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  1. Grok, show me a picture of an oxymoron
  2. No doubt about real maple syrup vs anything fake. I just can't do that crap anymore. After making my first batch 2 years ago, I went on a trip and the continental breakfast had waffles with maple flavored crap - couldn't even make it past a single taste, not worth it. I will say this, the effort is more in the setup. After you have the fire going and the sap boiling it's a lot f sit around and watch a fire, and drink a lot. This year I mentioned we had friend up to "help" It was a blast. I think between 3+ of us (one of the group only lightly drank), we probably killed a six pack plus a 6 pack of wine too. Needless to say the hangovers we gnarly, but totally worth it. Fall foliage trip - highly recommended, just find a place that has fewer people. The places that draw massive crowds: Franconia Notch - primarily Artist's Bluff - the place has a great view, but damn if that place isn't overrun on the weekends (we literally drive past this on the way to our place in Vermont) https://www.unionleader.com/nh/about_nh/artists-bluff-an-easy-hike-amazing-views-and-an-instagram-hit/article_b7a40628-28f2-11ef-94c7-bf96e8752590.html Woodstock, VT - this is a beautiful area, but in the fall so many leaf seekers make it a nightmare, this barn is supposedly the most photographed fall foliage place ever I was staying down the road from this place in April 2021 and we had a freak snow storm that gave us this picture, but with snow. The Kank (aka the Kancamagus Highway) is a great way to see the foliage, but in season 34 miles might take 3 hours, so I would avoid it. My advice - hit Littleton, NH or better, hop over to St. Johnsbury, VT and start there. They are very well mountainous and will let you see the leaves.
  3. We had a crazy snow storm over the weekend - We went up to Vermont to make syrup (documented - HERE). We went up in nice weather on Friday. It was in the 50s that day and down to 40s that night. We woke up to 6" of snow. It made for fun syrup making
  4. Connections Puzzle #660 🟩🟦🟦🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟩🟦🟪 🟦🟩🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 after that first miss, no way I was going to (attempt to) do my usual purple first. Wild puzzle. Wordle 1,382 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🙂 Daily Quordle 1163 7️⃣6️⃣ 9️⃣8️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Thrice Game #642 → 10 points! 🎲: 2️⃣2️⃣2️⃣2️⃣2️⃣ https://thricegame.com Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle #190 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟣🟣🟣🟣 🟢🟢🟢🟢 🟡🟡🟡🟡
  5. Connections Puzzle #659 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 That should have been perfect, but I got lazy when doing Green and goofed up. Wordle 1,381 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🙂 Daily Quordle 1162 4️⃣7️⃣ 6️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Thrice Game #641 → 9 points! 🎲: 2️⃣2️⃣1️⃣1️⃣3️⃣ https://thricegame.com Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle #189 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟣🟣🟣🟣 🟡🟡🟡🟡 🟢🟢🟢🟢
  6. Define limbs. Basically wondering about size really. Frankly if I wanted to step up from axe, my next stop would be this: https://www.harborfreight.com/10-ton-hydraulic-log-splitter-67090.html It just seemed like swinging an axe or swinging a sledgehammer, same motion. So I will stay with the axe. But if I wanted to do something different - I would go manual hydraulic.
  7. FUCK! Now you tell me!!! I have one of those hanging in my garage in Vermont!!! I'm not sure if it's a real one or knockoff, but I recognized the mechanism in an instant. It needs to be sharpened big time. But I'm going to give that a go next time I am there.
  8. Connections Puzzle #658 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Wordle 1,380 4/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🙂 Daily Quordle 1161 5️⃣6️⃣ 8️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Thrice Game #640 → 5 points. 🎲: 3️⃣1️⃣❌1️⃣❌ https://thricegame.com Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle #188 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟡🟡🟡🟡 🟢🟢🟢🟢 🟣🟣🟣🟣
  9. This batch One downside about this batch- I didn't realize I needed to do one last filtering on it and I have sludge in about half the bottles, I am going to need to fix that soon.
  10. This batch ended up with 3/4 of a gallon Will need to clean up today.
  11. With a help of some great friends and a lot of wine, we cranked out 3 quarts of maple syrup.
  12. Brisket is done. Sap is still boiling. I have some of it on the stove now since it needs the boil off. This is going to boil down to around a 1/3 of this I would guess. We shouldn’t get a full gallon today.
  13. That smoker was a side of the road find. Driving up one weekend my wife spotted it on the side of the road. It took some work, but I got it in the truck, by myself. most of these new englanders don’t know how to use an offset smoker. I’ve gotten 2 off the side of the road and both were clearly used as grills.
  14. Week 2 production has started. With meat in the background.
  15. Connections Puzzle #657 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Wordle 1,379 3/6 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🙂 Daily Quordle 1160 6️⃣8️⃣ 4️⃣9️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Thrice Game #639 → 10 points! 🎲: 2️⃣1️⃣3️⃣2️⃣2️⃣ https://thricegame.com Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle #187 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟣🟡🟣🟡 🟢🟢🟢🟢 🟡🟡🟡🟡 🟣🟣🟣🟣 First Sports Connections I thought was genuinely hard.
  16. Jeopardy Masters coming back at the end of April, 30th. Here are the 9 contestants:
  17. Connections Puzzle #656 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Wordle 1,378 4/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🙂 Daily Quordle 1159 7️⃣8️⃣ 6️⃣4️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Thrice Game #638 → 11 points! 🎲: 2️⃣3️⃣3️⃣2️⃣1️⃣ https://thricegame.com Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle #186 🔵🟣🟣🔵 🟢🟢🟢🟢 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟣🟣🟣🟣 🟡🟡🟡🟡
  18. Connections Puzzle #655 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟦🟨 🟨🟨🟦🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟦🟦🟦 Wordle 1,377 3/6 🟩🟨⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🙂 Daily Quordle 1158 4️⃣7️⃣ 6️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Thrice Game #637 → 9 points! 🎲: 2️⃣2️⃣2️⃣❌3️⃣ https://thricegame.com Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle #185 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟣🟣🟣🟣 🟢🟢🟢🟢 🟡🟡🟡🟡
  19. Yeah, sorry to disappoint - it appears that most of these are not outside of Mass https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/le+solare+montepulciano+d+abruzz+italy/1/usa-tx-y
  20. Anyone need a new computer? https://www.apple.com/mac/lumon-terminal-pro/
  21. I like and repsect Liverpool because you are the only team that doesn't have ONLY shithead fans on Surly. But no.
  22. Connections Puzzle #654 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟩🟪🟪 🟪🟩🟩🟪 🟪🟩🟩🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Wordle 1,376 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🙂 Daily Quordle 1157 4️⃣6️⃣ 5️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Thrice Game #636 → 10 points! 🎲: 1️⃣2️⃣2️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ https://thricegame.com Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle #184 🟡🟡🟡🟡 🟣🟣🟣🟣 🟢🟢🟢🟢 🔵🔵🔵🔵
  23. Man, we gotta wait a week until the next Spurs match? UGH And it's at Chelsea.
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