JFskiDan

The news is doing a good job of getting people all riled up about the heat. I did here maybe Sat will be the hottest its been in like 7 years. thats pretty hot. Seriously? you weighed before and after? thats a shitload to loose over the course of a run if you ask me. You are right about the humidity. My hair is so fucked its not funny. One day i want to experience "dry" heat, to see if like 115 degrees and really low humidity is better than what we have now. I'm pretty much staying inside this weekend after about 10 am.

According to peco's outage map, the people across the street from me still dont have pow wow. Just saw on the FB a couple roads are still closed.

Rained incredibly hard for like 10-15 mins. Then it was pretty much done.

Pretty wicked storm last night. I'm feeling pretty lucky my power was stayed on. Homes across the street were dark this morning with a lone generator humming in the background.

70 degrees now. Pretty nice out. Almost time to fire up mr. bbq.

Storms kinda meh in delco. I was sort of hoping for a lighting show.

i have stone in one bed, and it seems like thats where i do the most weeding. i am a total noob when it comes to landscaping a whatnot. I wouldnt do well on the gameshow "flower or weed." i really have mostly just had grass at previous homes. But i'm gonna have a hard time ripping all the landscaping out around here.....the PO was loved by all the neighbors and all of them have told me how much he cared for the outside, and all his wonderful flowers/shrubs/plants, and how great the place looks when everything is in bloom. I doubt anybody is going to come up to me and say "i think that asphalt looks way better in those planters than any of those shrub/bushes/flowers that were there." I really did think about cutting my own lawn, but that would require me to go out and purchase lawn equipment, and there is no fucking way a push mower would be on the shopping list, i would want to sit and get it done fast, so i would buy some fancy thing like you have. And then i would have to get a new shed since the existing one is in less than stellar shape, and is super damp inside, and there is no way im putting a mower in the garage. The cars would be pissed. With what the lawn elves charge me, it would be years before i was in the black on the mower anyways, and i am more than happy sitting on my porch watching the grass grow instead of mowing it.

Im with you. Personally i think both toast and nmski must have some type of disorder to be this obsessed with lawn cutting. Or its just that i have so little patience for lawn care. I do have more landscaping at this house in the way of flower beds and whatnot that need weeding more often then not. Unfortunately i found out the hard way i have poison ivy out front. Fuck that weeding bullshit at this point to. Im gonna pave over everything and put up the prettiest fake bushes/shrubs/flower thingys i can find.

Lawn elves showed up at my house yesterday sometime.

so far, this year we have had more rain than last year. Crazy. rained its ass off last year too. i guess this is the new normal.

I have a 2500 gallon white water tank at work, that we pull alot of water out of daily, but still manages to grow algae. not a super big deal as we arent trying to drink this water or water plants with it. The blue is supposed to help with algae, black is supposed to be ok too. i added a black tank this year. i will post my scientific findings on algae between the two tanks at the end of the year to let you know. My actual serious question is, can this become a breeding ground for mosquitoes?

@toast21602 Comminuted tibial fracture - life long debilitating injury? The settlement seems excessive to me, but i dont know shit on the subject, but i feel people are just ready to sue for anything. I kind of want to say this guy aint bright enough to figure out he is on a closed trail? But it also sounds like he may have been on BB trail, then jumped the platform onto snowdrift. I get that there was a snow gun there, but assumed risk means nothing?

If that was Delco, there would still be people eating on the trashcans. Oh, news flash, its gonna rain some more soon. It like 99% humidity right now too. My hair is a disaster.

No ball bust here, but your hotel/diner/vending machine lifestyle is working against you. I do get that you love living in a hotel, but you are making this harder on yourself than it needs to be, which, like last year, will probably end in you saying "fuck it, where are the pretzels and ding dongs."

Just for the record, i like Steamboat. I wasnt overly in love with Winter Park for some reason, but that doesnt mean it sucks. Just means i didnt like it.

Ehh, i guess that depends on how flexible your schedule in the winter is. With my knee issue, i booked both of my trips just a little bit more than a month out. If you are going to book stuff ahead of time, my advice would be to make sure you can cancel, or rebook without spending more than a few bucks to do so. I think someone here booked some non-refundable lodging last year, and for the life of me i can figure out why anyone would do that. If you dont have some type of rewards CC or travel CC, do that now. Southwest is a great airline for skiers, and is great for getting to CO, and good for getting to SLC. They will not get you to Jackson Hole, but AA will. You are opening yourself up to a whole new great experience going out west. Pretty much any place you chose to go will be awesome, so go on a trip with some other PASR's (highly recommend this, even if people are of different skill sets) but if you dont end up going with a group, (1) pick a mountain that isnt on the Ikon pass. (2) Pick a mountain with historically lower daily attendance.

I like the idea of a late Feb or early March trip to CB. Phillycore is going too. He just might not know that yet. Really wanna see you again Barb. We also need a new picture. Barb dont do anything half assed.

Cant read article without subscription. Cliff notes please.

holy crap is it nice outside.

This is really interesting. its my understanding you are supposed to use 100LL in planes. I'm just the average Blue skier, but i would probably not fill my flying machine at the Exxon.

Except for the fact i lost a wheel weight on one of the rear wheels last night, yeah. Feels like im riding in one of those vibrating chairs.

73.

Broke down and mowed the lawn in the poconos. Sharpened a few rocks. No lines no weedeating. driveway is starting to come in nice too. I hate this.

That sort of makes more sense. I thought you would have been a pretty serious underage drinker. And, god damn dude, you have done some serious damage to your body.

Isnt that when you turned into Tubby Toast too?