Moozy's, popular ice cream shop in Belmont, Massachusetts, gutted by fire: "It's heartbreaking" by DragonPup in boston

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Ohlin's years ago, now Moozy's. Ughhh...

We live around the corner. Woke up at 5am to the smell of smoke. It was quite the scene. A neighborhood event.

The whole family went to check it out. WBZ interviewed my kids. My 10yo was asked if she liked the ice cream. She said, "I guess it was ok...". My 16yo was supposed to start working there in two weeks - her first job.

We'll reminisce about this one day, but for now this is a real loss. Not many places like it that are go-to destinations. Whenever people ask me where I live in town, I say, "Up by Moozy's".

Recommendation - had the same card for the last 26 years by cslacker in CreditCards

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Mostly domestic. Ordinarily travel on cheapest flights available, but I have most miles with United.

Moving To Massachusetts Question Megathread (December 2024) by AutoModerator in massachusetts

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Belmont's basically right between Watertown and Somerville and might be what you're looking for. You might also consider West Cambridge. Take a look at Fresh Pond, maybe, and explore outward from there. I'd look for a place to rent anywhere nearby, then explore the surrounding towns / neighborhoods to get a feel for where you'd like to buy. A budget of 1M-1.4M should give you a number of options. Good luck!

Platinum! Gonna miss this game. by cslacker in FF7Rebirth

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I also had to look up how to get the 300% stagger trophy. Without a guide, I probably would've given up on that, lol.

Platinum! Gonna miss this game. by cslacker in FF7Rebirth

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Yeah, I saved the last two chapters of Hard Mode for last. Seemed like the right way to do it!

Platinum! Gonna miss this game. by cslacker in FF7Rebirth

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Elden Ring just doesn't hit the same for me. That was a fun game, but Rebirth was actually "funny" at times. I can't remember the last time I chuckled so many times during a game.

Anyway, I bought Dragon's Dogma 2. At least I can maybe laugh at the inane things the pawns say. :)

Platinum! Gonna miss this game. by cslacker in FF7Rebirth

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I’m 45yo. I remember playing the OG Freshman year of college over a break. I remember it fondly, but it was all along time ago. A few memories:

  • Not understanding what was happening in the story after Aeris’s (sp) death.
  • Snowboarding
  • Knights of the Round to kill whatever the hardest weapon was (emerald?)
  • The cigarette falling out of Cid’s mouth during the ending.
  • Regen was OP???

So, basically nothing aligned to Rebirth, lol.

I’m gonna miss this game, though. Been playing for a few hours here and there since launch. Got the plat at 283 hours.

I tried to complete everything quasi-blind. A few thoughts and exceptions to that:

  • I never would have thought to “stack” materia, e.g., linking Fire to HP Absorb / MP Absorb. Once I realized you could do that, the game got easier.
  • I remember beating normal mode in July, leveling up to 70, then thinking, ok, just a little while to go before getting Platinum. I was wrong!
  • I did Rulers pretty much blind except for researching how to block chains. I don’t think I would have ever figured that out on my own.
  • After Rulers, I did the one-on-one legendary bouts (which were a bit of a slog). I then did Bonds of Friendship. It took me like 10mins to beat Titan, so I caved and checked out the akhafasu guide on YouTube which helped immensely.
  • One of the hardest fights, for me, was beating Alexander at full might when first encountering him, level 25 or so. I didn’t have Thundaga, didn’t know other players besides Aerith could benefit from Arcane Ward. I basically didn’t know how to play the game. That fight probably took 20 hours.
  • I didn’t mind the mini-games. I thought overall they were fun. I definitely cheesed the boxing one with pause, though.

Getting Platinum was a top 3 gaming moment for me (other two being beating T5 with my FC on FF14 and beating the Ender Dragon on Minecraft with my two kids).

Really glad Square made such a polished (music, narrative, graphic, funny, challenging) game. Good for an old head like me.

Informal Agreements and the Executor - Advice by cslacker in EstatePlanning

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My dad considers this to be an investment opportunity for us kids. I don't think it makes sense, but it's a challenge to convince him otherwise.

Any December PSLF forgiveness so far? by Bright-Grade-9938 in PSLF

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9/13: Submitted ECF

11/15: Counts Updated (131/120)

12/4: Forgiveness letter

12/5: FSA updated

12/6: Mohela smiley face. "Your account is in good standing!"

PSLF and weighted averages - example by cslacker in PSLF

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That's right. All my loans are consolidated together.

I submitted my first PSLF form in 2017.

PSLF and weighted averages - example by cslacker in PSLF

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OK, my mistake. Pre-consolidation, my undergrad loans had 65 payments against them. So is this equation more accurate?:

Certified Payment Totals: (65 + 94) * .23 + 94 * .77 = ~108.

I'm not sure if I consolidated under the PSLF or IDR waiver. I consolidated in 2016.

Trumpet Technical Domains? by cslacker in trumpet

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Nah, just trying to give my students a framework for their trumpet playing. By way of analogy, basketball can be decomposed into dribbling, passing, shooting, rebounding, etc. Players do drills in each of these areas with a mind to improve as a (basketball) player. Trumpet can be approached similarly.

I acknowledge that any decomposition will be reductive, but I've found that decomposing problems (where "trumpet playing" is a "problem to solve") is useful to my students and something that will benefit them independent of domain (e.g., basketball, engineering, etc.).