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666combat t1_j3odw4v wrote

Take a look at the list of MA towns ranked by average income and go for a drive around. If you stop to chat with the people working you’re going to get stuff like beautiful granite countertops, complete vanities, appliances, built in closet shelving etc. There is so much money floating around out there it’s unreal.

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Open-Industry-8396 t1_j3od8xa wrote

ER is great experience, you'll learn a lot. As far as where to work, ask your local paramedics where they bring g the most trauma. Preferably a big city with lots of violence🤣(nurse joke) manchvegas or trashua? City hospital in Boston would be great. Work 3, 12 hour shifts, then 4 days off. It's called the Baylor plan of scheduling, paid at 40 hours full time.

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LFRebel_603 t1_j3ocruj wrote

Avoid the Parkland ER in Derry if you actually want to help/save people (and any potential patients avoid if you want to survive unless it's cardiac arrest). Not sure about other people's experiences there but I was misdiagnosed 4 out of 5 times I ended up there. The first time as a child (which was actually 3 visits over 2 weeks but I'll count it as 1 situation), I can forgive (sort of) as it was an unusual medical condition beyond their expertise for someone my age. 3 other emergency visits, going in stating I had a history of my medical condition and describing symptoms of it, were misdiagnosed as... a spider bite, a UTI, and a chest infection. All were eventually actually diagnosed as life threatening issues related to my medical condition.

The one time I was actually diagnosed properly and admitted, the staff were great for the most part (one nurse actually applied a medical device that could've made my situation worse but my girlfriend in the medical field, called them out). The ER just seems like a disaster. I think Parkland is for-profit, so maybe that's the reason?

Sorry for the rant about Parkland, it's just an awful ER. Great place to send relatives that you hate but they have you in their will though, so that's something I guess.

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GreatGrandaddyPurp t1_j3obmu9 wrote

You're gonna get an suv... as a fun car? If you're gonna get a Porsche, get a rwd coupe. If you want an suv for fun, get a toyota or something and beat the piss out of it offroad. I simply don't understand the reasoning for getting an audi suv with a Porsche logo slapped on it. Especially not as a fun car. They are just status symbols... and even for that purpose they fall short. If I was inclined to buy an suv as a status symbol I'd definitely go for that mean looking new escalade over the ugly Porsche suv.

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plowfaster t1_j3ob1cn wrote

I’d go to the stealership if resale value is a concern for you. Any services done outside of their Vaunted Castle Walls will get heavily penalized on resale.

Having said that, if resale isn’t a concern the stealership often isn’t the best choice. It’s a sort of “guaranteed B” type outcome. They will not mess shit up and they will do it by the books. But a good Indy shop is better.

Depending on your definition of “local” Luxury Auto Barn in Maine is a great choice. The owner is a 20 year BMW master mechanic who went out on his own. The prices are slightly above what you’d find at a dealer but often the overall bill is less (dealer will sit down with a book that says, “if X light replace y part. If that doesn’t fix X light then z part”. A good Indy will look at the problem in toto and say “X light might be z part” and save you the price of y part)

Also, try RB Auto Imports Services in Alton Bay, NH. Roger was a mechanic for, amongst other things, the Mercedes F1 team. The upside is there is no one better, the downside is he can be quite slow (good, cheap, fast…pick 2)

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