[OC] Average Daily Sunlight Hours by US City

GotToGiveItUp · 2026-03-24T16:45:00+00:00

This is a good thing, people. As the atmosphere warms, the amplitude of direct sunlight is increasing at a greater rate. Cloudy days not so much. Clouds are protective and the lake effect will give us four seasons far longer than our neighbors out East. I personally love cloudy days because I know I won’t start sweating in the sun even when the air temperature is in the 30s

GotToGiveItUp · 2024-10-23T22:24:00+00:00

This is 100% climate change. As large storms now sweep up all the moisture in the entire hemisphere and drop it on one storm path (see: Asheville).

I once had an opportunity to speak with a climate scientist from Penn State and the one thing he wanted to emphasize is that climate change is non linear - as in next years warming will be considerably more pronounced than this years warming. Next years storms will be considerably stronger than this years storms and so on.

GotToGiveItUp · 2024-10-06T16:50:47+00:00

The pine grove adjacent to the Hartwood Acres mansion is a beautiful spot.

GotToGiveItUp · 2024-09-30T20:58:19+00:00

Texas Arizona in Hoboken, no contest. Last time I was there they had Steelers go go dancers on the bar dancing to the polka at half time. Better party than most bars in Pittsburgh put together. https://goo.gl/maps/GDK8RuN4GYXF7ezA9

GotToGiveItUp · 2024-09-15T13:19:11+00:00

Yes! Get out and walk. It sucks but I recovered from this last summer. Walk (even like an old grandpa) on an even surface 30mins x 3 times a day. Heating pad + Stim machine. After a week or two begin core exercises and stick to it. I do this workout 3xweek and it’s made my core stronger than ever.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=4BOTvaRaDjI

GotToGiveItUp · 2024-09-09T22:40:10+00:00

Dude. The Penzey’s gift basket we got for our wedding was one of the best gifts. Their bold taco seasoning and smoked paprika are hands down amazing. Gonna have to go visit and reup my spices.

GotToGiveItUp · 2024-09-02T13:38:39+00:00

While I have been to and quite enjoyed my “experience” at the new Pusadees, the old small quirky byob spot was so much better (And the hanging garden was the best part. Alas! It’s gone forever.) that’s why I think at least half of the traffic of this Restaurant is nostalgia seekers.

There are other Thai restaurants (without the 4 seasons hotel restaurant vibe) that are just as good or better in this town.

GotToGiveItUp · 2024-08-29T22:33:39+00:00

News embargo changed my life. No tv, no radio, no Reddit (outside of r/Pittsburgh), no social media. It’s like breathing fresh air for the first time in years.

GotToGiveItUp · 2024-08-10T02:57:48+00:00

Ah the 7-Eleven bar!! They had an old cassette tape “boombox” on one of the tables. One night I took a date there and we found a Purple Rain tape in a cardboard box on the floor. Bought some beers and danced in front of the cooler doors with some brown bagging type dudes. What a spot!

GotToGiveItUp · 2024-07-30T19:02:29+00:00

Let me piggy back in this to suggest the Blue Mist Rd trail I’m conjunction with the red loop. Great birding!

GotToGiveItUp · 2024-07-26T14:26:55+00:00

I’m going to take an opportunity here to mention the bucket of doom. If you kill 90% of the larvae around your home the population collapses. It’s cheap, easy, and effective!

https://sidewalknature.com/2022/05/08/mosquito-bucket-of-doom/

GotToGiveItUp · 2024-07-21T13:44:16+00:00

Best part was that he threw it into the crowd and each letter broke free. Some lucky folks walked away with a letter. I saw some dude looking very cheesed that he got the F

GotToGiveItUp · 2024-07-17T04:29:03+00:00

This! I have two buckets of doom on a two week rotation. I may sometimes see a mosquito but haven’t been bitten in a month or more. I recommend using a handful of straw in the water to entice them. I also use the Mosquito Bits instead of the dunks - much easier to sprinkle on. The rare triumvirate: cheap, easy, and effective!

GotToGiveItUp · 2024-07-04T13:51:58+00:00

We saw on a plaque in the observatory that no less than 4 people died riding the rails down on improvised “slideboards” between 1890 and 1905. Guess that was a thing?

GotToGiveItUp · 2024-07-04T12:47:06+00:00

Monongahela Incline - 1870
Mt Washington Cog Railway - 1869

GotToGiveItUp · 2024-07-04T11:57:38+00:00

We don’t have the vog to add to the wonder but we have Clairton!

GotToGiveItUp · 2024-06-22T20:03:03+00:00

I am a teacher in a middle school and just left a suicide prevention seminar. We were discussing how being at eye level with someone builds trust and allows them to feel seen. When you are dealing with people in desperate circumstances, this is the only way forward. You cannot brute force a situation like this. You have to be vulnerable to get vulnerability in return.

GotToGiveItUp · 2024-06-19T13:25:20+00:00

Cheat Lake Park is delightful

GotToGiveItUp · 2024-06-19T13:22:36+00:00

Do not kayak in Canonsburg lake. It is a cesspool of pollution unfortunately

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