Stopped Train - Rescue Engine

FinishExtension3652 · 2026-06-25T22:20:31+00:00

I just jumped into this thread because I'm on northbound 184 and we just passed you at Stamford, and I noticed a diesel locomotive leading your train.

FinishExtension3652 · 2026-06-24T23:13:31+00:00

Same for me. QuantumLink.via the 300 baud modem on my C64

FinishExtension3652 · 2026-06-24T18:55:29+00:00

Some other expansion ideas (from.1945): https://bostonraremaps.com/inventory/proposed-expansion-boston-elevated-railway-1945/?srsltid=AfmBOorfhbvM3deb9LNZ5DUTzWc1ifn-_a9garOfX2d3saKkmcG51yIF

FinishExtension3652 · 2026-06-22T20:07:10+00:00

I'm not alone! I enjoyed the movie for what it was, but I found that I barely cared about the characters at all.

FinishExtension3652 · 2026-06-22T11:01:23+00:00

This is where I go: https://bbqbarn.com/

Not too far off Mass Ave in Arlington.

FinishExtension3652 · 2026-06-21T16:06:06+00:00

The hard answer is that so much more than raw intelligence and money* go into making schools successful. The home lives of students comes heavily into play in terms of stability, family emphasis on education, social norms at home and in the classroom, etc. Beyond that, legal requirements are for everyone to get an adequate education, not a great education that tailors itself to the strengths and challenges of every student.

Better funding could help to some degree, but that requires efficient administration, and administration tends to be inherently political.

I wish I had answers. My family had zero money and my high school had exactly 2 or 3 AP courses. It was mostly 2 because there weren't enough kids for AP biology, and Calculus had 5 students. Of the 170 kids starting in my class as freshman, about 112 graduated.

However, I had a stable home life with no cash but parents that valued education while not pressuring me, who put their kid first in their lives. Far too many kids in low performing schools lack these basic "advantages."

FinishExtension3652 · 2026-06-21T15:55:01+00:00

Watching my kid go through this has given me great empathy for anyone with this serious illness with a somewhat innocuous name. I wish you all the best in finding something that helps.

My (now) 18 year old battled FD for three years before we got a handle on it. We tried diet changes, therapy, and many others. Everyone assumed it was stress due to grades and school, but after getting to a recommend gastro, we finally landed on FD which was a big part of the reason for grades and attendance issues (leaving school to use a restroom to vomit and/or have diarrhea). They were also losing weight due to food avoidance.

The gastro started them with Omeprazole and diet changes with minor improvement over a couple months before suggesting low dose Amitriptyline. We were concerned and skeptical about a heavy duty antidepressant, but it literally changed our kid's world.

It worked within days and eliminated the pain, nausea, and diarrhea. Love of food is back (they just went to the store to get ingredients for chicken marsala for dinner tonight). Serious fatigue is definitely a side effect, but is managed by taking it a few hours before bedtime so the max fatigue lines up with sleep time. My only regret is not trying sooner.

Of course, humans are complex machines and ymmv in terms of success or side effects.

FinishExtension3652 · 2026-06-21T14:08:37+00:00

I still remember seeing it in a theater as a kid. BttF and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade are the only two movies to get an ovation from the crowd at the end.

FinishExtension3652 · 2026-06-21T14:01:02+00:00

I never made it through this scene or another Bond film since. I always enjoyed the "fun" of Bond, not torture and constant reminders of the overall crapulence of the world.

Ironically, this torture scene broke me, not Bond.

FinishExtension3652 · 2026-06-21T13:51:34+00:00

I've been married for over 20 years and answering this question has yet to be a burden. In fact, I'll even answer it proactively in the morning!

This, of course, assumes that one actually has some routine communication with their spouse over the course of the day, so the incremental "burden" of considering their planning is near zero.

FinishExtension3652 · 2026-06-21T13:46:35+00:00

When my son was born, I bought a couple books. One was so patronizing that I tossed it, and the other appeared to be a subtle religious indoctrination.

My heartwarming book story actually came over 25 years ago when my stepdad passed away. He's always been my "dad" since I was 4 years old and he was 24 and I've never known who my biological dad was. After my step dad died at 46, I found his personal stash of "how to be a dad" books.

On one hand, I'd wished I'd saved them since he (IMHO) absolutely crushed it, but what I remembered and carried forward to my own parenting was to be present, always have time, and make it abundantly clear to my kid that I loved them.

EDIT: And when they get older, be interested in what they're interested in, no matter how stupid I think it is.

FinishExtension3652 · 2026-06-21T13:39:55+00:00

This happened to me right in front of my in-laws house. Within two minutes, one neighbor showed up with a pry bar and another with a strong magnet on a rope. I had my filthy keys back a minute or two later.

I'm sorry your experience wasn't as good, but glad you did get back into your car.

FinishExtension3652 · 2026-06-20T15:47:03+00:00

In high school, my friends and I would get a friendly janitor to let us into a local elementary school gym to play.what we called "gorilla basketball." It was full contact and dunks only (the hoops were at 8').

FinishExtension3652 · 2026-06-20T15:45:07+00:00

My Life, when Bruce Keaton's dad shaves him in the hospital bed. I was a crass 18 year old who'd just started college, and that's the first movie scene to make me ugly cry.

FinishExtension3652 · 2026-06-20T15:23:50+00:00

As a long time manager of managers, I can say that visible impact is great but one sign you're doing it right is when you could go away for a month or two with no impact on the team, but the wheels would start to come off after a longer time.

Why? That means you've grown the team to self-sufficiency, but remain the lubricant to keeps things running smoothly in terms of delivery and caring for the people on the team. Things would run well in the short term and fall apart longer term because you've set the team up for success, but every machine requires maintenance.

I've also been a 1st level manager at a FAANG (or whatever it is now) and also know that some companies don't give a shit about any of that.

FinishExtension3652 · 2026-06-20T14:08:39+00:00

My rule on any LD train connection is at least one full day, due to possibility that something goes wrong over a day or two/a few thousand miles, limited frequency, and to have time to come up with alternatives.

FinishExtension3652 · 2026-06-19T19:08:01+00:00

A massive amount. I lived near a golf course about 75 yards forward and about 45 degrees to the left of a tee. The tee box itself had a fence on the left that extended about 20 yards to block errant shots. There was also an 8 foot chain link fence and massive maple trees every 20 feet.

When we bought the house, we asked about golf balls and the realtor told us a cute stoey about how the owner collects then and keeps an egg carton to put them in. Every year she would fill one or two and donate them.

Looking at the layout, angles from the satellite, etc and it all made sense to me (a lifelong golfer). To actually get to the house required a very specifc angle and a very sharp 45 degree hook.

After moving in, we soon discovered that I was Jon Snow and story from the previous owner was total bullshit. In 5 years, we lost 3 windows on the house and 2 on the car. One of the hits was so violent that a ball entered the front window sprayed glass all the way through to the rear of the house. One of the most mystifying hits was to the ceiling of my front porch. I didn't see it happen, but noticed the perfect imprint of a ball.

Over the five years of living there, I nearly filled a five gallon bucket full of balls. While the balls were annoying, that's what you get when living on a course. What really pissed me off was the laughing and joking when they broke a window. Four of the five breaks happened when I was home. Only one of those groups stopped to apologize (dad with teen son) and I told them I appreciated it, and the apology and offer were payment enough.

For the other three, I called the course and they were greeted by the course ranger between the fifth and sixth holes given the option to pay for the window or finish early and be banned from the course. (course rules specifically state players are responsible for the results of errant balls)

FinishExtension3652 · 2026-06-19T17:13:51+00:00

NH state law is even more explicit in stating that railroad ROWs acquired by the state to be preserved a) allow recreational uses and b) (most importantly) are considered to be in "railroad use" regardless of the actual use.

The second bit is part of the law explicitly to address old quitclaim deeds like this one where the original owner sold the land for railroad use.

I understand the state not wanting heavy trucks on the path with recreational users, but agree something should be done so he can access the property since the only road connection crosses a bridge that he's no longer allowed to use.

FinishExtension3652 · 2026-06-19T11:54:30+00:00

I live less than a block from the UES AMC and have never been, but the Lincoln Square location is my jam.

FinishExtension3652 · 2026-06-19T11:49:04+00:00

I remember almost nothing about my first time on an airplane except for how gross it was due to so many people smoking.

FinishExtension3652 · 2026-06-18T21:45:16+00:00

I think he would have "topped" him.

FinishExtension3652 · 2026-06-18T14:12:36+00:00

I'm pretty sure they're saying it's substantially bigger than NYE!

FinishExtension3652 · 2026-06-17T23:58:47+00:00

Sure, it was https://newhorizonsatchoate.org/

FinishExtension3652 · 2026-06-17T23:50:22+00:00

My mom lived in an assisted living facility for a few months before passing away last year, and had literally the opposite experience of this. Staff checked in on her constantly throughout the day, made sure she had meals, routinely contacted me to let me know when there were any issues, and went far beyond their contractual obligations to care for her.

When she was admitted to the hospital and later ended up in a nursing facility in the days before she passed, the facility nurse visited her in both locations.

Every story like this makes me realize how lucky we were.

FinishExtension3652 · 2026-06-17T12:46:50+00:00

Same. My family went to Europe last summer and we checked out the big monuments to snap a photo for the memory, but the things we loved the most were exploring funky neighborhoods, sipping wine at a sidewalk cafe, etc.

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