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albalfa t1_izg3f88 wrote

Reply to comment by Ovaltene17 in ISO Wooden Box by chewyma

That's it! Wow, they are still there. Haven't been to Solomon Pond since Before Covid (BC), have to say I am surprised.

Though I recall they weren't exactly cheap either, so maybe that accounts for some of why they've stayed open.

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albalfa t1_izf78ow wrote

Reply to ISO Wooden Box by chewyma

Wild-assed guess here, but do those mall stores still exist? Forget the name, but you would get things like this, or groomsmen's gifts, or graduation gifts there. There was one at one time in Solomon Pond and pretty sure Natick too.

They engraved everything. I think if you were nice to them they would even engrave your cat.

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albalfa t1_iu7dswk wrote

Reply to Anyone have updates on the 290/190 construction? When will this end? by OkAddendum2684

I think others have given OP the answer.

But seriously, without hyperbole (and I should say, also without a shred of actual evidence), it seems to me that between the start of 190 at the Rt. 2 split in Leominster and the end of 290 at 395 in Auburn, I cannot think of a time since the 90's when there hasn't been construction somewhere along that route.

I'm sure someone can prove me wrong factually. It just feels that way trying to think back.

If you include the section of 290 from the 190 split out to 495, then fuck it. I have to be right. Right?

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albalfa t1_irz63yg wrote

Reply to Hey all looking for recommendations on a reptile vet in or around the county. by ReeferTurtle

In the absence of anyone coming in with specific knowledge or experience with good reptile vets, I know the Foster Hospital for Small Animals at Tufts in Grafton has specialty care for exotic pets.

Though they are a top-tier emergency hospital, they also do regular veterinary work--checkups, maintenance, steady-state well-visits, etc.

I have personally witnessed many "exotic" pets there over many visits and years. The most recent and the one that stands out in my mind is the HUGE tortoise they were helping get outside on a rolling exam table with their human. It was big like those fuckers you see on TV. Put your arms out and make as big a circle as you can and that was this big girl.

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