Hailstoned

58 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

You can't really call it fast food anymore. The wait time getting to place your order, then the wait time to place the order, the wait time to get to the window to pick up, and the wait time at the window for the food...its like 7-12+ minutes. 

But the wait time to be in need of the facilities post consumption, is about 30 seconds.

26 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Any few lingering , poor souls out there that haven’t installed yet? You wouldn’t imagine there is, but guarantee there’s  1 or 2 that will claim window fans blowing pine pollen and smoke around and the house is cool and comfortable. 

I'm one-- happily and comfortably so. If Ms. Mother N. hadn't wanted us to breathe in pine pollen and all the other detritus of the season floating around out there, she'd have fitted us with filtering gills or some such thing. I'm sitting in the living room, no fans, just a nice soft breeze stirring through, breathing in whatever she sends this way. (Oh, strange coincidence-- no one I know who's regularly out there "earthing" runs away shrieking at the sight of a random peanut or two...)

1 hour ago, powderfreak said:

It’s like the old joke… “I can’t wait for summer in Vermont.  Last year it was on a Tuesday.”

"Stick to your long-johns untill your long-johns stick to you"

4 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

42° with windswept showers here right now.

Debating whether I should fire up the woodstove or not.

Have had ours going-- fueled by pieces of a big dead oak, casualty of the caterpillar catastrophe of a few years ago-- that finally gave up the ghost with a huge splintering crash into our backyard a day or so after the violent downburst took out big chunks of several of our prized maples. As for the big oak, at least it came down well seasoned and ready to burn.

4 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

There’s a couple weirds that seem to not like the look of them and prefer to open their windows which is just baffling . Unless they’re teaching their young children to write the alphabet in the thick pollen on window sills and furniture .. there’s no logical reason to that .

Shut em down, airtight, AC, and spawn children you have to take to the emergency room with one whiff of peanut butter.

2 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Why wouldn’t I ?

2 hours ago, kdxken said:

Undercut the lower limb at the v standing on the uphill side. Might get lucky and it rolls off with the first cut. I can't see the end of the upper limb but gravity always wins. If it doesn't come off , keep undercutting until you get to the wall. Cut shorter pieces as you get closer to the wall it's likely going to slide towards you. It's a lot easier rolling something off when it's on a wall then jammed in the dirt. 

Forgot to mention, If the upper limb is being supported by the lower limb (not hitting the ground) cut as much of it as you can going slowly cutting small pieces (Don't cut over shoulder height). The less weight the better.

Sounds like a plan. Appreciate the advice from a pro!

35 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Looks like 65 mph type stuff. Wish that could happen here . Shed looks salvageable?

Luckily, the shed structurally came through pretty well. Just need to add a some roofing once I figure out how to remove our fallen friend.

O.K. Damage-Devas-- The scene from Monson after Saturday's violent down-burst. The smoke in one of the pics is from a live wire--

16 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Here’s that bow just after it passed you. It must have moved right over your head 

We’re about a mile south of that lightning bolt under the reversed U of the Pike. The bow or whatever was certainly flexed to the max here. 

Just now, Damage In Tolland said:

Whoa! You guys got rocked! That bow went right over Monson . How strong do you estimate gusts? Sounds like 65/70 type damage ?

I think that would be a safe bet. A lot more damage from this than from the strong tropical storm in August of a few years ago. And this all occurred in about five minutes.

Just now, Hailstoned said:

We’re not far to your (Weatherwhiz)east in Monson, and our yard’s a disaster zone— Maple down, crushed shed— half another maple down, crushed disc golf basket; huge branch down blocking driveway… and of course power out, probably for some time. By far the worst convective storm I’ve experienced here in Monson, and have lived here almost 35 years. Wouldn’t be surprised if the wind gusted close to hurricane force. (We missed the 2011 tornado by about two miles, and the only event more damaging was the October snowstorm of that same year.)

23 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

 Nights are tough with higher dews though. That’s just the new norm. I also like it cool at night.

True-- can be challenging. But a ceiling fan in the bedroom keeps it tolerable, even comfortable most of the time.

On 4/18/2025 at 5:19 AM, CoastalWx said:

How?

-We live on a large treed lot with no pavement.

-The house is situated looking down a small hollow with a perennial stream running through it.

-Ceiling fans. Keeping the air moving is half the battle. (We also have mini-splits for cooling, but have rarely used them.)

-Acclimation: If left to it, the body adjusts to heat just as it does to cold. I play disc golf year round in often frigid, icy conditions, though admittedly, bearing the heat/humidity becomes more challenging as one ages.

3 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

That’s what AC is for . I’m not talking about sleep . Every single poster here has AC. It’s about summer vibes and the feeling of summer and then pm storms .. just a FL feel 

No AC here.

1 hour ago, Typhoon Tip said:

Dude, I'm totally fuggin with him .. hahaha

Psychology my ass -   

I write as a hobby.   I'm a published author.  Despite other's perceptions of me in that regard, and/or their just loathing in general ... I have a facility for this.   Look, as an art? one is missing a lot of colors on their pallet if they don't "get it" when it comes to the spooky perceptions of others.  

Try character writing in a novel - you'll understand what I mean...   One really is not very good if one does not accuse COPs as having some form or another of suppressed unresolved issues with authority -  

Think I found the title:  "Phase 7 APO Repression-Depression in the Age of Shriveled Weenie Expectations"

Amazon review: " A gripping tale of a tragic string of faux winters that will grab you by the nape of the neck and won't let go till your long johns stick to you signaling its install time."

(O.K. having fun here-- love your stuff even when only a phrase or two here and there breaks through-- plus, the ongoing amusement of "say what?" befuddlement of much of your loyal readership.)

17 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

I was seriously asking you if your migraines are clinically defined, or if you are just calling them that ... like euphemistically.   People just say in passing that they have "such a migraine" but there's a certain defined set of physiological events that set the migraine phenomenon apart from 'bad headaches'.   

I know this stuff, because I am a lifer... have been since adolescence.  I had my first aura at 9 years old.  Now, yes ... one can suffer aura and also non-aura migraines.  But, by and large, most proper and real migraine encumbered individuals experience some form or another of aura, usually visual, during the initial stages of an attack; but it can manifest in other physiology signifying the onset of the migraine event.  

The migraine event, in the latest NCBI ( National Centers of Biological Information or NIH, National Institute of Health ),  suggests cascade "Potassium flushing" takes place through the neurons of the brain, temporarily destabilizes the critical sodium - potassium ( negative positive ion gate ) differential across cell membraine.   If the delta between Na- and K+ electrolytes are not maintained within range ( for whatever reason, and that is related to genetics and environmental ... which is makes for nightmare individual diagnostics and triggering ), the K is released - thought to be a mutation that serves a function of 're-setting' the gate differential to be at crucial ratio.

It is important to know this stuff ... because,  new aura migraines at middle age, whence the patient has no or very limited prior life-history, is significantly correlated/increasing stroke risk.   Those that are life sufferers, however, this correlation is less; the underlying triggering mechanism is not the same, nor necessarily caused by risk factors associated to a broader spectrum of life styles and/or special circumstance that lead to latter life onset of the condition. 

The science has come a long way.  Medications are useful, but there are often side effects...etc. etc, like all chemistry -based prevention, they're never absolute and may also have secondary risk factors. Usually a tailored approach, that combines diet and other life styles, with medications...   For me, I never went the medication route.   One thing about life-suffers, migraines appear to be gestational modulating.  Usually around between 38 and 50 years of age ... patients report that while aura still takes place, the ability to function and straight up tolerate the pain sequence of the total migraine event, are greatly improved.  I am now in this latter population myself   So, ... 20 to 30 min of aura doesn't ( or hasn't in recent years ... ) immediately preceded an elephant standing on my head, while a Nazi's experiment with peripheral neuropathy ...  A couple of prophylactic Advil ( more so a placebo -) and the headache is more dull in nature.  

I have recently found cutting out simple carbs .. if not entirely, strictly reducing them to very low weekly consumption ( like I don't ever eat white bread, white pasta, soda pop, refined fruit juices - basically, all industrialize sugar concentrates of any kind, period ), and the aura frequency has dropped to almost never.  I had never tried this before... I actually got into doing this dietary measure for other reasons.. .but noticed along the way, 'huh, i have had a migraine in months'

Suffered from these for years-- though they may have been hybrid migraine/tension headaches. Have occasionally experienced auras, but not as migraine precursors. This all culminated a couple of winters ago with several trips in one week to the emergency room, they got so bad. (Though these may have possibly been complications from Lyme disease which I've had too many times, and/or covid). What brings all this up is I was finally prescribed with a common anti-depressant amytriptoline (sp). One pill a night and I haven't experienced  migraine symptoms since September of 2023-- been a real positive life changer! I used to rely on sumatriptin (sp) several times a week which relieved, but headaches would return on the rebound. Now got a whole bunch unused/unneeded. I bring this all up for those searching for relief with a lot of confusing options out there. This is what's worked for me.

36 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

I have yet to figure out what Jester January means. Am I alone on that? 

To me it's a rather poetic (and prophetic) way of saying that typical January winter conditions, re. snow along with the cold are "in jest," as in a promise not honored. Which is "jest" as January has turned out so far!

7 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

I just took an extra shit today…I think it’s gotta be due to CC. 

Rather, denial of it is due to a bad case of constipation...

22 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

It’s a protest song, but not about the war.   Riots and the police response

But in the larger context, many of the demonstrations and riots of the day were in protest of the Vietnam War and the flavor of that permeates the song despite it being inspired by an unrelated protest (Sunset Blvd. LA?).

3 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

I don’t need you to be a teacher scolding a 7yr old. As someone who enjoys winter And literally has not seen an event over 3+” for 3 years and now with temps conducive since December 1 and has an inch and change to show for it….yeah it’s frustrating. So put me on ignore and deal with it. 

This poster apparently sees himself as Lord of the Wingnuts.

5 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

You is I and I is them 

Takes a village.

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Most of us would take and root on an icestorm . It’s the time of winter for them 

Who's your "us?"

1 hour ago, WinterWolf said:

And that ain’t true either. 

1 hour ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Wherever there’s an argument, there’s a wolf. 

For a rabid response bring up climate change.

4" here in Monson, though didn't measure till this morning when it had slumped like a bent back geezer.