Dugen

Dugen t1_jbj1ys7 wrote

Reply to comment by Open-Industry-8396 in Kusterand and Pappas vote to keep troops in Syria despite no authorization to have them there. Why? by klem18

I really wish I could say that knowledgeable people made a wise decision here, but Iraq and Afghanistan make it hard to trust anymore. We do reactionary things with no plan capable of succeeding and stick with them to save face. Military intervention is messy and has all kinds of unintended side-effects. I hope we are doing good things here and I don't know enough to say we aren't, but I'm not willing to trust that we are simply because congress approves of it.

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Dugen t1_j6hsrdp wrote

Reply to comment by stayoutofwatertown in Aggressive yielding by Paper_Disastrous

I agree wholeheartedly....

That said, there is an intersection near my house where people always do this, enough so it has become expected. The intersection is lined up just a bit awkwardly so that people going straight across have to bend around the people across from them who are turning left. It is natural to have them go first, so just about everyone does. I hated it at first. Now I just roll with it.

The whole thing needs to be turned into a traffic circle.

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Dugen t1_j08ogf9 wrote

Reply to comment by otiswrath in Do Not Buy a House in Brookline! There is no water by LackSufficient7852

As someone who has lived with a low yield well that is getting lower every time someone puts a house in nearby, I doubt the well was always empty. It can be that as people moved in nearby and started using up the water, they lowered the water table enough so some of the wells started running dry. They may have drilled a well with a good flow rate to a water source that is now empty. The options are shitty. The best option might be to drill a very deep well. If the cost to put in a good well gets high enough, setting up a small water system might be a better option.

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Dugen t1_ixdv6b9 wrote

Reply to comment by Jtagz in Bipartisan coalition advancing legislation to legalize recreational cannabis in NH - hopes of ending the Granite State’s status as an island of recreational cannabis prohibition by AMC4x4

It's an embarrassment that prohibition has lasted this long. Too many people have a hard time with the idea that there is a difference between legal and good, and that attempting to discourage something by making it illegal can make things worse.

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Dugen t1_iwwcrfy wrote

Reply to comment by Jesus-Mcnugget in Why is the State Police calling me for donations when they're definitely "better funded" than me? by chain_me_up

Even if it isn't a scam, it's a scam.

If you give them money you're paying them to bother you. Don't ever give money to people who call you.

The best I'll ever do is tell them to send me something in the mail because legit organizations don't mind mailing you something but mail fraud is illegal so scammers rarely will.

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