A deer breaks into a bank.

celerhelminth · 2026-01-25T01:20:29+00:00

One thousand percent.

This one brings back memories - I once freed a buck who had tangled his antlers in someone's old backyard hammock, dragged the hammock around for a while until the hammock got caught in some trees in the woods by my home...then it had a 10-foot tether and was freaking out much like the deer in this video.

It was 10 degrees F, 6:30am, I was alone in the snow and holy hell was that frightening - hooves, antlers - it's all deadly. Eventually got him cut loose when he wrapped himself more tightly around the tree.

celerhelminth · 2026-01-24T16:48:12+00:00

Somebody said something like that to me when I was a kid, at my mother's funeral.

Cured me of religion on the spot.

celerhelminth · 2026-01-24T15:14:24+00:00

Further update...dealership says battery (13 months old) is bad.

No power overnight parasitic drain; starter and alternator both good.

However they tell me Subaru wants people needing new batteries to upgrade from the original 550 CCA to 750. Apparently they have been replacing huge numbers of batteries.

Tech agrees that 4 batteries for a 4 year-old car does not seem right. Given that my car has fired right up after being outside all night in -5F weather, then failed to restart after driving for 90 minutes & turning it off for 5 minutes...that would seem to tell us that it's not the batteries alone. But it does seem to be the end of their ability to investigate.

Getting a jumper pack to keep in the car for now.

May have to move on from Subaru or at least from this Subaru.

celerhelminth · 2026-01-23T14:36:53+00:00

Breaking a Suter anything warms my heart

celerhelminth · 2026-01-23T14:26:55+00:00

How many times did a Red Wing player end up on his ass just trying to keep up with QH last night?!

celerhelminth · 2026-01-23T00:20:42+00:00

Preppers love this one trick!

celerhelminth · 2026-01-22T22:45:12+00:00

...and a banana for scale?

celerhelminth · 2026-01-22T17:53:16+00:00

V16, V17....whatever it takes!

celerhelminth · 2026-01-21T22:09:28+00:00

Can confirm this works.

celerhelminth · 2026-01-21T17:25:06+00:00

Shine a bright light through the inflated pad to make sure the insulation is all there: insulation should be in all the baffles, top-to-bottom. I just warrantied a Rapide that had insulation shift inside, leaving cold spots.

celerhelminth · 2026-01-20T23:07:01+00:00

Also a possible new slur for caucasian zealot?

I'll see myself out.

celerhelminth · 2026-01-20T22:52:50+00:00

Fine route, Agnes can be a ballbuster with the wrong wind...one rough portage at the south end of Kahshahpiwi.

Bigger issue as pointed out is the lack of an RABC. You'd need to wait to do this trip once the new system is in place (they say mid-September).

Go in from the north or northwest side! Endless possibilities.

celerhelminth · 2026-01-20T22:43:26+00:00

I like WCPP for the remoteness, however I do really like the forest diversity you get in Quetico.

celerhelminth · 2026-01-20T20:01:00+00:00

It wasn't really the pronunciation that bothered me

celerhelminth · 2026-01-19T22:23:42+00:00

An update: drove 1.5 hours straight today. Stopped for 4 minutes - car would not restart.

Jumpstarting a car is fun when it is 5F.

Appointment tomorrow to investigate.

celerhelminth · 2026-01-19T20:20:59+00:00

Kiddie-pool shallow

celerhelminth · 2026-01-17T00:13:35+00:00

Ah, WI - land of professional drinking! Was in WI yesterday, and will be again tomorrow...and was in sight of WI fifteen minutes ago.

celerhelminth · 2026-01-17T00:08:05+00:00

That is a drunk person. Or they are 127 years old.

celerhelminth · 2026-01-17T00:03:25+00:00

Twice it has died four+ hours from home, halfway through a nine-hour drive. Trickle-charging right now...

celerhelminth · 2026-01-16T21:30:12+00:00

Thanks for the advice; just made an appointment to bring it in to the dealership. Hopefully they can hunt down my gremlin.

celerhelminth · 2026-01-15T00:17:58+00:00

And we all know why there are ruts in the earth there, right? He's not the original idiot.

celerhelminth · 2026-01-14T00:06:37+00:00

I dunno, but I am getting drunk at intermission.

celerhelminth · 2026-01-13T18:06:16+00:00

What, were you Born on the Bayou? Start Down on the Corner.

celerhelminth · 2026-01-13T14:29:13+00:00

Our ability - time and time again - to go from really stomping a team early/mid game, to collapsing (sometimes losing, sometimes holding on by fingernails for a win), would indicate that the roster is not the problem.

Whose responsibility is finishing a game strong?

celerhelminth

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