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HoarfrostHubb

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  1. That would explain it. I have not seen many of the Asian ladybug things at least. Maybe those will go away too
  2. On a completely unrelated note, were stink bugs/potato bugs/ whatever they are called always so prolific and large? I don’t recall them growing up.
  3. Working for $400 per week would suck for many. For a high school kid living in a low cost area maybe but not for most adults.
  4. US unemployment is down to 4.8%. Not amazing but not terrible. But we do know those numbers are very misleading. Typically if you have less than 5% it is decent. Wages and inflation is the bigger issue. They really need to tame the latter.
  5. Keystone was for exports anyway... shale sands --- refineries
  6. We were able to secure the same number of gallons of heating oil as the previous year for only about $16 per month more than the previous season (which wasn't bad). The mild temps this autumn will help as well for my house
  7. Heating oil prices went way low in March of 2020. The others not so much
  8. The fuel oil one is interesting, because the price of oil cratered at the start of the pandemic. I don't know the other energy types, but I assume it is the same. Obviously it is costing a lot more vs 2020, but 2020 was a lot less than 2019, 2018, etc. You have to go back to the late 1990s to find similar prices when adjusted for inflation.
  9. Regarding the truck drivers... the shortage was starting before the pandemic. I recall reading articles about a looming shortage due to retirements and not being able to replace them, several years ago. The pandemic sped that up quite a bit.
  10. We can't find janitors, my building is short a few. But the city pays those poor folks a terribly low wage. Not $22 an hour by a long shot.
  11. Yeah. I saw Fish mention something like that. Hope it works out
  12. Too bad Saturday/Sat night will be rainy. A bunch of outdoor stuff going on
  13. My classroom was a bit tepid this afternoon. Window open as much as I can and the heater was blasting. So dumb.
  14. Also, due to a later than normal switch of the old Fall Back with the clocks, sunrise on Nov 6 will be something like 7:25AM. Wheeee
  15. Nope. Not in her town at least. I don’t know of any towns near me that do that
  16. That’s what her old guy did. He had a big truck with a big on the back and would vac em up after blowing them to the street.
  17. One thing that sucks this year is we might have to clear leaves at my mother-in-law’s house. The guy who used to do it is all done (retired) and we have had trouble finding someone. There is no place to put the leaves. My departed father in law used to haul them miles away. I ain’t doing that.
  18. The leaf blower I’m going to switch to has a noise level of less than/equal to 65 db which is the equivalent to laughter.
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