#51 2013-07-11 13:51:55
As I've stated before, when I got to Nebraska it even smelled like home; there happened to be a woman involved so here I am. This will do for now as it's far better than SoCal but I will be going back home eventually.
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#52 2013-07-11 17:55:05
Emmeran wrote:
As I've stated before, when I got to Nebraska it even smelled like home; there happened to be a woman involved so here I am. This will do for now as it's far better than SoCal but I will be going back home eventually.
Let's revisit your contentment with Massachusetts in January.
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#53 2013-07-11 20:09:52
Dmtdust wrote:
Welcome to the Right Coast.
You are now residing in the state (former Colony) which amongst it's first laws outlawed Catholics & Jews living there (under penalty of death), as well as voting that English was the official language and not Hebrew as some of the more crazed "Pilgrims" wanted (1 vote shy if I recall).
The worse of the Religious Fanatics that England managed to offshore established the place. God help you in your choice to move there.
It gets worse than that. They had a special hatred reserved just for the Quakers. It was not enough just to ban them, the penalty for assisting one traveling through the state was beyond severe. My town, then a part of NY, was founded by families who fled the Bay Colony after being faced with prosecution that included a death sentence. They themselves were not even Quakers. Their crime was giving water from the well to a Quaker family trying to travel north to New Hampshire. The hapless Quakers sought shelter in the town commons hay shed during a summer thundershower and the good Samaritan kindness was revealed by some busy body neighbors.
No one wanted the Puritans in Europe, their intolerance was unbearable.
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#54 2013-07-11 20:25:08
Baywolfe wrote:
Emmeran wrote:
As I've stated before, when I got to Nebraska it even smelled like home; there happened to be a woman involved so here I am. This will do for now as it's far better than SoCal but I will be going back home eventually.
Let's revisit your contentment with Massachusetts in January.
I'm from Nebraska and have lived in Williston, ND; it doesn't really get cold here in Mass for more than a few weeks. Call me from Williston in October...
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#55 2013-07-11 20:27:54
Once upon a time, this country knew how to treat fundi fruitcakes. In 1838, the governor of Missouri issued the "Mormon Extermination Order" (rescinded in 1976) proclaiming "the Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must be exterminated or driven from the State if necessary for the public peace—their outrages are beyond all description."
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#56 2013-07-12 00:03:38
Johnny_Rotten wrote:
The worse of the Religious Fanatics that England managed to offshore established the place. God help you in your choice to move there.
It gets worse than that. They had a special hatred reserved just for the Quakers. It was not enough just to ban them, the penalty for assisting one traveling through the state was beyond severe. My town, then a part of NY, was founded by families who fled the Bay Colony after being faced with prosecution that included a death sentence. They themselves were not even Quakers. Their crime was giving water from the well to a Quaker family trying to travel north to New Hampshire. The hapless Quakers sought shelter in the town commons hay shed during a summer thundershower and the good Samaritan kindness was revealed by some busy body neighbors.
No one wanted the Puritans in Europe, their intolerance was unbearable.
I used to live in Devon, where if I recall the Pilgrims were kept aboard their vessel and not allowed on land after they were kicked out of Holland, and being sent to The New World... They had a bad habit of inflicting violence on Catholics, C of E, and other denominations. England was glad to be rid of them. If the original plan had worked out, they would of sunk on the Speedwell, but that was not to be.
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#57 2013-07-14 19:58:41
Auto-edited on 2020-08-02 to update URLs
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#58 2013-07-14 20:47:03
Bingo!
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#59 2013-10-23 16:58:43
Interesting letter from the MassDOT:
You are hereby notified that effective xx/xx/2013 your right to operate motor vehicles in Massachuesetts is hereby reinstated.
Interesting as I didn't realize that a "right" could be suspended which is why most states refer to driving as a "privilege".
There is obviously a bitter programmer somewhere in the MassDOT systems group...
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#60 2013-10-23 18:05:47
Emmeran wrote:
Interesting letter from the MassDOT:
You are hereby notified that effective xx/xx/2013 your right to operate motor vehicles in Massachuesetts is hereby reinstated.
Interesting as I didn't realize that a "right" could be suspended which is why most states refer to driving as a "privilege".
There is obviously a bitter programmer somewhere in the MassDOT systems group...
The first thing they did was suspend your drivers license? Weren't you walking? How did they expect you to make it to court, did they mail you a bus pass?
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#61 2013-10-23 20:47:25
Baywolfe wrote:
The first thing they did was suspend your drivers license? Weren't you walking? How did they expect you to make it to court, did they mail you a bus pass?
Actually that is actually how it happens and regardless of the case outcome you have to pay a $500 fee to restore your driving "right". The moment you are ticketed you are suspended for 30 days and required to pay a "reinstatement fee" and they will tow one of your cars; it matters not if you were actually driving. So apparently an accusation from a witness is enough to fire off these fees.
But again let me be clear, I was nicely drunk; however I did follow the protocol of drive first, then drink and after that walk.
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