albalfa

albalfa t1_irz63yg wrote

Reply to Hey all looking for recommendations on a reptile vet in or around the county. by ReeferTurtle

In the absence of anyone coming in with specific knowledge or experience with good reptile vets, I know the Foster Hospital for Small Animals at Tufts in Grafton has specialty care for exotic pets.

Though they are a top-tier emergency hospital, they also do regular veterinary work--checkups, maintenance, steady-state well-visits, etc.

I have personally witnessed many "exotic" pets there over many visits and years. The most recent and the one that stands out in my mind is the HUGE tortoise they were helping get outside on a rolling exam table with their human. It was big like those fuckers you see on TV. Put your arms out and make as big a circle as you can and that was this big girl.

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albalfa OP t1_iryvqmz wrote

Reply to comment by PondScvm in Well that didn’t take long by albalfa

Yeah I know, but for me (selfishly!) the Oxford one is easier to get to--all highway. Getting to that area of Rt 20 (again, for me) is probably a similar length of time, but a pain in the ass of non-highway roads.

FWIW, the same holds true for relatives who live not far off West Mountain St. Just easier to get to Oxford than that area of Shrewsbury.

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albalfa t1_irwhbiq wrote

Reply to comment by NovelNo87 in Italian Pride Parade by slum_life_frownface

> Apparently Reddit is perfectly fine with slurs being thrown around at us, so 🤷🏻‍♂️

I thought it was just me. Take the slurs in this thread and replace them with slurs for Jews, African-Americans, Polish-Americans, etc. and I would think the ban would hit so fast that there'd be skid marks.

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albalfa t1_irpslfj wrote

Reply to comment by New-Vegetable-1274 in Should I buy cars from these two places? by [deleted]

> I thought I was the only old timer on Worc Reddit

We are kindreds!

> Found a packed away Spag's canvas tote in a closet and got all teared up

A couple years ago in a thread here I posted some pics of a couple things from Spags I still had kicking around the garage and basement. Was pretty cool! Then someone asked if I was a hoarder 🤣 because of a drill bit and some zip ties.

I still remember the wear of the concrete floor just inside the (one-way) entrance door opposite the garden center. The smell as you entered the store and turned right up the "ramp" (where all the lighting was displayed) or went straight-ish down towards the toys, being in line in your car driving through the garden shop area to get loaded up with the fertilizer you just bought, the sound of the woman on the PA system calling out for "Bucky, Bucky to Door 10 please. Bucky... Door 10."

Christ it sounds like I'm 80 years old!

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albalfa t1_ir5zlk4 wrote

Reply to comment by draken2019 in Haven’t seen this happen before. Anyone know what’s going on at the airport? by t_11

> It's a pretty safe assumption that a good portion, if not a majority, of the people flying on the plane live closer to Boston anyways.

Not sure this is what happened anyway, but to your comment:

If they are flying into Worcester, isn't it a pretty safe assumption they either have their car there or someone is waiting to pick them up?

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