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jpm01609 t1_j6whcw6 wrote

a lot of cool young professionals wear alumunim triangular pyramids on their heads to help us similar people identify each other, comingle and--ultimately--procreate....try it and you will get the attention you deserve it

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jpm01609 t1_j3yo18c wrote

this is the movie...Ben has to come back to WORCESTER to help with his ailing dad......he lost his Hollywood career and he has to get a job to try to keep up with child support payments and deal with his awful exwife...add some local color and some snooty locals to humiliate him (ie his old girlfriend from high school pulls up in a BMW or local kids who are asshles etc)
...and in his new job he has to kowtow to "witchy" Dunkins Manager (JLo)....and he keeps getting stuck with the night shift...meanwhile he's taking classes and trying to decide if he really WANTS to take over Dad's business....ultimately he and JLo get stuck in during a Nor'easter and get closer...she tells her own stories and he realizes she is the "other half" he needs to help take over Dad's business because all her toughness can run the business...Maybe his Dad is prejudiced against Hispanics too...we need to add a musical number so JLo can show off a bit too

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jpm01609 t1_j2r6hhg wrote

Reply to rehab/cleanse by chewyma

go to an "open" AA meeting, sit int he back, dont go there with alcohol on your breath, make friends after, just be respectful and listen to some stories....keep in mind every AA meeting is run differently and have a different focus.....learn what it's all about...try a VARIETY of diff meetings in different locations and towns too for instance I found in Worcester some hard core heavy drug users but in Oxford (sunday) more middle class types who discussed more things like pill addiction etc

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jpm01609 t1_j2dsanu wrote

Switched to Tmobile for 50/mo 5G in worcester. Was paying 80/mo for Internet only trhu Charter.

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Not a fan of FIOS, but could be convinced when it becomes available in 2023 here.

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. Tmobile is a tad slower, but I am a one person household and Internet is 90 pct of my usage.

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jpm01609 t1_j2424ur wrote

I read somewhere once that the strongest accents in ANY given regions--this is worldwide--are the folks who are in the DOMINANT culture.

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So , for instance, the strongest accents in Southie would be white, working class folks of mostly Irish heritage--for example

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I have definitely enjoyed a coworker I had 40+ years ago , a black guy who had a THICK regional Georgia accent too. Whst they call stuff is educational and I knew I wanted to learn more about his area, etc

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jpm01609 t1_j241owu wrote

Whenever I watcha movie that is supposed to be filmed in Massachusetts, I am as I am sure many on here are--very critical of the local accents

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Example:

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a) Perfect Storm--Clooney sucked, but the locals got it right

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b) The Town (Ben Affleck produced_--ALWAYS dead on

'c) Conviction--Hillary Swank--I loved the story. Took place in Ayer MA, but why the F do directors think everyone in MA talks like a Kennedy? I am from Worcester and in Ayer most ppl talk pretty close to us. In all my sales travels all over MA, I rarely have encountered a Kennedy accent (closest was a guy from Hingham who was a big boater and hung with Ted K quite often) but that was rare.

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jpm01609 t1_j1uvdp7 wrote

Tmobile 5G off air 50/mo I use it on Bell Hill

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Charter was 80mo this little guy requires no wiring, auto pay and is only slightly slower than my Charter but I am on PC not TV 95 pct of the time so I dont notice it

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