Here at the ranch we just finished filling the wood shed. Some of my fellow church congregants might deride me for cutting any firewood so late in the summer, but I make a habit of cutting only dead-standing or recently dead-fallen trees that are dry, but not rotted. When you have so many Red Fir and Tamarack (properly, Western Larch) trees to choose from as we do here in our corner of the American Redoubt one can afford to be picky.
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Jay in Missouri mentioned this informative primer: Guide to Online Coin Bidding and Buying
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Things are different in Nanny State Britannia: Farm tenant arrested after burglars shot was ‘plagued by break-ins’: A farm tenant and his wife who were arrested after two suspected burglars were shot at their isolated home had been the victims of a number of robberies. Update: Compare that to this news story, from the States.
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I just heard about ioSafe, a brand of external hard disk drives that are claimed to be fireproof and waterproof. (Fire: 1,550°F for 1/2-hour with no data loss, and flood: Full immersion, 10 feet for three days with no data loss.) I’m seriously considering buying one their 2 Terabyte drives for use here at the ranch.
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Frequent content contributor H.L. sent this: President Morsi Vows to Solve Egypt’s Staggering ‘Trash Crisis’ in 100 Days
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Reader Simon M. mentioned that there is now a large print edition of my novel Patriots available. It is 784 pages, set in a very easy to read 16 point size font.