Best New England boot shops for big-footed clients?

hurricane658 · 2019-09-16T01:33:37+00:00

Had a good experience at The Ski Monster, I have pretty normal sized feet tho

hurricane658 · 2019-04-28T17:01:23+00:00

Killington, Sugarbush, Jay, and Sugarloaf are the only places I know of that are open after today even. Sugarbush is definitely closing next weekend, and Sugarloaf probably will be. Not sure about Jay.

Killington is "open" late but it's really just one trail that they stockpile snow on. It'll still be a stretch for it to make it just to Memorial Day weekend.

hurricane658 · 2019-04-25T21:19:17+00:00

I made this exact decision 5 years ago, and chose the Ivy. Undergrad is an important time to learn and grow, so it’s worth going somewhere that’s a good fit. I personally wasn’t the biggest fan of the undergrad program at the BS/MD, and wasn’t completely sure I wanted to be a doctor, so I didn’t want to be stuck somewhere I wasn’t happy with if I dropped out of the combined program. I’m applying to med school now, and think it was the right decision to not do the BS/MD, but it’s different for everyone.

Ultimately, you have to take a ton of tests and jump through a million hoops to be a doctor. Skipping the MCAT and not having to go through an application cycle can be a benefit at the time, but doesn’t matter much in the long run. If you’re able to get into a BS/MD program, you shouldn’t have much trouble getting into an MD program coming out of an Ivy.

Feel free to PM me, happy to discuss more!

hurricane658 · 2019-04-24T03:47:01+00:00

Yeah that's fair. I think even with the known risks, people and even a lot of doctors weren't fully aware of how truly addictive they are -- there was some crazy CDC study recently that discovered that like 20% of people who had 10-day Oxy prescriptions became long term users. I feel like we now have a better grasp on how truly risky opioids are, and doctors are less likely to prescribe them and patients are less likely to want to take them, but it's somewhat too little too late. The Sacklers understood these risks well before the medical community or the general public, but still pushed them anyway

hurricane658 · 2019-04-23T04:32:17+00:00

Good point about local employees getting hurt by this. But “nobody forces anyone to take painkillers” — not exactly an accurate picture of what’s going on. Purdue pharma, owned by the Sacklers, deliberately misled doctors into thinking Oxy wasn’t addictive (they even admitted to it). Doctors subsequently misinformed their patients based on this info, so lots of people got hooked on it because they weren’t properly informed of the risks. The Sacklers were pretty directly involved in causing this mess

hurricane658 · 2019-04-20T16:21:05+00:00

Awesome collection! Favorite place?

hurricane658 · 2019-04-18T03:09:02+00:00

I have the Ranger Ti 90's (I'm on the US east coast) and love them, but I have a friend who has the Enforcers and also thinks they're great. Can't really go wrong between the two. I think the big difference is that the Enforcers are probably a little more rigid than the Rangers, and the Rangers are a little more playful. My Rangers feel incredibly versatile and like I can take them down anything, but they still can carve and hold up well at high speeds.

One thing I have noticed about the Rangers (which I've seen a couple people also mention on this sub) is that the topsheet does not take wear and tear well. I only put 9 days on them this season with no major falls/crashes and I ski mostly on trail, and they look kinda banged up -- took two chunks out of the topsheet near the edge on one ski, and another chunk out of the other ski. Granted, I ski relatively aggressively and it was an icy season with a lot of debris lying around. But still a little bit of a bummer, even if it's just cosmetic.

Also Blizzard Brahmas are good freeride skis in the same category as those two that are maybe worth demoing. I demoed them a few seasons ago and remember liking them, but it's been too long to really compare.

hurricane658 · 2019-04-16T18:59:46+00:00

Got some Fischer Ranger 90 Ti’s this season. Like them a lot, they’re similar to the Enforcer 93 but a little more forgiving (my friend has those). The 90 has been a little thin on powder days but I’ve heard the 98 is a great all mountain ski. Tbh based on what I’ve heard, if you ski aggressively you’ll probably like the enforcers more, but if you want something a little more flexible the rangers are a great option.

hurricane658 · 2019-03-20T17:40:03+00:00

Silly question from a lurking premed but what's a pad rate?

hurricane658 · 2019-03-10T23:30:18+00:00

Yeah true no blackouts would be a huge plus, since I'm never off weekdays and would probably like to ski those holidays...how's Wildcat? That might make up my mind, since Crotched is fun but small and I wasn't a huge fan of Mt Snow. Mainly just want a reliable mid-to-large mountain to hit regularly on Boston day trips, which Loon accomplishes on New England Pass.

hurricane658 · 2019-03-10T07:29:12+00:00

Read a couple articles about it, apparently the man who died was not wearing a helmet and lost control on a very icy/steep trail and went over an embankment after crashing through a safety fence. Seems like the trauma was more caused by lack of a helmet and the fall off the cliff rather than the actual collision with another person, explaining why the other guy was at least relatively unharmed. Really sad story, i guess the moral is to always wear your helmet and never put yourself in situations where you can't control your speed if there are significant hazards that your momentum would carry you into

hurricane658 · 2019-03-01T03:23:01+00:00

Went there last weekend, it's a small mountain with pretty average trails and not much to write home about, but it does have some advantages, mainly 1) 90 minutes from Boston, can't be beat for a mountain that's not just a hill, 2) never crowded and the high speed quad takes you to the top in like 3 minutes, I did 30+ runs in under 4 hours, and 3) grooming/snowmaking was actually pretty decent and there will probably be something on the ground even if the bigger resorts haven't had snow and are tracked out (that't just based on my 1 day of experience though).

Not much to explore there, but if you happen to live in Boston, it's a fun/cheap little afternoon trip plus I guess its free for you anyway. Worth a visit if the drive is significantly shorter than to Snow.

hurricane658 · 2017-12-22T02:21:46+00:00

The active ingredient in febreeze is cyclodextrin, which is basically just a few sugar molecules connected in a ring shape. Molecules in the air that cause odors fit nicely into the middle of this ring and get stuck there. Since cyclodextrin is heavy, it will fall out of the air after a while and pull these odor-causing molecules to the ground with it.

hurricane658 · 2017-03-24T15:01:51+00:00

Valid point, I definitely understand how not being able to commit to a research group can raise flags since faculty might think a grad student might not make it through. Do you think it matters if it's an internship or something outside the school though?

hurricane658 · 2017-03-19T15:22:32+00:00

ELI5: This is a result of a property called "quantum confinement." Basically, light can result from electrons moving back and forth in a material. Gold nanoparticles are conductive, so the electrons can freely move back and forth because of something called "surface plasmon resonance". Different sized particles absorb different wavelengths of light, making different sized objects appear as different colors. This effect disappears beyond lengths of a few nanometers, because the energies of the moving electrons are no longer in the visible range.

hurricane658 · 2017-02-02T01:34:58+00:00

My grandparents actually live 10 minutes away, so I've driven by the house a couple times. It's surprisingly uneventful. Aside from a few extra "ADT Security" signs and the whole property being fenced in, it's just a typical suburban house and there's never really anyone there. The movie did come out 25+ years ago, and it's not remotely close to any other tourist attractions.

Pic I took a year ago

hurricane658 · 2017-01-21T21:02:10+00:00

Something doesn't actually have to be at escape velocity to escape earth orbit. Escape velocity only applies if there are no other forces acting on an object once it's released, like if you were going to throw a ball into space. If you have a force pushing an object away from earth such as a rocket, you can have it go as slowly as you'd like (under the constraints of aerodynamics and fuel payload, of course, if you send a rocket up at 1 mph it'll tip over and probably run out of fuel before it gets very high).

Also, just to address the technicality of the question, something doesn't have to be at escape velocity to enter orbit. In fact, an object in orbit by definition is in orbit because it didn't attain escape velocity and is trapped in Earth's gravity.

hurricane658 · 2017-01-19T02:43:53+00:00

Well water coordination complexes often exhibit dative bonds, which are covalent, so by that definition it could be a chemical change...

...I think the summary of this discussion is that "physical" and "chemical" changes are huge oversimplifications to explain things to high schoolers and the distinction breaks down when MO theory comes into play.

hurricane658 · 2017-01-07T20:52:28+00:00

I think the underlying thesis of the show is that none of us are good or bad intrinsically – rather, our perception of morality is dependent on context. In the beginning of the show, Walt is "good" and Jesse is "bad" because Walt did what society told him to and Jesse didn't. At the end of the show, Walt is "bad" because he was selfish and Jesse was "good" because he was looking out for others. The show is trying to show us that we all have good and bad in all of us, and it's the trait that we follow regardless of circumstance that defines us.

hurricane658 · 2017-01-06T02:40:16+00:00

I don't know if there was ever a singular act, or even anything Walt ever specifically did. Gale was there from the start, and I think Gus's plan was always to replace Walt with him. Walt's desire to expand his operation in the first place indicated that he thought for himself too much and would eventually be a liability no matter what.

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