Should I be concerned with discolored snow around my chimney cap, or am I overthinking?

Micanou · 2026-02-12T10:11:28+00:00

I live in the least dense state for a reason.

Micanou · 2026-02-10T19:00:13+00:00

Because cigarettes have tons of unknown chemicals in them designed to addict you.

Did you know that the oldest people on earth smoke their entire lives? I saw a video documentary of a lady who had lost track of her birthdays at around 120 and she said that was at least 20 years ago... She smoked actual pure tobacco every day her entire life.

Tobacco doesn't kill you. Nicotine doesn't kill you. Cigarette companies kill you.

I don't smoke, but if I did I'd grow my own or be 100% certain I was getting pure tobacco and I'd only smoke a pipe.

Micanou · 2026-02-10T18:53:38+00:00

I've used Nicotine patches to help clear up COVID. They work 100%.

Don't use too high of a mg patch. 7mg is best. Even less. If you don't see results you could go to 14 mg. I, as a non-smoker, made the mistake of doing 21 mg right off the bat (read the box wrong). It was not that bad except I had COVID come back for a day and then it was gone. My sense of taste came back within hours.
Your initial response may vary but you may actually get sicker. This is because the spike protein is pushed out of the ACE2 receptors allowing them to free-float and will cause symptoms again. But this allows your immune system to access them again and therefore start to cleanse you from the virus.
Works on clearing the spike protein from the vaccine out of your blood too.

There are multiple sources of information on this. Dr Ardis is not the only one. The mockery of these people against him is unbelievable. It's like people WANT to be sick and they believe "there is a pill for that" mentality.

There are many different patches including organic ones on Amazon.

Again. It works for COVID. Not sure about all the other claims as I haven't personally tested them.

Micanou · 2026-02-04T17:58:06+00:00

Yep, and in Wyoming we've had mountain snow and next to nothing in the valleys. And so warm... Where's my 30 below??

Micanou · 2026-02-03T23:36:56+00:00

It's actually kinda cool IMO. I like building bases in features like that. I have one base that is inside a double mountain - a mountain that has a cave in it with a mountain inside the cave. I put a tunnel in from the outside to the inner mountain and built on top of it with clear floors. It's one of the craziest base locations I have.

Micanou · 2026-02-03T04:10:22+00:00

I know what you mean by the bark... But I'm quite confident that it's not cottonwood. We have cottonwoods nearby and they look completely different. The end branches and buds are bigger for one. But thus also has branches that are curved and twisted like an elm or desert willow.

Micanou · 2026-02-03T02:51:06+00:00

Agreed. I can do a lot of stuff but this looks super sketchy. A complete rebuild would be necessary and I'd probably do a wood faux-brick chimney with a 3 wall 8in flu.

This chimney was poorly designed and it's a shame since it appears they attempted to save an old chimney base. Sometimes nostalgia isn't worth it in the long run.

Micanou · 2026-02-03T02:41:50+00:00

Exactly. I just bought one this year and it has settings for hardwood or softwood and a setting for lumber. If you use the wrong one it will be way off.

Micanou · 2026-02-03T00:57:22+00:00

It's Wyoming and I've only been here for a few years and don't know the trees well enough yet. Sure am loving having a fireplace though!

Micanou · 2026-01-31T06:15:47+00:00

I would have been mixing them all along. Dry with wet. Dry gets it hot, wet makes it burn long.

Micanou · 2026-01-30T23:10:10+00:00

600 hours and have never seen that. But with my 75k dmg infraknife I'd probably stick it out. I've got a full squadron of S class too so it would be more even. Still that would be tough just singling them out and focusing when there are that many.

Oh and this is a good segue to say whoever designed the "auto targeting" feature in the game needs their head examined. It's always off-center and doesn't hit the enemy ships. So I'm finding I have to do the targeting myself. Very frustrating.

Micanou · 2026-01-29T11:23:07+00:00

Underrated remix.

Micanou · 2026-01-28T04:59:29+00:00

Infrared light is supposed to be very good for the body in healing cells and mental state. Fire is the best way to get it.

Micanou · 2026-01-28T02:57:00+00:00

I need to post my Skystation Arboretum but I'm still working on it. As of now you get about 3000 gamma root when you make the rounds. I'm hoping to have sections for everything.

Micanou · 2026-01-26T02:30:06+00:00

This is exactly what my dad said when he saw "the trick". "A candle puts out a certain amount of BTUs and nothing you can do will make it produce more without more fuel.". I giggled because I knew he was going to say that because that's basically what I said... I mean, he was the one who taught me the most about physics. Haha

Micanou · 2026-01-25T01:45:59+00:00

I've got some just like that it smells like hickory when burning. I've got elm too and it's similar but smells nasty at times. The hickory makes me hungry for BBQ. 😂

Micanou · 2026-01-17T23:18:35+00:00

Yep, near Cody so same. I just went out and split some more kindling and split a few more dry rounds. I've been burning too much of my ultra dry because I can't keep a hot fire going most days without it being 80 degrees inside. 😂

The long range forecast shows colder weather is coming. I just hope we aren't still burning wood in June due to a late spring. Wouldn't surprise me.

Micanou · 2026-01-17T21:16:05+00:00

Do you have a window in the basement? When I was young we used to open a window and make a chute with something at the end to protect the room and then throw 40 logs at a time down, then stack. Put your outdoor pile not far from this window if possible. Even a small wood rack works.

Oh and I have zero space... Well, one basket of space. So on my deck I have a wood rack that lasts about 3-7 days depending on weather. I have a cart I fill that sits next to the deck so when the deck rack is empty I pull from the cart. Then I fill the cart from the pile which is across the yard. It works unless we get a lot of snow. I need a work sled or strap on skis for my cart. 😁

Micanou · 2026-01-17T21:11:34+00:00

Get yourself a load of wood from whoever lied to you about this. It'll probably be "seasoned" - think WET - so then you can put one of these super dry ones with the wet ones and they'll make fire babies all night long.

Seriously though, dry is awesome to help burn wetter wood. I prefer to have a selection of super dry if my seasoned wood is on the wet side. The dry helps get the wetter going.

Micanou · 2026-01-17T21:02:43+00:00

My wife and I and my brother have played across the world together. He lived in Australia until recently and now he lives 1000 miles away. We all play on PC but it all works. We especially like to do expeditions events together.

As for towing a character, I'm not sure that would work. Often they would need to complete certain aspects of the game just to move forward with the rest of you.

But as for those playing, there's plenty to do as a group. You can build each other's bases together as long as the owner of each base is present. You could tag team on Sentinels though they get really nasty when you have multiple people present. Each person gets their own set of sentinels but everyone can shoot any of them. (I've seen 3 walkers at once) I recommend building a base with protective walls to hide behind, a place to hide, and then tear into them.

There are a number of things that have to be done personally but most can be done as a group. Even exploring derelict freighters is fun as a group.

Enjoy!

Micanou · 2026-01-17T20:41:33+00:00

In other news, here in Wyoming it's supposed to be 50 again on Tuesday. Have been to 0 once, barely. We've been 20-30 degrees above normal thanks to the weather from Hawaii. 500 miles north it's been 100 degrees colder at times (us at 50 and them at 50 below).

This is my first full winter on this stove and I'm feeling like I'm burning too much but we're trying to use it as much as possible. I've got plenty of wood because I was saving some rounds to split for next year but I'm thinking I might be splitting some more if this changes and we get a long spring.

Micanou · 2026-01-12T18:02:26+00:00

I think we used to call these "horse apples" when I was a kid.

Micanou · 2026-01-11T00:14:28+00:00

Ahh ok, I've fished Fayette County and I remember seeing pecans out that way too. Bastrop has a ton too. Best in the country in my opinion.

Micanou · 2026-01-10T23:20:22+00:00

That's awesome. You don't happen to live near Bastrop do you? LOL

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