Dog Parks: The Real Poop!
read more…: Dog Parks: The Real Poop!Hello friends, today we’ll be talking about dog parks, and why you should or should not visit them with your
Point of View
Local voices chime in on a variety of topics.
Passenger rail would cost less than it took to widen I-93
read more…: Passenger rail would cost less than it took to widen I-93Bringing passenger rail service to Manchester would cost less than the recently completed I-93 widening project. Widening I-93 between Manchester and Salem cost a total of $751 million in 2020 dollars. Adjusted for inflation, that would be about $870 million today. Passenger rail would cost $597 million to build which is significantly less. You may remember the Union Leader article that claimed rail would cost $782 million, but that’s because the newspaper failed to mention that the figure was in Year-of-Expenditure (YOE) dollars, which basically takes decades of future inflation into account.
The first 24 hours
read more…: The first 24 hoursRecently, I spent the evening with a woman who was in the process of detoxing from an opioid.
So, you want to be a writer …
read more…: So, you want to be a writer …With over 800 articles, seven editions of a successful thoroughbred racing guide, and 40 years in the freelance tank, it’s a good time to impart my keyboard and publishing knowledge to wannabee James Pattersons.
Asking Questions
read more…: Asking QuestionsWe’ve reached that place in her life where Little Bean has begun to, maybe not wrestle with, but comprehend a bigger picture; a sort of foggy realization that – how do I put this diplomatically – life and humans can be unpleasant.
A tiptoe back to Saturday night ‘must see’ TV
read more…: A tiptoe back to Saturday night ‘must see’ TVAs a kid, I didn’t realize how the issues it touched had been considered so unsuitable for a U.S. television comedy — racism, antisemitism, infidelity, homosexuality, women’s liberation, rape, religion, miscarriage, abortion, breast cancer, the Vietnam War, menopause, and impotence. Yes, it was the values of the Greatest Generation vs. those of the Baby Boomers.
Once again, I ‘Get a Life’
read more…: Once again, I ‘Get a Life’A relative Luddite, I’ve faced off with numerous technological windmills in my search, trying Amazon and eBay, as well as some deeper searches, but I always fell, defeated. At one point, I purchased a VHS tape with two episodes from Season 1—“The Prettiest Week of My Life” and “Bored Straight”—but the complete two-season oeuvre continued to elude me.
Ideas for a growing city, but who pays?
read more…: Ideas for a growing city, but who pays?Even though vision is free, I do understand that if vision is to become reality, at some point, financial investments will need to be made. While thinking about this, I have come up with some ideas on how projects could be funded. Because I do not believe that the government should be expected to pay for everything, I will be presenting multiple ideas.
On the road with Tupperware
read more…: On the road with TupperwareO P I N I O N Okay, Boomers. Do you remember Tupperware and Tupperware parties? The harvest gold and
Once upon a time in Red Sox Nation
read more…: Once upon a time in Red Sox NationThese days, however, the Red Sox tone-deaf owner John Henry and their smug Head of Baseball Operations Chaim Bloom—a low-rent version of the once-dynamic GM Theo Epstein—signed a few former All-Stars, a closer incapable of handling the new pitch-clock, and an overpriced Japanese outfielder. This was the sum of an off-season for a 2022 team that finished in last place in the AL East.