DaddyBobMN
DaddyBobMN t1_izsh6td wrote
Reply to Suppose budget was no issue. What inter-town/city rail connections would you build, either within Vermont or from places in Vermont to elsewhere? by DrToadley
If you are going to say budget isn't an issue the answer is all of them. Rail access from every town and city with more than 1000 people and connections to all major regional areas outside of VT.
DaddyBobMN t1_izkbqfs wrote
Reply to comment by lantonas in Vintage photo of a Vermont Railways Snow Plow by roadtrip-ne
And it melts faster so ground covering snow is down despite more falling.
DaddyBobMN t1_iyr1j57 wrote
Reply to comment by Most_Expert_8080 in This is my commute in Vermont by portersthumb
r/badjokes
DaddyBobMN t1_iy3haw7 wrote
Reply to comment by garden_ofaedan in Why can't vermont tax Airnbn by Old_Ad_1301
Homelessness is notoriously difficult to quantify, even our own census bureau admits that. Depending on who is doing to estimating the real numbers are two to five times higher than what is counted.
And why the need for name calling, can't you have discourse like an adult? How many accounts have you been through at this point?
DaddyBobMN t1_iy2aemc wrote
Reply to comment by garden_ofaedan in Why can't vermont tax Airnbn by Old_Ad_1301
This is factually incorrect and I truly hope you don't believe it.
DaddyBobMN t1_ix0hlym wrote
Reply to Vermont Native by brymandog
There is danger in assuming that everyone moving here is the same and came for the same reasons just as there is a danger to assuming all Vermonters will react the same.
DaddyBobMN t1_iwxqo3t wrote
Reply to comment by Rare_Message_7204 in STOLEN WHITE 2018 CHEVY SILVERADO by mandy_peeps
How so? The level and types of crimes that are common here are unheard of in places like that. They see even our low-for-America levels of crime as lawlessness.
DaddyBobMN t1_iwx2tbs wrote
Reply to comment by Rare_Message_7204 in STOLEN WHITE 2018 CHEVY SILVERADO by mandy_peeps
No joke. Think outside the American. The level of crime we consider low here would be considered high in places like Western Europe. Compared to places like Japan or Korea our little Vermont is a veritable wild wild west.
DaddyBobMN t1_iwwqfkr wrote
Reply to comment by Rare_Message_7204 in STOLEN WHITE 2018 CHEVY SILVERADO by mandy_peeps
The safest state in a not very safe country isn't saying that much. Relative to much of the modern world even Vermont is a pretty risky place to live.
DaddyBobMN t1_ivqcnsj wrote
We should deploy Malloy for that task, statewide.
DaddyBobMN t1_ivlip1d wrote
Reply to comment by oneisgoodtwoisbetter in Vermont State Police: Arrests made in 200 catalytic converter thefts by dropkickninja
Nah, there's more individuals and groups out there doing this. These guys didn't cover a whole bunch of the state.
The total number of converter thefts in VT is probably in the thousands.
I am glad that something is happening though, every little bit helps.
DaddyBobMN t1_iva3h5q wrote
Reply to You have just moved to Vermont. The welcome wagon shows up - what is in the gift basket? by jenshike
When I moved here (pre-pandemic) I got a note on my car simply saying "Go home!"
DaddyBobMN t1_iv7uv0t wrote
Reply to Allegedly. . . by BeneficialQuestion75
I heard it was a sick eagle.
DaddyBobMN OP t1_iv0s3ig wrote
Reply to comment by Real-Pierre-Delecto2 in Republican US Senate candidate Gerald Malloy endorsed by Donald Trump by DaddyBobMN
You really pick and choose your truth, don't you?
DaddyBobMN OP t1_iv0n3aa wrote
Reply to comment by Real-Pierre-Delecto2 in Republican US Senate candidate Gerald Malloy endorsed by Donald Trump by DaddyBobMN
The GOP wants as few people to vote as possible and they want to determine who those voters are. That's not democracy.
DaddyBobMN OP t1_iv0h3ua wrote
Tells you all you need to know, dunnit?
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DaddyBobMN t1_iuyvuro wrote
Reply to comment by somedudevt in Is it just me or do 50% of people always drive high beams on? by aspiringharlequin
That's part of it, but I do see a fair share of high beam users leaving them on all the time. Chalk it up to forgetful seniors? VT does have more of those per capita than many other states.
DaddyBobMN t1_iuyvgdz wrote
I'm surprised how often I encounter oblivious high beam drivers in town. More than anywhere else I've lived. I usually chalk it up to the large senior population.
DaddyBobMN t1_iux8g3w wrote
Reply to comment by buttergams in What's up with the open enrollment healthcare plans? by buttergams
Sounds familiar, but I don't think you have to sign up for anything before knowing what the subsidies are. Part of the application is determining how much subsidy you'll get.
DaddyBobMN t1_iuwby5p wrote
Why share it then?
DaddyBobMN t1_iutxcl4 wrote
If you are eligible for a subsidy it will greatly reduce your cost. My coworker literally pays $0.11 a month after his subsidy.
Plan costs and subsidy values vary, but you will most likely end up closer to the 11 cents than the $650.
DaddyBobMN t1_iutkl7s wrote
They've been rolling out for a couple weeks now all over VT.
I feel bad for the mail carriers and recycling coectors who have had to export these books and their pointless journey to the next life via all of our homes.
DaddyBobMN t1_iuj8d4t wrote
Reply to comment by Jmacaroni25 in Something killed and devoured a deer in my yard last night. Thought it was coyotes, but they don't decapitate... coywolves, actual wolves? What could have done this..... (Northern Vermont) by WheezeThaJuice
Coyotes and wolves separated as species relatively recently. The most simplistic reason is one got bigger (stayed bigger is more accurate) and one got smaller and now tens of thousands of years later there is an opportunity for the return of an intermediate sized canid in this particular part of the continent. Wolves are actually found throughout northern latitudes across the globe and smaller canids seem to have diverged from them more than once, coyotes being one example here.
Cold weather is part of the reason, Bergmann's rule covers size in relation to climate, but wolves and coyotes probably also diverged due to prey species and what was available where.
DaddyBobMN t1_izt71bl wrote
Reply to Island Pond finally starting to ice over 12/11/22 by CorrectFall6257
Stay off the ice kids.