(lygenztia *335) The sound of silence....and no data..

I have a camp in Northern Ontario. There is no internet and no cell signal. Well, sorta....if you drive to the top of the mountain you can send a text (sometimes) and receive one (sometimes). But the main camp area has "zero" service. And you know what? I like that.

Whether are are making Maple Syrup, or making lunch we are all chatting. Skilled, meaningful conversation. I love it.

Conversation without distraction, with eye contact. With meaningful exchange of thoughts, stories, ideas and experiences. Beautiful. Clearly, the way it was meant to be. The contrast between pub conversation with everyone having phone in hand versus everyone standing in a circle, phone in pocket is stark and readily apparent. In the latter, everyone is in the moment.

A few people have said "you should get a hot spot device" to get internet service, or "run internet from your truck".

I respond by smiling and politely nodding and say "i'll look into it". Then I think to myself, not a snowballs chance in Hell.

(lygenztia *334) Keepin' it on the DL..........

Why do some people drive whilst wearing a hoodie? Are they cold? Is the furnace broken in their vehicle? Do they have some need to look "bad ass" to other drivers?

It looks.....ridiculous and stupid all in one. Kind of like a silly strudel, only it's baked in stupid.

Also (and here comes the "old guy" lecture), it's dangerous. Your peripheral vision is blocked significantly. Oddly enough, i've observed the hoodie donning stupid strudels to also have large, loud, can type exhaust systems. Oh, yes. Very cool.

Love how you placed a massive can on the end of your 1.2 liter 4 cylinder 98 HP "powerhouse" that used to belong to your Aunt to make it sound "fast".

Actually, on second thought..let Darwin take over with the hoodie dudes. Keep up the good work, tough guy.

(lygenztia *333) Freak.Me.Out.

Have you ever seen something in nature that just made you think "WOW"? I recently set up a trail camera in Northern Ontario and was wonderfully surprised when I viewed the photos taken by the trail cam.

Turkeys and Deer feeding at the same pile of feed. An incredible capture and yes, it Freaked.Me.Out.

Nature will sometimes do that to you. Check it out...and enjoy!

(lygenztia *332) Taking a walk...

Why do we say "Take a Walk" when we go plan to go for a walk? I mean we aren't "taking" anything, we are in fact going for (or on) a walk.

Maybe it's a throwback to olden tymes of yore and how ye spoke of things, then. More's the pity.

It just sounds so off to me. "Take a Walk"...does that mean you put the walk back when you return home? It's all so unnecessarily confusing if you actually choose to think about it. And let's not forget "take a break". Don't even get me started on that one.

(lygenztia *331) The salt that stirs the drink.....

Some people should be banned from ever using a coffee counter. C'mon, you know the type. You just want your morning coffee, BUT the guy in front of you is looking at all the the choices like it's the fist time he has ever seen them.
Milk??? "Do i want milk today?"
Cream?? "Oh, look they have cream, should I?"
Sugar and two kinds...Brown and White? "Whatever shall I do?"
Honey?? "Oh my, i'm not sure..i've heard honey is good."
Sweetener? "Oh, maybe that would be more healthy?"

"I wonder if they have lactose free milk substitute?"

Then, once he has finally decided, he delicately pours his choices into the cup and proceeds to stir it for about 22 minutes.

All the while, he is blocking the entire coffee counter off so that nobody else can reach anything. Yes, he has to stand in front of everything and stir incessantly to show his coffee prowess. Usually, this type looks around at everyone (while stirring) and smiles some quirky smile. Then once they are done, they shuffle out of the way and look at you as if "Oh, I didn't know you were waiting."

Next time, i'm slipping salt into the guys coffee when he isn't looking.

(lygenztia *330) Really? Like......really?

Tell me why a grown man would pee on a toilet seat? There is no fathomable reason that I can come up with, except for the following caveats. Disabled, in some way..or delayed in some way.

Other than that, WTF? Even a child knows enough to lift the seat, or sit down. There needs to be signs, I mean there is a sign for everything else, so why not post a sign?

"Attention Gentlemen: Please do not pee on the toilet seat."

Would that work? I doubt it, because I have an image of a toilet seat soiler. I conjure up an image of a tobacco chewing knuckle dragger that thinks "Gubmint" should not exist. Well, dammit we need "Gubmint" to regulate behaviour such as this. Eww...gross. I bet it would even piss off Honey Badger and usually, Honey Badger don't care.