Hikermick

joined 2 years ago
[–] Hikermick 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I live in Cleveland and began backpacking in Pennsylvania thirty years ago during the coldest, snowiest winter since the 70's. My buddy and I rented cheap snowshoes that were awful, that summer i mail ordered a pair of Atlas snowshoes when they first became available. I think I've used them twice since. That's why every time I hear someone griping about the winter, my suggestion is to buy skis or snowshoes because it'll never snow enough. Or to put it another way; buy these and you'll realize how infrequently we have snow on the ground. This winter has been an exception though, same thing with three years ago.

I too wanted to be a mountaineer! My friends and I even took a class on Mount Baker. It's a lot like being on a chain gang. You are tied into a rope with a few others and if you don't move in unison it can be frustrating. I settled on doing some pretty heavy duty backpacking, way more chill. Now I fly fish and just like backpacking, Ohio isn't the best place for it but I've learned to get over what I call "the grass is greener syndrome ".

[–] Hikermick 3 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Pick up a winter hobby. I look forward to winter now that I started steelhead fishing (it's a cold weather thing). Buy cross country skis or snowshoes and it'll never snow enough.

[–] Hikermick 15 points 2 weeks ago

My wife's best friend is a nurse, before covid she told me that she had four patients that suffered a stroke after visiting a chiropractor. Back pain can be awful. I've known a couple of people who who were helped by them.

[–] Hikermick 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

What's up with these news sources from India? They keep turning up in my Google News feed and they're often obvious bullshit

[–] Hikermick 2 points 2 weeks ago

Pretty sure the washer goes on the bottom

[–] Hikermick 8 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah everyone should be encouraged to do this. Problem is when when the property owner doesn't like it and calls the cops. They're not likely to call the cops on the cops

[–] Hikermick 6 points 2 weeks ago

When he runs out, just grab the bottle out of the trash and fill it with soap and hand it back to him. You're welcome

[–] Hikermick 5 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe try the SEIU?

[–] Hikermick 10 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Best I can do is $50

[–] Hikermick 26 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Smoke and mirrors. Trump talks tough talk. Putin says war is over. Trump stops Ukraine weapon flow. Russia keeps territory gained. Trump takes credit. Putin averts Russia economic collapse.

[–] Hikermick 5 points 2 weeks ago

Just as much as I blame people that didn't vote

[–] Hikermick 10 points 2 weeks ago

OP if you are concerned about frozen water lines a couple of tricks are to leave cabinet doors open under sinks or leave faucets cracked open so water trickles out slowly. If you have access panels to crawl spaces that contain water lines leave those open too.

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