Not misguided, I just know my way around law and (generally) around criminals enough to play it safe instead of playing Fuck Around and Find Out with my life.

"The only people that get shot are those who do shady shit" isn't really true. Innocent people get shot all the time and they're just sitting there, at home, maybe watching TV or eating dinner. I could be walking home just listening to music when boom, bullet comes through me by some creepazoid rando. That's why it's good to be aware of your surroundings at all times.

You’re misguided, it’s extremely safe. The only people that get shot are the ones that are doing shady shit. I’ve spent so many nights out on the streets walking home and don’t see a damn thing. Read the news, shootings in Lewiston, abductions in Bangor, it’s happening everywhere. It’s a population thing. Having caution is smart but you’re over exaggerating quite a bit.

In the country, yes, shit's mild here if you make nationwide comparisons. Stack it up with other Maine cities and other areas in said cities, though...not so much.

More shootings than you can count on your hands and feet in the span of a few months, sketchy people, quite a fair bit of crime in general...the only available house in the entire state could be located there and I'd still take living in a tent in the backwoods of an entirely different Maine area instead.

The only good thing about it is that it's got a lot of nice stores and restaurants. You just have to keep your wits about you...and never, ever go out at night without protection.

Thank you so much!

Diesel prices are way higher than before. Transportation is a big cost. Feed prices are up from before. 15 years ago you could get a50lbs bag of feed for under $10. 2.5 years ago they were $15. Now they are 22.

What kind of crazy shit? It’s one of the most mild cities in the country lol I’ve been living here for 5 years

I must have missed the part where eggs were anywhere near this price when we culled about 87% of the birds we have so far during prior outbreaks. Any reason they didn’t escalate nearly to the level?

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Actually, it will increase the cost of production.

Say you make and sell widgets. The fixed costs of the mortgage, property taxes, electricity, fuel, and the like will not change if you produce 1000 widgets or 500.

Therefore, you have to raise prices to cover the fixed expense you pay per month and therefore the cost per each rises.

The bank and city governments are not cutting the chicken farmers a break because they have 25,000,000 less birds. They expect their bills to be paid each month.

Not the old school choice, but I go with the American made Danners these days. Current pair is going strong after two years. For non steel toe I like Chippewas, but I have high arches and the toe cap rubs the top of my foot.

Timberland pro used to be my go to, but I think they changed the soles as my last two pairs split within 6 months.

Redwings all the way. They even have steel toed slip on shoes…

Yes.

I was too so I had to Google it last week. Guess thats the downside of not watching the news!

Just paid 350 for a new pair, they’re repairable and my last pair lasted 3 years. So $100/year roughly on boots that I only had to replace because the waterproof finally gave out at the crease. They’re still more than functional for dry work though.

Or they know someone who raises chickens and gifts them eggs. I get eggs from my sister all the time for free and hardly buy them.

I have a 15 year old pair of Carolinas that took me up thousands of feet of trees wearing spurs, and still keeps water out.

I'm going with those.

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Great reference my friend

If anyone is struggling with egg prices, check your local food pantry. They might have excess eggs they need to get rid of, due to the date. Older eggs make for better hard boiled eggs, that is, easier to peel.

Boots theory

>The Sam Vimes "Boots" theory of socioeconomic unfairness, often called simply the boots theory, is an economic theory first popularised by English fantasy writer Terry Pratchett in his 1993 Discworld novel Men at Arms. In the novel, Sam Vimes, the captain of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, reasons that poverty causes greater expenses to the poor than to those who are richer. Since its publication, the theory has received wider attention, especially in regard to the effect of increasing prices of daily necessities.

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Redwings last (if you want someone from a lumber mill’s opinion). Tried LeHigh because they sent a truck to our mill - they lasted a little over a month. Learned real quick the Vimes’ theory of boots. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_theory

Free? How do you feed them in the winter or house them? Who gave you the hens originally for free? You have a cost.

Places do not have insurance for that kind of loss. Nor the loss of income from losing their entire flock and having to start all over from scratch. It costs quite a bit to get millions of chickens and wait the 4-6 months before they start laying.

You don’t even know the difference between criminal and civil jurisdiction.