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Comment on: Who shouldn't bother with college? - Boston.comment - Boston.com
These guys were mostly just lucky---college or no college they happened to have their idea in the right place at the right time.
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Comment on: Returning a 96-year-old favor, Nova Scotia sends donation to Mass. General - Boston.com
The Halifax explosion in 1917 was the largest man-made explosion ever until the Atomic bomb...the force was great enough to displace enough water in the harbor so the floor was exposed for a couple of more »
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Comment on: Safe room mandates remain rare in tornado states - News - Boston.com
The most difficult part would be to decide what areas are the most at risk (while many are well known, tornados can strike in places where they rarely do)...so how much risk is enough to warrant such more »
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Comment on: No fatalities in I-5 bridge collapse in NW Wash - News - Boston.com
Infastructure is vital for a nation's economy to function well, even the politicians know that...but our somewhat indifference to maintaining/improving it to suit modern needs is what could well get u more »
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Comment on: No fatalities in I-5 bridge collapse in NW Wash - News - Boston.com
The bridge you speak of was fundamentally different in its design and due to a vital flaw it literally shoock apart at high wind not long after it was opened. This I-5 bridge was built at the beginnin more »
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Comment on: No fatalities in I-5 bridge collapse in NW Wash - News - Boston.com
well yes a certain amount was for highway infastructure, though as we know now not very much went to much needed projects....besides, even if it had I doubt it would have covered them all...we have a more »
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Comment on: No fatalities in I-5 bridge collapse in NW Wash - News - Boston.com
Luckily nobody was killed and lets hope nobody was badly injured---but its yet another example of why we need to start paying more attention to maintaining our gaing infrastructure.
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Comment on: No fatalities in I-5 bridge collapse in NW Wash - News - Boston.com
Massachusetts still has a good many that are in serious need of work if not replacement....
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Comment on: 87-year-old woman loses to Trump in civil case - Business - Boston.com
hmm...well cases like this often hing on the details of contracts which are signed, though that does not always mean it is so black and white...but...that is why you always read the entire fine print more »
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Comment on: Actress Bynes charged in NYC in accused bong toss - A&E - Boston.com
Aside from her throwing the "bong" out the window (which in all probability would not have been done if moderate amounts of weed was legel) the police must certainly have more important things to do t more »
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Comment on: Serial rapist Gary Alan Irving sentenced to 18 to 20 years behind bars; spent 34 years on run - Boston.com
and I mean since each is 18-20 years then that turns into somewhere around 32-40 years. Parole after 24 years, however....it does make one wonder if any more occurred by him in those intervening years more »
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Comment on: Serial rapist Gary Alan Irving sentenced to 18 to 20 years behind bars; spent 34 years on run - Boston.com
well he actually is getting more than 34 years as the 18-year sentences run consecutively.
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Comment on: Man is struck and killed by commuter train in Brockton - Boston.com
in fact there some ways one can be hit by a train "accidentally", though in most cases they are aware of what is going to happen moments before: someone walking along an area where escape is not near, more »
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Comment on: Medway psychic focuses on grieving families - News - Boston.com
So a self-proclaimed psychic gets a new piece in one of the nation's better papers despite the fact that there is not a single instance of where a psychic has been able to demonstrate their abilities more »
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Comment on: After decades-long hiatus, train service to Cape Cod embarks on trial run before official debut - Boston.com
also the rail bridge over the canal is a factor: it must be lowered for the train to cross at Buzzards Bay, with canal traffic generally given priority so that can add about 20 minutes in waiting. But more »
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Comment on: After decades-long hiatus, train service to Cape Cod embarks on trial run before official debut - Boston.com
the rail bridge was substantially rehabbed back around 2002 and is still in very good condition. For a long time it just carried freight cars a few times a month or so since the old passenger service more »
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I wonder what his reacton was when he was told he killed his own brother by driving over him with his car when fleeing? (if he didnt know already)?
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Comment on: MWRA chief says no problems detected with Quabbin water after trespass incident - Boston.com
not only would they know better to go during the day but if they were even half-serious they could probably get a guided tour or some access via their university connections. But going thru the restri more »
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Comment on: Climate change activists say they blocked freighter from delivering coal to Mass. power plant - Boston.com
An even bigger contributer to our problems with energy, pollution and dwindling natural resources is one that these activists never mention: over population, something that goes largely ignored and un more »
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Comment on: Mass. Police investigate reservoir trespassing - News - Boston.com
Just causing a disruption to the supply from the Quabbin for a brief period (say a a couple of days for tests to be done, etc.) would cause some pretty serious problems for the city of Boston as it is more »
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Comment on: Mass. Police investigate reservoir trespassing - News - Boston.com
Anyone who goes to school/lives around there knows about the reservoir and the areas which are off-limits to the public----and why those restrictions are in place. Signs are posted pretty conspicuousl more »
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Comment on: Billerica man charged with his 12th OUI - Boston.com
Holier, yes that is what I was thinking too. It was not until I think 2001 or so that the old 7-year rule was eliminated (a conviction of dui after seven years did not count towards the next)---even s more »
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Comment on: 50 years on, finding profit in 'truth' on JFK case - News - Boston.com
Oh I would certainly not agree with that, though many of the alternate theories are certainly far-fetched. There is ample evidence that there was at least some other people involved in one way or anot more »
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Comment on: Shaker sites to stir with music - Globe-trotting - The Boston Globe
A very interesting group in American history---only three members of the sect are left today, at the last active community in southern Maine. But any group which forbids sexual relationships and relie more »
I'd suspect that this service is largely going to be used for people heading to the lower cape, not past Hyanis so much (that is where the tracks end---the right of way continues all the way up to Pto more »