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[Old Navy Goat]

I just wonder how much angst over climate change would dissipate if it wasn't so lucrative for the grifters

 

[Gras]

I just wonder how much angst over climate change would dissipate if it wasn't so lucrative for the grifters

Any of them that are anti-nuclear are not to be taken seriously.

 

[sabremike]

 

[brian_griffin]

Wildfire map link if you're interested in checking every now and then.
NASA-FIRMS

Edit- re: controlled burns, they do them where I live on some game lands, etc. Did one in a 17,000 acre swamp 20 miles WSW of my house on Thursday June 8th. It's local practice here to publicize on the local news broadcasts for awareness a couple days before, day of, etc. I don't know what time that morning they started the burn (sunrise ~6:00, I assume they started by 7:00) but by 10:30 it was out of control. Had not just smoke and haze that afternoon after work, but actual white/gray flake ash in the backyard when I was tending the garden. Took several days to get under control.

There's a 65k acre game land parcel to the north east that burns for over a week when that gets out of control. Happened multiple times.

There's a paper mill 30 miles west of here and, with the right atmospheric conditions, typically in fall, there can be a sulfur smell here, although the frequency and severity have both lessened over the years, I assume due to regulatory changes and/or technology improvements in emissions.

Rest of the time here it's usually brilliantly clear Carolina Blue sky (low humidity months) or hazy with the humidity.

 

[Faceboner]

@KiwiGriff when I lived in Seoul there was a minimart at the bottom of my street, literally as it was a big ass hill, and across from it was a flop house that the Russian girls would stay at. I would hit the minimart for shin rayum and pringles on the way home from work if lazy. While in there I'd joke in Korean with the clerks and regulars, would say hi to the Russian girls that were happy to see a gajin face. Tell them if bored to stop over, I was in first building on the left after the turn.

Cedric was a huge body builder, Army Ranger that I played softball with. He liked to sit on his balcony, read and smoke stogies. He'd see a bunch of girls climbing the hill, speaking Russian and knew they were heading to my place. He'd then wait 15 - 20 min and walk over with 2 bottles of Hennesey. As for the Siberian bit, it seemed that the majority came from there

That's actually epic

 

[Chainshot]

Wildfire map link if you're interested in checking every now and then.
NASA-FIRMS

Edit- re: controlled burns, they do them where I live on some game lands, etc. Did one in a 17,000 acre swamp 20 miles WSW of my house on Thursday June 8th. It's local practice here to publicize on the local news broadcasts for awareness a couple days before, day of, etc. I don't know what time that morning they started the burn (sunrise ~6:00, I assume they started by 7:00) but by 10:30 it was out of control. Had not just smoke and haze that afternoon after work, but actual white/gray flake ash in the backyard when I was tending the garden. Took several days to get under control.

There's a 65k acre game land parcel to the north east that burns for over a week when that gets out of control. Happened multiple times.

There's a paper mill 30 miles west of here and, with the right atmospheric conditions, typically in fall, there can be a sulfur smell here, although the frequency and severity have both lessened over the years, I assume due to regulatory changes and/or technology improvements in emissions.

Rest of the time here it's usually brilliantly clear Carolina Blue sky (low humidity months) or hazy with the humidity.

Much of the SE follows best practices for burns and so they will make sure they communicate well with folks - helps prevent people freaking out sometimes - so that's why they will put things on TV/Radio broadcasts. Fires are started early based on a combo of weather conditions (wind speed and direction, relative humidity, daily predicted temperatures usually are big factors as is fuel load per acre and total area to be burned). There are even smartphone apps for things to help with weather planning (I have 2 on my phone still from when I was participating in local burns).

Sadly, sometimes things get out of control - wind changes usually are a culprit and cause holding lines to be insufficient size, things will jump over since that's the nature of a fire pushed by wind. They usually start before 9, things dry out as the day goes on as relative humidity levels change.

And yeah, pulp mills are atmospherically kind of gross. Sulphur emission is a problem - they're supposed to be working on limiting emission in a lot of places and some have improved, but many are still stank fests.

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

Russians I know prefer good Whiskey or Bourbon to vodka when given a choice. My liquor cabinet used to be raided whenever the Siberan girls would visit in Korea, even my buddy Cedric would bring over a couple bottles of Hennesey for their visit

But that's not whiskey, vodka, or bourbon

Makes a hell of a sidecar though

 

[Old Navy Goat]

I know, that was his beverage of choice. My cabinet generally had some Maker's Mark, Buffalo Trace, Old Crow whatever I could find at the PX or outsource

 

[Gras]

My Grandmothers playing in the Seneca halls

 

[MarkusKetterer]

So I’ve been off work since last Wednesday, and I’ve been busy. I hooked my daughter up with a job. She can’t officially be hired until her bday in August, but she has one.

I paid off all of my driver fines this week that I got years ago, so it allowed me to renew my license. It took me 3 tries, because I got way too many questions involving street cars and I have no idea of those, but I can now legally drive. But things have been on an upwards projection this summer, and the less stress I’m feeling is amazing.

 

[TehDoak]

Around 5 weeks into being laid off. The tech job market is rough. Not 'start of COVID' bad, but pretty close. I'm getting around a 3% interview rate, which is silly considering during the heavy hiring times I had recruiters (actual recruiters, not 3rd party stooges) reaching out to me directly every week without me applying. I remember once COVID hiring picking up and my apply/interview rate was much higher (I checked my old spreadsheet and it was close to 10%). I've got a few irons in the fire, but nothing substantive yet. Thank god my wife has a good job, I got a severance package, and we have savings. This would be a very stressful experience if I just had the "standard" UI.

 

[Dubi Doo]

How open are you guys with your SOs regarding experiences you had in the past? I had a WILD run in my early 20s. I was as crazy as you could get, though I didn't dabble in any of the heavier drugs, only alcohol and marijuana. I would go HARD, though. I felt a bit ashamed about some of my actions when I was younger. I never hurt anyone. I would just self-sabotage when I'd get blackout drunk, and only felt a bit of remorse during that phase of life and would quickly move on from that guilt.

I never really opened up to my wife about some of the situations I put myself in, but last night we were talking about guilt/anxiety/etc...and I opened up regarding a few crazy things I had done in my younger days. I thought she may look at me differently, but she was surprisingly accepting. Not even a hint of judgement. I still have some demons in my past that are only for me to know. She doesn't care to know everything. She believes I'm wildly different than I was in my early 20s, which is true. She didn't marry the 20-year-old me.

It relieved a bit of stress. It's weird because as a boy it was normalized not to share my feelings or ever cry. My dad actually yelled at me in a church when I was around 1 to stop being a baby (according to my mom). So, opening up about stuff is foreign to me. It feels good, though.

 

[Old Navy Goat]

I told my ex's but they didn't quite understand. One became a religious freak actually skipped her mother's funeral as her father would be there, and due to his service he was a murderer. She hasn't talked to him since, and my daughters cut all contact after child support stopped as I'm evil. Now my next ex left after too many years apart and our desires diverged, plus she thought I was crazy from PTSD.

Now I believe in pure simplicity, and I live my life like a monk, well a Rasputin monk

 

[MarkusKetterer]

How open are you guys with your SOs regarding experiences you had in the past? I had a WILD run in my early 20s. I was as crazy as you could get, though I didn't dabble in any of the heavier drugs, only alcohol and marijuana. I would go HARD, though. I felt a bit ashamed about some of my actions when I was younger. I never hurt anyone. I would just self-sabotage when I'd get blackout drunk, and only felt a bit of remorse during that phase of life and would quickly move on from that guilt.

I never really opened up to my wife about some of the situations I put myself in, but last night we were talking about guilt/anxiety/etc...and I opened up regarding a few crazy things I had done in my younger days. I thought she may look at me differently, but she was surprisingly accepting. Not even a hint of judgement. I still have some demons in my past that are only for me to know. She doesn't care to know everything. She believes I'm wildly different than I was in my early 20s, which is true. She didn't marry the 20-year-old me.

It relieved a bit of stress. It's weird because as a boy it was normalized not to share my feelings or ever cry. My dad actually yelled at me in a church when I was around 1 to stop being a baby (according to my mom). So, opening up about stuff is foreign to me. It feels good, though.

I’ll tell stories, but only the fun ones. I’ve stopped divulging info because it always gets thrown in my face.

 

[Jim Bob]

 

[brian_griffin]

How open are you guys with your SOs regarding experiences you had in the past? I had a WILD run in my early 20s. I was as crazy as you could get, though I didn't dabble in any of the heavier drugs, only alcohol and marijuana. I would go HARD, though. I felt a bit ashamed about some of my actions when I was younger. I never hurt anyone. I would just self-sabotage when I'd get blackout drunk, and only felt a bit of remorse during that phase of life and would quickly move on from that guilt.

I never really opened up to my wife about some of the situations I put myself in, but last night we were talking about guilt/anxiety/etc...and I opened up regarding a few crazy things I had done in my younger days. I thought she may look at me differently, but she was surprisingly accepting. Not even a hint of judgement. I still have some demons in my past that are only for me to know. She doesn't care to know everything. She believes I'm wildly different than I was in my early 20s, which is true. She didn't marry the 20-year-old me.

It relieved a bit of stress. It's weird because as a boy it was normalized not to share my feelings or ever cry. My dad actually yelled at me in a church when I was around 1 to stop being a baby (according to my mom). So, opening up about stuff is foreign to me. It feels good, though.

Your wife is probably so accepting and understanding because, before you two met, she ran around with me (and probably a few others on this board) doing all kinds of crazy hedonistic shit and she loved it.

[I am kidding. But you kind of walked into that one...]

 

[TehDoak]

Your wife is probably so accepting and understanding because, before you two met, she ran around with me (and probably a few others on this board) doing all kinds of crazy hedonistic shit and she loved it.

[I am kidding. But you kind of walked into that one...]

Pics or GTFO

 

[Dubi Doo]

Your wife is probably so accepting and understanding because, before you two met, she ran around with me (and probably a few others on this board) doing all kinds of crazy hedonistic shit and she loved it.

[I am kidding. But you kind of walked into that one...]

I always thought she was talking about Family Guy when she said Brian Griffin was a DOG!

 

[Old Navy Goat]

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[Jim Bob]

I am guessing that Back in Black will be played a lot at Drake this season.

 

[Djp]

It really is. I never went to Tifft until maybe 6-7 years ago and now go there with my kids 3-4 times a year. They love it. We pretty much always encounter deer up cost and have seen lots of other wildlife.

The trails on the hills that border route 5 are great for some really nice waterfront views.

Edit: Bad timing setting the message about area talk running it's course about the same time I hit post. Mods, feel free to move/remove.

Chain can move it….

my home area are the tonawandas. The city of tonawanda snd north tonawanda have riverfront city parks. The city of tonawanda one has boat launches and bike trails. There are a few restaurants near there and they have ice cream shops as part of them.

this weekend is final weekend of canal fest. The area will be packed this weekend because of the regular arts and craft show on the downtown streets

behind my parents where i grew up was the city/ town line with high power lines. We’d see deer all the time. Especially along Elliot creek at old railroad tracks. Toen of tonawanda has a town park west of Niagara Falls blvd along Elliot creek and tonawanda creek.

I think a cbs camera person is located innthr buffalo area because therr have bern quite a few momrnt in nature filmed in western ny area with sudobon and fish and wildlife sanctuaries.

 

[Matt Ress]

I adore and miss Buffalo. I'm actually here now for a week and make it up here from NC at least three times a year. Had my wedding here last year and was excited for people to see what Buffalo was all about - and we made sure to serve lots of Buffalo favorites including sponge candy for each guest, beef on Weck for the buffet, and then three hours later had Duff's bring in boxes of wings. I also represent Buffalo and when people ask me where I'm from I say well I live in NC, but I'm FROM Buffalo.

I still can't move back until they do something about the taxes and the politics. Just disgraceful. So many of my family and friends have left and so many more want to leave once their kids are grown or they retire. And it is all due to the taxes and the politicians. It's tragic.

Just got back from an annual trip up. We atay downtown and the kids love the museum, riverworks and pedal boats. I miss the people and atmosphere but I don't hate living in Virginia and working in Tennessee.

Ah sorry, Chain. Feel free to nudge me sir.

 

[oldgoalie]

Tifft nature farm i one of the things I miss the most after leaving WNY. Absolutely amazing place.

 

[Matt Ress]

How open are you guys with your SOs regarding experiences you had in the past? I had a WILD run in my early 20s. I was as crazy as you could get, though I didn't dabble in any of the heavier drugs, only alcohol and marijuana. I would go HARD, though. I felt a bit ashamed about some of my actions when I was younger. I never hurt anyone. I would just self-sabotage when I'd get blackout drunk, and only felt a bit of remorse during that phase of life and would quickly move on from that guilt.

I never really opened up to my wife about some of the situations I put myself in, but last night we were talking about guilt/anxiety/etc...and I opened up regarding a few crazy things I had done in my younger days. I thought she may look at me differently, but she was surprisingly accepting. Not even a hint of judgement. I still have some demons in my past that are only for me to know. She doesn't care to know everything. She believes I'm wildly different than I was in my early 20s, which is true. She didn't marry the 20-year-old me.

It relieved a bit of stress. It's weird because as a boy it was normalized not to share my feelings or ever cry. My dad actually yelled at me in a church when I was around 1 to stop being a baby (according to my mom). So, opening up about stuff is foreign to me. It feels good, though.

Yeah at one point I turned to realize I was a real POS. Pushing into my mid 30s with childish behavior, anger problems and alcohol abuse. I have some great stories but pissed away opportunities and treated wonderful women poorly. It's quite amazing how one can turn their life around. My family never gave up on me which is unbelievable considering how useless I was. I guess I finally figured out what I wanted and worked my ass off to get there. I'm where I want to be with an amazing wife and 2 incredible step daughters, comfortable and happy which I've never really been before.

I'm nobody special. Anyone can get what they want and need. Just get your shit straight and do it.

 

[oldgoalie]

I travel quite a bit for work and I agree with most of DJs points. I grew up here, left for a while, and then eventually came back. When is the last time you visited?
Much like other cities in the rust belt, many older run down areas have been completed renovated and cleaned up:

• The Canalside/Riverworks area has been completely transformed, it's really an amazing area in the city.
• The Elmwood and Allentown districts look completely different than the cesspool I grew up with, extremely artsy and always very active.
• The Williamsville Village, particularly the Glen Falls Park area with Sweet Jennys, Britesmith, and the Island Park area are really great areas for both families and the younger generation. Music on Main St in the Village? Wish the younger party version of me was around to enjoy it haha.
• There's also several other underrated parks and golf courses in the area.
• The theatre district downtown is pretty mediocre, but Shea's is still a beautiful, historic theatre that hosts half a dozen good shows a year.
• The Summer and Fall festival season in western NY, along with local farms that offer picking is also amazing.
• The restaurant scene here is as good as anywhere in the country, I'll fight anyone that says otherwise.

The general tempo of the City is very enjoyable compared to Tier 1 cities. People are more laid back, not in a rush, and the general atmosphere is calmer. I was just in Miami a few weeks ago and there were times that the city just wouldn't shut up (is it so much to ask for people not to drag race right outside my hotel window at 1am?)
The Buffalo airport is amazing, I can leave my house and be through security and sitting at my gate within 20 minutes.
I'll just double down on the traffic comment by DJ, I spent 3 months in LA for a work contract and all I can say is - f*** that shit.

There's a reason that so many former players retire to this region once they've been played here, it's seriously underrated and a great place to raise a family (at least for 6 months of the year )

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