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Crops are limited by temperature (both high and low), soil moisture, day length, duration of the growing season, etc. For example, the upper limit for wheat is about 35 degrees C. Climate change will impact rainfall patterns as well as temperature, so some areas that are currently suitable for a particular crop will become unsuitable as new areas become suitable. It's not a given that the tradeoff will be balanced. Also even if northern areas warm their day length will not change. No matter how warm it gets, above the arctic circle you'll still have months where the sun doesn't get above the horizon and lots of very short days in the spring/fall resulting in a too-short growing season. I don't really understand the perspective that says that changing our energy economy is too much bother, and we will probably be OK for my lifetime, so we'll just carry on and hope people 100 years from now can work it out. If not, it's not my problem.

Yeah, but that's happened before, so climate didn't cause that, either And Metalslug, as far as the impacts of climate change and its reporting on impressionable people? I'd have to compare the negative social and political impact of that to, say, Q, and think about kidnapping plots and attacks on the US Capitol for media impact. Wendy P.

So it’s always been Bev, but now she’s done. I’ve heard about Michigan, Tony and Vertical suits. Who else, or recommendations? Thanks Wendy P.

How very Trumpian sounding.

Oh, I think everyone else gets it. If you’d like, I can explain Wendy P.

I was speaking with John LeBlanc from PD a few months back. He said getting fabric of any kind was a real nightmare. Covid shut downs, supply chain disruptions, etc. Great time to be in the used gear business, I suppose.

Lichens and algae aren't crops? I'm guessing you don't have many friends who are Reindeer. Try to get out more.

Tandems can be uncomfortable and lead to nauseousness or faintness in certain circumstances. It could have been the way the instructor adjusted the harness. Some body types are less forgiving of a misadjusted harness, weight and body composition are the main reasons, and if you don't fit the harness a certain wait it impacts blood flow to the lower legs and makes the student feel lousy. It could have just been adrenaline, the initial jumps are overwhelming for some people, lots of sensory overload. It could be passenger experience of doing a tandem. Think of people that get motion sick sitting in the back of a car, but can be the driver with no issues. Hard to put a handle on it without having been your actual instructor. All that being said I have taken several students over my years of doing tandem jumps who were experiencing bad motion sickness who went on to be solo jumps with no problems. Solo jumps are much less likely to result in the same feelings. I would be very surprised if this continue on to your solo jumps, so give it another shot if the only thing that is holding you back is the motion sickness.

Been hearing about that for 20 years now. Still waiting for the traffic to improve.

Consider farm land that has a feature of interest. I picked up one 20 acre chunk 10 years ago that has appreciated 400% and it's not buildable---yet. Low tax rates and some income while you ride it out. I am always on the lookout for 10-30 acre bits somewhere in the path of an urban growth boundary.

Some students are auditory learners. Some students are visual learners. Some students are tactile learners. Some students learn form smell ... go ask your dog ... Hah! Hah! Some students learn best when they read instructions. Some students learn better from static diagrams. Some students learn better from cartoons. Some students learn better from photographs. Some students learn better from maps, while others are totally baffled by maps. Some students learn best from videos. I can only do math when I see numbers written on a page. All students only truly learn after they have practiced the new skill a few times. Bottom line, you probably have students with a half-dozen learning styles and the more different ways you present the material, the better your chances of catching the attention of every student.

Yeah but none of those guys predicted last Tuesday's rain, so fuck them and their so-called 'models'

x > y does not place an upper bound on x.

Your local rigger may know someone who has an altimeter testing chamber; that’s another way. But either jumping two of them yourself, or asking someone else to if you’re on student status, is also eminently possible. Wendy P.

this is the problem with being "mature" and having your usual vendors age-out or retire.