Highlights: last flight, Home Depot shopping spree
Today was my last flight in the refresher syllabus at HMMT-164: my check-ride. I flew with Maj “pom pom” Bergeman, whom I deployed with in my last squadron 4 years ago. It’s probably risky admitting that a check flight was fun, but this was a great last flight in the squadron. (= After going over systems limitations, EPs, etc… I planned our flight to go through the scenic parts of downtown San Diego.
Apparently this is the season a lot of whales are swimming north along the coast. We flew over one & did our best to snap a picture. Continuing South past Pacific Beach & rounding the corner of Point Loma, we flew the Bay transition. This is one of the most picturesque routes through beautiful San Diego. Well… I’ll let you be the judge.
Working our way back to Miramar (where my old squadron is based), we practiced some landings, Emergency procedures & steep, no-hover approaches to the helo spots. then finished out the flight at Camp Pen.
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When I got home & changed into regular clothes, the Home Depot shopping marathon started. I got there just before 6, to cash in on the water voucher for getting an energy saver washing machine,,, and somehow, nearly 5 hours later- I was still in the store. It took 40 minutes to get through my check-out.
The shopping list I made last Friday grew over the weekend: LG washer & dryer, overhead light for the kitchen, floor lamp, new window blind system for Violet’s room, outdoor storage shed, overhead storage rack for the garage, water efficient toilet, etc.
Water vouchers:
The San Diego water department is issuing vouchers to anyone who buys energy efficient appliances like washing machines & toilets. A front-loading washer uses 15 gallons of water per load instead of 45-60, because it doesn’t have to fill the entire basin at the beginning & end of every cycle. The new water-efficient toilet is timely too, because I don’t like the toilet I have upstairs. It clogs easily, and the flushing mechanism is crap.
All this is energy saving technology, and replacing old, out of date stuff at the house. The LG dryer machine has moisture sensors which shut the machine off when it senses the clothes are dry.
The in-store voucher rebate for the washing machine was $175; the toilet voucher was $75. LG was having an appliance sale, giving $75 off the washer price and $50 off the dryer. Add to all of this the 10% discount I’m getting with the card, and I saved around $900. not bad! All tax deductable again (next year).
Getting through check-out, after spending 5 hours in the store,,, took a while. It was almost 11pm by the time I got out of the store.
Today was my last flight in the refresher syllabus at HMMT-164: my check-ride. I flew with Maj “pom pom” Bergeman, whom I deployed with in my last squadron 4 years ago. It’s probably risky admitting that a check flight was fun, but this was a great last flight in the squadron. (= After going over systems limitations, EPs, etc… I planned our flight to go through the scenic parts of downtown San Diego.
Apparently this is the season a lot of whales are swimming north along the coast. We flew over one & did our best to snap a picture. Continuing South past Pacific Beach & rounding the corner of Point Loma, we flew the Bay transition. This is one of the most picturesque routes through beautiful San Diego. Well… I’ll let you be the judge.
Working our way back to Miramar (where my old squadron is based), we practiced some landings, Emergency procedures & steep, no-hover approaches to the helo spots. then finished out the flight at Camp Pen.
(insert last flight video + pics) [7]
When I got home & changed into regular clothes, the Home Depot shopping marathon started. I got there just before 6, to cash in on the water voucher for getting an energy saver washing machine,,, and somehow, nearly 5 hours later- I was still in the store. It took 40 minutes to get through my check-out.
The shopping list I made last Friday grew over the weekend: LG washer & dryer, overhead light for the kitchen, floor lamp, new window blind system for Violet’s room, outdoor storage shed, overhead storage rack for the garage, water efficient toilet, etc.
Water vouchers:
The San Diego water department is issuing vouchers to anyone who buys energy efficient appliances like washing machines & toilets. A front-loading washer uses 15 gallons of water per load instead of 45-60, because it doesn’t have to fill the entire basin at the beginning & end of every cycle. The new water-efficient toilet is timely too, because I don’t like the toilet I have upstairs. It clogs easily, and the flushing mechanism is crap.
All this is energy saving technology, and replacing old, out of date stuff at the house. The LG dryer machine has moisture sensors which shut the machine off when it senses the clothes are dry.
The in-store voucher rebate for the washing machine was $175; the toilet voucher was $75. LG was having an appliance sale, giving $75 off the washer price and $50 off the dryer. Add to all of this the 10% discount I’m getting with the card, and I saved around $900. not bad! All tax deductable again (next year).
Getting through check-out, after spending 5 hours in the store,,, took a while. It was almost 11pm by the time I got out of the store.
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