Yes we live in houses, sloping roofs though, gotta have all that water from all that rain drop off.

But you do have to watch for the moron drivers....

Bugger all jobs out in Western Mass though.

But to the OP, if you've looked at the candle place and see any jobs that catch your eye, I know someone pretty senior in the accountancy/finance part of the HQ there if you need someone to pass on deets to.

Kind of slacked off on the job hunting, but I need to get back on the ball. You're right about western Mass...beautiful, but not so many jobs. Most of the jobs I see seem to be either in Boston itself, or Burlington / Woburn.

The White [Face] Mountains are wonderful. You have to take the cog railway up to the summit of Mt. Washington one day.

North Adams is trying to turn itself around. It was so downtrodden and riddled with drug and crime most people ran from the city. The roadways to NA are lovely as they wind through the Berkshire Mountains (also called the pie crust mountains by the locals). I would recommend Williamstown for sightseeing, North Hampton (a college town for sure), Lenox with a stop at Tanglewood for a summer concept, Stockbridge (sit on the porch of the Red Lion Inn in a rocking chair with a cool drink), ride to the top of Mt. Greylock on the Dalton/Pittsfield city line. Lots of beautiful towns and cities in the Berkshires. But jobs? Few and far between that can be considered "career opportunities".

Aye, hence the mention of candles, out past Northampton, which is a superb town. Close to Sherburne Falls area, lovely place.

There's also Friendlys HQ in the area, but no idea if they'd have much accountancy type jobs but might know someone who could possibly find a contact for them too, she used to be pretty senior in the Maine region but left a few years ago.

Long way from me. I would have to move, which is likely to happen anyway. In hindsight, I should have moved to the western side of Boston in the first place, knowing how dire traffic is on 128. Some nights it takes me 2 hours to get home.

Aye, I figured you'd be moving anyway and if you can land a job in a nicer part of the state.

Anyway, check those companies out and if you see anything, I'll see if I can get you an inside track to get around HR and not having a degree issue

I certainly will. You're a gentleman.

No he's not, he's our Boberino and he is just that way.

The Bobster.

That's that other football isn't it? the mother-in-law talks about it, but I don't get it. I do understand that the Huskies are not supposed to be very good.

I tried watching the Matrix again this afternoon.

Love Lenox and Tanglewood. Remember vividly the first time we ever saw the Red Lion Inn. Turned the corner and there it was. Funny thing, we revisited a couple of years ago after more than 20 years and nothing had changed, even the ladies room, which still has old-fashioned wallpaper.

First time I ever stayed there, I asked for a new room in the middle of the night because of clanging pipes. They kindly gave me a new room. When I got back to NYC, a complete refund check for the room was in the mail and Jane Fitzpatrick (the owner) told me to contact her the next time I came up and she would oversee my room, etc., etc.