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Loveroffinerthings OP t1_j5g9wwk wrote

Reply to comment by gradontripp in What’s happening with this Bintimani/AS220 drama? by Loveroffinerthings

The grift is always asking for money, community fundraising, putting out there that they’ve raised tens of thousands of dollars for a new place, but a new place never comes. I’ve seen like 10 new places open in PVD/Cranston that are small low key places, not sure who would be requiring tens of thousands down to open a space. I have no allegiance with AS220 and only know them as a supportive community space for BIPOC and LBGQT community members, not sure what they would do to a restaurant moving into their space for the owner of Bintimani to be so hateful towards them.

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FrequentAnnual1262 t1_j5g9lsm wrote

Reply to GS Cookies by RhodyViaWIClamDigger

Boy Scouts sell "lands End Popcorn" , and get 50% of what they sell for their Camp Fund. GS sell cookies in the cold outside Lowe's and get $.25 a box for their camp fund. Keebler makes mucho bucks off of these kids.

When I come across GS selling cookies, I give them $5.00, and don't take any cookies.. the playing field is uneven.

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GossamerGlenn t1_j5fq1xo wrote

Reply to comment by kolchak-the-elder in Advice regarding Westerly by PinkSwallowLove

It’s wild the random people who have ended up here. I met and was talking to rambling jack elliot once within ten years mentioned where I was from. Dropped watch hill as an extra piece not expecting him to know. I forget the time period but it was a long time ago since he’s in his 80s or 90s but he says something along the lines of “o yea Iv been there before Big waves”! It blew me away. Also he’s a bit of a traditional folk singer having traveled along with woody Guthrie and later becoming friends with a young Bob Dylan in the early 60s NYC scene

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Coniglio-Rosso t1_j5foi7o wrote

Reply to What’s the hardest thing to pronounce “normally” with a Rhode Island accent? by HotConcrete

Beer lol. I only recently learned (was I was 36) how it was supposed to sound. I speak Italian, and someone pointed out it sounded like "birra" but without the "a"! I still refuse to say it like that. Bear, bare, and beer will forever be pronounced the same as "beah"

And at work we once had Tuna tartare tarts. Now that was a tongue twister

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gradontripp t1_j5febj4 wrote

Reply to What’s happening with this Bintimani/AS220 drama? by Loveroffinerthings

I lived in the same Boston neighborhood as the first Bintimani. Then saw they moved to a different neighborhood with a more diverse population, which made sense. Then Boston prices skyrocketed and they, like we, decide to pack up and move to Providence.

Since then, I can’t believe they haven’t had a single chance to open a physical location. I can’t see how, if it’s a grift, it’s working, but man I can’t see them opening anything ever.

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