)
Hallway: 13.4375°C (-)
Server Room: 13.0625°C (=)
HVAC Return: 10.375°C (=)
HVAC Supply: 10.875°C (=)
Outside: -15.5°C (=)
Delta Temp: 0.5°C
 

shortylickens

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I stole this from Wikipedia:


  • It is true that life expectancy in the Middle Ages and earlier was low; however, one should not infer that people usually died around the age of 30.In fact, earlier low life expectancies were very strongly influenced by high infant mortality, and the life expectancy of people who lived to adulthood was much higher. A 21-year-old man in medieval England, for example, could by one estimate expect to live to the age of 64.
 

shortylickens

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" The flight mechanism and aerodynamics of the bumblebee (as well as other insects) are actually quite well understood, despite the urban legend that calculations show that they should not be able to fly. In the 1930s, the French entomologist Antoine Magnan indeed postulated that bumblebees theoretically should not be able to fly in his book Le Vol des Insectes (The Flight of Insects). Magnan later realized his error and retracted the suggestion. However, the hypothesis became generalized to the false notion that "scientists think that bumblebees should not be able to fly". "
 

MongGrel

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" The flight mechanism and aerodynamics of the bumblebee (as well as other insects) are actually quite well understood, despite the urban legend that calculations show that they should not be able to fly. In the 1930s, the French entomologist Antoine Magnan indeed postulated that bumblebees theoretically should not be able to fly in his book Le Vol des Insectes (The Flight of Insects). Magnan later realized his error and retracted the suggestion. However, the hypothesis became generalized to the false notion that "scientists think that bumblebees should not be able to fly". "

The Bumbly Bee thing was an oldy, they obviously can fly :)

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/02/the-soccer-ball-that-finally-made-it-into-space/

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