With a recent phone look for an esim provider like https://www.ubigi.com ( these guys are french so might help with support ).

My two solutions: we just went solar for half of our duplex, and we're eager to switch to the Malden city collective rate once that is available ...

After going to other cities (eg. NYC, Philadelphia, Chicago) there is a noticeable difference wrt the nightlife scene. I can't say I know all the details about will change or needs to change (pros/cons) besides the obvious of having now been able to hope around from Roxbury to East Boston to Allston to North End to Cambridge (not Boston but still) bar hopping and having a sick time

Tony Cs in Assembly.

Mad beers on tap, decent food.

Thanks for the idea! I'm looking for something outside of the run of the mill bowling. Something like Pkl. We are in Burlington and stay in that area you suggested quite a bit during the year, so we thought we'd mix it up.

The ones I’ve attended have been pretty casual. If it’s a fairly decent-sized club with lots of members with their respective scopes set up, it should be pretty easy to accomodate kids with short attention spans. Of course all clubs are different, so your actual mileage may vary.

Not sure if they still do it, but museum of science did rooftop observations on Friday nights open to public.

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I moved from MA to NH, and I can tell you that you don’t save much money by registering in NH. We don’t have excise tax, but our registration cost every year is based on the value of the vehicle. So it’s essentially the same thing, just in one bill from the town rather than split between the RMV and the town.

Also, as much grief as the RMV gets, in NH you have to know where to go for different things. You normally get plates (and yearly decals) from the town office, license from the DMV, but if you want a special plate, that is the DMV too. Inspection costs vary from station to station, and you usually have to schedule them. Everything expires on your birthday, so “Happy Birthday! Now pay your car registration bill!” Oh, and the town office is open 9-4 M-F, and closed 12-1 for lunch, so you might as well take the day off to go.

They charge other taxes, or they are southern states that don’t get all the winter damage we get.

Not in Boston but 3rd Avenue in Burlington has restaurants and a restaurant/bowling alley place that might be good for a group. The area is designed to be pedestrian friendly so you could get dropped off & go to a couple of different places.

https://3rdaveburlington.com/

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And the Burren in Somerville is a great place for a non-touristy evening.

http://www.burren.com/music.html

Then the other states get to claim the cars for 100% of whatever taxes they charge.

If those states don't charge excise taxes and yet somehow maintain their roads just fine, maybe we should be looking into how those states are able to do so.

What if their residence is officially MA for taxes but they move their car to another state for 184 days of the year because it’s a $250k car and they are just avoiding the excise tax? Then they bring their other $300k car here for 181 days, and just go on vacation somewhere else for the few days they don’t have a car here?

The 30 day limit is to make it very difficult to do this to get around paying your fair share. Don’t believe that people with money wouldn’t do this either. They would claim they shouldn’t have to register it here, even if they live here because the car isn’t here most of the time. They have nice cars that use the roads, but register the car in a state with low/no taxes.

If the car is truly in this state for less than half the year (even 1 day less) and your official residence is in another state I'm fine giving up all the tax revenue.

And for those willing to lie to get around it, they'd also be giving up their right to vote in this state and anything else tied to residence.

I feel like their quality has gone downhill in the past 2 years

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Everyone owned slaves back then lol we would have to rename everything. All 5 Washington streets would need to be renamed! And don’t forget Washington Square in Brookline!

That’s exactly what the rule/law is supposed to do. But MA law says 30 days rather than a majority, because they have to set the limit somewhere, and people will always try to get around it on a technicality. “Well the car was here for 181 days, so that’s not a majority, so I register it in the other state.”

Of course it’s also that MA wants their cut of taxes too when someone is living here for a good part of the year, and it makes sense.

How are these events for young kids that are impatient? Is it mostly geared to legit stargazers or are there usually kids running around etc?

Merrimack College observatory has a public night too once a week, you have to sign up in advance.

How would that be a problem with my proposed rules? In your example the owner of the car resides in MA and the car spends the majority of its time in MA.

Edit: I'm not saying that it would solve people lying about which state their car should be in. I'm just saying it would be more fair and it would solve this ridiculous 30 day issue.

Glad to see another Thai Place appreciator here. Good people & they make the best kra pow to ever touch this earth.

Did you read the last paragraph where he signed laws opposing slavery? There is no historical record that he supported it. Your links do not say anything about Dudley just about the period in time. Did you even bother reading your own sources? Search for Dudley in the nps link.

I’m willing to be convinced but there is literally nothing just historical record that he supported it and direct records that he opposed slavery

For access to public observing nights on professional telescopes:

The Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian in Cambridge has had public viewing evenings in the past, but it's still a virtual event at the moment.

https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/events/public-events

BU has public observatory nights most Wednesdays.

https://www.bu.edu/astronomy/community/open-night-observatory/

Wellesley College has public observing events

https://www.wellesley.edu/astronomy/events

They were in NJ late 90s/early 00s.