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Just now, PhineasC said:

Yikes, hate when that happens. Been pretty good up north so far, not many spiders.

More ticks than I have ever seen though. 

Ticks here too, no centipedes this year but plenty of spiders even inside the house, I think centipedes eat spiders so maybe that's a good sign, spiders do have their use other than to scare the crap out of Wiz.

Was splitting wood from a pile of wood I bucked two years ago, biggest spiders I've ever seen, big brown wolf spiders, Wiz's nightmare, also ran into a hornets nest so had to call it a day.

7 hours ago, PowderBeard said:

Explored Quaboag today. Frog bite was on, had about a dozen, most of which 2-4 lbs. First cast I had a pike in the 15-20lbs range. 7'3 heavy jig rod with 50 lbs. braid, couldn't budge it. Stripped about 80-100' of line off. I had the drag almost cranked, put my thumb on the spool to slow it down and put a good slice in it, popped off in some grass after a 2-3 minute fight. Unreal, thought I was in salt water. I see why people ice fish for them now lol

 

2-year-old kiddo was very upset about the fish eating "Kermit."

 

I had a similar experience at Quaboag with a Pike, thought I had a huge bass at first, fun fight to bring it in.

On 7/23/2021 at 2:21 PM, Baroclinic Zone said:

How have I never heard of this site?  It's a gem for products.

https://www.domyown.com/

I've been using the Demon WP with good results the last few years. I had a wicked bad centipede infestation a few years ago during a long hot, humid spell and they got rid of them and anything else that got in the way. My basement concrete wall outside was literally covered in hundreds of centipedes every night, some would sneak into the house but the dry air from the AC would shrivel them up, still they kind of freaked me out with the number of them on the foundation.

22 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Not what was predicted by some.

Since this thread was started the weather has been quite nice.

16 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

It has arrived

Let us know how it works, I'm thinking of ordering some myself.

22 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Last 8:00 pm sunset . Another step down for summer. At least it was a nice one...

We've lost 20 minutes from our longest day and going down every day.

22 minutes ago, WhitinsvilleWX said:

We could talk about local sportsball teams 5 game slide.

Put the kid, Tanner Houck in the rotation and hope Sale comes back to what he was.

17 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Any good dining res upcoming?  Flying Fish is still closed      

Worcester restaurant week this week til the 14th.

Was supposed to go to Woosox game tonight but doesn't look that great to get the games in.

It was blah here but pretty good in other places. Depends where you are.

7 minutes ago, DotRat_Wx said:

This is severe in Boston 

Raining sideways at Fenway

Dogs under the desk, Tstorms must be close.

16 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

The fact that the bank had the audacity to request the payment from me was laughable.  **** that.  The City screwed up in their paperwork from January to June the following year and sent a bill to the bank and the bank sends them the payment likely knowing full well that I have a new lease with them with the same plates on a different vehicle.  **** you.  You go chase the abatement.  I provided you with all the proper documentation that you already have.  I told them to never call me again asking for payment.  Only to say that they received the abatement.  My next call will be to a lawyer.

Mine was a little different, I don't blame you for doing what you did no matter the cost. In my case the registry messed up and no one took the blame. The $18 or whatever it was, was worth it to make it go away. 

2 hours ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Excise tax is ridiculous. I traded in my fusion in feb 2020 and it was hell to get an abatement from the city. And I didn’t see the actual money until the summer time.

I went through the same crap as BZ, it was only like $20 so I paid it so it would just go away. 

2 hours ago, WhitinsvilleWX said:

I turned the heater on and mine is 84. I hate cold water!

I have an half inch a day leak. Light niche. I’ve had it epoxied before but it’s a lost cause. The pool company is coming next week to put a lexican plastic plate on with a new gasket to seal it off. I’m tired of losing water and having to constantly keep adding salt. 

A friend of mine had a leak in his pool and used flex tape, worked like a charm.

1 hour ago, powderfreak said:

That stuff coming out?  Or are you forever getting a cavity search by TSA for setting off the metal detectors?

Between my hip and rod in my back its a PIA every time I fly, I used to have to do everything but take my pants off, now they have those phone booth looking things that go quicker.

18 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

Broken elbows suck hard. Two more weeks till PT starts. I've got good extension, but flex is stuck at 90 degrees. Awesome metal hardware.

Sent from my SM-G981U1 using Tapatalk

Looks like the hardware I have to build my firewood shelter.

12 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Ski areas are the same.  They settle all the time without admitting fault but just to avoid lengthy litigation costs.  “We admit no fault, in fact we are certain you are batshit crazy or high as a kite, but what would it take to just get this to go away? We are not paying major legal fees because you hit your head on ice and missed two days of work with a migraine.  How much do you make per day at your job?”

It is insane the number of people who get a lawyer to write a letter about the dumbest mundane stuff.

It's insane the number of lawyers willing to do it.

1 hour ago, powderfreak said:

Tree House and pork chops.  Picked up some local corn from a farm in Woodstock that looks awesome.  Haven’t seen any local corn yet up north but these stalks are huge down here.  Rain FTW?

Just had some local corn the other day, it was pretty good butter and sugar, the best corn comes out in later August, it's mirah, very sweet, better than silver queen.

34 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

That base-running in the bottom of the 7th was the dumbest Red Sox thing I’ve seen in a long time.  No idea wtf that was.

Of course the Rays score 2 in the 9th to tie their game and then walk it off in the 10th.  They are back to the team that doesn’t lose.

Edit: Wasn’t pretty but a win is a win.

Crazy 10th, never seen 4 wild p[itches in 1/3 of an inning, I missed the base running miscue, lost the feed on my tv, what happened?

3 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Nice downpour for you.

Nice downpour at Fenway, the umps waited til it was almost done to tarp the field.

1 hour ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

Did a new batch of gnats hatch today or something? Just completed 20 minutes of picking up branches and crap and was swarmed by gnats the whole time. Unbearable amount.

They got us pretty good at the golf course yesterday, first time this year we've been bugged by bugs. I assume mosquito's are next.

On 7/20/2021 at 3:13 PM, Baroclinic Zone said:

So I've been looking ahead to my lawn/garden/beds and what I'll need to do.  I need to repair my lawn which has not been maintained well over the years through my own fault.  I need to start taking better care of it and I've been researching steps to do so.  Dethatching/Scarifying and over-seeding is going to be a huge piece,  I ended up purchasing this today.

https://snowjoe.com/products/sun-joe-13-inch-12-amp-electric-scarifier-lawn-dethatcher-w-collection-bag

Electric Dethather/Scarifier.  I've researched this for a couple weeks and this brand seems to be reputable and the reviews of the product are outstanding.  I'm excited to see the results.  Once i have that piece done, I'll need to over seed and I'm leaning towards a lower maintenance. TTTF.  They require less water and are more resistant to summer drought periods and disease.  In conjunction with this, I'll be doing new planting beds around the yard and I'm thinking the most efficient way to create them is to use a tiller on the areas to churn in up and than form the edges.  Lots to do.

I was looking at another brand, let us know how it goes with yours, my lawn needs a dethatching badly and seeding.

2 hours ago, moneypitmike said:

Nice night at pit2

Is that your boat in all these pics?