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I know in MN, the Ojibwe (I think) figured out how to blanche wild rice. They migrated north in the summer and south in the winter. Once they figured that out, they stayed in the MN area year round. Miserable!!

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yeah, I remember those days. Weather here is fairly mild. Sometimes we get some serious snow in Nov but it was very mild this year and last. Above freezing the next three days. Where we lived in MN will get to 33 on Wed, otherwise, full days below freezing. How did the Indians do it? Why did the Indians do it? Word.

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What we do to smoke the turkey is put it in the smoker and turn it on. The smoker is very low tech. It has a pan that holds a bag of chips. And a water dish. That’s it. So we cook it until all the chips have smoked out. Then we pull it out and throw it in the oven where we can control the temperature and finish it in there. Works…[Read more]

Kuala Lumpur – Petronas Towers, at one time the two tallest buildings in the world.

Trip to Kuala Lumpur

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Glad it was a great weekend for you Ryou!!

I smoked our turkey and it was really really good. My MIL and a neighbor came to dinner with us so it was just 4 of us. Our son and his family came after. They were at his in-laws who live 1/4 mile down the road!! They are very close and are great.

I suppose our HS is back wrestling by now.…[Read more]

In MN, at least in 1994-2001, they came with snowplows in neighborhoods and big roads and cleared them. Salt was a major feature of that but still, roads were cleared quickly word.

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You rarely see people in Seattle with umbrellas. If you do, they aren’t from around here. The rain size is small. We are expecting 0.6 inch today and that will be an all day affair, not a 1-2 hour deal. It will rain here from noon to 2am.

Supposed to snow 8-10 inches in the ski pass today. Gonna be a mess. Its a wet snow, very…[Read more]

I have to define rain here in Seattle area. When we say it is raining, it rains very lightly all day. Most people would call it a mist or drizzle. When I say it was a downpour, it was big drops that get you wet. Rain does not get you wet, downpour does. We don’t often experience rain like most places. We maybe get one lightning storm a…[Read more]

Ah yes, FL. Very nice. It rains here all the time so being outside in the rain is not that big a deal. It was a real downpour that I was in. I put in simpson ties for the joists so I feel better about that word.

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I just hope when I get back to that project it isn’t downpouring like that first day. It was really coming down, my leather gloves were dripping and saturated. Today is similar, supposed to have 1 inch or so of rain today. And that is all day long of a harder than average rain for around here word.

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Wind chill – I had enough of that in my 7 years in the Minneapolis area. We would watch the wind chill charts everyday.

yeah, I have to find something with more shear strength. Hoping Simpson ties will do the trick word.

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This deck in in a hole in the woods behind our house. It’s about 40-50 ft from the house. 20 years here and she never mentioned anything about that area, but now it needs to be a deck. So it is a work in progress. There are two platforms one higher than the other because the ground slopes so much that it would be too high off the ground if…[Read more]

My son and I built to deck platforms for my wife yesterday in the pouring rain. Got it done and squared up pretty nicely. Just need to put the decking on the first platform and the joists on the second and get the decking on it. Need to add some stairs word.

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Ha, just riffin’ on intermat and Bob Dole. That is such a funny situation.

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Where are our dang emojis?

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It’s election day!! Is NJ concerned about the NYC mayor’s race?

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I’m really impressed with these new guys. Jax just overcame a lot with his opponent in the finals. That guy did not give up and Jaz didn’t give up more than that. It was a real battle of attrition and Jax showed the heart of a champion. It was a great match to watch. I watched all his matches and he was just on fire.

I watched all of…[Read more]

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Our higher weights were not as strong, but overall, yes, an impressive outing. #1 Team in the world, perhaps even the Universe!!!

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