I’m from Brattleboro and I went to SUNY Oneonta and I am so happy I went there and graduated. I wouldn’t trade it to go to another school. Two semesters at Oneonta were about the same as one at UVM. Funny this was posted and I was talking about this same thing with my mum and a family friend yesterday.

We post "hunting by permission only" signs along with our cell phone number. Most of the time we're fine with it. But we just like to know in case we walk our dog out there.

Anybody leaving trash out there, cutting trees, putting up tree stands, etc would severely piss me off though.

It's reflective when it 1st goes down but give it A-day or 2

Going to SUNY Potsdam as an out of state student was cheaper than UVM’s instate tuition…. Potsdam gave me extra scholarships for both under grand AND my masters just for being from out of state. The price, location above the ADK’s, and the fact that my degree program was actually better at Potsdam sealed the deal for me

Same happened with my son. $65k sticker price for a private school, but a couple thousand less than UVM when the merit aid offer came in. The system is just bonkers.

It ended up costing me less to go to an insanely expensive private liberal arts school than it did for my brother to go in-state to UVM; and this was back in the 90s.

Same happened with my kids, SUNY schools offered them some money, UVM nothing. They ended up going to expensive private schools that gave them tons of merit money making it much less than instate UVM.

I have always wondered why they don't use florescent paint, or reflective paint. It would really save lives.

I hate it too. And I went to UVM. But I really think looking back it would have made for sense to save the money and go to a smaller less expensive community college. Yes the experience isn’t the same but you said it best. It really is the new high school diploma. And especially if you want a career that requires lots of years of school it’s the way to go.

I've hired more quality grads from Vermont Tech than UVM or Champlain. They're more motivated and have better practical experience through their programs than kids who spent 5x that to go to a larger school.

Glad you are back. That is a long time, for sure.

Personal opinion that requiring an owner to post every so many feet on their land every single year to prevent trespassers is onerous and as VT's population ages, not a reasonable bar to set for a home owner.

Also, people walk/ ski across our lot but last year people started snowmobiling on it to reach VAST trails & signs are going up this year.

they cut down your trees? is this not stealing -- and they can't figure this out? Not to mention all of the other abuses...

I hate the fact that you're right. A four-year degree is the new high school diploma. It's meaningless.

College has turned into a cash cow for admin rather than about building a prepared workforce.

I like to play a game called, “whose lane am I in, anyway?”

Adding on when your headlights are dirty from slush splatters, that makes for an even more exciting adventure.

Tbh college is overpriced. Undergrad doesn’t really matter as much as graduate programs. My advice for anyone is to go to a cheaper school or community college for undergrad and save the $ for grad school programs at a “better” school since no one cares about a B.S anyway 🤷🏻‍♀️

the owners have eyes too, presumably.

Who can we complain to? Yell into the void? Seems to be cathartic.

They repaved Route 18 in 2020 and they painted the passing lanes incorrectly. The state came through and painted over the incorrect lane markings. The new repainted lines quickly faded/washed off while the original marking are clearly visible 2 1/2 years later.

I figure that Pike was responsible for painting the original lines after they finished the job and they used a less shitty paint than the state does.

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Holy shit has it been annoying being asked a million times a day how my Christmas was

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They will be fine.

Leave some ladies for the rest of us, sheesh!

By a long shot