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Up to 0.96” here. But in a rain free bubble at the moment.

Hasn’t rained like this in quite a while here 0.60” so far but just getting into it

I’m pretty sure they do correction. Yes. Templeton Municipal. Kinda surprising for such a small town

And that National Grid rate is too low for this past 6 months. It will drop in May but it was over $.30 per kWh

Lol... Revenue by year. in millions of dollars. Doesn't look like they are doing badly 2022 $32,250 2021 $29,061 2020 $23,518 2019 $26,509 2018 $24,720 2017 $22,387 2016 $21,316 2015 $19,163 Number stores also increasing As of January 2, 2022, Starbucks had 34,317 open stores across the world, just under 17,000 in the US. The number looks poised to keep increasing after years of steady growth from Starbucks. It added 484 net new stores the first quarter of 2022 and 538 the previous quarter. It added 1,173 net new stores in the fiscal 2021 year, and 1,404 in the 2020 fiscal year, according to end-of-year data provided by Starbucks.

Today should be a beaut after the early morning clouds etc move out

Good coffee there. I used to like their cinnamon sticks. None near me sadly

Drinking a Starbucks Sumatra blend from our machine now. Alternate between that and their Cafe Verona most days.

I believe Dunkin Donuts began in Quincy MA. Unless you meant when Dunks first arrived in RI? They used to be good, especially their donuts.

Been outside chainsawing up a couple of small trees that fell in March. Sun is strong but still only 54. Enjoyable

The Boring Company is the one making tunnels under LA. https://www.boringcompany.com

He has had some big successes taking big risks. I’m not sure if his Boring Company will ever bear fruit (is it even still doing anything?) but I do like what some of his gambles have achieved.

Just watched the SpaceX launch. Not perfect but a big step Rapid disassembly. Lol

I use that blend for cappuccinos and lattes.

Whitinsville had a bunch of good info when we had that mega thread going. I have old friends who work at some of the bigger players (Pfizer and Moderna) who were involved at the beginning of this. Smart people

On occasion (maybe once per week or every other week) I will preorder one from the one near my work. On a not so busy street near a gravel quarry. At that time of day there is maybe one or two cars there. Usually none. 95% of my coffee come from my home machine. One cup per day. Sometimes an afternoon one.

Getting medical advice from a weather forum (or twitter etc) seems illogical, but what do I know.

$3.50 for a medium iced coffee that has a 50/50 chance at being terrible and a 0% chance at being excellent is madness. I still cave on occasion though.

Thanks. We visit that area pretty often. Wife went to the Zoo back in the day. It was looking so green today. People were mowing lawns. Weeks ahead of here

Speaking of W Mass, we were in the Hippie Valley today touring a couple of schools with our daughter. Quite different than my ULowell experiences.

Forsythia here bloomed but maybe 10% on a bush that would normally have 100% blooms. Very weird

I don’t think that’s it is an epidemic or anything. Just something I want to avoid as I get older

It definitely varies by person. My wife had almost no reaction. I had a bigger reaction than her for the first one as well. But this second one is nasty. Having uncontrolled shakes for hours last night was bizarre. Feeling a bit better now.

I had chicken pox when I was pretty young (5ish?). I know a few people who got shingles and it is not a fun thing. Very painful and gross

Wife and I had round 2 of the shingles vaccination. Round one wasn’t very pleasant so I was hoping the second would be better. Wrong. Starting around 11PM I had the worst shivers, muscle aches, headache etc. I feel nauseous. Did not affect my wife nearly as much. Hopeful it passes soon.