That does look good Tate....I think what gets a lot of people in trouble is the "all or nothing" mentality. I love beef, its what's for dinner any time I can. I like pork a lot too. Chicken and fish I will eat but don't go out of my way to have it. I will absolutely eat an all veggie meal if I feel like it. I am a big fan of beans and rice with veggies. But part of that is cause I KNOW I will also be having beef or pork or something later in the week. If I felt I had to have only veggies forever it would be much much harder -as in Id probably go full Mongol if that were presented to me (some Mongol nomads eat only meat  ).

I also like that a lot of DeWalt stuff is made in the US. Definitely a plus!

That's nicer than a lot of the apartments I've lived in! Sweet! Enjoy it!

That is a hell of a gift! Nice saw


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I just love thinking about liberals heads exploding with just about every bit of that ad. Love it! ha.

One of the Stihl reviews I read was a guy throwing in his truck for a camping trip in addition to his gasser. He had a similar review but I don't think he cut as much as you did, that's a lot. He praised the quiet and how much he was able to cut with a single battery. I think k you sold me....gotta add this to the list of tools. Thanks!

Curious how well those work for light work around the house? Lots of times I don't feel like firing up the Farm Boss (or want to try being stretched on a ladder using it for pruning) and have wondered about them. I saw good reviews on the Stihl version but like that I could double up on the battery flexibility with the DeWalt stuff. Love to see your review of it.

Hey Don I think what you're doing is great (as much as I reserve the right to give you crap on occasion.  ) you might want to meet with your Doc and have full bloodwork done to have a baseline taken so you can double check any vitamin, amino acid etc. deficiencies and make sure you address those either in the items you eat or with any supplements.

Serious progress there Don. Looks good. Working in heat just beats me to heck.

  I liked the pic comparison of him v. Slick Willie I saw recently. Made Keith look young!

Cows and the like (ruminants) have sections within their stomachs but the biggest difference in my mind is that they don't digest their own food- they have bacteria in their stomachs that break down the grasses etc. into something else which they can then get energy from. That's why cows introduced to sagebrush or other pastures with plants they are not "used to" can have full stomachs and starve to death (the oils in sage will kill off the bacteria in a cows stomach unless they are very slowly introduced to it). We don't have that. We do not digest plants the same way that cows, deer, elk etc. do.

No we are not pure carnivores, we are omnivores so our teeth allow us to eat different food types, but that includes meat which can only be torn by sharp pointed teeth (well until silverware came along).

I do think the eyes are a dead giveaway though. Before we were warriors we were hunters. And only hunters and meat eaters have eyes like that. All the pure plant eaters (aka PREY) have their eyes on the sides of their heads which allow a significantly greater field of vision to see predators and run away. But all the predators need the greater accuracy that forward facing eyes provide. Yes it certainly helps in battle as well. But the primary use was to get food in my mind. If we were only eating plants we would not need that accuracy and eyes on the sides of our heads would be fine (and helpful).

But hey, at the end of the day every one has to do what they feel fits them best. And if that's all plants then good for you. I'm not going to say anyone shouldn't. The only "bad" thing I have seen is people who don't do enough research and get the right amount of proteins and amino acids that they need, which is generally provided in the meats we consume.

Sweet looking engine Ken.....those big blocks are just so great. And I love The Judge- from how the GM designers conned the execs into thinking they were producing a different car when they wanted a muscle car all along, to the sound of that big block rumble. Just so great.

Got back from my fishing trip yesterday. So great being without electronics of any type for 3 days. We were the only ones fishing on the lake. So awesome. Moose, loons, eagles, kingfishers, and brook trout. What a great time. There is something religious about gliding a canoe over glass like water as the sun is setting. The silence becomes loud. Just so soul cleansing. But back to the grind today!   

This is really great and does show a significantly greater understanding of the Left and how to defeat them than anyone in the MSM would give them credit for. Bannon is brilliant, coupled with Trump they are really great. Loved reading this!

I can see it now. There is Don on the farm squeezing in (nice HF chair BTW) and it starts to roll. Ends up in the pond with his body weight acting like a bobber in the tank.

I was not a Besvis and Butt head fan but I did see one clip of one of them rolling down a hill in a big tire....made me think of that.   

I agree getting enough pump (and proper sizing) to keep pressure strong wherever you run it. I wss thinking for fire suppression too although I'm guessing a gas powered pump from the pond would be better than using thsee tanks for that. You can buy used fire hose cheap as departments replace them all the time used or not.

Don you know you can get a tax credit for fuel tax paid for any fuel you use off road right?

I did it a number of years ago after the market meltdown and had a stretch where I used diesel as HHO. Just filed this form with my taxes and got the credit for it as an offset against income tax:

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4136.pdf

Here's the instructions for it:

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i4136.pdf

I've read about that little boy and saw an interview with his Mom on Fox. Very cool.

One of the most telling things for me as far as the difference between Trump and Obama (besides the obvious list which could go to hundreds of pages) was when Trump got on Marine One the other day and the hat of one of the Marine's guarding the chopper blew off. Trump went and got it, put it on his head, it blew off again and Trump went to get it again. He ended up letting the General or whoever he was walking with get it but I just could not EVER imagine Obama doing something like that. I could totally see George W doing that too. But Obama and his half-assed dismissive salutes to guys who swore to protect him used to turn my stomach. SO glad I never have to watch that crap any more.

Here's a clip of it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waDiZR9gZ-8

 

I forget what set I bought for the yukon but the front ones were a thick pliable rubber that stayed put even w/minimal "nubs" (that's the technica term donchaknow?  )... but the back seat one is like a hard plastic molded tray....fortunately it went all the way across the back and the fitment around the back of the console and the legs of the back seat keep it in place but it curls a bit and moves up/down slightly. Definitely shoddy compared to the fronts. But those front ones hold a ton or water which is great in the winter for sure.

I am sorry to hear that bear. But it sounds as if it may have been a blessing at some level. It's hard watching those we love struggling with illness. Bless him for his service.

Congrats dave! That sounds like it will be really great. I can't imagine that many under 1 roof! I'm guessing the garage will be a nice respite at times! Or make a little cabin/hide hole at the back prop line! 

Very cool pics tate!

Of course whenever I see an osprey I think of this now....

what about finding another similar age one with a gasser but one with a body in better shape.....swap the Cummins to it....put the gasser in this one and sell it for a field truck. Might not cost you that much net (or who knows....at the right price come out really lowering your cost) and then you have the Cummins without having to do a ton of body work.

See how handy I am with your money and your time! 

I would think so (like losing a human soldier) Don. The movie said the dogs and their handlers had a bounty on them. Dunno if that was true but I could totally believe it.

Saw this last night with the wife. After putting Nica down last week I checked to make sure this one didn't end up with the dog dying in it (sorry for the spoiler) or something that would have just set the wife off all over again, but when I saw that it didn't I thought it might be good to see. And it was. You guys know better than me if they did a good job showing the  parts in Iraq so I wont try to make any claims to its accuracy on that front but it was great seeing the bond that developed between them, and that I believe would be accurate. Good movie. I liked it.  We just had a hard time finding it....only 1 theatre near us had it and at 10:30 PM unfortunately.

Here's the IMDB on it:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4899370/

I was looking at the #10 cans and those seemed pretty good but I hadn't compared them to Amazon. The single serve pouches are a lot more per meal, but handy for one person.

I'm not familiar with Thrive so thanks for posting this.

wyo- double thanks....the cases of 6 #10 cans from Amazon are definitely much lower than what I saw at Overstock. I had seen prices against the sponsored ones in Google search so Overstock seemed cheap (I should have known right?!  )  I do see WalMart has the same price for the #10 cans as Amazon (WalMart has dramatically increased the number of SKU's they carry online (I am sure in response to Amazon) so I find myself checking prices there a lot now too).

Maybe you could do a thread on Thrive some time...curious (beyond what you showed) what the plusses are versus the "tried and true" MH. Always tough for companies to get a foothold in a space where someone has dominating market share but like to learn about them. Also good to know alternatives.

But this whole thing is making me think about the dehydrator route myself.

   

I think it does.

Do you have meatheads book?  He specifically talks about reverse sear in there.

My oldest gave me that book for Father's Day....there is Sooo much in there. Great book!