Friday, March 12, 2010
Sunshine Week
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Don Kent
Famous Weymouth guy, Don Kent passed away recently. He lived for many years on the Fore River side of Great Hill overlooking Wessagusset. His brother, the former owner of Kent's Carpetland still lives in Weymouth as well as some of Don's children. He was the original weather-man, getting his start forecasting on the radio for free.
Patriot Ledger article on Don Kent.
POSTED BY STAN on March 6, 2010
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
Southfield- The Movie
Heading south on Route 18 in South Weymouth a sign on the left says “Southfield”.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Leo X
I flew back to Boston today, from sunny and 70 to rainy and 30, but that's nothing new to anybody from up here. I came across this article in the Weymouth News about our old friend Leo Crowley, Dave's Dad. Anyone who ever spent any time at the St. Jerome Church knows Leo. I'm guessing he's mid eighty's by now and still living next to Julia, and still playing golf from what I hear. The party will be April 9 at the Marriott in Quincy from 7 to midnight. I'm sure there will be lots of Weymouth people and lots of fun for a great guy. Hard to beleive Dave D is his son. Well, I guess he turned out okay too.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Fuck The Helmet
In case you Wahey Boys were wondering where Stanley is, I'm down in beautiful Florida taking in the sun, spring training and, oh yes, watching over the original Stanley Ramon
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FYI I gave a report on Sid at our last Lodge meeting. I told them that he'd be OK because he landed on his head first and you can't do any damage to a Marine by hitting him in the head. Say Good Nite Stan. Dinty
Posted by: Dinty Moore | February 23, 2010 10:38 PM
hey marine,the picture makes you look old, pull up those boot straps we leave for dc on may 27 semper fi kilty
Posted by: kilty | February 24, 2010 12:27 PM
I bet that's a Dunkin Donut Coffee he's got! I'm recommending to the US Marine Riders that we change his road name from Sid to Deerslayer!Posted by: Pete | February 24, 2010 05:00 PM
Old Dogs
Friday, February 12, 2010
Several Beers Ago
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Why My Friends Are Afraid Of Computers
Most of my Wahey friends have computers and use them for work and at home but when it comes to actually enjoying what the computer has to offer by participating in on line events and forums, they remain skeptical and afraid.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Yukon Quest- Slaven's Cabin
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Yukon Quest- Mile 101 Check point
Super Bowl Sunday 2010
Saints 37, Colts 14
Best commercial- Dorito's
Menu- Jambalaya- what else? Did I spell it right?
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POSTED BY STAN on February 7, 2010
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Catcher In The Rye
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I don't think I ever read it is school (may or may not have been assigned). I didn't read it until I was 31 years old. I have read it a handful of times since then though!
Posted by: PG | January 29, 2010 01:02 PM
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Big D Has Left The Glacier
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Congratulations Scott Brown
Although I am a Democrat and have voted that way ever since I was old enough to vote, I do not vote based on the person but the issues. For me the issue of health care in this country is huge and way overdue for an overhaul.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Paula's Village Unites
That's me on the left with my buddy Jon Cazeault. I think we're waiting for cake. I'm not sure but it might be the first time we partied together.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Spain Politics
That's Spain, the family not the country, where politics is not unlike it is in Massachusetts.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
This And That
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Bye, Bye, Basta
I almost forgot. How could my year end review not include our little go around regarding the Basta Bar and the Barroom Heroes. My opposing view directed toward Weymouth's Licensing Officer was printed in the Ledger. And yes our dear Wahey Boy, Harry, chimed in on the side of Officer King. My how times have changed. It shows that all opinions are welcome here.
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Also, a few years back a Weymouth firefighter was arrested for kicking a patron with a "shod" foot outside the chinese restaurant. I agree with you that the Basta seemed to catch alot of grief from the town. There is nicely done over barroom near me that seems to get frequented by one of our at large councilors friends. They seem to be able to park overnight on the street all winter without any problem. Having the right "friends" matters.
Posted by: Linda M. MacDonald | January 3, 2010 02:29 PM
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Backwards And Forwards
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Keep up the good work, Stan. We Weymouth expatriots who have emigrated to places like Cape Cod salute your efforts.
Posted by: Paul Niles | January 3, 2010 10:03 PM
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Happy New Year
There will be two full moons this month to start off the new year. Hope it's a good one.
POSTED BY BO on December 31, 2009
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Preferential Treatment
My Liberal thinking friend Linda McDonald wrote an opinion in the Patriot Ledger a short time ago regarding minority and woman owned businesses. Although the specifics of her editorial were more about the unfairness of adding disabled veterans to the list of disadvantaged businesses, I commented in disagreement with the entire premise of giving an advantage to “certain” businesses. In my mind giving an advantage to some over others is itself, discrimination. Preferential treatment, when not based on qualifications is wrong. As far as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ “documented” history of discrimination against minority and woman owned businesses, I would be very interested to see it.
click here to read more of Stan's opinion
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I agree with you that we shouldn't need preferences if the laws regarding bidding on public construction are followed but as we have seen by the REO, politics often intrudes on the process. The REO is written to give union trades an edge over non-union. Union trades often bring suit against non-union companies that win in the bidding war. This is currently happening in Hanover and recently happened in Braintree and Quincy. REOs have become prevalent because of the amount of new school building that has gone on over the last decades. There would be no need for REOs, project labor agreements or any of these preferential practices if we abolished the outdated prevailing wage law. The reason women and minorities want in to this predominately white male monopoly is because of the prevailing wage which guarantees middle class wages regardless of the actual skill needed to complete the job. Many building trades jobs have become deskilled (people install the same windows, use the same type of wallpaper, now will build a prototype school) over the years in response to a desire to keep costs down. I initially became interested in this when our newly formed council passed the REO as one of their first orders of business. I was incensed that we would have an ordinance that mandated that private contractors pay their employees higher wages, the full cost of their health insurance and guarantee them a defined pension. All of this (except the pension) would mean that this predominately male work force would be better paid than the teachers working in the building they were remodeling (Academy Ave.) When I asked Joe Connolly how he justified this, he said "these guys have families." So the basis for a prevailing wage, REO and now adding veterans to the affirmative action law has nothing to do with skill and protecting the public and everything to do with maintaining the male breadwinner mythology. (Why do we pay a police officer $42/hr to direct traffic around construction workers and a crossing guard $13/hr to cross children?) And, of course, there is discrimination in this field against women and minorities. This discrimination occurs similiarily to any other discrimination-from exclusion. Most women do not frequent bars or mens clubs (like the Elks, VFW etc.) where the connections and greasing occurs. Most politicians are white men who need the support of their peers to stay in office-most politicians (even Martha Coakley!) know that having blue collar unions against you is political suicide. (Didn't you tell me this?)
Now-I also agree that women are complicit in this discrimination. Many women were brought up thinking that they were going to marry "well" and be supported so did not train or seek aneducation in a good paying field. These women tend to support unequal pay because they will never make a wage that could support their family (as well as their husband) by working in a female dominated pink or blue collar job. Also, by partnering with a man, women and minority own companies get some degree of confidence and work from association. The veterans affirmative action clause will be similarily and fraudently misused.
Sorry to ramble Stan, but I come at this from a feminist point of view. Great debating with you!
Posted by: Linda M. MacDonald | January 3, 2010 02:20 PM
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Gabriel
And the angel said to her, Do not fear, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold! You shall conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.- Luke 1:26–37
She placed a screen (to screen herself) from them; then we sent to her our Ruh [angel Jibrael (Gabriel)], and he appeared before her in the form of a man in all respects. She said: "Verily! I seek refuge with the Most Beneficent (God) from you, if you do fear God." (The angel) said: "I am only a Messenger from your Lord, (to announce) to you the gift of a righteous son." She said: "How can I have a son, when no man has touched me, nor am I unchaste?" He said: "So (it will be), your Lord said: 'That is easy for me (God): And (we wish) to appoint him as a sign to mankind and a mercy from us (God), and it is a matter (already) decreed, (by God).' "-
Quran 19:17
No one knows how many angels there are but according to scripture, God made them all, individually, before creating the universe. They are neither male nor female, do not reproduce and do not die, but may fall from from grace as 1/3 of them did after Satan fell. They know more than mortals but are not all-knowing.
The angel that often appears in Nativity scenes is Gabriel. Gabriel is one of God's holy angels and although all angels are messengers, Gabriel appears associated with the Messiah, Jesus Christ and Mohammed with messages directly from God. He is refered to in the Old Testament as appearing to Daniel. In Christian tradition he appears to the Virgin and to Zachariah. In Islamic tradition he is renowned for dictating the Holy Koran to the Prophet Mohammed. He is the only angel known to Catholics, Protestants, Mormons and Muslims.
Happy Holidays.
POSTED BY STAN on December 24, 2009
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merry christmas
it is both sad and amazing that religion can be used as an excuse to KILL! yesterday as i stood in line at a very crowded package store i thought all these people buying booze to celebrate a baby's birthday!
Posted by: bo | December 25, 2009 09:45 AM
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Festivus For The Rest Of Us
I got the pole out of the attic.
POSTED BY STAN on December 23, 2009
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Shoveling Snow
I am a novice when it comes to politics. I follow several blogs and political commentators and try to educate myself. One of my favorites is John Keller the political analyst for WBZ Radio and Television. He strikes me as fair minded, witty and doesn't appear to show any bias towards a particular party. I often comment on his blog, but rarely in disagreement.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Weymouth Athletic Fields
You only need to be a parent to recognize the need for more and better athletic fields in the Town Of Weymouth. The two soccer fields located behind Ralph Talbot School are an example. No more than a few years old, they have already been over-used to the point that they have become hazardous. Youth football and lacrosse programs have difficulty every year securing fields. The high school football program recently had to play “home games” out of town because Weymouth’s only football field could not be used. Steve Reilly, the President of Weymouth Youth Soccer, has a good idea, and that is to form a non-profit company that will raise funds for the renovation of, in his case, Riley Field. It’s a good idea because a non-profit company can help relieve the burden of field maintenance from cash strapped cities and towns.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Oak Street
Oak Street was a nice tree lined road in 1964. I lived at number 41. The house had been my grandmother’s, Ellen, before my mother and father got married and moved in. Her husband, Algot, had died a few years prior to that and she probably would have lost the house if my parents hadn’t moved there.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Get Off The Couch And Vote
I get funny e-mails all the time from my conservative whacko friends. Some I get a chuckle out of and others are just dumb. They're meant as jokes for sure, because no one can be stupid enough to take them serious. The Obama birth certificate controversy is popular in various forms. The most recent one showed the President asking that dopey couple that snuck into the White House for their invitations and their response being "sure, if I can see your birth certificate". Kind of funny, but old news.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Bender On Turnips
Having fond memories of the one and only time that I had eaten turnips, years past at a family dinner at my mother in law's, I decided to make them for myself. I knew that I wanted them, I arrived at the decision to make them for myself when my wife told me that she, "wasn't about to cut them up" because they were too hard.
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We cut up our home grown ugly green monster (the opposite of the silicone breast) Hubbard squashes by hurling them down on the patio bricks. Maybe Pat can beat his next turnip with his new bike helmet!
Posted by: Paul Niles | December 19, 2009 08:35 AM
I was once told by a friend that the key to successful Blogging was brevity. One of the keys to a successful friendship is honesty.
Posted by: Bender | December 24, 2009 04:22 AM
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Sometimes I Feel
Some of you Wahey Boys know Jim Dorman, an old friend from down O'Sullivan way. He shares the same musical tastes we all do. It must be a North Weymouth thing. Anyway he often posts interesting music videos that he digs up from You Tube, and sometimes his own stuff, on Facebook. I've read some of his artistic reviews in the Patriot Ledger so I guess he must still go to concerts now and again. Lucky him. Anyway, anyway, he posted this old Allman Brothers video.
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Saturday, November 28, 2009
Columbian Square Traffic
All you Waheys that have strayed from the plantation are often surprised when you come to South Weymouth for a visit, at the traffic problem in Columbian Square. For those of us living nearby, it's not new, but certainly getting worse as each year passes. The traffic is particularly frustrating during rush hours, in the morning and afternoon and most of it comes from the hospital. The South Shore Hospital is the largest employer around and continues to grow in leaps and bounds, which is a good thing.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Black Friday
I'm not much of a shopper and I guess that's why I never took note of the term Black Friday. According to Wikipedia, the Friday after Thanksgiving has been referred to as Black Friday since about 1965. I must not have been paying attention because I've always called it the "Friday after Thanksgiving". Black Friday sounds so ominous, and rightly so. Last year some poor soul was trampled to death by a mob of shoppers, at Walmart no less. What a way to go, dying at Walmart. I'm afraid to leave the house. How typically American, we give thanks every year for all that we have, and the next day go crazy shopping to get more.
I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving, and ate their turnips.
POSTED BY STAN on November 27, 2009
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Don't Wave At Children
I came across this story and it reminded me of an incident involving our own Wahey Boy, Vic, that occurred just about a month ago. The events are eerily similar and we're hoping that this isn't some over-the-top trend by law enforcement. In this case the Royal Canadian Mounted Police actually took an elderly couple into custody for waving hello to a child.
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Save The Turnip
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I am pleased to read about your defense of the turnip. Here in Eastham we have been working to revive the delicious, purple topped sweet genetically unique variety known as the Eastham turnip. Until his recent death, Art Nickerson made it his life's mission to keep this turnip going. Two of his daughters continue to cultivate his field. Just recently, Bob Wells is carving a small patch of farmland out of his woodlot, and is out to multiply the available Eastham turnip stock. Bob's daughter Marina gave my son Jackson an Eastham turnip for his 18th birthday, and instead of eating it, he planted it in the hope of bringing it to seed. I can see it out my window, almost the size of the small red maple we rescued from my wife's grandmother's yard shortly before her death. The turnip is alive and well in Eastham!
Posted by: Paul Niles | November 28, 2009 10:47 PM
Monday, November 16, 2009
Riley Field Renovations
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Honor Our War Veterans
It seems as though everything our Presidents do nowadays is scrutinized. President Barack Obama was recently shown saluting the remains of our most recent casualties of war as they were transferred from a plane in Delaware, headed for their final resting places around the country. This President’s more public display of honoring our fallen heroes is in contrast to his predecessor’s more private show of respect. Each man has been criticized because of it. What is lost in the debate, as Veteran’s Day approaches, is that there are still young people dying in conflicts being fought all over the globe, 90 years after the conclusion of the “War To End All Wars”. Thankfully, towns such as Weymouth do not allow us to forget those boys and girls. Numerous sign posts and memorials throughout the town bearing the names of thousands of veterans, each with a unique story, remind us that there are those among us, even today, who gave a portion or all of their lives for the betterment of the United States.
Monday, November 9, 2009
William L. Concannon
There are many teachers on the Wahey Boys list of individuals that made an impact in our lives for various reasons. Certainly we all have a story involving Mr. Concannon. Whether the "good cop, bad cop routine" between Mr. Concannon and Buzzy Knight was planned or not, we'll probably never know. Suffice it say, if you wound up with "Conc", you knew the punishment would be painful and memorable.
click here for more information on Mr. Concannon.
Thursday, November 6, 2009
Soupy
I was never a Soupy Sales fan so I didn't take much notice when he passed away recently. I came across this essay by someone who is a fan. The article isn't so much about Soupy as it is about a couple of other things, 1) how times have changed for the worse when it comes to over protectiveness, and 2) how random acts of kindness can have a lasting effect on a person.
POSTED BY STAN on November 6, 2009
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Six Degrees Of Fran MacFawn
When you grow up in a town like Weymouth, Massachusetts, and stay there, you get to see firsthand, the changes, good and bad, that come over time. A few years ago, the “Town” Of Weymouth decided to change their form of government to a more “city-like” format that reflected the community’s growth and needs. I was largely unconcerned with what course the town took governmentally, but I did have a feeling that Weymouth was losing its small town charm. Weymouth has probably never been considered a small town, as town charm goes, but it had always felt like a town where everyone knows somebody, that knows somebody else. In recent years however, as more of my friends headed for rural digs, I found myself feeling a bit “left behind” and just when I thought that Weymouth was heading towards interminable urban aloofness I have reacquainted with friendly Fran MacFawn.
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I am so happy to read stories of Weymouth's past. Thank you to each and every one of you for the work you are doing to keep Weymouth history alive! And a special thank you to Keith Spain for contacting me.
Posted by: Joann MacFawn Trombley | November 9, 2009 06:09 AM
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Weymouth 2009 Election
Congratulations to the winners of the local election today.
In the School Committee race incumbent Diana Flemer was the apparent winner and top vote getter with 3014 votes. The two other vacated seats will be filled by Gerald Murphy with 2804 votes and Lisa Belmarsh with 2416 votes.
In the Town Counciler At Large race all the incumbents were re-elected. Linda MacDonald made a good run at Kevin Whitaker, missing out at unseating him by a mere 160 votes. Mike Molisse unsurprisingly was the top vote getter followed by Brian McDonald.
POSTED BY STAN on November 3, 2009
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Monday, November 2, 2009
William A. Connell Corner
from left to right are Bob Hedlund, James Murphy, Fran Burke, William Connell III, Mrs. Connell, Mike Molisse, Sue Kay and Mike Smart
