Bitching about Boston

April 11! Sorry, New York. Better luck, next year.

gotsnowgotslush said:

April 11! Sorry, New York. Better luck, next year.

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You are kidding... right?

:facepalm:

April 2, 2012

Former State Treasurer Tim Cahill has been indicted by a grand jury in connection with his alleged use of public funds during his 2010 campaign for governor.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/politics/30818460/detail.html

How's your State Lottery?

*sigh*

Remembering the great blizzard of April 1, 1997.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/slideshow/weather/27359692/detail.html

How did I miss this?

03/28/12

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (WHDH) -- The Harvard campus celebrated “sex week."

http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/boston/12007060176446/sex-week-comes-to-harvard-s-campus/

What happens between your legs, and between your ears....

Days go by and still no word, on how he is-

Tuckerman Ravine

Not for the novice climber

April 3, 2012

Authorities have not been able to reach a Boston man who fell into a deep crevasse on New Hampshire's Mount Washington.

A ranger was lowered about 50 feet into the crevasse, but going further was not possible due to the hanging ice, running water and snow.

Tuesday afternoon, officials said there were about 30 volunteers trying to reach Priebatsh.


http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/30821425/detail.html

Wait. The sex week was actually big enough that it left campus ears? hah.

Red Sox in Detroit. Red flag warning for New England area. (Nothing to do with the Red Sox) Fire departments are stamping out pop- up fires, everywhere.

I ruined my gf's mukluks stamping out a hay field fire, during a Spring, that was just like this. Count on plenty of static electricity, and wild and windy days.

There will be another hawk, trying their wings out. One is in the nest screaming bloody murder. The other one is murdering nestlings, of other birds.

10,000th post at 10:10 PM Too bad it is not April the 10th.

Friday is another Red Flag day. Keep an eye out for smoke! New for Spring- Fairy Rain

Another Red Flag Day. It's official. New England drought.

Several TV stations lose broadcast signal after problem at Needham tower
04/09/2012

WCVB-TV (Channel 5), WBZ-TV (Channel 4), and WGBX-TV (Channel 44) all issued statements informing customers that
the transmitter site in Needham is not working. The three stations reassured customers that they hoped to have
service restored soon.

According to WCVB-TV, the problem may be due to a “transmission line or antenna fault” at the Needham “community tower” site.

The WCVB-TV statement said the problem began at about 7:35 p.m. Sunday. It said the station was able to get back on the air
under reduced power at 8:20 p.m. by using an auxiliary antenna.

http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrod...edham-tower/nlvgxG7W6lo3Wqj0vRhd8H/index.html

Red Flag Day, East Coast shoreline to Canada. Fire fighters are stamping out brush fires, everywhere.

Opening day, at home. Killington got more snow.

Severe weather warning? More like Red Flag warning, Dry?

http://www.nhdfl.org/fire-control-and-law-enforcement/daily-fire-danger.aspx

Cheshire County
Merrimack County

Sullivan County

OK There is a name for Fairy Rain. ".... many locations are receiving just a few sprinkles as much of the rain falling out
of the mid-level cloudiness was evaporating before reaching the ground. The wispy shafts of moisture evaporating
before hitting the ground are called Virga."

We are getting some Virga, today. I never heard of the term before. This is the land of the Oilskin Slicker and the Sou'wester!

In the olden days (1990?), it my have been annoying when the rain started getting dumped into the ocean,
but, at least, the old traditional drowning was still a possibility. This new dry rain-

New England can expect a dramatic increase in wild fires?

Dry lightning is lightning that occurs where rain is not falling at the strike location or soon thereafter?
This allows the lightning strike to trigger a wildfire and allow it to begin to grow?

It has been the driest winter, ever, in my lifetime! We Are having brush fires, right now!

"Dry lightning comes in two types. One type is lightning that comes down from a thunderstorm anvil into an area
where it is not raining. The raindrops aloft may be evaporating before they reach the ground, with lots of
low-relative-humidity air present between the relatively high anvil cloud and the ground. We call this virga --
raindrops (or snowflakes) not reaching the ground."
(Well, that explains the Fairy Snow.)

It was fair, to get hurricaines. After all, the Gulf Stream brings the benefit of Spring warmth.
Wet, uncomfortable and soggy is something we are accustomed to.
Clammy, cold and chilly, that is why we have chowda and fireplaces.

The South sends us wet hot air. The North sends us Canada cold, The great Lakes sends us their Lake effect.
Bermuda sends us their strange weather. The Ocean pounds us with what ever is off the Coast.
Fun and games with a Nor' Easter. The loop would send storms down from the Canada coast.
Mt. Washington would add something to the mix. Snow is welcome in New England.

We could always count on the severe weather coming across the country, to be exhausted and weak. by the time it arrived on Yankee territory.

Should have known that something was up, when the Perfect Storm hit!

Is the tornado attack on New Orleans, something new? They had their hands full with Hurricaines.

The new Tornado Alley East arrived and made itself at home.

Western weather invaded the East. How is this possible?


http://www.weather.com/blog/weather/8_13021.html

Hail stones the size of footballs? How soon, will that be a part of Boston?

Red Sox begin 101st season in historic Fenway Park
April 13, 2012

Loyal citizens of Red Sox nation returned to Fenway Friday to celebrate opening day and the start of the park's 101st season.

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseba...x_begin_101st_season_in_historic_fenway_park/

The 37-foot high Green Monster is part of the stadium's original 1912 construction, first built out of wood,
then later covered with tin and plastic. It wasn't painted green until 1947.

"Aviles gave the Sox their first lead when he drove a slider from Burke Badenhop (0-1) just off the top of the Green Monster. The ball popped
straight up and over the wall. The fans signaled it was a home run before third base umpire Tony Randazzo made the same call."

“There was a time when it looked like Fenway might not make it to its 100th anniversary,” said Dan Wilson, a founding member
of the nonprofit preservationist group Save Fenway Park. “But now here it is and it looks like the park has a long life ahead of it.”

Boston thanks Emil Disario, for the green in the Green Monster-

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/fenway-anniversary-extended-coverage/30677380/detail.html

The Green Monster faced a dire and serious scare- Fenway fans were freaking out! Boston was threatened with a new baseball stadium-
(Then, Boston would be just like any other city. Big new stadium, and big broken promises.)

Source: Rob Neyer, ESPN.COM columnist,[spring 2000]:

... Do the Red Sox, as so many claim, "need" a new ballpark? Of course they don't. In my mind, to suggest such a thing is fairly
preposterous. This season, thanks to the highest ticket prices in all the land and a rabid fan base, the Red Sox boast the seventh-
highest payroll in baseball, and the third-highest in the American League.

"There are, to be sure, some lousy seats in the place ... but it's funny, there are fannies in those lousy seats, more often than not.
Why? Because Fenway Park is Fenway Park, and that's not something you can duplicate with a new building...."
- Rob Neyer, ESPN.COM columnist,[spring 2000]:

Boston Marathon, today. Will the temps hit 90F? You can tell it is New England weather.

You can freeze one year, and cook inside your own skin, the next. Be soaked to the skin, all day long-
or be grateful for those never ending cups of water, because it is dry as the Sahara.

Remembering the original oldsters, who tried their best to get up Heartbreak Hill.
Some years, the weather threw flying slush and snow at the runners.

Like the Psychic Fair in Salem? Here are two women to avoid-

Apr 17, 2012

whdh news 7

Hingham, MA

A woman was arrested Saturday in connection with stealing more than $7,000 from an elderly woman after a “psychic reading scam.”

The “psychic” told the victim there a “curse and a black cloud” over her and it in order to lift it, she would need to pay $16,000.00
She was further told if that if she did not pay all the money that asked for, a specific relative would commit suicide. She was also
told to bring back a piece of jewelry to the “psychic”.

The victim returned and gave the psychic an antique $500 ring and a check for $7,000. The “psychic” told the victim to sell personal
items, borrow the money, or bring a credit card to pay the additional $9,000. The “psychic” insisted that if the victim did not pay the
full amount the relative (the victim's daughter) would commit suicide. The victim was unable to pay the additional money.

The "psychic" poured a red liquid on the floor and told the scam victim that it would be her daughter's blood, if she did not pay all the money.

The female perp and her mom run the shop.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/30895732/detail.html

http://www.patriotledger.com/topstories/x1963536079/Cops-Hingham-psychic-scammed-Pembroke-woman

Will this TV series be cringe worthy?

WICKED TUNA QUOTE OF THE WEEK (4/15/12) “(Googans) all wear orange pants, like they know what they’re doing.
They should require a test before you get a pair of orange pants.” — Captain Ralph Wilkins, F/V Odysea

TV blurb- "Yeah, things get hot. It's competitive."

March 31, 2012

What: "Wicked Tuna"

When: 10 p.m. Sundays through June 3

Airing on: National Geographic Channel

10-part documentary, which tracks the lives of fishermen (and one fisherwoman) on five bluefin boats operating out of Gloucester:
The series opens with the Tuna.com's captain, Dave Carraro, sneaking out of port under cover of darkness, using only his running
lights to make it difficult for anyone to follow. When the Tuna.com crew loses one of what their fish-finder shows is many big fish
in the area, Carraro tries to discourage the other boats from fishing nearby by saying the lost fish was just a species of undesirable
shark.

Vallee says Wilkins throws the harpoon and drives the boat — two things that require the most skill. "It's like driving the car backwards
going 60 miles per hour — a tiny wrong movement and you'll roll it." "There are a lot of things that could go wrong, and it only takes
one second for it to be over," Vallee says over a cup of coffee in Hyannis.

"Imagine how it would feel if you worked all week and because of something that happened in one moment, you didn't get paid for any of it."

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120331/LIFE/203310303/-1/rss23

Frost warning. Clear Channel can go take a leap into untreated sewerage. No one thought the Bruins game was important enough. Jerks

History

Cold, cold Winter and a very late Spring. Breaking a 100 year record. Covered in six inches of ice all Winter (Under the banks of snow).
(why I have an absurd username- Non stop snow and slush removal. Daily visits from snow plow.) Boston got snow tractors!

January 26, 2007

An arctic air mass transformed New England into a frozen tundra this morning, with 20 mph gusts pushing the wind chill down
as low as minus 15 degrees in Boston.

The coldest place in Massachusetts overnight was Worthington, in the foothills of the Berkshires, where the temperature
bottomed out at minus seven degrees.

Atop Mount Washington in New Hampshire, the weather observatory measured a temperature of minus 30
degrees at 8:15 a.m. A 65 mph northwest wind on the summit made it feel like minus 78 degrees.

"This is the worst of it, this morning," said Bill Simpson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Taunton.

At Logan International Airport, the low was 3 degrees above zero. The record low temperature in Boston for Jan. 26
is zero degrees set in 1927.

Still, it was warmer this morning in Fairbanks, Alaska, at 11 degrees than it was in the Hub. (Barrow, in northern
Alaska on the Arctic Ocean, had Boston beat at minus 29 degrees before the wind chill.)

The lowest high temperature ever recorded in Boston on March 6 was 9 degrees in 1872.

March 5, 2007
"We might break a few records," said Bill Simpson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Taunton.

By the time rush hour ends, temperatures are expected to begin a freefall that won't stop until the mercury bottoms out at
minus 10 degrees away from the coast and in southwestern New Hampshire.

At sunrise Tuesday in Boston, the temperature could dip to 5 degrees, with a gusty northwest breeze pushing wind chills to
minus 15 degrees. Further inland and in southwestern New Hampshire, wind chills may near 30 degrees below zero, Simpson said.

*facepalm* The n- word was used. (Will they ever learn?) For shame, for shame!

From The Dictionary of Historical Slang:


pumpkin, pompkin - A man or woman of Boston 'From the number of pomkins raised and eaten' 1785. (Whence, perhaps, the mainly US use - persons, occasionally things, of importance - or who think they are.)

Think pumpkins of oneself - To think well, sometimes inordinately well, of oneself. Ouida The Massarenes 1897.

gotsnowgotslush said:

*facepalm* The n- word was used. (Will they ever learn?) For shame, for shame!

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There's no "learning" in Boston. Just wife beating and criminal worship.

Stewed Pompion (pumpkin)

How do the kings and queens of England reward those who fight and defend the interests of England?
A share of the taxes, grants of land, charters, licences to do business, leases, rents.

John Josselyn and Henry Josselyn- heirs of Sir Ferdinando Gorges-( along with Gorges's other heir, Robert)

Sir Ferdinando Gorges was akin to a horse's backside. The good people of Massachusetts rejected him.
They did not need a feudal system in New England. They had their own system of government, thank you very much.
Gorges and his gang caused nothing but headaches.

Gorges was never able to make the mental transition from a feudal and royalist viewpoint to the more democratic viewpoint
necessary for a successful colonizing venture. He looked on settlements as aristocratic undertakings and expected them to be
governed by the practices of feudalism. He even proposed on several occasions that settlers should be regarded as tenants,
not as landholders, and that they should be tied to the land where they were “planted.” This was certainly not the spirit that
encouraged families to emigrate to America. And it certainly was not the understanding of the Pilgrims. A letter written in 1621
by William Hilton, a passenger in the Fortune, specifically says-

“We are all freeholders; the rent-day doth not trouble ”

John Josselyn visits his brother Henry and writes some books-

Two Voyages to New England
1638 Voyage to "Black-point,"Scarborow, Maine
July 1663 Second Voyage to Scarborow, Maine

In one of the books, John Josselyn takes note of a Pompion recipe-
(pumpkin)

"But the Housewives manner is to slice them when ripe, and cut them into dice, and so fill a pot with them of two or three Gallons,
and stew them upon a gentle fire a whole day, and as they sink, they fill again with fresh Pompions, not putting any liquor to them;
and when it is stew'd enough, it will look like bak'd Apples; this they Dish, putting Butter to it, and a little Vinegar, Spice, as Ginger,
which makes it tart like an Apple, and so serve it up to be eaten with Fish or Flesh: It provokes Urine extreamly and is very windy.”

(The New England peoples were puffed out with wind, as well as self esteem.)



Provisions List from An Account of Two Voyages to New-England
by John Josselyn

Among the private fresh provisions list were spices. How plain or fancy the Pompion Stew was, depended if you could afford
to bring spices along on the voyage with you.