mattie g

I hope the AO goes so positive that polar bears die of hypothermia. I hope the projected gradient pattern turns into a series of frontal passages. One of these thing is more likely than the other. Or is it...?

So you’re telling me that the Sierras are higher than the Appalachians?!

PSU referred to a double slit. Nice...

More options to track the suck.

@leesburg 04

I’m so tired of seeing the “We don’t do [INSERT EXCUSE] well” posts.

Those pictures are from DC proper, which is absolutely a different beast altogether. That warm stretch we had resulted in some things popping.

I was watching that run unfold, and all I could think was: What in the everloving f**k?

Deep winter!!

And become a frontal passage.

The densest posters live in the highest concentration population areas?

Honestly... who cares? Totally different climate, FFS. Might as well be Mars.

Is it more of an issue now than it used to be because of the sheer volume of the stuff they use nowadays, or is it because of the chemical composition? Or maybe both?

Alright, alright...title edit made. I’ve been preoccupied with training this week and have only been around occasionally. I hope my quick drive-by edit has made everyone happy!

I’m in PMP boot camp this week. 10 hours yesterday, plus studying. Misery.

Garlic shoots have started sprouting in force in the last week. With temps in the 70s yesterday and mild overnight temps the last two nights, they’ve now taken off. Good thing they’re hearty and will withstand the upcoming blizzards. I’ll have to post picture of the forsythia at L’Enfant - plenty of yellow on them. Likely that the first daffodil shoots in the neighborhood have started coming up, too.

Pretty sure I’ve mentioned this before on the boards, but I was in Lewisburg, PA that year. I remember heading up there from South Jersey after winter break on one of the coldest days of that winter, and Philly was covered in ice and steam from all the buildings - like a scene from a Soviet factory city on the Volga or something. We seemingly got snow after snow after snow, with an icing here and there for good measure. Not sure what we ended up with, but it had to have been 75”, give or take 10” or so. There was fairly deep snow on the ground for weeks and weeks on end - an absolutely unreal stretch of weather that I’m glad to have experienced.

Don't hate just because the DC sports fanbase is weak.

Speaking of imperial stouts, I just brewed one today. 3-hour boil, so I’m hoping for a really nice Maillard reaction to give me some real depth of flavor. Original gravity is 1.130, and I mashed at 156...shooting for a final gravity of 1.036 or thereabouts, which will put me at 14.5%. That’s before any bourbon that makes its way in from the soaked toasted oak spiral, cacao nibs, vanilla beans, and almonds.

I’d be all over that if I can find it. Thanks for the heads up! Nice. Is that brewery-only or is it in distribution?

OK, we won’t.

No sh*t, huh?

No, but your post is.

It’s more unlikely than likely that anyone here will see an 09-10 equivalent in this area again, but it’s not at all impossible.

The big ones are sniffed out from 12+ away...