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My new job has me working in western MA. It's like southern NH.
August 09, 2018, 05:33 PM
arcwelderMy new job has me working in western MA. It's like southern NH.
What a pleasure.
For a variety of reasons, I'm less stressed. Among them, is that the people, to the last, have not been ratcheted so tight. For New England, mind you.
But Damn, I am happy to not be working in Metro Boston anymore.
Outside 495, the Trump stickers also appear regularly.
It makes me feel hope for the state.
Arc.
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August 09, 2018, 06:38 PM
GustoferYeah, it's funny how when you get out into the more rural areas of that part of the country and meet real people you realize that it all hasn't gone into the crapper.
Were it not for a handful of urban areas, New England would be mostly solid red.
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August 09, 2018, 07:12 PM
arcwelderSo, like America?
There is hope yet, that this SJW/Leftist/Progressive infection can be nullified.
Arc.
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"Like a bitter weed, I'm a bad seed"- Johnny Cash
"I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel." - Pee Wee Herman
Rode hard, put away wet. RIP JHM
"You're a junkyard dog." - Lupe Flores. RIP
August 09, 2018, 07:14 PM
12GAI originally hail from the Berkshires. Solid salt of the earth folks there.
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August 09, 2018, 07:55 PM
arcwelderLet's just skip to the next civil war so I can occupy the nearest Market Basket and help the rest of the state advance and retake Boston.
Arc.
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"Like a bitter weed, I'm a bad seed"- Johnny Cash
"I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel." - Pee Wee Herman
Rode hard, put away wet. RIP JHM
"You're a junkyard dog." - Lupe Flores. RIP
August 09, 2018, 08:05 PM
220-9erI grew up just south of the border there.
Pretty area with lots of history but way too expensive to live and they have winter there.
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August 09, 2018, 08:09 PM
arcwelderI did enjoy my time spent working for Duke, and the Almost Winter. But, I do for some strange reason enjoy a proper freeze.
Can't quite place it. Maybe because cold defeats all kinds of insects, including Nazis.
Arc.
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"Like a bitter weed, I'm a bad seed"- Johnny Cash
"I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel." - Pee Wee Herman
Rode hard, put away wet. RIP JHM
"You're a junkyard dog." - Lupe Flores. RIP
August 09, 2018, 10:42 PM
phxtoadBorn and raised in Chicopee. Western Mass is a different world. I miss it...
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August 10, 2018, 06:33 AM
Timdogg6Did a day job in Pittsfield once, it was like going to Tennessee minus the accent of course
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August 10, 2018, 06:36 AM
BamaJeepsterThat's a good reminder that there are good people everywhere in this country. Some places you may have to look harder than others, but you can find good people everywhere.
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yaniciJust to be clear. There are many heavily BLUE areas in western MA.
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August 10, 2018, 07:12 AM
arcwelderquote:
Originally posted by yanici:
Just to be clear. There are many heavily BLUE areas in western MA.
Well, it is MA...
But I bet those places are baby or powder blue compared to the Royal Blue of say Brookline, or any place inside 95.
Arc.
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"Like a bitter weed, I'm a bad seed"- Johnny Cash
"I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel." - Pee Wee Herman
Rode hard, put away wet. RIP JHM
"You're a junkyard dog." - Lupe Flores. RIP
August 10, 2018, 08:15 AM
Leemurquote:
Originally posted by arcwelder76:
I did enjoy my time spent working for Duke, and the Almost Winter. But, I do for some strange reason enjoy a proper freeze.
Can't quite place it. Maybe because cold defeats all kinds of insects, including Nazis.
There’s a few small peaks in western VA that’ll fulfill your requirements. Come on down.
August 10, 2018, 09:31 AM
rduckworquote:
Originally posted by arcwelder76:
So, like America?
There is hope yet, that this SJW/Leftist/Progressive infection can be nullified.
Precisely. Welcome home to America!!
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August 10, 2018, 01:57 PM
daveaThere is definitely dark blue out here in the Western part of the state just look at Amherst and Northampton . Bat shit crazies
August 10, 2018, 03:06 PM
mrwOnly one thing worse than working inside 495, working inside 128!
August 10, 2018, 04:40 PM
PDI’ve always said that if you could discount the votes inside the 495 beltway, the political landscape in MA would be a lot different.
August 10, 2018, 05:12 PM
MaSigchistWell most towns westa woosta are pretty nice.
How far west are you working ? I can probably point you to a gunshop. There is a nice one in Turners Falls.
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