Figuring kilowatt hours on appliances

 It's hot and you're wondering how much power your appliances consumes, especially window air conditioners. It's really a simple math formula really.

First: Find out the wattage* of your appliance(s), let's use a 500-watt air conditioner for example. As stated, the air conditioner uses 500 watts.

Second: Enter the number of hours you're planning to use the air conditioner. Let's use 24 hours. so far, we have (500*24)

Third:  Let's figure the kilowatt hours by dividing (500*24) by 1000. (500*24)/1000 which equals 12 kilowatt hours.

Fourth: Find your electric rate on your bill, let's say it states something like .049129777 yes you can use all the digits, if you want, but it will be much simpler to round it off from .04912777 to .05. your electric rate may be higher or lower, adjust accordingly.

When you multiply .05 to 12 the answer is: .60 or 60 cents a day, to figure monthly simply multiply the number of days in the month, if it's 31 days then multiply .60   by 31 (note the decimal point before the 6) the result is: $18.60 meaning since it is less $20 just keep it on, and let it ride. No sense in suffering. Let's breathe

Now if one has two 500-watt air conditioners, one for example in the living room and the other in a bedroom and both are on, then the cost per day is $1.20 or $37.20 in a 31-day month.

Now there are window conditioners that have a delay button, meaning you can program the conditioner to come on at a later time. For example: If you work 9 to 5, you can program the air conditioners to come on at 4 PM, and when you get home, it'll be cool in your rooms(s).

*NOTE: IF YOU CANNOT FIND THE WATTAGE ON YOUR APPLIANCE, LOOK FOR THE AMPS AND MULTIPLY THAT BY THE NUMBER OF VOLTAGE IT USES W=VA, THE ANSWER WILL BE A BALLPARK FIGURE, IT MAY BE LESS THAN THAT. 

ALSO NOTICE IF THE APPLIANCES ARE NOT ON, IT STILL USES ELECTRICITY, BUT JUST A TICKLE CURRENT. FOR EXAMPLE; A SMART TV STILL USES TICKLE CURRENT ELECTRICITY AT A  COST OF 5 CENTS A DAY. AS FOR DEEP FREEZERS AND REFRIGERATORS, THERE IS NO CHOICE BUT LEAVE THEM PLUG IN. WHILE IT KICKS ON AND OFF, IN THE OLD DAYS IT WAS $20 A MONTH, ENEGRY SAVING ONES WILL USE LESS THAN THAT PER MONTH (end)

Kindness Always

 Somewhere in the 1980's a black neighbor lady has had asked me if she can use my phone to call her mom, who  lived in another state. She did not have a phone of her own ,it was Thanksgiving day, but the weather was bad and the sheriff had closed all the roads. She usually visits her mom in that other state, but couldn't that time.

There were no cellphones in the 1980's or the companies probably were working on them. In the 1980's there were only land lines, I  gave the lady permission to use my phone to call her mom,  I also told her not to worry about to paying me back, also told her I get bonus checks from work during the holidays .Understand Ly she was on the phone for one hour, but I did not mind. She said "thank you for letting me use your phone" and went back home.

If  that lady needed to use my phone again it will be always be granted. When people regardless of race, peaceful religion beliefs or sexual orientation  need help, and if I am able then I will always oblige.

In the later years, I have help people with their computer problems, if a man lives alone they just say  "thank you" and I just go home, however if the man is married, or has a girlfriend they usually call me in a few days, to invite me for dinner, it is usually the wives' or girlfriends' idea,just to say "thank you" since I did not charge them, and yes I went to their dinners, it is and was the polite thing to do.

At a grocery store after I paid for my groceries . A lady and I believe her 5 year old daughter was behind me, she had enough money to pay for most of her groceries except she had no money left, to buy asthma inhalers for her daughter *, I told the grocery clerk and the lady "Hold on, I'll pay for it and gave her $20" and I told her that her daughter's life is worth more than $20, much more, Now, if I was unable to do this, I am very sure other people, at the store would pitch in to help. That's what people should always do, is to help each other, if they are able, or ask for help, never be afraid to ask for help. * some grocery stores have built-in pharmacies.

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Jacksonville Illinois Utility Scam Afoot.

 Recently I got at least 10 calls saying they're mine utility company, and I over paid them by $50. How can I? I am on the equalizer and pay the same amount each month, not only that they said my utility bill will be cut by 35%.  I was planning to display the 10 phone numbers of this scam, but I believe they are using burner (throw away) phones.

If a utility company does owe you money, they will not call, but simply credit your account. Please, be careful out there. As for me I like to scam scammers, I even sent a scammer's phone number,said it was my own, to another scammer.

Easter And Days

 It's the middle of March and our sun is at the Tropic of Cancer, or we could say that the sun entered the sign of Cancer, indicating that it is the first day of Spring. The first full moon on a Sunday after Spring is Easter. Jesus died during a full moon on Friday the 13th giving rise to the Friday The 13th superstitions, since it's a full moon then the moon has to be in the opposite sign of Capicorn (Goat's horn) *.The full moon is always 180 degrees apart from the sun.

July was named after Julius Caesar, and August was named after Augustus Caesar. originally August only had 30 days, but Augustus took one day from February which had 29 days and made February 28 days, and August 31 days. He wanted the same number of days in his month as his brother.

Speaking of the moon let's take one letter from" moon" making it" mon " and add a "th" or "month' the moon goes around the earth in about 28 1/2 days, almost a month.

How to tell if a year is a leap year? It's simple really, if the last two digits of the year are a multiple of 4, then 4 can be divided in the year without a remainder meaning it's a leap year with 366 days rather than  the usual 365.

 A number can have over a billion digits, but if the last two digits are multiple of 4, then 4 can be divided into it evenly. .Yes,,2024, is a leap year because the last two digits are a multiple of 4..

Why do we have leap year, the earth goes around the sun in 365 1/4 days which is why we have leap years every 4 years.

June,April,November and Septemper all have 30 days, the rest except for February has 31 days.(end)

* The moon doesn't stay in the same sign all month, it changes signs in about every 2 1/2 days; After being in Capicorn for 2 1/2 days it will enter the sign of Aquarius.

                                                            The Easter Bunny

Oil Greed Through The Years

 I like to play chess, On my computer disk chess game I can set up the board any way I want. One day I decided what would happen if I took the two kings off the board, to my surprise the computer program still  calculated where the kings should be, I did not see my king but I still  saw the 'check' prompt popped up.

This makes me wonder, if the program can be use in war situations. Programming a computer where the Russian soldiers had been attacking, then have it to predict were they are most likely to attack next. Even the most mi mute details can help.

In 1969 to 1974 Richard Nixon was president, it was about oil way back then also, in fact Nixon was the one who started the 55 MPH speed limit, as well as de-valuing American money, by printing more money and have the value of gold go down.

 Back then the American money system was base on gold, but any more, money is money, because the government says it is. Yes, that was during the Vietnam war and this country has oil, gas and other resources.

2011 Another terror attack? Did Iran actually do anything? I remember watching the news and seeing Americans firing weapons in the desert, firing at what? Anyway they were attacking every 2 to 4 hours. 2,4,2,4,etc or 4,2,4,2. Yes Iran has oil and other resources . Again with the oil

Food for oil, where would the food come from?  I let you take a guess on that one.

So if WW3 does happen hide in a country that has no natural resources such as oil. Usually such wars are all about greed (end) 

Don't Get Scam

 

Scammers are getting cleverer these days, the best thing to do, of course, if you do not know the number personally don't answer it.

 On my landline answering machine I got a call from South Carolina, I don't know anyone in South Carolina, I heard the message "May, I talk to Stanley?", then it was" hello  hello" to me if someone does not leave a message ,of what they want, I don't consider it as important, and do not answer.

 The scam number was/is  *843-628-0176 . I Googled it, and they could not find any documents for that number, so I knew it had to be a scam. A real business would have documents of who they are.

Social Security, Medicate, Medicare, Mircosoft and IRS will never call, unless you call them first; They only communicate by sending letters.

 Even on television you see advertisements of Medicare Part C, I would be wary of that, mostly because most say "Don't wait, call now" What's the hurry?  Don't paid attention of such advertisements, most have crawls with fine prints with special conditions and saying they're not really part of the government.

Yes, phone numbers can be "spoof" to make sure if they did call;  call them and ask them if they did indeed call. not the number displayed, but the one in the original phone book. if you do not know the number, don't answer it especially if they do not leave a message on your answering machine.

One day I got a call saying the caller was a policeman and he was going to arrest me, I told him  "Good it will give me time to make my escape". Dumb idiot.

*843-628-0176 is a robot call, when I find scams  I tell other people about it across all my medias. See scam videos below the phone numbers are displayed because they're scam numbers anyway, these 5 short videos may be good for a few laughs :) -end.

The Dog Gone Phenomenon

                               The Dog Gone Phenomenon, boy what a mouth full! 

Last week I dreamt that I was in my old parent's house , inside the house was my friends' dog name of Peppi who was in a cage, it barks a couple of times then I woke up. The next day I got the news that my friends' dog Peppi had died of natural causes. Now don't feel too sad, the dog was 15+ years old. 15 years is the usual life span for a dog.

In the 1980's I dreamt my neighbor's kids was playing with rocks, and in this dream the kids pick up a boulder and was going to drop it on my dog's head before seeing the dared deed I woke up. Sure enough, three days later, I had had seen my neighbor's kids playing with rocks and was about to pick up a boulder, I told them to stay out of my yard from now on, and then told them, to play in the park, which was in the same general area. My female dog's name was Buddy, who lived for an unusual 19 years.

Again, in the 1980's when I had bronchitis, I tried to heal myself, until I got a dream of two men saying to me "Hey, buddy go see a doctor in which I did.

In 2003, I usually visit my dad on Wednesdays and Sundays, at the nursing home, but on February 10 Sunday at dinner, I saw my dad's eyes had tears in them. At that time, I thought he was thinking of our late mom. On February 12th, the nursing home called me and said my dad is dying. I guess two days ago someone told him he was going to die. My dad Homer was buried on Valentine's Day.

In the early 1960's yes, a dream again, I dreamt of a beautiful girl that I have never seen or met, and yet two weeks later there were people moving in next door, and yes one of their daughters was the beautiful girl that  was in my dream. Her name was Gloria and she and the neighbors became good friends to us, my family and me.

Now these warnings of predictions don't always have to be dreams; Did you ever light a match for a cigarette or cigar and suddenly the match goes out, then you try again and again the match goes out, you look around and find out the wind is calm and nothing blowing. What's going on? Maybe it's your body trying to tell you something, maybe it's your body saying, "I don't want that crap in my body!"

Maybe you have dreamt that your heart has stop beating, it may mean nothing, after all it is just a dream, but still it won't hurt to have it checked out.

Oh yes, sometimes a person might dream of what lottery numbers to play, I did, but the those dream numbers were never called, but it could have, who knows?

Cutting The Cord

 

As you know tv-cable is getting too expensive, so some people decide to cancel their cable and simply put up a digital antenna, but don't be fooled, when it says HD and picks up stations 200 miles away, the thing is because the earth is curved, it will only pick up stations that are only less than 75 miles away regardless of what it says on the box.

Another thing, an old antenna from the 50's and 60's era will work, as well picking up digital signals;  Like the Radio Shack's Channel Master antenna. Just connect the antenna to your digital tv, set your selector switch (cable/air) to 'air' or 'antenna' and simply scan for channels.

Of course, if you have cable internet, you may not need to put up an outside antenna, simply get a  2-way splitter and connect the cable to the input in, then output the other two cables, one to your router and the other to your digital TV, but this time set your (cable/air) selector switch to' cable' and scan for channels, You WILL NOT  get any basic cable stations, just broadcast stations which is free, to the public anyway, so it is  not illegal.Try it to see if  it works.

Another way is getting a Roku unit*, then search for the major 'broadcast' networks, you probably won't be able to watch your programs, on the day they run; But the next day, you can still watch your favorite show On Demand.

 On the Pluto station on Roku, you can watch the old Mission Impossible series, or even Hawaii 5-0 There is even Tubi and similar sites that is like Netflix with commercials. Plus loads of free movies if you're willing to sit through the commercials. The Roku unit even has YouTube, which is free, and if you have Netflix a paid service, that is on there as well;  As well as other paid services, It's your choice. :) (end)

*NOTE; If you have both tv cable and cable internet and want to cancel your cable, the company may increase your internet payment, in this case, it is cheaper to keep both.If you can afford both then you can use your antenna and/or Roku as back-up.

Conflicts

The Sound Of Music is about a true story of The Von Trapp family, in this story there is a mean captain, except that in real life the captain wasn't mean at all. The story was just written that way, so Maria could change him later.

In the Journeys of Mr. Meg Laurel* starring Lindsay Wagner, a doctor meets a healer who uses herbal medicines, and her and people  believes Dr. Laurel ways are evil and the result of the devil. 

However, about halfway through the movie the doctor learns hers is not the only way, then the healer finds out later, her methods are not the only way either; so they decided to help, teach each other and to work together.

In Walt Disney's Parent Trap  (Hayley Mills) the twins did not get along at first, then later they decided to like each other and to switch places and to trick their separated parents to marry each other. Parent trap was re-made in 1998 but this time it was Lindsay Logan starring as both twins.

In the comedy crime drama  remington steele.the NBC network found out that their fans, like it  better ,when there are conflicts, between the two heroical characters. (end)

*The movie The Journey Of Dr. Laurel is free on any Roku unit, ads supported.Just enter the name of the movie in "search"

Unsecured Wi-Fi?

 

I purchase a few months ago a Windows 10 computer, sometimes a dialogue box will pop up saying "my network' is not secured. I ignore it because I  am assuming   they are talking about "public" networks. 

Yes, others may hack into my computer, but I will never use public wi-fi, just a home network, if I want on the internet, I will just use my cellphone and connect to a cellar tower, if I am somewhere else except home.

I never will have personal information stored on my computer;  But sites like my electric company, phone company etc DO have my personal information. 

I always look for the locked padlock on the top left  the sites, sometimes I right click on the locked padlock, to find out, if the site is actually valid, also you may see they use "cookies" DO NOT worry about that, it tells them who you are.

They will monitor the network connection that only you and the creditor are on the site; Everyone else gets locked out, until you are done.  They usually give you a time limit of 20 minutes , for security reasons. After you are done with your business, just close the browser you are using, and re-start it again if you want to continue to search on the internet.

 Because of the locked padlock icon, you do not need a VPN (Virtual Private Network) on a home network; As long as your wireless connection is strong password protected. 

Usually the wi-fi signal has a range of a 100 feet,  200 feet if an extender is use.

 Yes, I have a wireless computer, but I still keep it in the same place. A wireless connection usually has the speed of 50mb while ethernet speed is usually 100mb.

If you're paranoid about being on wireless:  You can connect your Windows 10 to the ethernet. What??? That computer has no ethernet ports, but you can buy an adapter that plugs in one of your USB ports. and make sure it will work on the computer you are using.

Why no ethernet ports on computers anymore? To have a more  thinner shape and no fans either but heat sinks, like it was made like a  cellphone.

You may want to disable (do not uninstall) your wireless connection via "Device Manager" after installing your ethernet adapter.  Do not worry, the wireless on your other devices will still work, you're just turning off the wireless on your 'MAIN' computer.

Yes, I have a main computer where I pay my bills and other private matters, my secondary computers NOT. 

 I do have my personal private information on an old Windows 7, disconnected from the internet entirely, just using it to store records and storing my music and videos, that has external amplified speakers plug in the audio jack (headphone).Yes, you can use your old computer as a jukebox playing mp3s. In fact, some nerds may want to enclosed their old computer in a jukebox shell, to make it look like a jukebox, connected to bigger amplified speakers, and black round 7 inch circles looking like 45 rpm records. :)

If you do get a network adapter, SOMETIMES, you do not connect it to your computer, UNTIL you have downloaded the driver for it  first; Using your wireless connection, or simply call your internet company, to set it up for you, the latter is probably easier since they should have all the equipment.

Remember to restart your computer at least once every two weeks, so the updates can do their thing. See video below on connecting an ethernet USB below: (end)                

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Choosing 5 numbers for the pick 4 game; What ? How?

 Okay let's choose 5 numbers for the pick 4 game. What, Stanley, have you been drinking crazy juice? Did you buy a Trump math book?  If a game calls for 5 numbers, it'll be called the pick 5 and not the pick 4.Well, guess what, it can be done.

The trick is turning 5 numbers in 4 number combinations, so how many combinations will there be? 

(5 x 4 x 3 x 2) / (4 x 3 x 2 x 1)= 5 combinations

Let's suppose you are playing the digits 0,9,2,7,4 let's put those in ascending order, since we'll be playing them boxed anyway so the same digits will be 0,2,4,7,9 now sort them like below:

            0247 - 0249-0279-0479-2479 

 play them all boxed and when 4 of the 5 numbers match (0,2,4,7,9), you win. At the cost of only $2.50 for all 5 games, the payoff is $100 . What this does is give you somewhat a better chance of winning, because it is targeting a certain area, and not being spread out like 5 random quick picks That isn't bad, $2.50 for a chance for a $100 win :)

Of course a person cannot win all the time, or they wouldn't be having the lotto.When all the digits are different it is called a 24 way box and is percentage wise the most likely. However.....

In the pick 4 there are other ways of winning,

 12 way: Playing a pair for example 1123, two digits are the same,  playing this boxed at 50 cents for one game yields $200.

6 way: Two pair boxed or double double boxed , 1122 or 4455 at 50 cents for one game yields $400

4-way:  played boxed for example 6667 (3 digits are the same), the payoff is $600 but in this case you might have to pay taxes on it, in some states it is 5%  when payments are over $599, so after taxes your winnings will be $570.

Quad (otherwise known as a straight), all four digits the same, 9999, it can only be played straight and will win $2500 on a 50 for one game or $2375 after taxes.

What about the federal tax ? Well, they  usually don't get involve, unless it goes over $10,000, less than that, no federal taxes.

As for some state taxes if payments are under $599 then it is cold cash (no taxes) and you don't have to tell anyone about it, it is yours free and clear.  The winnings are base on the percentages of being hit.  (end)

The picture of the pick 4 wheel for 5 numbers is below,  change the letters into your own personal digits: A,B,C,D,E