Then smart would be my preference.

And yet, when surveyed, women express a definite preference. (lol, am I doing this right?)

Smart with a top 1% cock.

Hay is grass and other plants. Straw is the stems of cereal grains. Hay has substantial nutritional value and will rot. Straw is cellulose and won’t rot.

Not hay, straw, but yes.

We live in a large straw bale house in the country. We have a generator (and a dozen large gas cans which we rotate by filling our van then refilling the gas cans) which runs all the lighting circuits, the fridge and freeer, our propane in-floor radiant heat, water well, and our propane tanlkess DHW. We also have a wood stove in the center of the house that we can use to heat the house very effectively and more than a winter’s worth of good, dry hardwood in an enclosed wood shed. We have ample supplies of food and other necessities.

Durign major weather events we leave our front door unlocked and our friends and neighbors know that they can come, bringing bedding and just find an open couch or floor space.

We’ll be fine for a good long while

176 cm (5’ 9 1/2"). I used I be 179 cm (5’ 10 1/2") but I’ve gotten shorter as I got older.

It’s how tall I am. I don’t care either way.

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