Dead Thread 2021 -- If you're reading this, it isn't you.

[Kepler]

"I just want to know one thing: when do I get to become an islander?"

"Ellen, never! Never. You're not born here, you're not an islander. That's it."

[leswp1]

Les

It seems to me that if you're not born in the Commonwealth, you're an outsider..

When Dad and Mom moved to Westwood/Boston in 1980, he was ostracized by the business community until they found out that Mom was Irish and Dad went to Fordham. Then they were "accepted" as "one of them".

I was born in MA. We moved away for a bit and then came back and lived close to where I am now. Never accepted in that neighborhood because we weren't townies (ammend that- we weren't from that particular part of town). Bought a house in the next town over and were pariahs before we rented to 'those people' because, again, we weren't from that exact neighborhood. Move to where we are now- mr les was born other side of town- and I am still an outsider. People still start the question by asking about your pedigree*. Mine is not from here so all the nopes. I also don't fit in well- I believe in funding weird things like education, police and fire depts so I am uppity and expect too much

*well, to be fair they know you are not 'from here' but you might be related to someone they feel is important. I am not

[joecct]

Judith Durham, 79. Those of us of a certain age will remember her as the lead singer of The Seekers.

[rufus]

Magnum's buddy TC.

[SonofSouthie]

Win Remmerswall. Made it to the show for 2 seasons with the Red Sox. I do remember the name but that's about it.

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/win-remmerswaal/

[Scarlet]

I remember him.

[The Sicatoka]

Magnum's buddy TC.

83 and died due to injuries from a car crash.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/07/us/ro...ath/index.html

[joecct]

David McCullough is no longer reading this thread.

Crap

[French Rage]

Dang. 1776, Truman, John Adams, The Great Bridge, The Path Between The Seas. Hard to pick a favorite.

[SJHovey]

Dang. 1776, Truman, John Adams, The Great Bridge, The Path Between The Seas. Hard to pick a favorite.

I think my two favorites were his first two, The Johnstown Flood and The Great Bridge.

IIRC, it seems like I mentioned my like of the The Johnstown Flood book on this board before and one of the posters had a relative or someone who was there at the time, or maybe grew up in Johnstown.

[Kepler]

I think my two favorites were his first two, The Johnstown Flood and The Great Bridge.

IIRC, it seems like I mentioned my like of the The Johnstown Flood book on this board before and one of the posters had a relative or someone who was there at the time, or maybe grew up in Johnstown.

My Mom is from Johnstown. She survived the "other" Johnstown flood (1936), which wiped out her father's business and threw their family into poverty which most remaining in the town have still not escaped from. But it was not as devastating as the 1889 one, which killed 2200 people including some of my older relatives. The only family killed in my mom's flood was her cat.





Fun fact: of my mother's 10 full siblings only 4 lived to adulthood, but it was not considered particularly remarkable. Get your vaccinations, morons.

[Kepler]

David McCullough is no longer reading this thread.

Crap

Nor is Sandy.

Playing an absolutely credible 16-year old at 30. Matt Gaetz is heartbroken.

[Scarlet]

I literally gasped when I saw that on Twitter!!

[rufus]

Nor is Sandy.

Playing an absolutely credible 16-year old at 30. Matt Gaetz is heartbroken.

ummm, no. neither her nor Travolta even come close to looking like teenagers.

[rufus]

Lamont Dozier, part of the historic Motown songwriting team of Holland Dozier Holland.