New England B.S. Thread

I'm driving down Friday to get it.

 

You guys going to swing by Hershey Park on your way back?

 

Probably not, we have plans already. We're going down Friday, staying there Friday night in the new camper, then driving to NY the next day to visit my parents on the way back.

What was that cooler brand you were telling me about yesterday? Not Ozark, there was another one.

 

https://www.rticcoolers.com/

 

Haha, on their website "Order today, ships by 7/30/2016" I think they just got crossed off the list. I really like the Pelican cooler but K2 is still on my radar also.

 

Morning all,

Working from home today. Contractor is installing siding and today was supposed to be window install day for 3 large windows. Helper showed up at 8am but the boss is MIA. So the helper is continuing on the siding elsewhere around the house. The windows need to go in as I have a tough time being able to be home for them... On the plus side, it's a really nice day. Great to be able to see outside as I work in a giant box without windows.

 

I've got an RTIC mug that FJNE had their logo put on. Have to say, as some one who does a lot of driving its awesome. It's pretty amazing how long it'll keep things cool/hot. And the outside doesnt sweat it get hot cause theres a vacuum between the inner/outer layer

 

It's a nice day so far. Went to the gym this morning and it was gorgeous, had both garage doors open at 530 am. Rode in with the windows down to work and it was about perfect out. Didn't really want to go inside, especially at my North Attleboro office since it doesn't have a window like my cube up in Maine.

 

These gypsy moth caterpillars are getting out of control at my house. They are covering the siding and my deck looks like a crime scene with how many dead ones are there. My lawn is covered in leaf confetti and these fuckers are showing no signs of letting up.

The robins are fat AF and don't look like they can eat anymore. Hoping mother nature picks up the slack and these things start dying off soon, otherwise the moths are going to be out of control this summer. May have to invest in a bug zapper and turn into a real live red neck.

 

I wake up every morning with a ton of little black dots on my truck. Just learned on Saturday it is actually caterpillar shit. I can't wait til they are gone.

 

My wife has been bringing ice pops for her 1st graders, their classes get way too hot.

 

The more you know....

 

I've already cut a few nests out of the trees around my place and fed them to the birds. The chickens have a field day when I toss them one, and they spend all day patrolling around looking for caterpillars on the ground or low on the trunks, so I really haven't had a big problem with them in the area immediately around the house.
Kind of nice, since it means they can't go after my fruit trees

 

The puppy finally decided to chase two birds in our lawn, one flew away, the other just kept hopping along. I was like oh snap. Puppy got him but i pulled her off, had a feather in her mouth lol. But the robin wasn't injured from what I could tell and just would not fly away. It ended up going through the chain link fence and kept hopping. Thing was definitely plump as hell.

 

I use a propane torch attached to a pole to roast the caterpillar nest out of the trees.

 

We used to use the oiled rag tied to the end of a pole when I was growing up. Light it on fire and torch the bastards.

 

So this happened yesterday.

 

Jackpot

 

Yeah, right after I snapped the photo 32 years' worth of dead leaves fell out of the dash vents, lol.

 

That's almost good enough to have @ERMB paint it for me