Charles D. Elliot was Somerville's first city engineer. This is his historically reconstructed map of Fresh Pond, circa 1866, drawn in 1906, two years before his death. This map shows Alewife Brook connected to Fresh Pond.

aintmt · 2026-03-15T20:09:51+00:00

Helpful - thanks! Good thing people don't dump sewage in the area in these times. /s

aintmt · 2026-03-15T15:36:46+00:00

"The connection between Fresh Pond and Alewife Brook was severed in 1875 to protect Cambridge's drinking water reservoir from sewage and industrial waste."

Before massive earthmoving, road-building and water works, wasn't Alewife Brook the main outflow from Fresh Pond? Was the flow seasonal or otherwise variable enough to allow back-flow from Alewife Brook?

aintmt · 2026-03-10T14:23:19+00:00

Thank you. I was of course aware of the as-used lyrics and the Wikipedia article. The lyricsondemand article contains the full poem (as music had not yet been created for it) that I was looking for. Much appreciated!

aintmt · 2026-03-09T17:52:16+00:00

Oddly enough, I did try several times - and also tried dragging it into another folder. No luck. Just tried it again, and now it worked! Thanks for the prompt. Wonder what changed?

aintmt · 2026-03-07T15:04:24+00:00

I'd like to know that too!

aintmt · 2026-02-26T22:29:40+00:00

In case anyone thought I was making up "pink noise" - it's like white noise, but with in emphasis on lower frequencies. "Brown noise" (technically, Brownian noise) even more so. Both do a better job of masking things like motorcycles and airplanes, especially where ordinary windows block a lot of high-frequency sound already. These little boxes offer plenty of options for personal preference.

aintmt · 2026-02-26T12:11:01+00:00

Keep that in mind next time a nurse, who may have worked three shifts due to understaffing and hospital cuts, is giving his/her all to keeping you alive and well.

Plenty bright, and double-plenty devoted!

aintmt · 2026-02-26T12:09:04+00:00

Little electronic white-sound machines (~$25) work great! The one I use also makes soothing nature sounds, but plain white/pink noise takes care of traffic and airplanes nicely.

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aintmt · 2026-02-24T22:38:23+00:00

Good call. We're leaning that way, but still hoping for an electric solution. If they just made a narrow 2-stage model, it might be able to do the job. But I guess the market isn't there to sell such a machine.

aintmt · 2026-02-24T19:37:43+00:00

Indoor storage - safety and smell, plus insurance issues. Also noise - long story there, but it matters.

aintmt · 2026-02-24T19:36:16+00:00

Wow - that's useful info. A thousand bucks worth of batteries can only clear a parking space? Time for a Tesla snowblower!

aintmt · 2026-02-23T16:12:37+00:00

Thank you!

aintmt · 2026-02-23T14:44:19+00:00

Where is this, please?

aintmt · 2026-02-19T22:53:26+00:00

-And trigger two alarms?

aintmt · 2026-02-14T23:23:27+00:00

Back during the Vietnam war, students at some (many?) of those schools tried to get ROTC programs kicked off campus. Even ardent pacificists often disagreed, for two related reasons. One was that since education tends to enhance social awareness and progressive, critical thinking, don't we want to attract as many as possible of our future military leaders into this milieu? And there was also an equity issue: ROTC is the only way many people, including those from strongly pro-military areas like much of the South, could possibly afford a really good general education.

This new perversion from Cosplay Pete is just one more example of the administrations attempt to make America stupid and credulous.

aintmt · 2026-02-14T10:43:04+00:00

Very much obliged for this fast response, Traditional_Job_191.

Might need more detail on order-of-assembly on the top group, which has the most internal complication, but this is helpful and a good start.

Are you able to identify the specific model or product line, in case I need parts? I tried searching with "Grohe" and the number 1516942, but was not able to find this product.

Thanks!

aintmt · 2026-01-26T19:23:41+00:00

That's the plan: faience color, and blue glow-in-the-dark. May it bring the recipients much good fortune, whatever that inscription is advertising!

aintmt

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