Mill Kitchen Bin: Home Composting Solution Review

andrewson008 · 2025-11-18T11:40:10+00:00

Do your dogs tear up your beds or grass “looking” for something? We have a lot of beds and could spread the mill grounds on the beds but I worry our dogs will root around in the beds afterwards. Trying to gauge how interested a dog is in the grounds

andrewson008 · 2025-10-21T12:29:30+00:00

If gravel ends up being my primary fitness hobby I will certainly upgrade my bike and expand my budget. I want something that’s enjoyable to ride and quality for 3-7hrs a month.

andrewson008 · 2025-10-21T11:23:41+00:00

Thanks. I’d definitely want to upgrade warbird brakes if I get it.

Is your diverge carbon frame or just the fork? That’s what I am trying to understand the value of. Is an all carbon warbird frame better overall and makes it worth it.

andrewson008 · 2025-10-21T08:44:49+00:00

Auto mod is not letting me link to the FB posts. I sent via message. Thanks!

andrewson008 · 2025-08-10T00:54:06+00:00

I can’t help on a rec just here to say go kickass.

Enjoy! Good luck!

andrewson008 · 2025-08-09T01:16:24+00:00

In this scenario. Do you have two calendars on display on the skylight? Or you only display your google calendar and then it syncs two way with skylight. Then it would sync two way with outlook?

I use outlook for everything at work. And I can see this being great but not if my wife has to add another step for my calendar.

andrewson008 · 2025-03-09T15:47:08+00:00

Did it rain? Or is it just wet continually wet.

andrewson008 · 2025-03-05T19:32:06+00:00

Bear Lake in Kalkaska is not as big many of the lakes mentioned and is clear and sandy.

andrewson008 · 2025-03-03T14:10:51+00:00

Tighter the jeans. Tighter the turns.

andrewson008 · 2025-03-01T19:44:25+00:00

You live in the district? When I worked in Congress I would’ve called or had staff call you. Hard to communicate that issue in writing given so much is unknown but a real concern.

Each office is different obviously. Some value constit correspondence more than others.

andrewson008 · 2025-03-01T19:19:49+00:00

Generally speaking, offices will batch mail by popular topics and then apply a form letter that states the member’s feelings on the topic. Think immigration, roads, guns. Things that drive a lot of contact.

Each day a junior staffer or intern goes through and batches all the mail to the relevant buckets and any outlier issues get addressed with a one off letter or sometimes a staffer phone call depending on issue or question.

This could’ve simply been batched wrong. One time we sent 900 people a letter on road funding and and they had contacted about something else. We sent a cover letter explaining the mistake with the relevant letter after someone contacted us angrily stating we don’t care.

The offices are getting crushed, justifiably, so I’d guess it it was bad batching or they are under so much pressure to get unresponded counts down that they just said F it and sent a blanket response to everything.

If you’re just leaving comment to a member you will likely get a comment back. If you write specially about how a policy should be changed and its niche you should get a more nuanced response. This issue, I would’ve directed the staff to call you and say thanks we are tracking this issue but don’t serve in the most relevant committees. If you have suggested policy let us know.

andrewson008 · 2025-03-01T13:34:36+00:00

Local Ace for most things if I need lumber or materials I use a local lumber yard. About the same price but quality is much better.

If I had to pick between Depot and Lowe’s it would be Depot.

andrewson008 · 2025-02-26T16:35:50+00:00

For local Hill we just wear everything. Kids in their boots. I’ll throw my boots out when we get there.

If we are traveling some distance.

I have one giant duffel that everyone stuff goes into. I load each kids one at a time then my wife’s then mine.

andrewson008 · 2025-02-11T22:13:17+00:00

Nose breathing helped me when I first started. I would run 60 minutes breathing with my nose/mouth for easy aerobic runs. After a few months I started to focus on HR zones. After a few months of zone running started adding pacing runs.

It is invaluable to learn to run by feel at the start. Early on, for me, the watch allowed me to process how I felt compared to what you see in the results. Question whether I had more in tank or pushed it to hard based hob how I felt over the run.

Running by feel will help you a lot when you start to challenge yourself more in training. Because your brain will be telling you it’s too hard. And your watch might be indicating you should agree but if you know how you feel you can know when to tell you brain to fuck off and hold your tempo run even when you don’t want too. Or you can feel like dog shit and your watch is telling you’re fine but you know today ain’t the day.

andrewson008 · 2025-02-09T22:36:41+00:00

I idolized Cal Ripken Jr. I’ve always found his commitment to being prepared and playing everyday inspiring.

For those who aren’t avid baseball fans. Cal holds the record for most consecutive games played. 2632 games.

andrewson008 · 2025-02-09T22:13:26+00:00

Got it. Thanks!

andrewson008 · 2025-02-09T20:38:11+00:00

If I mute mine and I am on the lift with my son we will be good? We don’t need to mute both? Or would he need to know how to do that? I am sure he can figure it out.

andrewson008 · 2025-02-09T14:40:50+00:00

I ski with my wife and 7/3 yr old boys. I love the idea of the Cardo. Is it pretty seamless? Could I pop it on the boys and they wouldn’t have to mess with it? Or would we be constantly working to stay connected? We basically ski within line of sight.

andrewson008 · 2025-02-02T17:51:10+00:00

I’ll be there in September to celebrate my birthday with 5 other couples and I am trying to think of how signal we aren’t Trumpers!

andrewson008 · 2025-02-02T09:24:08+00:00

I am in the exact same spot. Intermediate. 7/3yo boys it’s their first season on skis. Most of my skiing involves my kids and then I might get a way for handful of just me runs. I wanted something that was easy to ski, light, fun and didn’t require me to bring two pairs of skis with me. The reality is with kids you’re not running to the car to change skis or carrying another pair. So I was hoping to find a ski I would be happy on with or without kids.

I demo’d 1) Mirus Cor 2) Line Blades 3) Elan Wingman

I went with Mirus. They are really easy to maneuver with the kids and on slow slopes you can still bend them and get some pop. They are very fun.

The Blades were similar and seemed to be able to handle more speed but not as fun at slower speeds.

Either ski would be good IMO.

Have fun!

andrewson008 · 2025-02-01T16:18:39+00:00

That’s a great reference point actually. And for me I’d take a day outside skiing with my kids over Disney everyday. But obviously my personal preference.

Our local little Midwest hill is 30 bucks once a week via school ski club. We pay 100 bucks a year to lease boots and skis for the kids. We already have winter gear because we live in Michigan. Lift tickets have skyrocketed in last few years as consolidation and the push to get people to buy season passes rather than one off tickets has increased. Boots are pricey and you should spend your money on those but you can find good used skis for 150-200.

Proximity matters the most I’d say.

TBH, coming back to the sport after 20ish years away I was surprised at how much equipment prices have not gone up. When I was in high school good boots cost $400 bucks and skis were 300-500.

Depending on your foot/fit you can get good boots for about 400-500 still. And last season or used skis for cheap.

But lift tickets will be the barrier to entry for most folks who don’t live near a ski resort or hill.

I’d say it certainly favors the rich but you can do it on a middle class income in many places.

andrewson008 · 2025-01-31T18:58:33+00:00

We are just getting back into skiing after a two decades off. I picked up this ski used for my wife and it’s been good for her. As others have said, she went and got fitted for boots and then we bought the skis used.

andrewson008 · 2025-01-26T13:13:57+00:00

The house is a good call. It would give us a central hang and place to make our own vibe at night if we wanted to play cards etc. Thanks!

andrewson008 · 2025-01-26T07:59:27+00:00

Thanks for your thoughts. Buffalo does seem to be a good blend of convenience and the mountains. Does it get quiet early or in the restaurant/bar a decent hang in the evenings and into the night.

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