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that was a change at 12 Z. I don’t know how much you drank last night but nothing showed that this morning.

For sure! My friend is super picky with design. He took one look at how ours was installed and said it looked like a discount hooker on a Wednesday night

You are right, the baseboards aren't works of art, but they were manufactured in Westfield at Mestek, and sold under the Sterling brand. They were $15 per foot and I installed 130 feet of them, so they weren't cheap, about $2,000. I think I spent that much again on copper pipe and fittings. This was 10 years ago when copper was cheaper then now. What they are is comfortable. And when the heating season is 210+ days long, that matters. Before I ditched the forced air system in my current house, this was my reality. It was "fine" while the blower was running, but as soon as the heat cycle was over, right back to being cold and uncomfortable. That system was noisy too, you needed to turn the TV volume up while it was running. I can't place all the blame on the forced air system, my house is a split and was originally built with electric heat, the forced air system was added in in the mid 1980s, and they didn't size it correctly or get the required returns in the right places. It was a disaster, and I'm glad it finally failed because what I have now is 1000% better. The two best features of my baseboards are they are completely silent and provide constant heat without cycling. The system circulates continuously providing warm water to the baseboards at a temperature inversely proportional to the exterior temperature using a modulating boiler and a buffer tank. The heat put out by the radiator matches the heat lost by the house, keeping the house at a constant 68-69F without cycling. While it is convenient, it can be a compromise in comfort. In the winter, most of the heat load is in the bottom of the building, in the summer, most of the cooling load is at the top. If you have proper ductwork that can accommodate the differences in heating and cooling loads between seasons that helps, but as our collective experiences indicate, forced air systems are prone to improper duct design and installation.

But what about Cold Gin?

Belleayre today with fantastic conditions!

I’d take the cold rain at this point, Drought conditions are not good, Snow is useless to me now.

Cold Gin for you

Cloudy and frigid today with low- mid 30’s. Terrible and a big bust

The temp has soared way past the NWS forecast. Last night DVN said 55º, then this morning 60º, then at midday 63º. It is now 68º and still rising.

Sunny and 50 in Fogelsville.

Just sharing some eye candy from March 14, 2021 - this pic is out our patio door. We're in the foothills northwest of Fort Collins. 40"+ from this one storm and 120" for that season. Man how things have changed in just 5 years - sad.

Looks like it'll be late evening that it moves into NYC.

40s and 50s

Apparently he is ill. I only know what was posted in this thread a bit ago.

How about Montana in the darker shade of blue? lol

I don't particularly like McDonald's, but I think my curiosity is about to get the better of me on this one! I may need to burn my usual quarterly indulgence of Five Guys on that and hopefully I won't regret it, lol

Yup cold rain.

Alaska is the only winner this winter in the western US. Juneau has had at least 50” of snow in March, and looks to have had something like 200” for the winter to date, over twice of their normal. Despite that, they’ve had just 67 days with 3” or more of snow depth, reflecting their maritime climate.

Bro..what I mentioned is computer generated period. When nobody was laid off..it was the same way. And While you’re at it…Go kiss Kamala’s ass.

I think he knows that? seems y'all are bickering about relativity. Relative to this time of year ...getting a couple of hours of fair with a little sun when the temp's flirting with 50 or so is a "napey" vibe and is decent relative to the season. You on the other hand have lesser tolerance for that - I actually agree ... in principle. I find most Marches and Aprils a constant bargaining battle, that not only gets old it still gets older. But I also understand where he's coming from. It can be 34.3 F with 1.8" of rain mixed with cat paws, with absolutely zero hope at this time of year.

Yeah already 62 here, MLI at 64.

A strong Nino 3 years after a strong Nino? Ill believe it when I see it.

Id say D at best lol. They use blue so sparingly, imagine being in South Dakota thinking, wow if they use blue its gonna be COLD.

Point forecast had us at 44 this morning. Will probably beat that by 10 degrees in the next couple hours. Snow is starting to take a beating