Bawstahn123

Bawstahn123 t1_j4zkbhg wrote

Reply to Despite the geographic similarities, and their proximity to eachother, New York was never considered a part of New England. Why was this historically? What sets NY, especially Upstate (with scenic views, small towns) apart from NE? by Commercial-Life-9998

New York and New England are also geographically-divided, by the Berkshire Mountains and the Taconic Mountains, both of which are part of the Appalachians, which means the mountains are primarily oriented north-south and have only a few valleys joining the different ridges, which makes travel difficult. Cumberland Gap became famous for a reason

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Bawstahn123 t1_j2dtmyw wrote

Reply to comment by spayder26 in ELI5. Why is honey and lemon a popular cure for cold like symptoms. What makes lemon more effective than say an orange or lime? by alexkid_in_realworld

>A century ago, the original treatment on Europe was hot herbs/lemon liquors (diluted in water) and sweet wines, which also comes with a few extra "side effects".

Aka "grog" or "a hot toddy"

Spirit of your choice. Whisky or Rum is "traditional", but any "brown liquor" would be ok

Tea, black, made hot, almost boiling

Lemon juice

Sugar of some kind. Honey is my usual go-to, but maple syrup was an interesting substitute.

Spices. I like cinnamon and ginger

Make the tea, and while very hot, add everything else.

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Bawstahn123 t1_j272d3b wrote

Reply to How many of you actually have the Boston accent? by MrMeanBean75

It is important to note that "The Boston Accent" as commonly seen/heard in movies

  1. largely never existed.
  2. The version that did exist was much softer than media makes it seem
  3. It also largely doesn't exist any more, because it was mostly a working-class accent and working-class people pretty much don't live in Boston any more. In addition, Boston is a pretty metropolitan city; the regional accents of the US have been dying out for decades

Amusingly, I am from Boston, despite my flair, and lived there for several years before moving away as a kid. I don't have the accent

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Bawstahn123 t1_j21ckw3 wrote

Reply to comment by ssaaff in [OC] Defence budgets around the world by giteam

>rice farmers

Those "rice farmers" were at that point hard-core veteran light infantry who had been fighting for over 3 decades by the time the Vietnam War kicked off, and were receiving shit-tons of military aid from China

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Bawstahn123 t1_j1sdzke wrote

Reply to what’s the likelihood of getting a tick bite in this weather? by meel_foy

Broadly speaking, so long as it is below freezing, ticks will be dormant (they hide in leaf-litter, to avoid freezing to death).

If your daughter is going to go tromping through leaf-litter, or be out in the woods when it gets above freezing, just spray some insect repellent on her shoes and at the bottom-hem of her pants, and she should be fine

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