Sdwingnut t1_j94efe3 wrote on February 19, 2023 at 3:49 AM

Reply to Fixed that Willoughby pic. by Essarray

The answer to the "It's so oversaturated!" fall pic comments.

Sdwingnut t1_j92bwzk wrote on February 18, 2023 at 6:23 PM

Reply to best cheesesteak? by willynillyslide

Me

Sdwingnut t1_j7lmb4l wrote on February 7, 2023 at 6:13 PM

Reply to comment by WhiskyIsMyYoga in We Need to Do Something About STRs by Commercial_Case_7475

The OP is trying to get away with murder? /s

Sdwingnut t1_j7lghwo wrote on February 7, 2023 at 5:36 PM

Reply to comment by rmorrin in The James Webb Space Telescope just found an asteroid by total accident, its smallest object yet by pecika

Conversation on Earth:

"You see that soccer pitch over there?"

"Where??"

"The one right next to Mars. You can't see that?"

Sdwingnut t1_j7klksr wrote on February 7, 2023 at 2:04 PM

Reply to The James Webb Space Telescope just found an asteroid by total accident, its smallest object yet by pecika

Wow!

"...but the JWST's incredible sensitivity made it possible to see this roughly 100-meter object at a distance of more than 100 million kilometers [over 62 million miles."

Sdwingnut OP t1_j4yio1x wrote on January 19, 2023 at 3:35 AM

Reply to comment by goodtimesVT in Vermont granite of Vermont granite by Sdwingnut

Lost the angle of the dangle

Sdwingnut OP t1_j4vvwrh wrote on January 18, 2023 at 5:01 PM

Reply to Vermont granite of Vermont granite by Sdwingnut

Sorry West Haven, you got sold off to New York state

Sdwingnut t1_j16mez0 wrote on December 22, 2022 at 1:21 AM

Reply to Another VT snow doggo by aqhamills

Dog-amount!!

Sdwingnut t1_iy4pp8b wrote on November 28, 2022 at 7:02 PM

Reply to comment by RoyalIndependence500 in Vermont’s version of “Cyber Monday”. My little city puts out a calendar every year. by RoyalIndependence500

Well, it IS "Giving Tuesday".....

Sdwingnut t1_iwlwymz wrote on November 16, 2022 at 4:47 PM

Reply to So when do you expect Malloy to deploy his picking up litter skills? And Rohan can come get his crap. This is opposite my house I don’t want to see this little anymore. by Rincewindisahero

Close enough to the road for an "Oh sorry I backed over your signs... 6 times" moment.

Sdwingnut t1_iw9vr0n wrote on November 14, 2022 at 1:25 AM

Reply to comment by zkentvt in Is the Notch still open? by advamputee

Both open and closed year round

Sdwingnut t1_iw1es93 wrote on November 12, 2022 at 4:52 AM

Reply to comment by xiphias__gladius in When to turn your heat on in New England by Generic_Commenter-X

I haven't turned my furnace on since aught eight!/s

Sdwingnut t1_iw1ekbl wrote on November 12, 2022 at 4:50 AM

Reply to comment by eloquinees_husband in When to turn your heat on in New England by Generic_Commenter-X

Ah so you've met my neighbors!

Sdwingnut t1_iv2r1vv wrote on November 4, 2022 at 8:59 PM

Reply to comment by Shep_Book in New England may not have enough natural gas to last the winter by mycophdstudent

It's not a bad hypothesis, but methane (the simplest of all hydrocarbons at CH4 and the major component of natural gas) results from many different biochemical metabolic pathways. If anything, more organisms results in faster breakdown of complex organic matter into simpler molecules. But I don't know if there truly are more organisms now than a million or even a hundred million years ago. The Cambrian Explosion was more than half a billion years ago.

Sdwingnut t1_iv254hm wrote on November 4, 2022 at 6:32 PM

Reply to comment by Human802 in New England may not have enough natural gas to last the winter by mycophdstudent

How so? Shale and oil fields will certainly reform over hundreds of thousands to millions of years from currently living organic matter if left to decompose undisturbed.

Edit: I'm fine with the downvotes , particularly if they are accompanied by scientific references to prove me wrong. I'll be happy to admit it if I can learn more about fundamental differences in geology now compared to millions of years ago.

Sdwingnut t1_iv1ucw6 wrote on November 4, 2022 at 5:23 PM

Reply to comment by CathyVT in New England may not have enough natural gas to last the winter by mycophdstudent

Not trying to be pedantic, but it makes the point that petroleum/gas/coal companies could label their products as "renewable" and not be incorrect

Sdwingnut t1_iv1tp53 wrote on November 4, 2022 at 5:19 PM

Reply to Deploy mallards. As seen on the rail trail. by applesweaters

He's a duck head

Sdwingnut t1_iv1th1m wrote on November 4, 2022 at 5:18 PM

Reply to comment by CathyVT in New England may not have enough natural gas to last the winter by mycophdstudent

The "renewable" terminology strikes me as misleading to some extent All energy sources are renewable, including oil and natural gas. Just not necessarily on a time scale that makes them available to us anytime soon