3 Good Things (Redux)

It burns whatever I can get my hands on. We are currenlty exploring the concept of filtration of the filthier fuels I have used in the past. Every so often the glow plugs crap out at a tenner a go, it's manageable. 

I'm trying to find the two way fuel taps I bought a while back so I can set up a test rig that starts on kerosene stabilises with some metering of exhaust gas temperature and maybe some gas analayisis and perform some preliminary assessment of different fuels calorific output.

I've found that some fuels are really efficent in the low power settings but get a bit "bangy" when you try to up the fuel rate and airflow.

Ultimately the solution (when I can get my hands on one) is a micro gas turnbine, which managed properly wil produce vast amounts of useful electrical power and heat off pretty much any burnable liquid fuel...   

When the war in Ukraine is over there should be a brief glut of surplus ex-milirtary micro turbines available in eastern europe, as a lot of the russian hardware uses them to power the hydraulic doohickeys used to lift the rocket tubes, move & power the radars etc. (It's way more fuel effciient that slaving all that stuff off the main engine).

It's actually cheaper now in England to power your house off a natural gas fuelled generator (especially if you can have a battery backup for load balancing purposes).

My G/F is strangely reluctant to let me do it...

But I do get way more heat for way less money heating my garage even off straight kero, than I do when using the 900 watt electric heater..

And when the barrels are full, I know the winter is taken care of. None of this monthly bills crap, I wait until it's hot outside and kero is as low as it's going to go then order a few hundred litres.

I really, really want to win a load of money and build a house with a solid fuel, an oil fired, and a gas fired set of boilers all on the same CH heating loop. I want solar cells with an adequate battery/supercapaitor  backup and a natural gass genrator for the winter with a small income being derived by selling my surplus electricity back to the grid at a fair rate. 

Until the device failed, my solar derived mains power was being fed craftily back into the ring main where it was seamlessly replacing unts which I would have otherwise purchased from the mains supplier at full price, a practice which is very much frowned on. 

The sun is shining, the kids are amazing and I love them so much, and I fixed the washing machine

Can you get bio diesel where you are? I used that in my Jetta.

1. Did the dishes, this morning.

2. Got Farm-Fresh Milk and Free-Range Eggs; at separate locations.

3. I helped my cleaner declutter my room; so that my uncle may fit in DIY shelves for my books next week. (She also cleaned Hope's room, and had to endure the smell of cat pee)

1. I went ice skating for the first time. I didn't break any bones so off to a good start.

2. I attended a lecture on acting. I got to do some talking (less fun!) but it was still a fun experience to be a part of. 

3. I bought myself some new props for my acting.

I wish I could crochet in class! My teachers all say something like "You have to pay attention". Maybe if all of my skeins of yarn were smaller, I could crochet in ELA extensions (they don't give us enough normal time for English so we have to do an extra thing). We have a new teacher in that class because the old teacher moved to Egypt, and this was the first time of my life that I have told a teacher other than my homeroom teacher that I am autistic. Pretty much all she said was, "That's great, if you need any accommodations just tell me." I'm super excited to talk to her more. Sorry, this was NOT meant to turn into a rant about the new ELA extensions teacher! I don't even know her name yet!

1. I'm also hyper fixated on crochet at the moment, i've been doing it during class to help me listen to lectures better. Not sure if it works yet.

2.My grandparents made me dinner.

3.I wrote in a journal this morning which i haven't been able to do for 4 months.

1. I've recovered from my mystery illness (Maybe I finally caught Covid?) 

2. Enough to ride my new (to me) motorcyle at last.

3. And I've fixed my chinese diesel heater without having to uninstall it. (Loose, maybe faulty glow plug, I swapped it out rather than try tigtening and testing it, as it was an "up a wobbly stepladder, perched over my motorcycle, with one foot on an already overloaded pile of plastic crates kinda deal" type work, and the potential for painful catastrophe outweighed the cost of a new glow plug to replace the one I just nicked out of my spare heater...    

it got the moon's backside, alright!

The Sun was Mooned at.

high rate of coronal ejections

moon at apogee =

once in a lifetime eclipse ring light show!

1. My uncle will visit me, this evening, to discuss a few matters.

2. I put out the blue recycling bin, for tomorrow's collection.

3. I managed to recover the items which blew out, of the blue recycling bin, after the breeze blew them out.

1. We're singing a great song in choir

2. Anxiety Support Group starts today

3. I'm hyperfixating on crocheting, which is good because I need to make stuff for the craft sale in September.

1. I went out for a midnight drive last night. The roads were deserted, it was like being the only person in the entire world.

Well peaceful.

2. I'm listening to Fleetwood Mac this morning.

3. I watched Disney's Wish film last night.

It seems you are very engaged in your neighborhood and friendships. lovely.

1. Wood-burner on now.

2. Sorted out a friend, for an appointment tomorrow from a man who'll clear his septic tank.

3. Paid the plumber, today, for the repair of my Hot Press.

Walked in the sunshine,

Bought a new pastel art set in a charity shop for £4. RRP £10 approximately,

briefly chatted someone I know (used to go running in a group);

1. I woke up early, this morning.

2. Blue recycling bin back inside, after another blustery day.

3. Listened to both Smile albums last night.

lunch at a salad place. chat with friend. sweet afternoon breeze.

1. Got a haircut, and shave, for £10.

2. Went to Mass, this evening.

3. Make scrambled eggs, toast, bacon and beans simultaneously.