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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So far #OurWawar camera traps have caught a lot of wildlife - bear, deer, raccoon, chipmunks, squirrels, skunks, coyotes, mice, and even a random stray cat!
But not a single rabbit or wild turkey which is a bummer. I was hoping to trap some to eat.
We found a bunch of old animal traps on the land. And I was reading that the tradition in that area before industrialized meat was more trapping than hunting. Deer hunting was okay but it was a logistical nightmare for most people to butcher and store em, unless for a feast.
Today, deer hunting is easy. You shoot one of those stupid things. Throw it in the back of a pickup. Take it to a USDA approved butcher. Who will vacuum seal it. You stick it in the freezer.
Not so easy in 1800s. Sure, you kill it. But what next? It might rot by evening.
Boss how can you claim vegetarianism as a default virtue in Hinduism when LITERALLY every single myth of ours involves folks hunting. Unless you think Ram or Shantanu were into taxidermy, what do you think they were hunting for? To eat!! That's the whole damn basis of Ramayana!
Like literally the story of the Ramayana is that dude goes hunting so he, wife, and brother can eat some nice roasted venison. And another dude comes and kidnaps his wife. And then war happens.
So FFS stop shoving vegetarianism down our throats using state machinery.
If it is Ram Rajya then let us eat what Ram ate. Meat. 🤷🏽🤷🏽
I think Kajol is probably the most melanin I've seen in a mainstream Bollywood actresses. And she was third gen Bollywood. And in her most famous movie DDLJ, is shamed by her mom for not being gori.
The issue of light brown vs dark brown vs black is one seen all over the world, from black America to Chile to middle East to Pakistan to India.
There was this telling experiment in which they showed people pics of Obama with varying skin darkness level, then polled them.
Somewhat emotional and rambling and sciency 🧵 coming up. 🥲
This here is the first appearance of Autumn red leaves at #OurWawar. Red maple beat out red oak.
Longtime followers will know my obsession with the beauty of Autumn red and the intriguing open science behind it.
As I've tweeted pretty much every October, the Autumn red is a fundamentally different thing than Autumn yellows and orange. And it is not yet a settled question about why exactly some trees go through this trouble of turning red just a couple of weeks of the year.
Pretty yellow leaves, like you see in Europe etc, do not require any extra effort from the trees. And makes total evolutionary sense. Deciduous trees shut down chlorophyll production as the sun grows weaker and heavy snow is about to start. That slowly turns em yellow, brown.
Just yesterday y'all were crying that US visa wait times are too long.
Now you are like, India should issue an advisory that don't go to US and #BoycottUSA
Chronology wise it seems very much like "you can't fire me cos I quit!"
Modi has just created a generation of Rotlu's. Who buy into the constant passive aggressive whining against Murrca.
Btw America kisi ki sagi nahin. Plus your PM & his online army literally campaigned for Trump. Jaishankar whines about WaPo columns. Blamed Biden for 2nd wave.
If it was Manmohan's or even Vajpayee's India complaining about such things, you can understand.
But like literally, your guy said "Ab ki baar Trump sarkar". Your online acolytes harass the desi origin Vice President and her niece!
I'll do a trend graph next week to confirm this and even test it statistically. But it seems like there is some kind of a recruitment or enthusiasm crisis in Malviya's cell. Hardly any accounts with 100+ followers in the hate section. It's like their C team or D team now.
And even the monotony and "copy paste and slightly edit" nature of the pushback is so lazy nowadays. Like I can just eyeball and see which 6-7 accounts with 15ish followers are all run by the same person sitting somewhere trying to make a living by "following orders".