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  1. Connecticut Appleman
    33 here and all snow. It's on like Donkey Kong!
  2. Connecticut Appleman
    NW CT and the Berkshires have seemed locked in for a couple days on this. I really hope that holds - ever since I moved back here 5 years ago, everything has been pretty pedestrian. When we built the house, we bought a great cabbed John Deere tractor with a 5 foot blower on the front and haven't really been able to see what is can do.
  3. Connecticut Appleman
    Just looked at the 12z EPS and it looks like a lot of the lows are racing to get to Ireland for ST. Patty's day. Very different from previous runs. Hopefully just a blip.
  4. Connecticut Appleman
    2-3 inches here on the grass. Hard to really measure with it melting out from underneath.
  5. Connecticut Appleman
    37/31 here in New Hartford at 1,000 ft with the wind coming from the SW. Hopefully something starts to give otherwise we will be sticking a fork in this one.
  6. Connecticut Appleman
    41/29 in New Hartford at 1,000 ft
  7. Connecticut Appleman
    Bring it! It is time for NW CT to live up to its reputation for being the snow capital of CT.
  8. Connecticut Appleman
    I hope this does hold serve and I finally get a larger storm out here in NW CT.
  9. Connecticut Appleman
    This one is a mailbox mauler. There ain’t a mailbox in sight that is not bent, twisted or missing and they have not cleared the shoulders yet.
  10. Connecticut Appleman
    Looks like a bit of everything falling out of the sky here in New Hartford with 3 inches of concrete on the ground. 31 degrees right now. This should be interesting to snowblow…
  11. Connecticut Appleman
    Well we do have a little bit of DP to work with as it is currently 19 here, so if we can shed a few degrees before the precipitation starts, we might have a window to see some wintry stuff.
  12. Connecticut Appleman
    Any day now, I'm expecting to see a grumpy old guy step up to a podium wearing a hoodie with cut off sleeves declare " We are onto December" whenever a question is asked. I think even Gandhi would be throwing his hands up in the air and slinging four letter adjectives regarding this winter.
  13. Connecticut Appleman
    Snow mixing in here in New Hartford. 35 degrees.
  14. Connecticut Appleman
    So far pretty much a net zero outcome here in New Hartford. I think we needed 1100-1200 feet to see a net gain - 1000 not quite enough. I think I need a taller hill.
  15. Connecticut Appleman
    Bring it on - I could use a little pick me up! I do need to get diesel for the tractor - really long driveway about a 0.25 mille lone. Cabbed tractor with a 5 foot snowblower for the win!
  16. Connecticut Appleman
    Fingers crossed!
  17. Connecticut Appleman
    I grew up in Norfolk where cashing in is just the norm - we always beat everyone, but that has not been as prevalent in recent years for Norfolk.
  18. Connecticut Appleman
    Liking the general trends here. I'm heading into my 5th winter here and I'm at 1,000 feet which has not been much of factor since moving here. I came from Ellington to New Hartford and hopefully the elevation will pay off this time.
  19. Connecticut Appleman
    Just flipped to sleet.
  20. Connecticut Appleman
    Nice little event - grass is completely covered. 29 degrees here in New Hartford.
  21. Connecticut Appleman
    Welcome to Western CT - sooner or later we will regain our winter glory. The past few have been remarkable for their unremarkableness.
  22. Connecticut Appleman
    As for solar - we generate well in excess of our annual usage. At the end of the year with our net metering agreement, we get $0.04 per kilowatt-hour credit for the surplus. That credit zeros out our bill for the first 4 or 5 months of the year - then for the rest of the year we pay $12-15/month. For 2021 we generated 127% and are well ahead of where we were for at this time last year. Solar made sense for us as this house is intended to be the last stop on this side of the grass.
  23. Connecticut Appleman
    We built in 2018 and have 2 - 1000 gallon buried propane tanks. The key to propane is owning the tank(s). We can fill up once per year and get a pretty good deal as our neighbors also have 2 - 1000 gallon tanks and we do a bulk purchase.
  24. Connecticut Appleman
    No experience with Trinity - we went with Earthlight (Sunpower panels) and Earthlight was excellent to work with and have been very helpful when we needed something after the sale/install.
  25. Connecticut Appleman
    Congrats - I was an adjunct at UConn for about 15 years. The only thing better than the first class is when you are walking back to your car after the final exam after a really good semester.
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