April 2025 Discussion/Obs

[Stormlover74]

Meh

[LibertyBell]

3 hours ago, gravitylover said:

Because 21 year olds are so much wiser and their actions are always so well thought out...

I mean the brain isn't fully developed until age 25

so medically speaking, the older the better.

[LibertyBell]

4 hours ago, donsutherland1 said:

There very likely was measurable snowfall on May 4, 1812. The newspapers described a violent snowstorm (likely heavy wet snow) that was "among the rarities of the season." The reports noted that the snow fell all day and accumulated.

Wow any idea how much might have fallen and are there any maps anywhere from that storm, Don?

 

[LibertyBell]

3 hours ago, steve392 said:

Easily 2 weeks ahead.  Trees with full canopies by me.  Green coatings on everything. 

how are you guys ahead of us? I have the same small green buds that I had 2 weeks ago, the only thing that's changed is my cherry tree has blossomed as of yesterday.

also got plenty of tulips.

[LibertyBell]

1 hour ago, Stormlover74 said:

Meh

heaviest rain NW of us as forecast

[FPizz]

.11 so far

[bluewave]

13 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

Heaviest rain and highest totals to our NW?

I just had some heavier rains here with this first round.

[cleetussnow]

23 hours ago, Dark Star said:

There are, but you may not like how they are run...

Sweden tried socialism back in the last century.  They really had that utopian vision of paradise everyone dreams about.  Then, they (the people) realized how quickly they were going broke and how unsustainable it all was.  They were on the brink of collapse.  Luckily they were still a democracy and were able to turn away from the failed experiment and avoid the police state and gulags. Swedes don’t have the stomach for real socialism it turns out.  

We do have this new breed of socialist now…lightweight socialists.  They tend to like or even own vineyards and drink Prosecco.  They’ve never once set foot in a socialist country and have no clue what socialism looks like.  I am likely one of the very few people on this board who's been to any socialist states.  Multiple, pre wall socialist states.  The real thing. There was no Prosecco. 

[donsutherland1]

8 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

Wow any idea how much might have fallen and are there any maps anywhere from that storm, Don?

 

Unfortunately, none of the early newspapers gave any amounts. The earliest maps that I'm aware of go back to 1836.

There was an even larger May snowfall in 1803. May 1803 likely saw several inches in New York City and Philadelphia. Most of the snow fell during the nighttime.

[LibertyBell]

40 minutes ago, cleetussnow said:

Sweden tried socialism back in the last century.  They really had that utopian vision of paradise everyone dreams about.  Then, they (the people) realized how quickly they were going broke and how unsustainable it all was.  They were on the brink of collapse.  Luckily they were still a democracy and were able to turn away from the failed experiment and avoid the police state and gulags. Swedes don’t have the stomach for real socialism it turns out.  

We do have this new breed of socialist now…lightweight socialists.  They tend to like or even own vineyards and drink Prosecco.  They’ve never once set foot in a socialist country and have no clue what socialism looks like.  I am likely one of the very few people on this board who's been to any socialist states.  Multiple, pre wall socialist states.  The real thing. There was no Prosecco. 

Sweden is too conservative.

The other Nordic nations are far better, they don't allow crap chemicals in their food, they don't allow corporations to run their political system, they don't have a diabetes epidemic going on and they have far higher literacy rates and a longer life expectancy and best of all, they are science based not money based.

Guess who the police state is now.... this country.

This is what happens when crapitalism  becomes an oligarchy, for the rich and the rich alone. That makes the entirety of society suffer when they get away with literal murder.

Mr. Moss was able to obtain documents that support this entire story. Michael Moss stated, “What I found, over four years of research and reporting, was a conscious effort — taking place in labs and marketing meetings and grocery-store aisles — to get people hooked on foods that are convenient and inexpensive.” Mr. Moss interviewed over 300 people who had been involved, or were still involved, with the food industry. In this article, he relays examples of how certain foods were formulated to make products irresistible to consumers. Foods that he mentioned in the magazine article were Dr. Pepper soft drink, Prego spaghetti sauce, Lunchables with dessert, the line extension for Lay’s potato chips, and several other major processed foods.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/04/26/990821079/cheap-legal-and-everywhere-how-food-companies-get-us-hooked-on-junk
 

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

8 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

how are you guys ahead of us? I have the same small green buds that I had 2 weeks ago, the only thing that's changed is my cherry tree has blossomed as of yesterday.

also got plenty of tulips.

The south shore is often behind areas 10+ miles inland. There is even a noticeable difference from here in North Lynbrook to my dads in South Wantagh.