New first Time Machine backup completed, which consumed 50% of the backup drive. Daily delta shouldn't be that much, but we'll worry about it later.
In the mean time, my external raid with all the important stuff has drives well past their rated lifespan. So, I bought four new ones and will put the old ones in an old NAS and try to do Time Machine across the LAN to it. Wish me luck.
Received a notice in the mail of a class action lawsuit against some discount brokers etc etc. Went to the website and entered the claim id, pin, and clicked ya ya on a few things.
I await my three cents in reparations.