Posts by El Sluggo Loco

  • JackPine Audio™

    So I picked two 6/4 12" out of my pile and lo and behold. They were concurrent boards off the log and I was able to end up with this little dealy here. This is for that cool pedestal that I'm talking about....


  • Random Pics

    About 25 years ago, one of those groups crossed the lawn with a bunch of little ones—poults, I’m told—and I said to my wife, “I bet I could catch one of those.”


    She said, “No way.”


    Challenge accepted.


    I stood on the porch and waited until they weren’t paying much attention to me, then bolted. I got within about five feet before they realized I had become a threat. One of the poults was right at my feet, and I was actually crouching down to pick it up when the second half of the plan finally occurred to me:


    What in the hell am I going to do with it once I catch it?


    It was probably going to peck me. It was probably going to hurt. More importantly, I had already proved my point. I could have caught it. There was no reason to proceed into the increasingly stupid portion of the experiment.


    Unfortunately, that was also the exact moment its mother realized one of her babies was in danger. She turned around, came at me squawking with her mouth open, and I ran.


    She chased me back across the lawn while my wife watched the entire thing.


    Apparently, it was hilarious.


    The story is still being told 25 years later, which I suppose means the turkey won.

  • Random Pics

    Eastern wild turkeys, apparently. Wild turkeys had nearly disappeared from Michigan by around 1900 because of habitat loss and unregulated hunting. The DNR spent much of the twentieth century rebuilding the population, eventually bringing wild Eastern turkeys in from places such as Iowa and Missouri and relocating established birds from southern Michigan into the northern Lower Peninsula.


    So they are the native Eastern subspecies, but the present population in northern Michigan is largely the result of reintroduction rather than an uninterrupted indigenous population. For years they were very carefully protected, and hunting opportunities were limited. Some spring hunting periods are still awarded through a drawing, although there are now more widely available licenses as well.


    They’re no longer considered endangered. In fact, hunting is now part of the DNR’s population-management strategy—which makes sense, because I’ve got to tell you, the damn things are everywhere.

  • JackPine Audio™

    I think I jacked up my blade. It was the one that came with the saw. You'd think Grizzly would ship their saws with a good one but they don't. But anyways, it hits the guard when you crank it over to 45 degrees.

  • What is a Patel?

    I tried some RYZE mushroom coffee supplement. They were running a deal where the first month was around $28, and I thought, well, why not? So I ordered some.


    That was about a month ago.


    This morning, I woke up to a notification that said, “Thank you for your order.”


    And I thought, what order?


    Apparently, the introductory deal also signed me up for a monthly subscription. The first month was discounted, but the second shipment came at the regular price of $36.


    I immediately went to the website and canceled. At best, the whole thing felt disingenuous. At worst, it felt almost scammy.


    Of course, they then sent me a “Please don’t leave us” email and asked me to complete a survey. But every page of the survey was really just another attempt to keep me subscribed.


    What if we gave you 5% off?


    What if we gave you 20% off?


    What if you paid for a full year and got two months free?


    And then, at the bottom of the final page, I saw this.


    Suddenly, the whole thing made sense....