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  1. tree killer

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    We have always had Labs and ran field trials for quite a few years with them. At one, one of the bird boys at a popper station shot his big toe, the #2 toe, and a good chunk of his foot off. It was pretty messy. Too bad because that boy was a great kid and was working hard to get into the warden service. It was a pretty bad setback for him. The charge in those is like corn meal but packed into, as you say, basically a wad and solid for a ways out of the barrel.
     
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    I don't pay much attention to the news but I have observed that "fake news" has been successfully rebranded as "misinformation".
     
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    When was working field trials I made my own poppers.
     
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    MasterMech The Mechanical Moderator

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    Have to spend some serious bucks to get a battery worth having. Especially in a vehicle you don't use everyday. High-end AGM cells and now a couple companies have started selling Lithium-based replacements for 12V Lead-Acid batteries. All of them are at least 3x the cost of what a quality mid-range replacement battery was 10 years ago.
     
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  5. Eric Wanderweg

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    I first saw this on my ride home today, about 5-6 miles away. As I got closer I realized it was a house right up the road from me. Apparently an entire house was engulfed and they had fire trucks coming in from one town over to help.
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    I hate when you are driving home and see smoke that as you get closer you realize its coming from your neighborhood...gulp.
     
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  7. Eric Wanderweg

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    I post on here this past weekend about not having climbing gear to take down that yellow birch in my yard. Today YouTube says “I gotchoo buddy”
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    Some poor souls! Can't like this. Glad you dodged that bullet!
     
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    Random ob…,
    I can plant a tree seedling and water, nurture, fertilize, and not see it grow any all year.
    But I can mow my lawn today and when I mow again next week I’ll be cutting down dozens of baby trees 8” tall that weren’t there the first time
     
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  10. Eric Wanderweg

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    Our tree topper went kaput last year and we haven’t gone out to get a new one yet. I came home today and my 7 year old son was complaining that the tree was scaring him. I looked up and don’t blame him. My wife has a different sense of humor than I do :picard:
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    That ain't right.
     
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    Ok, random ob...what is the dimmer switch up by the ceiling for? :binoculars:
    X2! :rofl: :lol:
     
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    Exhaust fan for sucking the hot air from the stove room and forcing it upstairs.
     
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    I thought heat rises... shouldn’t even need a fan... :whistle:

    Now, heated air will rise all day long, and with a suitable path (usually more than an open door at a set of stairs isn’t enough) for cold air to get back down will drive a natural convection better then any fans will ever do...

    PS- not referring to HVAC setups.
     
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    I agree 100%. Whoever had this house before me put the exhaust system in that room, and installed the switch near the ceiling where I need a step stool to reach it. Must’ve been the jolly green giant living in this little cape :) I almost never run that fan, only using a small fan at the other end of the house to blow cooler air coming down the stairs towards the stove room. So the switch remains where it is. Someday...
     
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    Remember that lunar eclipse we had on November 19th? I tried to take a picture of it at 5am but it came out like garbage. However I just noticed the green UFO above the moon.
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    Dude! :rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol:
     
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    Times have changed a little over the years...

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    There's a green ufo below the moon too.....on your side of the trees.
    Small things can wreak havoc too!
    Sca
     
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    I have observed that the more I see "Local Steals and Deals" on the morning news, the more annoyed I get with that woman.
     
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