The biggest limitation to the T as it stands today is the inefficiency. And it won't be solved because express trains are not possible. Ever ridden the green line more than a few stops? You could walk faster.

Such a bummer.

It's too late for the T. Not enough resources will be able to solve it to everyone's satisfaction.

That said, the other issue is people are ceasing to use the T. I stopped. Just started driving again. Couldn't rely on it. Trust is lost. And it's dirty, expensive, not a nice experience.

Could it be diet, too? Access to healthy food? Lifestyle?

Or is it overwhelmingly access to healthcare?

Beer is undrinkable now. The stout is the only one I can choke down. So strange.

They have good bourbon selection…

Love the beaches.

Their IPA is decent. And the stout. If you’re sensitive to beer quality, stay far away from True West.

+1. At Nauset Beach a few years ago, a Mom was chatting with her friend and I was watching her young child get closer and closer to being swept away by the rising tide and crashing waves. One big wave came, knocked over her kid and I jumped up to pluck her kid out of the wash. She gave me the dirtiest look. She was not thankful I kept her kid from aspirating a bunch of sea water.

Rapscallion

Northampton and Amherst are really nice. Weather sucks, mind you. But August is amazing.

Keep it in Ohio! Red states get what they get.

The West Coast of MA is full of idealists. Annoying.

Really nice. I’d buy that painting!

I don’t think that’s what happened here. Watch the documentary. Sonja and Annie had some major personality issues.

“Dig up dirt on Healey”? That’s how they spent their money? Presumably that was a Jim Lyons initiative.

What an out of touch dip.

Baker couldn’t bring himself to suck up to the MAGA people. I remember a bunch of Trump supporters in Falmouth waiving flags and signs before 2020. I stifled a laugh. They looked ridiculous. And then last October, the frowning older white men and their sad looking wife waiving Diehl signs in Sudbury. Boy those people looked they’d bought into the “chaos in the streets” rhetoric of DJT. Just melancholy people longing for the 1950s.

This sounds correct. I remember a couple of years ago when Jim and Marjorie asking Baker if he’d vote for Trump. Big sigh. He couldn’t support Trump. That probably pissed off the AWM in the Mass GOP.

Def some flip flops. Maybe hit TJ Maxx beforehand for flops and a towel.

I remember that guy. Was back downtown recently. Wondered what became of him.

You can tell when they’re overworked. It’s not their fault.

I’m always impressed by the pharmacists and staff at CVS. They are good at their job.

Estranged brother? The last time I was at Stage Fort park, it was clear that it was a hangout of opiate addicts. Perhaps this is related to that.

I don’t know. I took a bus from London to the coast and we passed the Aston Villa stadium. It looked pretty big.

At the Starbucks in Dedham yesterday, 16 degrees outside, some guy rolls in in a BC sweatshirt, knit hat, Adidas shorts. Looked ridiculous but hey, he seemed happy.

Think of all the people coming from Latin America. It will be a zoo. And fun people watching for sure.

Sort of agree. But the English football stadiums are way bigger.