Sounds like you guys are doing fine— and have perfect flexibility for your family. Contribute less to retirement if you need more cash.

Mohegan has a much more modern vibe overall.

Agree that the food at either place isn’t a good value.

Maine has tons of redemption centers where the customer doesn’t have to do any sorting.

CT redemption centers are far and few between, and the in-store machines SUCK.

I’m gonna go with AMC Plainville too. Idk if it’s the most “updated” but it’s the nicest I’ve been to. I like DOLBY Cinema. Skip the IMAX— older seating.

Check eBay for packages with an AMC Black Ticket+Drink+Popcorn for like $10.

Whole Foods is often cheaper than Stop&Shop recently. Higher quality items for less. Not sure why S&S went so wild on pricing, but I rarely go anymore.

Walmart even has many of the exact same SKUs/products for $1-2 less per item than S&S. East Windsor Walmart has done a bunch of significant rollbacks on produce/veggies in the past few weeks as well.

New Honda or Toyota, maybe Mazda. No Add-ons, no extended warranty, no paint protection. Manufacturer financing offer. She should ask the dealership only to send her credit application to the manufacturer, not third party banks.

Don’t pay above MSRP for the car. No need to deal with repairs and maintenance on a used car with credit and down payment like you mention.

You don’t have to— look up the local public schools. The HS in Shelton is nationally ranked. You could move to an even better district for less than the cost of a private school.

Chiming in to say it’s wholly unnecessary unless the price, which could total ~$1 Million for Grade K-12 (thinking of future inflation here) has no effect on your family, and you can keep up that payment for 12 years in a row. Then there’s the cost of college.

Shelton HS is US News Silver ranked. You could move to a district that is even better for less than the cost of private school. They [private] don’t have to provide accommodations should you son potentially benefit from that in the future.

I think Bishop’s Corner WF is a pain to stop at when coming from Windsor or Hartford over the mountain to Avon.

Gotta make a left turn into WF while people are coming from Target, and into the Target and WF plaza with no light at a busy …while cars squeeze by you quickly on the right.

iPhone user here with a Pixel 6a as a backup/freebie phone.

I was looking for the T-Mobile eSIM App in Play Store, downloaded it, didn’t work at all. Then I discovered it was a fake app?! The Play Store has some pure junk on it.

Will last longer, hold value better, receive all updates for many years, always a pure iOS experience, great compatibility with all three US carriers + most global ones. Dual eSIMs work well together running at the same time.

If the battery goes bad, Apple will replace it officially for $69. No need to visit a third party repair shop.

Edited to add: I have a Pixel 6a and I like Android, but it’s not a daily driver OS for me. Also had LG Optimus, GS3, Nexus. The Pixel is very smooth and has some neat features.

My local State Senator IS Eversource. A Corporate Attorney for them, GOP, hasn’t passed a bill (he wrote) in 30 years. Re-elected with 57% support.

I voted against him, guessing his district voted for him just because of party—he’s literally done nothing since 1993.

I’d keep my eyes peeled for publications— I’m sure you’ll see a few academic papers with more technical details in the coming months.

Straight from the source.

https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2022/11/21/first-100-bio-based-3d-printed-home-unveiled-at-the-university-of-maine/

You should read the article. It’s produced with waste material from sawmills. The printer is printing out real wood composites. This size home can be assembled and wired for electric in under one day, after the printing is complete.

3D printing concrete, or 3D printing nearly the entire structure so that it can be assembled in half a day and wired for electric within two hours…using waste material from sawmills?

Call, ask to speak with a supervisor, tell them what rate you signed up for.

Tell them there was an error during signup and another representative gave you a higher rate, instead of fixing the original enrollment, and you want that original rate you signed up for.

I believe you were lied to by a Constellation sales rep. You can get that original rate if you fight for it.

This is key, answering the call from Constellation about the problem. If you call them, you will get the sales team that will sign you up for a higher rate so they (assuming) get commission.

This happened to me last year, my Customer Key had been wrong. The representative that I spoke with by phone at Constellation said we needed to start the process over again at a higher rate. I think they just wanted credit for the sale.

After speaking to more than one supervisor, I was given the initial rate of 8.99c that I originally signed up for.

Keep pushing for it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Connecticut/comments/ufcxyb/on_april_15th_the_average_gas_price_in/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Shameless plug for my comparison showing how the $0.25 savings effective 4/1 was quickly eroded.

See my post from earlier this year with a visual comparison of how stations eroded the tax savings within a month.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Connecticut/comments/ufcxyb/on_april_15th_the_average_gas_price_in/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

I assume you have an outdoor oil tank? Can you use “trailer mix” instead? I think it’s a mixture of Kerosene and Heating Oil.

How large is the space you’re looking to heat? Does your electric company offer financing for heat pumps?

Some cars only have an inflator and tire goop.

Lock in your supply rate for 3 years with Constellation before the Eversource standard offer doubles on January 1st!

No early termination fee, switch back to Standard Offer if it ever goes down.