That makes sense, we used pine where I was on the east coast but the company I wad working for would definitely have gone for thebcheaper option.

I’ve been out of homebuilding for a while but we’re I was we largely used SYP and our SPF was all pine. Perhaps that was just the region I was in though.

Out of pure curiosity does anyone know where “new growth fir” lumber is the typical building material? In the US most homes are built using Pine but that can’t be true everywhere.

I picked this up in a airport years ago. I agree it’s probably not the best anthropology book (not that I’ve read a bunch of anthropology books). But it is a very easy book to understand and an easy read which many science books arguably are not. I think that alone makes this a valuable book because it easily delivers the concept of past environmental influence on the evolution of groups. It may not be perfect but it’s readable for us normal non-sciency people and that gives us a fighting chance to ask ourselves some important questions about how we see the world.

Originally the VP was whoever got the second most votes. Then the 13th Ammendment happened. Now in most states (all states) the President and VP run as a pair but the Electoral Delegates vote for them separately.

Can the delegates vote for one and not the other? Depends. Traditionally you cast your delegate vote according to the results so you’d vote along “ticket” lines. In some states delegates ( who are often put forward by the parties) are bound to vote according to the election results. In some states they are not. Traditionally they do but as we saw last US election we aren’t even pretending to be doing sane things anymore.

It’s used to deter pests so just spray some around your property and report the rest stolen.

So most places online that sell sex toys have very innocent names that they bill you under. They will often list it as “you will see this charged to innocent-sounding-name” so that you don’t accidentally assume it’s fraud on your statement.

I’m just here to plug for Um, Actually. If anyone wants to see pedantry be funny it’s a great show. It’s mostly behind a pay wall at Dropout.tv (formerly collegehumor) but if you like DnD actual play, whose line is it anyway, or game shows it’s well worth the $5 a month to support a streaming service that isn’t evil and makes great content.

Delivery apps don’t require that you go anywhere or talk to anyone. Theyre stupid expensive though. Being robbed on a highway would almost certinaly be cheaper than doordash.