You can check the well pump by opening its breaker and watching the pressure gauge to see how long it take pressure to draw down with no faucets on. Toilet and faucet leaks could be a cause - faucets will be obvious, and toilets can be isolated by turning off their water supply valves and watching the tanks.

Also hunting related… sporting clays. It’s basically golf with shotguns. There is multiple “holes” that have multiple clays that simulate different animals and presentations. The rabbit is my favorite (bounces on the ground).

Peace Dale has an easy and hard course. They rent shotguns. As a lady, I can shoot a 12 gauge, but I prefer a 20 gauge over under. I would avoid any clays that go straight up. Your instinct is to lift your head off the gun, and then the gun recoil will punch you in the face. As long as your face and shoulder are against the gun, it doesn’t have the space to smack you. I suggest you start with 1-1.5 boxes of ammo per person (instead of two). If you are having fun, stop and grab a second box. You also don’t have to shoot both clay presentations at each hole/stand. You can try just one… you can try the same one five times… as long as you aren’t keeping score, you can do what you want!

Disconnect everything when you leave the house. The only thing that should be connected is the fridge.

There is a small archery club in Narragansett. They have indoor and outdoor area to shoot. Everyone I have met there is really nice.

Narragansett Bow Hunters

Didn’t know it was a chain. Ok. Thanks.

Seriously, I have survivors guilt over here with my $1400 mortgage for a two story house and a huuuuuuge backyard in a quiet neighborhood. I can never sell my house.

Correct! I’m in the same boat.

You can go to the Archery Related Activity Store in Wickford.

No I said taxes. Taxes as in all taxes combined

Or just an old fridge.

Take a $100 bill and close the fridge door on it and see if it pulls out easily. If it does then you might need a new seal. Go all around the perimeter.

Then get another $100 bill and do the same on the freezer.

If you do need a new seal, each bill should just about cover the cost of parts. Installation is easy.

Only reason I haven’t replaced them is because they are so freaking expensive and I need new shelves and drawers too. By that point it’s almost cheaper to buy a new damn fridge.

Probably too big of a chain for people. I've liked everything I've had there, Piezookies are delicious.

Can confirm! Also don't remember the name.

Yeah, it’s crazy. I moved here originally from RI looking for a big city that was less expensive than NYC, but since then the prices have gone up so much that I have friends in New York paying less than I do here. I like Rhode Island so much better than MA too. Dying to move back.

I've done Xspot Archery in Attleboro. It was a standard archery experience. They sometimes do Groupons.

There's a ski shop rt 146 north Smithfield. I was there renting skis for my son. They said stuff comes and goes throughout the season. Could give them a call and see what they have your size. Very nice people

Just about everything in purple ("access trail" or double track) on the trailforks map sets are gonna be a dirt road of some sort (ie "gravel") in usually a passable condition by a gravel bike. Arcadia/Beach Pond/Yawgoog Scout Reservation and across the border into CT in Pachaug State Forest are an absolute rats nest of gravel trails, lots of fun to make connections and loops. Carolina Management Area down into Burlingame has a pretty good network of gravel as well. The rail trails (Washington Secondary/South County/East Bay) show up purple but are paved. The one exception I can think of is the Trestle trail- it's still partially gravel at the western edge where it meets CT. There's some roads in CT down by Yawgoog (Sand Hill/Denison Hill) that are partially paved and partially gravel but show up as gravel for some reason.

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A favorite is a lollipop that departs the exit 1 park and ride, heads north to Piney and then either climbs up Denison Hill or detours over towards Tom Harvey before rejoining behind the Scout camp, close to the RICONN marker. You return to the park and ride via North Road and one absolute ripping fast descent. A longer version heads north into Green Falls Pond via the various cart and access roads, spends a bit of time on 138 and 165 (turning back into the woods just before Beach Pond on the Tippicansett trail). You then working your way thru Yawgoog on the Galkin trail (its a bit cryptic in places if we're being honest but look for the openings in the mountain laurel and the old mtb trail bridges from the mid 90's) and back to the car via North road.

Hunt deer. Eat the heart. Drink the blood.

My electric was very low, but my heat was $370 ish. I just got a $300 rebate from the state government for my electric bike, and as soon as I got the rebate check, I had to turn around and pay this big bill.

But for the current example I don't think the laffer curve is in play.

laughs in Charleston

Oh, totally right! :7)

Honestly, either kind of power meter is a great tool for understanding your energy use.

If you prefer, we can mix it up with some more posts about mortgage/rental hikes to give you some variety in existential dread. /s

But joking aside, I miss it when the bulk of posts here were all about funny local words, restaurant suggestions, and other lighter fare on occasion.

Homeostasis is a luxury these days between food costs and heating.

Lol let us know how that goes

We were never told there was any limit - there’s what they recommend in terms of size. But it wasn’t framed in terms of a state rule and clearly we were able to go past that so it’s interesting your installer framed it that way.