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Had to go t o Essex today and took the long way home, Rt.15 to Rt.108 through Smuggler's Notch. The rivers were pretty high, which surprised me a bit. Around here they were pretty low to begin with and it doesn't look like they got that much more rain than we did around here.

That has got to bring back some awful memories for anyone who has lived in Beirut for a while.

FYP

I listened to some of it on SiriusXM and watched the last few holes up until Koepka put it in the water on 17 or 18. I wish I had seen Thomas hit bridge and make it over.

People in VT do not hate out of staters. Are some people jerks? Yes and you seem to know more than your share. I’m sorry you’ve had a bad experience but that’s your experience and not the entire story.

Played in a pro-am at the Country Club of Vermont today. Beautiful course with great views. Played ok in spurts. The greens were fast and very hilly. The wind was pretty strong too. The picture below usually has a great view of Camel’s Hump but the clouds and mist were starting roll through.

To be fair, the 5 game series they have to win to advance to the playoffs basically just replaces the end of the regular season for them. No matter who wins it all, there’ll be an asterisk on it. The NHL seems to have a good formula to start play again. MLB on the other hand...

Nice to have playoff (sort of) hockey back. Go Habs!

Nope.

I wonder if I know her? I work for the Attorney General’s Office.

It does suck and I feel sometimes like your damned if you do and damned if you don't. You plug along and try to make the right decisions knowing there is little margin for error. I'm glad I'm not the one who has to make those decisions.

I'm not sure of the R0 for my county but for the state it's at .88. Obviously ours is lower than that as it is heavily weighted by Chittenden County. The state does have a decent dashboard and they send out a daily update. https://www.healthvermont.gov/response/coronavirus-covid-19/current-activity-vermont

We like going to Littleton. World's largest candy counter at Chutter's. Home Depot and Lowes. Traffic isn't nearly as bad as Burlington or W.Leb

Some people think we are being too cautious, I wonder myself at times. But, like I said, I think we have done ok and don't want to change that now.

Our county has had 47 cases and 2 deaths. I know what you're trying to say but I also see that, as a state, we have done ok and I am fine with our cautious approach.

Just got our notice about school for this year. The district is offering a choice between completely remote learning or a hybrid model. The hybrid model has kids going to half days of classes 2 days per week and remote learning the other 3 days. Kids with last names that start with A-K will attend school in-person on Monday and Thursday while L-Z will attend school in-person on Tuesday and Friday. It isn't perfect but I think they are doing the best they can with the situation they've been handed. https://www.buusd.org/covid-19/reopening

Lol. If any fruit or vegetables start going bad, that's what I do too.

I think you're correct. Our old system was run from our oil fired boiler and had a large super insulated storage tank. The tank sprung a leak so we had to get a new one. I would have loved an on demand system but we don't have propane and I couldn't see installing it just for a new water heater.

Not really. It has decreased humidity and hasn't had a huge impact on our electricity bills.

No plans set in concrete yet. School openings have all been pushed back until September 8th as plans get finalized. My son will be a junior in high school and I suspect it will be something like in person 2 days a week and online the other 3.

Had the first death in VT in 43 days

You sure that wasn't MoneypitMike?

I bet Ginx can do more than speculate

Buffets are no good in the age of COVID

Wish they still filmed Northwoods Law in Maine. Would love to see your pontoon boat pulled over with a bunch of AMWX weenies on board.