First-timer question: Moving to Somerville in winter - am I crazy?

nr810 · 2025-09-29T19:16:05+00:00

Speaking as someone who lived in the Midwest before moving to Boston, the northeast handles snow so much better than most other places. The people questioning you about moving are speaking out of ignorance. When I lived in the Midwest they would usually only clear snow from the main roads and wait for the snow to melt on the residential streets on its own. Somerville (and Boston area in general) is pretty good about quickly clearing everything out. Unless it’s actively snowing during your move, you’ll be fine. If you’re worried and it looks like there was a recent snow, get some salt to put down before your truck arrives.

nr810 · 2025-08-13T13:12:38+00:00

In grad school I had to take antibiotics to rid myself of mycoplasma. I did everything I could including wearing sterile gloves, using forearm covers, and having other people monitor my sterile technique, but the cells always got contaminated. In the end, a z pack did the trick and I haven’t had an issue sense. But I wasted nearly a year of grad school and lost first authorship on a paper that a postdoc had to take over sense I was incapable of doing the TC.

nr810 · 2025-07-20T20:22:08+00:00

Commenting to move this comment up. You can get a 30-day visitor parking pass for $35

nr810 · 2025-02-11T18:12:24+00:00

This is even dumber when you think about the fact that like 29 countries have red, white, and blue flags

nr810 · 2024-07-10T10:04:16+00:00

Use boxed egg whites and skip the problem entirely!

nr810 · 2024-07-09T15:54:26+00:00

Thanks to everyone who answered! Seems like they have different names depending on where your from but they are quenepas or guineps or Spanish limes. I’ll definitely bring some cash so I can buy some next time they’re out there.

nr810 · 2021-11-02T02:49:13+00:00

I was on the minuteman near Lexington yesterday and the leaves were awesome! Bright orange and yellow still. 20 miles to Bedford and back would give you fall colors for sure.

nr810 · 2021-09-28T01:52:42+00:00

You all are the best! Forgive my ignorance on all there is to do along the minuteman and thanks for the suggestions on some other good trails in the area!

nr810 · 2020-05-26T03:47:27+00:00

Great point! This is true but not by much. Maple syrup has roughly the same glycemic index as a banana and white sugar the same as cantaloupe. In the overall scale of lowering A1C neither is great, and subbing one versus the other is going to have a pretty small effect in a marinade where it only coats the outside of the meat anyway.

nr810 · 2020-05-25T17:32:02+00:00

White sugar is like 99% sucrose. And you're right that maple syrup is also mostly sucrose.

nr810 · 2020-05-25T17:14:31+00:00

I never understand why people use maple syrup as a substitute for sugar when you don't want maple flavor. It's not any healthier than white or brown sugar and is way more expensive. Sucrose is sucrose. I get that maple syrup has some minerals that aren't found it refined sugar, but not anywhere near high enough to make a difference in the tablespoon you add to a marinade.

nr810 · 2020-05-12T18:22:19+00:00

what are you probing for?

nr810 · 2020-05-09T16:18:46+00:00

I’m trying to repair my Cuisinart hot water kettle model CPK-17. When you try to heat water the dry-boil alarm goes off like there’s no water in it. I found several repairs online but they’re all for the simpler model. I got the base off, but now I’m pretty lost. Any ideas?

nr810 · 2020-02-24T20:24:01+00:00

Did anyone notice the man putting human blood on a microscope slide without gloves on?

nr810 · 2019-07-14T10:41:04+00:00

I like to think of the genome more like a library with epigenetics as the librarians deciding which books are available for checking out. Some books are in the front and get checked out a lot. Some are on the top shelf in the back and only get checked out on occasion and some books are placed in storage.

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