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[jennlk]

Somebody on a mailing list I read said that he didn't know about XYZ because he wasn't on FB. Dude, we talked about XYZ *on this list* three months ago, and it gets mentioned on a regular basis. But because he didn't notice it, the discussion must have been on FB. bwah?

"Liftgate service" for freight does no good if the pallet won't fit on the liftgate. So J and I moved the 24 solar panels. Twice (once from the truck to the front yard, and then again to a spot in the garage). The driver unloaded the panels from the pallet and slid them down to us (more work than he expected, but we're not allowed on the truck). That was Tuesday, and my shoulder is still a bit sore. And now the local building authorities say 'you can't do that yourself'. So J is now back to the supplier "you guaranteed that I'd get installation permits for this project. have at."

J is being such a teenager. again.

The blood drive scheduled for Tuesday afternoon was cancelled Tuesday morning. I was able to get into a blood drive one town over on Wednesday. They were understaffed, so it took longer than even the usual COVID-19 time to get through.

We will miss the Bridge Walk gathering next weekend. Some of the peeps we usually go with will still be going North for the weekend, but adding another couple to the mix would make the social distancing exponentially more difficult, and while seeing other people would be nice....

J and I went to GV on Saturday. It was a bit hot and sunny, but not bad for August. As expected, J was 'done' after a couple of hours. (worse than a kid sometimes....)

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[mrs_sweetpeach]

Oh good grief about the building permits. I wish you tons of good luck getting it sorted out. Or J getting it sorted out if that's his job.

We will miss having you up north with us but we totally understand why you won't be joining us. Distancing will be a challenge and I have no real idea of how we're going to manage meals. Lots of carry-out I think as Jebra wants to support his favorite restaurants while we're up there.

[jennlk]

J's just about ready to call up the supplier and say "I can't do it, you said I'd be able to. come get your stuff". Since the first time he talked to them, they've been claiming that he'll be able to do the install himself, which is why he went with them. He doesn't want to pay installation for something that's really fairly simple to do. (I mean, we got two quotes last year for a similar sized system, and if he'd been willing to pay installation we'd already have a system installed.)

Apparently, MI codes require that a solar install be done by a licensed electrical contractor at the very least, and preferably a solar installer. Why/how the supplier J's been working with didn't know that is beyond me. And if they did know, how did they think they'd be able to get around it?

We'd love to come up, but I think adding another couple into the mix would make things impossible, even if we slept in the garage. :) It's not that we don't trust you all, but we don't necessarily trust everyone that you're in contact with. And you don't trust all the people that we're in contact with.