Recent content by vansimplement

Yup, those are pretty neat little machines. :) But like most men's hobbies... you would then be telling your wife that you don't have enough money!

A lull in posts could be due in part to the end of "vacation season" just coming to a close. Seems like if I'm not the one gone, I'm working double-time for those that are. All in all, it leads to a couple months of scarce computer time. I would imagine others run into the same issues.

Yeah, such is the internet. There are factually incorrect or blatantly false e-mails floating around the internet for almost every well-known politician or celebrity. It's been that way for years, and I would wager it will be that way long after the 2008 election. The interesting thing in...

I'm surprised that the oil companies haven't used this as an excuse to spike fuel prices again (or maybe it did and I haven't noticed?). I thought any excuse was a good excuse for those guys....

I've heard that those are pretty dandy, but have never gotten to see one in person. I'm assuming it's not horribly common in this part of the state.

Anyone e-mail them about the problem yet?

In my experience it's been a mow-taller, mow-slower situation. But the lawn seems to be happier so I can put up with an extra 15 or 20 minutes of mowing time when I do it.

Yup, that's one of the things that can make the internet so time-consuming to surf. Not-quite-related search results that are just interesting enough to pull you off track :)

Yup, I got one at some point during the weekend. She's hitting up the wrong person though. I happen to like a little dogmatic theology every now and again!

I'm firmly in the Gonna-Get-Worse-Before-It-Gets-Better camp. Certain farmers (not all, mind you - many are happy as pigs in mud) around here like to drive up here in their brand new pickups and yet complain about the price of fuel, "things have gotta change!". That is probably true, but not...

I have a corner lot in town (sadly) and use a pushmower on my yard. Starting this year I set my deck as high as it allows (maybe 3.5"?) I used to just (roughly) match the height of my neighbors lawns but decided that they cut it way too short. So far I don't need to mow any more often (maybe...

Up here all I've had so far has been rhubarb and strawberries. Not that I'm complaining :) Give it another month and I'll have cucumbers coming out my ears, with beans and tomatoes to boot.

... or a worldwide pandemic. Those are coming up soon, if you listen to the right people :) Seriously though, I agree that there is a lot of hype surrounding the whole global-warming debate. (Though I believe that we should cut down on pollution anyways) That said, there are a lot of other...

Yup, I drove in on I-70. There's an archery club, "T.H.E. Archery Club" I think is the name, that owns land south on old 75 just before the Wakarusa River - it's tucked in behind the roadside park there. The shoot this weekend was "traditional archery" only (longbows, recurves, and hand-made...

Hey Bill - I haven't been here long myself but it's been a nice place to hang out. I was actually through your part of Kansas just this weekend for an archery shoot south of Topeka.... got to visit a few friends in Lawrence on the way so it was a nice trip. I DID hit the storms when I was...