PowderBeard

Was hoping you would get it too. Absolutely incredible. Better than the derecho.

Memorable storm to say the least. Definitely came in with a 50+ gust. Watched some kayaks and paddleboards get blown off car tops and docks on the pond. Leaves, limbs, and trees down everywhere. Four trees down in the road on the 5 minute drive home.

Have a 16' "bass boat" for the Quabbin. Complete rebuilt from just the hull. Has a 20hp Mariner and does low 20s. Have dual 7" Garmins and 24v 70lbs Minn Kota with the co-pilot system. If you are looking for a Quabbin boat look for the older 80s hulls, 0* rise and lighter hulls so great in rougher water and quick. I could put a 25hp 4-stroke on for the Q but just love the older two-strokes. I might get it washed again in September to fish the last month of the Q, we'll see. Drop-shotting smallies in 30-50' this time of year gets boring.

If you ever want to head out on one of the lakes in Brim/Brookfield just let me know!

Been having too much fun fishing other ponds lately to head back to the Quabbin (never thought I'd say that). Hit Quaboag again the other day and had about a half dozen largies in the 4 lbs range along with about a dozen others. Forgot how much I missed throwing jigs in heavy grass and winching them out.

I want to see Houck in the pen if they can't keep him in the rotation. No reason to be moving him in and out.

Ouch. At least the temp didn't drop 30 degrees as well!

11 runs in the last 7 games, cold bats. Xander is 4/22 (.181), Devers is 6/26 (.230), JD is 4/21 (.190) and now on the covid list. It was bound to happen and I don't mind it in August as long as they wake up in September. Schwarber will help out. I'm not sure any team will hang with SF/LAD come October though.

Explored Quaboag today. Frog bite was on, had about a dozen, most of which 2-4 lbs. First cast I had a pike in the 15-20lbs range. 7'3 heavy jig rod with 50 lbs. braid, couldn't budge it. Stripped about 80-100' of line off. I had the drag almost cranked, put my thumb on the spool to slow it down and put a good slice in it, popped off in some grass after a 2-3 minute fight. Unreal, thought I was in salt water. I see why people ice fish for them now lol 2-year-old kiddo was very upset about the fish eating "Kermit."

Dews lol. Fall is coming...

"Zombie Deer", it was first confirmed in NY in 2005. There has been no known transmission thus far to humans. That said, I'm skeptical about eating any venison or elk after seeing some Creutzfeldt-Jakob cases in person. Cuts people down in their prime and they can go from full-time professionals to full dementia in months. If anyone wants some wild reading check out "Kuru," in New Guinea it was another prion that was transmitted amongst local tribes due to cannibalism practices.

E-Rod probably begs to differ.

On a similar note, I've been monitoring this for a while given my neuro focus. Prion disease (e.g., CJD, "Mad Cow") clusters popping up in Canadian maritime towns for the past year. Could be due to eating shellfish, deer, or something else. Always fatal and a horrific way to go.

Soon...

49*, left the windows open and house is down to 64*. Nice and crispy.

Wife has a conference in Natick this week. Any good food recommendations nearby?

Their rattling ned has been killer this year. I hardly touched a ned rig last year, fish in the Q see tons of them. That little rattle makes all the difference though.

Thanks. I feel for those who have the extreme forms, I cannot imagine being stabbed hurts more than a block. My wake-up call was when I was 22 I ended up hospitalized for 6 days after green beans sent me into a flare. Doctor said "Well you'll either respond to the meds or you'll leave here with a bag." Ginx, great deal! URI has some amazing profs. My two most memorable classes were a seminar on the Holocaust taught by a survivor and then "The History of RI" taught by an old-school teamster with pinkie rings who drove an old gold Cadillac Coupe (mind you it was 2011). It might as well be "University of NJ" these days, they need all that out of state tuition.

Yea we have the central air going just to keep the house dried out. I have an over active immune system anyway (Crohn's disease) so I am always at an increased risk of developing it. Going to get the best mask I can come fall, instead of my usual 20 student lab section I got assigned a 350 student lecture.

I had a bit of a cough Sunday night. Woke up yesterday with a dry cough, weight on my chest, and stabbing pain in my lower back, no fever or other cold symptoms. Clear pneumonia on my chest x-ray. Just came out of no where. Doc said they are seeing all sorts of weird respiratory stuff going on with negative covid tests.

DAMN. Not even here yet and gusting over 40mph. Tree down across the street and lots of limbs.

I was just looking at UMAXX, looks better than the derecho to my amateur eye.

Another Burptown Mauler.