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[seapotato]

I thought she was agreeing with me!

That's how she operates.

Stealthy... before you know it you've argued yourself into a corner and she's standing over you with the axe raised

 

[seapotato]

Well not really news, but buggered if I can find the fuel thread we had going.

Anyways, filled up the 60 this morning after leaving work.
Gas $1.95.9
Diesel $1.64.9

Been a while since I've had it tilted in my favour like that.

 

[bikersmurf]

Well not really news, but buggered if I can find the fuel thread we had going.

Anyways, filled up the 60 this morning after leaving work.
Gas $1.95.9
Diesel $1.64.9

Been a while since I've had it tilted in my favour like that.

Gas over here in Vancouver is $2.079... I've need to buy diesel soon, so I'm hoping I'll find a better price on Diesel here also.

 

[GTSSportCoupe]

Well not really news, but buggered if I can find the fuel thread we had going.

Anyways, filled up the 60 this morning after leaving work.
Gas $1.95.9
Diesel $1.64.9

Been a while since I've had it tilted in my favour like that.

Apparently price of diesel is dropping as some economic/freight slow down is beginning to take place in Canada. For myself I'm happy about this also, haha.

 

[cruiserpilot]

Same, was surprised to see diesel down to same price as when I left a couple of months ago. Now the Tundra needs
gas, but it's gonna be not long for this world anyways.

 

[GTSSportCoupe]

GTS, Study the Drought cycles on windy.com I don't know how accurate it is. Also learn some fundamentals on Fire Science. USFS rangers or contractors? go deep into the forest and do what is called "moisture content" plugs and measure the moisture content of the tree that gives them a idea how low moisture the moisture content is in the tree. The lower it is, the MORE flammable the pine needles are. Also, a dehydrated tree is a sick tree. The depth of the Snowpack plays a crucial roll how long it can keep the forest floor hydrated. The lower the snowpack, the higher risk of a bad fire season. Earth is no longer in the temperature "habitable regions" thanks to co2.earth and methane going up. You want to know what is even more depressing? for seventy years, US government has been warned that co2 levels would increase in the future and cause larger increases of Fires, floods, Heat waves and droughts.

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I've read a lot on these topics and am pretty aware about them too. I've been trying to read a little less as it gets pretty depressing honestly. I do feel at this point things are out of human control. So my new attitude is enjoy life while I can. Ignorantly and blissfully cruising in my Landcruiser fits the bill.

 

[FLYINGLOW]

I've read a lot on these topics and am pretty aware about them too. I've been trying to read a little less as it gets pretty depressing honestly. I do feel at this point things are out of human control. So my new attitude is enjoy life while I can. Ignorantly and blissfully cruising in my Landcruiser fits the bill.

Human control has helped get us to this point to a certain degree though. Every time there's a fire it gets pounced on and the forest isn't allowed to burn in a natural cyclic manner that it needs. If you flew over some of the big parks in BC and Alberta you would see the vast amount of beatle kill left alone, not logged, not allowed to burn until it really goes and then it's totally out of control. If you drive through Manning Park the last few years you can see much of it from the highway. At the Okanagan mountain park fire in 2003 the fuel supply on the forest floor was so thick (feet not inches) that retardant and water couldn't penetrate on the fire lines. The fire burned under the retardant lines and carried on. If we continue to "protect" these large portions of land we can only protect them until they are completely gone to begin the cycle over again. Oh and we all want nice houses with cedar shake roofs built beside the forest... Metal or tile roofs people, it's crazy seeing which houses get left behind.

 

[stevebradford]

I've read a lot on these topics and am pretty aware about them too. I've been trying to read a little less as it gets pretty depressing honestly. I do feel at this point things are out of human control. So my new attitude is enjoy life while I can. Ignorantly and blissfully cruising in my Landcruiser fits the bill.

And also we make jokes on here.

 

[seapotato]

I've read a lot on these topics and am pretty aware about them too. I've been trying to read a little less as it gets pretty depressing honestly. I do feel at this point things are out of human control. So my new attitude is enjoy life while I can. Ignorantly and blissfully cruising in my Landcruiser fits the bill.

Hell ya. I got home from work this morning, cracked a beer, made a greasy breakfast and watched Cocaine Bear.

Ain't thinking bout nuthin.

 

[bikersmurf]

Hell ya. I got home from work this morning, cracked a beer, made a greasy breakfast and watched Cocaine Bear.

Ain't thinking bout nuthin.

That poor bear did sooo much cocaine.

 

[GTSSportCoupe]

Human control has helped get us to this point to a certain degree though. Every time there's a fire it gets pounced on and the forest isn't allowed to burn in a natural cyclic manner that it needs. If you flew over some of the big parks in BC and Alberta you would see the vast amount of beatle kill left alone, not logged, not allowed to burn until it really goes and then it's totally out of control. If you drive through Manning Park the last few years you can see much of it from the highway. At the Okanagan mountain park fire in 2003 the fuel supply on the forest floor was so thick (feet not inches) that retardant and water couldn't penetrate on the fire lines. The fire burned under the retardant lines and carried on. If we continue to "protect" these large portions of land we can only protect them until they are completely gone to begin the cycle over again. Oh and we all want nice houses with cedar shake roofs built beside the forest... Metal or tile roofs people, it's crazy seeing which houses get left behind.

Really good points about forest mismanagement; I agree. And yes, I'm going metal roof when I redo it in the next year or two. Not only for fire safety, but hopefully it'll last longer, haha.

 

[stevebradford]

All those places mentioned look terrible to live or work in from my perspective.

I can’t imagine lugging a 300 pound motor plus tools on the train, bus then bike to repair critical downtown infrastructure. People just don’t understand these buildings don’t get built, serviced or business get deliveries without vehicles.

Then if you drive your work equipment in you pay your city core driving tax plus parking fee which gets passed right onto the customers bill. but the parking in some of these mega cities has all these timed restrictions where you can only park for deliveries till 8am before you have to leave the city. Causing the job to take infinitely longer also an expense passed onto the the poor customers living in their 400 square foot Soviet style government housing, getting slow, expensive, s***ty service. Making these places ridiculously expensive to live, eat, save for retirement or set your kids up. Ownership? Get a 100 year mortgage on an 400 square foot condo. People living in places like that not only can’t they not afford hobbies, building and city bylaws make even growing a patio vegetable garden or working on your bike difficult.

But hey when they aren’t working two or three jobs there’s still the virtual world for these younger generations.

 

[stevebradford]

 

[seapotato]

It finally found me. Considering where I work I'm amazed it took this long.

After 24hrs in bed sweating my ass off, I still feel s***ty but not "looking for a hole to crawl into and die" s***ty. I imagine today will be spent napping in between naps.

Can't taste a damn thing tho. It's weird.

 

[GTSSportCoupe]

It finally found me. Considering where I work I'm amazed it took this long.
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After 24hrs in bed sweating my ass off, I still feel s***ty but not "looking for a hole to crawl into and die" s***ty. I imagine today will be spent napping in between naps.

Can't taste a damn thing tho. It's weird.

Crap dude, sorry to hear. Hope it goes easy and quick.

My lungs still not 100percent since I had that s*** in May.

 

[cruiserpilot]

She is partually right! 1-2 decades ago, sea life at the equator was dying "Ocean Bleaching". I monitor global land/sea surface tempatures and from my obsevation its now over 90F. Name a single ocean marine animal that can still be alive at those tempatures? you cant unless of course, its stromatolite bacteria.

Please go away.

 

[cruiserpilot]

It finally found me. Considering where I work I'm amazed it took this long.
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After 24hrs in bed sweating my ass off, I still feel s***ty but not "looking for a hole to crawl into and die" s***ty. I imagine today will be spent napping in between naps.

Can't taste a damn thing tho. It's weird.

Yup, depends how your body reacts. Sorry for you. I still get that cold loss of taste random times.

 

[bikersmurf]

It finally found me. Considering where I work I'm amazed it took this long.
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After 24hrs in bed sweating my ass off, I still feel s***ty but not "looking for a hole to crawl into and die" s***ty. I imagine today will be spent napping in between naps.

Can't taste a damn thing tho. It's weird.

Crappy... been there, done that. I'm sure we'll all have our turn. Hopefully only one go around and it isn't too bad and goes by quickly. Mine passed in about 4 days.

 

[GTSSportCoupe]

Its called heat stroke and its killing huge amounts of people worldwide. Last year it killed 60,000 Europeans. That is a staggering number! It was from a story so need to peer review it but I know Europe has had other similar heat waves but a lower body count. In 2021 at the Senora desert, over the course of the summer, over 700 immigrants perished in the heat trying to immigrate from Mexico into the United States.

He has COVID, not heat stroke. Both are a thing, agreed. Anyhow, I ask: please take it easy on your posts here on these topics. I don't like to have to clean things up, but will if it becomes too much.

 

[seapotato]

Its called heat stroke and its killing huge amounts of people worldwide. Last year it killed 60,000 Europeans. That is a staggering number! It was from a story so need to peer review it but I know Europe has had other similar heat waves but a lower body count. In 2021 at the Senora desert, over the course of the summer, over 700 immigrants perished in the heat trying to immigrate from Mexico into the United States.

So you know what I was doing on Thursday to get heat stroke? Sleeping in an air conditioned room?

Give it a rest. Not everything fits your narrative, and you discredit yourself by trying.

This is a small corner of the forum with less than a dozen regular readers.

I would suggest you find somewhere to post with a larger audience.