A valid driver's license should keep you out of trouble on a moped.

No, and it's quite possible the info I had read was anecdotal. I have spent more time than I should in the literature on transgenderism in an effort to better understand my kid. The problem I quickly found is that solid info is hard to find, as most is propaganda for one side or the other. I also found that sources outside the US often tended to be less political and more data driven. But admittedly the "Terf" movement in Britain may be the source for my original thought, and that would certainly make it anecdotal as they do not represent mainstream LBG views in the US.

My understanding is that is not quite true. While a Trans women's brain may have a thicker cortex which is more common among females the extra volume is not in the same areas as is common in females, and more to my original point my understanding is these comparison were between trans identifying individuals and heterosexual brain scans, would we see the same differences when compared to a homosexual brain scan? The brain stuff is very interesting, but I do not think it is as conclusive as activists on either side of this issue want it to be.

There is a concern among some lesbian groups that the "transing of kids" is leading to a decline in lesbians. There is some data to suggest that many young women who now identify as "trans" would have been lesbian a decade ago.

Probably, if we get off the internet and away from social media it is amazing how humane and decent most people are. I tend to think that alot of the extremism on all sides is astro turfed and amplified to for clicks and and clout.

My memere and great aunt use to swear at us and talk about us in French when we were being "little shits". But that was usually at the house over coffee, not in public, in public we just got beat.

My sister lives out west, she has lot more than one dog to a farmer not taking kindly to her dogs chasing cattle.

I was up in Franconia notch a couple weeks ago it was icy, used my spikes but no need for snow shoes. And given the weather of the last week depending on temp that day might be more mud than ice.

Rent control dis incentivizes real estate development and leads to housing shortages. The focus should be on increasing taxes on second homes that are single family dwellings. This would help inventories for primary residents, but not disincentivizes investment in multifamily projects.

Who is Ray Epps?

It's New England, any house that is still standing after 30 years probably does not need the roof raked.

Very well stated.

It's a complex issue and for me as parent I don't want my kid to wake up some morning 10 years from now and realize they will never have children of their own because of a decision that was made as a confused 13 year old. What is my response if am asked why I let it happen?

I am sympathetic to idea that transgender teens exist and they should be supported, I am not convinced they exist in the numbers we are seeing. So the question I ponder is: Is this current trend of transgenderism helping or hurting more kids as a whole?

To me the simple answer is wait and see. I do recognize that early transition maybe beneficial in some cases, but that does not out weigh all the potential damage of misdiagnosis given the long term effects of most of the treatments.

History has more than one example of well intended social movements with scientific backing that did not age well. We often forget that humans have been around for awhile and we might not be as smart as we think we are.

My understanding was that pharmaceutical remedies for genderdysphoria was fairly uncommon and a "wait and see" with counseling was the preferred method before the recent push for gender affirming care.

Having spent a lot of time down this rabbit hole. My conclusion is that our children are suffering, but the broad net cast by the gender activists is not helping because I do not believe the proposed solutions are a one size fits all and the political rhetoric makes it hard to have real discussions to find a lasting solution.

Current transgender treatment is cross sex hormones which is a life time drug regiment. Why has there been no work in treating gender dysphoria with same sex hormones? Why are we trying to bend the body to the mind instead of bending the mind to the body? Same sex hormone treatment would be temporary and much less likely to cause irreversible long term damage. Unpopular idea, but if you look at this issue objectively this makes way more sense than the current path we are on. Unless there is more to this than the long term health of our children.

Coyotes cause enough problems, I imagine a pack of wolves would cause similar problems on a larger scale.

Its hard to believe but they do represent a good portion of the citizenry. A lot of the old timers have very strong feelings about the Devil's Lettuce. And its the old timers that usually vote.

It's gonna be an up hill fight. My bro works corporate safety and company vehicles are often targets for people looking for a pay out. If you had a police report you would be fine no police report burden of proof is on you.

It will throw your Merrimack commute off but have you looked at the western side of state in the Keene area? Bradly International in Hartford is a little over an hour and it is a much easier drive in and out than Logan.

It's a pretty low bar at this point and he is the only candidate with a beard. We were better off when everybody had beards, and wore flannel shirts, and not only dressed like lumber jacks but also knew how to split wood.

As some one who leans conservative I will be throwing my vote away by voting for Kaufman.

You actually think we landed on the moon ;)

St Gauden's on a Sunday afternoon is awesome this time of year.

MO winter does not count, I lived there for a bit and it was kinda laughable what they thought a bad storm was. But it was southern MO so maybe the northern winter was closer to New England.

Born and raised in New England, never owned a set of snow tires. Mostly because I never wanted to deal with the hassle. You have to store snow tires all summer, then you have to swap tires every season. Not saying they are not worth it, but not something I ever wanted to deal with. That being said, not all tires are created equal and a good set of AT tires usually are not cheap, but usually well worth it.