For those who don't know, his name Is Smokey Bear not Smokey "The" Bear.

Giphy - GIF by Smokey Bear

Walterjn from what I'm understanding, so is Canada...

I saw the pictures of New York City with the heavy smoke. That's bad for the fire being so far away. We looked
almost that bad a few weeks ago here in SW MN. That smoke was from fires in Alberta. The wind was northwest
for several days in a row and the smoke was pushed down here. New England is getting smoke from a couple
places in Canada. I feel for them. The smoke got bad enough here that it somewhat affected my breathing while
I was outside and the smoke out east seems to be worse than it was here. It did get thick enough that it looked
like fog rolling in and you could easily smell it.

      Smoke is in the air......"Quick, we need to mask up, or we will choke!"

      COVID-19 is in the air......"No fucking way will they make me wear a mask!"

      people.......🤔

        LBlack14 I'm beginning to learn how to HATE.

        You already knew how. It is an inbred trait. I'm assuming it is genetic to all living creatures, from everything I've seen in the world.
        And the past few years it seems to have mutated.

        You may be just now learning how to use it.

        Cut class.....skip out!! Don't flunk out on who you've been! 😉✌

          Par4QC I can see smoke, but can't see smoke and mirrors. Regardless, never wore the mask anyway, just avoided those areas.

            LBlack14 I'm beginning to learn how to HATE.

            Just watch a few golfers in those fucking jogger pants. Hating becomes ez.......

            🤣

              mulegolf like fog rolling in and you could easily smell it.

              We're driving towards it tonight. Hope the air quality gets better by the time we get home.

                  sdandrea1 The air is weird today up north, doesn't look good --actually worse than the past two days. The forecast is bad quality starting at 1645 and runs through the night

                      Things don’t look bad here today, but our air quality index is rated as poor and I did feel like I labored a bit more than usual while mowing the lawn.

                      If I believed all the commercials on TV now, I would think there are no more same race/same nationality couples any more, and that almost 1/4 of all couples are of the LGBTQIA+ community.

                      Whatever happened to just finding the best actors for the job?

                        Par4QC Whatever happened to just finding the best actors for the job?

                        We've crossed WAY over the line. Equilibrium is just around the corner. We just need to agree on a list of shit that isn't offensive. Should be doable, yes?

                            sdandrea1 Nothing really offensive about it, unless you are a skilled actor being bypassed just to soothe souls.
                            I'm no actor, means nothing in my bank account.

                            And those kids in the commercials are not always going to look like the Mother, in real life. Partly why I'm not believing all of them. 😄

                                Par4QC Nothing really offensive about it,

                                I didn't mean the commercials were offensive. I meant that advertisers are worried that their market will be offended if they don't show enough commercials with racial, gender equity. Good idea, but do MOST of the commercial have to show equity?