Tomas.

It was a good series. Dan Carlin also has a podcast called "The Destroyer of Worlds" that is currently free that goes from the end of the second world war and the dropping of the bombs on Japan to the Cuban missile crisis. It is a long podcast but give phenomenal detail and insight and I think greatly enhances the turning point series. https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-59-the-destroyer-of-worlds/

I think it has gotten a big boost in popularity now that it is available on steam.

That was a big game from my childhood. Was back into it a couple of months ago.

A little ways away

Was quite smoky here in Edmonton yesterday. Lots of fires in the northeast of BC. The picture doesn't do the smoke justice Thankfully it was clear Friday night so we were able to get some good views of the northern lights.

I was in scouts almost 20 years ago. It was Scouts Canada then but locally it was referred to as boy scouts. We had a girl in our troop around when we 13-14 years old. She hated girl guides because they weren't doing a lot of the fun stuff we got to do. An example was we went to a big jamboree type deal and there was target shooting with pellet guns but only if you were in scouts. The girl guides weren't allowed to participate. So she got to shoot because she was in our troop. In my opinion I don't think officially dropping the "boy" is a problem. At the end of the day it always has been and will always be the local leaders that make it break the experience for these kids regardless of corporate politics.

No, that was me. It got sorted out when I was on my first trip out of town and about an hour into the ride a gear on the right side of the case decided to loose a couple of teeth and fuck up a lot of shit so I replaced it with a 2005 KLR with 10,000 miles for less money than I had into that KLR with 55,000 miles lmao. See above lol. I have wanted to upgrade for a couple of years but it doesn't make sense money wise just for a but more power.

My first bike was a 1989 KLR 650 that I bought in 2019

My first vehicle was a 2000 Silverado 1500 stepside 5.3.

I have a couple of older sleds (2007-2008) that I have been trying to bring myself to sell. Haven't even fired them up this year. Between lack of snow and lack of ambition I just can't be bothered.

Been a bit of both this time. I have a 2001 Toyota Celsior (Lexus LS 430) that doesn't have a block heater or anything, not even room to put an oil pan heater, it started every time. Didn't like it but it did. Meanwhile the wife's 2004 Forester has a battery blanket and a oil pan heater and even though it rolls over fast, it will not fire. I tried to fire up my old 1993 3.0 ranger plow truck and it wouldn't fire up either.

-40°c/-40°f here this morning and has been on both sides of that since Thursday of last week