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  One nice thing about living near the Idaho border is having a neighbor who likes to drive up, get a trailer load of potatoes, and sell them to us. 50# of russets for $21. That will last us well into spring next year.

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  Something fun for you fire aficionados today. The volunteer fire department in Santa Claus, Indiana names their apparatus instead of giving them numbers. How did i learn this? Unit Dasher was getting fuel this afternoon at the gas station i was at. The local applied technology college (what California calls a community college) bought this engine for their Fire Academy program for aspiring firefighters. No links because they seem only to have a Facebook page.

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  @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org I'm old enough that I could go to Radio Shack in Placerville to buy crystals for my 4 channel scanner.

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  @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org No, it's excellent 50s vibes. Back when life was pure and hopeful. The economy was booming, boomers were just little kids.

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  This article illustrates why forest management is hard. Federal officials and legislators are calling for more active management such as logging, thinning, prescribed fire, etc. Then in their next breath they insist on immediate suppression of every start. In the background, they cut funding for everything so billionaires can have another tax cut. https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2026/07/27/era-megafires-do-forest-thinning/

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  @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org @paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange @W6KME@mastodon.radio @larand@appdot.net @moira@mastodon.murkworks.net @cookiesinheaven@m.ai6yr.org I memorized this song. It's a tiny bit amusing that some issues that seemed so important in the 60s are still being fought over today. https://youtu.be/MbtkL5_f6-4?is=QtADh1z52lz44pbY

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  Preparations for 100⁰+ this weekend include installing the window air conditioner that is hidden behind some shade cloth. The shade cloth on the porch is not visible because of the car and shade tent.

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  My bucket list will never be completed. We will never have sniper teams deployed at our wedding.

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  PSA for all you high-speed app developers out there with good eyes. Do not, and I can not emphasize this enough, do not put a graphic feature on your pages that looks like a stray hair on the screen to us old people that already struggle with having to use a tiny phone screen instead of just talking to the nice receptionist at the doctor's office. It just slows down an already confusing process.

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  I wish people would use the word decimate correctly. There is a modern meaning but I prefer the Roman usage.

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  If you are inclined to help out https://www.theyallsquad.org/

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  For those of you who like stories about making life better. https://www.nbcpalmsprings.com/2026/04/13/items-left-behind-at-coachella-festival-donated-to-help-valley-families?fbclid=IwdGRzaARLZlNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR42-cmTddwXXtNp9Et6Xiw3b-N_E5FUkuBoqUOiOV-6no-CQ0qsPtQ6-s--Mw_aem_DuXHsa7cIgVKlxDm6izH2Q

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  Another load of apple branches tied down and tarped, ready to go to the greenwaste facility.

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  It's easy to forget Jim Nabors' singing voice was rather more impressive than his speaking voice as Gomer Pyle. https://youtu.be/7Jkkmb6jEAU?si=tTz02m0T0Joa1OXL