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@sandlanders wrote:
@cheezehead wrote:
OK to put snowshoes away now?
Needed for your event next month?
Today no. Next month, never know….
I think that Deer and Bear and wood ticks are one the same and male and female, and in diffrent stages. But I could be wrong on this.
OK to put snowshoes away now?
I know of one that just made a trip out to Arizona. (I gave one away as a prize at my Superbowl Event.)
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Anyone try a Permethrin based repellent? from what I heard if a tick crawls on your treated clothes it dies within a few seconds. your clothes with remain treated for up to 6 washes or weeks.
They make smaller bottles, but even the big one at REI seems responsibly priced defense against these things.
http://www.rei.com/product/768970This is a pesticide so it will kill any bugs it comes in contact with, and it can also be harmful to some small animals. From what I’ve read though it’s actually safer than deet for humans, since you are applying to your clothes not your skin. http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/REDs/factsheets/permethrin_fs.htm
I agree, it works pretty well and can also be found at any Wally World. I also apply Deet when heading into the bush.
Computer fixed and up and running!! 😀 😀 😀
The Death of Common Sense
By Lori Borgman
Three yards of black fabric enshroud my computer terminal. I am mourning the passing of an old friend by the name of Common Sense.
His obituary reads as follows:
Common Sense, aka C.S., lived a long life, but died from heart failure at the brink of the millennium. No one really knows how old he was, his birth records were long ago entangled in miles and miles of bureaucratic red tape.
Known affectionately to close friends as Horse Sense and Sound Thinking, he selflessly devoted himself to a life of service in homes, schools, hospitals and offices, helping folks get jobs done without a lot of fanfare, whooping and hollering. Rules and regulations and petty, frivolous lawsuits held no power over C.S.A most reliable sage, he was credited with cultivating the ability to know when to come in out of the rain, the discovery that the early bird gets the worm and how to take the bitter with the sweet. C.S. also developed sound financial policies (don’t spend more than you earn), reliable parenting strategies (the adult is in charge, not the kid) and prudent dietary plans (offset eggs and bacon with a little fiber and orange juice).
A veteran of the Industrial Revolution, the Great Depression, the Technological Revolution and the Smoking Crusades, C.S. survived sundry cultural and educational trends including disco, the men’s movement, body piercing, whole language and new math.
C.S.’s health began declining in the late 1960s when he became infected with the If-It-Feels-Good, Do-It virus. In the following decades his waning strength proved no match for the ravages of overbearing federal and state rules and regulations and an oppressive tax code. C.S. was sapped of strength and the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband, criminals received better treatment than victims and judges stuck their noses in everything from Boy Scouts to professional baseball and golf. His deterioration accelerated as schools implemented zero-tolerance policies. Reports of 6-year-old boys charged with sexual harassment for kissing classmates, a teen suspended for taking a swig of Scope mouthwash after lunch, girls suspended for possessing Midol and an honor student expelled for having a table knife in her school lunch were more than his heart could endure.
As the end neared, doctors say C.S. drifted in and out of logic but was kept informed of developments regarding regulations on low-flow toilets and mandatory air bags. Finally, upon hearing about a government plan to ban inhalers from 14 million asthmatics due to a trace of a pollutant that may be harmful to the environment, C.S. breathed his last. Services will be at Whispering Pines Cemetery. C.S. was preceded in death by his wife, Discretion; one daughter, Responsibility; and one son, Reason. He is survived by two step-brothers, Half-Wit and Dim-Wit.
Memorial Contributions may be sent to the Institute for Rational Thought.
Farewell, Common Sense. May you rest in peace.
“Common sense is not so common” — Voltare
All it takes is one. One misplaced breifcase or thermos bottle. There is a list of “What if’s ?” that can be made. I’m sorry, but that’s the age we live in now. Like ir ot not.
Did anyone else take notice that the “Parks People” didn’t know the cache was there? That there was no permission granted? Common sence?? To the average non-cacheing person, does geocacihng make sence? Jump out of a perfectly good good airplane dosen’t make much sence to me. Or does jumping from a bridge with rubberbands attatched to my legs make much sence. After 9/11 there is so suckh thing as common sence. Who whould ever thought that I could use my box cutter I use at work to hi-jack an airplane. What would prevent some crazy person to make some sort of bomb out of an ammo can? And put stickers all over it? Look at the big picture people. We all play a game that others think is stupid. It really wouldn’t take much of incedent for someone to say that’s it, no more. All those involved were doing there jobs. Plain and simple. If you were in their shoes, how would you react?
What kind of features???
I be here! Finally! The computer died Wednesday night. The wife’s boss lent us a Laptop, but then we had connection problems. But should be here for now. But ALL my work is on the other computer!!! I hope they can fix it or I will be one very unhappy cacher!
Tool the pup out and checked ona few of my caches. Had to work from 12-8. Off Sunday. Gonna try to get out and do some scouting for cache placement for the Weenie Roast in April. COme back home, turn the race on and take a nap.
I’m not sure about other counties, But do know thay both Sawyer & Washburn have Plat maps for viewing on a wall in the court house. DNR offices also have plat books. You can also go the the county websites. I think most have some sort of maping function. The one I have worked with break it down by layers. Washburn braeks it down by, County forest, State/DNR and Federal lands.
Jo, I talk the wife into letting me buy an Ipod Nano, cuz it can is a muti-purpose, thou I have just used it for caching. All you need is free program called Cache Magnet. The program is pretty slick as has maps too. If you have any questions let me know. You can also load your GPSr with it too. You also need to be a premium member cuz it runs off of pocket quarys.
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