Recent comments in /f/WorcesterMA

sevencityseven t1_itabkyy wrote

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

Parks look good - no need for more taxes during raging inflation. Even better we don’t need more taxes period. Anyone who thinks this doesn’t get passed down to renters is out of their mind. City gets enough tax money - make better decisions.

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TerpeeAF413 t1_ita91uo 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

Seriously! I was gonna say "if he died at 18, then who is the 30 old man in the picture?"

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No_Dragonfruit1561 t1_ita2lhu wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Is Holden a good place for my 11 year old autistic son? by [deleted]

Understood and you are correct, Boston suburbs are extremally expensive and not necessarily worth it. I think you need to figure out which is most important, school or house. You could stay in a less expensive community and look into private schools if you feel like he won't thrive or won't be accommodated in public school. Logistics play a big part of that as well. When you think about it, he's young but really only has seven years left in school...maybe even less if he skips a grade. Seven years sounds like a long time but it goes by in a flash. Figure out what are you willing to sacrifice and where you can make concessions. Sounds like there are a lot of options and maybe if you nix one or two it will help you decide. There will definitely be trade offs, I think many of us have had to make them. Good luck, you are your son's best advocate, as long as you're happy with the decision and your son is happy, he'll be very successful.

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No_Dragonfruit1561 t1_ita16at wrote

Reply to Is Holden a good place for my 11 year old autistic son? by [deleted]

I think you need to put aside your house requirements for the time being and pick the school system that best fits your son's needs. The only way to really get an idea of how well your son will be accommodated is talking to parents and educators in communities where your son will be served. I think this will be more challenging if you're looking at public schools and private school, if financially able, might be the best route. I don't think Holden is particularly diverse, if that's an important consideration for your son.

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New-Vegetable-1274 t1_it9s7fc wrote

Reply to comment by Unionforever1865 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

Yes, and you demonstrate that you don't know shit about anything but the dystopian world you and your lot are carving out for yourselves. I'm glad I'm a boomer, I got to experience a normal sane world before you geniuses with all the fucking answers came along. I'm glad I'll be gone before you really fuck things up.

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0lazy0 t1_it9s5qk wrote

Reply to comment by Unionforever1865 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

Wow that’s a wild story and a moving song. Thanks for sharing

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Unionforever1865 OP t1_it9n3lg wrote

Reply to comment by New-Vegetable-1274 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

Every generation since the dawn of man has talked down to the generation that followed it. You are keeping with that tradition while also demonstrating the unique ideological safe space Boomers have carved out for themselves in their twilight.

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New-Vegetable-1274 t1_it9lj9t wrote

Reply to comment by Unionforever1865 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

Another revisionist liberal asshole who makes up shit because he's too lazy to do the heavy lifting of research. He has a staff that does that. They provide the real facts and he colors it with bullshit leftist claptrap. How could anyone who survived the depression be entitled and exactly what sort of frivolity could they afford? Both of my parents served in WWII and said it was the first time in their lives that they owned more than one pair of shoes and two changes of clothes. Before the war they said things were lean and they never had enough to eat which was the case for the majority of Americans. It was a real party. i paid to see this jerk speak at Sturbridge Village. I couldn't take more than a few minutes of his magical bullshit so I left, what a waste of money.

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Unionforever1865 OP t1_it978gs wrote

Reply to comment by New-Vegetable-1274 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

If you watch Ken Burns The War it was very common to denigrate the Greatest Generation as lazy, entitled and wasting their time on frivolity on the verge of World War II.

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