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I've owned all of the major brands, and I've never had a real issue with any of them. I think that the vehicles of today are far superior to those produced just twenty years ago. All the guys I know love their trucks, with perhaps Toyotas being a bit more loved than others lol. Right now I'm in a F-150 with the Ecoboost engine, and I can't complain. It does a good job with my 17' Lund - I don't even notice it's there - but I haven't towed the big boat in years. It stays as the marina, so no feel for large payloads.

I can't imagine how anyone would prove that a trail camera is not being used strictly for security purposes, to monitor trespassing, which is everyone's right. This sounds like an unenforceable law. But I'm sure as heck not a lawyer.

Wow, that went political quickly. I've heard for years that the record books were leery of trail-cams because of hunters "making a move" in real time. I wonder how many other states will follow suite (subtext: NY has that border issue with the dang Canadians lol).

Brining is certainly a game-changer. If you're pressed for time and you're only smoking pieces, such as thighs, you can dissolve 1 cup of kosher salt and 1 cup of brown sugar in 4 cups of boiling water, use ice to bring it to 6 cups total, and brine for one hour at room temperature. I use this recipe for up to sixteen thighs - having done 36 last weekend for a BBQ, I realize that I should have doubled down. Don't go over an hour in the brine though, and be sure to rinse the meat quickly under the faucet before throwing some of your favorite rub under the skin, then smoke away!

Country style ribs using Meathead's recipe with Carolina Gold mustard glaze. Oh my God. My wife had apple rhubarb pie for dessert. I had another piece of pork. And having dry brined them with a bit of salt this morning, it took me less than 45 minutes from putting them in the smoker to taking them off the grill. I may need help. I admit I have a problem...

FYI, they'll come back to the same spot year after year. We have a "The Nehrke's" wooden sign hanging on the front porch...they bore a hole straight into it, the larvae hatch, they fall onto the cement, the dogs eat them...every year the same thing. One single hole. But the inside is riddled. Kinda crazy how they manage to keep returning - I guess carpenter bees can live for three years, and families can live together. So I guess the dogs must not get all of the larvae lol.

You don't poop where you eat, right? They're very similar to the stains I see where wasps are crawling in and out under myi porch eaves.

That's what we see when the boring bees show up. The holes may be on the inside, invisible on inspection.

Couldn't agree more. But maybe it's more a little bit angry, a little bit happy. Nobody gets everything they want - but they get what they need, to paraphrase the immortal words of a R&R legend. It's got to be better than the constant antagonism and feuding that's defined our social interactions lately.

As long as everybody is a little bit angry, we're probably in the zone. It's when one side is ecstatic and one side is furious that I begin to worry.

That's for sure. I hate cutting down dead trees. Unpredictable. We dropped north of 200 Ash at one of our properties this winter so they didn't get covered with poison ivy and fall across our trails. Between the ash borer and the gypsy moths, this year is an insect tsunami.

It's sad that for 15 cents per pallet, we could have treated and avoided this catastrophe. I know that we've exported pests to Europe - there's an American invader killing 1000 year old olive trees in Spain and Italy - but I have no clue whether we've returned the favor to any of the Asian countries where most of our pests seem to come from.

We kayaked Hemlock last night, and there were thousands and thousands of caterpillars on top of the water, swimming around like snakes. The shoreline rocks were covered completely. I've got to think they were coming to the water to drink? Or maybe just moving around aimlessly? Regardless, the hills are starting to look bare. It is complete devastation. I hear that once they pupate, the trees may put up a second flush of growth, and that could get them through the winter. Oatka Park is similarly affected, but Albion is a bit less so...or a few days behind. My wife walked the dogs on Tuesday, and between then and this past weekend, an entire grove of Aspen was munched, lock, stock and barrel.

I like to think that it is becoming vogue to admit you're wrong when you're wrong. And I can jump on that bandwagon. I'm wrong all the time.

I was skeptical myself from the get-go as to our ability to generate an effective vaccine at all, much less inside of a year. This on the heels of decades of research working to develop an HIV vaccine, coupled with the inability to cure the common cold lol. Viruses are tough. But the collaboration between pharma and academia coupled with the government's willingness to cut the red tape made it possible. I am frankly still amazed, but thankful nevertheless for my initial take to be dead wrong.

Thank God that doesn't include scientists. I don't know how many have been keeping an eye on the emerging situation with the new drug that's targeted at Alzheimer's Disease, but as of last night, three of the FDA's scientific advisory panel board members (including from places like Harvard) quit over the drug having been approved, despite their informed guidance to the contrary. It isn't effective, and the data shows it. Somebody has their hand in the honeypot. At $50K a year cost, and with the drug being targeted at early AD, so the patients would require treatment for the rest of their lives, the company that developed the drug stands to make bank. Big difference from the vaccine. Scientists' jobs are literally to question everything...and some of us are willing to take an ethical stand when the facts don't line up.

Buddy of mine went to a game in Boston and got asked for proof, even in the executive box.

If I were to be reviewing this topic for a grant or manuscript, here's what I would say: 1. This is from an article recently posted on MedRxiv, a preprint server, which has not undergone peer review. In short, anybody can post anything on there. The media feeding frenzy has led them to plunder these types of databases for anything that will support their agenda (right and left both). Take it with a grain of salt. 2. The article specifies a combination of drugs that included HCq. You simply can't extrapolate efficacy of a single drug from this type of combinatorial regiment. Indeed, it is possible that HCq may have some unanticipated benefit in combination with something else or under select conditions. That doesn't make the initial observations that it was ineffective on its own a lie. 3. A PubMed search for "hydroxychloroquine" AND "COVID" pulled 2746 results. I skimmed the abstracts of the first fifty, and without fail each and every one of them concluded that HCq was ineffective to treat COVID-19 (generally alone or in combination with Azithromycin). 4. Our own work, along with many others, has shown a prolonged QTc interval associated with higher doses of HCq. This is what happens in Long QT syndrome, a type of cardiac arrhythmia. I doubt this matters much to folks on mechanical ventilators - any port in a storm, and damn the long term consequences (rightfully so, IMHO). In short, the evidence in the literature continues to strongly suggest a lack of efficacy as well as the potential for adverse secondary effects, but - and this is not an attack on you, it's more a comment on the system - your point proves that you can find support for anything on the internet if you look hard enough. And that scientists often don't communicate well enough to convey these caveats that make up the devil in the details.

I'm not surprised that having the disease protects "like the vaccine", but I think that it's difficult to make any comparisons until we have an actual baseline (this is the part of the CC study that requires more than 30 words to convey). In short, we don't know how long vaccine efficacy lasts, so there's no way to say whether it might be longer or shorter than from getting sick. I know this seems a bit crazy, but your immune system is an insane creature, and it's impossible to make de novo predictions until after the data accumulates. Right now, we are limited to six months of good data for the vaccine, and a year for CoV. There are also questions about whether disease severity plays a role in subsequent immunity. And of course there are long term adverse effects popping up - I would strong advise against getting CoV in lieu of the vaccine. Unless you spend lots of time at Del Lago and don't mind walking home.

Massachusetts went mask free this past weekend, and practically nobody on the Cape is wearing them. Good riddance. The current numbers don't justify masks IMHO. The fish are maskless, too, and chewing with abandon. Lots of blues and stripers, easy limits on 20"+ black sea bass, a couple winter flounder. Winds aren't great, but we are managing. It's much more enjoyable than last year, during the pandemic. And the scallop pizza at the Parrot Bar and Grill is to die for! It really seems like the vaccine has allowed us to turn the corner. Kudos to all who made that happen!

Any comment taken out of context can be construed as a lie. I see things differently than you. Got to run - Cape Cod Buzzard's Bay trip is imminent!! Best weekend of the year...

So, I'm not arguing to convince anyone - not possible in this context. But here are three thoughts to consider before appointing oneself judge, jury, and executioner. 1. It would have actually been criminal for Fauci not to vet the possibilities 2. Discussing likelihoods does not constitute belief (this pertains to certain emails that have been cast in a false light) 3. Most folks have the luxury of choosing to believe or not. Scientists always disbelieve. Frankly, there's no way of Fauci's knowing the actual origins of this virus. It could have come from space invaders. So, he considered the facts and weighed the evidence. I see a guy with a long history of dignified public service who worked outside of this glaring limelight of social media and our recent tendency to rush to judgement based on what the pundits tell us, who was going to be shot as the messenger by some sector of our society, no matter what. IMHO, he's taking one for the team. Go, Science!!

I read through Fauci's emails. There's nothing there that I wouldn't expect to see from a guy who's trying to do the job he was tasked. He didn't put down the administration, and he tried to be responsive above and beyond his duties. Remember - fifty years of service - this is no fly by night lightshow. Agree or disagree with his leadership, he lived the job. Nobody deserves to be threatened for doing what they are required to do, to the best of their ability. And last I knew, there was only one guy who is infallible.

Don't let the vet dictate your choice. They don't live with the pup day in and day out, and they only see them when they're hyped up with excitement. You know your pet best. We are currently going through a similar situation with one of our labs, and at the vet's request we've tried increasing her dose of Rimadyl as well as tried supplementing with some fancy expensive magic pill. No dice. This is her last summer. It sucks to see the end of a good run, but never seems to keep us from bringing a new pup into the family.

Here's an honest question for those who have posted on here citing the CDC guidance as reason to stop wearing a mask: How many of you are vaccinated? I'm not the mask police, and I hate the things, but with only 50% of NYS vaccinated, if I were a small business owner I'd have to think hard about mask policy. While I hear folks saying that they won't support a place that demands you wear masks, I suspect that the converse may be true, as well, and maybe even in greater abundance. It is literally a can't win situation.