That was awesome!

When I was a kid, we were allowed to be at the playground in the park unsupervised. By the mid 90's, we couldn't take the youngest cousins to play on the swings without finding needles in the sand. I don't remember how old I was when I heard about the first shooting in the park. There have been several since.

I would stay away from that area if I could. Even though I grew up around there, I won't go back.

No. It isn't safe and hasn't been since the late 1980's.

Thompson is a great town! No police and next to no crime. Also, there is plenty of open space and agriculture. It's really close to I-395 and a short drive to Worcester and everywhere else in Massachusetts. It's a great border town.

I live near there. Don't move here. High crime, no public resources, it's not safe to go out at night. You can smell raw sewage all summer long. If you have children, DO NOT put them in the public school.

Wow. That's sad. He will be missed.

You won't find that at Guitar Center. They don't stock parts. Online order only.

FIOS is incredibly disappointing. I've had both FIOS and Spectrum, and Spectrum is the best by far. FIOS never delivered the advertised speed and outages were quite frequent. Lots of hidden fees too.

Comcast is actually better than FIOS, and that's not saying much considering that my AT&T 5G is better than Comcast.

I have no words. Rest in peace, and thank you for the music.

I miss a certain local music spot that disappeared in the wake of a minor league stadium. I want it back.

Bicycle infrastructure.

More secure bike lanes, secure parking, better bike to bus and bike to rail.

Yes, they can and will fine you. It's legal.

God, I miss Skylite.

Never leave a bicycle unattended in the city. Locked or not, it WILL disappear.

We need better bike infrastructure in the city. We need more bike lanes, and much more secure storage for commuter bikes. We also need more bike to bus and bike to rail transportation options.

I hope you find your bike.

I grew up near a part of the old Boston-Albany grade that was lost in a flood back in 1955. I spent many years running horses up a couple miles of leftover track bed, and that's what spawned my interest in railroad history, and also local history.

The section of the railroad that I lived near was destroyed by a flood in 1955. Unfortunately, the railroad never could have been rebuilt after that flood. The flood devastated several towns, and many lives were lost. The river literally moved itself, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers came and built the dams and the watershed that we have now. It was proven quite necessary. At least twice in my lifetime, I've seen the high water mark changed. If that dam wasn't built, I don't even want to think of the losses the local area would have sustained.

You can come visit and find old remnants of what was the Boston-Albany line if you know where to look. There is still some active freight railroad in the area, but it's a shadow of what it used to be.

Most of the rail near my house is now a rail trail. There are many fragments of rusted rails, rotten ties, old cinder trackbeds, steel trestles, and even some stone bridge abutments.

If you walk along the trail in the early morning fog, let your mind fade into black and white, breathe deeply, and let your imagination go, you can see the old steam locomotive coming through the old stone bridge by the river....

Thanks for the history lesson! I was about to look it up myself, but research on mobile is a pest.

I really wish we had our trains back.

Yes. We need commuter rail everywhere we can get it.

Unfortunately, most of our rails have already been built, abandoned, and torn up. America will never give up its dependence on automobiles.

Look into railroad history. It's a deep rabbit hole to fall into, but it's fascinating.

I want the trains back.

Good luck! AAA is worth it despite this kind of stuff happening.

Yes, it's normal. Unless you're stuck blocking a major road or on the highway, it's not considered a high priority.

Good luck with anything but Spectrum. Been there, done that, tried everything else.

In the middle of a blizzard, even when I lose power, I can fire up the generator and still have cable and internet. FIOS barely works on a sunny day with no wind.

With Spectrum I can have 5 devices all streaming and no issues. No other service can do that.