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I have bought some 6ah claimed 18-volt Ryobi batteries, the thing is after going through all that its still probably second best, OTH you can use the batteries for other things.One custom build used drill batteries to power a Motor cycle replica( with a little imagination- it was shall we say...

I have a little backup stove sold by TSC, it is called 'Defender" Vogelzang had its name on it.

I saw a video( can't find it now) of a black bear climbing into a pig pen for a bite of pork,it attacked the first pig ineffectually, a small black pig charged out and took the Bear on- the bear capitulated and left( sort of what Putin should do) I do believe they were Vietnamese Pot Belly pigs...

Bubba's was put in with a 312 Cat excavator, buried around five feet into the ground if memory serves me correctly, the Plumbing group charged the system with several gallons of "Brine", the pipe looked like very heavy duty PE.

Poles are good Folk, no smarter group can be found.

Cool, one of my younger brothers put in a geothermal closed-loop Heat pump system, I helped Him install the ground loop, very happy with it so far. Hickory smells very good burning.

Two troubles with Goats( otherwise marvelous,) you need to make sure they have water, and Bears love to chow down on them. One of my acquaintances lost His favorite Goat to a bear attack. Do not diss the LA battery bank till you do research, LA can last for decades if properly sized the trick...

When it gets cold around here,I boil water and cook beans on the little "Defender" wood stove, sort of a "twofur"( my flashing never leaks on my chimney either)

If you install one( propane log) make sure it is vented, the moisture and fumes will literally make you sick. Let me add this basswood and Locust do not have to "trash trees Locust given a little time will produce superlative firewood and basswood if managed and allowed to grow big enough...

Total agreement, I go in the big lumber company( public scalping stores) and see these things and I think"WTF?"

Lighter than air, is due to make a comeback. The Nazis gave Zeppelins( plus cheap fossil fuel) a black eye after the depression not to mention all the Auto companies and trucks as well destroying the mass transit infrastructure I do that myself I have a small woodstove in a well insulated...

Neat, I always thought "ArtDeco' and "Steampunk" complement each other.

Right on, I came to the understanding there are real People in those war machines and many of them do not like doing what they are ordered to do.

You cannot appease a Dictator, eventually more is wanted.

It hit me one day when browsing a science fiction site, there was a photoshopped picture of Arthur C Clarke in a crowd of people wearing "Flash Gordan" style clothes- how different would things be now if we hadn't taken the "Fossi Fuel' route. For instance, if some esoteric(or not particularly...

Well good news the vendor made good and it restored my faith in Ebay and PayPal, the final reckoning was a lot more palatable.

Glad you were not seriously hurt, my Dad used to put kerosine on my 'kiddy" wounds( I do not recommend this at all!) I have found that gloves do help save the hands from bloody nuisances, used to hate getting blood all over my carpenter projects.

Youch!(ditto on the snow)

Agree, my current bike has a 26x4 Knobby on the back and sandstorm on the front, the knobby creates a great deal of noise.

One of these days I may just sample a TSDZ, some of these newer EMTBs are awesome, albeit a bit expensive. A small cassette or freewheel should fill the bill or even an IGH( expect advances and price competition on these units,these days I am trending toward simple and durable( turning wrenches...