"No shirt, No shoes, No beer"Florida summers can get a little long and I say that as someone who is a fan of endless summer. You're looking at early-mid march until late october/early november 90+ degrees and very humid. When it first cranks up you ask yourself "how am I going to make it through this summer?" The only time I really wore a shirt was to buy beer at the store.
I spent many Christmases opening gifts with 70 and 80 degree temps outside. It's really nice there in the winter. I'm thinking about catching a flight to see my old man come Nov or Dec when it's cold here.
It's when I'm thankful for my wood furnace, throw a few more logs on the fire and open the damper a little more...serious heat.
Just finishing my coffee and headed out to cut a few trees down myself. I'm behind the curve this year. I have some wood already stocked but I need more. I got an oak blocking my view and a cedar that has been dead for about five years. Cleaned out the stove and chimney pipes yesterday and did a little maintenance on the glass window. It was getting loose. @Dan Gleesak thinking of you while I haul that wood uphill this a.m bro, lol
I enjoy wood cutting. Splitting & stacking is usually the easiest part but my horizontal splitter requires lifting....i got out my engine hoist to lift the big sections onto the splitter and once they're halved, i can handle them.
Thanks superchamp. I do enjoy it too but it's still hot as blazes out. Usually I try and do it during the cooler part of spring but I was busy finishing tracking for a record so it got put on hold.
Amazing differences in wood "texture" when it comes to splitting. Tried some green sycamore trunks about 30 inches diameter & gave up, like splitting wire mesh. Will let it sit a few months. Maple is easy, have a lot of those but cedar is rare, too many uses for it before it becomes scrap (firewood).
I sleep with the window open in the middle of the winter for strength
Strength indeed.
Lmao, there is no shame in getting your prostate checked, its only gay if you get a boner
Heh heh, i suspect there are some members here trying to schedule 3 - 4 urologist visits per year.
Or if the doctor's hands are on your shoulders
I wasn't saying to give anything back. Just pointing out that Australia wasn't "originally" a British colony. Same for the US.
Agreed. I guess my post was confusing. We call it cedar, or salt cedar, but it's actually a juniper of a sort. Makes those little bluish berries they use in gin. It's invasive but does give off a cedar scent when you cut/split it. It just doesn't remain as aromatic as actual cedar and most of the growth is shrub like, random without a central trunk, and full of voids though if you find a straight one they make a real attractive posts and are easy peeling, so that's what I used as the supports for my porch roof. Those cheap bonsai trees they sell at wal mart are the same tree.
Too much of an american hater for me. And all because he flunked WWII history.
Tell me about it bro'.... but getting out of those warm blankets to pee every 1 1/2 - 2 hours is a frosty experience.
You flunked it... Here's the AI summary - completely agrees with what I said.
The U.S. was indispensable to the Allied victory in World War II, but it was part of a broader coalition that included the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, China, and others. The war was won by the Allied powers, who defeated the Axis powers—Germany, Japan, and Italy—in 1945.
Strategic Contributions
Military Impact
But Not Alone
Posting AI facts and empty platitudes will never hide the fact that America, indeed, did WWII. Look what Japan became. Did you see a bunch of kangaroos, boomarangs and koalas go into Japan? I would steal your Harley and drive it off a pier for such a disrespectful statement.You flunked it... Here's the AI summary - completely agrees with what I said.
The short answer is: not alone, and not in the simplistic sense often implied by the phrase.
Here’s a more nuanced breakdown:
- Industrial Might: The U.S. became the "arsenal of democracy," producing vast quantities of weapons, vehicles, and supplies.
- Two-Front Engagement: It fought major campaigns in both the European and Pacific theaters.
- Lend-Lease Program: Even before officially entering the war, the U.S. supplied Britain, the USSR, and China with critical war materials.
- European Theater: U.S. forces were crucial in the D-Day invasion and the liberation of Western Europe.
- Pacific Theater: The U.S. led the island-hopping campaign and dropped the atomic bombs on Japan, precipitating Japan’s surrender.
- Soviet Sacrifice: The USSR bore the brunt of the war against Nazi Germany, suffering over 20 million deaths and breaking the Wehrmacht’s back on the Eastern Front.
- British Resistance: The UK held out during the darkest early years, notably in the Battle of Britain.
- Global Effort: From Canadian troops in Normandy to Chinese resistance against Japan, it was a truly global struggle.
So while the U.S. didn’t “win” WWII in isolation, it was essential to the victory. Without American resources, manpower, and strategic leadership, the outcome could have been very different.
Would you like to unpack how postwar narratives shaped this perception—or how the U.S. leveraged its role into global dominance afterward?
Yeah right and Debbie did Dallas...