powderfreak

Game 7 ALCS... crushed it.

An image to illustrate this in full is needed. How big is big enough to matter?

Bagging leaves is up there on top 5 worst chores you can possibly do. Blow or rake into the woods all day long.

A friend called this “Retirement Community Weather”.... meet you at the shuffleboard courts! This is what you get when you visit grandma in Florida during the winter, sunny and 70F.

Shorts and t-shirt weather at the picnic tables. The 14” of snow is crying for Mamma... just a rotting few inches in the high shade. This is pretty spectacular warmth. 60F up here and 72F at MVL. Even the breeze is warm.

It’s crazy that it’s 1:30pm and the sun is setting on the east slope of Mansfield. Hiking and that’s all for the sun today as it heads behind the ridge.

Loved that song growing up. Still do, but I was all in on that one for a while.

Thanks, was hoping I could bait you into it . Where do you find this stuff BTW? That does make sense though, if Christmas Eve can pull 60s, there has to be some random low 70 mixed in there between now and then.

MVL maxed at 72F... I don’t have the data records Dendrite has but I have to think that’s also close to warmest temp so late in the year.

At least the divisive rhetoric will disappear. The differences in their speeches is astounding, back to a normal President who doesn’t drive an axe through the populous every time he speaks. That’s all America asks for.

No I’m sure they are doing better than I think, our hospital is in the UVM network but most of our employees are still averaging 3-5 days for a test result, sometimes up to 7. But on an unrelated note, the UVM medical network has also been hit hard with a ransomeware attack. They are screwed still for a while. No records, lot of hand written documents and charts. My buddy is having hand surgery and was asked to bring his copy of his X-Rays as it’s the only copy they have at this point (the one they printed for him to take home). ”The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a cyberattack that caused a shutdown of the University of Vermont Health Network’s online systems. UVM Medical Center President Steve Leffler said Thursday officials had not identified the source of the attack that had downed the electronic health records system and its patient portal, where patients can access their appointment information and medical history. After learning of the issues on Wednesday afternoon, the staff switched to all paper medical records, Leffler said. Some appointments Thursday were cancelled, including certain surgeries and elective X-rays, Leffler said. The Burlington hospital has temporarily stopped taking trauma patients transferred from other emergency rooms. The system shutdown will likely delay the result of some Covid tests. According to Rajewski, similar attacks by the malware known as Ryuk have been increasing in recent months. He said he’s seen ransomware hit businesses and nonprofits of every size and in every sector. Recently, health care organizations have been a target. Since July, hospitals in New York, Nebraska, Ohio, Missouri and Michigan have reported cyberattacks. In recent days, an Oregon hospital and St. Lawrence Health Systems in New York were also hit. On Wednesday night, federal officials — from the FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services — warned of an “increased and imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers.” Health care providers should “take timely and reasonable precautions to protect their networks from these threats.”

That’s awesome Ginxy. People still wait like 5 days up here to find out.

Ha I noticed restaurants here throwing tables and chairs back outside last night as the snow melted and it’s so warm again. Lots of folks eating outside this afternoon.

Hiking to 4000ft in shorts and a t-short in November... pretty nice to be honest. Doesn’t bode well for ski season opening on time though.

Yup

November 2018 this isn’t.

56F at the picnic tables and 70F down in the valley.... full torch! Only plow piles left at my place now.

This evening's sunset was pretty good around 4:30pm. Crazy how early the sun falls below the horizon this time of year. Very mild out too... felt like a late-summer evening, happening in the middle of the afternoon. A mini-mud season. Wave like feature curling over the Green Mtn Spine.

Nah, you’ll get some front-end overrunning storm of 5” before it transitions to a hot rain. Keep the faith.

Sounds like too many IPAs mixed with an edible that dried your eyes out.

At least 69F today, hopefully MVL popped a 70F.

I could see that too, and then his son runs. I think the Trump family is here to stay in politics.

If he actually does lose, I’ve got $100 on him running again in 2024. Trump doesn’t lose. He’ll keep trying. And honestly I don’t think anyone would have a shot in any 2024 primaries against Trump.

First Female VP in Nation’s history very possible now.