Our RV Adventures

After I got especially caffeinated this morning, I got up on the stepstool and changed out my old AC control box for the new one. Only took about 10 minutes, and that included crimping on a new spade connector on one of the thermostat wires.

Then before I mounted it back up inside the AC unit, I plugged it back in the bedroom, lowered the thermostat setting to 70° (it was 72 in the coach), I switch the thermostat to Cool . . . and waited.

And nothing.

For about two minutes, and then it started up and ran fine until it shut off. Apparently this unit has a longer compressor lockout timer than the old box. This keeps the compressor from restarting too quickly after it stops, like if the power glitches, for example, which is bad for the compressor.

This part done, I decided to bask in the glory of a job well-done, and goof off (and drink more coffee) until later.

About 1 Jan and I drove down to the WalMart in La Marque to see if the had any of the Sterlite File Boxes that we’re using to organize things in our storeroom and storage shed. They had two yesterday at the WM up in Webster, but the lids were missing.

And luckily, I found 4 in stock, and with lids. So grabbing them up, I went to check out, and found a line with a lady with a half full basket already checking out, and a couple with about 10 things in theirs.

OK, a fairly quick checkout.

But what I hadn’t anticipated was that she was apparently checking out for about 17 different people. Or at least it seemed that way.

She would put two or three items on the conveyor, wait for them to be rung up, then she would open her purse and start counting out change. Or sometimes sorting through a stack of credit cards until she found the right one.

Then she would put her reading glasses on and carefully peruse the receipt for a bit.

Somewhere in here, the young lady in front of me, turned back, and as I just shook my head woefully, she rolled her eyes.

Finally after about 15 minutes, she was finished and on her way. Now I realize she may have been buying for a bunch of people at a senior citizen center, but WalMart never seems to have enough lanes open anyway.

So maybe they show have separate lanes for 5 orders or more, as well as 15 items or less.

Just sayin’

Then it was on up I-45 to have lunch at Los Ramirez Mexican, one of our favorite local places. The place really busy, a lot busier than previous Sunday afternoons. Just as good as always.

Finally before heading home, we made a HEB stops for a few specific things that WalMart didn’t have yesterday

Getting home a little before 4pm, it seemed time for a nice nap. And it was.

After I was up, I finished the install of the AC control box, mounting it back up inside the AC unit,

and then got all the covers back on and buttoned up. Finally I turned it on and let if run for a while bringing the temp down to about 70 with no problems.

It works!

Running The Numbers:

As far as catching CoVid

There are 30,485,146 cases as of today in the U.S
Divided by the 330,000,000 people in the U.S gives you .168% of catching it,

or a 99.8% of NOT catching the CoVid virus.

As far as surviving CoVid if you do catch it,
there have been 554,899 deaths as of today, out of 30,485,146 cases.
This gives you a 1.82% chance of dying from CoVid IF you catch it.

Or a 98.18% chance of surviving it IF you catch it.

There have been 2,727,286 deaths around the world from 123,844,154 cases.
This gives you a 2.20 % chance of dying from CoVid worldwide.

Or a 97.8% of surviving CoVid IF you catch it.

I attribute this to the fact many parts of the world don’t have as good medical treatment as we do.

Don’t believe me. You can check it out yourself at:

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

Thought For The Day:

Just ignore reality. There’s nothing you can do about it anyway.

Earlier last night, before I posted the blog, I checked the IRS’ Get My Payment website to see if there was any update on our Flu checks, and found the site down for updating.

So I checked again right after I posted the blog, and finding the site back up, I entered my info and found that now we were in the system. And not only was we there, but were now scheduled to get our money on this coming Wednesday, the 24th. And finally they got it right, and we’re getting the money by direct deposit.

It’s about time.

After having a nice quiet morning,  getting reacquainted over coffee after being apart for a week, Jan and I headed out about 2:30 first for a late lunch/breakfast at our local Denny’s.

We both had our favorite Ultimate Omelet, with bacon, sausage, mushrooms, roasted red peppers, onions, and Cheddar cheese. As well as fruit instead of the hashbrowns, and a grilled English muffin.

Always delicious.

Then it was right next door to the WalMart to stock up on stuff for next week.

One thing I did notice was that it seems like less and less people are wearing masks. The stores still have the signs up, probably a corporate thing, but people don’t seem to pay a lot of attention, and no employees are saying anything to them.

As you may have read last week, Texas’s governor Abbot discontinued lockdowns/mask mandates, though some counties are trying to keep them in place.

However it’s hard to really enforce this since you can be in a store without a mask and then walk across the street into another county, and legally you’re supposed to be wearing a mask.

I guess this means that the Virus knows which side of the street to stay on.

Smart Virus.

Of course the long-term success story for all this is Florida.

Florida continues to report fewer new cases of the Chinese coronavirus than New York State, despite the absence of lockdowns or a statewide mask mandate, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data shows.

According the CDC’s CoVid Data Tracker, the CDC’s March 19 data shows Florida reporting 143.5 cases per 100,000, or 30,820 cases total, in the last seven days.

CDC data routinely separates New York City’s data from the remainder of the Empire State.

Even so, both areas, taken separately, exceed Florida in new cases per capita in the last seven days. New York State, excluding the city, reported 212.1 cases per 100,000, or 23,450 cases total, in the last seven days. New York City has reported 238 cases per 100,000, or 19,985 cases, in the same time period.

Combined, New York State has reported over 12,600 more cases than Florida in the last seven days alone.

Florida has also reported fewer deaths per capita than New York State as a whole throughout the pandemic, per CDC data.

Looks like the Florida governor, DeSantis, got it right.

Coming Soon To A Country Near You.

As I mentioned the other day, more and more European/Asian/African countries are withdrawing the AstraZeneca vaccine from use. I think the total is now around 25 countries.

And this is a sample of the cause. Another perfect healthy person with no known comorbidities, died of anaphylactic shock shortly after getting the shot.

27 Year old nurse dies after taking ASTRA-ZENECA vaccine.

(BTW the Georgia mentioned in the article is the one in Russia)

But then there’s this.

AstraZeneca to seek U.S. authorization for COVID-19 vaccine this month or early next

I guess since they can’t sell the vaccine in Europe anymore, it’s “Hey, let’s try to get the U.S to use it. Yeah, that’s the ticket.”

Don’t you feel special now.

Thought For The Day:

How to make Superman fly.

I especially like the two green guys in the background animating his cape.