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Tapped trees last week, but some aren't flowing at all. Might have to move some spiles.

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My brother's family is all SR Raiders, they live in North Lima.

Austintown

Mahoning County! I grew up there!

Part of the haul from last summer:

Didn't see a thread for this. We have been making our own for years, but when we move to Ohio we will have only 1 tree to tap. Right now we are waiting for the February thaw to set out taps and buckets, and get our boiling operation up and running. Last year we made about 2 gallons, all for...

I have no Stairmaster, but use the stairs to advantage. Over the last 45 years I have habitually gone up all stairs two at a time. If carrying a heavy load I will only do one 2-stair jump in each flight. Otherwise it's 2 all the way up, with exceptions (like the Washington Monument). If the...

I have no exercise equipment except two bicycles: 1984 Cannondale ST400 aluminum road bike with about 25,000 miles on it, built frame-up with equipment I selected in 1985 (back when we ordered by mail from paper catalogs) and updated periodically. 1996 Litespeed Vortex titanium road bike that I...

Too many hours travel from NE Ohio, no place to stay in town.

Yeah, not looking forward to the shorter and later seasons in OH. My beautifully tuned Tikka T3x in .308 and Fierce Fury in 300WM will have to be relegated to LD target, and I will have to kit out and accuratize the crossbow and 10mm carbine. Still not convinced I need to go back to shotgun...

Split pea soup with ham, garlic toast, bourbon barrel ale. No pics, because: Years ago met someone on the AT at a shelter who said - "Remember back in the day, when you got your film camera, took a picture of dinner, finished the rest of the roll, dropped it off at the developers, waited a week...

I’ve lost enough of them…

I do have a .45 cap lock with set triggers for ML…

One site is partway to Auburn, and the other is up in Butler.