Recent comments in /f/newhampshire

daphneWpolsce OP t1_j27a08d wrote

Reply to comment by vexingsilence in Looking for LGBT and Women-Owned Contractors, Electricians, Painters, Plumbers, etc. by daphneWpolsce

I did not say I was unwilling to hire them. With all the harassment I've gotten on this post, it's obvious that hiring someone who understands and respects me would be safer for me. I'm trying to gather a list of people so that I can get to know likeminded people in the area and prioritize people I know won't harass me for something as simple as a pride flag, but am not opposed to hiring any qualified contractor.

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Rixtertech t1_j279u9j wrote

Reply to comment by Sufficient-Opposite3 in When another detective asked Eckersley why she left the baby, she said, “What do they tell you when a plane goes down? Save yourself first,” the affidavit stated. After that, “Eckersley told (the) detective to ‘fuck herself’ and that she was done talking.” by Dependent_Season_669

I hear that in Mass relatives can force a family member to receive mental health services against their will. In NH this is not the case and -might- be why she remained up here, if part of her condition had caused her to be avoidant.

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Rixtertech t1_j279fni wrote

Reply to comment by smartest_kobold in When another detective asked Eckersley why she left the baby, she said, “What do they tell you when a plane goes down? Save yourself first,” the affidavit stated. After that, “Eckersley told (the) detective to ‘fuck herself’ and that she was done talking.” by Dependent_Season_669

Yep. Extreme cold, blood loss, etc etc and a probably hypothermic young woman who even in her no doubt disturbed mental state told them exactly where her baby was as soon as someone remembered to have the human decency to have her sit down and be warmed. 10 bucks says it was an EMT or fireman that made it happen.

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Rixtertech t1_j278rhr wrote

Reply to comment by AlfoBootidir in When another detective asked Eckersley why she left the baby, she said, “What do they tell you when a plane goes down? Save yourself first,” the affidavit stated. After that, “Eckersley told (the) detective to ‘fuck herself’ and that she was done talking.” by Dependent_Season_669

Our local for-profit (!) shelter nearest to where this tragedy occurred only has 148 beds, completely full every night, with some overflow going to a nearby "christian" run building where anyone lucky enough to be let in the door must sit all night in folding chairs, -never- lie down, and doze as best they are able while all the "losers" in this game of Malicious Chairs freeze outside in tents on the sidewalk outside the shelter or various hiding places in the darkness of the city and outlying areas that the authorities call "camps" but are really just people desperately trying to improvise what shelter they can while being constantly hunted by police, local government and property owners. Manchesters city government actually has a "Help Us Hunt Down The Homeless" (my term) webpage where you can inform on homeless people you see trying to survive outside. No, I'm not making this up. They claim they will do "outreach" but somehow the "outreach" usually quickly devolves into "Blue Lights and Pepper Spray outreach", tents being slashed, penniless people being ticketed, desperate freezing people being chased away to seek another place to hide, etc. If you are at the christian "warming station" you must sign a sheet to patiently queue up to use the single bathroom. There are two bathrooms but they say they are not sufficiently staffed to allow both to be used. If you go outside for any reason you are not allowed back in. While they have their reasons for some of these rules and they certainly aren't getting much help from the city, the overall effect is hurtful to the psyche and body and the willful inadequacy of the state and cities response to overwhelming human need and tragedy is resulting in multiple needless deaths at all times of year but especially winter, of course. There are hundreds trying not to freeze to death out in the open every night in Manchester alone. The heartless among us say they "don't want to come inside", "don't want help". Spend a night with the bedbugs, lice, scabies, flu, tuberculosis, Covid & general indifference at the shelter and you'll understand why some are reluctant to go in there even when they have the opportunity. It's shameful, and our politicians, police and a sizable minority of citizens seem fine with it... until it's their relative that freezes to death. Heck, some of them are probably fine with it even then. More than anything else, we have an Empathy Shortage in this country at least as severe as our housing shortage.

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TreePointOhhhhh t1_j278ds1 wrote

Reply to New's years eves parties recommendations by SHROOM_Kerana

There’s a great underground party happening that night. If you’re interested, go to the Dunkin’ just outside the concord airport. Swing around back and knock on the door, in this order: knock once, then three times, then four times. When they answer, ask for Fat Joey and tell them Big Bertha sent you for a dozen Molly Ringwalds with powdered sugar. They’ll hand you a card with the location of the next stop...

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daphneWpolsce OP t1_j275jo9 wrote

Reply to comment by mixolydian8 in Looking for LGBT and Women-Owned Contractors, Electricians, Painters, Plumbers, etc. by daphneWpolsce

I'm appalled at the responses I'm getting on a SIMPLE QUESTION. I have been on reddit for years, with multiple accounts and all different subs and have never seen the disgusting rhetoric I am seeing on this discussion. EVER. If you're not going to be helpful, why don't you just shut up and scroll on?

I'm asking for references because I feel more comfortable with women and fellow queer people who are less likely to attack me (like you are doing right now). How can you not see how hypocritical you are being? Of COURSE I'm going to seek out other safe, like-minded people, because YOU ARE NOT A SAFE PERSON, clearly.

I am seeking out, sorry, QUALIFIED, SKILLED, LGBTQ and female contractors. It's not "either/or." Of course I wouldn't just want a list of shitty lgbtq and female contractors. Get real and get off my post.

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daphneWpolsce OP t1_j27504g wrote

Reply to comment by Rare_Message_7204 in Looking for LGBT and Women-Owned Contractors, Electricians, Painters, Plumbers, etc. by daphneWpolsce

In my experience, only people who have not experienced discrimination and marginalization say things like that. Of course I want to support everyone and I'm kind and respectful in all of my interactions as long as I'm receiving the same. I simply feel more comfortable with women and other queer people, because they are more likely to understand me (and, let's be honest, not hit on me).

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TreePointOhhhhh t1_j274yra wrote

Reply to comment by Crazy_Hick_in_NH in How do you convince someone who utilizes NH's cold weather recreational activities (ice fishing, snowmobiling, skiing, etc.) to become more concerned about the shifting climate? by rabblebowser

There are two main reasons why China can make things so much cheaper than we can. First, they don’t have labor laws. The working conditions there are inhumane and their wages are atrocious, in some cases, literally slave labor. The second reason is because they have no environmental laws. When you don’t have to spend money to dispose of your pollutants properly, you can make things at a much lower cost. They just dump their pollutants in the ocean. Same thing with their air pollutants as well. Basically, corporations send their products to China so that they can destroy the environment out of consumers’ sights and cut costs. It’s all a sham

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Rixtertech t1_j274n8y wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in When another detective asked Eckersley why she left the baby, she said, “What do they tell you when a plane goes down? Save yourself first,” the affidavit stated. After that, “Eckersley told (the) detective to ‘fuck herself’ and that she was done talking.” by Dependent_Season_669

Trillions for war, pennies for the rest, from health care to schools and school lunches, infrastructure, jobs, housing, legal aid, consumer protection, you name it. If any history is still being written 200 years from now we will be remembered as a greedy, warlike empire that was merciless to the weakest among us while lining the pockets of our "defense" industries as if they were our True Gods.

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Jay_Derkin t1_j273jdk wrote

Reply to comment by NHGuy in Tree Stand by RidingBeen

You may want to read those rules again. You can’t damage a tree or screw things into it, but you can absolutely put a stand up without permission given that it does neither of those things.

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Rixtertech t1_j273ddt wrote

Reply to When another detective asked Eckersley why she left the baby, she said, “What do they tell you when a plane goes down? Save yourself first,” the affidavit stated. After that, “Eckersley told (the) detective to ‘fuck herself’ and that she was done talking.” by Dependent_Season_669

Wow. People experiencing hypothermia and perhaps especially mentally ill people experiencing hypothermia rave, can be combative or lethargic or both by turns, give non-sensical or hostile responses to questions and generally seem dysfunctional? Add shock, blood loss and possible addiction or intoxication issues, lack of adequate shelter and food over long periods of time, and their responses in a catastrophic situation don't match your standards? Who-da-thunk-it. Good job of virtue-shaming there, pretty standard for patch posts. As soon as they stopped "interrogating" her in the freezing cold and brought her into a warm ambulance she fairly quickly regained her composure and told her captors -exactly- where the child was. This doesn't fit the cruel lurid narrative that many are favoring, so they don't mention it.

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