I’m here to talk about this wrong lane citation. You can read that post to see why I think I was falsely ticketed

Separate train bridge already exists and is in use.

>Imagine: a train from south station to the cape

And imagine if it was called the CapeFLYER.

Where in Somerset, and how many? I'm nearby and would love to investigate.

As an added bonus, the pool of potential grocery cashiers will be HUGE if they ever roll back self-checkout. \s

I'm a pro at looking up produce now.

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That's what happens when you're stuck between Holyoke and Springfield

That's what happens when you're stuck between Springfiekd and Holyoke.

Zhu in Arlington is an all vegan chinese restaurants where they cook all traditional american-chinese food with seitan, soy protein and tofu as meat alternatives. Further north of this, I dont know of any full vegan restaurant.

Salem has a ton to do that is all walking distance. Plus as others have said the surrounding towns also have a lot. You can take the train into Boston for a day trip and not have to panic when trains are delayed to get to the wedding if you stayed in Boston the whole time.

Here are 2023 James Beard Award nominees from Massachusetts:

Outstanding Chef

• Rachel Miller, Nightshade Noodle Bar, Lynn

Outstanding Restaurant

• PAGU, Cambridge
• Red Rose Restaurant, Lowell

Emerging Chef

• Vinh Le, Cicada Coffee Bar, Cambridge

Best new restaurant

• La Royal, Cambridge

Outstanding Wine or Other Beverages Program

• Rebel Rebel, Somerville

Best Chef Northeast

• Valentine Howell, Krasi, Boston
• Yahya Noor, Tawakal Halal Cafe, Boston
• Yisha Siu, Yunnan Kitchen, Boston
• Derrick Teh, SEKALI, Boston
• Ellie Tiglao, Tanám, Somerville
• Douglass Williams, MIDA, Boston

Award nominees will be announced March 29, and the winners will be celebrated at the James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards Ceremony on June 5 at the Lyric Opera in Chicago.

I wouldn't say "everything worked out" for me. You will learn in time that whenever you go to court, you have to give to get. You just simply won't get everything you ask for, so I found it was better to initially aim high, and then work out a "compromise" that was more in line with what your actual expectations are.

My Ex and I were equal care givers. Hammer that home. You are a not a "weekend Dad," you are a staple in your children's lives, and their stability both physically and emotionally depends on your involvement with them. She will dispute this. You will rebut saying she is full of it. It's up to the judge to decide.

I found probate court was just a game of percentages. Everything you do is just to try to add a few percentage points to your column. Have court? Show up on time, dressed appropriately. Have a child exchange at the local police department? You're there 15 mins early. Document, Document, Document literally everything. Someone needs a contact number? Here you go, I have it readily available because.... my kids are the most important thing to me. Get a therapist. Not because you are mentally unstable, but because you are "willing to utilize all the resources available to you in order to navigate what is sure to be a difficult transition for both you and your kids." Im not saying if you do all this, that you just... win. Far from it. But it all looks good, and on any given day that might be just enough to sway your favor with the judge.

When driving out to the Berkshires on the pike I can always tell when I’m passing through the Chicopee area just by how erratic the drivers get.

It's eh.

I went and saw it in person and before I got close enough, the music video for DyE's 'Fantasy' rushed to my head.

......That is a massively bad sign if that came out of nowhere to me like that.

Great question, marriage is a life event. But I had insurance at the time when we got married so I didn’t switch in sept.

Okay, I found some more:

"According to RecyclingWorks Massachusetts, for a mattress to be recycled, it must be made of metal, textiles, wood, and/or foam, and must be dry and free of mold. Bedding items exempt from the new waste ban typically aren’t accepted by mattress recyclers."

I will try to dig deeper, but it refers to the items needing to be clean and dry.

https://www.mass.gov/guides/textile-recovery

Keep your mattress forever and save the freaking world. The story behind the story: they're a bitch to put through the trash truck compactor and take extra time.

Do you have trash pickup where you live? That's how this works.

The tolls should be on the boats using the canal IMO. They are the reason we have this mess in the first place.

Drivers love spending other peoples money. Put up tolls to pay for this.

Yankee Mattress Factory builds them here in western mass. They are amazingly well designed and built. I have three in my house.

They picked up the old for recycling when we bought new.

I realize now that I have no idea whether they recycle in their Agawam factory, or if they just took them to a transfer station.

Not the most helpful input to OPs question, I realize. But Yankee Matress seems like a Mass best-kept-secret.

I’m honestly confused, how is marriage not a life event for health insurance. According to this link it is.

healthcare.gov

Bayberry cafe in Woburn

Good question I can’t remember and would have to search Mass.gov and check.