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Well, on the 'wildlife in the backyard' topic... I have bunnies. I hadn't touched my garden until last weekend. It had grown a pretty good crop of weeds & grass (maybe 12"-18"). I thought about just running the tiller through it all, but doing that does more to 'transplant' the weeds than tear them out (and wraps them around everything under the tiller too). So I started yanking them out by hand. Maybe 5 handfuls in, I found a nest of baby bunnies. Really young, maybe 3" long and eyes still not open. Yay. I've had friends deal with this and have read a few articles on it, so I'm not completely ignorant. And I don't hate them. I know people who consider them nuisance pests and will kill the babies and destroy the nests. I'll kill some things (rats, mice & chipmunks), but I don't have an issue with bunnies. I know moving the nest would likely doom the babies. So I yanked the weeds from everywhere but the corner where the nest is. I was hoping that mom bunny would see the nest is exposed and move them. Next morning, she had put a bunch of fur over them to hide and insulate them. So I ran the tiller through the garden, but left the corner with the nest untouched. Again, hoping mom would move them. Nope. She covered the nest with uprooted weeds, sticks & stems and a couple coffee filters (I put my grounds & filters in the compost pile and there are always filters have buried). I put tomatoes, peppers & cukes in this year. I don't have anything the bunnies would likely eat. I've had broccoli, kale & brussels sprouts in years past, and had to fence it to keep the bunnies from eating it. I startled mom early one morning, she ran to the edge of the yard & stopped. I went back inside and looked out a window to see her moving slowly through the garden, browsing on weeds. Yes, mom bunny is helping weed the garden. They're getting bigger and the eyes are open. They twitch and move away whenever I get close. If I've got to put up with them, I get to look close. I mentioned to a neighbor that I've got tomatoes in the middle, cukes in one corner, peppers in one corner and baby bunnies in another corner. His comment: "Sounds like the makings of a pretty good stew."

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I have a feeling that those people have no idea how much their lives are going to change, and not for the better. Someone (Ryoder?) posted somewhere (not sure where) that there has been a plea deal for one of the insurrectionists. One who simply entered the capitol. And while facing significant time, he only got a 'couple years'. Some may think that's just a 'slap on the wrist', but the utter destruction of one's life by 'going away' for even a year is incredible (and not widely understood). Have a house? Who's going to make the mortgage payment? Any of your stuff still in it when the bank takes it gets tossed. Not a house but an apartment? Who's going to pay the rent? Again, any stuff gets tossed. How about a storage unit? Same thing. Have a car? Who's going to make the payment? Paid off? Where are you going to park it for a year or two? What kind of shape will it be in if it doesn't move in that time? Lots of people have a spouse, but can the spouse survive financially alone? Will the spouse even hang around? Got a job? You won't. And for a 'recently released convicted felon' finding a new job can be... Challenging. I know people who have done a 'few years'. They come out of prison with what they come out with. The clothes on their back, and a box of stuff. That's about it. I know that this isn't true for everyone. But the level of planning and thinking that went into this insurrection attempt give me reason to think that these guys aren't into long-term contingency plans. They may be 'preppers' but I doubt they're 'prepared' to go to prison.

I know what you meant, but still had to chuckle.

your argument has some basis in history, but as we all know, only the constitution is allowed to have the words set in the time period and not allowed to be adjusted to match the real world and changing language. chaplain was originally christian, but has since come to include any religion.

Nicely put. There's a wide enough variety of experiences and backgrounds on here that the opinions have some weight behind them. Even if I don't agree with them, if they are thought through and presented intelligently, I'll read and consider them.

Hi Keith, We all do it now & then. I'm thinking that how it came across to us is not what you meant. Jerry Baumchen

Hi Guys, My bad; memory is getting worse. The Sharpchuter ( I think ) was the 245 sq ft canopy & the Raider is a 220 sq ft 9 cell; vs the Fury, 220 sq ft 7 cell. * Jerry Baumchen * Best all-around canopy I ever owned.

OK. Bill, I'll own that and apologize to the group. Not the impression I was trying to give, but obviously missed the mark.

Some people you can argue with, exploring and ventilating a topic. Others you can only argue against. Wendy P.