Never had an issue doing this even at Eyecare of Vermont. Just make sure frames are in good condition and you shouldn't have a problem.

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I don’t tailgate. I know my passing places well, and use them effectively. If your going UNDER the speed limit, I may ride your ass to get the point across, but otherwise I keep a minimum 4 seconds of following space, which is the rule I was taught in drivers Ed as a kid. If people are tailgating you every day I have a hard time believing you are going 5 over, but if you are, just pull over and let them go by, or speed up. I get out of the way of people who want to go faster than me. I blinker and pull onto the shoulder. Let them go by. No need for me to hold someone up, and pulling over into the shoulder to make it safe for them to pass doesn’t take me any time, effort, or cause me a safety concern (unless it’s a snowstorm)

I’ve had lots of different places do this for me, though not in Vermont. Try looking for a place online that you can mail your frames to if you truly can’t fine anyone locally.

It absolutely can be done. I know of several people that do and will be there myself one day.

Using you funds in the smartest way possible means learning to conserve. It's the low hanging fruit. Plug strips/kill switches on everything, Kill-A-Watt meter to see what's the biggest draw, off grid (instead of "high efficiency") appliances, clothesline instead of dryer, etc.

I have not - but let me take a look. Thank you!

This is an important perspective and something I'm very conscious of. We want to be fair but I fear that others aren't as kind so we would get beat out! Damned if you're do and damned if you're don't kind of thing..but thank you!

Have you considered ordering a new pair from zenni? It would almost certainly be cheaper than getting new lenses.

residential-scale wind has improved tremendously recently; have you looked into a combination system?

If you have one nearby, try Walmart.

Are you saying I’m a young, rich, white kid? I’m a 40 year old tradeswoman from a middle class family, and I have a high school education. Park Rangers are alerted to the presence of POC on trails pretty often, particularly black men because “they looked out of place” or other nonsense. The lecturing isn’t coming from me. It’s coming from non white people. Like, for example, the person who wrote the article that was posted. If you’re tired of hearing it, imagine how tired they are of living it.

It’s at least 12 hours from the NEK to D.C. , why not skip the headaches and parking fees?

fair enough.

Gotcha

Oh yeah, for sure. That sounds more like backpacking to me, which is definitely way more expensive. When I say hiking is cheap, I mean a summer/fall day hike.

I am from the south and my wife is a nurse . We moved to Vermont in 2020 then moved away in 2021 due to housing and extended family issues . We are now going back because my wife misses working at Dartmouth so much . Dartmouth pays very well for permanent nurses and is offering some great bonuses right now.

She has worked at 7 different hospitals and she said for sure Dartmouth treated her the best and paid her the best minus travel contracts . But they are almost matching pay of some travel contracts .

The few times I've been recently were definitely not great.

This right here. 💯

As someone who lives off the grid in northern Vermont it is certainly possible even with relatively small number of solar panels and batteries and we only use the generator <5 hours a year if at all. It does require some additional thought both in the design of the house (like having the already highly efficient fridge and freezer in a cold space so it uses less energy in the winter) and procedural such as unplugging internet etc. when not using them. We do have a propane stove.

Though our system certainly works if you have grid power easily accessible I would recommend hooking onto that but still building and living in the house as if you were off grid to save energy.

If you have questions I would be happy to answer them.

yeah, exactly. you've got no idea what you're talking about

You don't...but you do need to reconsider what "sustainable" "off-grid" life is going to be like.

We sent a letter to the seller only after making our offer. There was almost no inventory in the town we were living in, and so this was pretty much the only house in our budget that wasn’t falling apart. I do think it may have swayed the seller a little— I’m a pastor in a small town who was determined to stay in said small town, which made for even slimmer pickings than your average homebuyer; and so I was probably a much more sympathetic buyer than someone trying to buy a second home or an “investment property” ugh.

Anyway, I dunno. It’s rough out there.

ETA: I moved up here from Philly (though I’m originally from New England) where there were TONS of postcards and letters being sent to homes offering to buy— more often than not they were super predatory, trying to screw struggling Black families over so they could flip their house. It’s obviously(?) different here, but it would put a real gross taste in my mouth if I got a letter or a postcard like that randomly 🤷🏼‍♀️

I've got to ask, what does "The Waterbury area" mean for you?

Yah, not bad for November 77th…