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OK boys, and I mean the boys, not the grownups. I am not traumatized, I am not a victim. I am SICK AND TIRED of living 66 years and guys still don't understand that sexism is unacceptable. I wish I could turn the tables and give you a lesson, but you obviously wouldn't even try to understand...

OK, I'm starting to feel unwelcome on here. Why do men have to ruin things?

But a bassoon? If my memory is correct, an encased bassoon is close to watermelon weight and won't easily fit in a pannier. A trailer perhaps? This was part of my reasoning for learning fiddle/violin. It is lightweight and can be left out in the house so if I suddenly feel like it, I can...

I played bassoon in high school. We did not have orchestra there. It also was a school instrument. Then I decided to take forestry classes and there was no room for music. I just decided to play fiddle. My high school band teacher said if you can play the bassoon, you can play anything...

Just got home from orchestra practice. I felt like standing up and yelling, IT WAS ME or maybe IT WAS I would be correct? I kept coming in too early. I try to play violin until March, and then I turn it into a fiddle until September. I get asked every practice now if I rode my bike...

I have recommended that a timber cruising crew look into using ebikes to get behind locked gate and blocked off roads. It would save them time and physical effort.

Safety lecture time. Be sure and wear gloves with those pruning saws. I've cut myself more with those than with a chainsaw. I was impressed with the Silky Ketanaboy saw that a guy brought along on a volunteer trail crew. He cut some serious stuff with it...

Yah, one compensates but a watermelon takes more compensation. We have very few sidewalks here and I never ride on them. It's illegal. It's streets or stay home.

I have a friend who has a tree farm and was awarded an E saw. She says it is the perfect little saw for old people. When the battery dies, you are tired. No yanking on a starter cord (my personal most hated part of a chainsaw) and no earplugs. Here's what's left of a tree felled by a big...

T here are backpacks for them.. Remember, you need to take gas, oil, wedges, chain, axe, etc. also. My favorite picture of a falling job in real timber. The two fallers always had work even during the hard times because they are good. They gave me lots of tips. One of them does carry a...

Yes. The new Arroyos have disk brakes and a few more changes. My bike is three years old.

There is such a thing as over dramatization. So, he got his bike stolen, he feels bad, we feel bad for him, he doesn't like us asking if it was locked up, and on, and on and on. The web seems to bring out the drama kings and queens and even feeds their drama and need for recognition. Perhaps...

I had to fall back on the hour long class on chainsaws we had in forestry school. At the time of the sodomizing, I was unemployed and got a phone call asking in a negative way, would I want to work on the thinning crew. (You wouldn't want to work on the thinning crew would you?) I surprised...

Nope. I didn't cuss a lot until I was out "sodomizing" (sanitizing or cleaning up) and thinning trees. I think I set a record for hanging up trees in one place. The knock it out of the standing tree by aiming another tree at it was not working that day. Lots of snow was melted by foul...

I prefer a step thru since I use my bike as a second car and shop at the box store. I seem to be the only one who uses the bicycle rack there.

We CAN control it too. I ended up on a fire crew and what was supposed to be a short time out, turned into a 3 week long endurance feat. By the last week, we noticed we had become massive potty mouths. Someone seriously spoke up and pointed this out and also pointed out that we were going...

Uh, my Gazelle is not a spandex model. I enjoy a bike that is responsive, and doesn't feel like I'm pedaling a ton of bricks or a bike with square wheels. Riding a fat bike everywhere just isn't what I want. There are places for that, and I ride one in the woods, but around most places, I...

I have been totally unsuccessful in growing watermelons. The plants bloom, but do not pollinate until late August. By then, it is too late. The same with cantaloupes. No fancy shaped ones for me. Hmmm, it is 32 degrees F out and I'm kinda sorta thinking about trying to ride to a...

Seedless watermelons still have a few seeds in them. They should really be called, Not Quite Seedless Watermelons. Here's a bit about the Hermistons. https://aglink.org/hermiston-watermelon-how-sweet-it-is/

I had two small ones on my bike. They were the "personal" sized melons. But I seldom find a tasty one. Give me the Hermiston melons please. I had excellent luck picking out good ones this year, but alas, the season is short. A Hermiston melon is a few days of eating for me. They come from...