UniversalMonk

joined 5 months ago
[–] UniversalMonk@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Pretty much. I'm not sure I totally buy into that it's much of an increase though. Or people would be dropping like flies.

I think the bigger issues is just being generally overweight. The percentage of overweight people is crazy, regardless of their jobs.

I'm 55 and not to be an old man and say "in the old days", but in the old days, when I was growing up. I knew ONE overweight person. Yeah, just one. It just wasn't common. Look at pics from the 1970's, and you just won't see a whole lot of overweight people.

Now? Everywhere I look. I'm sure more office workers have added to that, but that doesn't account for everyone.

I work in an elementary school. And I was sitting at lunch just looking around and thinking about it. Teachers are actually pretty active. Lots of walking around the classroom. Very little sit down time in an elementary school.

Me and two others are fit. Rest are all overweight. How did this happen?!

Ok, rant over. Just got me to thinking. :)

[–] UniversalMonk@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 months ago

Really? And here I am trying to figure out how to live forever!

[–] UniversalMonk@slrpnk.net 6 points 5 months ago

No, don't do that. Stress is bad for the heart too! lol

[–] UniversalMonk@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 months ago

Good points! I should have remembered telemarketing, I actually did that for 3 years! But two years in office, covid let us do it from home.

[–] UniversalMonk@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 months ago

I’m surprised to hear a phone for $100 referred to as cheap.

Fair point. That was the cheapest I could find one that did GPS, cam/vid, and have some apps on it. I do have a crappy flipphone for $30, but I found out that girls I date like to text. A lot. So texting/sending pics/vids was something I found I needed.

But yeah, my gf has a $1,000 iPhone. I'm like wtf! lol

[–] UniversalMonk@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 months ago

Good to know. I may have to revisit this idea.

[–] UniversalMonk@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

In your experience, is making your own bread cheaper than just buying bread? Or do you do it for the love of making your own bread?

I like the idea of it, but if it ends up being more expensive anyway, I don't really wanna do it. It's just so easy to buy a loaf of bread at the store.

But I also like the idea of making some tasty bread and mixing in some protein powder so I could have protein bread. lol

[–] UniversalMonk@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 months ago

We need this in my city. I recently got a very inexpensive e-bike and it will be perfect for this. But they are just now putting in decent bike lanes here. And the drivers here pretty much hate on bikes pretty regularly. lol

[–] UniversalMonk@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 months ago

Love this cover!

[–] UniversalMonk@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 months ago

I actually like the look of these!

[–] UniversalMonk@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I like the idea of it. I live in a house. And the windows thing stresses me out because of the expense of fixing them if broken, easy access for intruders, etc. lol

 

The reason I'm asking is that, to me, all the ways to get into solar seem really expensive.

Even what many people online call 'cheap' is often beyond my budget.

Is it more about doing a DIY setup, finding recycled solar equipment, or are there other affordable options? Should I just start the self-teaching route and do the work there? I am getting information overload, so I'm not sure where to start.

For context, I'm an older person with an income of less than $25K a year. I work as a teacher's aide in an underprivileged elementary school. So the salary won't increase.

I like what I do, so I'm not complaining, just giving you background to avoid the "get a higher paying job" replies, because I feel the work I do is important to the kids and I want to keep doing it for a little longer.

Is solar realistically within my reach?

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