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I'm surprised you have that much time to hunt. Shouldn't your efforts be better spent exposing the child traffickers at Wayfair?

I guess one positive with all the straw men you surround yourself with is that you have no end of archery targets.

The leftists are attacking Sweden? I must have missed that in the last "Sons of Karl" zoom call. They tried a novel approach that many, including yourself, advocated - don't shut down. They saw more deaths than neighbouring countries who did shut down with little positive effect on their economy.

But on the positive side, Sweden did slightly better than countries located some 1600 miles away. Countries that were hit first before anyone knew what the hell was going on. Countries where the cultural norm is to live in multi-generational family homes so a pandemic spread is expected. Whereas the standoffish, and solitary (but oh so sexy) swedes live alone and see their families a few times a year so perhaps one would see a slower spread. Yet their approach saw a seven-fold more deaths than the other Baltic countries and they are now a worldwide cautionary tale. Is that your argument?

Funnier if there was no fence and he got them to back up just a bit. Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die. ~ Mel Brooks

That was great. Thanks. (I may never speak to anyone in person again.) Israel seemed to have it under control so they rushed to open back up. https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/08/middleeast/israel-coronavirus-second-wave-netanyahu-intl/index.html

If nothing else, I appreciate and admire your dedication @Water Rat

I missed the negative reaction in your prior post, but it takes guts to admit a mistake in person. Keep at it. You’ll feel better, he’ll feel better, the world will be a touch calmer for a moment.

This explains how those garter snakes ended up in my eavestrough. Very cool pic.

I'm not sure that's the case. My understanding is that it takes a certain viral load to infect and the greater the viral load the more severe the disease. Do you have a study that shows a single virus can infect?

Down the British! Up the Rebels!

Right. So people who were isolated in country that tends to isolate at the best of times, got sick and died in a national attempt to develop a herd immunity. Only 7.3% have developed antibodies, they had the highest numbers of death of all the neighbouring countries and the economy still took a massive hit.

https://www.businessinsider.com/sweden-opens-inquiry-into-coronavirus-strategy-of-no-lockdown-2020-7

Sorry to hear about your mother @First-light but happy she recovered. At this point, I'm convinced the that US no longer cares or is incapable of dealing with this on a national level and the feeling is, oh well, people will die. The refusal to wear a mask attitude drives me crazy.

That could be their slogan. Picked some up today. Thanks.

I've had bad experience with spraying. Tried roundup to kill some burdock and was very careful to only hit the leaves. It killed everything around and the earth was scorched for two years. Finally coming back a little. If I spray the grass, how long does the glyphosate stay in the ground (or is it inert if it isn't in a plant) and do I have to till all the dead grass? That would be tough to do. Alternatively, now that I've cleared that hill and light is hitting the ground again, I could spread something there. There's little to no ground cover right now.

Just slap the 41% on the stumps? Easy. Prefer painting it as I’ve had bad luck with overspray on plants. Thanks. Might as well ask this question as well. On top of the ridge I have an old logging road that is now covered in grass with blackberry on both sides. The deer walk this path as it is one of the more open travel corridors. I was thinking of adding some food, but don’t have the ability to dig it up or prepare it in any way other than trim it very short. Is there a simple seed I can spread (clover?) and press in that will supplement the grass?

Roundup?

This is a pride chair display.

Thanks. Moving stands is next week.

Thanks. Used to be thick, now pretty open hardwood hill with maple, birch, beech, hornbeam and aspen. I plan to knock down the large aspens in the winter to encourage them to sprout. I guess the main question is, should I reopen the existing trails? Though the landscape has changed, will deer travel them out of habit? Or should I just clear it a bit, funnel where possible, and pay attention to the new movement pattern? @catskillkid I think I left two. Once I got into a groove I made it a mission to destroy everyone I saw.

I just cleared two acres of striped maple on one of my hillsides. I had no idea how much they took over the midstory and shaded the ground but the younger sugar maples were struggling. Dropped about 125 stems from 2” to 10” and did some light bucking. It now looks like tornado damage. Deer travel across this hill as well as up and down, as it is a midpoint between bedding up top, and food and water below. My question is what to do with the downed trees. I don’t think I have the strength to move it all into the woods, but I can process it down a little and do some light brush piles. Or better to just ignore it? Do I clear the existing game trails or now that things look so different will they change their travel habits? Thanks.

Sorry to hear this. My father literally drank himself to death at 49 and it was heartbreaking to watch.

I would like to see her tie her own shoes.

We are being played. Clearly spelled out in this argument against wearing a mask https://mobile.twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1275912010555932672?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1275912010555932672&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fs9e.github.io%2Fiframe%2F2%2Ftwitter.min.html%231275912010555932672