I bought a tree shear and have been cutting down cedars in the pasture. It’s a satisfying job to do.
How are you carrying it? If you don’t mind me asking. Ruger makes a solid revolver
Went to Lasada last Saturday. First time I’d been shooting clays in a while. First time to take my family also. My kids took turns keeping score and pushing the buttons to throw the clays. It was a good time
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We’re at a rock the plains festival in Manhattan Ks. Bunch of red dirt music. Pat Green, Randy Rogers Band types of music. Seems like smoking cigarettes in making a comeback. I’m sort of shocked at how many people are smoking. Is it making a comeback or has it never really left?
The Garage in Salina, KS had a yellow theme going on.
Started wheat harvest today
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Irrigation for peppers for when it gets hot.
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Saw an ad on the classifieds for quail. It’s been a year or so since I had some so I got 12 of them. Almost 6 weeks old.
Sure is nice weather for January 16. Guess the weekend is gonna be bitterly cold but then it warms up again after that.
This year I discovered an author named Peter Heller. The first book I read was the Dog Stars. It’s about a man and his surviving after a disease wiped out most of the population. This was wrote way before Covid, maybe 2012 or so. He writes it in a way that describes in detail the monotony and simple things that happen everyday after 90% of the population disappears. He finds a friend that likes guns and survival. The main guy knows how to fly. They fix up a plane and fly around looking for supplies. They have to survive intruders to their place. It seems like there’s no point to the story but I think that’s just it. There’s no zombies or government trying to get everyone or any other apocalyptic scenarios. It’s just about surviving one day at a time.
Heller has several books. I liked the Last Ranger and the River as well. I recommend both of those as well. I listened to Burn, his most recent book, and The Guide. Those books had some weird things in them and I didn’t want to keep them so I returned them on audible.
All those I’ve read are written in the same kind of style. A couple of them have a recurring character although you don’t need to read the first for the next to make sense.
He’s a pretty solid writer across the average of the books I’d read. I highly recommend the Dog Stars, the River, and the Last Ranger.
If you are wanting to better yourself for the new year, or anytime really, two podcasts i recommend are the Pat Flynn Show and the Dan John podcast. Pat’s show usually has Dan on once a week to answer questions. They both take a reasonable approach to health and fitness. Basically, get your protein and some veggies and lift weights as heavy as you can and as regularly frequent as you can and over enough time you’ll be where you want to be. There’s no hard 75 or whatever else extreme type of workout. Basically 3 workouts a week for 52 weeks is the program. They like kettlebells but Dan was an Olympic lifter for along time. He knows how to program a workout. Both shows usually run under an hour and often more like a half hour long. Worth checking out if you are looking for a fitness podcast.
Watering cattle the fast way
Well your mileage may differ than mine on the way you see it. But it is there and I’d say it’s a small part of the struggle between the classes. And there are many classes but they are all under the Golds. And the Reds are at the bottom. Which leads to the title of Red Rising nicely haha
Nice setup. I’ve got one similar to it.
I listened to all 6 of the Red Rising books, wrote by Pierce Brown. The main narrator was Tim Gerard Reynolds. IMO, hands down the best narrator. That’s all I can say about that.
My wife said I should try RR because she’d heard it was popular. So I gave it a try and the first few lines mentioned something about class warfare, essentially. I stopped because it sounded like it was gonna be some commie BS about rich vs poor , blah blah blah. I finally gave it a proper try tho and decided it’s not really political class warfare. It’s vastly different and more complex. This is a sci-fi series that takes place on Mars and the moon and sometimes Earth. There is a lot of fighting and violence and not much for romance, which i prefer. There also is a neat weapon used and revered much like a lightsaber, but better tbh. Lots of action and cliffhangers.
The first 3 books were clearly written to be the only 3 in the series. The last 3 take place 10 years or so later. The original 3 books made Darrow, the main protagonist, out to be a hero and an honorable but flawed person. Book 4 was written in a way that I started to hate Darrow. But by the 6th book, Darrow returns to his roots, in a way, and is again the hero we all love to read about.
I wrote this sort of vaguely because, you should just try to read them or listen. I’m hoping to read them in the next year, physical copies that is, before the 7th and final book in the series is released.
Hope this was interesting enough for anyone reading.
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I gotta say that a good narrator to an audiobook is better than tv or a movie. It’s easy to imagine or see what is going on in an audiobook with a good narrator. Similarly, I’ve stopped listening to books because the narrator was bad.
I’ve only read two books this year about bitcoin. So I’ll start with those.
Gradually, Then Suddenly by Parker Lewis. It’s an easy enough read about bitcoin. I think any regular Joe that doesn’t know much about btc could read it and have a lot of their questions answered by it. As with most books about btc that I’ve read, you have to sit down to read with no distractions. Tv can’t be on in the background and kids can’t be yelling. It’s a high quality hardback. Very nice looking book with lots of good info.
Fiat Food by Matthew Lysiak. This was a great read. Also a nice quality hardback. I think this one could be given to anyone that has any interest in food policy. It’s almost written as a thriller in a way. If you don’t know much about the topic, it’s fascinating and hard to put down at times. I really enjoyed nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak chapters at the end about how he came into carnivore eating.
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I’ve been reading more this year and I started reading more last year. Last year I read 25 books. Doesn’t sound like much but it comes up to about 1 book/ 2 weeks. Honestly not too shabby. This year I’m at 87 books and hope to break 90+ before the end of the year. I count audiobooks as well and that is a big part for this year. I used to think I couldn’t miss an episode of no agenda or any of the several podcasts I listen to. This year I decided to spend most of my time listening to books. I do still listen to nostr:npub15879mltlln6k8jy32k6xvagmtqx3zhsndchcey8gjyectwldk88sq5kv0n on TSP quite frequently. Honestly, I’m a lot happier with listening to books instead of podcasts. I think I’ll start posting about the books I’ve read on here. Maybe I’ll see more non btc content #grownostr #books #bookstr
Not a whole house mini split but we have an old addition that goes 90 degrees from the main part of the house. The ductwork from that side doesn’t get to the addition at all. So we did a mini split on the addition and shut the air flow off to that side. It works but the mini split has its own little issues. I had a mouse crawl up the lines from outside and go into the mini split unit and chewed up the room temp sensor. So it wouldn’t heat proper. The screens on the unit get plugged fairly easy and need cleaned every 2 weeks or so. The guys that installed it also didn’t get the drain part pointed downhill enough and sometimes it’ll start dripping water out the unit and make a mess inside. I’ve got it fixed for the leaking but it should have been done right the first time. I don’t know your setup but unless it was a perfect fit for your situation, I would not do one for a whole house. Plus it’s kind of an eye sore, having a unit in every room. Just my opinion.