Bill and Alan, thanks for your thoughts on the Senior flu shot. We got it Saturday morning and have had no adverse effects...! My arm is hardly even sore (I've experienced worse with the standard dose). Wil is going to go , after all, to help on Sunday with a local wood splitting project. A small group gets together to split wood to help folks in need heat their homes this Winter.
The woodlot is the better part of an acre. They have 3 or 4 woodsplitters a bucket loader and more. Sometimes there's a half dozen people who show up, sometimes more or less. Today they had to move a LOT of previously stacked wood that had gotten rained on enough to cause the pallets to sink in the mud. But they did it!
With a crew and equipment like that, I suppose they might have knocked out two or three cords, maybe more. Out here (well, somewhat farther north) one often sees old neglected wood lots of eucalyptus It likes the climate and grows fast. At one time there was a movement to use it for axe handles and furniture, but it tends to split when it dries.
Saw a video yesterday about Ukrainian POWs. One of their work options is to make bags of kindling for needy families in winter. Some of the prisoners were people living in Luhansk who were drafted by the Russians and, one guesses, soon surrendered. While who was running the government seemed to have been of little interest, being conscripted got their attention.
Oars would not be much help on a 67 ft vessel. But, yes, surely they will be keeping an eye out for Champ. Surely a research vessel would have echo-sounding technology and more.
Yeah, but that style boat is made to be used with oars. It's sleek and relatively hollow...like a giant canoe. The research vessel is tall and filled with equipment, and without easy access to oar positions. Just a different function.
Bill and Alan, thanks for your thoughts on the Senior flu shot. We got it Saturday morning and have had no adverse effects...! My arm is hardly even sore (I've experienced worse with the standard dose). Wil is going to go , after all, to help on Sunday with a local wood splitting project. A small group gets together to split wood to help folks in need heat their homes this Winter.
ReplyDeleteGood for the wood splitters! Do they have (or rent) a powered splitter?
DeleteThe woodlot is the better part of an acre. They have 3 or 4 woodsplitters a bucket loader and more. Sometimes there's a half dozen people who show up, sometimes more or less. Today they had to move a LOT of previously stacked wood that had gotten rained on enough to cause the pallets to sink in the mud. But they did it!
DeleteWith a crew and equipment like that, I suppose they might have knocked out two or three cords, maybe more. Out here (well, somewhat farther north) one often sees old neglected wood lots of eucalyptus It likes the climate and grows fast. At one time there was a movement to use it for axe handles and furniture, but it tends to split when it dries.
DeleteSaw a video yesterday about Ukrainian POWs. One of their work options is to make bags of kindling for needy families in winter. Some of the prisoners were people living in Luhansk who were drafted by the Russians and, one guesses, soon surrendered. While who was running the government seemed to have been of little interest, being conscripted got their attention.
ReplyDeleteAh, public service! It might do Putin a world of good.
DeleteIt occurs to me that Putin could perform his public service on a chain gang; put me down as a traditionalist.
DeleteUkrainian mobilisation & force generation - Featuring General Ben Hodges (Ret.) [Click] A long video (an hour), but I have a lot of respect for the observations of Lt. Gen. Hodges.
ReplyDeleteYes, very good.
DeleteThe plot thickens!
ReplyDeleteCrimean bridge: Who - or what - caused the explosion?
I still like my theory of an overheated bearing.
DeleteThat would practically be an "act of God." Ha!
DeleteOr an act of inadequate maintenance--something the Russians are well known for.
DeleteNew research vessel for UVM unveiled and named
ReplyDeleteIt's being named the Marcelle, after Marcelle Leahy.
Funny that it mentions the boat is a hybrid gas-electric. No mention of using WIND power!? Ha!
Or oars? Might I assume that they will keep an eye out for Champy?
DeleteOars would not be much help on a 67 ft vessel. But, yes, surely they will be keeping an eye out for Champ. Surely a research vessel would have echo-sounding technology and more.
Delete(We do have a great Coast Guard here, should anything on the new boat break down.)
DeleteHa! The Olympias is 121 feet long, and it gets along just fine with oars! [Click] Granted that the amount of water the rowers need is prodigious.
DeleteYeah, but that style boat is made to be used with oars. It's sleek and relatively hollow...like a giant canoe. The research vessel is tall and filled with equipment, and without easy access to oar positions. Just a different function.
DeleteCheck your legs to see if they are the same length [grin].
DeleteThe long read ‘Humans were not centre stage’: how ancient cave art puts us in our place [Click] I have my doubts about some of this interpretation/speculation, but there ae some very interesting thoughts as well.
ReplyDeleteEnergy Free Cooling through Physics [Click] Pretty long-winded
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