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Comment on: 'Will Kate Middleton make it OK to wear stockings again?'
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Comment on: 'Spice is right in Haitian cuisine at Lelene’
Thank you so much for this piece! Living in JP, we are notoriously spoiled for restaurants but have been looking for Haitian cuisine & now we are all set! Week end, here we come! more »
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Comment on: Marriage cannot be redefined - The Boston Globe
You know, there are so many intelligent comments above, so well stated, that I feel it is unnecessary to get into great detail, myself. Instead, I can tell you about such a great sadness that absolute more »
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Forum Post: Add to our 'First Day of Summer' playlist
Guess I would just add 'Beyond The Sea' by Bobby Darin; 'Sailin' by Chris Cross; ocean definitely summer theme, right? But applaud your including Kinks & my number one by Mungo Jerry, could listen to more »
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Forum Post: Add to our 'First Day of Summer' playlist
In Response to Re: Add to our 'First Day of Summer' playlist: Man, we are forgetting on the ALL TIME CLASSICS here: "Hot Fun in the Summertime" by Sly and the Family Stone!!! Posted by steve82953 Than more »
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Comment on: 'Young and old patients reap a bounty of benefits from therapeutic gardening'
My mother is 89 & not altogether ambulatory: she can walk from room to room but gets into trouble with uneven surfaces like pavement. Garden is fine though & one of my favorite sights is of her, picki more »
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Comment on: Preserve national service, even in a tight budget - The Boston Globe
Many people who are poor used to be well off, working 40 or more hours a week & contributing to society. When their lives were interrupted by chronic illnesses or disabilities, their minds were left i more »
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Comment on: Next to Greenway, a fine site for Boston history museum - The Boston Globe
I do agree that a Boston Museum would be great, better if centrally located though, although it might work at the proposed site with shuttle buses and water taxis to & from. I am not sure, however, th more »
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Comment on: Romney: The ties that bind no more - The Boston Globe
Don't I remember learning, while reading D.H. Lawrence in high school, that the neck tie was designed to keep coal miners' necks free of smut & dust & that it was adopted by more well-to-do men therea more »
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Comment on: Intervention? - The Boston Globe
At a time when the United States is spread out all over that region, with heinous occupations of Iraq & Afghanistan, when Americans want an end to those conflicts, it would be insane to send our troop more »
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Comment on: Obama: Up from the basement - The Boston Globe
Not surprising these days, that so many who hate The Globe & its policies hang out here. Seems that is the new, most favored method of posting ugly remarks. The President has a lot more going on than more »
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Comment on: 'Such healthy pay, it’
e67: Brigham & Women's Hospital. As mentioned above, these boards should have 'general public' members at the table. Invite some people with chronic illnesses, let them tell their stories of endless v more »
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Comment on: Tech project needs publicâs help in modernizing city government - The Boston Globe
People like me also have to break through to the 21st century by embracing new applications. My 33-year-old son has written a couple of checks in his life time, compared to my . . . who knows how many more »
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Comment on: 'Words of pain, contrition in O’
To suggest that sexual assaults on children can be 'put behind them' & that the abused should 'move on' is to fail to understand the nature of the crime & the ways in which the child's life is affecte more »
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Over eighty??? Come on now, how about over 65? Similar reasons: might be shorter days of skiing, first of all, but for their support of the mountain for so long, the mountain should support them in more »
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Comment on: 'Needs of seniors, disabled often ignored in storm cleanup efforts'
Just try to prove yourself eligible for The Ride these days, just try. Like everyone else, their funding has been cut while the number of elderly or persons with disabilties who submit applications ha more »
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Comment on: Fish%20Pier%20restaurant%2C%20an%20East%20Broadway%20staple%2C%20to%20close%20after%2026%20years%20
Thank the gods that you were sitting at the counter, dmsullivan, not trying to skip a tip for table service, were ya? I wonder how many times your orders have been THROWN on the floor, not dropped. An more »
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Comment on: 'Don’
It IS really weird, money in the pocket after shoveling was a high light of my childhood for sure! There are still a few kids who stop by my mother's street, which is lined with homes of mostly older more »
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Comment on: Sarge Shriver, the peace builder - The Boston Globe
Prevented by a chronic condition from joining the Peace Corps, I was nevertheless inspired by Shriver to work in the public sector at home, as many of my family had before me. The idea of public servi more »
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Comment on: 'Many men handle losing their hair by shaving it off'
These men are not losing their hair, they are getting more head. more »
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Comment on: 11 things we can live without in â11 - The Boston Globe
This is a very fine list, in my opinion. I believe that the military budget has far less to do with national defense than occupation of other countries. Bringing our troops home is critical; when they more »
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Comment on: Chinatown: A new library in 2011? - The Boston Globe
I think it's a great idea but agree that the public benefits package should be reviewed. People who point out the 'nearby' library branches might want to think about the elderly & disabled residents w more »
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Comment on: 'From berets to fedoras to trilbies: One couple’
This is such a great place! I have really enjoyed going in, so far just to get birthday presents, but there are hats in my future. They also have great belts & I have loved purchasing some flasks. The more »
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Comment on: 'Apartment boom reaches East Boston'
The City certainly should require a good sized allotment of affordable units at this location. This form of community investment is required elsewhere & may anchor the development when the purchase do more »
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Comment on: 'Kerry hopes to get lame-duck Senate to OK new arms treaty'
If Americans in the twenty-first century cannot understand the benefits of such a measure, then I have no idea what the hell has been going on for my entire adult life. I am unaware of thousands upon more »
Let's not forget the earlier fashion: garter belts & individual stockings. Funnily enough, they are very freeing, particularly nowadays with choices that don't bag at the knees even a little bit! They more »