Recent comments in /f/WorcesterMA

New-Vegetable-1274 t1_it8zff2 wrote

Reply to comment by masshole4life in LT John William Grout of Worcester, Massachusetts was 18 years old when he was killed in action at the Battle of Ball’s Bluff on October 21, 1861. His family marked his absence at family events by keeping his empty chair at the table. Inspired by this, Henry S Washburn composed “The Vacant Chair” by Unionforever1865

Your comment about the maturity of a civil war soldier, the same could be said about WWII. I had a lot of family who served and developed an interest. Every book I've read on the subject have astonishing stories about young men who at 18 or 19 sacrificed themselves to turn the tide of battle. Nowadays a lot of young men live in mom's basement and occupy themselves with video games and porn.

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masshole4life t1_it8fc3e wrote

Reply to comment by MattOLOLOL in LT John William Grout of Worcester, Massachusetts was 18 years old when he was killed in action at the Battle of Ball’s Bluff on October 21, 1861. His family marked his absence at family events by keeping his empty chair at the table. Inspired by this, Henry S Washburn composed “The Vacant Chair” by Unionforever1865

pretty sweet 'stache for such a young man.

i often think about these old timey young people and how differently a crowd of them would behave compared to modern teens. the differences in maturity, life experiences, expectations, etc.

i look at his picture and wonder what kind of sense of humor he had. did he dance when he was alone? was he a lady's man? what were his dreams and aspirations? he died in war at an age where i was playing drunken laser tag at the arcade while my countrymen were across the globe getting blown up for nonsense.

love the pic and the story.

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Karen1968a t1_it8ddlh wrote

Reply to comment by legalpretzel in Question 5…explain it like I’m 5 by Krny73

And my completely unscientific view of all the redditors on this page is that they rent and therefore think they can screw someone else with no impact. So I hope every landlord and every impacted commercial property adds a CPA surcharge to help spread the impact. 😀

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NativeSon508 t1_it8apwr wrote

Reply to comment by Watchfull_Hosemaster in Do you think MA needs to build a commuter rail between Worcester and Fitchburg/Leominster? by HRJafael

Or be forward thinking and not wait till there’s an over abundance of demand and then do something about it.

Like our highways, there was t a huge demand from Oxford and Webster to have 395. But since it’s been here the towns along it have increased population well above those who don’t have access.

Building rail lines ahead of time helps “city/urban planners” establish and organize burbs or urban areas ahead of time so we don’t end up with the disasters that are the up and down, left and right mess that are Worcester streets.

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