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  1. Don Alaska

    Mexico is under attack by the cartels !

    Apparently the Mexican government has been searching for this man for years. The U.S. provided intelligence as to his whereabouts to the Mexicans and they attempted his capture. A firefight broke out and several of his gunman were killed and the main target was wounded and evacuated to a...
  2. Don Alaska

    Do you like to garden ?

    I sometimes do germination testing on older seeds. You can do that in the winter and it lights the gardening bug a little. I usually set a time limit, often 2 weeks at optimum temperature, as lower vigor seeds won't yield here. Seeds have to get up and growing to make it in our 90-day growing...
  3. Don Alaska

    Too old to have kids

    Depends on how many kids you have. If you want to start a family, 40 is about the reliable limit, but with technology, you can push that a bit. If you are having the 6th or 7 child, age can sometimes be pushed to 50 years. Many women are putting off having kids until they are older, and that...
  4. Don Alaska

    Do you like to garden ?

    Good for you @Yvonne Smith ! I think it is always great for everyone to grow something within their means and ability, even if it is just a few herbs or flowers. We are moving more into containers and buckets, but we still have large gardens. I want to move more into "permanent" gardens where...
  5. Don Alaska

    Blood pressure

    Almost never.
  6. Don Alaska

    Man, 20, stabbed to death at Northampton skate park named UK

    The attached link didn't identify the murderer, so I would assume form that it was not a British native, but that is only my assumption. When an illegal immigrant kills someone in the U.S., the person is often not identified, and just assume it is the same or worse in the UK.
  7. Don Alaska

    What's the Best Thing that Happened to You in the Last 24 Hours?

    Many apple trees require a pollinator @Yvonne Smith and I think a "start' could mean anything, included a grafted small tree. A seedling would be a non-grafted apple. I have wondered about sassafras here too. We used to gather roots in the spring every year for tonic/tea when I lived in PA...
  8. Don Alaska

    Trump 2.0 - What are your thoughts?

    Trump never said, "If you have a job, you can stay" in anything I have read. He has said that the emphasis of deportations will be those who are under indictment, have deportation orders against them, or are accused of criminal acts. In Red states and other places where law enforcement...
  9. Don Alaska

    Andrew latest: Government to consider legislation to remove Mountbatten-Windsor from line of succession

    He was released, but was it on bail? The story we got was that he was charged with Misconduct in Public Office because he allegedly passed classified information to Epstein so he could do what Congress people here do all the time--insider trading. Your laws are different than ours even though...
  10. Don Alaska

    What's your Weather like today

    0 F./-17.8 C. this morning but the sky is clear and we have 9 hours of daylight, so life is looking up. It is predicted to get colder over the weekend and more snow is possible next week. Typical for February, but March is around the corner and it usually gets a bit warmer then.
  11. Don Alaska

    What's bothering you right now?

    I can identify with that @Smithy. Spring is just around the corner. Start looking for new plants for your garden and maybe get some decorations you can put out now. You don't have the snow to brighten the landscape, and the cloudy, rainy days can certainly get you down, but put some...
  12. Don Alaska

    What is going on in the UK!

    Supposedly Mamdani has instituted the Muslim Call to Prayer in New York. I have been told that church bells are not allowed, but now the Calls To Prayers are allegedly sounding out throughout the city at all hours. That is the recent story anyway. Can you imagine what would have happened if...
  13. Don Alaska

    What's bothering you right now?

    It might be the new AI app that is being installed on all Android phones. I hear nothing but complaints about it from users. It is allegedly tasked with collecting more personal information on the users to market to insurance companies and others. I think there is a way to remove the AI, but...
  14. Don Alaska

    Anything left on your bucket list?

    I have thought for decades that states like Massachusetts and Florida would have bee great if they had done as I saw in Rio De Janeiro had done and place a road long the entire beach area and allowing no development on the beach side of the road. Even the hotels couldn't claim the beach...
  15. Don Alaska

    Nutrition: Fats and Oils

    Hexane, the main solvent in oil production boils at 156 F., so if it is used to fry, there should be none left. If you use them in salad dressing and such, you would be trusting the manufacturers that they boiled the solvent away. You could heat the oil to 200 F. and keep it there for a few...
  16. Don Alaska

    Has Trump outsmarted everybody?

    Of course they are hypocrites. I believe that those who advocate for open borders should have to house the immigrants at their own expense, preferably in their own homes. I wanted to ask the woman mentioned above since she in an immigrant (legal) why she believes those currently being sought...
  17. Don Alaska

    Nutrition: Fats and Oils

    Linoleic acid is an essential fatty acid. It is normally obtained from plants. Here is what Johns Hopkins has to say on the matter: https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/the-evidence-behind-seed-oils-health-effects
  18. Don Alaska

    Has Trump outsmarted everybody?

    We received a letter in the mail (believe it or not) from a long-time friend and an immigrant from the UK who has been here more than 50 years. She is now so anti-Trump it is startling. She says the U.S. is now like Germany in 1938. I started thinking about that and decided there are some...
  19. Don Alaska

    Flu / cold

    I tend to take zinc and quercetin when the flu is around. I experimented with what I called "The Treatment" years ago, and it seemed to work if you could do it right. start with a shower at a tepid temperature and slowly raise the temperature of the water in the shower until it reaches as hot...
  20. Don Alaska

    Ukraine war latest: US aims for peace deal 'next month' - as Russia attacks energy facilities

    I suspect this will go on until one side, probably Ukraine, is defeated. Both Europe and the U.S. are tiring of the entire thing, which is what Putin is relying upon. Poland will stick with it longer than other European nations since they are directly affected. Maybe the massive Latvian army...
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