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UnitedWx

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  1. Here in Westfield we have our own gas and electric grid. Cheaper than you know who. 2000 sq.ft. Our electricity last month was $135, but nat. gas was $300. Not bad at all compared to our neighbors, but still expensive compared to a couple years ago. Summer electric isn't bad even with A/C. We have to A/C because of our Chinchillas... great pet to get if you love to keep the house cool!
  2. Pellet stoves are great to supplement heat but don't expect to use one as any source of primary heat. A couple of my friends tried doing that and found they went through tons of pellets and still had to run the oil to keep up. Cost them more in the end instead of using it as a supplement. We have one and use it during the super cold spells. We keep it set low so it still allows the gas heat to cycle, just less and helps circulate the stove heat around the house. That seems to be our sweet spot where we're not just spending extra money
  3. On our week long trip to Canada we used to do, a 300 mile day was the norm on a couple of the days. Some of the route was just at the edge of some sleds fuel capacity during those days. Quite invigorating
  4. My favorite "modern style" sled is still my 2003 REV X 800. Best handling/riding of all. Least favorite was my 2007 XRS, 2010 XRS was great, but still not as fun as the '03. I'm going to find a good one and restore it eventually
  5. I remember all the global cooling talk mid 70s to early 80s. We studied it a lot in class. There was incontrovertible evidence of such...
  6. Usually that's due to lack of experience, or far worse a bad ice cube or three! WAYYY too much DUI still going on in the sledding community! 45 on many trails should be perfectly safe
  7. I don't go 20 in the parking lot!
  8. That's crazy! Never heard of speed regulated rentals. Last time I rented it was at Norther Outdoors in Maine. Maybe things have changed? I know there are no more rentals in VT
  9. Right now that western ridge looks better to me, no?
  10. Would be nice to send this season out with a bang, bang this season being 5 to 10 lol. I really don't think we're off the hook for snow in March tho, just a hunch
  11. I need to weenie this pic, but for another reason! Drool
  12. Yes. There wasn't Hadley cell talk in the 80s, but I sure remember discussions on fast flow etc. causing storms to be shunted offshore at times, in between the cutters. Everything goes in cycles
  13. I can't wait to get back in the sport but with my family's budget I'm going to be buying a couple of $2,000 revs from back in 2005! I guess I know what I'll be doing with most of the check from Elon
  14. Man! If you have not ridden a modern snowmobile when you try one you'll think you're having fun with a totally different sport! Apples and oranges is a far insufficient description of how modern snowmobiles perform.. especially if you ride skidoo. Back in 2002 I had a chance to ride the Prototype Ski-Doo REV at a dealer in Lyndonville vermont. We put a deposit down that afternoon for the following year as soon as we got back to the showroom. Ride like butter!
  15. There's nothing like a game of golf after a hard days work... as a secondary way to piss you off! That's why I gave it up lol
  16. Sustained cold, and some damn cold mornings for sure. This is the first year I've noticed that I have to prepare myself for the cold even more... must be getting old LOL
  17. Looks like even the Cape scrape is off the table this A.M. 10 degrees here in Westfield. And now we've gone from kicking the can to kicking frozen dog crap
  18. Just enough in my areas to have the heavy equipment scrape side roads all day... and warm the cab. One thing I HATE is driving with a jacket on. High of 28 in Westfield today, felt like 48!
  19. Well, some guys are just fun to lol joking... sort of. I've been in a weird mood today. I feel like after having to work outside in the sun today and feeling that feeling that Nape Tip fee he's s always mentions this time of year, my brain has decided that it's time to F this winter and head into spring. Reset for next season
  20. Agreed on this end also. I understand where he's coming from and right now that certainly seems to be what's happening. However looking back there's nothing saying that this isn't exactly what happened before. Many would argue that cc is also what caused our extremely snowy years of the past couple decades. It's all a big fluid dynamics crapshoot in the end
  21. Well I usually would not bring up a Tip vehicle warmth observation, but it's highly evident today. Driving around in the truck for work and there is no need for a jacket at all, had to pull over and take it off. Heat is turned down below 50%. Sun angle?
  22. Must've been April '82. I don't remember March '84. IIRC my area missed it. I'll have to look it up. Edit, I remember 1982 now that was the storm where it had been very warm a couple weeks beforehand. I wonder if the storm in 1984 is the one where they were convinced it was going to be shunted off it was going to be shunted out to sea? I really wish I could find my old weather notes!
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