OT: 'Off topic' thoughts

[Gary Nylund]

If giving my kids better opportunities for their future is nutso, then judge me guilty.

It's the USA>>>Canada part that seems nutso to me. But maybe you're not concerned with what's happening there these last few months, if that's case then that's fine, good luck!

Just out of curiosity, what if your kids say they like it in Canada and they don't want to go to the US, then what?

 

[Sypher04]

I don't know if you did it, but it is not easy today to go to school in Canada and subsequently find a quality position outside of Canada, other than maybe certain fields of medicine.

Yeah this isn’t true, but what you and your family do is your perogative and obviously only you can assess if it’s right for you.

 

[Evilhomer]

It's the USA>>>Canada part that seems nutso to me. But maybe you're not concerned with what's happening there these last few months, if that's case then that's fine, good luck!

Just out of curiosity, what if your kids say they like it in Canada and they don't want to go to the US, then what?

They will decide what they want. But, yes, I think the quantum of opportunity in the US is massively larger than it is in Canada. Focussing on the silliness of the current environment misses the point.

 

[Gary Nylund]

They will decide what they want. But, yes, I think the quantum of opportunity in the US is massively larger than it is in Canada. Focussing on the silliness of the current environment misses the point.

If you think the current environment isn't highly relevant then you're the one missing the point.

 

[Evilhomer]

If you think the current environment isn't highly relevant then you're the one missing the point.

And if you think the current environment (especially if you are referring to the great tariff drama) will last forever, then we can agree to disagree. Canada is a fine place, but it's okay to suggest that there are better options.

 

[Gary Nylund]

And if you think the current environment (especially if you are referring to the great tariff drama) will last forever, then we can agree to disagree. Canada is a fine place, but it's okay to suggest that there are better options.

Nothing lasts forever, duh.

 

[Gary Nylund]

And if you think the current environment (especially if you are referring to the great tariff drama) will last forever, then we can agree to disagree. Canada is a fine place, but it's okay to suggest that there are better options.

Tariffs are one very small part of the big picture. The US elected as president a serial liar who has not just a lack of respect for democracy, but contempt for democracy. He clearly feels no responsibility for the welfare of US citizens, his priorities are feeding his ego and his bank account, all this was obvious to me long before the election yet he got elected. That's just for starters and IMHO, shrugging this off as "silliness" as if it's nothing to be concerned about is incredibly naive. But whatever, we'll see where we're at 4 years from now though I suspect you'll understand what I'm talking about long before that.

 

[Evilhomer]

Tariffs are one very small part of the big picture. The US elected as president a serial liar who has not just a lack of respect for democracy, but contempt for democracy. He clearly feels no responsibility for the welfare of US citizens, his priorities are feeding his ego and his bank account, all this was obvious to me long before the election yet he got elected. That's just for starters and IMHO, shrugging this off as "silliness" as if it's nothing to be concerned about is incredibly naive. But whatever, we'll see where we're at 4 years from now though I suspect you'll understand what I'm talking about long before that.

I am indifferent to Trump. The world didn't end between 2016 and 2020. He isn't a dictator. So much of the nonsense he is spewing will never get through Congress. The one certainty with politicians is that they will always cover their own you know whats. If the Republicans think they are at risk when the mid-terms come around in 2026, they will neuter Trump. I know people like to think that he is a "threat" to democracy, but the risk of losing power in the mid-terms will override anything he wants to do.

 

[thewave]

I agree with much of this but again, that has nothing to do with my original question. I am asking what your source is for what you said earlier - The odds of a volcano going off and giving us 5 years mini ice age are far greater than the rate of ice melting at a rate of concern

If you have no source that's fine, just say so but stop trying to distract me with all this stuff that has nothing to do with my question.

The answer is they going off all the time. In 2010 there was a big one that covered the sky in Europe. The climate changes and will never stop changing. A mini ice age seems to happen every 300 years. We are due too if you look at the patterns.

I have been around nature my whole life. I used to create rapids in a local rivers to help aerate the water for the fish. I have sponsored the planting of thousands of trees and put my own money into river restoration work. I have award for this stuff for Pete's sake. I just simply can't stand the fact that the average green thumb climate clicker or virtusignaller is on about c02 and temperature changes while companies are aerosolizing and using dangerous chemicals and dumping them in the water and mines without a peep. It's whacko. I have skin in the game. I work with and talk to the people in conservation.

Want to hear some real interesting stuff? You know things like green belts. Would it shock you that some of the wives of the richest developers spearhead those initiatives to devalue farmers lands and scoop them up for later development when a friendly GOV gets in? Shocking right. They made a green belt and put the 404 highway through the middle of it, same with the 427.

Climate scientists need to settle themselves down, they had that scandal with the leaked emails (fixing the data) that crashed their conference and agreements a decade ago. They had to pivot from global warming to climate change because their narrative is so weak. Climate change happens all the time my man. You don't need to kill cows or stop eating meat to save the world. You need to get the chemicals off the lands and river ways and oceans for that. We need more c02 and more animals including cows and compost. Why are the bees dying? Why did Europe ban GMO food?

Lookup any of these. If you dig deeper they ain't all that safe, they are asbestos in 1965 if you catch my drift.

-Toxicity of solar panels.
-Toxicity of lithium batteries
-ELF waves and wind turbines
-EMF exposure.

AI. While some individuals near wind turbines have reported health issues, the scientific consensus is that no direct evidence links wind turbine noise or electromagnetic fields (EMF) to adverse health effects, including ELF waves.

That up there is the lies exposed. Just like EMF isn't bad for you and layer caking WiFi is not dangerous. Completely fraudulent science and official narrative. They are safe and effective approved technologies by .GOV. Those"scientists" should be locked up and throw away the key. Everyone knows these things injure and potentially kill based on simple observation and the fact the same things can be observed at different site locations and enough scientists challenge the claims as well. It never ends, deformed babies of people that live near high tension (voltage) power lines. Leaded gas and pipe welds, asbestos break pads and house material. Aluminium cookware was safe too, omg I need to stop because it's too much fun pointing out and easy to mock and ridicule the gate keepers of "consensus" science.

Live your life, don't feel guilty. Don't live in fear. Apply common sense. Trust your eyes and not people that tell you crap they stand to gain from.

I get ridiculed by people when I talk about this stuff all the time and I love it. They will eat crow someday, just like they did when they virtusignalled Gadaffi the tyrant and supported the ruin of Lybia. Nobody talks about, just like every other stupid thing the masses grab hold of to be a part of the club.

Remember a few months ago I said the economy was going to take a crap? How the cap expectations are lofty? Oh my, wait until you see our housing market in a year. Notice all the people trying to bail out and sell.

I think that's all I need to say for a bit.

 

[nsleaf]

It's f***ing freezing in my place.

I can see my breath. My neighbours both sides to the right and left all have power. Across the street all has power.

I'm on the corner of a sideroad and me and all the houses behind my building don't have power yet.

It's like they got to my place yesterday and called it a day. Good job boys. Go home to your nice warm houses and beds.

Leave the poor bastards in the slums to freeze some more.

I'm wearing three pairs of socks, two pairs of pants, a tee shirt, a long sleeve shirt, a sweater, a jacket, a toque, and laying under two blankets. But hey I just got my internet back today a couple hours ago. At least I can temporarily bitch about something other than the Leafs who I didn't even get to see play the last game.

The wheel wasn't the greatest invention of all time... electricity was.

Electricity wasn't invented.

 

[thewave]

I am indifferent to Trump. The world didn't end between 2016 and 2020. He isn't a dictator. So much of the nonsense he is spewing will never get through Congress. The one certainty with politicians is that they will always cover their own you know whats. If the Republicans think they are at risk when the mid-terms come around in 2026, they will neuter Trump. I know people like to think that he is a "threat" to democracy, but the risk of losing power in the mid-terms will override anything he wants to do.

It looks like Trump is tanking the markets. Hoarding gold and about to unshackle the oil and gold reserves of the US that have been purposefully conserved for such a time as a contingency.

Stocks crash
Interest rates go down
Foreign countries put under duress
Housing market and Commercial down
Sharks eat the small fish
Peg USD to Gold.
Rebound

Wildcard some big nation(s) challenges the the power play militarily. Take mental note and see if what I said comes true.

PS. Trudeau sold all our gold. We will be hard hit and either become a 51st state or be a part of the North American Union of sorts. No choice, terrible leadership for decades.

 

[TMLBlueandWhite]

Electricity wasn't invented.

Ooohh.... good one... you really got me there.

I'll re-phrase it to the understanding and control of electricity for the beneficial purposes of mankind.

Better?

 

[hfman]

Ooohh.... good one... you really got me there.

I'll re-phrase it to the understanding and control of electricity for the beneficial purposes of mankind.

Better?

could be, who knows

 

[thewave]

Electricity wasn't invented.

Sure it was, this whole place is intelligent design. The 7 laws of nature include the Law of Cause and Effect, Relativity, Attraction, Rhythm, Polarity, Gender, and Perpetual Transmutation of Energy.

 

[rumman]

Electricity wasn't invented.

Man, cold reply to someone suffering without power, didn’t you suffer the same fate not long ago with a bad nor'easter running through the maritimes?

 

[rumman]

The answer is they going off all the time. In 2010 there was a big one that covered the sky in Europe. The climate changes and will never stop changing. A mini ice age seems to happen every 300 years. We are due too if you look at the patterns.

I have been around nature my whole life. I used to create rapids in a local rivers to help aerate the water for the fish. I have sponsored the planting of thousands of trees and put my own money into river restoration work. I have award for this stuff for Pete's sake. I just simply can't stand the fact that the average green thumb climate clicker or virtusignaller is on about c02 and temperature changes while companies are aerosolizing and using dangerous chemicals and dumping them in the water and mines without a peep. It's whacko. I have skin in the game. I work with and talk to the people in conservation.

Want to hear some real interesting stuff? You know things like green belts. Would it shock you that some of the wives of the richest developers spearhead those initiatives to devalue farmers lands and scoop them up for later development when a friendly GOV gets in? Shocking right. They made a green belt and put the 404 highway through the middle of it, same with the 427.

Climate scientists need to settle themselves down, they had that scandal with the leaked emails (fixing the data) that crashed their conference and agreements a decade ago. They had to pivot from global warming to climate change because their narrative is so weak. Climate change happens all the time my man. You don't need to kill cows or stop eating meat to save the world. You need to get the chemicals off the lands and river ways and oceans for that. We need more c02 and more animals including cows and compost. Why are the bees dying? Why did Europe ban GMO food?

Lookup any of these. If you dig deeper they ain't all that safe, they are asbestos in 1965 if you catch my drift.

-Toxicity of solar panels.
-Toxicity of lithium batteries
-ELF waves and wind turbines
-EMF exposure.

AI. While some individuals near wind turbines have reported health issues, the scientific consensus is that no direct evidence links wind turbine noise or electromagnetic fields (EMF) to adverse health effects, including ELF waves.

That up there is the lies exposed. Just like EMF isn't bad for you and layer caking WiFi is not dangerous. Completely fraudulent science and official narrative. They are safe and effective approved technologies by .GOV. Those"scientists" should be locked up and throw away the key. Everyone knows these things injure and potentially kill based on simple observation and the fact the same things can be observed at different site locations and enough scientists challenge the claims as well. It never ends, deformed babies of people that live near high tension (voltage) power lines. Leaded gas and pipe welds, asbestos break pads and house material. Aluminium cookware was safe too, omg I need to stop because it's too much fun pointing out and easy to mock and ridicule the gate keepers of "consensus" science.

Live your life, don't feel guilty. Don't live in fear. Apply common sense. Trust your eyes and not people that tell you crap they stand to gain from.

I get ridiculed by people when I talk about this stuff all the time and I love it. They will eat crow someday, just like they did when they virtusignalled Gadaffi the tyrant and supported the ruin of Lybia. Nobody talks about, just like every other stupid thing the masses grab hold of to be a part of the club.

Remember a few months ago I said the economy was going to take a crap? How the cap expectations are lofty? Oh my, wait until you see our housing market in a year. Notice all the people trying to bail out and sell.

I think that's all I need to say for a bit.

Ian56a on GETTR : 💥💥💥 🇺🇸 Meanwhile in Hawaii Lava Mountains reach 700ft spewing out millions of tonnes of natural plant loving Co2. &...

💥💥💥 🇺🇸 Meanwhile in Hawaii Lava Mountains reach 700ft spewing out millions of tonnes of natural plant loving Co2. But please keep thinking that Bill Gates insect burger & animal murdering wind turbines are going to make the weather better. Also so many active volcanoes and earthquakes right now….

gettr.com

 

[TMLBlueandWhite]

Man, cold reply to someone suffering without power, didn’t you suffer the same fate not long ago with a bad nor'easter running through the maritimes?

Finally got my power back last night.

A full week with no power will really makes you appreciate the little things in life we take.for.granted every day.

 

[Gary Nylund]

The answer is they going off all the time. In 2010 there was a big one that covered the sky in Europe. The climate changes and will never stop changing. A mini ice age seems to happen every 300 years. We are due too if you look at the patterns.

I have been around nature my whole life. I used to create rapids in a local rivers to help aerate the water for the fish. I have sponsored the planting of thousands of trees and put my own money into river restoration work. I have award for this stuff for Pete's sake. I just simply can't stand the fact that the average green thumb climate clicker or virtusignaller is on about c02 and temperature changes while companies are aerosolizing and using dangerous chemicals and dumping them in the water and mines without a peep. It's whacko. I have skin in the game. I work with and talk to the people in conservation.

Want to hear some real interesting stuff? You know things like green belts. Would it shock you that some of the wives of the richest developers spearhead those initiatives to devalue farmers lands and scoop them up for later development when a friendly GOV gets in? Shocking right. They made a green belt and put the 404 highway through the middle of it, same with the 427.

Climate scientists need to settle themselves down, they had that scandal with the leaked emails (fixing the data) that crashed their conference and agreements a decade ago. They had to pivot from global warming to climate change because their narrative is so weak. Climate change happens all the time my man. You don't need to kill cows or stop eating meat to save the world. You need to get the chemicals off the lands and river ways and oceans for that. We need more c02 and more animals including cows and compost. Why are the bees dying? Why did Europe ban GMO food?

Lookup any of these. If you dig deeper they ain't all that safe, they are asbestos in 1965 if you catch my drift.

-Toxicity of solar panels.
-Toxicity of lithium batteries
-ELF waves and wind turbines
-EMF exposure.

AI. While some individuals near wind turbines have reported health issues, the scientific consensus is that no direct evidence links wind turbine noise or electromagnetic fields (EMF) to adverse health effects, including ELF waves.

That up there is the lies exposed. Just like EMF isn't bad for you and layer caking WiFi is not dangerous. Completely fraudulent science and official narrative. They are safe and effective approved technologies by .GOV. Those"scientists" should be locked up and throw away the key. Everyone knows these things injure and potentially kill based on simple observation and the fact the same things can be observed at different site locations and enough scientists challenge the claims as well. It never ends, deformed babies of people that live near high tension (voltage) power lines. Leaded gas and pipe welds, asbestos break pads and house material. Aluminium cookware was safe too, omg I need to stop because it's too much fun pointing out and easy to mock and ridicule the gate keepers of "consensus" science.

Live your life, don't feel guilty. Don't live in fear. Apply common sense. Trust your eyes and not people that tell you crap they stand to gain from.

I get ridiculed by people when I talk about this stuff all the time and I love it. They will eat crow someday, just like they did when they virtusignalled Gadaffi the tyrant and supported the ruin of Lybia. Nobody talks about, just like every other stupid thing the masses grab hold of to be a part of the club.

Remember a few months ago I said the economy was going to take a crap? How the cap expectations are lofty? Oh my, wait until you see our housing market in a year. Notice all the people trying to bail out and sell.

I think that's all I need to say for a bit.

I think I agree with every word of this. However, the fact that "The climate changes and will never stop changing", doesn't mean that humans aren't causing the climate to change at an precedented pace which is already causing big problems, and is likely to get much, much worse in the not too distant future and glaciers melting causing sea levels to rise is one part of that big problem.

As far as not living in fear goes, easy to say, but much harder to do for someone graduating high school today compared to someone in that same position 50 years ago.

 

[Gary Nylund]

I am indifferent to Trump. The world didn't end between 2016 and 2020. He isn't a dictator. So much of the nonsense he is spewing will never get through Congress. The one certainty with politicians is that they will always cover their own you know whats. If the Republicans think they are at risk when the mid-terms come around in 2026, they will neuter Trump. I know people like to think that he is a "threat" to democracy, but the risk of losing power in the mid-terms will override anything he wants to do.

If only it was as easy as that. I mean I hope you're right, but I'm not so sure. I also think there's a decent chance that the orange man imposes martial law before the end of the month claiming a national emergency. If that were to happen, would that just be more silliness to shrug off?

 

[weems]

If I were to do it over again and live in a big city, I would rent a house rather than buy. But if I really had to do it over again, I would be hundreds of miles from any big city. Instead, I would be on a massive plot of land far away from any big city, where I could hunt and fish with my kids and my dog(s) and ideally see stars in the sky every night.

Yep rural/country living is underrated.
I lived most of my life in Newmarket/Richmond Hill but recently moved to Stouffville.
Even though it's not that far off the grid at all, it's a much more chill, slower pace lifestyle. I know that isn't for everyone but it's actually done wonders for my mental and physical health.

 

[Voodoo Child]

Yep rural/country living is underrated.
I lived most of my life in Newmarket/Richmond Hill but recently moved to Stouffville.
Even though it's not that far off the grid at all, it's a much more chill, slower pace lifestyle. I know that isn't for everyone but it's actually done wonders for my mental and physical health.

It's tough but there has to be balance and it varies by age.

Cities are fun and cool when you're in your 20's and just out of school, but by the time you hit your mid 30's you tend to be over it...but again, Toronto with all the jobs and the necessity of commuting, you have a good job you kind of have to. I could never be like some of my buddies, daily commute from Innisfil, Orangeville or Barrie or wherever to the city, especially during the winter when that's a 90-120 minute drive each way and it's dark when you leave the house at 5:30 and dark when you leave work at 5.

I grew up in the country and liked it but looking back it's not really the best place to be a kid. Sure I loved fishing and hiking and BMX and the fact that it was the 90's and safer and different, but it had it's drawbacks.

- Best friends 3-4km away, again not a big deal summer but in winter?
- Need something from the store? 20 minute drive to Newmarket. You're under 16 and don't have a car or license and your folks are out or just don't want to go into town, well f*** you then!
- And yeah, boredom happened. Can't see my friends or it's winter? I spent a lot of time playing video games and smoking weed, two things that are fantastic when done in moderation. I also read a lot and shot the basketball around a lot too which were good for me, but every summer, when I'd go down to the old neighborhood for 2 weeks to visit my friends, I always envied just how much was around them and how there was always someone to hang out with.

'Hey Voodoo, let's get some pizza!'
'Okay, who delivers?'
'Dude, there's a Pizza Pizza, a 241 and a Pizza Nova all within 2 kilometers of here, let's just hoop it. Or there's a Wendy's in the plaza just up the street.'
'Oh word!?'

It's soulless and boring to us now, but when you're a kid growing up in a small-medium sized town, like Newmarket was 15-20 years ago, is probably best.

But if I had my way now and could live anywhere and it had to be in Canada, it's just outside a small town like Bracebridge, Parry Sound or Collingwood. If I could live anywhere in the world, I'm going about 1 km from a beach in south Thailand.

 

[Nineteen67]

Truthfully, it's the US (although one kid wants to go to the UK for a specific engineering program), for a number of reasons. Because it's completely impractical for a lawyer in his 50's to change jurisdictions, I (and therefore my wife) are stuck in Ontario. From a geographic standpoint, the US keeps the kid relatively close to us, unless they end up in California. The US also provides infinitely more opportunity than Canada, and despite all of the current rhetoric, it is far more stable than most large European countries. I think there are some parts of Europe that are going to have serious problems over the next decade.

I know that housing is the big thing to complain about in Toronto, but I think it is something of a red herring. Housing in any major metropolis, and that is what Toronto now is, will be expensive. Go to New York, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, etc. - Toronto is probably still cheaper from a real estate perspective than all of those places. All of the nonsense from politicians about how they will create housing, lower rent, blah, blah, blah....it won't happen because it isn't how big cities work. What has to happen over time is that people have to embrace the idea that renting, and maybe never owning, is not the blasephmy that it is made out to be. The majority of people in the world's largest cities rent. Home ownership is hardly the gold mine it is made out to be. I would have made far more money - and I'm talking multiples more - if I had taken the money I put into my house and instead put it into the market in 2000, even with the dot com crash and the 2008 crash. Using that as the comparison, my home has been a miserable investment given the purchase price, the massive renovation costs over the years, property tax, maintenance costs, etc. But I am rambling.

You could move and become a US politician. I assume you’ve earned more than a congressperson salary but I bet you haven’t turned into a generational fortune. We’ve earned double their salary’s for the past 30 yrs and I can’t find my $100 million.

 

[thewave]

I think I agree with every word of this. However, the fact that "The climate changes and will never stop changing", doesn't mean that humans are causing the climate to change at an precedented pace which is already causing big problems, and is likely to get much, much worse in the not too distant future and glaciers melting causing sea levels to rise is one part of that big problem.

As far as not living in fear goes, easy to say, but much harder to do for someone graduating high school today compared to someone in that same position 50 years ago.

There is a lot of fear mongering out there and a lot of "solutions" are based on convincing kids to have lower expectations rather than higher expectations. If they are smart they will discern truth from BS and champion logical paths to achieving a good healthy and balanced life that works for both themselves and nature.

A lot of the solutions being used now are actually more dangerous long term. I think we are all on the same page but the youth doesn't get the flip side of the "best practices" being touted. This world is so polarised for no reason, we need to practice KISS (Keep it simple stupid).

Things like revisit clean coal. Work on hydrogen engines, Get the lithium out of batteries and find a safer alternative then EVs will not have a toxic end. Maybe safer nuclear technology has a place because I mean, even the Dutch have said windmills is not a solution as many of them get broken in high winds and are too expensive to fix. Solar has a lot of toxic elements in it and they keep getting smashed by hail etc.

At the end of the day. I am going to go the middle ground and not for accepting a tiny home while embracing toxic solutions that are mostly proven not to be viable.

Just wanted add. During the Palisades fires, can you imagine how much lithium from all the Tesla's is now in the air.. Sheesh.

 

[weems]

It's tough but there has to be balance and it varies by age.

Cities are fun and cool when you're in your 20's and just out of school, but by the time you hit your mid 30's you tend to be over it...but again, Toronto with all the jobs and the necessity of commuting, you have a good job you kind of have to. I could never be like some of my buddies, daily commute from Innisfil, Orangeville or Barrie or wherever to the city, especially during the winter when that's a 90-120 minute drive each way and it's dark when you leave the house at 5:30 and dark when you leave work at 5.

I grew up in the country and liked it but looking back it's not really the best place to be a kid. Sure I loved fishing and hiking and BMX and the fact that it was the 90's and safer and different, but it had it's drawbacks.

- Best friends 3-4km away, again not a big deal summer but in winter?
- Need something from the store? 20 minute drive to Newmarket. You're under 16 and don't have a car or license and your folks are out or just don't want to go into town, well f*** you then!
- And yeah, boredom happened. Can't see my friends or it's winter? I spent a lot of time playing video games and smoking weed, two things that are fantastic when done in moderation. I also read a lot and shot the basketball around a lot too which were good for me, but every summer, when I'd go down to the old neighborhood for 2 weeks to visit my friends, I always envied just how much was around them and how there was always someone to hang out with.

'Hey Voodoo, let's get some pizza!'
'Okay, who delivers?'
'Dude, there's a Pizza Pizza, a 241 and a Pizza Nova all within 2 kilometers of here, let's just hoop it. Or there's a Wendy's in the plaza just up the street.'
'Oh word!?'

It's soulless and boring to us now, but when you're a kid growing up in a small-medium sized town, like Newmarket was 15-20 years ago, is probably best.

But if I had my way now and could live anywhere and it had to be in Canada, it's just outside a small town like Bracebridge, Parry Sound or Collingwood.

Yep there's definitely not alot of entertainment or things to do in a place like Stouffville and that's a big drawback.

Newmarket twenty - thirty years ago was something like 50k, now I think it's approaching 100k.

When I was a kid, I dont think you could have convinced me to want to live in places like Keswick, Uxbridge, Port Perry etc but as I've gotten older, those are some pretty cool places if you're looking for slower pace and more outdoors type living.

 

[Nineteen67]

Yep rural/country living is underrated.
I lived most of my life in Newmarket/Richmond Hill but recently moved to Stouffville.
Even though it's not that far off the grid at all, it's a much more chill, slower pace lifestyle. I know that isn't for everyone but it's actually done wonders for my mental and physical health.

We had a condo in Oldsmar/Dunedin and the older I got the less I wanted to retire there. I’m currently sitting in my outdoor kitchen watching and listening to the birds and squirrels at the feeders and can’t see another house.