Blower motors are rarely easy in most cars. It wasn’t great in my 71 BMW either. But I recently had the pleasure of replacing a battery in a 2017 BMW X1 and that simple task took me 6 hours. Maintenance on new cars is ridiculous. I love this guy’s simple approach to happiness through anti consumerism. It’s definitely a goal for me.

Sometimes Amazon or garden supply websites. This year my local nursery had them in stock when the aphids showed up. I prefer to buy them locally when possible.

A ladybug larva with an aphid in it’s mouth

I’m in US zone 7b so we usually get a winter with snow and sub freezing temperatures December-March. Both aphids and ladybugs will die off during winter but leave eggs that remain and hatch in the spring. Each year I supplement the natural occurring ladybugs and usually release approximately 3000 when the aphids appear. That sounds like a lot but it’s only two small containers. I rely on the ladybugs for pest control and never use insecticides as I want a natural ecosystem to flourish. Most years it works out and my garden remains healthy. Right now the aphids are ravishing my beets and poppies. Fingers crossed the ladybugs will triumph and reign in the aphids before I lose too many plants. Soon these ladybugs will lay eggs (during summer) and the resulting larva will do most of the work. The larva look like small six legged alligators and you can observe them picking up aphids and eating them. It’s fascinating to watch.

Wise words. More people need to think and chill before unleashing.

Brilliant image!

His vocal intonations sound similar to the Lockpicking Lawyer. Could this be him?

Top three work PCs for my work are Dell, Lenovo, and HP. I didn’t even consider HP on the last purchase. Not that the others options are great but never HP.

It’s only after you’ve lost everything that you’re free to do anything. - Tyler Durden

“Following a comprehensive review, we determined the planned Flock Safety integration would require significantly more time and resources than anticipated,” Ring wrote in a blog post. “As a result, we have made the joint decision to cancel the planned integration.”

Not necessarily because of privacy concerns.

The tool I referenced is just an archive search engine. It searches for unblocked copies of the article. It’s not a mechanical “paywall remover” in the literal sense.

What’s a hard paywall? Again, it’s has never failed me. It works fine on OP’s article. Can you show me one it doesn’t work for?

Try https://removepaywalls.com/. I’ve never had it fail for me.

The photo in the post doesn’t look like the adapter I remember. The originals didn’t have radial bars behind each spring. Only the new ones on amazon do.

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”- Hunter S. Thompson

The article makes several bold statements and cites zero sources. I don’t see any reason to believe it.

Whenever I visit a grocery store that requires a phone number for member number it’s (area) 867-5309

Great pictures! Love Death Valley.

There are several versions of this design on Etsy