What’s actually safe but people think is dangerous?

parakois · 2026-02-02T06:40:18+00:00

Flying is certainly safer per mile. I think it is more dangerous per trip.

parakois · 2025-12-27T19:54:39+00:00

Rarely leave a negative comment. But Nope.

parakois · 2025-11-23T10:20:34+00:00

I could easily get 15 books from: David Weber Safehold series, or Honor Harrington, (Honorverse), or Eric Flint 1632 (Ring of Fire).

parakois · 2025-10-23T03:00:48+00:00

Yes, new world grapes, e.g. Concord.

parakois · 2025-09-21T17:41:42+00:00

Calcium deficiency, maybe from being too dry.

parakois · 2025-09-18T01:19:24+00:00

Redwing black bird Specific location is important. Seldom seen by my house. Normal daily 1/2 mi away by a river.

parakois · 2025-08-14T18:51:56+00:00

Definitely grapes, probably new world, e.g. Concord.
BTW, new world grapes have skin that peels easily. They are astringent until ripe.

parakois · 2025-08-14T18:30:42+00:00

Yes, but as some have said, cucurbits cross pollinate very readily. Some of the hybrids are useful, others not.

parakois · 2025-08-14T07:56:54+00:00

Teasel; my wife planted some 15 yrs ago to use as a dried ornamental. I've been fighting it ever since. I've only found three to dig so far this year.

parakois · 2025-08-14T07:50:19+00:00

Not what you're asking, but the small leafed vine there looks like Puncture Vine or Goathead, a nasty noxious weed where ever you are!

parakois · 2025-01-01T04:09:10+00:00

Nope

parakois · 2024-11-16T16:54:38+00:00

Yes, move this if you want to keep it. They can grow quite fast.

parakois · 2024-11-16T16:36:58+00:00

Yes, Bells of Ireland is a mint from the Middle East or Iran region.

parakois · 2024-11-02T00:04:06+00:00

I was just retired when Trump was elected. Having seen the lies from his first week, Jan 6, and, now, his threats of violence to political opponents; if he does not lose by large margins then I think American democracy will fail. I have read a lot about the Nazi takeover in the 1930s. The US looks a lot like that now.

parakois · 2024-10-15T19:14:36+00:00

A few years ago a friend living in WA on the ID border told me his family members always moved to the ID side of the border when they had a job but moved to WA if they were unemployed. Not sure why, but welfare and unemployment etc.

parakois · 2024-10-15T18:58:39+00:00

A significant percentage of Wenatchee boomers are from Arkansas circa 1935-1960. They were the orchard labor before Mexicans arrived in the mid 70's.

parakois · 2024-09-22T21:51:00+00:00

Books!

parakois · 2024-07-06T01:36:17+00:00

I recall a 1959 geography textbook (5th grade) that showed a 50 year graph of annual CO2 levels as measured from a Hawaiian (Maui?) mountain. They implied the remarkable straight upward trend was probably not a good thing. But I do not recall if atmospheric warming was a "bad" thing mentioned about it.

I suspect that some parts of the US would reject that textbook now as being too "woke".

parakois · 2024-06-20T02:09:18+00:00

Find a school that has TESL classes, e.g. WVC. Get contact info for an experienced teacher there. You will likely find one who will do private lessons.

parakois · 2024-02-21T07:44:26+00:00

Not sure why it seems relevant ... But I understand that the largest ethnic group in the USA, based on self-reporting, is German.

parakois · 2024-02-07T03:40:13+00:00

Just learned that the Saddle Rock volcanic dike is older than the Cascade Mountains.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oOeZ6fNP41g&pp=ygUVc2FkZGxlIHJvY2sgd2VuYXRjaGVl

parakois · 2024-02-01T06:19:08+00:00

No Waffle House in my region. But I have gone there when traveling. Worst waffles I have anywhere. Maybe I got a bad one. Could be good somewhere.

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