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Firewood Moisture Percentage
This winter seems a good time to check on the value of a woodshed in keeping firewood dry. I’ve made it in far enough that I can sample wood that has been in the shed since last April, and I still have some firewood stacked out to dry from late fall – tarped, but not…
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Alec Baldwin Back in the News
On October 21, 2021, Alec Baldwin fired a single-action revolver and killed Halnyah Huchins and wounded Joel Souza. On January 19, 2023, Baldwin was charged with involuntary homicide. From what I read, he plans to fight the charges. It’s going to be an interesting case to watch. In 2018, Baldwin spoke for a “No Rifle…
These Banners May Be Red Flags
There has been a bit of traffic on the net about banning gas stoves. I didn’t pay a lot of attention to the bans until I retired, came home, and started a bunch of retirement careers. As I started on building a new house, I encountered the bans. My toilets are all 1.6 gallon flushers…
A New Tremelo Harmonica
My new harmonica came with some sort of songs and tablature that I can’t read – fortunately, the website listed 江苏天鹅乐器有限公司 – and when I type it in, google offers to translate from Chinese. So my latest harmonica – a Swan Tremolo harp in C and G is a Red Chinese import. I’m not particularly…
Car Seats and the Unborn
Do car seats prevent the birth of children? In the case of car seat laws, the statistics suggest that they do. This is a case where the law of unintended consequences applies. The law of unintended consequences, often cited but rarely defined, is that actions of people—and especially of government—always have effects that are unanticipated…
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other. -Benjamin Franklin
This Time Last Year: Freedom Convoy
Around this time last year, we were collecting headlines from the Canadian news and documenting the freedom rally that took place in Eureka. The internet being what it is, the headlines we’ve written are conserved, though not all of the original hyperlinks and pictures have been.
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