Random Cool Tricks

Looks like this guy mastered the whole tiny house thing before it was cool.

 

Here's some "green" design I can support. (No, not the green coolant mess in the parking spot)

They left three big live oak trees around this little PX. Since the majority of Marines still get around base on foot, this gives them a little shelter from the sun to have a smoke or eat a snack.

Somebody on the site survey was thinking.

 

M61 20MM Vulcan cannon on a car mount. Hard on wipers. (Note heavy rubber mat over windshield)

 

Back during WWII, in 1943 they issued these 'Safety Bra' plastic bras to supposedly protect female workers at war plants.

 

If I tried a stunt like that the water would be too shallow... and too hard.

 

Local Dollar General store had all their card readers malfunction. They are operating as CASH only. There are more brightly colored signs posted on the doors, but the sidewalk chalk warning sure caught my eye first.

 

I can't quite keep ahead of the leaf and flower petal accumulation in my gutters throughout the year. Maybe next spring I'll get ahead of it, but this year I was in no shape to be climbing ladders.

During two torrential downpours this evening I noticed that the gutters were overflowing. This is my indicator that the downspouts are restricted. Five of six weren't flowing at all. I went out with my hickory cane and cleared them the first time. Came in, dried off and changed my shirt. Second time I went shirtless, and felt confident that all the leaves and debris had now been flushed from the gutters.

I went out again in my Gortex parka, dry, warm and ready to go out in the rain over and over. This is clearly the way to go. The Rando Cool Trick is having a plan to deal with clogged gutters. That old hickory cane is perfect for clearing all of my downspouts.
You may need something longer, or need to put more effort into it.

While I was out in the rain I noticed that my neighbors homes had the same problem, and had all their gutters overflowing, The danger is that water could back up under the roofing and damage the roof.

Certainly a potential cottage industry for a man with a ladder and a convincing sales pitch.