Twisted is so stupid good. Also excited for Griz.

the off season was mostly weekends, and only certain sections of the park. Dominator was the only real coaster operating until the actual season opened. nevermind i don't know what the fuck i'm talking about.

very common. i never black out, but do grayout / tunnel vision. used to be able to ride I305 over and over, but now 1 trip and i'm good for the day.

I +4 or +3 tires, as appropriate.

I always make sure that I have tires.

VA Comicon too, they have events a few times a year.

partner went to have dinner with a friend, so kids and i got chick-fil-a.

now i'm working on a new gundam until she gets home. stupid tiny stickers.

i tried it last year. as a non-vegan who appreciates veganism and is trying to eat more whole food plant based, it wasn't for me. it's very geared towards faux meat, so for actual vegans who have that craving, it might be great. also it's quite expensive.

Wax Moon also, right?

Thanks for the reassurance that it's super unlikely that that section would freeze and burst. Def gonna always shut off from street meter from now on.

If the line from the city bursts, it'll dump until it's shut off tho, unless I'm missing something?

Oh also put house at 72 deg (thanks for remote access, nest!) so hoping that helped crawlspace too.

I turned mine off in crawl space on Wednesday before we left town, and left kitchen sink open. I'm worried about the couple feet of pipe upstream of the shutoff valve, in the crawlspace. That's full and pressurized.

I am assuming all is ok, been monitoring temps in my vented attic which must be much colder than in crawl space, and it only got down into 20s for some hours. I think crawlspace was fine.

But now I'm gonna turn off at street from now on. I hate the crawlspace.

I would definitely expect a heat pump system installed in our area to have electric backup heat. If that's not coming on, then you may have a thermostat/control problem. Def get someone to check it out, but good luck doing that during this cold snap :(

Yeah heat pump heating capacity is a function of outside air temp. They just can't extract much heat from air this cold. Does your air handler have electric backup heat? Depending on your thermostat, you can lock out the heat pump when it gets below a certain outside temp.

We're out of town until mid next week. Dunno how concerned to be about my pipes. Turned off water at valve in crawl space before we left, and left kitchen faucet open. Mainly concerned about the section of pipe upstream of the valve. If that freezes, bursts, then thaws, guess I'll have a flooded crawlspace and garage when we return. Put the main level thermostat at 72 last night, hope that heat transferred into the crawl space enough I guess...

and i gotta get the outdoor stuff (mainly inflatables that probably need to be fixed) put up. busy week i guess.

put up the fake tree yesterday. ornaments go on today after the kids get home from school.

I've been searching for a used gravel bike for ages, either I'm looking in the wrong places or there ain't much market for that. Mountain and road bikes yeah, but not gravel...

Looking to take the kids on a nice walk/hike this afternoon. Maybe FHP. Any alternative suggestions?

https://jobs.masonandhanger.com/#/jobs/5556

job is listed for Lexington KY but is also open for the Glen Allen office.

Lloyd Family Farms
https://lloydfamilyfarms.com/pumpkin-patch

Seconding black optix, used them for my Outback, good experience.

Will be taking my WRX to them sometime to redo the years old peeling tint (originally tinted elsewhere).