Jimmies are cylindrical, sprinkles are spherical.

FWIW, my son has an early September birthday. We used to live in MA, where the cutoff was 8/30. One of the advantages of our move to NH was the 9/30 cutoff allowing him to go to K a year sooner.

We were in a very similar situation, where we were very concerned about him being bored and leading to behavior issues. He's doing well in K, though the social stuff is still a work in progress. I'm not sure how much of this is related to going early and how much is because he lost a year of socialization during COVID.

All in all, I'm glad we sent him early, but we agonized over the decision for months and will never really know if it was the right one. There are advantages in both directions. Having the decision out of your hands isn't the worst thing.

No one's saying they should hand out the info. Just call the owner and ask what's up.

Used to love it there. Three bad experiences in a row since the new management took over and we're done.

Yeah, they beat oil at the lower temps, but they absolutely wipe the floor with it at the higher ones. COP at 47F on some of the newer LG systems is pushing 6! It's better at 10-15 than I realized though, thanks!

Heat pumps beat oil pretty well in the shoulder seasons. When it's like 45-50F outside, and they run at low load, they're crazy efficient.

Yes, I have the "Kumo Station" on my Mitsubishi hyper heat system. It can control up to 4 zones of backup heat. You set which heat pump zones are backed by which backup zones. Then you set two temps. Above temp A, the backup never runs. Between A and B, heat pump runs first. If it fails to hit set point for the configured delay time, it adds the backup heat. Below temp B, it goes straight to backup heat.

The system works great. I first installed it in my Massachusetts house, because you got huge rebate. It went from $400/ton to $1600/ton by adding the integrated control system. Rebate change more than paid for it. The heat companies charge a bunch for it and some of them don't understand it. When we put the mini-splits in the NH house, I just bought the kumo station and installed it myself.

You want the previous year, because past 3 months doesn't tell you every season.

I didn't read the question that way at all. I took it as "why did they think that at the time, and what have we learned since then about why they were wrong?"

Personally the idea of climbing around on a snowy/icy roof scares the crap out of me. I don't see how to do it right (zig zag with clips holding it down) without going on the roof. I tried tossing it out the overlooking windows at my old house after we had ice dams, but that didn't work worth anything.

The best spot for cocktails in the area is over the bridge in Kittery at The Wallingford Dram.

The zigzag heated cables work great. Unfortunately that won't solve OP's problem for this winter, but it'd be a great summer project.

They're reassessing in my town this year as well. I refused to let them in. I lived in Massachusetts too long to voluntarily let agents of the government into my house without a warrant. We'll see what happens with the valuation.

Granite State Fair in Rochester has demo derby, school bus demo derby, trailer derby, and motocross.

Durham : Best : great sense of community, excellent schools, close to a lot of restaurants and shopping, good town services Worst: oh man do we pay for the schools and services

Ah, I stand corrected. Didn't see that from up in the nosebleeds. I just remembered that we arrived as the opener was starting, so we must have missed the admonishment at the beginning.

Weird, no such thing in Manchester on Saturday.