Vast swaths of BC and Alberta are bug killed. It’s a big part of the cycle that has led to the huge fires in western Canada for the last several years. But this has been happening as a natural cycle for hundreds of thousands of years. The only difference now is we have these dumb creatures building their infrastructure in the midst of it. And putting out fires/allowing fuel loads to increase. Literally everything that regulation touches has the opposite of the intended effect.
This pic from last night reminds me of the mempool. Tick Tok Next Block…. 
Yeah Artic Spas touts their superior workmanship and materials but they are literally about the most fiat purchase you can make.
Sounds like my mother in law at thanksgiving
Finally done hand splitting this load. I’ll see if I can get another one before winter but life is about to get pretty busy with pulling the garden, preserving, big projects at work and hunting season. I likely won’t be able to move tomorrow. I’m beat. Some of the last half dozen blocks I did today were knotty as hell. 
Haha unfortunately that hot tub was the worst consumer purchase I’ve ever made. We financed the purchase of it 12 years ago. Literally one month after I made the last payment on it, after only 8 years of use, I walked past it and did a random check on the water one December day and noticed that the water was only 72°F. No action on the pumps. Just lukewarm chlorinated water. As I opened the inspection panel on the side, I noticed the smell of burnt electrical insulation. I opened the motherboard enclosure, and it was just a mess of charred boards and wires. I’m likely looking at $2500 to get a new board, reinstall the pumps, and get a new cover which is badly needed. Screw that. I have sats to stack. I figure that between the purchase price, the cost of borrowing, additional electrical consumption, treatment chemicals, service calls and parts, this $13,500 CAD purchase ended up being around $23,000. Plus it went through 4 pumps that were all fortunately covered by warranty. The Bluetooth sound system only worked for about a year before I had to replace the Bluetooth receiver. Then a year after that, it died again and the retractable speakers stopped retracting. Then the amp packed it in.
Sure we had some good times in it and some pretty memorable parties with it full of people, but the per use cost likely worked out to between $30-$40. I should have just bought a quad and I’d likely still have it now for hunting and stuff.
Walker for POTUS.
Here’s a cool poll:
Where is your locus of control? ie your sense that your decisions dictate your outcomes. Is it internal? Is it external? If it’s external, how many feet away do you envision it?
Based on my current experience, I see it about 5 feet from me. When I was younger, I felt it was miles away. I felt like life was a big whiffle bat and I was the ball, just waiting for the next hit. Things are better now.
She likely said “If you take this picture we can go for ice cream and I can get out of cleaning up after your Mom.”
