daveashaw
daveashaw t1_j1nh40q wrote
Reply to comment by DirkWrites in Thanks to all the Eversource Workers!! by RepulsiveTadpole8
I remember this happening in 1985 with Hurricane Gloria. If I was busting my ass on an 18 hour shift to restore power and some asshole started abusing me, I would do everything possible to blow apart their TV/appliances with nice 20,000 volt surge.
daveashaw t1_j19052z wrote
Reply to Thoughts on private schools in CT? by [deleted]
Foote School in New Haven goes K-9 and Hamden Hall goes K-12. My son attended Foote G6-9 and then HH 10-12. HH is a little less intense (Foote is where all the Yale faculty brats go) but it depends on the kid. All things considered, I think the better bet would be HH. The kids at Foote probably think of Shelton as being way, way out in the sticks. Those are the only ones I have actual knowledge of. Fairfield County, of course, has a shit-ton of schools, which may be more convenient than schlepping your kid to New Haven.
daveashaw t1_j0nh9iw wrote
Reply to Hardest Drop In Music History? by therealfunky63
Sgt Pepper--the Beatles.
daveashaw t1_j03nuf6 wrote
Reply to Las Vegas police: Woman who stole, hid Rolex inside genitals was in town for court on similar theft charge by vt9876
I hope it was the Diver's model--be a good ad for it.
daveashaw t1_iyexldq wrote
Reply to The Ninety-Nine gets 86'd. by TrashPandaShire
TIL there is/was a restaurant chain called "Ninety-Nine" that had locations in CT. To be fair, a lot of these outfits have a tough time in CT and other states that have good, reasonable local food.
daveashaw t1_iy82dub wrote
Reply to comment by biffNicholson in What are the richest towns in CT? Like with the nicest houses, cars, etc? by boxing1414
Right. It wouldn't surprise me if the highest mean would be Greenwich because of all the hedge fund folks, but the median is a much more useful measure.
daveashaw t1_iy5nsdy wrote
Greenwich/Old Greenwich; Darien; Westport.
daveashaw t1_iy16ip4 wrote
Reply to On April 2, 1941, a Japanese foreign minister asked Pope Pius XII to speak to U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, so as to avert "a war of mutual destruction” by marketrent
Of course, it didn't turn out to be a war of "mutual destruction" at all.
daveashaw t1_ixjtpmy wrote
A lot more detached single family homes need to get solar panels, which will decrease demand for centrally generated power.
daveashaw t1_ivrh01q wrote
Reply to No Budget Dinner by SomoHapiens
Union League.
daveashaw t1_iujlwgy wrote
Reply to comment by zgrizz in Piggybacking on the "highways are terrifying" post, what kind of auto insurance rate hikes are you guys seeing this year? by colenotphil
Do you really think having an Insurance Commissioner be from one party rather than another is going to make a difference in rates for auto insurance? Cars are more valuable now and supply chain issues mean it will take longer to fix a car after an accident, which means you will need the rental car for longer, and rental car rates have increased because of the high demand and shortage of vehicles. You really think one state level commissioner is going to able to wave a magic wand and fix all that?
daveashaw t1_iuidafk wrote
Reply to And What is the Deal with CT Drivers SPEEDING UP as you go around them...? by SnooPeripherals5518
Classic jerkoff move--annoying on the parkways and really dangerous on two lane roads where you are trying to make it to the end of the passing zone without being killed. Not unique to CT.
daveashaw t1_iuahg1o wrote
Reply to Democratic Rep. Jahana Hayes, Republican challenger tied in heavily blue Connecticut: poll by jr_reddit
This district is not blue like the rest of state.
daveashaw t1_itnsyif wrote
Old school top fuel dragster in the background adds context.
daveashaw t1_ithbml0 wrote
Reply to TIL that a prison riot in 1985 on Spike Island near Cork, Ireland, ended after a mother of a prisoner heard what was happening, came to the island,& roared at her son through a megaphone after he had been on a roof for hours; it took only a few minutes of shouting & the remaining prisoners came down by newshoeshudis
My Mom, God rest her soul, could have pulled this off.
daveashaw t1_ita0se5 wrote
Ice cream. Mandrake--kids' ice cream. That's how the hard-core commie works.
daveashaw t1_j1sqx07 wrote
Reply to comment by silasmoeckel in Xpost from r/mattress, looking for reputable mattress retailer in central CT by skevthedev
There is a small factory in Bethany that makes mattresses for the national retailers but they will make one to order for you. We used them for our son's mattress-- he needed full size but in king/queen length. Great quality.