finally decided to hide the rest of the wires, and make a lid for our electronic test thingy bin
The square hole to the right will hold a cheapy thermometer/hygrometer. (I don't want to put it in until the wood is varnished--it may not come out too easily.) We're mostly interested in the thermometer. A Chinese company on Amazon sells four per package, so, of course the first thing everyone does is take them out and compare the readings. Lot's of bad reviews by cannabis growers who bought them for their terrariums and who are complaining about the hygrometers not agreeing too well. I can't help thinking if they spent as much time in high school studying science as they did smoking marijuana, they'd understand how expensive a really accurate hygrometer costs!
We also have a barometer we could've stuck in there, but it was sold as an altimeter, so it's calibrated in feet or meters. Since it assumes standard pressure and temperature, it's not very good as an altimeter, and we're holding out for the GPS based variety. To use it as a barometer, I would need to make a plot to convert to inches of mercury based on the (faulty) altimeter reading and the temperature. But honestly, what would I have to be smoking to want to do that while on vacation!
Shifting subjects only slightly, after two trips, we decided there is room in the galley shelf that holds the counter light for a small spice/condiment rack
After a scientific survey, I decided there are two types of spices (as far as the spice rack builder is concerned), those McCormick sells in a short jar 1 7/8 inches in diameter, and those they sell in a taller jar of the same diameter. Shelly and I also determined that we have NEVER actually used up any of the spices in a container. Once-a-decade or so, she goes through her kitchen and throws the old ones away. When we got married 8 years ago, and combined kitchens, she threw out many of the spices I owned, many since the 80's. But I digress--the point is--the taller jars won't fit, and we would never use that much of any single spice on a single camping trip anyway.
So, in some cases, we'll buy spices from McCormick in the short containers and use those. When necessary we'll buy the taller container and dump some into a short container. Shelly bought a bunch of smaller jars that are the same size as McCormick's short containers (those on the left)
We have room for salt, pepper, and six draft picks to be named later.
There are also two types of condiments, those that we have to buy ourselves, and those we swipe from fast food restaurants. The latter usually come in little packets (as I suspect you know) which is what the clear container is for. The oval containers to the right are for sugar, minced onion (we use it in our scrambled eggs, so go through more than would fit in a small McCormick's jar), brown sugar (for our oatmeal; you can't have eggs for breakfast every morning!) (Actually, that's Shelly's opinion. I respectfully disagree, but not enough to not eat her oatmeal!) and one more to be decided later.
Shelly also bought taller versions of the oval containers. They won't fit on the shelf, but we'll make a rack for the back of the counter that holds those for instant coffee, creamer, Pero (chicory based coffee flavored drink--actually not too bad), etc.
While camping last week, we also found a great place for the tin foil
so I'll make a holder for that roll.
Tom