Old-school clockwork is very interesting, I get that.
I just have no personal desire to try to build something like that, lol. Then again, due to a neurological issue, I have slight tremor.
Working on laptops can be difficult some days. Clockwork gears? Eesh.
Worked in Yellowstone for a summer.
Spent some time with the rangers. They got all sorts of questions…
Like which handgun caliber would be best to defend oneself from a bear.
Essentially, the ranger broke it down stating there was a weakness in the skull about the size of a bullet that you had to hit directly to have a chance of dropping a bear with a handgun. While its coming at you and pissed/hungry.
So essentially, you’ve just pissed off the bear before it gets it claws on you.
Well placed slugs from shotguns, rifle rounds, and preferably (according to the ranger in question) a tranquilizer to re-home the bear away from people. That being said, the bears are tracked to an extent and bears who show repeated behavior endangering themselves/tourists tend to be exterminated, sadly.
Hand to claw combat? Human is going down.
This is why in the past, when bears were hunted, they were hunted in their dens during hibernation - at the end of spears to keep that hungry bear as far away as possible from your soft easily rent flesh.
That last line is the key take-away for dealing with ANY HR.
Never forget who signs their paychecks.
Sure, sure… but it all seems to be an interconnected web.
I could read in release order, but that can get rather disconnected… There doesn’t seem to be a good starting point.
So, that is what has stopped me.
Like knowing you need to clean up a disaster, but you just look at it and have no idea where to even begin approaching it. Throw in some executive dysfunction issues, and it seems the only time I can “find” to read for pleasure is when I have something else more important to do that I’m unable to start on.