Family Room Problems – Lessons Learned – Examine and Plan – Part-2

Family Room Problems – Lessons Learned – Examine and Plan – Part-2

Family room remodel – problems and planning:

The drywall box was removed on top of the fireplace.  All drywall on the termite walls was removed.  Decisions needed to be made.  The client wanted to mount a TV over the fireplace.  In my mind this required that power, antenna, optical audio and HDMI connections needed to be provided above the fireplace, out of sight and run to the left side of the fireplace where the support electronics would be placed:

  • Cable TV Tuner
  • Onkyo surround sound amplifier.
  • Play Station 4.
  • Other HDMI devices.

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Bosh Dishwasher Error Code E:24

Bosh Dishwasher Error Code E:24

Bosh Dishwasher Error Code E:24

Model:  SHE6APO2UC/05

After enjoying our Bosh dishwasher  for years, we began getting an error code E:24 and the washer would not start the wash process.

Solution:

  • Turn the dishwasher on.
  • Press the Start button.  There will be 3 pump motor sounds, one after the other.
  • I place a finger on the front top of the lid to also feel the first pump sound segment.  Listen for the pump motor to go through its first pump cycle which is rather short duration.  This motor sound might be hard to hear with the door closed.  Do NOT open the dishwasher door.
  • After the first motor sound finishes ,a second motor sound begins but is less deep and a bit more quiet. Do NOT open the dishwasher door.  This motor sound is also quite short in duration.
  • A third pump sound will begin. It is exactly the same as the first in sound and feel.  We wait a few seconds and open the dishwasher door and then close it.
  • Very shortly ,after closing the dishwasher door, you should hear the washer begin to clean the dishes.  It is ok to open the door once this process takes place.  I often do this to add more dishes and silverware.

The dishwasher has worked perfectly for us for years using this method.  I hope this works for you.

This will not repair the problem that presents the error code.

 

Updated May 28, 2019
Is Donald Trump Going To Get Us Into War?

Is Donald Trump Going To Get Us Into War?

I recommend that you be aware of techniques used by dictators.

Techniques of Dictatorships

When a dictator’s political approval rating plummets, one technique to get the nation to follow him/her is to create, find or use a real enemy and go to war with.  Typically, the country will rally around their leader if they buy into seeing an external threat.  The approval rating of Donald Trump is at a historical low.  His recent military actions, which seem so far as being of value, might also suggest a motivation for increasing his low approval rating.  Some fear that the United States might go to war very soon for reasons you might examine such as diversion.

Another motivation for going to war is to divert a nation’s attention away from some embarrassment.  Past United States presidents have used this technique.

Diversionary Foreign Policy is a recognized technique.

Further reading:

Machiavellian view of why Rep. Devin Nunes may have aided President Trump.

Machiavellian view of why Rep. Devin Nunes may have aided President Trump.

I propose a Machiavellian explanation why the House Intelligence Committee’s investigation chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), went to the White House without telling his committee colleagues he was to meet with a secret source.  Quite a few reporters, congress people, and citizens share the view that Nunes may be sabotaging his committee’s efforts.  Why?  One possible explanation is by rendering his committee invalid and thus furthering the possibility of a special prosecutor being appointed.  Here is the Machiavellian reason:  A special prosecutor should delay any investigation, maybe years.  President Trump may have a way better chance to stay president for a much longer time.  So far, his leadership is incredibly flawed in so many ways.  If the House of Representatives investigation is “sabotaged” this will work way better, for Trump.  If we then see the senate investigation also get derailed, get cynical.  If there is a derail effort by the administration to  kill the senate investigation, this should be taken as a despicable effort to keep an unqualified man in the oval office.

The Cuts In Education Spending.

The Cuts In Education Spending.

Some of the rust belt states, controlled by Republican governors, have cut the money spent on junior colleges and universities.   The last presidential election really drove home that the rust belt states are struggling.  A lot of people are out of work across the United States.  The prior job base occupations have disappeared for blue collar workers.  The new reality is people may need to be retrained.  The businesses that once populated the rust belt are gone.  More technical skilled workers are required as our economy moves away from a blue collar work force and toward technical skilled jobs.  Current workers in the rust belt may need to be retrained.  To place reeducation out of the economic reach of these workers is simply awful.

 

http://www.cbpp.org/research/state-budget-and-tax/years-of-cuts-threaten-to-put-college-out-of-reach-for-more-students

 

“President” Trump and Republicans Secretly Hurt The Working Class: Revamp Medicaid

“President” Trump and Republicans Secretly Hurt The Working Class: Revamp Medicaid

“President” Trump and the Republicans have found a way to cut funding for Medicaid.  The alleged scam is to create block grants, another word for capped spending.  Each state would get a FIXED amount of money for Medicaid.  The money runs out in your state and you do not get covered.  Pretty neat trick for screwing the working class.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-ramps-up-effort-to-transform-medicaid-into-block-grants-1486659826