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I have a freezer full of elk, winter coming on, and Mrs. Badger's cat is looking rather plump. We'll be OK if worse comes to worst.

You've come to the right place. :) There are a lot of different opinions about Bettas and tankmates, and some basics about kuhli loaches. Here's what I think: Betta splendens is generally best kept alone or with lethargic tankmates that won't bother them. They seem to do OK with amano...

Thanks! I rather like it.

You have the Fish Forum. Chickens don't.

Currently working on making a sheathe from a badger hide I've had lying around for a few years. Stay tuned...

The blade was ready to go. Just had to trim up the tang a little with the dremel to make it fit the cavity in the jaw, and put a good edge on it. I don't do metalwork; it's something I'd like to learn but who has the time? Yeah, it's a little too chunky for any kind of fine cutting. Much...

Especially for the chicken. He's saving it from a long life of bewilderment and fear. :lol:

Just finished a seax-type knife. Elk jaw handle with chokecherry wood cap and guard, finished with beeswax/pine pitch. Blade is damascus steel, purchased off Etsy. I sort of keep my eye open for good deals on blades like this. Yes, it's very sharp. 🗡️ I really love chokecherry wood...

His spam posts weren't even entertaining. So I'm glad you banned him.

I use a small, graduated syringe to measure out 5 ml of water. I've ordered little plastic test tubes off Amazon and used them, but glass is easier to read.

May I suggest getting up, doing a bunch of stuff, then going to bed later this evening.

When I am online and not over here discussing fishy things with fishy people, I can often be found at the Primitive Archery forum, talking about wooden bows and arrows and the people who do interesting things with them. Most of the people over there are not extremely young, and the culture of...

Ooooo, just got the message that the book I placed on hold is in at the library. The final book of Cornwell's Saxon Saga. When I started The Last Kingdom last spring, I didn't expect to read all 13 books in the series. I've enjoyed them and I'll be glad to wrap them up and start on something...

I'm going to tear this tank down today, so this is the end of this journal. Last week I moved one healthy frog and two badis into the 55. Haven't seen the badis since then, but I'm guessing they'll find a calm spot to establish territories and be just fine. There's nothing in the tank now...

:oops: There's a place we used to camp all the time in the Bighorns on the edge of a lodgepole pine forest. One time we went up there and all the trees were snapped off two to four feed off the ground, lying around all over like matchsticks. My dad worked in aviation electronics at the time, and...

I always start my Walstad tanks with a ton of stem plants to serve as fast-growing ammonia sponges, then gradually eliminate them as they get leggy, I get tired of trimming, and the slower growers (I'm especially partial to crypts) start to take over.

That's a species I'd like to try. Nice looking setup so far.

If they're seahawks, enter them in the NFL. They give off too much bioload to be kept in most home tanks.

I just saw this on a kid's shirt. Cracked me up.

This reminded me of the Old Weather Rock.

The first picture doesn't open, and the second seems to be a portrait of a falcon. ???? If you have falcons in your tank, you might need more help than I can give you. If it were me, I'd enter them in the Pet of the Month contest, though. :lol:

My wife, a former public school teacher herself, said yesterday that all CEOs of candy companies should be required to substitute teacher at a primary school the day after Halloween. I'm not big on the overuse of executive orders, but I would almost go for that one...

Well, the ladies are all out at play practice and band rehearsal, so I'm handling trick or treating solo. Just gave out my last bit of candy to a couple of my students, a fourth grader and a kindergartner. The little guy got all excited to see where I lived, and said he wished he could have a...

I do, and it is. 😨

@connorlindeman What do you say?

Whew, I used to love Halloween so much before I became an elementary teacher. My butt is kicked.

I'm not the only one enjoying the fishies.

That was a really cool picture. Congratulations.

Yeah, that can get into some deep waters too, but it's worth considering. Not understanding one's place in the food chain is a luxury of prosperous, industrialized societies. Those that live closer to the earth and/or closer to poverty have no choice, as in @emeraldking's story above. They...

This is a very insightful comment.

There used to be a bumper sticker that was popular around here that said, "If we aren't supposed to eat animals, why are they made of meat?" :lol: 🥩

I've seen some newbies put up really nice tanks. Yours looks great!

Drive through Wyoming sometime. You will see antelope. Unless you're asleep the whole way.

Snowing like crazy today. It's barely sticking, the temp being just above freezing. Got rained out of an antelope hunt last night, which isn't something that happens very often.

Ah, nostalgia ain't what it used to be.

These interviews crack me up. I think the funniest part is how her subjects seem not to realize she's being funny.