tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post867654024457673899..comments2024-02-18T06:41:44.121-05:00Comments on Thinking Out Loud In Sturbridge: Yes, You Did Say That Out LoudUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post-35625731299975099032009-07-29T13:26:02.502-04:002009-07-29T13:26:02.502-04:00Arphie, a few questions about the "unadorned ...Arphie, a few questions about the "unadorned face of nature". Does that apply to OSV, (a museum by the way), which was partially brought in on flatbed trucks? Guess we should tear it all down and return it to open fields. Does that apply to the pavilion on the common, which is man made and not natural to the environment? Time to tear it down I suppose. Does it apply to the man-made houses around the common which certainly ain't natural? What about them there telephone poles? Did God put them there, or did man? And what about that tar road that runs north and south? Must be all part of nature as well, huh? Let's get real. The only natural thing in this town is air, the un-touched open space, and the natural flowing and or sitting water ways.Reality checknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post-21743420329454552712009-07-28T23:09:07.382-04:002009-07-28T23:09:07.382-04:00ok, arphie, let's all go and stand and look at...ok, arphie, let's all go and stand and look at the common. might as wel fence igt it and keep us humans out of it.Gracenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post-71919534573851540182009-07-28T23:04:26.576-04:002009-07-28T23:04:26.576-04:00Thanks for writing. The precedent had already bee...Thanks for writing. The precedent had already been set with the picnic tables that had been on the common in the past. Many older folks had mentioned to me that they would enjoy their return, as have many younger folks as well.<br /> <br />Basketball belongs on a basket ball court. Parks are for picnics.Wally Herseehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11052949223548827269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post-60374047980043329362009-07-28T23:04:01.485-04:002009-07-28T23:04:01.485-04:00I applaud your thoughts and desire to improve our ...I applaud your thoughts and desire to improve our community, but I cannot help but wish they had focused in a different direction. I have lived in Sturbridge for over 50 (!) years and I appreciate the Common just as it is. I also have appreciated changes in this town--the tasteful and architectually compatible addition to our library for example, the renovations to the Center school and Sturbridge Town Hall. I did not need the Telegram and Gazette to belittle the controversy over the picnic tables. As a matter of fact, quite some time ago when I first read your blog I thought this picnic table drive was a joke, and when I realized that it was not, I assumed wiser thinking would immediately prevail.<br />I hope you consider that the further addition of picnic tables will establish a precedent in the placing of other things on this Common. Basketball? Various other sports or activities to which sponsors can use the precedent of picnic tables.--I assume you must enjoy Sturbridge as it is: let's not gild the lily and ruin its unspoiled beauty. Peoples idea of good taste may differ, but it is hard to argue with the plain unadorned face of nature.Arphie34noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post-2058528691430835112009-07-28T19:35:00.011-04:002009-07-28T19:35:00.011-04:00Nearly 2 years in office and her most notable acco...Nearly 2 years in office and her most notable accomplishment is beating up on a picnic table? What a legacy. She talked a great game when she wanted votes and hasn't done anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post-6486979147429632032009-07-28T15:46:19.622-04:002009-07-28T15:46:19.622-04:00Is Mrs. Blanchard still on the Open Space Committe...Is Mrs. Blanchard still on the Open Space Committee? This notion of hers seems contradictory to use of public open spaces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post-23611301942125825892009-07-28T08:05:46.550-04:002009-07-28T08:05:46.550-04:00So let me get this straight. The chair of the sele...So let me get this straight. The chair of the selectboard has ruled that the common is not a picnic area. Topping that off she doesn't want picnic tables "all over the place". One table even two is all over the place. Oh, ok, a picnic table now is the lightening rod for politics under Mrs. Blanchard's watch. I've got friends in other towns asking me if she is for real.TOTALLY Embarrassednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post-42876701558132524582009-07-24T15:40:07.636-04:002009-07-24T15:40:07.636-04:00Wally, you and TC did a great job with this "...Wally, you and TC did a great job with this "issue". You guys both hit the key points big time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com