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frankybling t1_j60zex7 wrote

Reply to A quick shower by ARareThing

hockey playoffs aren’t until April I think? I have tickets to a regular season game on March 30 at the Garden.

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frankybling t1_j5wu6l8 wrote

Reply to Boston or MA Gyms by [deleted]

I wish I could recommend anything other than fighter type training places… and really I don’t know if those places I would suggest are still around because I got hurt and stopped attending. I used to like the Boston Athletic Club but I think they’re gone. I also liked a place in Charlestown that taught specifically Krav Maga but they didn’t really have a name and I think they’re gone too… there’s a few boxing gyms in the area but nothing that does outdoor training. I’m sure someone knows of places around though.

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frankybling t1_j5usfo0 wrote

Reply to Chicopee has a death rate from traffic violence that's 2-3 times higher than the rest of Massachusetts, and drivers there have killed 8 victims – most of them pedestrians – since September: by streetsblogmass

I feel like the words “traffic violence” is meant to (probably correctly) insight some reaction. On the face these were crashes that killed people violently… but saying “traffic violence” implies that these were intentional events… you can make the argument that the hit and run and the DUI deaths were intentional but that accounts for half. People need to pay attention while driving and since we’re in a world where automobiles and trucks exist they need to pay attention while walking and biking too. I walk a lot in my small neighborhood and people drive like idiots. If the intent is to write in a way to anger people into paying attention there might be a better way to convey the message I guess thats my point. I don’t believe in traffic accidents but I think calling it traffic violence is too extreme. Again just my opinion.

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frankybling t1_j5u8ef2 wrote

Reply to TIL Jonny Greenwood pretended to play keyboards for months when he joined Radiohead. He was told "I can’t quite hear what you’re doing, but I think you’re adding a really interesting texture" by btb331

I think Greenwood’s attitude was that he wasn’t up to his standards of knowing how to play… which from my listening over the years is damned near perfection seeking. His version of not knowing how to play is way different than 98% (random made up number) of the rest of us “not knowing how to play”.

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frankybling t1_j5u5jt5 wrote

Reply to comment by supaflyrmg in Techno in Boston by PurposeIntelligent39

It feels like it’s been going on for a lot longer than that… I remember going there 23 years ago for some great break beat nights. They had a DJ from Ireland and I can’t for the life of me remember his name but he had some incredible break beat stuff… he did a set one night that was all robot fighting themed and it was really fun. That was probably around 2000/2001?

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frankybling t1_j4ypbo2 wrote

Reply to Despite the geographic similarities, and their proximity to eachother, New York was never considered a part of New England. Why was this historically? What sets NY, especially Upstate (with scenic views, small towns) apart from NE? by Commercial-Life-9998

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam… it’s right there in the bridge to the song. Also, it’s the actual reason… the Dutch owned that area by charter until they didn’t. I think some of Vermont too?

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frankybling t1_j2i7ovk wrote

Reply to comment by Beccachicken in Homeless with a 3 year old by ItalianMama95

This is really good advice… if you approach them first they look at it differently than if someone reports you into the system. I can almost guarantee someone is going to wind up reporting you eventually. (ok so I’m being dire, but seriously it’s winter and you two need a roof not a car)

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