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I need a new "pruning" saw. Really I need it mostly for clearing saplings. I have a Silky Gomboy and a Fiskars folding saw, and both are great for having in a backpack or even a pocket, but neither is up to the task of one of my new projects. Everyone here talks about how Amazing the Zubat...

How are they able to get a work permit and commercial drivers license? If that continues, the whole industry will be taken over by mafia until AI takes it over.

Weird. I would thinknthe union would step in, or Amazon would make an app like Uber for truck drivers.

"Politics is all just one big ass blast."

Sold. I'll buy some on Monday. Got a ticker symbol?

More freight is also being moved by rail, taking business from the trucking industry. I would have thought internet retail would have increased the demand for trucking, but I don't have my finger on the pulse of the trucking industry. It could be that Amazon uses their own vertically...

I've seen plenty, and I think it's impressive. My intention was not to badmouth MG. I only meant to say that for my specific needs, switch and pampas grass are better for deer habitat, both in terms of cost and effect. Anyone who needs the height advantage of MG should use it. Apropos...

I've done it. Didn't get good results. The hay was probably too young and dry. I've seen others online have good results. Basically you put a potato just under the surface of the dirt, and keep piling hay on it as the stems grow. I've had much better results with a loose soil blend based...

Same. Kicking myself for not getting more. It's 5% of my portfolio, and I was trying to get it to 20%. Oh well.

Sheesh. The pope is the head of the Catholic church. There are about 1.4 billion Catholics in the world, about 75 million of whom live in the US. Catholics make up about 20% of US voters, and they are a fickle group when it comes to voting. Now, I'm not Catholic, and the pope has no...

I'm withholding judgement on the new events until I see some results and thoughtful analysis. So far, it looks like more of a meme war between bots. One guy says a Chinese tanker got through, another guy says that tanker came from UAE, not Iran. Trump says China agreed to stop selling...

I agree with most of that, with a few exceptions. Europe is a large and powerful region, and probably always will be. I would much rather have them as allies than as neutral or hostile to our interests. I don't think we are at serious risk of losing them as long-term allies, so this is not...

Not to Catholics.

Three years is a long time to wait while there's a hot war on the continent, which already caused them problems with natural gas supplies, plus a hot war in the Middle East that is already causing problems with oil supplies, and the Middle East issues were caused by Trump. The Europeans are not...