Now that’s a nice save.

It is interesting to me that people say they are looking to have an heirloom or two to pass on to the future generations. But it’s never that fancy thing they pass on. It’s the often mundane thing that they saw you use every day that the heir strongly connects with.

So take care of that lighter. And when you use it, think of your Grandmother as you light that stove.

Consider it a warning that is probably too late.

Man, they do love those things don’t they.

Far enough. The last frost is often in June and the first killing frost mid-September and snowfall by October. By November temperatures are single digits Fahrenheit overnights and sometimes the highs for the daytime.

It’s a rollercoaster for weather. But I’m dumb enough to like it.

Depending on the year, once a week over June, then once a week and a half or so in July, and then every couple of weeks in August and By September mowing is done. I don’t water or fertilize. A mix clover, alfalfa, and grasses is a tough yard cover and requires little care.

Until you don’t. And surveillance is often a first step.

I planted the clover about 17 years ago. So it’s and old stand and is getting thinner as time goes by.

I got flowers around that the bees like better than the clover. So I don’t see them hitting those flowers very often. They like the wild roses better that grow around in the places I don’t/can’t mow.

I mow it enough that the clover doesn’t get much taller than it is right now. So I can easily enjoy the pretty flowers for several weeks.

There are no “scores of unhoused people roaming most US towns” in the US. Frankly there are large swaths of the US that have very low population densities and well below freezing weather 6 months out of the year. Making such place nearly impossible for homeless people to survive. And there is very little to no safety nets for anyone out there. So they are pretty much concentrated in large cities with good weather and much better social care. Which a sad situation because even a “liberal” state like California doesn’t seem too much care.

Then you don’t want company housing. You want government housing. Which can have its own issues.

You Europeans aren’t very far behind with the amount of population surveillance you are adding to. What surveillance bill just got passed this week?

I don’t think any of us can be throwing rocks around about freedom anymore.

A gas station that does not sell beer and ammunition is not some place I will buy gas from!

Hank, you use real charcoal or it’s off to jail with you!

We tried it pretty well back in the 1970s. It was not uncommon to see LP powered conversions on the road. People even experimented with wood gas systems. The problem with LP, at least where I lived, was those engines didn’t start well in cold weather. And the second issue was regulations required fueling stations to have someone(s) trained and dedicated to doing those refills. It was deemed not safe to let the common man, (you know morons), do that. That added to the cost. And finally, with an LP tank in your car, you could be driving around with a possible bomb or at least a BLVE under your ass. Which is not safe for those around you.

Sometimes to day you will still see LP powered delivery vans rolling down the road. So it hasn’t totally gone away.

Company housing it is!

Try setting the scarf steps to 1 and the Bridge Flow ratio to 1.5, (as low a 0 and as high as 2). Then under Speed uncheck the Slow Down for Overhangs and set the speed to 20mm/sec. This is often a good place to start and works well on my Bambu mini. For testing, I print an upside down box with a 50x50 cavity and a height of 8mm.

Nothing is more rewarding than using a proper dutch oven and coals to bake bread or cobbler. It tastes so much better.

I’ve got a vintage pair of Converse tennis shoes that I got shiny new back in the mid 1970s. Still wear them on occasion. They were the shoes I wore playing basketball in high school.

I tell my Daughters that one of them will be the lucky recipient of them after I die.

Pretty much. Not that fashionistas aren’t on the lookout for vintage fashion.