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I found a way to get specific seeds out of bags. without dumping them. In my current fort I tried using a pedestal and putting the seeds "on display". It works quite nicely and my dwarfs get good thoughts from completing the job. However unlike a dump order it only generates haul orders one at a time. Still that could be a plus.

Soldiers with equipment set to 'replace uniform' will drop all their civilian gear when they go on duty. This includes jewelry. This is good because after the ownership decays they can get a good thought by re-acquiring it. This is bad if they drop stuff outside the fort and then a troupe of rhesus macaques steals half a dozen masterwork earrings.

My fort is suffering a sheepsplosion after I let the breeding population increase to around 40. I wanted wool for clothes, but now my dwarfs are still spinning when the seasons roll around and it's time to start shearing again. Further, my cloth stockpiles are now full of bins of sheep wool cloth. I ordered a cull of about half the adults. Now the butchers shop is stinking out the kitchens: all my dwarfs on only food hauling and refuse hauling are still not enough to cope.

Also, the fort had a puppy who apparently loved to jump onto the (inaccessible) top of the curtain wall and then fall 3 z-levels to the ground on the other side. Or something. I never saw it happen, just the "combat" reports when she hit the ground. She grew up and still carried on this habit until she smashed her paw to pulp. So I put her out of her misery. 

In a hurry to set up a water source I set up a desalination pump next to the sea shore. Then while digging the cistern I encountered damp stone. Yes! I found the elusive aquifer! I'll install proper plumbing later to bring the water closer to the main fort, but for now I'll just designate a hospital zone right next to it.

One way to deal with the problem: mark the water itself as forbidden then assign the buckets to be traded. Your dwarfs will pour out the water on the floor before carrying the bucket to the depot. After you 'claim' the forbidden water it'll probably generate a cleaning job. If trading with the elves, remember to un-assign any wooden buckets for trading before entering the trade screen.

You can forbid the water in the stocks screen, just check afterwards and ensure that any water in well-buckets is no longer forbidden.

The outpost of Valleycrafted claimed its first dwarven life today, when I rediscovered why it's a bad idea to de-construct the down-stairs at the top of a 26 z-level stack of stairs. Tip: first build a hatch or grate two levels below what you are de-constructing.

I just got into a war with a second goblin civilization that was previously 'no contact' after one of my dwarves was spotted stealing a codex.

The first goblin civilization has been getting its butt kicked by a local human civilization (also 'no contact' apparently) and no site has more than around 30 population. So roll on the FUN! Except, that'll just add more to my huge hauling backlog.