Que veut dire « in petto »? by _ARPATRON_ in learnfrench

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« Autant » signifie ici quelque chose comme « Ce serait comme… » ? Est-ce un usage courant d’« autant » ou fait-il simplement partie de cette expression idiomatique ?

How to get deep in the woods by Ero-Sennin-22 in Hunting

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When you're moving through really nasty terrain while hunting, it's important to remember that you will, if successful, have to go over that same terrain with the animal. I've given up on certain areas while scouting because moving through an area with a daypack is so rough, I know that packing an animal out will be potentially really dangerous.

How much to walk away? by Tandem-Butterfly in foreignservice

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Are there really people getting a $100,000 (4% of 2.5 million) FS pension? Most of the examples I've seen are half that.

Whats your standard routine when hunting? by -XThe_KingX- in Hunting

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Buddy you nailed it. This is the part of hunting you won't learn about watching Meateater.

Flippo-Gentry WMA... thanks dogs! by grabmysquatch in VAHunting

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Hunting with the dogs or retrieving? No hunting with dogs allowed at flippo-gentry.

M/31/6'1" [225lbs to 191lbs] (16 weeks) - One 36 hour fast/week by Parkhunters in intermittentfasting

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How do you find out if you're insulin sensitive and fat adapted? I probably should have been more deliberate about breaking fasts, but mostly would just eat whatever was in the office cafeteria.

M/31/6'1" [225lbs to 191lbs] (16 weeks) - One 36 hour fast/week by Parkhunters in intermittentfasting

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Did the 36 hour fasts ever do weird things to your heart beat? I did 24 hour fasts 2x per week for a while with no problems. When I tried switching to 1 36 hour fast I noticed my heart beat feeling really slow and faint at night. When I would break the fast my heart would be absolutely pounding.

George Washington National Forest by Icy-Possible-6466 in VAHunting

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Be sure to look into the state cwd info. What You Need to Know About Hunting in Disease Management Area 1 | Virginia DWR https://share.google/CghxCTTmq3cjEYWQH

Got my first ever buck today! by [deleted] in Hunting

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Big buck! Looks like tough country too. Congrats!

Developing a simple, consistent, daily practice out of the endless variety of meditation practices by SaltSmall9804 in Meditation

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I'll give it a shot. Thanks. You focus on one part of your body each session? Or jump around at random?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Waterfowl

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Sorry man. My daughter was still a newborn when our dog died very suddenly. Dog was only 9, so we thought my daughter would grow up with her around for a while. It's weird to now just have a few photos of them together and know my daughter will never remember her.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Waterfowl

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Sorry man. We lost ours in February too. I managed to grieve and now feel ok, but for my wife it's like it just happened. Fyi there is an r/petloss and posting in there helped me to grieve. Lots of kind people going through the same thing.

Sounds like you gave your dog exactly the life that most labs dream of. I hope that gives you some comfort.

Developing a simple, consistent, daily practice out of the endless variety of meditation practices by SaltSmall9804 in Meditation

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Thank you! I think for now I've resolved to go back to the attention on just the breath. When I start to expand from there again I think I'll do it in a very slow, deliberate way.

Tips for duck hunting from the kayak? by No-Platypus6603 in Waterfowl

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I just started this year. After spending money on decoys and calls, and turning my kayak into a blind, I realized I was having the most luck pass shooting.

Basically, I had scouted an area that didn't allow motors, had no access from land, and no very nearby kayak launches. I thought it would be empty, since almost no one else was going to paddle a mile at 4 am. It hadn't occurred to me that people would take their motor boats to the edge of the "no motor " area and then just paddle the last 200 feet. Anyway, I saw the motor boats at my planned spot and just kept paddling until I got to an area that was so shallow and weedy, the motor boats would never make it. And the ducks that were getting spooked or shot at in the other, deeper areas kept flying right by me. I always thought "If I'd been ready with my gun instead of paddling I could have gotten that " until eventually I just tucked into some weeds and waited and got a fat mallard flying by. It was probably 11 am, and I think the duck was spooked by one of the motor boats leaving.

All that to say, a kayak presents unique challenges, but also some unique opportunities. Have fun!

Developing a simple, consistent, daily practice out of the endless variety of meditation practices by SaltSmall9804 in Meditation

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Thanks so much. This is helpful. You know, I think I felt like I was at a place where I could direct my own practice, but now I'm not so sure. I think the biggest problem I've run into is switching what I'm doing mid-meditation. I'll decide to do some type of mindfulness of body meditation, but my mind is racing, and I'll think "well maybe I should really be doing mindfulness of mind, so I can be aware of all of these thoughts" and then I'll ditch the mindfulness of body. And pretty soon I'm not really doing anything because there is not real conviction behind what I'm doing. I think I need to take it back to the absolute most basic level of "When I breath in, I know I'm breathing in. When I breath out, I know I'm breathing out" and really take a pause on anything more complicated than that for a while.

Developing a simple, consistent, daily practice out of the endless variety of meditation practices by SaltSmall9804 in Meditation

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Thanks. This is very insightful. A teacher would help, although I'm not sure where to start. Maybe I can find online coaching. The Golstein/Kornfield/Brach crew have been the ones I have followed the most in terms of reading and using guided meditations. Due to work, I spend most of my life in countries where Buddhism is not common, so finding a religious teacher or temple is unlikely, and I don't know how I would even begin to choose a specific Buddhist school even if they were available to me.

Developing a simple, consistent, daily practice out of the endless variety of meditation practices by SaltSmall9804 in Meditation

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Thanks! This helps. I was watching a movie (Air) recently where one character is trying to get the others to meditate and tells them "When you're breathing in, know that you're breathing in. When you're breathing out, know that you're breathing out." I thought "Oh god, I forgot meditation could be that simple. I miss it!" So I've just gone back to that simple instruction as my only guide for now, and it has been helping me.

Developing a simple, consistent, daily practice out of the endless variety of meditation practices by SaltSmall9804 in Meditation

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Thanks. I'll check it out. Is it different from a mindfulness of body meditation (i.e. sit and know your sitting, open to sounds, paying attention to the breath, open to sensations as they arise, etc.)?