What a sweet post. Thank you

I've done that Cathay Pacific flight. Given the ridiculous timesuck, it was pretty alright.

Fuck pay walls for news.

You're welcome! It's especially good for dresses and coats.

Living in an 800sq ft 2bedroom with baseboard heating heated by gas, no central air (use 2 12K BTU to cool down apartment in summer). Heat set to 65F with room primarily being kept warm from sunlight during the day, after sunset, heating raised to 69F. Heating turned down to 62F before going to bed. 2 people shower twice a day.

Summer Electric : $80-100 Summer Gas : $25-35 Winter electric: $50-60 Winter Gas : $140-160

Internet $45 for gig speed (pay for my own router and modem)

(Edit: internet was approx $45, had earlier stated it to be $30 which was incorrect)

If you don’t need it right now, I bet any nicer grocery store cheese counter could order it.

The Hourly in Cambridge, Atlantic Fish in Back Bay, B&G Oysters in South End

I’m questioning a decision. I’m also questioning the medical professionals who let her be home. When there is a tragedy we need to look at where the breakdown was. Was he not being supported enough? Did he feel he needed a break? If I wanted to blame him I would have said “he should not have left her with the kids to get pizza”. I know it’s hard to understand meaning in text. I used to write care plans and I’m analyzing more than maybe someone else. I just don’t want this to ever happen again so I look at where did this go wrong.

They aren't wrong. Several unhoused will refuse to be sheltered and there's a good chance some will die from exposure, drinking too much to fight the cold, or taking too much then they don't feel the cold.

People keep their oven on for heat, CO poisoning happens. Space heater causes a fire.

Lots of ways people can lose their life from this type of cold snap.

Food not bombs

Best state in the union baby just be glad you don't live in presque Isle or something if you can't handle this

Any dress is a floor length dress if you're short enough

Named after King Charles III, the Charles River is more than 75 feet deep at the location pictured.

You know that the current temperature is unseasonably warm? This time of year Boston is meant to be in the teens not 45°+ were prepared for it

What's the addy I'll bring Pina coladas and beach chairs

I too subscribe to the "Cheetos method" of temperature regulation. Sounds like you've got a solid plan. Boots aren't hugely necessary unless there's snow on the ground, which there shouldn't be. Good socks should be fine.

Check out food not bombs (fnb) I haven't worked with them since before covid but when I did we accepted pretty much anything that wasn't ratty

We have flights but after the Russian invasion of ukraine everyone is flying around russian space. Not a big deal for Japan but is for some other flights

The forecast weather is a trillion times better than Georgia. Got off the plane and my glasses fogged up, sweat through my shirt before I even made it to the house. Not fit for human habitation

Do you live in a hole? They are everywhere.

Umm we do have those flights. JAL has had a direct Tokyo flight for years. In addition Korean Air has a direct to Seoul that I believe they are restarting. Hainan is restarting directs to Beijing and Shanghai. Finally Cathay Pacific flies direct to Hong Kong and goes over pole

Guess it'll finally be time to turn on the heat.

In 2008 the Red Sox opened the season in Tokyo against the Athletics, an MLB initiative to build the brand in Japan. They took a chartered flight from Boston that went to Tokyo via the pole. I remember seeing a photo (in the Globe, I think) of some of the players looking out the window in the middle of the flight at the ice sheet near the North Pole. I did a quick search online for the picture but couldn't find it. Maybe someone else can?

Years later I flew to Tokyo from Detroit and managed to take my own photo of the ice cap. Coming from Detroit we didn't go directly over the pole but we were a few hundred miles North of the northernmost part of Alaska.

Japan Airlines has direct flights from Boston to Narita.

Edit to add: Cathay Pacific has direct flights from Boston to Hong Kong that go over the North Pole.

far out