Amtrak from dover, or mbta commuter rail from Newbury.

Canada’s pretty neat.

Small shop, but the owner is a fantastic human being.

Tri-city bicycles. Right on Main Street.

Best bike shop in the state, though…

Climbing has many different communities and subtypes, so start slow, learn the basics, build strength, technique, and technical knowledge, and figure out what you enjoy. Start with bouldering and top roping, progress to sport, then maybe investigate alpine, ice, and trad(itional) climbing. Gym or outdoor, there’s no wrong answer. You can usually connect with the community at the gym by showing up regularly and getting to know people. It might seem insular at first, but only because rope climbing is so heavily based on trust.

Salt pump in Scarborough is good, as is Indoor Ascent in Dover. Never climbed Evo in Portland, but one of my partners is a setter there, so I’ve been meaning to check it out. Come summertime, it’s all about Rumney.

Town.

Wells are fucking expensive.

Do you climb or mountain bike?

Rephrased: do you want to climb or mountain bike?

Climbing has a low cost to entry, and is a welcoming and inclusive community.

Mountain biking has a high cost to entry, and is also a welcoming an inclusive community.

If not, check out Jetpack comics down in Rochester nh. Solid tabletop gaming community with an open game room with weekly game nights.

Carter dome via 19 mile brook trail remains one of my all time favorites.

Thank you for the detail about the sandwich, it sounds lovely. I’ve not thought about adding 1000 island to a grilled cheese, but might just try that for lunch today.

I bet the bus lane will also be the bike lane! Also with some paint!

That’s my absofuckinglute favorite!

Giles in Waterboro- gallons used to be a little cheaper than quarts.

What’s the nature of the work? For a newly minted BS working in the lab in this area, you should be starting at $55-60k in industry. Keep in mind you can start at $75k minimum for the same work that’s a short train ride (Down Easter) away in Cambridge.

Is this R&D, quality, clinical, or something else?

Source: me, 20 years in the industry, hires new grads for entry level R&D gigs.

Love it.

Climbing gyms are fairly inclusive around a shared passion for the sport. If there’s one nearby, it’s a great way to meet people.

I’ve found it’s good (like really, really good) for small pocket knives, but I’ve struggled with larger kitchen cutlery. It does weird things to edge geometry with 8” chef knives.

Meanwhile, the mortgage would be $700 or $800 if these were actually intended to help people other than the developer.

The molecular biologist in me was briefly confused as to why someone was so worked up about short tandem repeats.

They had me right up until “rent”

A single sock seems sufficient if you’re of the male persuasion. You need to dress to the occasion.

It’s also dependent where in the city you are. I was going back and forth between Burlingame, so the routes were pretty easy and protected.

I’ve bike commuted in San Diego, San Francisco, Boston, Dresden, London, Cardiff, and Philadelphia.

Philly is hands down the most dangerous place I’ve ever ridden a bicycle. The infrastructure is appallingly bad, save for a select few locations which are islands of relative safety amongst the sea of negligently dangerous streets. It doesn’t have to be this bad.

Inquire over at the r/phillycycling hivemind.

And I still haven’t found a breakfast sandwich that compares.

Mulligan’s.

You can thank me later.

After the food poisoning clears, check out Elda.