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It’s been a while since I posted anything here so I decided to do just that...

Last month, a tornado touched down in my front yard and ripped a giant oak tree out of the ground. It caused a lot of property damage that I’m still trying to repair. My cars were all damaged and that’s been a nightmare as I’m a car aficionado and have some very nice sports cars. It was pretty heartbreaking and still is.

The new Mac Pro 7,1 has been released (Dec 2019) and I had intended to get one in the 2nd quarter of this year (2020) but now those plans have been nixed. Since my insurance turned out to be less helpful than I expected, I’ve had to do some financial tap-dancing and I’m still shuffling my feet. Long story short, no new Mac Pro for me this year.

MacOS Catalina is working perfectly on my Mac Pro 5,1 so that’s a good thing. I still keep Mojave on there full time with a bootable backup. After all, it is the latest “SUPPORTED” macOS for my machine, and the last to support 32-bit applications, so I should, and will, keep it around for a long time to come. In fact, even if I had a Mac Pro 7,1 , I’dl keep my 5,1 for many years to come. Likely until it totally dies and gets resurrected a couple of times. I really love my 5,1.

Otherwise God has been good. My budget is tight, but I guess that’s the new normal at my age. Hopefully it won’t be that way forever.

To Be Continued ...

 

Update

So, it’s been a pretty long time since my last entry. The reason being that my life has been ripped apart, turned upside down, and I’m slowly trying to put it all back together.  I won’t be more specific as I’m actually trying to repress memory and disturbing thoughts.

As a result of my recent life-crises, I’m now left with a financial crisis. If anyone cares to, please pray for me. I need a blessing right now.

I’ll post again soon, thank you...

EdenPure Gen4 - Infrared Heater

So my gas furnace died today (the blower) and it's very cold outside. I was going to deal with the cold for a few days until I can get it repaired, but my wife wanted heat now. I called my mother (because she told me about EdenPure heaters) and asked her opinion about space heaters. She pointed me to Lowes and off I went.

The thing is quite expensive, but it started warming up the whole house within minutes. We've only had it on for a few hours, and everyone in the house loves this thing. Unlike a regular gas furnace which will cool down, then blast heavy hot air over and over again, this thing produces an even heating cycle. I have it set to medium range, and my whole house is 72º throughout.

So the real test will be the electric bill. If this thing doesn't jack my electric bill through the roof, it will probably become my main source of heat. I may put off repairing the furnace until next season. I'll post back here and let you know how this works out.

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