The line at dunkin is long enough already. One major benefit if western mass is we don't have to listen to that ridiculous accent every day.

The Ashfield lake house and Montague book mill are nice.

Ugh, don't invite the Boston people over. They'll never leave. There's also a lot of protected land out here we probably shouldn't clearcut.

Really though, you should keep your heart rate as low as possible and cover the bite with a clean bandage. It takes a lot of antivenin for a timber rattlesnake bites and many hospitals don't have it because it's expensive and expires. Realistically if you're far from help and also far from a hospital, you could end up in a very bad situation.

Fortunately, timber rattlesnakes are not very aggressive and prefer to leave. They're ambush predators so be careful around bush and fallen logs you have to step over. Make noise while hiking,they'll likely leave and you will never know they were there. Copperheads prefer to hang out on sunny rocky areas, be careful climbing rocks.

The pioneer valley is past up and coming, it's about tapped out. 300k us doable but it won't be in a choice town or location unless they get lucky.

Dirt bikes yes and also the shockingly high crime rate.

If you have a condensing gas furnace, I would not replace it until it reaches the end of it's life. They're fairly efficient. MassSave is doing a good job but with the increasing price of energy I wouldn't want to be locked in until things settle down. Oil I would switch in a heartbeat. I have heard at a convention that restrictions will increase for commercial usage at some point.

I was just as safelite yesterday, they didn't ask any questions.

I agree. I'm a similar age as you. Northampton feels more like a city now and definitely lost some charm. For covid they had Strong ave blocked off, i thought that was a great idea and hoped it would be permanent. Didn't the bags for the sidewalk sales used to come in the newspaper? I hope there will be something I remember when I can afford to buy a house there in about 40 more years.

If you call Northampton 'Hamp' instead of 'Noho' you might be getting old. =)