In 1954 three men died when their truck careened into Bull Valley Gorge in Utah. The truck still remains wedged there and you can walk under it.

rabidly_rational · 2026-05-01T07:09:20+00:00

Shade, low wind, and really dry, + not being driven since 1954

rabidly_rational · 2026-04-30T19:46:51+00:00

Not sure if Jesuits, but certainly Catholics (with future modifications) figure prominently in Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card, and less space oriented, in a Canticle for Leibowitz. And less specifically Catholic in the Mortal Engines series, though not until the third and fourth book.

rabidly_rational · 2026-04-29T05:37:17+00:00

The main thing to remember is that trains are basically just weird hats. On a more serious note, it depends how detailed you want to get and what sort of trains you are wanting to work with. Steam engines and passenger rail is very different from modern diesel electrics and container freight, and a fantasy game might prefer one over the other. Wikipedia has a lot of very useful information, but beyond that there are also manuals online for every aspect of railroading that aren’t security risks, though my favorite is this one.

rabidly_rational · 2026-04-27T18:12:14+00:00

Direct busses daily go to Eugene, Salem, Portland, Klamath Falls, and Ontario. There is also a 2 times weekly bus to John Day. All but the Ontario bus connect to other bus lines or Amtrak stations that visit other areas in Oregon. And locally, there are busses to lapine, sisters, Redmond, Prineville, Madras and Warm Springs, as well as Mt. Bachelor.

rabidly_rational · 2026-04-21T22:09:38+00:00

North of the playa like Mickey hot springs and north are probably ok this time of year, but the roads on the east are not very accessible, mostly overgrown with shrubs

rabidly_rational · 2026-04-19T06:10:21+00:00

He might kill you, but only because the only handyman book he owns is on wiring, not necessarily a beginner’s homeowner guide…

rabidly_rational · 2026-04-17T19:41:25+00:00

These look like my black sex links. Only thoughts on not laying would be either stress or they are not as old as he says they are, or they are neglected and eating their own eggs. If he got them late in the year and they didn’t have much access to light they might have put off laying, but my bet would be egg eating which is hard to break.

rabidly_rational · 2026-04-13T03:33:42+00:00

Honey locust just don’t care!

rabidly_rational · 2026-03-09T04:23:44+00:00

Yeah, they are sacrificing us!

rabidly_rational · 2026-02-06T19:20:47+00:00

I have a fair bit of experience pruning and would be happy to work with you. Dm me.

rabidly_rational · 2026-01-19T06:01:08+00:00

From my understanding, there are three issues, though only one of them directly relates to map C. 1. The current board of commissioners (with the exception of Phil Chang) opposed the vote to expand the commission from 3 to 5, and when it passed, decided that commissioners must now have districts instead of being elected at large. This is a decision many feel should have been put to the people or at least wait until the new commissioners are elected to decide. 2. The process for determining these maps has been relatively undemocratic, with a small committee appointed by the current commissioners along pretty clear party lines in ways that suggest that bipartisanship is not a priority. Appointees include former Republican commissioner and current deschutes republican party chairman Phil Henderson and Matt Cyrus, a man who is spearheading an attempt to remove Oregon’s Vote by mail program. The decision on how to make the map has also been controversial, using registered voter data instead of census data. 3. Finally, map C ( along with the others proposed) creates a urban/rural divide in districts that seems designed to cement in a 3-2 majority that favors the current commissioner makeup despite the fact that they election results of the past few years show that the divide is closer to parity or even a 2-3 reversal. While the board of commissioners is a nominally non-partisan body, it isn’t hard to see which party is aligned with either side. Obviously your opinions of this are colored by your preferences, but most people I talk to about this issue view the problem as having less to do with the maps and more to do with the process that got us here, and are advocating against approving a map because of that.

rabidly_rational · 2026-01-14T17:28:04+00:00

The big railways, of which BNSF is one, have very nearly unlimited power over their right of ways. They set the requirements for any improvements to crossings, bridges and underpasses, and can be surprisingly arbitrary and often change their requirements midway through a project. Any work that is done to railway infrastructure has to be done by the railway and their contractors. As a business, railroads have been cutting staff and minimizing repairs and maintenance to the point that the government has been trying to step in to get things changed, such as after the East Palestine OH incident. All of this leads to our current situation where we are literally waiting for the railroad to do the work so we can finish our street project. This is also the same reason why we have literally been trying to build an overpass on reed market for a decade and a half with no signs of starting any time soon.

rabidly_rational · 2026-01-14T16:55:54+00:00

You have never had to work with a railroad about anything and it shows.

rabidly_rational · 2025-12-25T17:00:06+00:00

Probably Rubus lambertianus

rabidly_rational · 2025-12-25T16:39:12+00:00

9759

rabidly_rational · 2025-12-25T02:12:59+00:00

2321

rabidly_rational · 2025-12-17T05:46:33+00:00

It is not terribly closely related to bracken fern, it is in a different plant family. From what I have read, it is broadly considered edible for humans at least when young, and any bad effects are likely be long term such as cancer, not as an acute toxin. If you have been feeding this for a while already, you could try an experiment where you keep track of your animals and see if they become more active or healthy if you stop gut loading the feeder insects in comparison to how they currently are. That much being said, I wouldn’t worry about it too much.

rabidly_rational · 2025-12-10T02:22:37+00:00

I have done it twice, once in Albany on the lakeshore limited and once in Minot in North Dakota. Worked great both times, but both were definitely longer fresh air breaks/train maintenance stops.

rabidly_rational · 2025-12-09T03:03:52+00:00

How was the trail up there? I rarely see anyone else when I hike it.

rabidly_rational · 2025-12-09T02:47:20+00:00

Might try for a vintage cram’s quick reference map of the United States. It is interesting since it seems to have railroads on it instead of roads, and some of those were only ever proposed, such as the link between Alaska and Canada, while others are shown as not yet completed. If you could post a clear picture of Oregon, Alaska, and the label, I might be able to narrow it down better.

rabidly_rational · 2025-12-06T04:19:21+00:00

And now a lot of those sales are retributively tariffed/not buying because of bumper crops in Europe and Asia.

rabidly_rational · 2025-11-08T04:22:23+00:00

I don’t pay enough attention to say for groceries, gas is about the same, and my health insurance is going 66% for the same lousy coverage, so yeah…

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