>He’ll take some pieces out and put new pieces in," said Pereira. "He will go out there no matter what. He does not realize he’s 80 he’s got that Peter Pan Syndrome. We tell him he’s 80 and he’s like 'Nah, nah, I’m good."'

>Milano said the display takes a lot of work, but it's always worth it.

>“This my hobby and this my tradition left by my father. Nobody can stop what is my dream," said Geno. “Mentally it’s hard to do, because you have to know exactly how you have to build everything, painting, because you have to prepare all these things on time for Christmas."

>The display, which consists of over 400 pieces, is very detailed.

well he and his family seem to think he is, when they're not claiming he's just too old and italian to understand racism

thirty plus years longer than me

Apparently he’s lived in the US since he was 4. Dude has been in the US longer than most people on this sub.

Pretty sharp? There's a reason none of his soundbytes are more than 5 words long and they spend more airtime on his daughter than him.

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Those 80yo italian catholics sure love some free bird.

>What's wrong with you people...

i don't like liars.

>I suppose you'd prefer if someone went and beat the old man to a pulp?

nice strawman. quality engagement.

>How about growing the fuck up, giving him the benefit of the doubt, and letting it go.

how about not getting your panties in a bunch because of reddit comments. you're putting words in my mouth and getting embarrassingly aggressive.

If your dad is 80 and doesn’t understand what the confederate flag represents why did he hang it up? Sounds like he caught flack from the post and removed it.

Plot twist , he was a dukes of hazard fan

I wouldn’t wish that daily commute on my worst enemy. Sorry.

Does U.S. Flag Code allow for the flying of the Confederate Flag? If so, can that one be flown upside down?

Where I currently live I'm 2 hours from Boston so I'm trying to figure out if living in Prov is better then staying where I am. The other factor I need to consider is my mortgage will double if I move to RI. I can't afford much close to the city. Worcester and Providence seem to be the most affordable areas close to Boston. I need a house thats less then 440K which seems harder then it should be...

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I don’t live in PVD (zone 8) but I’ve been a daily commuter to BOS as someone who lives closer to PVD than BOS. I’ve relied on the MBTA throughout college and now for work. It’s definitely doable, but like many have said here, it’ll take some advance planning, trial and error, and time to get used to.

One of the perks of using the commuter rail is that you can be more productive since your attention isn’t on the road. You can do work, relax, read, etc.

Subscribe to get text/email alerts directly from the T, and specifically for the trains you’ll be taking everyday, so you can get updates in case of delays or canceled trains. Have a back-up plan (drive yourself/Uber/WFH), because delays WILL happen.

Also having an employer who is aware of your commuting routine is good because they’ll be more sympathetic when your train is running late. Plus, a delayed train is easily verifiable because they’re posted, so your employer can trust you when you say you’re late due to train delays. But this also means you’ll be at the mercy of the train schedule. Their delays means your delays, and it feels unfair but that’s the trade off you make when you depend on an external system to get you to work on time.

I suppose you'd prefer if someone went and beat the old man to a pulp?

How about growing the fuck up, giving him the benefit of the doubt, and letting it go.

What's wrong with you people...

No need to pity yourself, you just have to turn off the internet and open a book 🤯

It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.

Sure, if he's got coin to afford nearby it'll defiantly make life a wee bit easier but even when I was schlepping in all of 2 miles from Hope/Oakhill, it's still an additional pain in the ass in an already long day.

So, you couldn't even fill out a softball team.

They're wearing the same uniform, no plate carriers, no weapons, and you're scared of these people?

It looks like LARPing to me.

This country was founded on the ignorance of old men

I hope the above response is sincere and accurate. Stranger things have happened than an 80 year old doing something they didn’t quite understand. Much stranger things have happened but that’s just my personal assessment based on my life experiences. EVEN IF he sort of meant it: to “commiserate” with the “Lost Cause” but didn’t realize it’s implications… especially in the wake of things like domestic terrorist attacks in Charlottesville, Pittsburgh, Charleston, Washington DC, etc etc etc… my sense is we should extend as much grace, mercy, knowledge, and compassion (which is different from forgive and forget— I like forgiving, forgetting not as much) toward even our bonafide enemies, we might get farther in changing their hearts and the hearts of their children, over time. Or we could just call our neighbors our enemy and be pissed which IS understandable too… Providence is a great city. That’s still my takeaway.

Maybe a Southern/Midwest thing? He grew up in Oklahoma.

That commute is going to suck. The trains are slow, unreliable and expensive. Driving absolutely sucks unless you’re able to work a shift that gets you in and out of the office super early.

Yeah, that drive/commute is just miserable. Even just going up to Boston for shows or to Logan, it's so crappy. I just groaned out loud reading OP's full post.

there are people taking this entirely implausible narrative at face value and praising him for burning the flag, like idk what it would take for people to realize how dumb this sounds. do we actually need "and everybody clapped" at the end?