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Hubby took one look at a picture of a scoby, smiled, and said, "Don't even think about it." Not an adventuresome eater. I'll have to make some for myself to try one of these days, especially since scobys go on sale on CL here regularly.

Lots of secondary two-lane roads with no shoulders and an endless stream of trucks, right? Same here -- I'll only use the bike paths which, fortunately, abound in this area.

Ha, I laughed at that -- good one. I actually thought one of the first answers would be "The only cycling I do at my age is RE-cycling." :p

If you've taken up bicycling as an older person, did you go back to a regular bicycle? Or did you try something else? I'm toying with the idea of an electric bike, even though they're horribly expensive. (I would check out the bike shops in Seattle for a used one.) I don't have any problems...

My husband has a well-developed and amazing "selective hearing" whenever I go off on a health food rant. He just smiles and says, "Sorry, can't hear you." I didn't even get THAT when I tried to get him to start taking turmeric.

Ha, great minds think alike! We, too, have an Indian connection on the Nisqually River for our fresh-caught salmon, 20 to 30 pounds at a time for only $4 a pound. I could eat salmon every day. And thank you so much for pointing out the thyroid connection with kale, as I am hypothyroid and my...

Yep, the beans are not cooked before using in this recipe. Never had any gastric distress from eating them this way, either. The crispy fluffiness comes from the air pockets created while the batter is in the waffle iron. We tried making pancakes one time and the chickens got the result --...

Found some of my old hippie recipe books from the Seventies, including this one: Used to make these complete-protein waffles all the time, very tasty: PINTO BEAN-OAT WAFFLES These just might be the best waffles you've ever eaten... 2 1/4 cups water 1 1/2 cups rolled oats 1 cup soaked pinto...

Another idea, closer to the idea of an actual cinder block wall:

Tried that. No go. Maybe I could hide the ACV in his favorite bleu cheese dressing...

Looks like there's therapy for wimpy chickens afraid to approach or use the feeder:

It took about a decade of marriage before MY husband reached real manhood, then, as he was raised by an Oklahoman mother whose idea of veggies with supper began and ended with wilted iceberg lettuce salad (bacon grease dressing) and green beans boiled for 20 minutes in -- bacon grease. (Picture...

Oh, yes, lots of the "usual" and generous portions of each, so no complaints there. (Well, except for the hated kale, sneakily painted in yellow-green, white, red, or purple to try to confuse us -- ha, nice try.) Yes, I wish I'd quizzed them before I signed us up as to their experience and...

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Britesea, maybe fill the cinderblock holes like this, so I'd not only have a thermal mass black wall but also cute little planters: I'm also intrigued by using the concept of earth berms, both as a "wall" and as an effective windbreak:

There was a big to-do here in the Pacific Northwest when the N.Y. Times ran an article about the overdue, possibly 9.1 Cascadian Subduction Zone Earthquake. Small wonder people were freaked out when one of the quotes claimed "everything west of I-5 is basically toast." That covers a lot of...

I am happy to report Henrietta performed flawlessly on both hard-boiled and poached eggs for us. I filled the water reservoir almost to the top to boil 7 large eggs, and they came out easy to shell and non-rubbery. For poaching, I filled to the "Medium" line and then added more when they were...

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll start experimenting.

With all the health benefits of ACV, it is beyond frustrating for me to find, no matter how I try to disguise the taste in hot and cold drinks, my husband says the smell and taste make him gag. Actually, he DOES start coughing and sneezing if he drinks even a little bit, so is he allergic, or...