Robert Ray

Dried instant potato flakes have been effective for me. I've been looking at that pressure sensitive switch that hooks onto a shop vac hose, that looks pretty effective.

Read this the other day and now wonder how far it travels.
https://olympianwatertesting.com/glyphosate-contamination-in-agricultural-runoff-environmental-concerns-and-solutions/#:~:text=Glyphosate%20dissolves%20easily%20in%20water%20and%20travels%20along,reappear%20elsewhere%2C%20with%20natural%20water%20sources%20being%20suspect.

I make ginger ale with a ginger bug ferment. Water kefir with real fruit juices or teas? My first water kefir was so carbonated it geysered onto the ceiling when we opened it. there are ways to make water kefir without sugar, coconut water, dried fruit, fruit juices, stevia as a sweetener.

Training of any kind. Sign of the times but my car kit now has Narcan. Learning how to suture, deliver fluids come in handy with livestock as well as humans. My first aid kit at home is extensive compared to what I carry in my car. A knowledge of herbal pharmacology is an important tool, Veterinary medications are sometimes exactly the same as human medications but I'm not suggesting that one uses them for humans. "Patriot Nurse" on YouTube though very conservative is a good reference site. As with anything on the web I take the good information and cruise over the dross.

I fortunately haven't been seriously injured. An employee's daughter lost her arm by having a piece of clothing caught in the drive mechanism of an irrigation pivot.
A customer's wife who had long hair was drawing water from a river filling up a firefighting water tender. Her hair was caught in the pump and was fatally injured.
My best friend from high school nearly cut off his calf muscle in a chainsaw accident.
My brother in law was killed in a logging accident where a log slipped from a choker and rolled over him.
It can happen in an instant you have to be vigilant.

Yes I am pretty sure if you grasp the slightly curved edge of the retainer and just pull it. It should have a u shaped cut out. Similar retainers on some automotive crank case filter breathers inside air filters and some brake hardware use the same type of retention. Since it looks like it is under tension with that rectangular piece it might be that you have to push it in and twist the cylinder if it doesn't have a cut out.

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I purchased a small pen/pencil that uses an aluminum alloy for the lead and was intrigued. Forever pencils might be something to look at. The lines don't bleed or smudge with water colors and I can shade unlike using ink. I purchased a full sized forever pencil and with a needle file created a chisel tip to give the versatility of a wide calligraphy nib. I initially started with an Olight branded one, small and fits in my EDC pocket or mini watercolor pouch. I haven't tried the colored pencil versions that are available.

The "Super Beet Soft Chews have allowed me to stop prescription meds. Spinach will also help. There is anecdotal evidence that elevated nitrate levels in drinking water lowered blood pressure.

This summer I was out playing with the dog in a nearby creek. The dog's hackles came up as she was looking behind me, and she was definitely on alert. As I turned around a six-foot-tall guy (not Paul) was coming down the trail dressed in a fox furry costume.  He waved at my dog and I and scampered down the trail. I learned later that a group of Furies meet every year in a nearby campground I was at a loss of words then and just laugh about it now.