deadowl

deadowl t1_iroeqag wrote

Reply to comment by No-Tomorrow1576 in Come On Leaf Peepers....You Can Do Better. by mcnut14

They're not wrong that it is a frequently photographed location. It's also historically notable because a former owner has their own Wikipedia article. This doesn't sound like someone walking into the backyard.

The house I grew up in was the only one on a certain stretch of road, then it got subdivided and a new house was built. The new neighbors (not even the original new neighbors, or the second new neighbors) got all NIMBY and filed a noise complaint because we were having a bonfire, in the backyard, with a fire permit. Police determined that the noise level didn't justify a complaint. Taking a photo from a public vantage point where people have done so for years? Did they get misled by the real estate agent? Or did they fail to recognize the property's prominence among tourists and photographers otherwise? Taking photographs from a public vantage point of a picturesque location isn't illegal.

There was also a travel magazine article on this farm's history noting how frequently photographed it is last month: https://newengland.com/today/travel/vermont/the-history-of-sleepy-hollow-farm/. This is a case of rich people expecting the world to revolve around them.

Imagine if that guy in Westford didn't expect people to stop and take photos of that illuminated bird sculpture.

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deadowl t1_iro8bbs wrote

Reply to comment by No-Tomorrow1576 in Come On Leaf Peepers....You Can Do Better. by mcnut14

There are pictures of me and my car in a lot of places on Google Street View. Tax assessor's offices often have photographs of homes not always taken with the owner's consent. So on and so forth. And yep, this place sure has been photographed a gazillion times over, to the extent of being a fucking meme. Used to belong to Joe Perry of Aerosmith.

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deadowl t1_irka2jy wrote

Reply to Vermont State Vehicle Inspections: Anyone else just over it? by TwoStepsTooFar

I'd prefer if there were discounts for interim inspections so there can be a harder paper trail. Had to get a new car for my car being unsafe, legit a month after the place I took it to said it was good to travel for well over 1500 miles, citing a bad wheel bearing (which I had suspected and had told them about), and rotted brake lines (didn't hear shit about that). Would've had $2k+ more for a down payment if I didn't do the repairs needed and just gotten a new car at that point.

And nope, they can't sell a used car for book value these days I guess, when you're stranded otherwise.

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deadowl t1_ir6d3pw wrote

Reply to My best of list for VT/NH/ME - yours? by TheMobyDicks

This post might be better suited for r/NorthernNewEngland.

Meanwhile, I've never been, but have heard really good things about Stone Mountain Arts in Brownfield, ME for music venue--of places I've been it would be the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom. Historical art museum would probably be the one in Portland.

La Festa in Dover used to be better than THOP in Tilton. Their garlic knot pizza might still outweigh them.

Mexican used to be Dos Amigos, though have heard they've gone downhill--so don't really know any more. +1 on Taco Gordo but it's no peak Dos Amigos.

Asian food is too ubiquitous to really rank--you'd need to break it down by region or style.

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