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Best of luck to you T-Bott. Keep the humor rolling to is in some form. <br>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Dec 3, 2021, at 10:40 PM, Thomas Bott via MassPlanners <massplanners@masscptc.org> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Today is my last day in Falmouth. I'll chime in again when I have a new affiliation per the List Serve rules, an excerpt of which is pasted below for your convenience. </div>
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name and affiliation</u></span><span style="color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Noto Sans, sans-serif;font-size:15px;">. This policy is to prevent anonymous postings on massplanners. In other words, at the end of your message include your first name, last
name and organization name (municipality you work for, agency, company, etc). For consistency amongst all subscribers, this is required even when your email address includes this information. If you do not have a planning related organization to include
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<div dir="ltr">Under the unwritten "Friday post" rules I will continue typing after I should have stopped. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">I thought about channeling Gertrude Stein <span>for my affiliation</span><span style="color:rgb(32, 33, 34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> from </span><i style="color:rgb(32, 33, 34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody%27s_Autobiography" title="wikipedia:Everybody's Autobiography" style="color:rgb(51, 102, 187);text-decoration-line:underline;background:none;" class="ydpd7112856yiv5620056253ydpb936e891extiw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Everybody's
Autobiography</a></i><span style="color:rgb(32, 33, 34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> (1937), concerning the fact that her childhood home in Oakland, California no longer existed. </span><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/there_is_no_there_there" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/there_is_no_there_there</a>
(I wouldn't want Plimoth MASS blamed for any of my posts.) </div>
<div dir="ltr">But I've been to Oakland, my son lives there and I can report, that at least in 2019, it was still there and also that it gets a bad wrap. I'd also likely be swaying way out of my lane trying to affiliate myself with icons in doing so. So at
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<div dir="ltr">Peace and Love and best wishes for a safe and healthy holiday season.</div>
<div dir="ltr">TBott</div>
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too could follow me on Twitter @TBottPlimoth but it clearly isn’t necessary</font></i></div>
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