this tree is named after a general, because the us called in the army to protect these oldtimers; now wrapped in a fire proof blanket.
(it has already a 4 feet fireproof bark).
when will canada do the same, on it's west coast and brazil in the amazon?
So weird how the west is burning and the east is drowning from hurricanes.
Had a nice getaway to the Outer Banks, but tropical storm Larry was churning off the coast and the beach was closed for swimming because of wild currents and riptides.
Thank God he stayed off coast. Having to evacuate is a real thing and ruins vacations semi-regularly.
Ha! I recently got blasted for using the phrase, "high-key."
"Did you just say, "high-key?" You can only say, "low-key." There is no "high-key," mom!"
So, they tried but failed at teenage speak!
BTW, great time of year to go camping. I love nature, but refuse to sleep there, although fall is the best temperature for that.
after being a jehovah's witness for 52 years, today marks my 20 year anniversary of being out of the borg!
i turned in my letter of disassociation on september 18th 2001. it was read to the congregation on september 19th, my wife's birthday.
of course the years have had its difficulties but it has also had many wonderful experiences and epiphanies.
Well, gee, congrats on that!
It was harder to get out then without the internet, but not impossible. And you did it! Nice!
since covid have forced many stores not to be open 24 hours a day like wal-mart, etc…i do have one 24 hour kroger near my home.
if you want to know where it is, message me but i might not tell you if you have not been here long enough or i feel that i can’t trust you yet.
do you have 24 hour grocery stores near you?
If you like history, Maryland has been here since 1634!
While its capital, Annapolis, was serving as the nation's capital, George Washington resigned his commission as general and the Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Revolutionary War. The United States' boundary was designated and differentiated from Britain's remaining colonial interests. (ahem..Canada)
Virginia is great for history, too. George Washington lived just across the Potomac River at Mount Vernon. Colonial Williamsburg looks exactly like it did in the early 1700s.
Also, George Washington apparently slept all up and down the east coast. The number of establishments that brag "George Washington slept here." is mind-boggling.
Anyhoo, just plugging the Mid-Atlantic. New England always gets focused on as the cradle of American history, but the Mid-Atlantic has been settled just as long. And we weren't religious weirdos like the Puritans. We were here to make money. The state of Virginia literally started as The Virginia Company.
I'll shut up now. I'm a history nerd and love literally walking the same steps as people did who were settled here 150 years before the United States was formed. Come visit Annapolis, you'll love it if you're into American and British colonial history!
i am not so sure if i am willing to discuss cbd with my jw aunt.
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Personally I think that CBD oil is a modern version of snake oil medicine. Can it really help everything from pain to toenail fungus to making your sheets brighter and whiter? It's ridiculous the amount of maladies it's reported to cure.
Mick, I have a prescription for Ambien, and have woken up in the morning with the remains of a large bowl of ice cream on my nightstand! No memory of eating it at all! It definitely induces amnesia!
just a few years ago, any man that slapped a women was considered a piece of shit.
today people are are paying and cheering to see a man knocking the shit out of a woman.
what feminists, social warriors, and gender recognition fighters don't realized is that their actions are actually causing the world to revert back to the days when the world treated women as property, second class species, with no rights whatsoever, whose only value was a sex instrument for the male species.
I was never particularly reassured when men would say, " I would never hit a woman."
I always felt like, 'Well you're halfway there, but I'd appreciate it more if you'd never hit anybody at all. Use your words!'
it's nice to be getting back into the swing of going to see bands again.
also, playing in a band too.. we've done a couple of gigs, which was great.
one of which, we had to wait to be paid because most people were paying by card.. i went to see steve hackett at leicester de mountfort hall last friday.
I had forgotten how much I liked listening to music. My kid was always very sensitive to sound and he never outgrew it. He's 20 now and still doesn't listen to music.
The only kind he occasionally likes to fool around with is what I would describe as piano saloon music from the late 1800s. He's obsessed with trains and railroading and will add that as background music when he creates his train videos.
However, he's in college most of the day so I've had a chance to cue up Pandora radio and play around with song lists. I had forgotten how much I loved loud music and how it makes the time fly when working around the house!
Once Pandora morphed to playing 70s Yacht Rock and the cat loved it. Not my favorite, but I let it play. He was just chilling and I swear I caught him bobbing his little cat head.
two observations here.
(1) i just saw a segment on the 4 corners documentary involving erwin zalkin.
the u.s lawyer involved in the law suites against watchtower.
Anybody know if the 4 corners documentary is available for viewing in the US?
i would like to visit las vegas one day.
if you have a choice, would you want to live there?
low humidity sounds good to me.
Punky, the Canadian side of Niagara Falls is better. Much better view. You did good.
Although the American side has the Ride over the Falls in a Barrel ride and there was never any queue. . .
Yeah, stick to the "Maid of the Mist" cruise.😋
i would like to visit las vegas one day.
if you have a choice, would you want to live there?
low humidity sounds good to me.
Mick, that is an excellent summary for a visitor.
Iamallcool, if you have the chance, then go visit. Excellent advice about staying away from gambling and Mick has mentioned stuff that even I would enjoy seeing.
I could never live in the desert because of the heat and because I love the greenery on the east coast, but that's a personal preference.
BTW, the House always has the advantage. Keep that in mind if you decide to gamble. Set yourself a gambling money allotment and don't spend a penny more. Keep in mind that it is not an investment and will likely be all gone just like your food money or gas money. It's just paying for the fun of gambling for an hour or so.
I have an old slot machine that uses tokens. On the easy setting it takes an hour of steady feeding it your money before it hits the jackpot. On the medium setting it takes about 2 hours, and on the hard setting it takes about 3 hours. It's not random at all. The worst thing you can do is jump on a "hot" machine just after someone wins a jackpot.
But, yeah, go visit, have fun and find out if you like it!
