Solar panels are looking better

[livingdeb]

At craft night I learned that micro-inverters let you install a solar panel system where when one panel is shaded it does not reduce the effectiveness of the other panels. This changes everything.

And apparently I am not the only home owner who has decided that I would rather have trees than solar panels. Now you can have some of both.

I don't have the energy/time right now to look into this again, but it's on my list for later.

Language-learning video of the day - How to Talk Minnesotan. I bet you thought this was going to be about Spanish, eh? But, no, I am a complex and unpredictable individual! Occasionally.

This video is almost thirty minutes of fake-retro amusing deadpan instruction which has the feel of even being sort of true. By which I mean I actually do feel like I could blend in a little better than I normally would.

From Lesson One: "These three workhorses of Minnesota conversation will carry you through your first scary hours. In fact, they should be good for a week, if you only speak if spoken to, which is always a good idea anyway. Memorise them. Work on them at home with your family. Repeat them until they're second nature. They're the building blocks of all dialog." He's talking about these sentences:
* You bet.
* That's different.
* Whatever.

As I commented in the post that introduced it to me: "Learning a bit more about how to speak Minnesotan wasn’t too bad. I’ve laughed less."

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[livingdeb.livejournal.com]

Ha! Does it involve some sort of fish product?