OT - What are you doing now? (2025)

lousubcap

ColbyLang said:

Wife and kids left for the beach around noon. Just had 1/2 of a large pepperoni pizza. Tried to play golf this afternoon, Mother Nature denied me. Me and the pups till Saturday evening, gonna be miserable

Window of opportunity for you and the pups now.  Go forth and enjoy.  No other adult supervision/critiques on the horizon.  

Ozzie_Isaac

Tried a few dabs - no heat, wondered if bottle was bad.  Ate half a tablespoon plain.  Mistakes were made, It builds very slowly and doesn’t really stop building.  Whoa.  Beautiful burn, try not to move your mouth.  

zaphod

thank you for being the first penguin over the ice floe

DoubleEgger

Apparently it was 95mph straight line winds that caused the tree damage and power outage on Saturday afternoon. 

hoosier_egger

DoubleEgger said:

Apparently it was 95mph straight line winds that caused the tree damage and power outage on Saturday afternoon. 

We get a lot of Derecho’s here. There is a shift more to the east for the extreme weather these days. 

alaskanassasin

You have my number @hoosier_egger!  

Ozzie_Isaac

DoubleEgger said:

Apparently it was 95mph straight line winds that caused the tree damage and power outage on Saturday afternoon. 

That is scary you get winds that high.  I imagine they can do a lot of damage.

DoubleEgger

Ozzie_Isaac said:

DoubleEgger said:

Apparently it was 95mph straight line winds that caused the tree damage and power outage on Saturday afternoon. 

That is scary you get winds that high.  I imagine they can do a lot of damage.

It’s definitely no fun sitting through a storm with your butt puckered up hoping a tree doesn’t fall on the house. Friends who visit from out West are amazed at the dense forests that are around here.

kl8ton

DoubleEgger said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

DoubleEgger said:

Apparently it was 95mph straight line winds that caused the tree damage and power outage on Saturday afternoon. 

That is scary you get winds that high.  I imagine they can do a lot of damage.

It’s definitely no fun sitting through a storm with your butt puckered up hoping a tree doesn’t fall on the house. Friends who visit from out West are amazed at the dense forests that are around here.

And I was amazed when I went out west that you cant find a good bundle of firewood for sale to save your life!  Also, most areas had burn bans.

fishlessman

DoubleEgger said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

DoubleEgger said:

Apparently it was 95mph straight line winds that caused the tree damage and power outage on Saturday afternoon. 

That is scary you get winds that high.  I imagine they can do a lot of damage.

It’s definitely no fun sitting through a storm with your butt puckered up hoping a tree doesn’t fall on the house. Friends who visit from out West are amazed at the dense forests that are around here.

about 15 years ago i seen my first micro down burst flatten down a barn in mere seconds, since then ive been near several. scary as hell with all the big dense maine forests up here. its like god touched the tree with his finger and poof its gone. one hit a campground down the street during the summer a few years back, it was extremely bad. they say they cant link it to climate change, but......

Legume

kl8ton said:

DoubleEgger said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

DoubleEgger said:

Apparently it was 95mph straight line winds that caused the tree damage and power outage on Saturday afternoon. 

That is scary you get winds that high.  I imagine they can do a lot of damage.

It’s definitely no fun sitting through a storm with your butt puckered up hoping a tree doesn’t fall on the house. Friends who visit from out West are amazed at the dense forests that are around here.

And I was amazed when I went out west that you cant find a good bundle of firewood for sale to save your life!  Also, most areas had burn bans.

I think every state park or public camping place sells the same **** pine bundles. Either you get properly cured pine that burns like the sun for 15 minutes, or you get still wet pine that is hard to light but lasts for hours pushing nasty smoke.

They also don't let you or want you to bring your own wood as it can spread those immigrant tree eatin' pests like beetles.

fishlessman

Legume said:

kl8ton said:

DoubleEgger said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

DoubleEgger said:

Apparently it was 95mph straight line winds that caused the tree damage and power outage on Saturday afternoon. 

That is scary you get winds that high.  I imagine they can do a lot of damage.

It’s definitely no fun sitting through a storm with your butt puckered up hoping a tree doesn’t fall on the house. Friends who visit from out West are amazed at the dense forests that are around here.

And I was amazed when I went out west that you cant find a good bundle of firewood for sale to save your life!  Also, most areas had burn bans.

I think every state park or public camping place sells the same **** pine bundles. Either you get properly cured pine that burns like the sun for 15 minutes, or you get still wet pine that is hard to light but lasts for hours pushing nasty smoke.

They also don't let you or want you to bring your own wood as it can spread those immigrant tree eatin' pests like beetles.

you cant move firewood over county lines here because of the bugs....hundreds of thousands xmas trees get trucked down from canada every xmas holiday season though.....

Legume

It's a very real problem, visible around here. That being said, beetle kill pine is beautiful in furniture or on walls.

hoosier_egger

fishlessman said:

Legume said:

kl8ton said:

DoubleEgger said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

DoubleEgger said:

Apparently it was 95mph straight line winds that caused the tree damage and power outage on Saturday afternoon. 

That is scary you get winds that high.  I imagine they can do a lot of damage.

It’s definitely no fun sitting through a storm with your butt puckered up hoping a tree doesn’t fall on the house. Friends who visit from out West are amazed at the dense forests that are around here.

And I was amazed when I went out west that you cant find a good bundle of firewood for sale to save your life!  Also, most areas had burn bans.

I think every state park or public camping place sells the same **** pine bundles. Either you get properly cured pine that burns like the sun for 15 minutes, or you get still wet pine that is hard to light but lasts for hours pushing nasty smoke.

They also don't let you or want you to bring your own wood as it can spread those immigrant tree eatin' pests like beetles.

you cant move firewood over county lines here because of the bugs....hundreds of thousands xmas trees get trucked down from canada every xmas holiday season though.....

Same here due to the Emerald Ash Borer which has destroyed most Ash trees. I’ve had 7 removed over the past 3 years

fishlessman

hoosier_egger said:

fishlessman said:

Legume said:

kl8ton said:

DoubleEgger said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

DoubleEgger said:

Apparently it was 95mph straight line winds that caused the tree damage and power outage on Saturday afternoon. 

That is scary you get winds that high.  I imagine they can do a lot of damage.

It’s definitely no fun sitting through a storm with your butt puckered up hoping a tree doesn’t fall on the house. Friends who visit from out West are amazed at the dense forests that are around here.

And I was amazed when I went out west that you cant find a good bundle of firewood for sale to save your life!  Also, most areas had burn bans.

I think every state park or public camping place sells the same **** pine bundles. Either you get properly cured pine that burns like the sun for 15 minutes, or you get still wet pine that is hard to light but lasts for hours pushing nasty smoke.

They also don't let you or want you to bring your own wood as it can spread those immigrant tree eatin' pests like beetles.

you cant move firewood over county lines here because of the bugs....hundreds of thousands xmas trees get trucked down from canada every xmas holiday season though.....

Same here due to the Emerald Ash Borer which has destroyed most Ash trees. I’ve had 7 removed over the past 3 years

pulled out about 30 dead hard pines a few years back on a beach property, went from a nice pine forest to scrub trees. its a mess back there now. they died quick.

Battleborn

The temperature hit 110. I immediately took the next two work days off. 

SGH

I have had a good bit of free time since I finished the boat. I have started back with my poems and and songwriting. I’m currently working on one inspired by all of butt kicking Trump has handed out as of late. It’s titled “Imagine what Trump could do to you”. Keep your eye out for it. It’s coming soon my shy friends 😊

Gulfcoastguy

Have fun Scotty.

GrateEggspectations

SGH said:

I have had a good bit of free time since I finished the boat. I have started back with my poems and and songwriting. I’m currently working on one inspired by all of butt kicking Trump has handed out as of late. It’s titled “Imagine what Trump could do to you”. Keep your eye out for it. It’s coming soon my shy friends 😊

Congrats on Miss Marguerite and all that she means to you. 

Is your song set to the music of John Lennon’s “Imagine”?

JohnInCarolina

SGH said:

I have had a good bit of free time since I finished the boat. I have started back with my poems and and songwriting. I’m currently working on one inspired by all of butt kicking Trump has handed out as of late. It’s titled “Imagine what Trump could do to you”. Keep your eye out for it. It’s coming soon my shy friends 😊

Will it include a line about adult diapers?

SGH

GrateEggspectations said:

Congrats on Miss Marguerite and all that she means to you. 

Is your song set to the music of John Lennon’s “Imagine”?

Many thanks my friend. As to the song, it’s sang to the pace and tempo of something like Rock and Roll All Night. Of course the words are totally different. 

Botch

As to the song, it’s sang to the pace and tempo of something like Rock and Roll All Night. Of course the words are totally different. 

The last band I was in did this song, as a ballad.  It was hilarious, the dance floor filled up with slow dancers, but as the song went on we could see them look up at us, one by one, with a curious look on their face, "I know this, but WTF??  Who is this?!?"  Great fun!    

lousubcap

I recall that the Emerald Ash Borer (arrived here in MI around 2000-2002 via a Great Lakes steamer from China) is the lead bug in the restriction regarding firewood transport.  The ash tree forest devastation it has done is incredible.  No native predators and no effective solution to stop its romp across the Northeast even now.

Battleborn

Summer of Love has reached Vegas. 

Ozzie_Isaac

Battleborn said:

Summer of Love has reached Vegas. 

Stay safe!

ColbyLang

Battleborn said:

Summer of Love has reached Vegas. 

But it’s a dry heat lol

Corv

lousubcap said:

I recall that the Emerald Ash Borer (arrived here in MI around 2000-2002 via a Great Lakes steamer from China) is the lead bug in the restriction regarding firewood transport.  The ash tree forest devastation it has done is incredible.  No native predators and no effective solution to stop its romp across the Northeast even now.

Out here, you can get some sort of a treatment applied periodically that stops the borer. If you halt the treatment the bugs resume. Might be worth considering a replacement tree if there is a suitable one that you can plant, depending on how many ash trees you have, how important they are to you, and the local cost of the treatment. An HOA that I know of decided that the treatment was the way to go rather than replacement, but you might come up with a different decision.

An arborist can advise you.

BeanHead

All this beetle talk is starting to sound like work to me 😖

fishlessman

BeanHead said:

All this beetle talk is starting to sound like work to me 😖

but they are rich in protein and several vitamins and minerals. still alot of work to make a taco

alaskanassasin

BeanHead said:

All this beetle talk is starting to sound like work to me 😖

I cut down 72 dead ash trees on a 2 acre lot