DavisStraight

2 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

No. I meant skip all the tragedy, pain, and suffering…and just do it already. That’s how it will end anyway, with him dead somehow, so let’s just get there. 

Maybe one of his own will do it, a Russian businessman put up a mill for him, the businessman lives in the US.

3 hours ago, Spanks45 said:

Just had my wood stove installed last fall....perfect timing it seems. I filled my 275 gallon oil tank in October. I have used roughly half the tank so far and about 3 cords of wood. I have supplemented heat in my upstairs with a space heater before bed, especially on the cold days when the sun doesn't really heat up the house. The only electricity that I use is what I have banked from my solar production. I have not had an electric bill since my September bill. I paid $200 per cord, 4 cords total at the beginning of the season, paid $2.42 per gallon for the oil, early in the season....

Solar is next, what did you get for a wood stove?

26 minutes ago, PowderBeard said:

Maine, probably the Gray/Lewiston area, got an internship up there. All but the dissertation is done at UMass but the RAs will be collecting that data so we are heading out.

 

Oh yea, remember all those closing costs. It's just a personal challenge to me at this point, I have been a bit lazy this year in feeding the wood stove and have gone through more oil than usual. The only time it usually runs is when we are away. The stove can keep the main house 70-72, back room where the stove is usually 76-78. I crank the stove then use the fan of forced air system to pump the heat throughout the house. If I don't then the stove room gets into the 80s. 

@DavisStraight, not sure if you know about them but I had a friend recently come across a 30" Elm Stove. It will be in safe keeping until we find our next long-term house. It is a beauty. 

Yes I've seen the Elm, they are beautiful and they throw some serious heat. You'll have to take some pics when you get it installed.

2 minutes ago, weathafella said:

Bite the bullet and fill the tank.  If your potential home buyers enter a cold house and see an empty tank it’s not a good look. You’ll make it up in the long run.

Not only that the seller gets paid for the oil in the tank, it's figured at closing.

9 minutes ago, Sugarloaf1989 said:

My downstairs temperature at 60F disagrees with this statement.  Just spent another $400 on hearing oil.

That's why I got a wood stove, remember a few years back prices were high? I think higher than now. I use one 275 gallon tank of oil a year for my hot water and supplementary heat and 4 cords a year I try and cut most of it myself and whatever I'm short I get from my BIL at a cheap price. House is mid 70's all winter.

4 minutes ago, Hazey said:

That sneaky s/w that gave dryslot the surprise totals is crushing us here in Halifax. Very heavy snow falling. Easily 6” down and more to come. Big time overperformer. Forecast was for 4” lol.


#NovaScotiaStrong

I was hoping you'd pop in, looks like you were getting it good, what do you think for a final 8-10?

2 hours ago, bristolri_wx said:

As for meetings, well, that's another story.  75% of the meetings I'm calendared to attend are a waste of my time.  I'm sure some here probably have better luck with that, but this new trend that everything needs a meeting "to discuss" is a waste of the productive hours in a day, and more an example of narcissism than work productivity.  

 

I used to work at an appraisal company, worked at quite a few over the years but this one particular guy always had to have meetings, all the meetings were a waste of time and a loss of about an hour out of my day, after a couple I stopped attending, pissed him off but I wanted to work and make money and not listen to that narcissist act like he was an important man.

44 minutes ago, UnitedWx said:

I always have trouble posting pics here, only been able to a couple time. It always tells me the file is too large...and I have NO idea how to fix it

Same here, I used to be able to post them all the time but lately I get that message.

3 minutes ago, dryslot said:

Think you were surprised....lol.

I was surprised with my dusting.

On 2/17/2022 at 3:13 PM, Ginx snewx said:

 

That's awesome to watch Ginxy, I just got my dog that year so she was a pup and loved to run on top of the snow like yours were, mine used to jump over the snow blown path to the other side. 

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

 

I think the NAM gives me a 2 inch lolli, line is right on Ma CT border.

29 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Gfs says winter isn't over yet 

Not yet, some cold still around for a while on and off, suns really warm though, I'm at 38 and it feels like 50 in the sun.

13 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

one day a week, really?

That's all my wife does too, some weeks maybe two days.

11 minutes ago, mreaves said:

Is the fence just for the garden?  Try something like this with the raised beds. 

Hard to tell from the pic but does one portion of the fence swing open so you reach the plants?

42 minutes ago, Hoth said:

Yeah, that's what I've read. I'm not sure they would tell us if it went higher though. They wouldn't want to spark a panic or telegraph anything to Russia.

That means ready to go.

The squall line held together longer than modeled earlier.

4 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Here's the squall in action.  Visibility was one lift tower.  Maybe a couple hundred feet at most.

https://www.facebook.com/6902394/videos/480119820184208/

 

Now that's a real snow squall.

39 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

4-6wks in a sling and another 4-6wks pt sounds terrible. Actually sounds worse than my elbow recovery

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I wore a sling for two weeks and then just started getting my strengthen back starting with light weights, the good part was the sharp pain was gone but it did ache for a while, I didn't get pain pills from the doc so I just toughed it out. Never liked to take them anyway.

That squall line in Canada is coming together nicely for you guys today. I expect we'll see radar images from PF showing mod-heavy snow later today.

40 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Get the surgery it won't get better with PT. After my accident I put it off, huge mistake ended up with 3 shoulder surgeries, 2 in the right 1 in the left and my left is all fuked up

I agree with this, when I tore mine PT didn't do squat and in the meantime the pain got worse to the point I couldn't brush my teeth with my right arm.  Cortisone shots didn't do a thing either.  The surgery is arthroscopic so you'll just have a few little holes where they go in. After a little rehab you'll be good as new.

2 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Yeah not sure where the confusion came from other than they’d had too much weed on a Saturday afternoon it shows a cold next 2 months 

They thought it was the same month

1 hour ago, radarman said:

Early April skiing can be good to amazingly good but otherwise give me the bluebells blooming on the plains, the scent of distant grassfires, and the threat of strong convection.  And home in time for our climo favored end of May/ early June EML.

I will say that the CoC days before the humidity and the bugs come out can be some of the nicest wx of the year here, but just too few and far between.

I nice warm 60-65 degree sunny day in April is some of my favorite weather, no bugs, no humidity, great days to start working on the golf game.

15 minutes ago, PowderBeard said:

Yup, the IL-76s are vulnerable. At least 2 down already and seeing reports of some sort of paratrooper disaster around Odessa tonight.

Where you guys getting most of your info on this?

15 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

I’m at 45% of my yearly avg so unless Steve’s epic March call produces, the season is in big trouble being labeled as a ratter. 

Well, if you end up with 80% of average you consider that a ratter? To me less than 50% is a ratter.

Looks like you northern Vermont guys should get a refresher Sunday with that front coming through.