UnitedWx

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

I remember all the global cooling talk mid 70s to early 80s. We studied it a lot in class. There was incontrovertible evidence of such...

DUI ftl if i had to guess

Usually that's due to lack of experience, or far worse a bad ice cube or three! WAYYY too much DUI still going on in the sledding community! 45 on many trails should be perfectly safe

I don't go 20 in the parking lot!

That's crazy! Never heard of speed regulated rentals. Last time I rented it was at Norther Outdoors in Maine. Maybe things have changed? I know there are no more rentals in VT

Right now that western ridge looks better to me, no?

Would be nice to send this season out with a bang, bang this season being 5 to 10 lol. I really don't think we're off the hook for snow in March tho, just a hunch

I need to weenie this pic, but for another reason! Drool

Yes. There wasn't Hadley cell talk in the 80s, but I sure remember discussions on fast flow etc. causing storms to be shunted offshore at times, in between the cutters. Everything goes in cycles

I can't wait to get back in the sport but with my family's budget I'm going to be buying a couple of $2,000 revs from back in 2005! I guess I know what I'll be doing with most of the check from Elon

Man! If you have not ridden a modern snowmobile when you try one you'll think you're having fun with a totally different sport! Apples and oranges is a far insufficient description of how modern snowmobiles perform.. especially if you ride skidoo. Back in 2002 I had a chance to ride the Prototype Ski-Doo REV at a dealer in Lyndonville vermont. We put a deposit down that afternoon for the following year as soon as we got back to the showroom. Ride like butter!

There's nothing like a game of golf after a hard days work... as a secondary way to piss you off! That's why I gave it up lol

Probably is with pants down

Sustained cold, and some damn cold mornings for sure. This is the first year I've noticed that I have to prepare myself for the cold even more... must be getting old LOL

Looks like even the Cape scrape is off the table this A.M. 10 degrees here in Westfield. And now we've gone from kicking the can to kicking frozen dog crap

Just enough in my areas to have the heavy equipment scrape side roads all day... and warm the cab. One thing I HATE is driving with a jacket on. High of 28 in Westfield today, felt like 48!