His position is "the state will legalize when the federal government does"

Expensive, but worth it.

I have 3 red maples and store the sap in the beer fridge until it's that fridge is full, then process and boil. IIRC last year's made 4 1/2 pints.

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If he refused the breathalyzer, he'll automatically lose his license for 6 months.

I just give the person trying to get me to turn the finger. It speeds up the process for everyone. Middle fingers all around!

That's really interesting. I probably got a half gallon syrup for the whole season last year from my two trees. One of them is Norway maple so it's not nearly as useful as a sugar maple. I freeze concentrated my sap last year. Not nearly as efficient as a RO machine but the price was right. I just put the pails out on the deck overnight.

I don't use Facebook but thank you for this info.

I had a conversation with him 3 years ago now. I don't work in politics at all, was showing him some outdoor rec stuff and how to get folks outdoors etc... During our conversation I found myself nodding along, agreeing with things he said and totally being engaged. After he left I shook myself and realized he didn't actually say anything of substance and that I had been totally fluffed. All that to say I agree, the guy is great on a personal level

He’s clearly not a MAGA firebrand like others seeking the GOP nomination. I suppose it will be interesting to see how he does compared with other candidates who are jockeying to be more extreme than Trump is. Either way, it will say a lot about the state of the GOP as it stands going into the 2024 election.

No. 1/2 gallon of sap. You tap to get the sap. Then either boil it down or run sap through a RO system to reduce water content and then boil.

RO = reverse osmosis

I bought the small one here before tapping last year, http://robucket.com/

I agree wholeheartedly....

That said, there is an intersection near my house where people always do this, enough so it has become expected. The intersection is lined up just a bit awkwardly so that people going straight across have to bend around the people across from them who are turning left. It is natural to have them go first, so just about everyone does. I hated it at first. Now I just roll with it.

The whole thing needs to be turned into a traffic circle.

There's no guarantee it will work as well as liquor stores since production and distribution don't work the same. Prices are more variable and there's more local production so there's no Coors or Jack Daniels that we can always sell for cheaper.

In the absence of national brands, people are building loyalty to stores instead. Some of them even have loyalty programs and give away weed when you hit a certain mark. The longer we wait, the stronger the loyalty.

The state can still tax weed sales just like every other state. We are actively losing out on that revenue. It doesn't make sense to keep waiting on the basis that it might generate more revenue for the state.

It robs local entrepreneurs of the chance to open a dispensary and start a business. I would rather see the economic benefit go to people than government.

I've also never seen a quote or official statement that this is why they are waiting. Reddit seems pretty convinced, but idk.

Tap now. I'm South of Manch and tapped two weeks ago and started getting sap right away.

A half gallon of finished syrup? That's excellent.

Not a bad politician for the state (as politicians go), but he should probably stop bragging about New Hampshire and speaking about it as if everyone knows. Many Americans don't know who he is, nor what/where New Hampshire is.

I tapped two weeks ago. Because temps were mostly above 40° and below freezing at night. My 3 trees are giving me at least 1/2 gallon of sap per week. Yesterday and Saturday they gave me that much each day.

ETA: clarification

Yeah, I shouldered ours (70lbs) out about 3 miles on Passaconaway. At least that’s mostly flat-ish, but still a pain.

And if you do let the private sector in on it, it will make it extremely hard to then take that away and make it state run later on.

I’m pretty sure he and many other GOP governors that are popular in their respective states might throw their hat in the ring to collectively snub Trump and deny him majority delegates on first ballot.

Think about it this way, if you were to throw Baker, Sununu, DeSantis, (insert GOP governor here), in just enough states…you could prevent Trump from reaching enough delegates on the first ballot, have all delegates get released on the second ballots (IE they don’t have to vote for Trump anymore) and then the RNC would get their pick instead of it being Trump.

If Sununu runs, I’d be the first to bet that is what will be going on, cause frankly…neither him nor DeSantis have any chance of winning…

Collectively though? Yeah, they could all find a way to beat Trump together.

Spend the rest of dads money ..

no he fits right in with all of that

The man may or may not br a shitty politician, but he's a good talker and very friendly. I happen to run unto him two years ago at the Deerfield fair and we had a talk about his call ins to Greg Hill when he was on WAAF. Very easy person to like face to face.

Can you elaborate why it’s a problem to wait for legalization?

Weed is decriminalized in NH and most of our citizens live close to the MA or ME borders. So having access to weed isn’t an issue, and you aren’t going to get arrested for it. So how does changing things right now affect a majority of people?

If they legalize it now, it won’t be able to be sold at state owned stores since it’s still illegal federally. That means the state either loses out on all that potential out of state revenue, or the private sector takes it over only to be replaced by the state in the future.

Neither of those seem like great options to me considering there’s no issue with obtaining or having weed currently.

Creating a gathering place for shitheads should incur some liability too.

Auditioning to be VP, basically acting as a moderate mask for whatever extremist they run at the top of the ticket…meanwhile they could probably win with this guy and Romney.