Well as usual the wife was right

Like where?

it grows visible mold quickly if you do not refrigerate it. how is this even a question?

I visited a sugar house that had samples on display that were over 50 years old. Looked good as new.

Skim the gunk, reboil. Good as new.

Well I did allude to the fact that the last time we tried it, we ended up with the criminal incumbent mayor that had less than 30% of the first round vote, and no one really wanted as Mayor, yet somehow that’s who we got. Within months IRV was gone (with near unanimous support) and we were back to the tried and true traditional runoff which works as elections should. The match up of candidates is clear and upfront. Voting shouldn’t take a statistics degree to figure out every possible match up and how their vote may play out. It also violates the one vote one person principle in some instances where someone doesn’t rank the entire field.

There are lots of issues with it, and it’s not necessary. The system we have works.

I mean, would love to provide my address but suffice it to say my road is bumpy. Not a big complaint, just is what is. Basically like an intro to class 4 roads

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We own the house. But they don’t seem to care for the dog well. I record with time stamps every time it happens just incase.

I know you are but what am I?!

What road is that?

When you get it from the maple guy down the street, its in a mason jar. No labels, just love.

There are some big fucking craters in Stowe.

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oh i am. especially when it slides off in such a satisfying layer hehe

Rutland is cheap, has hiking and mountain biking nearby. Pine Hill Park for some good XC trails outside of town, Killington for lift-serviced downhill. The Long Trail and Appalachian Trail run just outside of town (and split apart outside of Mendon).

With your budget, camping will definitely be the most affordable option. If you have a car / van to camp out of it’d make your quality of life better. You can dispersed camp in a few areas but there are rules about how close you can camp to trails, roads and sources of water — maps of where to camp can be found online.

If you’re primarily interested in hiking, I’d do a stretch of the AT. There’s tons of free camping options, and plenty of places specifically catered to AT hikers (like a hostel in downtown Rutland that’s free for hikers — though it’s owned by a literal cult, so there are some mixed opinions about it).

prob not worst but most heavily trafficked, shelburne rd/s union st heading into downtown btv

You have yet to describe how it actually makes anything worse. So far you're just grumping about how it's different as though it's bad without specifying.

It’s kind of annoying that the letters aren’t the same height. Noticeable because it’s curved instead of flat.

The lack of water and the hydrophilic nature of sugar actually makes maple syrup a very poor home for bacterial growth. That's not to say that mold can't grow in syrup (it certainly can), but the only known type of mold that can grow in maple syrup is non toxic.

My friggen road in stowe.

Probably nowhere

I am all that is man!

I fridge it

I keep a quart jar on my counter and It goes in my coffee each morning along with various other things. I use it up in about a month and its always fine. If you want peace of mind then you can keep it cold but I never have a problem. The good news is that maple syrup is inhospitable to most organisms and the only mold that is known to grow in maple syrup (Wallimia sp.) is non toxic. Worst case scenario, if you find a fuzzy little colony floating around in your syrup you can scoop it out and pretend you never saw it.

(Further reading compliments of the mycology department at Cornell)