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I have an early 1970's Sunfish with the old style DePersia Bailer Ad from 1957 The plug is missing I have searched and it appears the old style old style DePersia Bailer is no longer made, t...
On the east coast of the United States where I live, various species of birds migrate South (sometimes West) for the winter. Some stop briefly on their long trek, others have been here for months. ...
We've had a harsh weather turnaround lately in central Europe. It went from a pretty warm late summer to a pretty cold autumn in nearly one single night. As this happened, earthworms started to com...
I have heard about people using electricity to catch worms, mostly around catching worms for fishing. How does this work? Is it safe?
I am preparing to make a purchase of all-terrain touring XC skis (sidecut 83-62-70 mm), with which I will use SNS XA boots and bindings. I know that the rule of thumb for regular XC skis is to go ...
Here's what I want to do, I want to camp (pitch a tent and go hiking) but I don't want to stay too far away from Los Angeles, and I want to camp in a place with a toilet and maybe a shower, I might...
The bird in this picture is mostly gray but has black and white stripes on the flank area. It also has a white head, red beak and red-rimmed eye. The head is outlined with a black stripe which goes...
Fish like this have been caught recently (this Autumn) in many freshwater bodies in Sweden (like Dalbergsån) and no one knows what they are supposed to be (as written in this article). Apparently,...
I have a diesel powered sailboat. What are effective ways to avoid microbial contamination of the diesel fuel? And what do you do if the fuel becomes contaminated? [This question originally asked ...
I believe [biking] and [bikes] should be synonymous indeed (or we can probably just remove one tag or the other). I don't think any deeper considerations were made when picking tags and a lot of th...
Biking currently has 26 posts and bikes has 17. Neither has a tag description. The latter is newer. This answer suggests merging them and no one's objected in the four months since it was posted...
Oops, I forgot about this, so even though it's now August I'll share. I took this picture at the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium in October 2015 using my then-current cell phone.
Millers River meets Connecticut River 6 Oct 2011, Erving/Gill Massachusetts. This picture was taken looking downriver (south) from the French King Bridge across the Connecticut River, between Ervi...
Brown Loaf in the fall A local hill named Brown Loaf in fall splendor, from the top of Scarlet Hill, Groton Massachusetts, 18 Oct 2014.
Aftermath More below than above, at this point. (What you can't tell from the picture is that we've already raked a couple times.) Pittsburgh, 2020-10-30.
Can anybody reccommend a climbing guide for the Yorkshire Dales area? I'm off for a weekend trip there in a couple of months but I'm having difficulty finding a guide for the area. Roughly the Askr...
Does anybody have a recommendation to a good book about how to survive in the Norwegian woods and similar?
I am interested in a recommendation for a good hike in New England (MA, NH, ME, VT, etc). We will have Saturday and Sunday and we want to do a long hike/backpacking. Preferably with elevations of 4...
You often want to identify different flora and fauna while hiking. Since I have my smartphone with me either way, I would like to have an app to do so. Which apps tackle the described use-case and...
Any recommendations for good hiking books describing trails, camp sites (back- and front-country), etc. along with their topology, difficulty levels for Switzerland, especially around Geneva? Somet...
The speed of sound changes with the weather, ammunition that is subsonic on a warm day may not be when its below freezing and that will make it a lot louder and less accurate. Bullets tends to dest...
I am looking to 3d print some models of different places, it should be possible to take the same data that is used for making topographical maps and turn that into STL files which I can then 3d pri...
Are there any software suitable for planning meal rations for trips? Planning happens at home so I'm looking for a desktop/web app. Desired features: Nutrient calculations Weight/volume estima...
It can allow more hunting, depending on local regulations where the wolves are. It will also make it easier to kill or otherwise deal with wolves where they interfere with human activity, like rai...
It's simple: N 44.08471° W 79.28164°. There are not too many buildings with white roofs in that area.
