G. David Felt

As one that like CUV/SUV/Trucks, this is a big MEH to me and the interior is way to blah minimalist for me, some will like it though I am sure. Mazda like Toyota has a design style that does nothing for me and for sure does not make me want to own one.

They are very retro 1960's and the wife is a very odd duck. The official color of the house is Cotton Candy Blue. Weird right!

Hey CCAP, our recipe is not written down, it is in my wifes head. She tells me what to get and I get everything and then just play the good Suo chef. Ours is so large, the amount of cans of water chestnuts to the 5 lbs of Tofu that I would have to spend some time thinking on how to reduce it down to a small amount recipe, but can do it during the holidays once I have my work done. Here are two very good authentic Korean Mandu recipes that you can use as a guide. Korean Dumpling (Mandu) Recipe (thespruceeats.com) Mandu (Korean Dumplings) - Korean Bapsang Use one of the above recipes and you can copy my ingredients I list above to get close to from the mother land Mandu mixture.

Supposedly we will see in January at the 2022 CES show the Chevrolet and GMC EV Trucks to battle with Ford. GM has stated they will be very competitive in the prices. Hopefully a decent FRUNK like Ford has and equal spec's.

Sad that they never really gave the V90 a chance for a station wagon to do well, you have to have it on the lots, not special order only. I think it could have done very well if properly marketed.

Even with a sewer line problem and also had to have the hot water tank replaced, we still had our annual Pot Sticker making party at the Felt House hold. We made a bit over 600 pot stickers and other than the meat, Tofu and vermicelli noodles, everything else in them was from the garden. Plenty of prep work as the wife and I spent Friday night and Saturday prepping everything and then Saturday night making the filling for the pot stickers. Most people are not aware that water is death to a pot sticker and as such, you have to squeeze as much water out of the ingredients as possible. So Tofu was in a vice for 24hrs being squeezed dry, water chestnuts were squeezed, Monge bean sprouts were squeezed. Next came the cutting up of Spanish Sugar Sweet Onions, green onions, fresh garlic, cooking of the vermicelli noodles and then cutting them up, seasoning everything to proper taste before mixing in a 50/50 mixture of ground sausage and beef and adding some eggs. You start by breaking up the tofu and then in goes the cut up noodles and the rest of the veggie ingredients and then season to taste. Then you have a finished veggie mixture that allows for veggie only Pot stickers if you like. This is a carnivore household so in goes the meat into containers to keep it chilled only taking out a small amount as the pot sticker making process goes. Then you have the assembly of the pot stickers and finished uncooked pot stickers. From here you steam them for 15 min, cool and start to freeze them on cookie cooling racks in the freezer so they stay individual in the bag for use across the holiday season. End result is gallon freezer bags of yummy pot stickers to be pan fried, put into Ramen and many other wonderful soups / dishes. Bon apatite Yes we do take breaks while they are being steamed to enjoy some fresh hot out of the pot, pot stickers with home made sauce on them.

Status on the Felt Household. My 62 year old sewer line finally failed and so had to have them replace a section of the line and then 52 feet of liner from the cleanout in the garage to where it connects to the cities 6" line. Then the liner went in: Then the repair section was installed. Now awaiting inspection this Wednesday between 9-11am and they will then fill it up. You can see my bigger natural gas line and the water line.

Thanks, yes Triglycerides are at 99 so good there too. The daily gym working out and cooking with the wife from our garden helps greatly in our quality of life. Will post about our family annual pot sticker making party. We love to eat here and plenty of good food, but we also love to be active in outdoors life from hiking, skiing, mountain biking, etc. being physically active while eating yummy food is a way of life here. Totally agree some great BBQ in Texas, just missing the physical fitness from what I observed living there for a year.

Found some cool old photos

Today GM announced their excitement to have President Biden attend the Grand Opening of Factory Zero Wednesday November 17th 2021. In the heart of Detroit and Hamtramck Michigan, GM's first all-electric assembly plant, the culmination of GM's multibillion-dollar U.S. investment in people, products and modernized processes. These electric trucks, SUVs and autonomous vehicles built at Factory ZERO will transform GM and the auto industry as the move is on to emission free auto's. GM has looked for ways to move forward using their existing assembly plants and retraining their workforce and with that the local people of Hamtramck, Michigan has seen this modern evolution from a century old company. Officially the start of full production with the Hummer Truck by GMC will happen on November 17th 2021, but there has been plenty of mule production runs to work out the assembly kinks. With this official grand open GM is on track to deliver Hummer Trucks to customers by the end of the year if not sooner. Look for the newest Hummer in your neighborhood soon. GM Prepares to Welcome President Biden to Factory ZERO Grand Opening View full article

? Doing the happy dance as I got my blood results and staying active, working out and watching what I eat seems to be working. Cholesterol is 113, Medical chart says it should be between 100-199 HDL is 39, Medical chart says 39 or higher is good. Will adjust my proteins. LDL is 46, Medical chart says 99 or lower is good. Overall, happy as all get out. Tomorrow is going to be a good wine day! ?

Not since Facebook IPO has wallstreet seen such a big IPO. With today November 10th, 2021 being Rivian's or RIVN IPO which kicked off at $78 per share and has since surged to $106 per share, a 36% surge on their initial day has wall street seen such a crazy IPO. Rivian at the current trading price has pushed past $90 billion in book value. Course this did not stop the crazy stock pop that is normal as within minutes RIVN stock rose to $116 per share or more than a 50% jump from their starting IPO price before gain pairing happened and now is moving back and forth around the $106 per share range. This has RIVN start at a company valuation of $66.5 billion and is currently worth just a bit over $90 billion now. The initial upsized IPO was 153,000,000 shares of Rivian Class A common stock. Since then on Tuesday November 9th 2021, Rivian gave a 30 day option of an additional 22,950,000 Class A Common stock shares to sell is demand warrants by the underwriters. As it would seem, one would expect these shares to sell as well. The gross proceeds from this offering after discounts, commissions and expenses is to deposit into Rivian's bank account at least $11.9 Billion Rivian has stated that they have firm orders for 55,400 of their R1T and R1S auto's. They have a commitment for 100,000 Amazon Prime delivery vans of which Rivian says they will have 10,000 on the road by 2022 with the full 100,000 built and delivered by 2030 pending any additional conversions of options for more vans from Amazon to Rivian. Amazon (AMZN) with their $1 billion investment or 20% stake and Ford (F) with their $500 million investment or 12% stake are both backing Rivian and Ford has plans to have Rivian build select EV's for them though nothing has been committed to yet. Rivian as per their own CEO RJ and based on patent documents is planning a complete EV family of products for both retail and commercial application. It would seem that Tesla is no longer the crazy wild EV auto company stock ride, we now have Rivian. Bigger question is how will Rivian do once Ford and GM launch their electric trucks in 2022? Rivian Stock TESLA Stock Ford Stock GM Stock Rivian Announces Pricing of Upsized Initial Public Offering Rivian IPO: Everything You Need to Know As Tesla Competitor Makes Public Debut - TheStreet Electric automaker Rivian valuation pops above GM, Ford in biggest IPO of 2021 | TechCrunch Rivian Automotive stock soars in trading debut, in the largest IPO of the year - MarketWatch Electric Vehicle Startup Rivian Hits $90 Billion Valuation In Biggest IPO Since Facebook (forbes.com) View full article

The price is totally BS. I would NOT buy from them as those market adjustment prices are thievery!

On a Camila Cabello Kick today while I work. She is HOT, HOT, HOT!

Yes Chevrolet shows the car on their main web site, but go to the corporate web site and look at the Chevrolet press page on their product lineup and there is NO CARS. This is very weird. In fact I see it is updated to show the electric and corvette now. Chevrolet Pressroom - United States - Vehicles

Tesla says it is opening up it's Supercharger network to all other EVs globally, but starting with the Netherlands in Europe first. Here Tesla has added the CCS plugs to 10 of their charging units at their first station and it comes with a bunch of Gotcha's. Non-Tesla EVs charging at Superchargers: 10-station pilot in the Netherlands tests how it might work (greencarreports.com) Charged EVs | Tesla opens its first Superchargers to drivers of other EVs - Charged EVs You have to download and install and create an account on the Tesla App. You get secondary access to the chargers behind Tesla Auto's. You pay a fluctuating price based on the station your at and the electrical rates in that area plus a premium charge. If your auto does not have the ability to charge at the maximum fast charge rate, you have to pay an additional charge for slow charging. Idle fees will be charged if you are connected to a charger and not charging. This is a new fee for Tesla users too and is pissing off older customers who say they were never told they could not take a parking spot, charge and go to shop or work and come back when ever they wanted. Now they are being charged a premium price for parking. You might need an extension cable if your charge port is not in the rear of the auto as Tesla cables are short and those with charging ports in other places might not be reachable to the required back in parking for charging that Tesla requires. Some interesting details that makes one wonder just what Musk is thinking and yet he thinks everyone will want to use his stations and has now posted on his social feed that Tesla stations will triple in numbers globally in two years.

Sad day when one puts in a sucky Ferrari over rev'd motor with weak ass torque into a classic mustang. Better to put in the Coyote or better yet AWD Mach-E powertrain than this over rated junk plant.

Interesting, nothing on the Chevrolet Media site on this. WOW Crazy, not much options either. Very interesting that Chevrolet does not even state they have this car.

And they have continued to fall every year till now with price increases due to short supplies, due to numerous reasons from labor shortages to production shortages all in relation to the pandemic. One cannot overlook the common sense of what happens to everything pricewise when something like a pandemic affects availability. Just like your post on GMC auto's, the crazy price increases/inflation will not last for ever. Just like technology is always obsoleting itself, batteries will also and the Sodium break throughs are coming at a perfect time to replace Lithium.

Zero Emission Transportation Association Celebrates Final Passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Washington, D.C. – The Zero Emission Transportation Association (ZETA) applauds the U.S. House of Representatives on long-awaited passage of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which is widely known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal. The IIJA makes historic investments in the electric vehicle (EV) sector by providing $5 billion for zero-emission transit. Additionally, this bill includes $7.5 billion to build a national EV charging network. The IIJA’s EV provisions will spur economic development and generate cost-savings for consumers, along with cutting carbon emissions and improving public health. ZETA previously explained the importance of the IIJA’s funding programs. The bill will now head to President Biden’s desk for signature. “EVs are among our most powerful tools for reducing emissions while creating new, good-paying American jobs as we rebuild our country’s infrastructure,” said Joe Britton, the Executive Director of ZETA. “EV manufacturing is injecting billions of new dollars into local economies across the country. The passage of the IIJA presents an unprecedented opportunity to accelerate the deployment of EVs, which will ensure that these benefits are delivered to all Americans—even those who never end up sitting behind the wheel of an EV.” Press Release: Zero Emission Transportation Association Celebrates Final Passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act - ZETA (zeta2030.org)

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And this is one reason for why there is a huge push away from Lithium and Nickel to Sodium batteries where China does not control the material. Additional interesting reads. EVO Report 2021 | BloombergNEF | Bloomberg Finance LP (bnef.com) Bloomberg did notice this upward trend in those key metals that would reveres the downward trend of battery costs. EV Battery Prices Risk Reversing Downward Trend as Metals Surge - Bloomberg In August this came out where Sodium is 1,000 times more abundant than Lithium and way cheaper to extract and use. The world’s first sodium-ion battery for EVs has arrived (freethink.com) Even Chinese news acknowledges that Sodium Batteries while a few years off as they fine tune production and scaling of battery packs being built admits this is the game changer that will take away China's lock on Lithium. CATL’s EV battery breakthrough holds promise as cost-effective, game-changing alternative the industry’s waiting for | South China Morning Post (scmp.com) ? Breakthrough: Here is the world's first sodium EV battery (warpnews.org) CATL goes all in on next-gen sodium-ion EV batteries - Nikkei Asia I also had posted about San Diego University that had a production ready Sodium Battery CELL and was working with Korean battery companies to ramp up production. We will see bumps like the Lithium spike due to Chinese global control over Lithium and Nickel, but long term, I see this going away as we move to Sodium Batteries that have 10X the capacity of Lithium, more abundant and cheaper to build once production is up and running.

A deity that might or might not exist based on a book written by humans that have shown time and time again that power, manipulation and control is what religion seems to be about no different than a politician or a corrupt business man. Interesting concept, and yes, a human or other life form presenting themselves as a so called devil will still want something in return even for a free hug. The Razzle Dazzle is much like a Seattle Dog here. I will take a CBJ dog please, love my meat! Plus one Puff the Magic Popper and a Doginator and a Dirty Sancho. Have to think on the sides, so many yummy choices! Rootbeer float to wash it down!