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29 in Simsbury, LOTS of black ice coming in through Granby and Southwick. No trucks in site surprisingly

Uncanny is how many middle fingers Mom Nature has flipped us this year

You know... I drive a big Ram pickup as well....

45 degrees in Simsbury already. Suits me fine today, we're working in a horse barn

LOL! I am, and tend to have his political leanings... so ANYTHING could be true

I was going to say, that should be my line... but the door can always open wide

Just hit 51 here in Simsbury even with total cloud cover. Still 100 percent snow cover, but pack is disappearing quick!

Yeah I'll take just this side of hot days and 48 to 52° nights all day in august! Great way to extend the best outdoor season known as fall, unless you're a snowmobiler of course

Not disagreeing with what you say, but unless I'm remembering incorrectly ( and that could be a distinct possibility) last summer did not seem terrible at least as far as temps compared to the few before. For me I still think summer 2018 was THE worst as far as combination of extended heat along with high dews. It could be simply because it was a memorable summer for me preparing for my wedding in September, however the weather just seemed terrible and broke just in time for our outdoor wedding. Only time in my life I've ever felt the effects of heat stroke or whatever you call it. Feeling dizzy and shaking uncontrollably... It Came Upon me out of nowhere. NOT a fun experience

It does keep the dews down

Not sure which one is the lesser of two evils. I guess monsoon because I'd rather have green

HA, my friends in Thailand have had that issue worked out for a century. We have the most archaic toilets here... they have the Bum Gun!

Keep your swamp ass to yourself

6Z GFS doubles down on the Saturday Clippah... Not really buying it

Definitely! Just hit the front steps and walk AGAIN with ice melt, but there's still over an inch of solid ice. Hopefully i can clear it with tomorrow's temps

Please don't trigger the inmates

Yeah unfortunately right now it looks like dried doggie doo, but keep an eye on the following week. Probably our last chance in SNE, but I'd bet that you'll likely be sledding til April in NNE.

I mentioned how I can feel the sun the last couple days, but I really don't think the winter WX is over yet. If any March in recent years has a chance at anything I believe this is it... but probably not next week

Ouch! Yeah I've had both rotators done...NOT a fun recovery! I'm going in for a check after 10 years because we think my bone spurs are coming back. Need to nip those before they cut again

What brand? Several years ago we tried burning strictly pellets but it was just impossible. We ended up spending more money in pellets than we would have in gas. It is an old house and we've been slowly improving the insulation I'm sure that has quite a bit to do with it.

Starting to look like that. I've felt the first vestiges of it the last two days in the truck.

Here in Westfield we have our own gas and electric grid. Cheaper than you know who. 2000 sq.ft. Our electricity last month was $135, but nat. gas was $300. Not bad at all compared to our neighbors, but still expensive compared to a couple years ago. Summer electric isn't bad even with A/C. We have to A/C because of our Chinchillas... great pet to get if you love to keep the house cool!

Pellet stoves are great to supplement heat but don't expect to use one as any source of primary heat. A couple of my friends tried doing that and found they went through tons of pellets and still had to run the oil to keep up. Cost them more in the end instead of using it as a supplement. We have one and use it during the super cold spells. We keep it set low so it still allows the gas heat to cycle, just less and helps circulate the stove heat around the house. That seems to be our sweet spot where we're not just spending extra money

On our week long trip to Canada we used to do, a 300 mile day was the norm on a couple of the days. Some of the route was just at the edge of some sleds fuel capacity during those days. Quite invigorating

My favorite "modern style" sled is still my 2003 REV X 800. Best handling/riding of all. Least favorite was my 2007 XRS, 2010 XRS was great, but still not as fun as the '03. I'm going to find a good one and restore it eventually