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Outrageous_Egg8672 t1_j66xj4j wrote

What diameter are they at the stump and how many? A tiny machine can do a big stump, but it will take a while and you'll spend more in hours. You'll want to size the machine appropriately.

A hydraulic thumb to help lift the stump out is nice. I'd ask if they have a "frost ripper" that you can rent in addition to a digging bucket for the machine. It can help avoid disturbing as much earth (look up "removing stump with frost ripper").

If this is an area you want to be grass, plan on how you are going to fill it. Stumps leave a big void.

I agree with the other poster that if you can wait a year or more they are easier to deal with.

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Enough_Device_6023 t1_j66ucx3 wrote

The last big storm we had,, I came home to no power. At 2 am I was awoken by the sound of my furnace kicking, which on any other night would have infuriated me (being awoken at 2 am and all), but in the instant my mind registered my heat was on. I immediately thought of the amazing people who had been at work for hours before that moment to get that heat back into my home.

Thank you.

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piscatator t1_j66ttzq wrote

Doubt it is going anywhere in the near future but some day the bill will come due and it won’t be pretty. They are shutting down the Pilgrim plant and may have to release contaminated water into Cape Cod bay. When something is producing waste that is deadly and lasts 10k years, one can hope that it be contained until we know what to do with it.

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Oldphile t1_j66obvd wrote

Maybe I wasn't clear. Eversource doesn't generate electricity and they buy elsewhere. They do not make any profit on the electricity they buy. They only profit on the delivery of electricity which is only 1/3 of the bill. The increase in delivery charges was miniscule compared to the 2X charge for electricity. The significant rate increase was due to the cost of electricity. You can shop for another electricity provider and may do a little better.

And it's not the government, it's the PUC.

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PowPowPowerCrystal t1_j66ll9w wrote

With high density populations you see more terrible things happen simply because there are more people. Things like this happen in all towns, everywhere, but a place with 5k people might see this happen with years between occurrences. A place with 120k will see this happen multiple times a year. Lots to criticize Manchester for, but this isn’t the city’s fault. If you read the article city employees discovered the issue. The very fact of being in Manchester brought this to a quicker ending than if this was a more rural environment where no one would have reason to be within earshot of the kids on a multi-acre property set 100 feet back from the road.

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