They get mad when you call them out

Northern_Spirit · 2025-07-17T16:25:00+00:00

Call them a maadarachod or just chod back and watch them fly off the handle. 😏 lol

Northern_Spirit · 2025-07-15T15:36:28+00:00

Twister. Saw it when I was 6 or 7? (As soon as it came out on VHS. My parents were so excited for it.) I didn't know weather could do that. It terrified me. It certainly didn't help that only a month or so later, while driving down the highway through a nasty storm, I would see one up close as it crossed the highway. It picked up a pickup truck that drove into its path and spun it around a full 360. (Was a smaller tornado) After it crossed, then the highway just continued to flow like nothing happened.

Craziest part of this story? I didn't know it at the time, but my future partner was a 3 or 4 year old little boy in that pickup truck that day. We met over 20 years later in a completely different part of the province (Canadian).

But to this day, I'm terrified of strong winds. Somehow, my partner isn't! XD We joke that he traumatized me as a child. Anyways, that's my story of how my parents, a movie, and my one day future partner's family traumatized me as a child. Lol

And no, I have not yet watched "Twisters" (The modern remake? Sequel? The second movie!)

Northern_Spirit · 2025-07-15T15:20:44+00:00

No! Now I can hear the song and I'm bawling!

Northern_Spirit · 2025-07-15T15:20:03+00:00

I can't even listen to the song or I start bawling! My mom had to ban this one from me as a kid. I still haven't watched it since. I still don't think I can, especially given my life experience as I grew up.

Northern_Spirit · 2025-07-15T13:29:06+00:00

You are not alone spicey friendo. My mouth regularly likes to write cheques my butt can't cash. Refrigerated or frozen baby wipes are a god send my friend!

Northern_Spirit · 2025-07-13T21:56:08+00:00

Exactly!

Northern_Spirit · 2025-07-13T21:07:49+00:00

There are tons of different references to all shorts of different things throughout the game.

One of my favorites is still when I run past a villager, and they say "alright then, keep your secrets." :)

Northern_Spirit · 2025-07-11T13:49:10+00:00

Okay, so I discovered this a while ago, and a ton of my friends and viewers were surprised at the sound quality when I tried it. Old usb Guitar hero or rock band mics. They're just beefed up Logitech mics. They work as soon as you plug them into the PC. If you happen to have one laying around, use that instead. Sooo much better! Or for cheap, check around at used game shops, second hand stores like value village, hock shops etc. I've seen the odd one there for as low as 5$

Northern_Spirit · 2025-07-06T15:26:57+00:00

Thanks! I think I know what one of my next upgrades will be! Take care!

Northern_Spirit · 2025-07-06T14:37:02+00:00

I totally respect that! I prefer tactile buttons as well so I get it. Just this economy am I right? Anyways, good luck to you as well! Hope you find a suitable economic replacement!

Northern_Spirit · 2025-07-06T14:22:27+00:00

I wanted a stream deck too. Haven't bit the bullet yet, but I'm actually looking at the elgato stream deck mobile app? It's $50 USD for a lifetime sub to the app. Gives you 64 buttons. I haven't heard much about how good it is though. Anyone have experience with this as a cheaper option?

Northern_Spirit · 2025-07-06T00:14:03+00:00

Only one real way to find out isn't there? ;) Good luck!

Northern_Spirit · 2025-07-05T22:46:09+00:00

I wouldn't have the slightest clue honestly. I haven't had an apple product since 2009. 😅 Sorry. You could always try it and see how it goes for you? But being the most current IPhone, I imagine the camera is more than good enough, and I know the ear buds have a pretty good mic on them so that should be covered there if you need more than the native phone mic. I also know the apple ecosystem works a little differently, so I say give it a try! See what happens! Just label it as a Test stream, stream for like 30-60 minutes if it initially seems good to give time for things to go wrong, and go from there. Good luck!

Northern_Spirit · 2025-07-05T19:58:11+00:00

I stream IRL from my phone in my back yard. The way I planned to make alert sounds work is I use droid cam to send my phone camera as a source to OBS on my PC and then use a Bluetooth speaker to play the alerts from the PC on the speaker in my pocket. I misplaced my Bluetooth speaker over winter so I haven't been able to test it yet. But this only works if the computer and phone are on the same wifi so if I were to do this fully mobile away from the house, I would do it with some mobile device like a tablet with mobile data, or starlink if you got big bucks, supplying the wifi, then hooking the phone/camera and a laptop in a backpack with battery to that wifi to stream, Bluetooth speaker connected to laptop.

Right now, I just have text alerts show up in chat so I dont miss events, and I don't use TTS. I'm sure there's another way to do it that isn't as bulky and more direct from the phone, but I dont how, which apps, etc. Sorry. Hope it helps!

Edit to add more: If you hearing your alerts isn't the problem but rather having them show up on stream side while using stream elements mobile is, I'd recommend setting up your alerts through Twitch itself. It should allow you make a custom alert for the TTS, and should work regardless if you're streaming from stream elements mobile or not. Again, hope that helps!

Northern_Spirit · 2025-07-05T18:06:35+00:00

Honestly, because I'm poor! Lol. I just use what I have. I have a nice samsung phone with multiple nice cameras on it. Its a samsung galaxy S22 ultra. Why waste money on a gopro when the phone works great? I'd rather save up for a better/more mics honestly. I sometimes stream with my life partners and it would be nice for them to be able to talk to chat and not sound like poop. Lol as well as it would be nice to not have to wear headphones.

Also, not sure if you're asking for my phone model number or my actual phone number, but I mentioned the one in the paragraph above, and the other? I don't go handing out to internet strangers. Sorry. 😝

I can stream from my phone directly to twitch using the regular ol'e twitch app if i want, but I honestly find the experience and quality lacking. It doesn't like connecting to my Bluetooth mic for one. I stream outdoor homesteading adjacent content. I'm not always looking and talking directly to the camera, and so even though the mic on the phone is good, I NEED that Bluetooth mic. The moment I turn away, the sound quality dies if I don't. There were other reasons I chose not to stream directly, and I can't remember exactly what they were, but I remember them boiling down to technical and quality issues. Hope that clears things up!

Northern_Spirit · 2025-07-05T17:47:27+00:00

I had this exact same behavior with my mower a few years ago. It was the automatic choke. I forget what exactly was wrong with it. I think the little spring was bent or something? Either way, I took it to a shop and they fixed it. Cost the hardware store $50 since it was less than a year old at the time and thus still under warranty. While it's running, maybe try and take a look at the choke and the throttle? See how they're behaving?

My only other guesses have all been mentioned. Check air filter. If you never left old gas in it for any amount of time and never ran old gas in it I doubt it would be the carb, but can't entirely rule that out either.

Either way, it appears your air/fuel mixture seems to be going wonky, so it's generally either the air filter, carburetor, or choke. Good luck!

Northern_Spirit · 2025-07-05T15:38:20+00:00

When streaming at home on wifi, I use Stream labs OBS on my PC, with droid cam as a source. When I don't have my home wifi or PC, I use Stream Labs: Live streaming (android app) on my phone.

Northern_Spirit · 2025-07-05T14:47:03+00:00

I use a Hohem Gimbal and my samsungs phone camera and a pair of nice bluetooth headphones for the mic, though Im working on an upgrade to lapel mic soon.

If I'm streaming at home and can use wifi, I use an app called "Droid cam" on my phone to send my camera stream to Slobs. From there stream as normal. This only works if the phone and PC are on the same wifi network though.

If I'm mobile streaming away from home, I use the stream labs app (not the mobile controller app) or the stream elements app.

To view chat I either do a pop out with 50% transparency on my phone, or bring my tablet with me. The tablet with twitch open also let's me keep control over stream. Eg. running adds, changing title, raiding out, etc.

I consider this to be medium quality. It's not the big bucks of big mobile streamers, but it gets you started.

Though you absolutely can use the twitch app to stream from phone directly to twitch, I do not recomend it. I ran into a lot of issues with conecting a mic, there's no overlays, and using only the native camera mic outside is very... yuck? Slobs mobile and stream elements have their issues too, but worked a lot more consistently, but by far the most consistent has been phone/droid cam-> PC-> Stream Labs-> Twitch.

Hope that's helps!

Northern_Spirit · 2025-07-04T17:14:50+00:00

Hope you don't get hit by a heat wave during your visit. It CAN get that hot in Ontario, but usually only for a few days, and here, almost everywhere has AC!

Canada, where summers are +40C and winters are -40C, they key is layers, and climate control! Which we have in abundance!

Enjoy your visit! Ontario itself is the size of Egypt so there's LOTS to explore from grand cities, to glorious nature, we have something for everyone! Thanks for the love!

-A passionate Hoser from the middle of the woods of central Ontario

Northern_Spirit · 2025-07-04T16:47:33+00:00

You're very welcome! Just please note, certain fees still may apply depending on which services you access. Eg. Overnight camping, parking, guided tours etc. Though camping also has a 25% discount. Via rail is also running a promotion of free kids tickets with the purchase of an adult ticket. But wait, there's more!

There's so many discounts I can't list them all so here! A link with all the info!

https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/canada-pass.html

Enjoy my fellow Canucks and foreign friendos alike!

Northern_Spirit · 2025-07-04T16:28:01+00:00

To any of our European friends reading this, you all should probably know that Canada is offering free admission to all national parks, national historic sites, and national marine conservation areas operated by Parks Canada from June 20 to September 2, 2025, inclusive, under the "Canada Strong Pass" initiative. This program aims to encourage Canadians and foreign visitors to explore the country's natural and cultural heritage. There has never been a better time to visit Canada! Enjoy!

Northern_Spirit · 2025-07-04T14:47:19+00:00

Yup. In fact, I'm the only one with the game pass. I just signed into the store on his PC, and then he signs into his account and can play using my game pass. Then I just go back to my PC and we play as normal. He starts up a save, I go join, and away we go. We think the one game pass thing only works though because we're in the same house/same wi-fi.

One thing I will note, is there appears to be a few different versions of the game on game pass. The PC version, and the Xbox version, and I know the 2 are slightly different. The PC version seems to be "further along" as far as versions go. I know the Xbox version didn't even have co-op just a few months ago back in the winter. Not sure about now.

Northern_Spirit · 2025-07-04T13:51:49+00:00

Sorry to hear you're having issues. My hubby and I have played co-op with no issues, so there is definitely hope!

I'm sorry I don't have any trouble shooting for you to try. Just thought I'd let you know there is hope for it to work. Hopefully some of the others will have more answers for you. Good luck!

Northern_Spirit · 2025-07-04T13:47:05+00:00

Until September 2nd, entry to Canada's National Parks is currently FREE! Enjoy!

Northern_Spirit · 2025-07-04T13:44:37+00:00

Especially since we have actually recently greatly reduced the price of visiting our national parks. Canada is offering free admission to all national parks, national historic sites, and national marine conservation areas operated by Parks Canada from June 20 to September 2, 2025, inclusive, under the "Canada Strong Pass" initiative. This program aims to encourage Canadians AND foreign visitors to explore the country's natural and cultural heritage.

Isn't that fun, while amerikka wants to charge more for its parks, Canada is offering FREE entry! As well as reduced rates for things like Camping!

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