I'm sorry, but whenever I hear the word "Stonehenge", this is ALWAYS the first thing that pops into my mind.....
OT - NO POLITICS The Leaves,They Are a Changing
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“Neighbor issue?”
Thankfully, Mrs. 103 and I have tremendous neighbors. We have become very close with the families that live next door to us and across the street.
Especially the family across the street… We dogsit for each other. Go to each other’s houses for dinners, cookouts and parties. And they let us stay at their lake house in NH whenever we like as long as no one else asked to have it first. The husband is a contractor and has done several (smallish) jobs at my house and never took a dime from us. I’ve done electrical work for them and wouldn’t even let them pay for the materials. One can never have enough friends, and honestly, I think isolation from each other is one of the many social ills that plague our faltering little republic.
As with anything, it would depend on the people involved. If two people genuinely share a common interest, that could serve as a starting point or ice breaker. If two people want to get to know each other - great. As with any kind of relationship or friendship, the best ones are built brick by brick over time, whether online or off.
I used to. Politics absolutely destroyed it and it was shut down because it became impossible to moderate. It was a great forum and did a lot of good for a lot of people. Thankfully, when I saw the writing on the wall, I made sure I got email addresses and friended my favorites on Facebook so we could stay in touch. I have fb, but I don’t consider it to be like this forum here or the one that was shut down.
Kind of.
When I was 12 or 13, some neighborhood kids and myself saw a gentleman park his Ferrari Testarossa in a parking lot and enter a nearby building. We rushed over to look at it and saw that he had left it unlocked. A kid who was a little younger than I dared me to open the door and sit in the driver’s seat. Naturally, I did just that. I can’t remember if I closed the door or not, but I definitely put both hands on the wheel and my right foot on the accelerator. The other kids couldn’t believe I did that. I eventually got out and shut the door. A few minutes later, the man came back - and completely without provocation - the kid who dared me to sit in the Ferrari pointed at me and blurted out everything that I did.
The owner sternly reminded me that I shouldn’t be touching what doesn’t belong to me, and said he was going to forget the whole thing happened as long as I never touched the car again. Sounded like the best deal I was going to get, so I took it.
As for the little rodent who snitched on me, he immediately ran home as soon as he realized I wasn’t going to get in any real trouble and that the only adult in the area had driven off and left us kids alone. He was very wise to run. In fact, after that day he avoided me like the plague until I graduated from high school.
I’m a ‘one woman’ kinda man. Never a good justification.
These are some pictures near the Great Meadow that straddles the East Lexington - Arlington line. Ever since I was old enough to bike there (later I drove), my friends and I would meet there to hang out and commiserate away from adult supervision. I took these pictures last November on a warm day like today.
For several reasons I won’t get into here, I’m no longer in touch with anyone I used to spend time with there, but I always loved the scenery as much as any of the “fun” I had there with my friends. Unfortunately, there isn’t really a place like that where I live now, but my mind wanders back to that place and those days probably more than it should.
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My grand nephew - a lefty - turned 2 this week.
Pretty sure we all had that bat!
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LEWISTON (WGME) -- Maine Senator Angus King has confirmed to CBS13 that the body of murder suspect Robert Card has been found.
Maine State Police has called a news conference for 10 p.m.
Maine State Police has called a news conference for 10 p.m.
His carcass needs to be sent to the lab, dissected and his brain analyzed for anomalies. Something was very wrong with him and I don’t think it would hurt to try to figure out what.
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He should’ve never let loose to begin with
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I wanted him alive for medical purposes. That brain needed to be studied. It still can but it would of helped.
This should of never happened if people actually cared enough to look into what was going on. He tried to get help. System failed him and the innocent lives lost.
We must do better.
This should of never happened if people actually cared enough to look into what was going on. He tried to get help. System failed him and the innocent lives lost.
We must do better.
I was hoping they would catch him alive for that purpose.
He threatened to shoot up a military facility while an active reservist. Why wasn't he locked up for a significant time? That's a terroristic threat and he got 2 weeks in a mental facility. I don't understand that.
Bad practice for sure. He had been in the reserve since 2002, maybe they didn't think much of it. They said in the presser they're learning from mistakes.
He was my escape from sports radio
Longtime Boston radio host Kevin Karlson dies unexpectedly
100.7 WZLX-FM DJ Kevin Karlson died in his sleep overnight, the station announced on its website Friday morning.
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His last tweet
Dropped the ball. You find this out a lot. Or that they were on some govt radar, yet nobody does anything. It's inexcusable.
For sure. Like you I'd have preferred he was taken alive, even though I knew it was unlikely. As the father of one of the victims said, "I have mixed feelings about the whole thing because at this point we’ll have no answers from this gentleman, killer. That will leave me empty forever because I wanted them so badly to find him alive." I totally get that, the desire both for understanding and some sort of learning. Not to be. At least this puts a line through the whole event, and avoids the rigors and added traumas of a trial and all that comes with it. There's pros and cons to both outcomes, I guess.
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