Boy Scouts Handbook - First Edition
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booksBoy Scouts Handbook - First Edition
The first edition. A hodgepodge perhaps chiefly of interest in what is included. Games. Short history and civics lessons. Discussions of wildlife and tracking. First aid. How to earn badges.
Some articles show that science has marched on from the day.
Sayings from Indians are invariably in crude English, but also invariably are to teach wise things to the boys.
I noted that in the fire section, they discussed the danger of wildfires, but didn't mention that first of all, you ensure you build your fire on bare earth. Anything burnable will carry the fire away, and roots are particularly dangerous. So, health and safety information may also be out of date.
The first edition. A hodgepodge perhaps chiefly of interest in what is included. Games. Short history and civics lessons. Discussions of wildlife and tracking. First aid. How to earn badges.
Some articles show that science has marched on from the day.
Sayings from Indians are invariably in crude English, but also invariably are to teach wise things to the boys.
I noted that in the fire section, they discussed the danger of wildfires, but didn't mention that first of all, you ensure you build your fire on bare earth. Anything burnable will carry the fire away, and roots are particularly dangerous. So, health and safety information may also be out of date.
Peak color in MI
Oct. 29th, 2025 09:49 ambranchandrootMany things continue to be awful, but it's peak color this week, and my bus ride is during sunrise, so I've gotten to have a color tour every morning and watch the sun slowly light up the trees so even the ones that are still green look gold.
It's an ember-colored fall this year, less bright than some because late summer was so dry, but the maples are still bringing the reds and oranges, the pears have turned deep burgundy, and the oaks are shading from yellow into copper and dark red. The oldest, strongest locust trees still have a hold of their golden leaves, and the young ginko trees that the city has started planting recently have all joined in, exuberantly gold from top to bottom. The sumac that lives in the roadside swales is a rich, dark red and the burning bush may be a sneaking invasive but it reliably turns rose red at this season. You can tell there was drought this year; many trees have scorched and curled leaves and can only turn dusky yellow or even brown. But there's still color, and it's still beautiful, and we're still here.
It's an ember-colored fall this year, less bright than some because late summer was so dry, but the maples are still bringing the reds and oranges, the pears have turned deep burgundy, and the oaks are shading from yellow into copper and dark red. The oldest, strongest locust trees still have a hold of their golden leaves, and the young ginko trees that the city has started planting recently have all joined in, exuberantly gold from top to bottom. The sumac that lives in the roadside swales is a rich, dark red and the burning bush may be a sneaking invasive but it reliably turns rose red at this season. You can tell there was drought this year; many trees have scorched and curled leaves and can only turn dusky yellow or even brown. But there's still color, and it's still beautiful, and we're still here.
Database maintenance
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dw_maintenanceGood morning, afternoon, and evening!
We're doing some database and other light server maintenance this weekend (upgrading the version of MySQL we use in particular, but also probably doing some CDN work.)
I expect all of this to be pretty invisible except for some small "couple of minute" blips as we switch between machines, but there's a chance you will notice something untoward. I'll keep an eye on comments as per usual.
Ta for now!
Frustration....
Oct. 24th, 2025 11:50 ammdehners posting in fucking_medsThis is a bit different because I'm not complaining about my meds, I'm complaining how difficult in the last couple of months it's been to GET THEM.
1st, it was filling delays. They were either out, on order or some other excuse but it never was more than a couple days without. Supply chain issues. Now, it's getting worse. This month I've run out of Cardiac, Diabetes and HIV meds(the latter still hasn't been filled. "Backordered"). Thankfully, the Diabetes meds that were out were the oral so I could titrate with my Insulin.
Last month, after going through Withdrawal symptoms when my Lyrica was out I started weaning myself off it. I'm down to once a day and no more withdrawal. I'd been doin my BP meds every other day until it got filled. Now, it's been almost a week since I've been out of 2 of my HIV meds. 1st time since the late 90's I've missed ANY doses.
A positive situation is that my Partner of 30 yrs is in a nursing home and our last cat died of Cardiac insufficiency so no one depends on me. Well, I feed the neighbor cats but I'm pretty sure they're indoor/outdoor cats so they'll be ok when I'm gone.
I used to joke that when Chuck and the cats were gone I'd just go on Comfort Measures but it looks like it might not be a choice.
Sincerely,
Pat
1st, it was filling delays. They were either out, on order or some other excuse but it never was more than a couple days without. Supply chain issues. Now, it's getting worse. This month I've run out of Cardiac, Diabetes and HIV meds(the latter still hasn't been filled. "Backordered"). Thankfully, the Diabetes meds that were out were the oral so I could titrate with my Insulin.
Last month, after going through Withdrawal symptoms when my Lyrica was out I started weaning myself off it. I'm down to once a day and no more withdrawal. I'd been doin my BP meds every other day until it got filled. Now, it's been almost a week since I've been out of 2 of my HIV meds. 1st time since the late 90's I've missed ANY doses.
A positive situation is that my Partner of 30 yrs is in a nursing home and our last cat died of Cardiac insufficiency so no one depends on me. Well, I feed the neighbor cats but I'm pretty sure they're indoor/outdoor cats so they'll be ok when I'm gone.
I used to joke that when Chuck and the cats were gone I'd just go on Comfort Measures but it looks like it might not be a choice.
Sincerely,
Pat
