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I don't have the patience to read all this stuff, to find out what did or didn't work for people. My dog's dead so these issues aren't pressing for me right now. I tried a lot of things in the past, and as my dog made it to 17.5 years old, I have a lot to reflect on what I would or wouldn't do...

Far out. Well my dog's dead but if I get another one someday, then I'll be more ready. Don't let dogs eat raw salmon or trout parts discarded by fisherpeople. There's a microorganism carried by a parasite eaten by a snail eaten by the salmon or trout, that is lethal to dogs. Dogs in the...

How about making your own spear, atlatl, bow and arrow, rabbit stick, boomerang, other less well known flying sticks and devices? Throwing them at animals is completely optional, not really a priority for me personally. I just haven't been in the woods often enough in recent years, to take all...

2010 Honda Odyssey, ouch. Known for their transmission problems. Definitely check that and stay on top of that, it's a killer. Everyone should change their transmission fluid at maybe 60k intervals. Everyone. When an owner's manual tells you that transmission fluid lasts "the life of the...

I got into bird feeding after my dog died. Especially the crows. Wasn't ready to let go of the habit.

I learned woodworking during the pandemic. You can do tons of things with a Japanese style pull saw. I prefer the 7" Gyokucho "ryoba" (means double sided) saw, available for $20 on Amazon. One side is rip cut and the other is cross cut. I work in hardwoods, mostly crape myrtle. Using one of...

Wow, this is a project of vast scope beyond the usual vehicle dwelling requirements. Some of it, I guess you're just gonna have to learn as you go. And it'll be awhile, as you have a pretty specific vision. I've studied the possibility of voice acting in a car, because they do have good sound...

I'll put in a good word for minimalism and not bothering with plywood anything. I've never done that in my 2 cars. In a car, it's much more obviously a waste of space, although some people do it anyways because they feel compelled to. Sleeping comfort isn't really about generating lots of...

Bathing regularly is highly overrated. When on the road I bathe very little, going many days or even weeks. I have this debate with people in car life forums every so often, even had someone respond to a 6 year old Reddit thread the other day. With the usual sass, showing their total...

My school of thought is the best coffee maker is you personally. Now, sure, some people are mainly out for convenience and don't want to be bothered with all that. Coffee fills different roles in various people's lives. But for some of us who are trying to get the best flavor out of coffee...

In fact I've used ordinary grocery store vinegar and paper towels to detail the interior of my car. This was after studying a fair number of videos on car detailing. One young entrepreneurial type made the very good point, that all these barriers one puts up that you "must have this gizmo" to...

Companies such as Purina have spent millions of dollars to convince the public that agricultural waste is somehow beneficial to animals. They really just want to dispose of agricultural waste at a profit. The evidence for "they need vegetables" is thin. They have no natural access to them...

I added eggs and dropped the liverwurst. Fewer intelligent animals killed that way. I think the magic ingredient in the liverwurst might not be iron, but cholesterol! The book I'm reading says it's important for brain function. Started eating a bit of sardines or canned salmon, as I'm more...

On my 7 year old Dell Inspiron 1720 desktop replacement laptop, which has a GeForce 8600M GT card in it, Lubuntu is significantly zippier than Vista and also gets better battery life. I've tried many distros and that's the one I prefer for performance + some degree of ease of use. Windows 7...

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I guess you're not aware of what happened with Menu Foods. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_pet_food_recalls It's not a question of conjecturing on long term effects. Poison in the food, lots of dogs die. In the pet food industry it's a regularly repeating event, varying mainly in the...

Or if you're technically inclined, you could ditch Windows forever and go to Linux, thereby rendering such things a non-issue. That said, my minimally protected Vista system never succumbed to anything. Most horrors I've heard from people have been XP boxes. I do keep a spare laptop, but is...

If you use public wifi at all, you're taking a risk of having your email account hacked somehow. if a hacker can get that, then they can typically send an "oh, I forgot my password" message to all sorts of places, and thereby get access. So I hope your bank has an additional level of security...

I think you're underestimating the number of dogs that died, vs. humans that died. The USDA has some controls and enforcement on the human food supply; these are lacking for dogs.

It isn't, given the thousands of dogs that died of the various poisonings a few years ago, and the recalls on dog jerky treats that are ever present and ongoing. If you feed dog food, you are rolling dice. Even high end brands like Innova were tainted; nothing is safe on the basis of...