Lol it has been a while since I've seen it. Been around for a while. Keep your distance!

Have you had your car more than 3 years? If so, you don't have to worry about the tax. Luckily I did my research on the DMV website before I went there to register my car. When I got there, the clerk told me I had to supply proof I paid tax when I bought it or pay the tax to VT even though it was clear I bought the car more than 3 years ago. I proceeded to ask the clerk if it wasn't true that if one has owned their car for more than 3 years that they don't have to pay the tax? The clerk looked rather flummoxed, glared at me, and crossed the tax off my total. I wondered if it was truly a mistake or if it's standard operating procedure for them to tell you to pay the tax.

We camp every year the last weekend in May. They are the worst just around breakfast time and just around dinner time. How bad they are is entirely dependent on the weather. If we have a late Spring, they're entirely tolerable. If we have an early Spring, they can make your life miserable but there's usually a few hours during the day when they are bearable. Also after dark they're not as bad if you stay close to a camp fire.

It has been a relatively mild Winter this year, but I'm betting Winter will linger with us longer than usual from my perspective in the Upper Valley in Vermont (near the border of NH). You never know what you're going to get though. Particularly in New England.

Repellents work for about 20 minutes. Then reapply. Also I always go camping with one of these (not necessarily this brand): https://www.rei.com/product/799982/sea-to-summit-mosquito-head-net-with-insect-shield?sku=7999820017&CAWELAID=120217890000792555&CAGPSPN=pla&CAAGID=124667333037&CATCI=pla-1371361143094&cm_mmc=PLA_Google%7C21700000001700551_7999820017%7C92700064944667620%7CTOF%7C71700000066692708&gclid=Cj0KCQjw2v-gBhC1ARIsAOQdKY0AtDNjPdHBwPPynUq7WBEAPVu53-uUOBMNXTczPHxXJz1kDSGx0eIaAib7EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Anyone who is at the point of committing to this action is not well, not thinking right and can't be judged as if they had any idea of the consequences of their actions. Agreed it is awful for anyone witnessing it, and my heart goes out to them. But you can't judge an unwell person.

I remember when Steamtown used to be there. Too bad they went away to Scranton. Used to love going there as a kid.

I lived and worked in Manchester for a number of years. I walked to/from work, but still had a car for shopping and visiting friends and family. Groceries might be difficult without one but probably not impossible. But in NH, there are few or no options for public transit so unless you plan to never leave a 5 or 10 mile radius around your home, you'll need a car at some point. If you're in Manchester, I guess you could easily rent a car at the airport when you need it?

Ditto!

So the Shaguar is this guy's Winter beater car? If he rolled and slammed his door into this guy a 2nd time, scraping white paint onto the other car, he must have intentionally damaged his own car too. What's his Summer car? A Ferrari? What a douche.

VT State Park campgrounds are the best in New England. Make reservations for Lean-To sites. We pitch a small tent in the lean-to and stay dry when it rains. Our friends simply hang an oversized painters' tarp across the opening for privacy instead of using a tent, but I think it's a little buggier that way. The lean-tos usually have an overhang in the front and/or back where you might be able to shelter the bike too. All sites have a picnic table and a fire ring and I've never run across a campground that didn't have firewood for sale. Generally no food for sale in the campgrounds but we always find a small general store nearby.

Yeah, I'm a keto person. My point is that it's unhealthy to consume only one thing: Whether it be fat, sugar or fossil fuels.

A pound of pure cane sugar also contains huge amount of energy. But smart humans do not get all of their energy exclusively from cane sugar, since doing so would be very harmful to their health.

Sounds like you're looking for Sudbury. Maybe Lexington or Concord. Or if you enjoy the coast, Georgetown to Essex on the North Shore. Duxbury to Scituate on the South Shore.

It is always suggested that the state won't legalize it until the Feds decriminalize it because they want to sell it through the state sales model. I agree that it's a good idea for the state to use the same model that they use for liquor sales. It makes sense. But they absolutely could decriminalize it in the meantime while the feds get their heads out of their asses, and let people go to neighboring states to buy it, or let people grow it themselves. There's no reason not to decriminalize it.

Also, folks in my city have routinely voted for Paul Donato, a Democrat on paper, but Republican by voting record, and who would absolutely outlaw abortion if he could. These are the folks I'm talking about.

Well, in my city, the conservatism goes into social issues as well, and yes there is a contingent here that wo love to take us back to the 1950s and pretend LBGTQ people wouldn't exist if we didn't allow them to be open about it. Seriously. They don't always get their way, but they are very vocal, and it takes a very concerted effort to make any kind of progressive change here. Sure, every city is different but it would be very naive to believe everyone in MA is socially progressive.

If you read my comment again, I did say that STATE and national politics are very blue. LOCAL politics means municipal. At least in my city, and several others in my area, people are very much resistant to change and spending any kind of money to improve anything. That's pretty much the definition of conservative.

State and national politics are very blue. Local politics very conservative. I live in a suburb north of Boston and my neighbors grew up in the houses they currently live in, or grew up just blocks away. People don't like change. Lots of NIMBYism. The downtown area of my city is decrepit and falling apart but nobody wants to do anything about it because it's always been that way and that's the way they like it. Real estate is crazy high, and people complain that their kids can't afford to live in the town they grew up in. But they are against building affordable housing. I dunno....

He thinks he can run for president and really has no interest in being governor, a la Mitt Romney. He signed the restrictive abortion bill and doesn't want legalized cannabis. He's paying lip service to issues that Trumpers care about like border control. He's slimy.

That said, last Summer it did seem that there was a lot more available on the NH side but you have to watch out for free-stater towns. Scary stuff, imo. Google it.

Depends on where in MA, I think. There's plenty of blue hair in the Greater Boston area. Maybe not so much out towards Springfield.

What am I if family moved here in the 1700s, helped incorporate a town or two, and moved away 150 years later, and now I'm back?

Real estate is very seasonal. There will be many more listings after the mud. Nobody wants to list their home during the time it's most difficult to get around.

There's FREE parking at the Encore Casino. You can grab a bite to eat there, or just tour the River Walk and then catch a water shuttle downtown. My favorite way to get into town when the weather is nice. Or catch an Uber downtown from there. It's guaranteed to be cheaper than parking downtown. Check to see if there are any hotel specials there too. I'm not a Casino person, but a friend of mine stayed there once and the room was very nice.

I just don't understand the logic. Even if the signs are out of date, it's clearly the intention of the landowner that there be no hunting on their land. What if the owner fell ill and couldn't update their signs? Or was low on cash? Waterproof signs on a high acreage farm is no small investment. Just because it's legal doesn't mean the hunter isn't being an asshole. Why invite a potential confrontation?