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  2. Seriously, WTF is with this Weather?

    in General Chat

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    My place is all mature oak trees that I have to clean up after many times every fall. I have two hand held blowers and a 5 horse walk behind blower. I am lucky in that my property slopes to the creek and the prevailing western wind blows toward the creek. Blowers weren't an option when I was young, we used to rake every thing. I still have a home made wooden rake that is 6 feet wide with 12 inch tines and a 7 foot handle that I can move large hip deep piles with. Back then we could burn so we made a long pile in the driveway that circles my house and burned them. Now burning is not allowed. which I am ok with because I burned once or twice as an adult and was in fear of all the glowing embers flying into the air threatening to land on the roof. I have a system of using blue tarps and an ATV with a trailer to put them in the creek for right around my house, takes about 3 hours. On the lower half of the property I can blow all of the leaves directly into the creek which takes another 3 hours. I always end up doing large parts of three neighbors properties because their leaves end up on my place anyway. 

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  4. Killington 10-22-18

    in Other Mountains

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    11 hours ago, RidgeRacer said:

    I love using my phone to pay. I was at Wegmans recently and the cashier stared at me like I had two heads when I whipped out my phone and placed it over the card reader. When the register popped open and the receipt printed she was mind blown. I had to actually explain to her that I paid with my phone. Said she never saw anyone actually do that. Moral of the story...when at the Wegmans in Bethlehem, use your phone to pay if you want cashiers to think that you possess magic powers.

    I guess I am getting old because I would totally worry about identity theft using my phone to pay. It took ma a long time to get comfortable with direct deposit, I was the last hold out at work, they had to threaten writing me up before I switched over.

  5. Killington 10-22-18

    in Other Mountains

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    On 10/31/2018 at 12:35 PM, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

    I don’t unsterstand men who keep wallet in the back pocket.  So they sit on it.  Weird. I do get a kick out of olds that wear cell phone holsters and people who wear those blue tooth ear pieces connected to their phones..I notice it’s mostly Afro Americans. 

     

    *New Page. 

    Sitting on a fat wallet is bad for your back as it causes your hips to to tilt, forcing your back into misalignment.    

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  7. Skison 18/19

    in General Chat

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    On 10/18/2018 at 6:24 PM, toast21602 said:

    I'm thinking about Stratton or Killington

    been to stratton a few times and enjoyed each trip, park at the sun lodge, try to stay away from the trail that goes under the covered bridge.

  9. Help Me Choose a VT Vehicle!

    in Gear

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    On ‎5‎/‎2‎/‎2018 at 10:54 PM, SallyCat said:

    Before winter arrives I'm going to need a new car. My current '09 VW Jetta Wagon has been a trooper, but even with bomber snow tires I often spin out on hills of even moderate grade. It also has terrible ground clearance, which is a significant issue around here. Here's what I'm currently thinking of:

    1. Tacoma 4x4. Great ground clearance, can throw bikes in the back, etc Lousy mileage, though?

    2. Toyota Rav4: Very popular up here. Reliable, safe, decent-looking. The sensible choice?

    3. Subaru Forester. A classic choice, but I know some people who have had bad experiences with reliability and maintenance costs. 

    4. Something else I'm missing?

    I have owned several Toyotas, four wheel and two wheel drive. Great vehicles, no complaints, and I know many people who own Toyotas, they all say the same thing, several of those people have Tacomas. My research on CVT transmissions indicates that they are good when they work but are VERY expensive to repair. Good luck with your decision.

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  15. 3-23-18

    in Blue Mountain

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    Skied from 8:30am to 11:30am today. Beautiful bluebird day, small crowd, no problem. Most every thing was very nice, challenge was somewhat cookied up but skiable, sidewinder started with some cookies but improved as temps rose, as did all the other trails. ROTD - Razors. Really nice at blue, march has been great.

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  18. Smells like cow shit

    in Blue Mountain

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    3 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

    Blue looks like a complete ghost town based on webcams. 

    I skied open to 11:30am, No lines, ski on ski off the entire time. It was a little colder than you might expect for the 20th of march, quite a few people went back to their cars for more cloths. Most trails were solid and fast, no ice spots to speak of, blue is in good shape.

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  21. When power goes off and brakes don't work

    in General Chat

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    21 hours ago, SallyCat said:

    I don't think it's an issue of intelligence/dimness, but rather how good you are at very quickly assessing a situation under a lot of stress and uncertainty. Jumping off a chairlift is such a counter-intuitive thing to do, you'd have to fully understand what was happening to the chairs when they hit the bullwheel. If you're facing uphill and all you know is that you're moving backward, I think a reasonable person could conclude that the safest thing to do is stay on the chair. In part because not jumping off a chairlift is such an ingrained habit. And then by the time you realize you're wrong, it's too late. It's easy for us to watch with a bird's eye view and see people being dumb, but they didn't have all the information we have when we watch the vid. 

    EDIT: Jesus, though, that last person in the red jacket. At that point people are yelling and you can hear the chairs smashing. That was hard to watch.

    Fear will make a person freeze up. 

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