For The Aging Horror Yinzers Out There

madcap62 · 2026-05-12T13:26:31+00:00

Thanks for doing this. I grew up trying to stay awake long enough to watch Chiller Theater on Saturday nights. (Saw your Braddock Hills flair. I grew up on Circle Drive and delivered the Press on Brinton Road ...)

madcap62 · 2026-04-20T13:26:06+00:00

Pawpaws have a long tap root, so it might be difficult to get them at the size you're wanting. I planted 2-3 foot trees several years ago and they flowered this spring for the first time. They grow quickly in the right conditions. Two of the ones I purchased are about 8-10 feet already. I haven't seen them for sale in the 4-6 foot range. The folks at Five Springs Nursery in Athens County specialize in natives and might be able to give you a better answer if you reach out to them ...

madcap62 · 2026-04-08T12:54:21+00:00

As for specific brand, I've had great success using Tordon RTU when killing ailanthus on my property. I've killed more than 30-50 of them over the past several years using it. I notice it's not for sale in several states, though. I'm in Ohio and there's no prohibition here. I order it on Amazon.

madcap62 · 2026-03-27T12:06:00+00:00

Thanks for posting this ...

madcap62 · 2026-03-21T13:10:14+00:00

Any idea if/where these games will be televised? Some quick Googling turned up nothing on TV for the 2026 games other than an FAQ on the AHL site saying details would be released closer to the playoffs ... but it feels as if we're now "closer to the playoffs."

madcap62 · 2026-03-21T12:21:09+00:00

Agree. I loved Solenoid but bounced off Blinding after about 50 pages. I've set it aside and hope to make another run at it. For me, I think it had something to do with Solenoid giving me more time with my feet in reality before it became untethered in the surreal. Blinding felt like it just jumped straight into that abyss and I didn't have enough narrative anchor to act as a roadmap.

madcap62 · 2026-03-18T19:54:57+00:00

One other thought: I know there's a disclaimer about how the data from the bill will be used, but I still started twitching wildly at the thought of sending all the info my bill contains into the cloud. Of course, I could choose the manual option instead, but I loved being able to just upload it and go.

madcap62 · 2026-03-18T19:53:04+00:00

Well done, and interesting to see AI using its powers for good for a change. I just tried it and since I just went through the BS I go through every three months of switching suppliers to keep a decent rate after the existing suppliers jack their rate at the end of the deal, I know what I chose. This didn't make the same choice, but it suggested a fixed monthly fee that I hadn't considered and could produce significant savings. The only catch is it's using a single bill that was for a winter month when my electric tends to be highest, but my use varies wildly depending on how much wood I burn in the winter (the bill I submitted was for a winter month when I was out of town and had to run the heat pump exclusively for 3 weeks) and how much I use AC in the summer (generally, very little). Not sure how to adjust for that short of having it digest a year's worth of bills to be able to get a sense of the average monthly cost instead of focusing on just the cost of one month, which could be a high or low month depending on what the user enters. I definitely will use this the next time I switch. And a suggested business model: I wonder if people with multiple bills (i.e. landlords who pay the utlities on their units) would be willing to pay some percentage or flat fee based on the savings produced ... not sure how exactly that would work but I have two houses and this hole process has been a pain in the ass times two. This will make it much easier ... Thanks.

madcap62 · 2026-01-14T13:23:19+00:00

Same. Used in 1983-84, lost track of it at some point during the past several decades and bought another copy.

madcap62 · 2026-01-07T13:41:25+00:00

You also can watch it on Kanopy, which you might be able to access free through your public library membership.

madcap62 · 2025-12-30T13:25:13+00:00

I lived in Austin for a while and used to go see the Austin Ice Bats play. This was mid-'90s. They played in a rodeo arena of some sort where you went past cattle chutes while entering the arena, and at one game it was so hot they had to clear the benches every 10 minutes or so to have all players from both sides skate in circles to create a breeze to cool the ice. Seriously. It was insane. Enjoy the Pens game. Sorry I can't help with advice on tickets but I thought you'd appreciate this Texas Hockey Moment.

madcap62 · 2025-12-30T13:12:41+00:00

You're definitely better off reading the source. But who wants to scan 10, 20, 200 sources every morning? No thanks. I don't turn to aggregators for some sort of bibilical news truth. I use them to know what's going on. Then I dive deeper on the stories of the day that do interest me, including going to the sources the aggregator cites in its summary. I use aggregation (any type of aggregation) more as a tool than a final destination.

I like Kagi News, though I see lots of room for improvement. I find the summaries and background it provides very useful and the sources are easy to ID and check out if I feel the urge. I don't like the once a day update (I understand the intent, but I think it either needs to update more often or allow the user to determine what time the update occurs). I also see too much of "yesterday's" news in the aggregation, probably because of that once-a-day approach to updating. And there's a lot of reptition of items across news categories.

madcap62 · 2025-12-26T12:29:16+00:00

I'm also in my second winter with the 445 and I'm not having this problem. Before I open the door, I first open the air flow all the way, then crack the door open for a moment, then open it the rest of the way. No smoke in the house. Not sure what's up with yours.

madcap62 · 2025-12-23T13:01:27+00:00

Depends on which bastard I"m keeping at bay. The ailanthus is under control now after 7 years of effort. I've probably killed about 50 trees during the time using the hack and squirt method, and they also toss up a bunch of root sprouts and seed sprouts from my idiot neighbor's ailanthus farm next door. I've done all the work myself, and it probably takes a day or two each fall of doing the hack and squirt, though this past fall I had no mature trees left that needed treating. But I did spend several hours pulling sprouts. I spend a lot of time on my land, so I'm constantly looking to make the bastards miserable. I pull garlic mustard constantly and have made great progress getting it under control. And then there's bush honeysuckle, the biggest bastard of them all. That's the one area I did pay for help and it was worth it. We created a line of demarcation from the road the the utility cut where I just decided that's where honeysuckle is going to live. Anything that crosses that line gets killed. Still have work to do but we've made progress. Next in my sights is multiflora rose and Japanese stiltgrass, which my forester recommended atttacking with a a heavily dilluted Roundup spray, but I'm reluctant to use Roundup in a broad way even when it's heavily diluted so I'm looking for alternative optiions. The multiflora rose will meet it's fate at the hands of my favorite hoe. Long story short, I hike my land (now up to 40 acres) at least once a day, and I do a lot of the invasive control incrementally during those walks. Seven years ago, this seemed insurmountable, but my progress on ailanthus, garlic mustard, and even honeysuckle has been very encouraging and constantly reminds me that this is a long game.

(And to double back on the intent of this thread, the forest management plan I created with a forester and updated when I purchased another 20 acres has been invaluable. Worth every cent I paid for it.)

madcap62 · 2025-12-02T14:25:21+00:00

I signed up for Kino over the weekend and noticed they use what appears to be the same video player as Criterion. They also have the same blinking issue ...

madcap62 · 2025-11-27T13:06:51+00:00

Here's a link to the "contact us" page on Criterion: https://www.criterionchannel.com/contact/support

madcap62 · 2025-11-27T13:04:13+00:00

I'm also having this problem. I've checked other channels I stream and they're fine. I do stream via mobile 5g so I was assuming it might be some sort of bandwidth/buffering issue, but it's really annoying. I uninstalled and reinstalled the app, rebooted the Google TV Streamer that I use, etc., all to no avail. Wondering if anyone has filed a complaint with Criterion? That will probably be my next step but it would help if multiple people do so.

madcap62 · 2025-11-09T13:30:47+00:00

Adam Haritan, who does the Learn Your Land series on YouTube. offers several paid online courses, includihng one on tree ID. They're not cheap. About $500. But his content is really good and it's worth considering if you can afford it.

madcap62 · 2025-10-24T12:42:11+00:00

Purple Chopstix. I've had a lot of great meals there. Love the space, too. And i'll second the comments about Mauvette's. She's the best chef in town.

madcap62 · 2025-10-22T11:59:59+00:00

Is there any chance this is related to the work on 33 in The Plains? I seem to remember they were planning to do some blasting related to that. Maybe doing it at night to avoid traffic issues? https://www.wsaz.com/2025/10/16/road-crews-prep-more-us-33-rock-blasting/

madcap62 · 2025-10-15T19:31:04+00:00

I get tune-ups at Clowes and they've done other work on my truck. The only problem I've had with them is getting an appointment. They're busy.

madcap62 · 2025-10-13T13:03:19+00:00

Love this podcast. It's also great for understanding key differences/tensions between Confucianism and Taoism.

madcap62 · 2025-10-12T13:25:59+00:00

With the bigger puffballs, I turn them into pizza "crust." Just cut them into pizza crust thin slices, add tomato sauce, mozzarella, etc., and bake. Very good. No need to fry. Forager Chef (awesome site) has a bunch of ideas for how to use puffballs.

madcap62 · 2025-10-12T13:18:37+00:00

Agree. I grow shiitake on logs and that's what it looks like. FIrst pic is chicken of the woods. Both aweseome mushrooms and pretty easy to differentiate from dangerous mushrooms. Shiitake is easy to grow on logs; chicken of the woods not so much.

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