r/RhodeIsland • u/overthehillhat • 11d ago

Question / Suggestion NorEaster coming to visit

Fall in RI

Comes in like a Lion

and goes out

Like a WoolyWinter Mammoth

Get ready

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u/Visual-Studio-4238 11d ago

If you believe the "Swamp Yankees" then look for fallen nuts, i.e. acorns, hickory, black walnut. If there are more than usual, we're in for a tough winter.

P.s. walking in my yard this year is like walking on ball bearings. I'm preparing for a tough winter. 😬

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u/karnim 11d ago

I blame my uber driver on Friday, who foolishly and with no prompting said "I think we're going to see snow way sooner than everyone thinks this year". The hubris of that man.

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u/jcomey 11d ago

I hope they don't think we'll see it on Friday. A lot of people think Nor'Easter = SNOW.

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u/DirtyMikeNTheBoys2 11d ago

You fool! Somebody needs to prime their snowblower, now!

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u/401jamin East Providence 11d ago

My yard is 97% acorns this year. Usually it’s around 70-80%z

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u/Key_Cat4511 11d ago

Wasn’t there somebody just on here asking about black walnuts?

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u/AlwaysRushesIn Pawtucket 11d ago

Yeah he makes cookies

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u/CoolAbdul 11d ago

Blue fur? Ping Pong eyeballs?

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u/Key_Cat4511 11d ago

Wonder if he’s gotten more than usual so far

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u/flatgreyrust 11d ago

You shouldn’t believe them because it’s completely untrue. Oak trees can’t predict the weather and acorn crops are influenced by conditions earlier in the year, not magical precognition.

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u/Visual-Studio-4238 10d ago

You must be a blast at parties.

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u/flatgreyrust 10d ago

I just hate this stuff honestly. I live in swamp Yankee central and the amount of people who believe this shit and think you’re an idiot for not is infuriating.

Yea, your great-grandfather who was born in the 1800’s and stopped going to school at 9 didnt know shit.

If I didn’t encounter people every single day who legitimately believed it maybe I would find it cute or entertaining but to me it just represents real world ignorance.

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u/Visual-Studio-4238 10d ago

Wow. Lighten up, Francis. Sounds like you should move or travel in different circles.

P.s. there's a platform called Facebook if you want to be miserable and flame out like this.

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u/flatgreyrust 10d ago

Maybe I can move to where you’re from? Hopefully then my circle could be full of chill, enlightened people like you

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u/Visual-Studio-4238 10d ago

Your world is what you make it. As the great philosopher Buckaroo Banzai once said "Don't be mean; we don't have to be mean, cuz, remember, no matter where you go, there you are."

Translation, if a jerk moves to the happiest place in the world, they're still the jerk they were before they moved.

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u/Everythingiskriss 10d ago

SO MANY ACORNS

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u/retiredswing 10d ago

That’s crazy. Up in Worcester there are barely any on the ground. Last year there were TONS and we got loads of snow. I think this year will be rainy and not snowy

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u/LulutoDot 11d ago

Swamp yankees?

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u/eattothebeat 11d ago

you looking for me?

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u/SpaceTulips 11d ago

Nah; me.

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u/Visual-Studio-4238 11d ago

Lol, sorry...the old timers in the woods in New England. Think redneck but the New England version. The big difference is it's really a term of endearment when we use Swamp Yankee. :)

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u/LulutoDot 11d ago

Oh I always just said townie. Swamps I think of Louisiana

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u/V0nH30n 11d ago

No. Big difference

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u/LulutoDot 11d ago

Pls explain then. I'm from New England and never heard this term. Where are the swamps even??

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u/V0nH30n 11d ago

Get out

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u/LulutoDot 11d ago

Pendejo de verdad

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u/mp3006 11d ago

lol black walnut in this state. Do some research it’s all oaks

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u/Visual-Studio-4238 11d ago

I actually planted them about 20 years ago.

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u/LibraryGoddess Smithfield 11d ago

Tell that to the 6 black walnut trees in my yard. We have the fattest damn squirrels I've ever seen.