I am up in Windy Hill up from Indian Lake. The service came back just before 9am. Got an alert at 12:41 am and Spectrum never gave an update. All seems fine, though it’s still a bit slower than normal. Reboot of the router and all to clean anything up didn’t change so I am guessing it’s still a process

I’m near quinsigamond lake and last night my internet was really bad or just didn’t work. Seems okay this morning

It’s ok now but I had an outage on Blackstone River road a few weeks ago. Internet was out for about a week and I got them to knock 25% off my next bill.

Awesome! Thanks 😊

I am just over the border in Holden and its working fine here

No issues for us. We're near Indian Lake, so not sure how far the outage goes.

No advanced tickets for this one. That said, it is not expected to sell out :)

Does anyone know if you have to purchase tickets or anything in advance?

Electrification of our regional rail would be a huge deal, The transit advocacy group TransitMatters put together an interactive trip explorer if you want to try it out. If anyone's interested in learning more about the benefits of electrification check out their more in depth proposal.

“Dumb” is an opinion, and even if I agreed it was dumb, is that the criteria these days? It’s my opinion that this business will fail in a year to 18 months because they have chosen to label themselves. However I still don’t understand why I was shut down.

Well, you wrote

>It’s not “a good bar”. It’s not a “friendly bar”, it’s not a “neighborhood bar”. It’s a “lesbian bar”. Identity politics at its worst. In the restaurant business you want to be an inviting welcoming place, this is the antithesis of that. I’m honestly surprised they found financing.

I don't know if it technically crossed a line, but it's pretty dumb. Also, I'm a straight guy and I've been to lesbian bars, with lesbian friends who've invited me. No one excluded me for being a guy, and I wasn't victimized by identity politics.

The ability, not the will or interest.

But dear fucking god, I'd love to be able to see that

Who?

Lol

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From the same article: “By December 31, 2029, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall have the ability to operate service on the Worcester Line through Framingham Station every 15 minutes in each direction,” noted the legislation.

Would be pretty amazing if that actually happened.

Electrification is not just for climate and pollution concerns. It takes less time for electrically powered trains to get up to speed and to slow down compared to diesel trains. Which means you can theoretically decrease the headways between trains, increasing service. We'll see if the MBTA takes advantage of this or not.

$200/month is much less than many people pay who own a home. It's $.25/kwh just for supply right now. That means at 400 kwh, your supply would be $100. Plus, you'll have to pay all the additional fees which would add up to about another $70-80, so close to $200. If someone has electric baseboard heaters, electric stove, and works from home, they'll easily use 400 kwh in a month.

If it bothers you, get involved in local politics. Attend council meetings. Reach out to councilors. Support your preferred candidates.

Things don't change unless we make them change.

oh that’s good to know, we actually have a 2bhk, as u said we don’t have much that uses electricity. $200 a month looks excessive use.

>but a very important test when you find you used a shit ton of power and like you did is to turn everything off

Never even thought of this! Thank you for the suggestion. I really appreciate it.

Weird. I didn't go through whole thread so someone else may have already suggested there but a very important test when you find you used a shit ton of power and like you did is to turn everything off. I mean everything. Then see if you're still spinning. If you are then power theft or something similarity serious is happening. It's a quick but important step.... And next is to buy a kill-o-watt on amazon or eBay. Great to have to find out if some our appliance is inefficient. Pretty important if you gotta pay almost 40 cents per kWh which is so brutal.

Good to know. I'll see how my bill changes after they switch out my meter and have them come check if needed.

We currently have the old meter from when they had different rates throughout the day and I don't know how to read it and no one at NG seems to know how to read it. After complaining for months when our bill was over 1000 kwh, it suddenly went down by 200ish kwh with no change on our end. So, I'm hoping this new meter will allow me to keep track of our usage and keep NG honest. And if needed, we'll pay the $11/month for the manual meter. I really think it's NG charging us more than we use since we have a house, but our garage is separate so someone could have tapped in somewhere.

The electric company is supposed to come out and do this for you... It's been YEARS, but I went thru this and in fact I was paying for my unit and the wash room 😡

Right?! I just found out they have cameras and sewing machines 🤷🏼‍♀️😊 pretty awesome if I say!!! Plus they have a lot of interesting classes and zoom groups!

Joe Simoncinni in shrewsbury. Not sure if he’s taking new clients. He’s been doing my family’s taxes for 50 years. Sharp as a nail.