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Glad we don't live there.

The bear just laughed at this.

I was on borrowed time as i bought the house from my inlaws and my brother in law told me they had put in that boiler when he was 16 yrs old and he's 62 now, So i replaced it on my terms not the boilers as we've had some issues the last few years with it.

Since i switched from an old burnham oil fired boiler to a 3 pass cold fired Buderus boiler with a 45 gal super stor hot water tank, The basement is rather damp now so ive had to install a de humidifier because the boiler never runs unless it calls for hot water once the holding tank temp drops but the efficiency factor on burning oil should be huge as i can already see the difference.

Heard story's of guys getting knocked out cold being hit in the forehead with those if you didn't hang on to them.

Not sure, I have not gone to look at them other then the wife's pic.

FYI, City arborist coming to take a look at the trees and those Bugs/Beetles.

Going to have to make a closer examination, I have not seen these before either.

The ones where you had to push the T rod down into the barrel?

Lol, the good ole party balls. I remember the Coors light ones. Nasty I worked for a beer dist back in the 70-80's and we had all three, Genesee, Coors and Utica Club beer balls, They were great though, Just cut the box top off and fill it with ice, I still have a couple keg beer taps too.......lol

That's all i have, Wife snapped the pic, I will have to investigate more tonight as i will be mowing the lot that has both of those trees, I tried searching beetles in this region and came up with nothing.

No Utica Club?

Thanks for the help...........

@tamarack, Have these on my pin oaks, Do you know what they are?

Bob was the worst hands down in the last 30 yrs.

Twice here since i lived here, Hurricane Bob was the worst.

On a better note, What a beaut at Portland Headlight this morning

My wife and many others are pissed and started a petition, I'm not wearing a mask in my house and that's where we draw another line. On July 31st the State of Maine Childcare Licensing shared the Updated Guidance for Childcare Providers created by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services/ Child and Family Services. The 14 page document speaks of guidance yet the bullet point concerning masks says it is a must. The following is the clause referring to masks. "Staff members and adults entering the child care must wear masks or face coverings. When staff and adults are outdoors and physical distancing cannot be maintained, masks or face coverings must be worn. Children age 5 and older must wear face coverings within the facility as well as the outdoors if physical distancing cannot be maintained. Children ages 2-4 are encouraged to wear face coverings. Cloth face coverings should not be put on babies and children under 2 years of age due to risk associated with difficulty breathing and suffocation." There are no daycares where a 6 foot physical distancing between child to child or child to staff is possible, therefore we are talking about our children and staff of daycares wearing masks for up to 12 hours per day. How will this affect learning, speech, child anxiety, bonding, etc.? Daycare owners immediately started reaching out to their licensing reps and were told it is a must and not negotiable starting August 8th. When asked how this will affect them if they do not comply there are no answers. Out of fear for non compliance, getting a failed inspection and possible revocation of licenses many daycares feel helpless. Some are refusing, others are submitting while some have said they will close. The daycare industry has taken a huge impact and parents are already having a hard time finding and procuring daycare. Our children need your help. Daycares are an extension of their home and should be a place of comfort and nurturing. There are many reasons parents and providers are opposed to this including: speech, unwillingness for child to wear them, facial expressions interrupted, rashes and breathing difficulties, employee retention, more daycare closures, sharing and touching of masks, anxiety and fears in small children, the list is endless. Why, after 5 months, does the State of Maine feel this is necessary for our children's daycares? Please, ask a daycare provider their thoughts. Ask a parent if they want their child masked all day. Ask yourself is this really going to make a difference or does the fact that no childcare in the past 5 months has had an outbreak issue warrant this mandate? We parents need to be heard and will bring the results of this petition to a press conference soon. Please share far and wide as we are speaking for our children, the innocent, who can not speak for themselves.

I would say nobody does but........

That's what homeowners Ins policies are for.

Was to far east here with just minimal conditions, 39 mph gust and 0.47" of rainfall.

There is no good wind direction to escape on that lake, It can blow up quickly too, Late afternoons were always fun trying to get back to the boat launch at the state park.

If its any consolation cherry wood is great to use in the smoker.

Nope, That lake is round and those all broke off their moorings, Anything out of the SSE will kick there azz, Been on that lake for 40+ yrs and it will get as nasty as the ocean with 4-6' in the right conditions.