Lol no and I never said that. My solution is to fund programs and keep these kids OUT of trouble. Can’t punish a crime if no crimes are being committed!

When did Connecticut abolish its police force? First I'm hearing of that

Frontier - when it works it works, when you have an issue, expect little to no helpful troubleshooting or resolution.

So not prosecuting anything is the solution and telling people such as the guy pictured “don’t you fucking dare do anything about it”? I don’t think this is going to have the effects you’re absolute sure it will. Should we stop prosecuting home invasion because the rate of recidivism is high? I mean, they’re just taking stuff that can replaced, right? Who cares if people have to live in fear of having their cars and homes broken into so someone else can have a nice hot meal and feel secure. Am I understanding you correctly?

And your suggestion is to just let it go?

Yikes can’t help you there. The reality is increasing punishments have been proven over and over again to lead to increases in crime and recidivism.

The reality is most crime comes from the cities and poorer areas, into more wealthier areas.

I have the 500 service, too, and i get 480 when I test it

I just switched from comcast to frontier fiber, and it's great!

It’s really telling your first reaction is “get a job” when even if you have a job, you still live in poverty. Specifically for the kids breaking into cars: we should focus on providing after school activities and funding programs that engage people so they won’t turn to crime.

Haha- I miss living in Maine. Smarty pants :)

58 years young* thanks man. People like you are the reason I moved to this great state.

Thanks. Good info here. Glad to hear overall good experience. Can't do anything about a local fire.

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I'm 58, btw. If I can learn...

That’s a cute take on the situation. There’s plenty of jobs available, every employer/municipality/state/institution is hiring right now. They are giving skilled jobs to people with no experience to fill the role and are providing training. This is a time of great opportunity, and young thugs are still going around robbing hardworking people

Holy fuck thank you

So when suburban kids do this garbage it’s because the root cause is poverty, food/housing insecurity? Or is it only the root cause when it is committed by an urban dweller? You don’t think some kids are just piece of shit thieves? That could never be an option?

Woke culture really is to blame though. Abolishing police and lessening penalties is what brought us here

YouTube is definitely the way to go. I got a 1935 Baldwin Grand just before the pandemic. I asked on NextDoor if anybody could recommend a local teacher. I got 4 recommendations, called them all, and not one of them called me back. I tried contacting two teachers at Music & Arts Center and neither called me back. Nobody wants to teach adults.

I personally found all the apps to be crap: FlowKey, Yousician, Simply Piano...none of them really worked for me.

I liked Lisa at PianoVideoLessons.com for learning how to read music and basic techniques. Her videos and pacing worked for me where the apps did not. Her videos are free on YouTube and you pay for the written materials. I paid and found them very helpful. Your mileage may vary...

After I got comfortable reading music and wanted to learn more complicated stuff, there are a lot of tutorials for popular pieces on YouTube. I found YouTubers with slowed down versions and suggested fingerings to be very helpful. I tend toward classical so ThePianoForever and JanePianoTutorials and, even though he's super corny, Hoffman Academy.

What’s not true? The consequences and punishments for the teenagers were basically abandoned for fear of being racist and the car break ins and property crime spiked? That part? These kids, while dumb, know this. They understand they’re not gonna face much from the legal system so there is no real deterrent. Now, if they start thinking they’re going to face retribution from the person they’re stealing from they’ll either stop and think or escalate. By removing the legal repercussions, the state put you and I in the uncomfortable position of either “should I let them just take it and spend weeks/months haggling with insurance companies or just go spend the dollar amount to buy new shit” or “I’ll just end it right here, thanks.”

Idk about you but I also have to feed my family and myself. I’m not rich by any means. Do you really think people are going to adopt that mindset of just allowing their belongings to stolen so some shithead teenager can go buy some insert racial stereotype item here? Seriously

I taught myself in a rudimentary by using alfreds piano books. WHile you look for help, my suggestion would be to spend a lot of time on basic songs while memorizing the keys (ABCDEFG) and placing your fingers on them without looking down at the keyboard (you need to train yourself to read the music while your fingers work unassisted) and recognizing the corresponding notes on music sheets. It is hard for us 30 plusers bc our mind is just not as mailable but with time and effort you will carve the neural pathways required. It just takes patience and consistency.

Fuck that I actually have a life and use the highways and drive a lot

It’s visual? I can only learn visually

Fuck tolls increase the gas tax