I don’t know! When I call tomorrow I’ll ask! Thanks for the tip 😀

Thanks! I’m on fuel assistance already and I don’t think I’d feel right about taking any more funds from BROC but they are AMAZING PEOPLE and I am so very appreciative of the help they’ve given me.

Thanks everyone! Appreciate you!

Thanks! Will do.

I was just about to respond with exactly this. I don’t know why this malapropism makes me so insane but it does. Thank you friend.

Don’t jinx it!!!! Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

I can’t speak to the schools but I live in Proctor just outside Rutland and in the three years I’ve been here I’ve noticed a definite uptick in the number of POCs, particularly black folk. So I think it’s getting more diverse, but compared to Michigan, that’s not saying much.

I’m white, so I can’t speak to the experience of black folks here either but I can say that while I’ve run into a lot of unfamiliarity with people of color (and resulting ignorance) I haven’t heard much in the way of disrespect or contempt.

You will, however, see too many “Trump 2024” signs and a pretty hefty sprinkling of confederate flags. So it’s a pretty mixed bag.

What a shitty comment.

I got a foot in my driveway that the nice boys from the neighborhood cleared YESTERDAY. I want my goddamn money back boys.

(I don’t really. They did clear the snow that was there yesterday.)

Lol!

Beaver Pond. Where the mosquitoes are the size of beavers.

Oh yeah! If it was summer, the screams would have been accompanied by people running down the street bleeding to death from 335,470 tiny wounds. Happens every year July-September.

It’s definitely foxes. But if I hear a fisher cat I’ll come right back here and let you know!

Near as I could tell, they were down at the end of Eden in the cul de sac, close to the tracks. They’re such beautiful animals!

Lol! That’s exactly what it sounds like!

THAT’S IT!!! Oh man, those are some serious noises. Thanks for this!

Those are some spicy maples man.

Lol!

Ha! Few people will get that, but I did!

I’m going to hope for foxes then! Thank you!

Could be! But there seem to be a number of them. Do foxes move in packs?

Don’t think it’s a fisher cat—sounds more high pitched and screechy. But thanks because now I know what a fisher cat sounds like! Cool!

My understanding is that being off grid would require a huge amount of battery power and even then would often not provide sufficient power during winter.

That said, you can accumulate credits by selling power back to the grid to offset your winter bill. Friends up in Vergennes do just that—and pay next to nothing for electricity.