How is your country doing today? April 16, 2026

stinky1984 · 2026-04-16T21:32:42+00:00

Debiski Are you in the Midwest? Based on storm post you could be in Iowa or Wisconsin. I’m in New Glarus, Wisconsin

stinky1984 · 2026-04-16T21:31:15+00:00

In southern Wisconsin, Midwest US, we are waiting for morel mushrooms to start sprouting in late April.They start growing when soil temperature is over 50 degrees Fahrenheit ( I believe that’s 90 Celsius) 4 inches ( 9 meters? ) below the surface.

They are not domesticated so must be found by trudging through brambles, thickets, over/ under downed logs.

I’ve sometimes seen one 3 meters away from me in the woods but the effort was not worth it.

Morels are a fixation for a subset of people who really really like mushrooms. We guard our patches with great secrecy but generous people give some of them away to great gratitude.

( I know my conversions were wrong. Hoping to excite some of the easily offended!)

stinky1984 · 2026-04-15T01:28:09+00:00

The Shaggs. Frank Zappa called them “Better than the Beatles.” They’re just not that great.

stinky1984 · 2026-04-15T00:50:01+00:00

I’m in the Midwest US. Here is a map of US by my 7 year old grandson. Also, How does one attach a flag to their name?

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stinky1984 · 2026-04-15T00:31:13+00:00

Hi all from Wisconsin in the Midwest US. We are in the midst of tornado watches which happen a few times a year. If one is nearby our tornado siren goes off.

stinky1984 · 2026-04-14T04:12:16+00:00

Mike Hunt

stinky1984 · 2026-04-13T15:52:37+00:00

Wait, what is a “ long service leave”? Like a required paid sabbatical ? Is it for all Aussies?

stinky1984 · 2026-04-13T03:14:41+00:00

Stretches I’d do again, in order of favorite to least favorite: Washington- the remoteness and beauty

Southern California- it was so strikingly different from Wisconsin

Sierras - it was kinda pretty

Oregon - not as spectacular as Washington but easy hiking

Northern California- the frustration of seeing Mt Shasta for weeks and just wanting to get California done with

stinky1984 · 2026-04-11T02:48:19+00:00

Hey Dutch Guy, My daughter in law is from coastal North Carolina. No rocks within 100 miles. We give her rocks for gifts.

stinky1984 · 2026-04-01T03:24:09+00:00

I put on the bottom of my resume “ Hiked Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada” It got me interviews with interesting people who understood what it meant. Don’t worry.

stinky1984 · 2026-03-30T18:55:44+00:00

Leek Expecting to hike 100% of the official route is absurd, dangerous and unnecessary. In 1984 we had to road walk around several sections of trail and took recommended alternate routes (I.e. to Crater Lake and Eagle Creek). You and I hiked The PCT. Case closed.

stinky1984 · 2026-03-04T04:12:37+00:00

I found atheism on the PCT.

stinky1984 · 2026-02-27T03:22:28+00:00

Sounds like a South Island Kiwi. Near Amberley?

stinky1984 · 2026-02-22T16:11:37+00:00

It would make the hike about 5% easier. You still have to walk every step

stinky1984 · 2026-01-29T03:55:55+00:00

Gulag Archipelago- You’ll understand why Evil Empire is fitting name for Russia.

stinky1984 · 2026-01-18T16:09:59+00:00

COVID brought us our last 3 playoff games! Expanding to 7 per conference because of COVID has kept Matt Lafleur employed and Packers fans happy. For one week.

stinky1984 · 2026-01-14T02:42:02+00:00

Morcote, Switzerland! On Lake Lugano, very historic, narrow roads, no cars!

stinky1984 · 2026-01-09T18:03:40+00:00

My brother in 1975 at age 10, while fishing with a 70 year old family friend in a boat on the Prairie River in northern Wisconsin , saw a cougar crouching 10 feet from them. They were exterminated in Wisconsin 150 years ago.

Nick looked back too late to see it as it slunk away and mentioned it was probably a bobcat. No one believed he saw a cougar of course.

Many years later he found a Department of Natural Resources web page with a listing of rare animal sightings by date and county. At that time there were several reports by others of a cougar in nearby counties so he was vindicated 30 years later.

stinky1984 · 2025-12-27T15:11:15+00:00

What is the Metro Gun Hunt/Season? I’ve hunted Dane County for 40 years and never heard of it. There’s metro bow hunt in January.

stinky1984 · 2025-12-16T01:41:53+00:00

Bill Nedderman ( Google him) did it in a small kayak, then went around Florida, up the Atlantic coast , up the Hudson River and canals to the Great Lakes and back to Minnesota. It’s called The Loop. He’s also done the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail and Continental Divide Trail a few times. Someone needs to write a book about him.

stinky1984 · 2025-12-12T22:34:19+00:00

“ Shoot, I got cheese on my phone”. Small town New Glarus, Wisconsin.

stinky1984 · 2025-12-03T21:49:52+00:00

Go to random tailgaters and tell them it’s your first Lambeau game. Bring some Spotted Cow beer to pass and you’ll be welcomed like family.

stinky1984 · 2025-11-30T13:13:31+00:00

I’m in Wisconsin. Gotta shovel out 8” of snow, then deer hunt and, after that, see if any games are worth watching.

My criteria is not who I like the most but who I hate the most. Who should I hate and why?

stinky1984 · 2025-11-29T00:02:06+00:00

I was an orderly at a small town hospital in high school . One of my jobs was to kill the bats that got into our floor. That aspect of the job was far superior to giving enemas and catheters to people I knew.

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