Manchester NH's West Side had a lot of Quebecois, but not sure how much of that culture is is retained after several generations.

It was just Lockes Hill, but was still quite nice!!

Snowshoeing in short sleeves is pretty fun!

They still use tokens

~4 inches of cement in Tamworth so far. Some trees are really loaded.

and Student Loan payments

Re: Mife: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/16/health/abortion-pills-fda.html

Many providers out of state do offer Mifepristone by mail with a Telehealth appointment. If you Google "abortion pill by mail" you'll find a lot of good information.

https://www.theonion.com/existentialist-firefighter-delays-3-deaths-1819571551

I'm wondering if I got caught in one a few years back (late December, maybe 2013?). Curious what your take is on this.

I was hiking Boott Spur (southern ridge on Mt Washington) and we encounters some incredibly heavy snow right at sunset. Probably coming down at 3 inches an hour, but with zero wind. We could talk normally as we navigated cairn to cairn back down to tree line. It was surreal. As we drove home (up to Gorham) it went from 10+ inches of snow to basically nothing, and then coming back down 93, we drove through an strip of snowfall that was maybe a mile or two long. It looked like a tornado of snow had gone through! I tried to figure out what would cause that, and my best guess was a Norlun trough.

Yeah, 19 Mile Brook is not really a wind/visibility concern. The cold at the hut is though, so definitely make sure you have warm enough gear for the bunkhouse.

Possibly. The black flies come out around Mother's Day, and crossings can be swollen with melt water. Really depends and what your are looking to do. If you are flexible there are lots of good options.

Yeah, a bit out of my range. Interesting place though if you have a bunch of wives and dozens of kids you're trying to house at the same time.

Here ya go. https://www.redfin.com/NH/Hanover/56-King-RD-03755/home/182448914

Interesting - did the town vote to adopt the statute?

Also, maybe the issue isn't that we're not lawyers, it's that lawmakers don't know how to write code.

Well I am clearly not a lawyer. I read "Must be adopted by the municipality as" each municipality must adopt it, but clearly that is not the case!

Good point, I should have added the 'in the woods' piece. Tall, straight, no big branches. Yard trees tend to be to knotty. We had ~40k board feet taken out (all pine) and got a few grand for it (and we got like $20 for many, many tons of chips). But our land was definitely closer to a wood lot than a yard.

Oh right, I forgot about that 'lottery' piece of it. I wouldn't plan on those find, but it's worth trying to get them!

Oh interesting. Looked into it a bit more and found this: https://www.revenue.nh.gov/mun-prop/property/equalization-2021/documents/solar-exemption-report.pdf

One does have to apply, so I guess they could be denied.

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Edit: Looking more closely, Manchester has 0 exemptions, which seems suspiciously low.

If you have enough of them with good access, they'll pay you!

The federal tax credit is pretty substantial at 30%. In New Hampshire, the value of the solar array is not counted towards your property tax (solar abatement). New Hampshire itself doesn't currently offer any rebates that I'm aware of.

You can also sell renewable energy credits (RECs) to the market as another source of income for your ROI.

The section as you approach tree line is notoriously hard in snowpack because of the side hill and deep snow. If you have a group you might be able to power through it, but solo is probably not so fun. Plus the road walk to the trailhead adds a couple miles each way.

I would strongly recommend just using the Crawford Path up Pierce as that is a very good winter introduction.

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I see a few others mention it, but Butter, Confectioner's Sugar, Vanilla, and Fluff for me. It's a bit less viscous, so I use it as a 'build your own Whoopie Pie' type desert, otherwise it can spill out.

It's French for butt

I'm guessing it's a ruffed grouse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BrJghW-WEk

Yeah, I voted for Kodos.