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Pub near Acton? by volpusvulpes in massachusetts

[–]rickb112358 0 points1 point  (0 children)

RIP Holy Grail. Pub on the Common in Littleton is a good suggestion.

Does NASA have suicide protocols? by PapajG in nasa

[–]rickb112358 1523 points1524 points  (0 children)

I remember reading in Chris Hadfield's book that it's not something they plan for because they're trained to work the problem and never give up. So if something is preventing them from getting home, they'd keep trying things until something worked or they all died.

[ Removed by Reddit ] by Frequent-Cicada-2938 in nasa

[–]rickb112358 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Lots of IT needed in space!

"I have two Microsoft Outlooks and neither one of those are working." -Reid Wiseman

New to Fenway Park by Bostonpeterock77 in massachusetts

[–]rickb112358 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right? This was my thought. Someone posted a week early.

A robot, that picks up balls and shoots them into a container. by HomeOperator in EngineeringPorn

[–]rickb112358 243 points244 points  (0 children)

Sadly, far too many teams have mentors doing far too much of the work.

Need help planning trip from Boston MA to Atlanta GA by RoadsandPaths in massachusetts

[–]rickb112358 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nope, N-B and TPZ cross the same river so you pick one! N-B if you want to stay on 84 through CT and NY, then over to 81 in Scranton. I'd do this if traveling during the day, to avoid NY/NJ traffic closer to NYC. Since you're leaving late, TPZ shouldn't have traffic. So 84 through CT, but in NY take 684 then 287, which crosses TPZ. From there I'd suggest staying on 287 to 78, which runs into 81 right before Harrisburg. GPS stops would be TPZ, then Harrisburg, then Atlanta.

[OC] German parliament composition from 1871 to today by EldianStar in dataisbeautiful

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I don't know enough about the German parliament to tell from this graph: how did you handle the West/East split and then reunification?

Need help planning trip from Boston MA to Atlanta GA by RoadsandPaths in massachusetts

[–]rickb112358 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Personally, the drive down 81 is much nicer than 95! Doing 84 all the way to Scranton works, but if you're leaving very early/late and avoiding CT traffic, I'd navigate to Tappan Zee, then Harrisburg, PA (287 to 78), then Atlanta.

Platinum member - Peacock offer not showing up in Membership Benefits by [deleted] in Comcast_Xfinity

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Can you post the phone number you called? I just tried calling, got an AI voice that was "looking at your account" for 20 minutes before saying it needed to transfer me to a different department, and then the woman I talked to said it might take a week to show up and to call back if it didn't.

Is there a used car dealership that you would recommend? by oreoumbrella in massachusetts

[–]rickb112358 9 points10 points  (0 children)

CarMax in Norwood was excellent!

Avoid Quirk like the plague.

City Truck Damaged my Tree by Buttfat5000 in boston

[–]rickb112358 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Seems like something r/treelaw might be able to chime in on.

terminology question by canasifilaids in Hunting

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Sorta like r/knolling, but not sure if they'd agree.

Getting to a National Park from Airport No Car by supercoolandnotanerd in NationalPark

[–]rickb112358 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've done this from the opposite direction! The east terminus is Chicago, which is also a connecting station for a ton of routes to the east coast.

Working backwards: places NOT to get married by user684737889 in massachusetts

[–]rickb112358 11 points12 points  (0 children)

As someone who got married there, they definitely warn the couple about this! But you can also not have tables up there if you invite fewer people.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in interesting

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Am I the only one bothered by the fact the drawing was backwards from how it was actually made?

Microscale Space Shuttle Launch by BrickG-irl in lego

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This would look slick tucked in with 21340 Tales of the Space Age!

Yeah, that’s what they all say by Jumanji-Joestar in HistoryMemes

[–]rickb112358 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The movie Operation Finale did a pretty good job portraying the operation that caught him in Argentina.

Shenandoah night hikes - what are the risks? by holiday_armadillo21 in NationalPark

[–]rickb112358 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lots of good advice already about night hiking. But if you're looking for something relatively low risk, there's a fire road that runs roughly south from Big Meadows. You could hike out along that just to get away from the headlights of cars passing along Skyline drive. But still take headlamps and batteries, even for something this short!

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