May 3, 2019 Night

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Good evening! Light rain and 55 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a south breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 52 degrees. The skies will clear Sunday around 11 pm. Just for the end of the weekend.

I got home, had dinner and rode the exercise bike for a while 🚲, almost an hour and a half. I rode while listening to Marketplace through my laptop and the radio adapter, then I watched a YouTube video I had downloaded on orienteering with a compass. For a lot of people that’s quaint with cellphone GPS 🌐 but I know most of the time I’m in the woods I use paper maps and just use visible landmarks to orient myself although sometimes I’ll use the compass but that’s rare. I went for my evening walk 🚶 and it started to rain 💦which meant I got wet on my way home. Then I retired to bed and read 📖 for a while. I’m tired 😴 and going to sleep shortly.

Tonight will have showers likely, mainly between 1am and 3am. Patchy fog before 3am, then patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, cloudy 🌧, with a low of 52 degrees at 6am. Eight degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around May 30th. Maximum dew point of 52 at 10pm. South wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. In 2018, we had light rain in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It became humid as the night progressed. It got down to 58 degrees. The record low of 28 occurred back in 1985.

Tonight will have a New Moon. The Flower Moon 🌝 is in 2 weeks. The sun will rise at 5:46 am with the first light at 5:15 am, which is one minute and 19 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 9 hours and 46 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 24 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a chance of showers, mainly before 7am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 68 degrees at 5pm. Two degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical day around May 10th. Maximum dew point of 53 at 8am. North wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 84 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 1944. There was a dusting of snow in 1986.❄

Looking ahead to Sunday, a chance of rain before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. ☁ North wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Maximum dew point of 49 at 1pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 66 degrees.

In four weeks on May 31 the sun will be setting at 8:26 pm,🌄 which is 27 minutes and 55 seconds later then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had partly cloudy and temperatures between 79 and 61 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 74 and 52 degrees. The record high of 92 degrees was set back in 2013.

Looking ahead, Pack Rat Day 🐀 is in 2 weeks, Memorial Day Weekend Starts 🏕️ in 3 weeks, Flag Day 🇺🇸 is in 6 weeks, Dog Days of Summer 🌻 is in 9 weeks, Labor Day Weekend Begins 👨‍🏭 in 17 weeks, Last Sunset After 7 PM 🌆 is in 5 months and Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 18 months.

Looking Towards the Rapp Road Landfill

Why So Difficult To Buy A Quality Used Car | St. Louis Federal Reserve

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Why So Difficult To Buy A Quality Used Car | St. Louis Federal Reserve

Are you in the market for a vehicle? During the 2007-09 recession, new-vehicle sales plunged to their lowest levels in nearly 30 years. They have since fully recovered as people replace their aging vehicles with shiny new cars, trucks, vans, and sport utility vehicles. Prices of new vehicles, however, are at all-time highs, leading many buyers to look for used vehicles. It can be a challenge, though, for buyers to figure out whether they are getting a good deal. The seller generally knows far more about the vehicle. Even with careful examination, the buyer still likely won't know everything the seller knows. When one party knows more about the product than the other party, there is "asymmetric information." In the case of a used car, the seller has more information—and the advantage. The opposite can also be true in a transaction—the buyer can have more information and the advantage.

China’s recycling ban has sent America’s plastic to Malaysia. Now they don’t want it – CNN

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China’s recycling ban has sent America’s plastic to Malaysia. Now they don’t want it – CNN

Dozens of laborers and factory operators sit hand-cuffed in rows on the pavement at an industrial park in Malaysia. They've been detained in a government raid on unlicensed plastic recyclers as the country seeks to curb a growing illicit industry. "It's illegal," said Yeo Bee Yin, Malaysia's Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change, who attended the raid and had invited journalists to watch. Sources of plastic waste imports into China in 2016 and cumulative plastic waste export tonnage (in million MT) in 1988--2016. Sources of plastic waste imports into China in 2016 and cumulative plastic waste export tonnage (in million MT) in 1988--2016. Expand the map "It's against the Environmental Quality Act because they do not have licenses and they are polluting."

Malaysia is cracking down on opportunists who are trying to cash-in on China's decision last year to ban plastic waste imports. Since July 2018, officials have shut down at least 148 unlicensed plastic recycling factories -- but have only pressed charges against a handful of suspects. Much of the waste comes from countries outside Malaysia, including the US, which angers Yeo who says wealthy nations shouldn't be using her country as a trash dump. "I will take care of my own rubbish," she says. "You should take care of yours."

May 3, 2019 Morning

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Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! Two weeks to Pack Rat Day 🐀. Three weeks to Memorial Day Weekend kicks off. 🇺🇸 Cloudy and 51 degrees at Elm Ave Park & Ride – CDTA. ☁ There is a south-southeast breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 48 degrees. The skies will clear Sunday around 11 pm.

No hope for sun for a while. ☀ I brought my rain coat ☔ and I fully expect rain this weekend. At least I’ll save money staying home this weekend. My finances haven’t fully recovered from April, although it helps that May is technically a three-paycheck month. But I have projects to do around the apartment and if it gets nicer on Saturday afternoon I might walk out to Five Rivers. 🐸 Even the long-range outlook doesn’t look great for Mothers Day Weekend 🌷. It’s possible the next weekend I get out of town will be Memorial Day Weekend, to fight the black flies. 🐜

Today will have showers likely, mainly between 9am and noon. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 63 degrees at 4pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical day around April 27th. Maximum dew point of 54 at 3pm. South wind 8 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 83 degrees. Summer weather. The record high of 89 was set in 2001. There was a dusting of snow in 1986.❄

The sun will set at 7:58 pm with dusk around 8:29 pm, which is one minute and 7 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 60 degrees. The dew point will be 53 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 11 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 26 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then a chance of showers. Cloudy 🌧, with a low of 53 degrees at 4am. Nine degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around June 2nd. Maximum dew point of 54 at 6pm. South wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2018, we had light rain in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It became humid as the night progressed. It got down to 58 degrees. The record low of 28 occurred back in 1985.

I put in a bid for an old hand drill on Ebay. I am going to try bidding the minimum or close to it on a few different drills, after each auction expires as I think getting one used is probably the best deal. 🔩 Not a lot of places sell hand drills anymore, and a lot of the new ones I’ve seen online are just junk with plastic gears. But a hand drill is quiet, which is good for working on building light up signs late at night without disturbing the neighborhoods. It would be a good tool to have.

I’m continuing to research car insurance but the truth is motoring is expensive in New York. I’ve seen differences in the estimates in the quotes I’ve been getting but they are fairly small, when you compare similiar policies, not bare-bone, almost zero coverage the policies that websites suggest to you to make them seem like your saving money. It looks like they are fairly standardized and I’ll put them in a spreadsheet and compare on each line for the list of 3 to 5 top line companies. 🚙 Then I’ll look for reviews online of the services they offer and a full breakdown of what each line means. I have to September to decide. I want to have affordable insurance but I want to protect the money I’m saving for my off grid home from lawsuits should a terrible wreck occurs and I give some five year old permanent brain damage. Information is power. 🤔

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Pack Rat Day 🐀 when the sun will be setting at 8:13 pm with dusk at 8:45 pm. On that day in 2018, we had mostly cloudy and temperatures between 80 and 59 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 70 degrees. We hit a record high of 92 back in 2017.

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