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2 hours ago, FXWX said:

Yes, to July 4th... one of the most intense super-cells I have gone through since moving to the Burlington area; I had ~1-inch hail and 57 mph gust but was on the very northern edge of the cell; the wind damage I surveyed in the Harwinton to Bristol area pretty remarkable...  My sister's house in Plainville needs to have roof, siding and some windows replace...

There was one storm back in the 90s or early 2000s, forget which that went through Middlesex County Mass, I lost count of how many houses I went to that had new roofs because of the hail in the storm.

45 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Does anyone else have acorns coming down ? Medium sized green ones . Started a few weeks ago and getting worse which means anger 

Same here only most of them are big green ones.

20 hours ago, mreaves said:

My dad always said everything is driven by the price of oil. He was an HVAC tech for 30+ years (it was called oil burner service man when he started) and his observation was that every time the coat of oil went up, so did the price of wood. Unless you can cut your own, the price of a cord will increase too. 

My brother-in-law had a firewood business for years, I used to get 4 cords for $600. He retired a couple years ago so lost the deal.

7 hours ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

just locked in my ceiling plan for oil delivery next 12mo, brutal. Thanks dementia don for Making Everything Expensive Again. 

The reason why I got a wood stove back 20 years ago or so.

1 hour ago, Cyclone-68 said:

Is the 2011 tornado damage still visible across the street in the woods?

Not as visible the last couple of years but you can still see traces.

2 hours ago, moneypitmike said:

What a great cool north wind.  COC day at Pit2.

Same here, was cloudy earlier but cleared up nicely.

On 4/19/2026 at 1:03 PM, BrianW said:

These old Craftmans are tanks. Ive been trying for like 20 years to kill this mower. Came with the house for free and I have done basically zero maintenance on it. Crashed it into many trees, zero oil changes or maintenance, etc

It just keeps mowing every year... haha 

 

I've had one for over 20 years, brought it in for service once, still have it the new house.

53 for a high here today, my brother said it was 85 back home and a bit humid.

54 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

My wife wants us to get those.  I've been hesitating...  

Get them, you won't regret it. I have them in my new house, better than central air with ducts all over the place.

18 hours ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

I’ve dented a cup and lipped out a couple times. Haven’t scared the hole in a couple years though. 

My partner did that in a tournament, the ball landed on the edge of the cup, took a big chunk of dirt off the edge and stayed a couple inches away. Came damn close to landing in the cup on the fly.

21 hours ago, mreaves said:

Ummm, I have one. I’m a little better than how you describe your friends but not a lot. The shot wasn’t great. I thinned it wickedly. It hit the flagstick and dropped straight down. If it hadn’t, it would have gone 50 yards over the green lol. Sometimes you just need a little luck. 

It does involve a little luck. First time I played gold I was a young skinny kid, used a wood for a 125 yard hold, hit a ground ball that missed the cup by an inch. Closest I've come since.

25 minutes ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

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I have a couple friends i golf with, 20+ handicaps, its a great day if they break 100, two if them have one each. I have zero. 

2 hours ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

Have gotten out each of the last two weekends shaking off the rust. Yesterday’s wind was insane. Some of the windiest conditions I’ve ever played in. 

April is the windiest month.

BTW, how many aces have you got?

There was an April in the early 90s, I think 91 where we had 90s at the beginning of April. I had just bought a bass boat and was thrilled to be able to take it out so early in the year.

On 4/8/2026 at 3:52 PM, SJonesWX said:

that is infuriating. i have more oak leaves on my lawn today than i had last fall. the trees are naked, but the stupid wind keeps blowing them out of the woods

That used to happen every spring at my last house, I guess that's the price for living near woods.

4 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Deep deep winter. Birches getting saggy.

Starting to look like that here

3 hours ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

We're onto next season.

Super Duper El Nino?

Snowing here

2 hours ago, WinterWolf said:

Lol…ya it’s Capicola.  Regional dialects. But Boston Italians aren much different. 

I can see capacol, but gabba-gool?

26 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

In Agawam up to 81 now my grandfather passed away this morning but we knew it was coming so kind of hard to be out enjoying it.. 

Sorry to hear, still sucks even if you knew it was coming. He's in a better place.

1 hour ago, NoCORH4L said:

Right near shore it was actually over 10". The thinnest I went to was 4", as that's minimum safe thickness. The cold temps the last two nights actually really hardened and locked it up pretty good  The PFD is for when I go test the thickness lol. This place is only like 6 ft deep as well. 

So, at worst you'd get an ice-cold dunk and drag your ass to shore. I friend of mine fell through ice and the water was about 5-6 feet, we dragged him out, problem was it was single digits and his clothes turned to ice taking him home.

51 minutes ago, NoCORH4L said:

Still ice here in N ORH if you know where to find it! Definitely the last day though. 

How thick is the ice? One thing I liked about spring fishing you didn't have to dig through 2 feet of ice.

1 hour ago, CoastalWx said:

Need one of those tents with a stove 

When I was in Boy Scouts I had one of those Coleman propane lamps, that thing would heat my tent right up.

3 hours ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

Got just the email that my golf course is opening March 30th. Let’s go!!

My old one opened yesterday, not Sure when they open up here but doesn't matter til I get my hip replaced.

1 hour ago, Typhoon Tip said:

You know I wonder if there's like a "green up line" 

I think there's something like that with trees.  I could swear I've seen it, the leaf out line or something.   But not sure that's the same. 

That pithier verdancy of spring where the fields are delicious with it like a 5-star eatery's salad ..  I mean there comes a time every spring whence that is noticeable and it's not the same as a couple of fluke early warm days driving a greener patch here and there.  Talkin' full commitment, and it does tend to flash over the landscape across an instra-weekly time scale - days in other words.  Not sure when the first (average) time that is - I suspect that season's climate bias plays a role. 

It's nostalgic.  I've seen pre leaf out but budding trees, with perhaps Norway maples in flower - those give off one of the best spring aromas there is outside of Lilacs. That green complexion underneath paints the fields, festooned with yellow dots from dandy lion. This setting comes on prior to the trees.  Spring fever afternoon if it's 72.  Four days later there's leafs cracking out

Seems in April there was one in Connecticut, my lawn was brown and dormant, we'd go 45 minutes south into Connecticut for golf, and the grass was nice and green a goods two weeks before mine.