Well that was nice.

I just wrote an entire post and hit "a button" and it disappeared, all of it. Hitting undo? Didn't undo anything.  

Nutshell

Left Brownsville this morning.  Got to the yard, got in the rental car and started heading north.  There was already a rental car there from someone else's excursion, they said to use it.  Rather than wasting time driving all the way home, spend 7 hours there and then drive all the way back, I opted to make better use of the time.

I ended up in Paris, Texas, ate at Applebee's and now at the Quality Inn. Decent hotel. Much better than other Quality Inn's I've stayed at.  I chose this place because it is much cheaper than all the other similar quality hotels in the area and this one is on my dime. I chose to come up here and get some of the driving out of the way today.  \

The other electrician returned my calls today.  I called him yesterday and today with no reply, I then texted him and sent him the drawing I made of the intended setup.  I must have another quote to find out of this $26,600 quote from the other company is legit.  It could be, I'm not saying it isn't  They might even be cheaper than what this guy will come back with, who knows.

Let's look at the factors. Supply/demand.  Definitely the demand is greater than the supply right now. If you haven't heard about the supply chain issues by now, you are definitely living under a rock. Well, perhaps you just choose not to listen to the eternal mutterings of blabbering heathens in the mainstream media, can't blame you for that.  That will always see rising prices, companies will take advantage of it.

The other issue is inflation.  I can apply blame for that on the government. Huge, gigantic spending bills are not really helpful to American citizens. I do not believe these politicians care about citizens, they care about their agendas and right now, the Socialist/Communist agenda is front and center for many of these politicians.  

Anyway, couple those two together and prices for everything are skyrocketing.  Been to the grocery store lately? The gas pumps?  How about a lumber store?  Or anywhere, really.  

Anyway, this electrician is the one that says he builds his own pedestals and just from his life time of experience I would prefer to use his services.  He said he would get me at least a ball park figure soon.  He's going over to the property to take a look as well.  

The other guy - the one that installed the water tap - didn't reply to my call today. I didn't call him yesterday, he's fresh off of vacation.  I texted him after the no-reply call and he still didn't respond. Seems like that's a normal thing for him.  I am also going to ask him about installing the water lines from that tap. Never thought about it, but if he's installing a tap onto a main water transmission line, certainly he does the smaller installs as well? Can't hurt to ask. I'll be calling him again tomorrow.

And I think that's enough. It's getting late and I'm bushed.

G'nite.