Spears 854-030 3” PVC Van Stone Flange SOC CL150. Available at commercial plumbing supply vendors.

3” PVC Locking Waste fittings by Valterra. Available at RV vendors.

Not shown:

Valterra Master Blaster Tank Wand A01-0184VP. This 27” wand hooks up to a charged garden hose on one end and has a 90° pressure nozzle to lower into the tank.

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Shelly and I discovered this great Greek restaurant a few weeks ago. So Becky and Jordan of “Mental Floss” joined us Friday night.

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We assured her, “We’ll be back!”

13-3/4” is the critical number.

The fitting I found on the cold water supply to this tank had a check valve installed; reportedly this is common on boats and RV-s. The hot fitting was not a check valve.

No brass or bronze fittings should come in contact with aluminum as galvanic corrosion is likely.

(The factory-installed pressure relief valve must have some type of barrier to prevent the disimmilar metals from contacting each other…teflon tape = adequate?)

The atypical type of plastic water supply fittings on the Mainships depend on a ferrule to fit into these fittings. So care to be able to reuse everything is called for.

Blue LED is wired to the 1500w heating element; it gives its status. Thermometer shows water temp in the tank, whether from engine running or electric power. (These will be permanently mounted in the galley.)

This lets us know if it is ready to take a shower or do the dishes!

Final mounting for display & status indicator.

The crews of Galene & Shellerina love to hang out together!

These are some of the detected bird songs recorded [automatically] this morning!

For more info or to find Birdweather stations near you:

https://app.birdweather.com

Unfortunately, no photo credit was in this online article on MSN.com. So, I can’t give credit where credit is due.

The above pic has to be a few years old though, as the Wells Fargo name was removed from the landmark in July of 2024.

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Even older!

Below, this 2003 pic shows the Jacksonville icon with yet another prominent tenant’s name advertised.

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Shelly and I looked into the possibility of having “Shellerina.com” put up on this building for a five year stint. Alas, it was determined that our lettering would not fit with a font to our satisfaction.

Rather than changing our domain name, we are now looking for a larger building.

Historically, this building reportedly has had four different names:

1974-1995 “Independent Life Building”

1995-2002 “AccuStaff Building”

2002-2011 “Modis Tower”

2011-2024 “Well Fargo Center”

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Unrelated cool thing in JAX:

I-295 & Butler Blvd. (Rte 202)

30°15’10.6”N

81°30’58.4”W

Near Town Center Mall area… housing, most notably, a very large West Marine store!

Ray and Bob, of M/V Always R Summer Place, enjoy the Port 32 Marina amenities on a balmy afternoon in February!

Taxes are done.

Projects are done.

Weather is fine!

SO:

Time to get some ‘winter’ pool time in!

They get two or three shipments direct from Maine every week, all year long.

It looks like there is a respectable Antenna Farm here in “4-land” = a HAM Radio Station on the south side of Rte 40.

The most common pine tree species near Lake George, FL, is the Slash Pine (Pinus elliottii), which thrives in the area’s flatwoods and wet, sandy soils.

University Ave + I-95 in JAX