Yeah I bought like 6 years ago and that already required an extremely frugal lifestyle and two tech incomes. It felt like we were the people catching the last rung of the ladder as it was pulled up. We wouldn't be able to afford our house today with how much it's appreciated.

Have you ever seen LN2 skittering across a floor? It's like that. There wouldn't actually be that much heat transfer from the ocean- the LNG would skate across the surface on a thin layer of vapor.

I used to work in the seaport, and we ran the numbers - it's not enough to destroy building or whatever but anyone standing on the pier is gonna be a popsicle.

Sure, the LNG probably wouldn't detonate (not enough O2 like you said- it would burn but it would burn relatively "slowly") but if the hull on one of those ships ever failed you would get a wave of cryogenic liquid washing ashore. It would do a lot of damage from freezing. And then catching on fire.

No boom, still a big problem.

There is no way to do this legally.

That said, do it in a barbeque grill. That way if anyone asks, you're just barbequeing.

But please give the grill a good scrub before you cook food on it again.

They worked 24hrs around Sullivan too but... like two nights a week. Most of the time it was a 9-5 (more like 7-3 because God forbid construction workers ever keep normal hours).

I'm honestly not sure it's better than DC anymore.

It was so much better 15-20 years ago it's crazy. I wish you could have all experienced it right at the end of the token era before charlie cards. Shit just worked.

It's a train term that comes from an earlier horse term, so it's really old slang. It's the V shaped part of a track switch.

If they want to start moving some design into the US (currently all the design/engineering is in Denmark, right?) it makes sense to open an office in a deep engineering talent pool. But I'm surprised they're closing Enfield, it seems like the lower COL there would be better for less specialized jobs like logistics.

I guess maybe they'll send warehouse logistics down to the factory in VA and move marketing/sales to Boston along with engineering? Our marketing/sales talent pool here is substantial as well, even though it gets less press than the technical staff.

I once worked for a tech company that moved from Boston to Framingham. They lost 70% of their engineering staff and it killed the company. A lot of the really desirable staff in the Boston area live in the city and DO NOT want to commute out.

I once had a landlord that knocked $50 off the rent during the winter to reflect tennant's taking care of snow. I've also had many landlords put it in the lease that it's the tenants problem and just expect you to deal with it. I had one landlord once that was like "if I get fined for snow I'm charging you double the fine". Arse.

Correct, but keep in mind "as long as pedestrians can get by" means wide enough for a stroller/wheelchair, not just boots.

On a standard sized sidewalk that means like 60% of it's width should be clear, and you can push snow to the 20% along each edge.

Nothing worse than trying to get a stroller down the sidewalk when one tire is up on top of somebody's snowpiles.

Correct. During bigger storm, piling more snow on top of the banks the plows made is usually a safe bet.

WHAT. Oh, that is awful news. Guess I'm gonna have to be careful with mine. (I have a 2012 as well that I'm very attached too).

They really are incredibly practical cars. I doubt I'll be able to get the same features in a car that small ever again.

My wife and I made everyone get tested before last Christmas. Felt shitty to be the assholes but it worked, we were able to get together without anybody getting sick. Worth it imo.

More riders = more important. Where riders is roughly population modulo wealth (poor people need transit more than rich people). Call that elitist if you wish, I believe it to be the most equitable distribution of resources.

I honestly think the other one was a small improvement. An obvious rip, sure, and uncool not to credit, absolutely. But the changes they made did make it a bit better than this version.

The south coast fail is a boondoggle that will reduce service to the more important inner parts of the line. Of all the current expansion plans (north south rail link, blue to Lynn, blue/red connector, etc etc) it's the worst.

I assume then you've never had the displeasure of actually talking to Dave? Dude is a huge dick. Who supported Billy T.

I'm talking Dave's politics (buddy buddy with Tauro, supporting R candidates in general) not Darwin's.

Shitty politics, though. I personally can't support them anymore.

I downvoted you because you complained about downvotes.

I don't .love. my dentist. Like, she's ok, but I wouldn't trust her with my kids or whatever. But compared to my dental insurance company she might as well be Jesus.

If it's a planned shutdown, they'll provide alternatives. If it's an unplanned shutdown (something broke like this) and it last more than a day or so, they'll provide alternatives. But like, this thing just broke this morning. You think they have a fleet of shuttles on standbye to just create a new shuttle route on the fly every time something breaks?