Got a puppy 16 months ago (she's 18 months now)... Irish Setter.
I regret the 6 months of being Completely exhausted. I'm *still* working on training, which is insane (all my "found" dogs beforehand were awesome after just a few months, but most were as old or older than this girl is now).
I'll Never get a puppy again.
Still feel that the best dogs are the abandoned/neglected/abused ones, only now I have the experience to know for certain.
As for Irish Setters... mine is insanely smart, but equally stubborn. Needs ~3 hours of exercise daily (I split that about 50:50 physical and mental). She's a freaking clown though (does summersaults while walking), 'talks' nearly as much as a much loved Husky, and brings a smile (or frustration) at every turn. First dog I've needed to use a E-collar for training (at least it's working).
And crack the eggs into vinegar while the water's heating and leave there till they turn white. Helps set the whites, makes the most perfect pouches of poached egg I've ever accomplished (doing this 4~5 times a year for decades). Then just dump everything into the water (no "vortex" needed).
For me, I've found a universal truth with motorcycles.... cheap is WAY more fun than expensive. Not sure if simply not having the stress of lots of money lost in the event of a crash was the main factor or not, but I absolutely felt that way the one time I splurged. The *most* fun I've had on 2 wheels was with a sub $1000 motorcycle (put freaking over 100k miles on the thing too, though I had maybe $4k into by the time I sold it off).
Barter works great when it's an option.... it's just not always an option.
Not everyone wants what I have to offer. Encounter some who does (I usually have honey, wax, other products from bees), and I tend to have no issue with working out a zero money transaction. This is actually becoming more common, as in more people are asking ME if I'm open to trades... used to be just me asking if they'd be interested in either a partial or complete trade.
The bonus to barter is that I feel like I'm getting more than I'm giving. By that I mean that in the process of turning honey into money, and then using that money to buy whatever item, I have to put much more effort and am out more honey. Direct trade, cutting out the middle-men, feels like getting a 20% discount AND not wasting a ton of my time.
Best trade I've done this year, fresh butchered beef and pork for a 5 gallon bucket of honey.
Open carry has always been legal in Wyoming, dad sold insurance and the first of the month was always a busy week with lots of cash. It was 2 blocks between his office and the bank, and it was NOT uncommon to see him walking with his 1911 on hip and a shotgun over the shoulder with the money bag under arm. Right down main street and in through the front doors of the bank.
It was a non-event.
I used to open carry a lot without fuss (pistol). I'm not in it to call attention to myself though, so I'm not doing it with anything other than a pistol and I've long since gone to conceal only (grey man mentality).
On a related note, I gave a demonstration of 10m air rifle shooting (think Olympics) for a high school speech project. Set up the target and backstop in the hall and shot in the school.... but I'm old, and grew up in Wyoming
I can't. Just can not do this. I grew up with both indoor (.22lr and air gun only) and outdoor (gongs out to a mile) ranges, keys to both and access Anytime. I've spent tens of thousands of hours in ranges... shooting in "the woods" just feels, wrong. Even with luck and having a good change in elevation, there's no way to Guarantee your backstop or that someone might not have a loose dog (or kid) run through. It's the main reason I've stopped shooting everything by my air guns (10m Olympic stuff, have competed internationally and tried out for 3 different Olympic teams ~ I'm a target shooter at the core), I don't have access to any kind of range anymore.
So, no. Not gonna just "shoot in the woods". I fucking cringe every time I hear shots around me too. Inlaws shop have a number of perferations gained over the years by people who "shoot in the woods"...
Sorry for linking you a Massive time sink, and you're welcome.
You know you have a problem when you've built a dedicated wood-fired pizza oven (ok, I make other bread in there too), make your own mozerella, sausage, cured meats, and have a garden for providing the tomatoes and basil.
But yes, as humanity ceases to exist, if I'm still capable, I'll make a pizza.
Well, no fucking shit the virus will be here forever... just like the flu and cold. Nothing special about a virus being present on the planet.
As for resistance... talking with my (anti-vax) vet the other day about how over-used vaccines are in general and he mentioned that there's not Heartworm that's Ivermectin resistant. That more or less leaves Arsenic as the only method of treating, and the difference between healing and killing is a razors edge. The pharmaceutical industry has pushed such over-use of their meds that they are CREATING unstoppable killers... of course, some of that is from fucking idiots not finishing a course of treatment (but I got better!), allowing whatever infected them to become immunized against that med.
He also mentioned that the vet industry has been giving cats cancer for decades with their use of vaccines (apparently cats are very sensitive to meds). https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/pet-owners/petcare/vaccines-and-sarcomas-concern-cat-owners
A: if you heat honey above about 120deg, it loses the best benefits ~ so in tea doesn't help.
B: the shit you get at the grocery store is almost certainly corn syrup. Honey is one of the most faked foods out there (where it ranks depends on what source you use, but 3rd is pretty common)
C: Local honey, as in the hives are within about 50 miles of you, is the best. It'll include local pollen (assuming non-filtered) that will help.
2 in my family have a nasty bacterial infection (that went from chest to sinuses), one emergency care doc said it's been going around the SE and takes about a month to pass. So if it's the same thing, hang on tight... you've got a ways to go.
Not construction, but I was the head of IT for a Wyoming library system during a $6mil project. 99% of the labor were white, and the Monday where more than 50% of those who were supposed to be there, were actually there, was in the minority. Those that didn't show were split between being in county lockup (drunk, drugs, fighting, a dozen other reasons) and Still drunk/drugged up. A few just vanished forever. Our total build took 3 months longer Because of the labor shortages...
The only latinos I remember being on the project were the drywallers. They busted their humps.
I've also paid for a few home roof replacements over the years... white crews were lazy and took a Long freaking time, then flat out abandoned me when there were leaks within a few months (fucked up the flashing around a chimney). Latinos were there sun up to sun down, worked hard, kept my property clean and frankly did a better job.
I've never seen a nigger work. Wait, there was a mason... did shitty, sloppy work and I STILL regret hiring him for a house I don't even own anymore.
To be fair, most shit posted is priced like it's made of solid fucking gold.
Used to be that people would price things like they wanted to get Rid of it, not hang on for months on end, constantly reposting to find that one sucker.
Want cheaper AND better. stop being a nigger and make it yourself. Premium ingredients, same pizza and size, costs maybe $5~6. Takes a couple minutes to "make" and about 10 to cook.
That thot is completely worthless, there is ZERO value in anything she's put out. I watched a couple back the middle of 2020, she was stranded on some island and caught a ride on a cargo ship... interesting enough (and yes, with several guys along). Then she bought a land-rover to convert and OMG, so hard spending 1 night in it... had a guy along there too before just bailing.
You want to watch a girl traveling, look at Itchy Boots. Still traveling through shitholes, but she seems to at least do some pre-planning and looks to mitigate the risks. I like her interactions with locals, she's infectiously positive without being annoying.
I have no smell, anosmia. Something that developed during my 30's and 40's... I'd gladly trade you super smell for my no smell. Fucking sucks not being able to taste any kind of nuance... salty, sweet, sour or bitter, that's it.
Think they're majestic? Go live in Juneau, AK for awhile (probably any coastal AK town)... they're in any open dumpster, at the dump, and anywhere else they can pick through the trash.
One family I knew while in high school, all the boys were shiny bald by 18 (3 boys, I didn't know their maternal grandfather). I was thin to the point of shaving my head by 22... my mom never knew her dad.
All of us were Wyoming born and raised and worked our butts off on family ranches/farms. I don't think there was a single fatty in my whole high school.
You're not alone. Family history of kidney problems, one person had it Directly linked to sodium and had to adjust to a life of excluding Anything with it. I do it prophylactically so I don't suffer the medical nighmare my dad and uncle have dealt with. Add salt to nothing, but eat things that have been salted as part of their process (bacon comes to mind).
I think the one exception to this is the yearly turkey. I salt-brine that before smoking so it doesn't turn into jerky, but use far less salt than the original recipe called for.
Good luck. After hundreds of tries, my switch finally stuck in Dec of 2019 with Manjaro. I've had to boot back into Win7 3 times to use one piece of software that won't run in WINE and isn't worth the effort to set up a virtual machine for.
I did Manjaro, was easier to transition than I thought. I'm actually dual boot, have to load up Windoze (still 7) mybe once a year for something that simply doesn't have a linux counterpart. But beyond that, glad I made the change... took a long damn time for there to be a distro I could tolerate (loaded my first linux in about 1997~8).
Anyway, I've tried Mint in the past, like Manjaro way more.
anothergoatinthewall 3 points 2.3 years ago
I get all of my books on IRC, IRCHighway #ebooks being the main one.
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anothergoatinthewall 0 points 2.3 years ago
Got a puppy 16 months ago (she's 18 months now)... Irish Setter.
I regret the 6 months of being Completely exhausted. I'm *still* working on training, which is insane (all my "found" dogs beforehand were awesome after just a few months, but most were as old or older than this girl is now).
I'll Never get a puppy again.
Still feel that the best dogs are the abandoned/neglected/abused ones, only now I have the experience to know for certain.
As for Irish Setters... mine is insanely smart, but equally stubborn. Needs ~3 hours of exercise daily (I split that about 50:50 physical and mental). She's a freaking clown though (does summersaults while walking), 'talks' nearly as much as a much loved Husky, and brings a smile (or frustration) at every turn. First dog I've needed to use a E-collar for training (at least it's working).
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anothergoatinthewall 0 points 2.3 years ago
I make this a lot for my wife... 2 tricks I lean on:
Blender hollendaise: https://toriavey.com/julia-childs-easy-blender-hollandaise-sauce/
And crack the eggs into vinegar while the water's heating and leave there till they turn white. Helps set the whites, makes the most perfect pouches of poached egg I've ever accomplished (doing this 4~5 times a year for decades). Then just dump everything into the water (no "vortex" needed).
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anothergoatinthewall 1 point 2.4 years ago
Don't care about the REEEEEEEE....
What motorcycle?
For me, I've found a universal truth with motorcycles.... cheap is WAY more fun than expensive. Not sure if simply not having the stress of lots of money lost in the event of a crash was the main factor or not, but I absolutely felt that way the one time I splurged. The *most* fun I've had on 2 wheels was with a sub $1000 motorcycle (put freaking over 100k miles on the thing too, though I had maybe $4k into by the time I sold it off).
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anothergoatinthewall 0 points 2.4 years ago
I've been using Yopmail for several years.
I also have my own domain and can/have created unique emails@mydomain, but that's pretty fucking rare.
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anothergoatinthewall 1 point 2.4 years ago
What I miss was the Quality over Quantity. Ease of access has turned the internet into a dumpster fire.
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anothergoatinthewall 0 points 2.4 years ago
Barter works great when it's an option.... it's just not always an option.
Not everyone wants what I have to offer. Encounter some who does (I usually have honey, wax, other products from bees), and I tend to have no issue with working out a zero money transaction. This is actually becoming more common, as in more people are asking ME if I'm open to trades... used to be just me asking if they'd be interested in either a partial or complete trade.
The bonus to barter is that I feel like I'm getting more than I'm giving. By that I mean that in the process of turning honey into money, and then using that money to buy whatever item, I have to put much more effort and am out more honey. Direct trade, cutting out the middle-men, feels like getting a 20% discount AND not wasting a ton of my time.
Best trade I've done this year, fresh butchered beef and pork for a 5 gallon bucket of honey.
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anothergoatinthewall 1 point 2.4 years ago
Open carry has always been legal in Wyoming, dad sold insurance and the first of the month was always a busy week with lots of cash. It was 2 blocks between his office and the bank, and it was NOT uncommon to see him walking with his 1911 on hip and a shotgun over the shoulder with the money bag under arm. Right down main street and in through the front doors of the bank.
It was a non-event.
I used to open carry a lot without fuss (pistol). I'm not in it to call attention to myself though, so I'm not doing it with anything other than a pistol and I've long since gone to conceal only (grey man mentality).
On a related note, I gave a demonstration of 10m air rifle shooting (think Olympics) for a high school speech project. Set up the target and backstop in the hall and shot in the school.... but I'm old, and grew up in Wyoming
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anothergoatinthewall 0 points 2.4 years ago
I can't. Just can not do this. I grew up with both indoor (.22lr and air gun only) and outdoor (gongs out to a mile) ranges, keys to both and access Anytime. I've spent tens of thousands of hours in ranges... shooting in "the woods" just feels, wrong. Even with luck and having a good change in elevation, there's no way to Guarantee your backstop or that someone might not have a loose dog (or kid) run through. It's the main reason I've stopped shooting everything by my air guns (10m Olympic stuff, have competed internationally and tried out for 3 different Olympic teams ~ I'm a target shooter at the core), I don't have access to any kind of range anymore.
So, no. Not gonna just "shoot in the woods". I fucking cringe every time I hear shots around me too. Inlaws shop have a number of perferations gained over the years by people who "shoot in the woods"...
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anothergoatinthewall 2 points 2.4 years ago
Meh, mine gets 19mpg... barely any better than my wifes daily driver 4runner, and way better than my daily Land Cruiser.
We've put 50k miles on it in the 4 years since purchase, but didn't go anywhere ~March 2020 till about the same in 2021, so that's a little low.
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anothergoatinthewall 0 points 2.4 years ago
LMFO!! That looks like a spot on counter-argument to me.
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anothergoatinthewall 2 points 2.5 years ago
Work 9, get paid 8 ~ every single fucking time.
Glad I managed to get off overnight shifts somewhere in my 20's
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anothergoatinthewall 1 point 2.5 years ago
https://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php
Sorry for linking you a Massive time sink, and you're welcome.
You know you have a problem when you've built a dedicated wood-fired pizza oven (ok, I make other bread in there too), make your own mozerella, sausage, cured meats, and have a garden for providing the tomatoes and basil.
But yes, as humanity ceases to exist, if I'm still capable, I'll make a pizza.
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anothergoatinthewall 1 point 2.5 years ago
Well, no fucking shit the virus will be here forever... just like the flu and cold. Nothing special about a virus being present on the planet.
As for resistance... talking with my (anti-vax) vet the other day about how over-used vaccines are in general and he mentioned that there's not Heartworm that's Ivermectin resistant. That more or less leaves Arsenic as the only method of treating, and the difference between healing and killing is a razors edge. The pharmaceutical industry has pushed such over-use of their meds that they are CREATING unstoppable killers... of course, some of that is from fucking idiots not finishing a course of treatment (but I got better!), allowing whatever infected them to become immunized against that med.
He also mentioned that the vet industry has been giving cats cancer for decades with their use of vaccines (apparently cats are very sensitive to meds). https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/pet-owners/petcare/vaccines-and-sarcomas-concern-cat-owners
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anothergoatinthewall 0 points 2.5 years ago
A: if you heat honey above about 120deg, it loses the best benefits ~ so in tea doesn't help.
B: the shit you get at the grocery store is almost certainly corn syrup. Honey is one of the most faked foods out there (where it ranks depends on what source you use, but 3rd is pretty common)
C: Local honey, as in the hives are within about 50 miles of you, is the best. It'll include local pollen (assuming non-filtered) that will help.
2 in my family have a nasty bacterial infection (that went from chest to sinuses), one emergency care doc said it's been going around the SE and takes about a month to pass. So if it's the same thing, hang on tight... you've got a ways to go.
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anothergoatinthewall 2 points 2.5 years ago
Not construction, but I was the head of IT for a Wyoming library system during a $6mil project. 99% of the labor were white, and the Monday where more than 50% of those who were supposed to be there, were actually there, was in the minority. Those that didn't show were split between being in county lockup (drunk, drugs, fighting, a dozen other reasons) and Still drunk/drugged up. A few just vanished forever. Our total build took 3 months longer Because of the labor shortages...
The only latinos I remember being on the project were the drywallers. They busted their humps.
I've also paid for a few home roof replacements over the years... white crews were lazy and took a Long freaking time, then flat out abandoned me when there were leaks within a few months (fucked up the flashing around a chimney). Latinos were there sun up to sun down, worked hard, kept my property clean and frankly did a better job.
I've never seen a nigger work. Wait, there was a mason... did shitty, sloppy work and I STILL regret hiring him for a house I don't even own anymore.
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anothergoatinthewall 1 point 2.5 years ago
To be fair, most shit posted is priced like it's made of solid fucking gold.
Used to be that people would price things like they wanted to get Rid of it, not hang on for months on end, constantly reposting to find that one sucker.
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anothergoatinthewall 14 points 2.6 years ago
Want cheaper AND better. stop being a nigger and make it yourself. Premium ingredients, same pizza and size, costs maybe $5~6. Takes a couple minutes to "make" and about 10 to cook.
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anothergoatinthewall 1 point 2.6 years ago
That thot is completely worthless, there is ZERO value in anything she's put out. I watched a couple back the middle of 2020, she was stranded on some island and caught a ride on a cargo ship... interesting enough (and yes, with several guys along). Then she bought a land-rover to convert and OMG, so hard spending 1 night in it... had a guy along there too before just bailing.
You want to watch a girl traveling, look at Itchy Boots. Still traveling through shitholes, but she seems to at least do some pre-planning and looks to mitigate the risks. I like her interactions with locals, she's infectiously positive without being annoying.
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anothergoatinthewall 0 points 2.6 years ago
I have no smell, anosmia. Something that developed during my 30's and 40's... I'd gladly trade you super smell for my no smell. Fucking sucks not being able to taste any kind of nuance... salty, sweet, sour or bitter, that's it.
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anothergoatinthewall 2 points 2.6 years ago
Fucking dumpster chickens.
Think they're majestic? Go live in Juneau, AK for awhile (probably any coastal AK town)... they're in any open dumpster, at the dump, and anywhere else they can pick through the trash.
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anothergoatinthewall 3 points 2.7 years ago
One family I knew while in high school, all the boys were shiny bald by 18 (3 boys, I didn't know their maternal grandfather). I was thin to the point of shaving my head by 22... my mom never knew her dad.
All of us were Wyoming born and raised and worked our butts off on family ranches/farms. I don't think there was a single fatty in my whole high school.
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anothergoatinthewall 0 points 2.8 years ago
You're not alone. Family history of kidney problems, one person had it Directly linked to sodium and had to adjust to a life of excluding Anything with it. I do it prophylactically so I don't suffer the medical nighmare my dad and uncle have dealt with. Add salt to nothing, but eat things that have been salted as part of their process (bacon comes to mind).
I think the one exception to this is the yearly turkey. I salt-brine that before smoking so it doesn't turn into jerky, but use far less salt than the original recipe called for.
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anothergoatinthewall 1 point 3 years ago
Good luck. After hundreds of tries, my switch finally stuck in Dec of 2019 with Manjaro. I've had to boot back into Win7 3 times to use one piece of software that won't run in WINE and isn't worth the effort to set up a virtual machine for.
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anothergoatinthewall 2 points 3.1 years ago
I did Manjaro, was easier to transition than I thought. I'm actually dual boot, have to load up Windoze (still 7) mybe once a year for something that simply doesn't have a linux counterpart. But beyond that, glad I made the change... took a long damn time for there to be a distro I could tolerate (loaded my first linux in about 1997~8).
Anyway, I've tried Mint in the past, like Manjaro way more.
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