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Comment on: 5 pregnancy myths I wish were true - Ultra Sound Pregnancy - Boston.com
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Comment on: Is he too young? - Love Letters - Relationships questions, advice and more
If *he* were three years older, you wouldn't be writing in. Think about that.
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Comment on: Why did teams strike out on Youkilis? - Sports - The Boston Globe
Wilbur Wood also says hello from 1971 and 1973. And Hoyt Wilhelm would probably have received votes in at least some of the four years he received MVP votes had there been a Cy Young award at all (195 more »
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Comment on: Citizens Bank to Pay $137.5 Million to Settle Overdraft Suit - Boston.com
Not your typical bank, indeed. (My bank, and I presume others, puts the smallest transactions first, probably to *avoid* overdraft fees as much as possible.) more »
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Forum Post: 11-14 Living in a Post Jack-and-Jill World
In Response to Re: 11-14 Living in a Post Jack-and-Jill World: Kids movies I left saying "hey, you know that was ok." - Spy Kids - Shrek In both cases, I was expecting utter horror, and was pleasantl more »
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Comment on: I lost him after a week - Love Letters - Relationships questions, advice and more
Even this kick to the stomach can have a good side for you. You learned that your initial impression of #9 matched what you really want in a boyfriend. And you learned that the real him as what you re more »
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Comment on: He's pushing me away - Love Letters - Relationships questions, advice and more
Whether your relationship had a title or not, you still deserved loyalty and respect, and this fellow certainly failed on those counts. Divorces can be long and messy, and they often make establishing more »
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Forum Post: Music Alphabet Game
Eels
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Comment on: 'Mitt Romney makes the most of campaign funding rules'
Pushing the legal envelope is not really the way to be God of your own planet one day. more »
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Comment on: Should%20I%20tell%20my%20friend%20she%26%2339%3Bs%20wrong
Our friends often see things that we can't in our relationships, but they're not perfect at doing that. And that's the main reason to be there if she needs you but not stop her from making the decisio more »
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Comment on: Battling%20my%20inner%20Charlie%20Sheen
If you're Charlie Sheen's distant cousin, you're also Emilio Estevez's distant cousin. You remember him. He's the one with a history of long, stable relationships. He's the one who surely has a wild s more »
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Comment on: Did%20I%20ruin%20it%20with%20March%20Madness%3F
As ubiquitous as the NCAA tournament seems to be, there really are times when they are not playing that brand of minor-league basketball. Suggest a Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday date. Or meet for brun more »
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Comment on: 'Trend reversal: Big drop in kids' ear infections'
Kids, even in your grandparents' days got ear infections, hats or no hats, ear-flaps or no ear-flaps. They even get ear infections in warm climates. One of the complications of ear infections is masto more »
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Forum Post: LL WOF
JBar: I'll gladly split any prize with you. more »
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Forum Post: LL WOF
I'm solving the puzzle.
Duck Boat Championship Parades more » -
Forum Post: LL WOF
TwoCent, Nightmare of Eden is one of the old serials (with Tom Baker as the Doctor and Lalla Ward [a/k/a the current spouse of Richard Dawkins] as Romana) from 1979. It's set on a space liner with cl more »
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Forum Post: LL WOF
I'm going to solve the puzzle.
The John Hancock weather beacon.
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Comment on: I want kids - Love Letters - Relationships questions, advice and more
There are a lot of disagreements than you can have and still have a wonderful relationship in the long run. Whether to have kids or not is not one of them. There is a worse thing than ending a relatio more »
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Comment on: Women my age don't want me - Love Letters - Relationships questions, advice and more
If things really aren't going to work between you and your ex-girlfriend, then you need to do a few things. 1) Remember that you have broken up for a good reason. You and she have different things tha more »
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Comment on: Should%20I%20be%20suspicious%3F
Dear LW, I don't know if this fellow is married, but it certainly sounds like he is. Sometimes you just need to trust your intuition. Yes, sometimes a BF or GF doesn't want to talk on the phone, or ne more »
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Comment on: I'm afraid to break up with her - Love Letters - Relationships questions, advice and more
Dear LW, it seems to me that you have with this relationship out of a sense of loyalty. While loyalty is a virtue, it is something that is earned, and your GF stopped earning it long ago. When you bre more »
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Comment on: Teaching the district a lesson - Rock The Schoolhouse's blog - Boston.com
If the King Philip teachers and the school committee have a contract that, among other things, specifies the job duties of the staff, how is it wrong for the teachers to stick to the terms of that con more »
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Comment on: 'Gouging isn't always bad, but this crisis wasn't the best example why'
Oddly enough, Jeff Jacoby's insight is free for all, with no price gouging even in the periods with the greatest dearth of punditry. more »
Masshaul: I would expect at least that the math would be right. Skim milk has 90 calories per 8-ounce glass. So, two and a half glasses of skim milk have 225 calories, not 500.