Dishwasher redux

Time to retire our dishwasher, rarely used, rusted, recently converted to one function. (But still needing cleaning and getting rather nasty inside.)

So of course it has to be torn apart in the spirit of inquisitiveness.

And it goes well, with the occasional sheet-metal flesh wound, until I get to the hose clamps, unlike anything I’ve seen before. I have no idea how they were attached, and can only remove them with great effort.

So imagine trying to remove all of them from the works on the bottom of the machine.

Logically determining that I had hit a point of diminishing returns, I called the project finished. Except, of course, for cleaning up the mess I created.

A *different* flight path

Around 8:00 AM yesterday, I heard a commercial jet, much louder than I’d ever heard. I went outside and spotted it flying at around 3,000 feet – less than half the altitude of normal outbound planes. More, it was heading at right angles to Europe-bound flights. In fact, towards Antarctica.

Then, seven or eight minutes later, another plane on the same path. And another.

Turns out it was the same plane (at 2,550 feet :).

It went over six times.

And then flew back to the airport.

Why? Presumably a bird strike shortly after takeoff. One engine flamed out, and the hour or so of flying overhead here was to burn off fuel so the plane could land safely.

More here: https://archive.is/PFmYw

Please tell them to stop.

We got a new “split” (AC/heating) unit installed yesterday. Like everything these days, it has an app. I can’t imagine what use that might be, especially since our wifi is turned on only sporadically (but enough times that I had to rig a replacement for its broken plastic switch cover). Seriously, an app? Is the remote control not enough?

Meanwhile, it has absolutely nothing to do with “artificial intelligence,” which I prefer to call automated ignorance.

Nothing. Please tell them to stop.