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walterbernardjr t1_jdzs2p5 wrote
Reply to comment by thisoneisnotasbad in Why Is My Ben and Jerry's Made In the Netherlands? by thediscjoker
Good point, I knew it had some Dutch origins so I had to look it up:
Unilever was founded on 2 September 1929, by the merger of the British soapmaker Lever Brothers and the Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie
I think the OTC stock is the one traded on the Dutch exchange which is why I thought it was Dutch.
walterbernardjr t1_jdzl4ah wrote
Reply to comment by sauteedmushroomz in Why Is My Ben and Jerry's Made In the Netherlands? by thediscjoker
Unilever is a Dutch company
walterbernardjr t1_jdvlx90 wrote
Reply to comment by BatExisting325 in Is there any way to find out what kind of subsidies/considerations Amazon received for the warehouses and half built Amazon Freshes that are sitting empty all over the state? by Happy_rich_mane
Maybe. Or they over extended themselves and are trying to cut back expenses, which isn’t shady. Typically you budget based on projected revenue and profit, if those go down, you don’t have as much money anymore and you start canceling projects.
walterbernardjr t1_jdv3516 wrote
Reply to Is there any way to find out what kind of subsidies/considerations Amazon received for the warehouses and half built Amazon Freshes that are sitting empty all over the state? by Happy_rich_mane
https://www.wcvb.com/amp/article/amazon-fresh-grocery-store-locations-dormant-massachusetts/43249583
I’m pretty sure due to their financial situation and layoffs they’re re-evaluating their brick and mortar strategy. I wouldn’t be surprised if they either sit dormant for a while or close all together.
I can’t speak to subsidies but they could be part of a federal opportunity zone potentially. I doubt they received anything specific for these stores.
walterbernardjr t1_jdo4527 wrote
Reply to comment by larabair in Where can I go to have great cocktails near Acton/Maynard? by mittens617
I’ll second Azúcar for cocktails. Pretty solid.
walterbernardjr t1_jdd42va wrote
Reply to You don't need to use your high beams when driving anywhere inside 128, and very, very few places inside 495 by [deleted]
High beams are pretty useful in the dark and curvy roads off Rt 2 in Sudbury / concord
walterbernardjr t1_jd56hv1 wrote
Reply to comment by impostershop in Dress emergency by samlicious1602
Weird, when I was in school it was definitely end of May or early june
walterbernardjr t1_jd4j874 wrote
Reply to comment by impostershop in Dress emergency by samlicious1602
It’s March, isn’t Prom in June?
walterbernardjr t1_jba0dm6 wrote
Reply to comment by NothingToSeeHere1670 in Sign this Petition and ask the US Forest Service to “find a better way” for this project. by [deleted]
came here to say this
walterbernardjr t1_jb566v1 wrote
Reply to Texting while driving by Scared_Cheesecake442
Sometimes it’s worth hiring a lawyer for these sorts of things. Crazier things have happened.
walterbernardjr t1_jb564cc wrote
Reply to comment by OriginalObscurity in Texting while driving by Scared_Cheesecake442
I’m sure a good lawyer can find a way
walterbernardjr t1_jaaqw3o wrote
Just shop around. If you’re doing a VA loan though there’s not much shopping to do, they have very little leeway in the rates.
walterbernardjr t1_j9vfopi wrote
Reply to Vermont stone walls... by bravestatevt
Sheep farming. Almost all of New England was clear cut for Merino wool.
From Wikipedia:
Merino sheep were introduced to Vermont in 1812. This ultimately resulted in a boom-bust cycle for wool, which reached a price of 57 cents/pound in 1835. By 1837, 1,000,000 sheep were in the state. The price of wool dropped to 25 cents/pound in the late 1840s. The state could not withstand more efficient competition from the other states, and sheep-raising in Vermont collapsed.[39] Many sheep farmers from Vermont migrated with their flocks to other parts of the United States.
walterbernardjr t1_j9jf0kr wrote
Reply to comment by elemenopppppp in Speeding ticket worth fighting? by [deleted]
I’m surprised by this because typically police officers are required by their department to show up, quite literally it’s their job. Not only that, typically they get paid overtime to show up to court. I haven’t heard of this happening in many years.
walterbernardjr t1_j92thv6 wrote
Reply to comment by lantonas in what is up dog hunting in Vermont? by zoolilba
Constitutions are meant to be changed
walterbernardjr t1_j92tdzf wrote
Reply to comment by somedudevt in what is up dog hunting in Vermont? by zoolilba
Because that’s what the law says.
walterbernardjr t1_j92j8d1 wrote
Reply to comment by xxxDog_Fucker_69xxx in what is up dog hunting in Vermont? by zoolilba
Imagine you’re an 85 year old land owner with 200 acres of wooded property. How hard / easy would it be to post every 400 feet? It would be pretty hard I’m sure. It’s not a cost thing.
walterbernardjr t1_j7kqqe7 wrote
Reply to comment by BillWeld in Proposed hanscom expansion near minuteman national park by [deleted]
Fair point on the increased traffic. Of note I saw a Delta livery at Hanscom on Sunday, thought it was out of place, but I suspect it was for maintenance or something.
walterbernardjr t1_j7k9w2g wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Proposed hanscom expansion near minuteman national park by [deleted]
Unnecessary for who? Someone obviously thinks they’re necessary
walterbernardjr t1_j7ivznf wrote
It would be incredibly convenient if there was some commercial traffic out of Hanscom
walterbernardjr t1_j3xojhm wrote
A Peruvian restaurant might sell Capybara meat
walterbernardjr t1_j3w94gw wrote
Reply to Why doesn’t Vermont bury its power lines? by tcchen
I think you got your answer but I’ll add that it’s really hard to fix broken power lines under ground versus if they’re above ground. You have to disable huge sections of the power grid to perform troubleshooting and identify the broken lines. Then it’s a huge pain in the ass and takes a long time to pull the lines and replace them.
walterbernardjr t1_j1i101b wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in How people afford life in MA??? by [deleted]
Do you know how to use filters on Zillow?
Welcome to New England where people have been building houses since the 1600s, there’s not a lot of new ones.
walterbernardjr t1_j1i0q0u wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in How people afford life in MA??? by [deleted]
Search any ranking of best schools in the country, Mass is #1
walterbernardjr t1_je78o6v wrote
Reply to Places to look for good secondhand bikes? by Stock-Photograph23
Pinkbike