Recent comments in /f/Connecticut

friendofwillam t1_j6kpes8 wrote

There were so many more back in the day. I used to work at Lechter’s in the Buckland Hills Mall in the ‘90s. That store was stuffed to the gills with kitchen goodies. The entire side wall was just gadgets. I suppose Williams Sonoma is the default chain store now.

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dirtyMETHOD t1_j6kpcp8 wrote

I think the feed/burn system on the Harman’s are much better than the burn pot style(my first stove was a QuadraFire Classic Bay 1200, still running from 2008). I prefer the cleaning/maintenance of the Harman above other stoves, that for me is the best selling feature since I’m doing the maintenance anyways.

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burnout524 t1_j6koel8 wrote

This is good advice. While I’m saving up for one, my in-laws have one and heat their 1,600 sq ft colonial almost exclusively with their pellet insert. They use about 3 tons of pellets (~$900 this year) and 1 tank of oil a year.

I was quoted $6800 for a Harman pellet insert and install - pricy, but the Harman is the best of the best. And when I looked into this in September, they were backordered until late Feb/early March. I was also looking into mini-split heat pumps too, which are a much more efficient electric heat source, but was quoted $28,000 for that system (which also turns out was too small for my house anyway).

If you don’t mind the hard work, a wood stove works good too - I had one at my old house (with electric heat) and heated almost exclusively with the wood stove - that was back during all those crazy October storms, so firewood was free and plentiful. Too much work for me these days though.

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AhbabaOooMaoMao t1_j6koekk wrote

Look up COVID conjunctivitis and COVID toe.

COVID is so hard to kill off, it preoccupies your immune system and you end up with flare ups of your toe fungus and your eye boogers.

Most people probably don't even notice that their athletes foot flared up when they got COVID or woke with a bit more crust in their eye than usual.

Severe COVID toe, 🤮. Large, yellow, puss-filled fissures of the skin, severe swelling, and bleeding. IV antifungal, surgical debridement, and partial amputation in the most severe cases; could progress to necrosis, sepsis, organ failure, and death.

Imagine getting tricked by antivax conspiracies and then getting killed by essentially severe athletes foot, secondary to COVID-19. 🤣

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SneakySnake897 t1_j6knv9z wrote

Nobody being sneaky about it. Of course public school teachers want a strong union and funded pensions. It’s sad and telling you view this as a gotcha.

At no point did I say my voting was altruistic. I literally said I vote for what’s best for me and mine as part of my voting strategy. As does everyone else.

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SneakySnake897 t1_j6kn3o6 wrote

Yes, that’s what progressives are all about: me me me. 😂.

Edit: And NEA leaning left surprises you? The right is in an all out war against education and is one small step from jailing teachers just like Nazi germany. It’s not exactly shocking our biggest union supports the party that isn’t using us as a pawn to distract their dumb voters.

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