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About Brewbeer
- Birthday 01/01/1968
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Four Letter Airport Code For Weather Obs (Such as KDCA)
KCEF
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Longmeadow, MA
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Drinking beer, brewing beer, skiing, whitewater canoeing, sailing, mowing the lawn, raking leaves, shoveling snow, raising children, cooking, cleaning, grocery shopping, home repair & improvement, science, engineering, math, technology, human social progress & justice, whirled peas.
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overcast, breezy and 50s here this afternoon installing an blue-tooth car play radio in the 04 corolla my son drives. my boat is still under a tarp, and so is my truck
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it's about time clean tech got it's tiny share of subsidies
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14th Lawn and Garden Thread P Allen Smith 2024
Brewbeer replied to Damage In Tolland's topic in New England
It’s much easier to pick up the sticks now than after the grass starts growing. I really should pick up the pine cones too, might work on that tomorrow afternoon. -
14th Lawn and Garden Thread P Allen Smith 2024
Brewbeer replied to Damage In Tolland's topic in New England
minimal activity here, picked up a few sticks today. still have my snow stakes in along the street -
About 1.25 inches rain here yesterday and overnight. Sump pump is running this morning.
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Imagine weenieing data as if data were an opinion
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Media pandering for clicks, that’s not scary, it’s business.
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25 years ago I was commuting from Needham to Woburn and hated it so much I moved to western Mass.
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I’d rather gouge my eyeballs than make that commute, that’s nuts
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hopefully ticket prices will come down
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Now it looks as though they are here to stay Oh, I believe in yesterday
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1/13/24 Sultan Slicer #2 - Heavy rain, snow, wind?
Brewbeer replied to Torch Tiger's topic in New England
OT, moved here in Sept. '06 and the following October we had like 20+ inches of rain, it was insane. Had a partly finished and carpeted basement that flooded early in the month (I had to pull the carpet and demo, 60s plywood paneling on nailing strips, it wasn't a big loss). I installed a sump pump in one corner, next big rainstorm that month came and the one sump did nothing other than collect and discharge water I swept to it (that's the draw-down curve @ice1972is referring to, also called radius of influence). I ended up cutting a trench 20 inches deep around the interior perimeter of the basement, lining with filter fabric, installing a perforated 2" PVC pipe, backfilling with crushed stone in the trench, compact, and replaced the concrete that had been cut for the trench. The pipes were pitched to the sump. That seemed to solve the problem. -
This could be the hottest year on record. I’m glad I’m not tending to a golf course.