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Guess they could stretch it to include the cutting edge on some of the axes too. Very few people killed by someone with a machete in this country. They should ban the bats, mallets, hammers, and screw drivers right after cars. Wait two people killed recently by train, guess they need to go too. How did this guy get into office? Guess has never been in the real outdoors working on trails, clearing a new field, or a tree farm. !@$#%*@ city idiots. They only have one view: blacktop, sidewalks, and buildings with no significant grass or or other greenery.

So, you can't have a firearm in your car when traveling through Jersey to hunt or go shooting outside of New Jersey, or transport an unloaded antique firearm, but you could ship it UPS through Jersey. Very sensible law. A baseball bat or an 1780's era bayonet is more dangerous than an unloaded antique flint-lock pistol. His pension is his money, you pay into your pension. Now if he stole funds from the school system, I could see denying him his pension from the school, but that is not the case.

This hashtag crap gets me. what is a hashtag? Did people decide to rename existing symbols? # is pound key of a phone, or number sign, or sharp symbol in reading music. now it is a hashtag? are there still hash marks? Always though anywhoo was odd, only heard one person from western PA say that one. hearing " did you catch anything" when I come back from hunting. Makes me start to wonder if people think we take a fishing rod out to go hook a deer and try to reel that in. Usually I respond with one of the following. "No, that is illegal. I did shoot a..." "well I did get a bite from ...[insert insect name]" "Why? I feel OK. Do I look sick or something." another phrase is: it will only take a minute. It never does. It is usually 15 minutes or more.

It was bad enough at a college open house on Sunday going between buildings and the drive to/from there in the Albany area. Definitively not in her right-mind to hike in that weather. Would have expected those trails to be closed for the winter. Some people just think they are invincible, or fail to plan for what they are getting into. If extreme life-threatening conditions are expected, she should have bailed on the planned hike.

You do not want to solo in very cold temps. It is very cold having 1 person in a single-walled nylon tent that sleeps 2-3. Even had a 0 degree mummy bag with a x-large 12 hour disposable warmer in it over top a sleeping pad. My breath froze inside of the tent all over the walls. Tents get very dark if it snows over-night. Makes it difficult to know what time it is when you wake up. Need to bring you own tinder if everything is already under the snow, and may need to thaw out downed branches before trying to burn them. Plan on breaking ice to get water. Boots do freeze, its not joke. I put mine under the sleeping bag to have them not freeze. Which means I have started the fire in the morning to thaw out my tent-mates boots so they could get out of the tent. Last time I winter camped was backpacking during a nasty winter storm in Harriman State park in Dec a few years ago. Most trudged through the snow, a couple party members had snow shoes, another had cross-country skis, and we had a sled (hauled in some dry wood on it, slid back down the mountain next day). We had a few fresh inches of snow fall over-night. The park roads were closed while we were in there. A couple people had sweaty gloves from cutting firewood (axes/hatchets/ bow saws). After taking off the gloves for couple minutes, the gloves were free standing.

Job just changed insurance company starting in March. supposedly to save everyone money and pay taxes on the current insurance plan. Guess, what the cost is for similar new plan - 400% cost increase to me. So have to take a lower cost plan with less coverage, for more money than currently pay, with higher prescription costs, find new doctors, and drop dental coverage. I refuse to work just for health insurance. After all, one stills needs a place to live, food, clothes, transportation, etc. The doctors insurance rates also sky-rocketed with this. For them, they will have to spend less time per patient and raise their rates and I am referring to pediatricians and Family Practice doctors, not the specialists. And the next thing they are trying to take over completely is education. Guess the clock is resetting to the 1700 & 1800's. Only the wealthy privileged will get good education and can afford to go to a doctor at this rate.

told the wife, will be late on Friday, have to make a stop on the way home. She asks why. Well if it is snowing on Saturday and I will out shoveling, when do I pick up something for Valentines day since that is Saturday. If it is snowing, I seriously doubt we will be out for dinner (she detests driving in the snow [or rain]). A friend ours will have a lonely Valentine's day, he will be busy plowing and racking up overtime again for the town by him.

Sauce meant booze and juice was "roids" by me too. I thought either someone was drinking heavy from something that happened or sauce for some food dishes. Perhaps a new BBQ flavor or a marinade for venison or other meat. The fact the I am eating a late lunch now may have influenced the last part.

My guess would be to escape the sappy love bird crowds at the local Restaurants and the single depressives at the local bars. Plus away from any fumes from the city that may drift to the east. Fresh clean air on a long weekend, with the main squeeze away from everyone else at a cabin sounds like a nice reprieve from daily life.

Does it get heavy carrying a gun rabbit, another for squirrel, and yet another for pheasant when you go out hunting for the day? I must be doing something wrong loading up #6 's and heading out to hunt for any of them, plus turkey all from the same gun (satin finish wood stock and blued barrel). lol. Couldn't you just replace with a shorter barrel and put on a removeable camo wrap for the spring turkey season?

Wife likes flowers, so you know I will be stopping and dropping a few dollars. Not on bunch of roses though, someone in my house is allergic to roses, especially the reds. It works out, less out of my pocket to use on something else for her. However boxes of good chocolates are banned. Anytime I got one for her, the family expanded.

This happened 3-4 months ago. Wife, "Your turn to cook, I'm tired" What is there that I can cook. Wife " I don't know, look in frig" Your the one that went to the grocery store, so what is there? Wife "I don't know, look for yourself" I take a look, so I say there in nothing that I can cook. Wife "you use to cook more" Did you get more propane? Wife "No, I didn't" Then there is nothing that I can cook. I don't roast, bake or broil chicken or steak or pork chops, or burgers, I cook them on the grill. I am still waiting for her to get the propane bottles refilled or exchanged. By the time I am out of work, they are closed already. Now the tanks have to be dug out of the snow again... by guess who. Same one who shovels (at a minimum) a pathway across the deck and down the steps to get the dog out. And I am getting tired of clearing off the deck and steps. Let alone a place to park in the driveway and the walkway to it after I done at work.

Shortly after we got married, I looked for clothes for work and had almost nothing left clean. Asked her why the laundry is not done. She said "I still another week or two of clothes so no need to start doing laundry yet". Well, I need clothes for work.. "Wash them yourself!" Since then I have my own laundry hamper and wash my own clothes. I have clothes when I need them ever since then. Not saying I don't put up the sheets or towels, or help with the kids' laundry. But is it easier now when you have a high school senior that fits into some of your clothes, that you actually get all your clothes out of the laundry (no fights over underwear, socks, and t-shirts).

OMG, sounds like the church I went to growing up. Someone had to light the furnace around 7 or 8 in the morning so the place could warm up by 10 for Sunday school class and warm-up the pipe organ a bit. Otherwise the place seemed to just be a wind-blocker. It had a coal room that had been converted to a storage room for old dusty stuff. The furnace was converted to oil by the time I was going there. When I started college the furnace was on its last legs. We took out all the old radiators, cast iron pipes, and the furnace ourselves. Very dirty, messy, damp, noisy, heavy work to do in August. Lots of sledge hammer work to dismantle the radiators and the furnace to somewhat manageable parts to get them out of the basement by hand. The church was built in the early 1900's, maybe 1910. 30 years ago we added a second, single-user bathroom to it. 15 years ago they removed the old cast-iron gas stoves and put in modern stoves and a new refrigerator. Now they run a soup kitchen there a couple days a week.

I am thinking industrial grade heat blower to melt this stuff. My gutters and roof are frozen. The downspout that I could reach without breaking any body parts is clear. Just a giant ice dam. Each side of my driveway on the road end is 5 foot. the rest varies 2-3 foot high on one side and about 4 foot on the other. Road has 2 1/2 foot lining it on my side the other is lower (the side that has 1 driveway on). To make it more complicated, my b-in-law's car is still at my house from when he was moving to his new house. His car has 2 foot of snow on it and it sits in the middle of the driveway, so we have to shovel around it. He moved almost 2 months ago... He let the registration expire so he could just get it done using his new address once he moved in. Now he can't find his paper work from the move. Car came from out-of-state. He has been over a few times, so if he is in no rush to get his car, I am in no rush to clear the snow off it any more (have cleared it off a few times for him already). Not sure how big the pile is next to the deck. It still needs to be cleared from Monday's storm before the next one hits. That pile has been over 5 foot before. Tonight's low, before wind-chill, will be in the negatives. So its not melting by me.

My neighbor uses anthracite coal for a large portion of his heating. He says it is cheaper than the oil that he uses. Fills it up and stokes it in the evening and it is good all night along. I think he has had it for 10 years or so. He has a small genny. Not sure if it just for running the refrigerator & freezer when the power goes out, or for a blower on the coal stove. I know when he uses it from the thunk of the outdoor coal storage bin closing. Can't tell by any smells outside that it is going. Now, the neighbor with the wood-burning fireplace - I can smell the wood smoke. That wood smoke smell makes me think "smells good, wish I was camping."

So, when the law takes effect, who is going to remote areas of Alaska, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Montana, etc. to take away their heat source and perhaps their means to cook food? How about the Amish? Are they exempt by reason of religious practices? Every farmer I knew growing up had a fireplace and/or woodstove. When weather gets bad, you just don't know if they can bring in a truck with your oil or propane to heat your house and cook. Have seen lots of farms with private dirt roads that you have to travel on to get to the farm house. Are fireplaces and campfires next on the list? To me it seems like they are pushing to keep everyone using petroleum products.

Another possibility is: if you all are using WiFi and none of the computers/tablets/etc are plugged into your router/modem that your WiFi could be saturated and unable to put through all the data at once. Netflix seems to stream through in chunks of data. I do sometimes see slow downs on my internet when Netflix is being used on multiple devices. Those devices in my house on wifi and I see the slow downs even on the desktop whick is plugged into my WiFi router and I currently have cable service. It is possible that the Wifi router is over-loaded. If it is more than 4 years old and was not cutting edge at the time, it may need to be replaced. But from most people I hear from, DSL service does drop out on occasion. I would recommend testing your speeds by plugging directly into you DSL modem to rule out your Wifi router or determine if the WiFi device is the problem.

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Its still snowing here. Cleared a path through 7 inches on the deck to get the dog out at 7:30 this am. Cleared 15 inches from in front of the car and about 7 in-between cars to get to work. Roads sucked. After my road was finally plowed, it still had another inch of snow on it. 35 MPH down the the thruway. Only had two lanes out of three lanes partly cleared. At least made to work safely. Let's hope it is the same going home.

Kentucky/Tennesee have lots of mountainous area. Western areas of Virginia and North Carolina are mountainous - Blue Ridge mountains, Shenandoah National Park, Smokie Mountains. You would need to be an hour or two east of the Blue Mountains to be 6 or less hours from the ocean in Virginia. Spent a couple years in Richmond Va. - 4-5 hours from the closest entrance to BlueRidge/Shenandoah Parkway and 2 hours or so from the coast.

If you still want to chase down deer and not have anything mess you - Komodo Dragon. Don't think I'd want to be a giant lizard, but they lounge around, hunt, and swim. Their only worry is a larger dragon.

I have traveled thru or visited most of the eastern states, mid-west, and some western states. It snows in Delaware. Slid down the sidewalks from dorm to classes in some storms when in college there. Sometimes end up with freezing rain instead of snow. Do have hurricanes come up the coast. Summertime lots of beach traffic. Sussex and Kent counties are the most rural counties - lots of chickens. No rifle hunting there. I'd say eastern Virginia or further south. But then your talking hotter summers and higher humidity. No snow - Florida Keys will work.

I have to clear off the deck and steps down from it or my dog will just do her business in the snow sitting on the deck. I get dirty looks and she backs away from the steps if they are not done. However if I walk down the steps with the snow covering them, she will follow. She did slip on an icy step when she was a puppy - so that may be the cause. She does not like squatting in the deep snow. Sometimes she will play in the snow, jump around and dig in it. Last year I had her play ball in the snow. She kept trying to find the ball I threw - which was a snowball. She would dig and sniff, and bury her nose in the snow trying to find it until I would toss another one for her. Great entertainment for me and a break from the shovelling for a few minutes. She steals my seat almost everytime I get up. Sometimes watches for me to come in the room and then jumps in my seat and refuses to move. I have even half-sat on her and she just lays there refusing to move some occaisions. If I put the recliner back, she will lay on the footrest by my feet. If the whole family is on one couch watching a movie, she has to either squeeze in on sit on my lap. She doesn't want to be left out. Winter is not so bad, no blanket needed, but in the summer too hot for that.

My sister would say chipmunks and squirrels. They took out the wiring in her hybrid car. No, that is not covered under warranty for repair if you want to know. If include insects, add ticks, chiggers, noseeums, black flies, horse flies, mosquitoes, stink bugs, and hornets/wasps. I can deal with honey bees, but not those aggressive hornet/wasps/yellow jackets. For me: rats, mice, moles, chipmunks, ground hog/Woodchuck, starlings, blue jays (never liked their calls), feral cats. Anyone releasing non-natives like snakeheads, pacu, etc. that upset the balance of nature and mess up the ecosystem could be on my list.