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  1. mattie g
    That's because decently below normal sucks this time of year, no matter how big the departures are.
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    Never in a million years would I want that in April. It's impressive, but I'd never want it. December, January, February, March...sure. April? Nope. Time to move on, so I'm honestly not even moved by these videos.
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    You know what that means? May blowtorch, which also means a ton of complaining from people who think it's too hot.
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    Aslin's quality has fallen off a cliff in the last two years. They're so focused on expanding that they've forgotten how to make good beers. From the perspective of a fan of theirs from the early years, it's really sad. It might just be a personal palate thing for me with EQ. Their beers are soft and definitely have lots of haze, but they just seem "off" to me. There's a new brewery - Juicy Brewing Co. - that opened in Aslin's original Herndon location a couple months ago. They're producing some of the best beers I've ever had - period. They're really small and aren't canning (yet?), but you can get crowlers to go. Seriously though...their IPAs are out of this world, their Kolsch and Schwarzbier are truly phenomenal, and they have a line of uber-fruited sours that are getting *all* the hype.
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    I find EQ beers to be kind of odd. There’s this slightly astringent tea-like quality to them that turns me off a bit.
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    How we doin’ so far this drought season?
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    Does anyone track the hummingbird migration so they can be ready to put the feeders out? I didn't know about this site before, so I put out a feeder about three weeks ago when we had that warm stretch. To no one's surprise, no hummingbirds showed up. https://www.hummingbirdcentral.com/hummingbird-migration-spring-2022-map.htm Looks like they generally show up here right around April 10, so I'm going to put another feeder out today.
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    OK...so I wasn't imagining that there were some rumbles.
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    Looks like WeenieRadar Plus
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    This is going to turn out to be the worst weather April in recent memory. I can feel it.
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    Not even close, river wind or not.
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    Meh
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    Yup. You can see them - black pads sitting on top of the white tray - under the plants. Pretty straightforward stuff. Soil temp in my starter pods was about 85 degrees. Quite warm, but it definitely gets the job done. If I didn't have the pad, I'd have a hard time getting anything started since my basement is anywhere from 58-62 degrees or so this time of year (it almost never dips below 56 nor gets above 68 at any time). I also have a timer that I set to about 16 hours of light and heat per day until potting up this second time, at which time I reduce to 13-14 hours in preparation for planting.
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    Tough group, but certainly nt the worst draw. I agree. Wales is a very good side, so I expect they'll end up in our group. Kind of unfortunate to get them in the first match (if we do play them), as they'd definitely play Bale without worrying about him having played just a few days prior. Iran is no slouch, but they're nothing to fear. England is phenomenal, but they play a bit conservative under Southgate, and depending on the results of the first groups games, I don't know if we'll see them come out flying against us. We have the talent to make it out of this group, for sure. If we're healthy going into the tournament, then I'm going to feel really good about getting into the knockout stages. At that point, we'll just have to see how the chips fall. Turner Dest - Zimmerman - Miles - Jedi Musah - Adams - McKennie Reyna - Ferreira - Pulisic I figure if we have this starting lineup in a knockout match, we'll put up a good fight against pretty much anyone. Of course we can't know who will be in form and all that, and our #9 situation just sucks, but that's a boss of a midfield with two really high-class attackers and two wingbacks who can cause problems. I like it...
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    Here’s a (VERY compressed) shot of the seedlings, taken on Saturday right after I potted them up. I gave away one seedling of each of the four tomato varieties to a neighbor, and will probably do the same again once I transplant since I always keep an extra seedling or two in pots just in case something goes wrong. Jalapenos are front right with most of my basil behind them. Tomatoes take up the rest except or a couple more basil plants in the front left and one little cup of tomato seedlings that my little one wanted to start on her own. The setup is just a couple LED grow lamps and two heat maps from Amazon and a Target garment rack. It’s just enough to start what will actually fit in my garden (plus some extras of each as I mentioned). I’ll get something else started once I get this cleared, but I’m not quite sure yet. Probably just some herbs or or leafy greens - something fairly simple that I may not even transplant. Hoping to be able to plant in about three weeks if the weather cooperates!
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    I haven't, but I might have to give it a shot. We badly need to update the backyard layout!
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    Didn't really get any rain yesterday, but it seems I got some decent rain overnight with a few cells that moved through between midnight and 5 am or so. No idea if these had T&L or any wind associated with them, though.
  18. mattie g
    Just a breezy and mild day. Hope everyone else had fun!
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    Meh
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    I'm not opposed to Horvath. At least he's playing games.
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    It's crazy. He's done the same thing multiple times now. I was texting with my buddies during the game and I said that I'm almost done with him. You just can't have those kinds of errors game-in and game-out. Matt Turner is definitely good enough to take that #1 spot. Gaga Slonina will almost certainly be our #1 over the next few years, but it's still too early. I'd be good with Turner, Steffen, Solonina as our three keepers in Qatar.
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    The pots are basically the seeding groups. Pot 1 are the highest-ranked teams, Pot 2 the second-highest, etc.
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    It was a bit of a dead-rubber match, but it was weird to go through despite losing. We didn't play poorly, either. Costa Rica took advantage of that one set piece, then Zack Steffen sh*t the bed again on a claiming a free kick. I can't stress enough how frustrating it is when you have a keeper who doesn't command the box well and/or will confidently collect crosses. I think this team is built to play against teams that don't sit in a lower block - basically a team that allows a bit more space. We should see this much more in the World Cup than in qualifying, so I think we'll put on a good show.
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    There will be that little measure of concern until we finish the job. I mean...there's no way this Costa Rica team scores six goals on us, let alone six unanswered goals, but that nagging concern will still be there. I'm with you though. Go down there and get three points to close it out. That would be phenomenal. You know what's crazy? The absolutely ridiculous CONCACAF yellow card accumulation rule will be applied to the playoff game with New Zealand. There are nine Costa Rica players n a yellow, so if any of them pick up another tonight then they'll be suspended for that playoff game. That's just nuts. I feel for them, but I'd be surprised if most of them start since the chances of making up that GD against us are so incredibly slim.
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