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Billh491 t1_jeaqb0w wrote
Reply to comment by Miles_vel_Day in Connecticut to Test Speed Enforcement Cameras in Work Zones Beginning in April by NewsHugh
Not closed just no one was working at 10pm.
It was a major project much like our state it is years long. I knew I was in a construction zone and I’m sure I saw a sign about speed trap. Just let my speed get away from me.
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Reply to comment by mylastdream15 in Connecticut to Test Speed Enforcement Cameras in Work Zones Beginning in April by NewsHugh
Back roads even. At least I was on 95.
Billh491 t1_je7at7m wrote
Last May late at night I was on 95 in Maryland and got hit with a ticket like this. The work Zone was not active. It was 40 bucks plus 2 buck processing fee. It said it was a civil fine. I did not get any kind of a bump in my insurance this year.
I remember reading it over and it seemed pretty much impossible to fight it as I would have to come back to Maryland and it felt more like a parking ticket based on my reading of it.
They send them out at 12 miles over.
From the site Violators must pay a $40 fine. Automated speed enforcement violations are considered civil violations; therefore, no license points are assessed.
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Reply to comment by KindaEgotistical in Be Honest With Me, How much has your electric bill been this last month? by KindaEgotistical
1048 Riverdale St
West Springfield, MA 01089
Small full service eat in right up 91 north of springfield
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Reply to comment by topsheetisamust in Is Greeks making pizza just a CT thing? by Ancient_Belt_1291
Grew up in mass my home town pizza place was Greek
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Reply to comment by maxgray in Moving to CT from FL: Advice please by caimseeker
The BOE wants to add more preschool classes this fall. will have to see if the budget gets passed. It only passed by 2 votes last year so get involved.
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Reply to comment by maxgray in Moving to CT from FL: Advice please by caimseeker
I happen to work for the schools in town and from the inside I can tell you they are a great place to learn and work. In fact my kid purchased a home in town knowing when the kids come they will be going to a good school.
Your family is one of the ones that have moved here and increased our enrollment by 15% since covid hit. So we must be doing something right.
Billh491 t1_j6uhpun wrote
Born in Mass 1959 moved to Texas 1977 back to mass 1987 then to CT 1989 til now.
Regret not so much had some good times there just missed New England.
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Reply to comment by LloydChristmas666666 in Good mechanics in Middletown/Cromwell/Berlin? by Independent_Low614
This is the one
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Billh491 t1_j5wfhhd wrote
Condo board member here.
The town will not plow your road they will not fix your road they will not pickup your trash. If you have town sewer you will have to pay for any repairs past the main town owned street.
Here is the best part your taxes will pay for fixing or providing all these services to everyone else in town!
They will send fire and police if you need them. At least they do that.
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Reply to Former Apple engineers say that Apple still holds a grudge over how Android allegedly copied iOS, and is steadily working to remove Google from the iPhone. by hollyflynn22
What the heck are you talking about Google pays Apple close to 20 billion a year to be the default search on the iPhone.
That is pure profit! Apple is not giving that up unless Bing offers more. And even then they will not switch because everyone wants Google search results.
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Reply to Frontier vs. Comcast by RandyPhylum
No hidden fees from Comcast for me.
Step one have a SO in the house to switch account to.
Step two take all Comcast equipment to the store, mine was in Middletown and cancel.
Step three have SO sign up for Internet only I pay 39.95 for 800 speed with autopay.
Step four buy your own modem and router and plug them in and activate on SO's account.
Step 5 enjoy the fact that n the North East there is no cap on data.
Have not tried Frontier but would guess the fiber is fine also look if Netspeed Fiber is in your town.
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Reply to Out of State Ticket by Overall_Chart8110
I got a speeding ticket in AZ a while back and never saw any points on my insurance.
Billh491 t1_j5htg8x wrote
My daughter lived in the west lake dr area when she got out of school in 2015 and a year later bought a condo in the south end near Durham. Believe me I am a protective dad and would not have had here living any where I did not think was safe.
West lake Drive is right next to Cromwell and the whole road is full of condos and apartments.
And the south end with the condo was next to a horse pasture.
I live across the river in Portland and have no problem going to any business in middletown. I mean I would not hang around the north end of main street at night but from say Luce restaurant down I have.
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Reply to Connecticut labor law question re: preemployment background check costs. Can a prospective employer require the candidate to pay for the cost of the background check if being requested? by Hilfloskind
Just as a side not my family works in K12 and every time you get a new job you have to be finger printed. We have had places that were big districts that had an in house system which was free. The local police some times did it for free but have also had to pay for it to get done as well.
So there can be times you have to pay for these things.
Mind you even if you change a job with in a year you have to have it done each time.
Not saying it is a bad thing as we work with kids.
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Reply to comment by nattarbox in When did it become okay to email you if you perform a transaction? by BF1shY
would using Apple pay cut the tie of the profile to cards as I think the "card" apple pay gives is a one time use.
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Reply to comment by PLS-Surveyor-US in When did it become okay to email you if you perform a transaction? by BF1shY
so you pay the 3% credit card fee in that it is built in to the price of the goods and services no matter if you pay cash or credit so I choose to pay with credit and get 2% back thus only having to pay 1% of the fee while cash users pay the whole 3%.
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Reply to comment by CA_319 in Selling American Girl dolls in CT by Fletchi18
On rt 66 in Cobalt section of town very close to the Portland town line.
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Reply to comment by riefpirate in Common Massachusetts W by Rannrann123
Right he signed in to law the lowering of the speed limit to 55. This caused people that would not break laws to do so when just could not drive 55.
Once they saw they could get away with it why not try and get away with other things.
All down hill from there.
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Reply to comment by Yowowser in Relocating to CT but working in MA. by J_Bro00
I live in Portland and my mill rate is 35.01 on my house and car.
Here is a pdf with the mill rates for every town.
https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/OPM/IGPP-Data-Grants-Mgmt/Mill-Rates-20GL-22FY-8-6-21.pdf
Billh491 t1_itxqhle wrote
Reply to comment by J_Bro00 in Relocating to CT but working in MA. by J_Bro00
so each town has a mill rate which is how much you pay per 1000 in value. So a mill rate of 35 would mean a 35.00 tax bill for your car.
Now look up how much your car is worth on say kelly blue book. Say it is worth 20k you take 70% of that is 14k so you pay 35 times 14 = 490.00 car tax.
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Reply to Relocating to CT but working in MA. by J_Bro00
I have done this and the way it works is mass will collect its income tax from you. Then you will get a credit for those taxes when you file in CT. You will have 3 tax returns 2 states plus fed.
So say you make 100k and the mass tax is 5% you pay them 5k. CT tax is 6% you pay ct 1k. Or mass is 6% so you pay them 6k and say ct was 5% you owe ct nothing.
I don't know the exact rates just used these as an example.
Also we pay property taxes on our cars which maybe a new thing for you.
Billh491 t1_itnqn3r wrote
All good answers. We go to Maggie McFly's as well, like J Gilberts a small chain yes but has a large menu for both food and drinks.
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Reply to comment by jetty_junkie in My iPhone was stolen and they managed to get through my 4 digit pin? How?! by DeadbeatUK
I was thinking the same thing.
But I guess everyone has things they are good at I can look at that number and not even think twice about it and know it is 10k while I need spell check to spell their most times. I always put ie