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Baffling
One of the truisms of dating was that you could learn a lot about the person you were dating by watching how they treated their parents.
Some people are very protective and kind to the people who are closest to them. Other people are abusive or treat them as an asset to be strip-mined.
I "get" that in some circles "being sassy" and "sticking a thumb in da' man's" eye increases in-group status. But what if the target of the "sass" is somebody who you want to maintain a close relationship with? In my opinion, unless the relationship is pathological, it is not possible to have both. It is an either/or situation.
Burning wood
Europe is facing a crisis in the supply of natural gas. The ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia gutted the normal supply channels.
As bad as the United States is for unwieldy regulations, the EU is worse. I have been given to understand that it is pretty much impossible to burn wood for space heating, even of old people are dying from hypothermia. At least in the US, the Executive Branch can unburden power producers from air quality standards via "Emergency Relief" powers. The authority in the EU seems to be much more diluted and less capable of moving quickly.
Kubota update
He just texted me "Huge 8 point out here".
He went out there with one arrow. I hope he gets lucky!
I purchased my deer tag today
In southern, lower Michigan, hunters are restricted to five does per season per county for 2026.
Another change is that "high powered, bottleneck, center-fire cartridges" are legal in all parts of Michigan for deer hunting. I have already heard dire predictions of carnage falling out of the sky from seven miles away.
For that to happen, the deer would have to be climbing trees. Regardless, hunters: Pay attention to what is downrange from your intended target.
Relative biomass
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Regarding election results
We survived 12 years of Obama. We can endure two years of grid-lock.
If the Democrats ran on cost-of-living in 2026, it will be interesting to see if the policies they implement will reduce costs. Sadly, the US electorate tends to have very short memories.
In talking to people who shoot at pop-up targets from 25 yards to 400 yards, the one's that "kill" the shooter are the 25 yard ones. Washington D.C. is about 500 miles from Eaton County. Time spent in my gardens and orchards will be more productive than whining about the new set of yahoos coming into office.
Let us hope we can survive the coming two years. But if you had been listening to the left for the past two years you will remember they have been openly telling us what they intend to do....and NONE of it will be good for us, America or freedom.
ReplyDeleteIn rural Spain, there is a more relaxed attitude to burning wood for heating and cooking. I doubt that this will change in the foreseeable future, for the same reason that smaller cities are not implementing EU rules on private vehicles having to be below a certain age to circulate in them.
ReplyDeleteOld codgers make up a significant percentage of voters.
Rule Four is still applicable when you hunt... Just sayin...
ReplyDeleteI'm more worried about the new set of yahoos that will be running the MI gov't; seems like going from bad to worse
ReplyDeleteNew Texas governor past comments also have me concerned but its still Texas. Most Texans (especially rural) are armed and will hold on to them.
ReplyDeleteWe will miss Hot Wheels (Greg Abbott) but he did a pretty good job overall, especially taking initiative and shipping illegals to sanctuary cities to teach them how expensive it is. A watershed moment in politics - the Left hated him for it.
Trouble with hunting in MI is too many once-per-year city folk wandering the woods with bang-bang sticks.
ReplyDeleteIt's true that 1/2 the people in the nation are stupider than average.
ReplyDeleteWho knew that average was so darn idiotic?
If the gov wants to take away my hunks of good oak firewood, they will have to pry it from my hot, blistered fingers.
ReplyDelete"with one arrow" What happened to "two is one, etc?" I'm thinking of the unlikely need for a coup de grace.
"what is downrange from your intended target." Was downrange once; didn't like it. Tumbling bullets make a funny sound. A brief exchange of words ensued.