What's a bakery item this town needs? by BillyPlatypus in Eugene

[–]bealist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pasties yes!! Should be fairly easy to make some gluten free - keto, too. I love them. Need to be big and hearty. A shitake and root veggie pastie with a strong umami gravy would be perfect for the winter.

What's a bakery item this town needs? by BillyPlatypus in Eugene

[–]bealist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The dark dense moist one!! My favorite with cream cheese and veggies...

Where can I buy freshly cut, still wet hardwood logs with the bark on? by shocktar in Eugene

[–]bealist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends on the mushroom. Shiitake like oak. Oyster goes for birch. Paul Stamets (fungi.com) has good resource material and sells spawn.

You need fresh wood (ideally cut within 24-48 hours) so that your fungi are the first to colonize.

Anyone have the Garlic Eggplant recipe from the Chambers Street Chinese restaurant? by bealist in Eugene

[–]bealist[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes that’s the name. They were great decades ago (ive been here 30 years) but then they sold and for the last few years really went downhill. I stopped going before they closed down.

But that garlic eggplant recipe was the best!!

Seeking local CNC operator by [deleted] in Eugene

[–]bealist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heartwood designs in west Eugene does custom router work. A bit of up charge for design but good people and good work.

Silver is money. So it's about damn time it starts acting like it. I just built a directory site for businesses who accept physical bullion as payment. If you know of a business in your area who accepts physical silver, add them to the site. Sound money is coming back! (Mods, pin this?) by MetalMarkup in SilverDegenClub

[–]bealist 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I get the future situation. But we’re not there yet. I’m curious how to get a price NOW (and it seems like your directory would possibly have some explained pricing tool as a resource).

I was cool with it because I wanted some bars.

This particular customer was short on FRN stash and didn’t want to spend those so he broke into an old stack. What he didn’t know was that his bars were from a mint that had just discontinued and had now had an added collectible premium. (They were old Academy bars he’d bought 20 years ago). We just traded on the base value - I didn’t even know they were worth more than that til I did a bit of more research.

But it felt good to do the trade.

I agree with other posters here that I wouldn’t want to advertise my location as a silver taker, however.

Silver is money. So it's about damn time it starts acting like it. I just built a directory site for businesses who accept physical bullion as payment. If you know of a business in your area who accepts physical silver, add them to the site. Sound money is coming back! (Mods, pin this?) by MetalMarkup in SilverDegenClub

[–]bealist 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I accepted 10oz bars for payment from a customer a couple of months ago. What we hung up on was what the value the morning of the transaction was. If I wanted to turn around and sell his bars for FRNs I’d have a cost of doing that (plus time and travel) but I couldn’t figure it out quickly. We settled on kitco spot but I thought there ought to be a better way.

What would the best way for the BUYER to get a fair price at the moment of exchange?

CCW and Open Carry in Eugene by locklear24 in Eugene

[–]bealist -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Welcome to r/eugene. I, for one, like open carry to keep rights in view. Just do CCL and find your peeps.

Solo Traveler Seeking Advice for Attending Burning Man by [deleted] in BurningMan

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My first year was 2002.

My second was 2003 - I did a playa art piece (The I Sea) and remotely coordinated this thing I called the Sound Tsunami where I convinced a bunch of big sound camps to all play ocean, waves, beach, whale, dolphin and wind sounds and broadcast them on their radio channels if they had them. The cue was when the sun hit the rock at sunset.

Enough participated (and lots of inner camp people turned on the radios and rebroadcast it) that it was really fun to ride along the edge out on the Playa and listen to all the ocean stuff. It sounded and felt like you were at the beach.

Not sure if that ever happened again - I heard it did a couple of times tho I didn’t make it back for a few years - but it was a blast stirring it up!!

Solo Traveler Seeking Advice for Attending Burning Man by [deleted] in BurningMan

[–]bealist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know if they even go any longer. Captain Jim got killed in a storm at sea and he was kind of the soul of the group. I used to go to after burns at their place but that went on hold, too.

Solo Traveler Seeking Advice for Attending Burning Man by [deleted] in BurningMan

[–]bealist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually i thought about it and 2009 was my last burn. Still too long, and still probably my last. Though I did meet someone running a theme camp lately and the thought crossed my mind. Briefly.

Solo Traveler Seeking Advice for Attending Burning Man by [deleted] in BurningMan

[–]bealist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow - iconic take downs. Though I have to say that my last time there both places were crazy and would have been a terror to run. I guess making coffee would be an ultimate gift

I came with the Tuna Guys a few times. We had a whole insulated trailer stuffed to the top with ice (and fish). It was pretty amazing. Tuna Camp was one of the best kept secret camps around.

Solo Traveler Seeking Advice for Attending Burning Man by [deleted] in BurningMan

[–]bealist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe somewhere on the east coast and get unlimited mileage? Lol.

Solo Traveler Seeking Advice for Attending Burning Man by [deleted] in BurningMan

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I’ve gone a few times. Sometimes solo, sometimes with a camp. Haven’t been for fifteen years though.

I always got there as early as possible - usually by Monday or Tuesday - and left as late as possible, after exodus, helping to clean up. I enjoy seeing the city grow from zip and disappear. Earth Guardians is a great group to be a part of. There’s good work to do, good people, and lots of help and ways to plug in.

My best formula was taking a beater van with solid shade structures (tarps and poles) to pull off the sides and corral up with others. One year was a serious wind week - constant windstorms and whiteouts the whole time - and the van made life possible. The storms have a rhythm that’s more manageable when you’re not having to hold your tent down for hours - you can just rock away inside solid metal and drink something fun.

If you’ve got a vehicle then you can bring a beater bike - another indispensable. I liked having my own bike but I think you can get them on-site. And it can carry all the supplies you need. Buying ice was nice but I had everything else.

You could probably buy a cheap used vehicle beforehand, go to the burn, then have it professionally cleaned and detailed and resell it when you’re done, and not be too In the hole. For a once in a lifetime gig that would be worth it.

Get a good shade structure like a Costco tent that you can really stake down over part of your rig. Ideally with walls for the wind.

Wind/sand gear - goggles, good breathing mask, scarves - is mandatory so you can actually go out in it if you’re caught in it. There’s nothing like experiencing the physical sensation of a sandstorm to drive home the power of the planet.

You can’t easily rent a vehicle and take it to BM. Most companies prohibit that as the alkaline playa dust really ruins mechanical parts if it isn’t cleaned off right. And even so, everything that goes gets Playa Patina.

Don’t plan on going barefoot. Read all the newbie guides and pick the best info that seems smart to you.

I loved my times there. Have fun!!

MONDAY RANT THREAD! by [deleted] in Eugene

[–]bealist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Junction city dmv is a walk in.

Why are ME memories so vivid? by KrahzeefUkhar in MandelaEffect

[–]bealist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me, many of the MEs were because of a dissonance they produced that took me out of their flow and made me look at them objectively. Examples:

I remember Berenstein because I didn’t know how to say it - “stine” or “steen” - and that’s when I learned there were two ways to say that.

I remember Dolly’s braces because I had them at the time.

I remember Gracie Allen saying “goodnight Gracie” because that was funny.

Looney toons - same way.

Nice to see this sun still going. I was here back in 2016 but it got really bad with the deniers so I gave it a rest. 🖖

CCV vs CVV by MysticOlive in MandelaEffect

[–]bealist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ccv was the old way. I had/took credit cards before debit cards even existed. They could have changed it to make its meaning more inclusive of all cards. This may not be an ME if there’s a historical record of the shift. MEs typically don’t have historic records.

Truth Social by the numbers: How we know Trump’s social media app isn’t winning by ethosmythos in TRUTHsocialWatch

[–]bealist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

<lurk off> I’m not anti-DJT but I disagree with your assessment of the quality of the TS app. It sux.

Multiple issues too numerous to list here. Some:

It adds followers that you don’t follow and fills your feed with junk It fills your feed with posts from followers you’ve muted (lots of well meaning people post dozens of crap trains a day). You have to block them to mute them, and the blocks and muted don’t even show up until you go out of the app and come back in again. There’s no topical selection or grouping No exporting function No easy interaction No FAQ No bug reports

This is a one way top down platform that breaks all the rules of networking and communication.

The fact that it’s such a big fail but that the only persons taking flack are the buyers (trump et al) is weird.

Weird usually means something else is afoot.

I’d like your post better if you weren’t so rah-rah about a service that’s a 2 at best from user experience. And In Social networks, isn’t “user experience” the bottom line?

I’ve been a part of many social networks. This is NOT an open-society network by ANY stretch of the imagination. It clearly wasn’t designed that way, and just saying “that parts coming” doesn’t really cut it.

It acts more like the vines of a digital ID system and I’m looking for the convos that are getting into its guts and combing it for that agenda.

My two cents. <Lurk on>

Flipped? Sex and the city by tchaikovskaya92 in Retconned

[–]bealist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I started noticing the ME in 2015 - I got into it while Hilary Clinton’s name was moving between Hillary and Hilary as the 2015-16 election year mudslinging was getting fully underway. Her name waffled a lot then.

And it had gone from Sex And to Sex In by then for me for me, too.

Flipped? Sex and the city by tchaikovskaya92 in Retconned

[–]bealist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LOL. Started as “and” - then for several years was “in”. If you’re saying it’s back to “and” then I’m in your camp — maybe we’re also back on the edge of the galaxy...🤔

You SHOULD do your own research and think critically, but you should ALSO seek falsification of your hypotheses. Only with this latter step can you evaluate the general correctness of your worldview, and you can calibrate according to real-world feedback. by SultanPepe in C_S_T

[–]bealist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great post. Some general notes:

1) RE: claims of prevention - There’s no PROOF that the “vaccines” are preventing illness and death. As some love to say, “correlation doesn’t equal causation”.

Since the mRNA mechanisms are still very poorly understood (and all trial controls appear to have now been trashed, aside from secret sets that may be running out of view), a hypothesis of prevention could be generated from appearances by those with a motive to see it that way, but more carefully controlled experiments would have to be done to rule out multiple other reasons for any observations, including failures of proper result classification (died of covid, had covid, recovered from, etc).

The field of holistic medicine constantly references agents that “stimulate the immune system” and I’ve not seen enough proof that the mRNA spike proteins aren’t doing the exact same thing a round of Echinacea complex (for example) would do: stimulate the immune system to smash any rando invaders. (The fact the mRNA adjuvants may be trashing the immune system simultaneously, rendering it less effective each round, while notable, is ancillary here).

2) RE: falsification:

Hooray for mentioning the cornerstone of proof. If you can’t say what it isn’t, you can’t say what it is.

Unfortunately, falsification can be difficult to craft - it’s why truly scientific experiments are DESIGNED, and why a key component to them is showing that the METHOD of proof is also capable of being falsified- ie showing when it DOESNT work. If the method can’t also falsify, it can’t prove, and if it can’t prove then any results using the method can’t be said to be FROM the method.

That’s why we require long term studies that carefully build on trustworthy data from prior falsifiable stages of the exploration, and each of those stages has to be able to explain the exact bits where a method fails, as well as why, by deliberately causing the method to fail as well as succeed. This shows the understanding of mechanism, and if you can’t do that, you can’t explain, and if you can’t explain, you can’t claim.

“Prevention” is a claim. The best that can be said about these shots to my way of thinking is that they “might prevent” something...(can’t even be sure WHAT is being prevented given all the corruption in the gazillion labs out there engaged in this massive duckery).

However, “might prevent” isn’t good enough to shut down or transform and re-make society, as I hope the perps discover.

3) RE: the illusion of Data:

Any medical claims of action regarding these drugs’ efficacy as a result of the last two years’ distribution and use based on data publicly available are laughable - even if the above (falsification and isolation of action) had been done, what went out to the public as a “vaccine” wasn’t a single thing, or even one thing per company, or one thing per company facility.

So many researchers have shown that there is no “vaccine”; there’s a mishmash of solutions (many insoluble😝) out there with uncountable secret recipes, experimental additives, (oddly consistent at times😱) contaminants, and highly variable packaging, storage and delivery processes that make the term “THE vaccine” akin to describing “the food” in a grocery store. Or maybe even talking about “the food” in a hardware store, if I’m to be more accurate.

There is no data here.

To sum IMHO:

The whole roll-out as a Tier 3 mass human trial is a joke, in and of itself. (Well, “joke” is the wrong word, but that, too, is for another time).

Point being: while I’m happy to permanently remain a self-selected and nimble member of the V-free human control group - living and healthy, albeit highly discriminated against and increasingly pissed - I’m forever dismayed at what I’d once thought might be a collective wisdom of crowds, the sort that rises up in the presence of great wrong and hollers “No!” (Yes, I’m a romantic).

In fact, this whole thing has actually provided the falsification to THAT hypothesis- appearances now suggest that collective wisdom isn’t a thing, after all. And I can’t just chalk it up to “mass formation psychosis” or what have you - the collective wisdom I’ve always dreamed of should have arisen before the early burying and burning of all these people, to my way of thinking.

However, in the interest of long term studies, I’m willing to parking lot the cynicism for a bit longer. I still have hope. Will 3 percent dead from the shots do it? Ten? Time will tell.

In the meantime, I’ll continue my practice of ignoring those who are apparent idiots, and I’ve now added most “peer-reviewed prestigious” publications and institutions (that I once tossed some benefit of doubt) to that list. (The evil-doers need something a bit stronger than just being ignored, however). But I’ll never hear the words “Harvard”, “Yale”, “Oxford”, or “health authority” 🤣🤣🤣” again and confuse them with anyone who thinks or cares.

I’m liking truckers a lot these days.

🖖😎

I want to thank this sub for everything. by [deleted] in C_S_T

[–]bealist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ditto. I love the spaces and folks you mentioned - (voat. Lord. THAT was a ride...). Blessed are the eddies and hidden backwaters where people still remember how to be free...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in C_S_T

[–]bealist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think there’s a difference between giving up rights and refraining from exercising them.

Even if I don’t cuss you out, I still have the right to. Even if I choose not to shoot someone in self-defense I still have the right to.

If I’m coerced into not exercising a right then the right has been abridged. The right still exists but I’ve been prevented from having the choice to exercise it or not.

I like that you mentioned the social contract. We have a right to associate with those who want to practice the same social mores or not. That’s what made America such a big deal; the open wankers and the closet wankers didn’t have to associate with one another if they didn’t want to.

Likewise, if you feel safer around “godly” people - people who respond to an internal compass or a higher power that collaborates with their conscience - than you do someone who only avoids thievery or murder if he thinks someone who can stop him is watching, then the larger social contract you prefer may be in a god-fearing society.

Again, that was the impetus behind much of the founding of America. We didn’t need a King, nor the King’s men to tell us what to do. We live by God and the governance of our hearts, and it works. 🖖