We've had our first big tree fall and it needs to be cleared.
With our goal to keep #OurWawar's carbon footprint minimal, I don't want to go straight to an electric chainsaw. Wanna try a good old tree saw, build muscles also.
Any recommendations for non mechanical saws?
Axe I already have. But apparently saws are faster for a fallen tree use case
Trying out these two saws, one by one. Both are decent. It'll be a good workout all day. Clear out this fallen Ash tree from that path.
The Marathi punster in me wants to do this all night so I can say करवते बदलते रहे सारी रात हम 🤭🤭
Great success! This is such an enjoyable workout!
And further great success. Walkable path.
This wood is so nice! One of my recent bucket list items is to learn woodworking and make a chess set out of #OurWawar wood.
Mission accomplished!
My arms are going to be so sore tomorrow, lol.
First sawed with saw then axed with axe. Upper body workout plus quality wood. Will mostly be used as firewood.
But I really need to learn woodworking! There is so much high quality wood just lying around.
As a boy, I used to whine sooo much when dad collared me to help with things like cutting wood, sanding it, hammering it, working with all kinds of tools, painting the house, basic electric work etc.
Now I'm so thankful for those years that made me baseline handy.
Haha, a friend saw this thread and sent this video. Most apt!
Chilly fall day at #OurWawar and we are turning the Ash into ash.
It's so soothing and hypnotic just staring into the fire, noting the different currents of the flames, the dance of yellow, orange, and red. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Grad students Amit & Mita (names changed) drove to finger lakes for their anniversary.
Mita was driving when they hit unusual traffic. Due to some escaped convicts, cops had set up a check post to eyeball every passing car.
Cops looked at their car, said please pull aside! /1
"Have you been drinking, ma'am?"
Mita: No I don't drink. He had some saki at lunch but I'm stone cold sober! You can test me!
"That's not necessary but here's the thing. I have a body cam. Which captured that half filled saki bottle in your back seat. It's been recorded."
Amit: Oh that's the leftover saki bottle from the restaurant, with leftover food. I wasn't drinking it in the car.
"I believe you. But having a bottle like that in the back seat is still a violation. That my body cam caught. So I'm gonna give you a ticket. Don't worry about it"
Something I'm telling y'all that Godi media doesn't. An important distinction.
An "Immigration Judge" is not a real judge. They are directly under Trump's control and are basically bureaucrats play acting judges.
Immigration courts under Trump will not be like actual courts.
Trump is currently targeting actual federal judges BECAUSE systemically, he can't really do anything to them. Other than defy them.
But "Immigration Judges" are hired by him &serve at his pleasure. They have no constitutional validity or independence outside the executive branch
Until now, most administrations have run Immigration Courts like they are real courts. Immigration Judges weren't real judges but presidents treated them like they were and did not interfere in their cases.
Trump tho is unlike any other POTUS. He is obsessed with mass deportation
A buddy of mine got into Stevens for Masters, was wait-listed at Wisconsin. Just before the academic year started, Wisconsin sent him an admit. He came to US on the Stevens linked student visa, showed up at Stevens, said, thank you but I want to transfer to Wisconsin....
Stevens says oh well, we are sad to see you go, but we understand. University of Wisconsin is a bigger and more well known University than Stevens. Here is your transfer. Good luck.
That is how the system is supposed to work. You transfer when you "upgrade" Masters programs...
Soon after Trump takes over, you'll see planefuls of Gujarati Haryanvi Telugu young men deported cattle like to India. It'll be on TV news & social media in Feb.
He has to start off with quick easy mass deportations. Recent undocumented Desi dudes are easiest.
Trump has been promising splashy deportations that are a media event like his overnight Muslim ban last time.
But it's way too difficult & expensive to actually hunt, catch, and deport those whose melted into society.
It's easier to deport those who turned themselves over.
The 100K or so undocumented Indians who've crossed the land borders in recent years generally turn themselves over to the government. Then wait for their immigration hearings in the clogged system. But that also means the federal government generally knows where they are.
I know that's what they will come in wanting to do.
The nerdy historic govt wonk point I'm making is that Musk-Vivek will find even that privatization thing hard to pursue cos US govt has gotten that treatment for 40 years now!
At age 16, entering 10th standard, I was in fact extremely proficient at the English language. As well as all my friends who joined that coaching class with me.
Because scoring well in 10th Boards English had nothing to do with being good at English.
It was about exam hacking
I don't know how Maharashtra SSC English works now, but at least in my day, the state topper would get like 82 or something. They got 100 in math science but English, even crossing 70 was a big deal.
As as exam setter myself now, that makes no pedagogical sense. At all!