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[vehve]

Hey, all of you yanks, don't forget to vote today. And this is not an invitation to start discussing politics, just a reminder to all of you, regardless of which party you stand behind. (I'm a big fan of the idea of democracy).

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Hey, all of you yanks, don't forget to vote today. And this is not an invitation to start discussing politics, just a reminder to all of you, regardless of which party you stand behind. (I'm a big fan of the idea of democracy).

Plan to! Polls are open until 8 here in Maine so I'll sneak over after work.

Spent a long night mostly not sleeping, tossing and turning, thinking about the future. Being an adult isn't as fun as it looks in the movies.

 

[tntchix]

Zipped over first thing this morning and voted.

I even made note of letting officials know they should remind folks to flip ballot over in case there is more on back. One small proposal for us was on back side.

 

[vehve]

Us elections are a weird combo. You have direct democracy in some things, such as certain legal amendments, but then again presidents are elected via indirect democracy.

 

[Wisher1000]

I agree, V, it drives me nuts! I wish (there I go again) that we would go to the "one man, one vote" system. We have the technology to do it now, the electoral college is no longer necessary. The problem is, it would cut out the political clout of certain areas and they would be vehemently opposed.

 

[hennible]

Hey @hennible
, I know (assume from your posts) you've already ordered your incubator, and wish you all the best with it! You did mention that you intend to follow that up with a "built" one... I am not personally to the point of incubating/hatching yet as my birds only just started laying (4 out of 30+).  Most are just reaching POL and doing a very light moult.  Anyway, to the point:

You might consider checking out @Sally Sunshine
's thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...bator-how-we-did-it-and-test-run-ready-set-go. When the time comes and I'm ready to incubate, this is the way I intend to start out. I will most likely build 2 and use one for incubation and the other for hatching. Several have done this and reported similar excellent results. 

edited for spelling

Thanks that thing looks amazing, the page is saved for my future reference

Crud it appears today is the 4th, I gotta get my tires changed. Thought that was tomorrow...

 

[hennible]

Oh and for 76, Tommy Chong was down right sexy on dancing with the stars

 

[casportpony]

How much do u guys sell laying hens for? I am thinking of selling my mutt brahmas

A place near me sells started pullets for about $11 and their 18 month old battery hens for $2.50, but the feedstore across the street sells for $25 (any age or size).

-Kathy

 

[vehve]

Our president is elected via direct vote nowadays, but the parliament is elected in an interesting way. Each region in Finland gets a set amount of representatives. Within those regions, you vote directly for a person, but the votes are used to decide which party gets what amounts of seats, and then the seats themselves are assigned within the party according to how many votes the representative has gotten compared to the other candidates withing the party. That way, a party might have one super popular candidate who gets almost all of the party's votes, but those votes will also benefit the rest of the candidates, even if individual candidates from different parties might have gotten more votes.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Happy Birthday!

-Kathy