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5-12-25, 9:05am

Alan replied to a thread Trees…the enemy in Gardening & Farming

I planted 3 red maples in my front lawn nearly 30 years ago, mainly because I liked their fall appearance, but my goodness I'm getting tired of them....

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5-10-25, 1:43pm

Alan replied to a thread Trees…the enemy in Gardening & Farming

My yard is heavily treed. I think my gas powered 17" chainsaw, along with the two smaller electric chainsaws and one 10' electric limb saw are up to...

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5-10-25, 12:46pm

Alan replied to a thread Trees…the enemy in Gardening & Farming

Just out of curiosity, will any photo do? Edited to add: Oh, I see you added the photos. Yep, those are enemy trees!

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5-8-25, 9:58pm

Alan replied to a thread One Trump policy I actually like! in Simple Public Policy

Oddly enough, the Blue Def exhaust fluid I use in my Cummins Diesel is crystal clear. The name is very misleading.

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5-5-25, 2:26pm

Alan replied to a thread One Trump policy I actually like! in Simple Public Policy

Yes, but it's very difficult to do if you're away from home for months at a time.

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5-5-25, 8:23am

Alan replied to a thread One Trump policy I actually like! in Simple Public Policy

It's easy! Go to your card provider's online portal, sign in and choose to receive electronic statements and then autopay. I link a secondary...

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5-4-25, 10:48pm

Alan replied to a thread One Trump policy I actually like! in Simple Public Policy

I do virtually everything electronically these days. I was reluctant to start but once we started spending nearly a quarter of each year traveling...

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4-29-25, 10:33am

Alan replied to a thread When bird watching gets personal! in Open Forum

Wow indeed! Luckily for me my aggressive little peckerwood failed to stop by yesterday and I haven't seen him yet today. Hoping my windows will...

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4-27-25, 9:30pm

Alan replied to a thread When bird watching gets personal! in Open Forum

That's what I'm thinking too. The windows on that side of the house are facing north east and I'm guessing the morning sun causes a reflection. He...

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4-27-25, 2:10pm

Alan started a thread When bird watching gets personal! in Open Forum

Several weeks ago I was pleased to see that a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers had taken up residence in one of my backyard oaks. I've enjoyed sitting on...

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4-23-25, 10:13pm

Alan replied to a thread Let the deportations begin? in Simple Public Policy

I don't know, although I do recall an ICE estimate of approximately 2.5 million encounters at the border during the first Trump administration and...

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4-23-25, 9:50pm

Alan replied to a thread Let the deportations begin? in Simple Public Policy

I believe there were just over 250,000 deportations in calendar year 2024. With only a few months of 2025 to compare it would appear that there may...

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4-23-25, 5:20pm

Alan replied to a thread Let the deportations begin? in Simple Public Policy

The last numbers I saw only went out to the end of March but according to them there were just over 100,000 illegal immigrants deported between...

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