Been a farker for too long. Seems a lifetime ago since 2000 or so when I first found this place. Disappeared for a while then made this account in 2009. I don't post every day but do read comments a few times a week and join in when I feel there's something to add.

Please do not gift me a TF subscription if that's why you're here. Thank you for the thought but I just don't have the time to use it right now.

A complete NWesterner. Skiing since I was 4. Snowboarding since I was 20. Taught at the hill, love the snow plus the fishing and boating out here. Update, may be hanging up my skis and boards as I'm comfortably in middle age and my back doesn't like some types of exercise much any more. Boo!

Electrical Engineer with a specialty in power. Have designed, built and installed many battery powered environmental sensors over the years. Some of the ones I designed with PV panels are still out there doing their job.