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(...) It's true! Drivers here are insane. Kill or be killed! :-) Here's a fun page, BTW: (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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Eric Kingsley <kingsley@nelug.nospam.org> wrote in message news:FJnF0x.rn@lugnet.com... (...) Many thanks Eric. You can bet I will have a folded up copy of those instructions in my pocket Thursday night. Mike G. (25 years ago, 16-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
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(...) Well, I WILL admit I had a mockup of a green line car partially completed but I just could not get a center pivot that looked good from the outside, worked, and would at least allow a minifig (turned sideways so he was only 1 stud wide) to (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Haymarket is correct, though I'm not sure that you actually go through it, but you certainly go right by it. Of course all these driving directions are sort of moot. If you're an out of towner, you probably don't want to drive (hey, even I (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) <snipped out more gory transit details...> (...) Hmmm, Larry does not live in Boston, and yet he is intimately familiar with the transit system. Coincidence, I think not. The more likely explanation is that he is obsessed with trains, and (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
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(...) You're right. It's the Longfellow bridge. I may have the haymarket part wrong but there is a big bridge across teh charles that feeds into memorial drive and main street. It also carries the red line T across. (...) I didn't say it did. It has (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm not sure what street the bridge is, but it isn't Memorial Ave. The T of course doesn't go through the Sumner tunnel. And give Larry a point for accuracy... The tunnel from downtown to Logan is the Callahan Tunnel (well of course there's (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.trains)
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There may or may not be a free shuttle but my advice is learn the T. Even if you're only in town for a weekend, it's a much better way to go. Plus the trains are much tighter headings than the 1/2 hour heading a shuttle is likely to be on. A cab (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
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Wait... For those of us staying at the Marriot, ther should be a free shuttle from the airport, right? I'll check up on this and let you know... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- The train stops at the train station, The bus stops at the bus (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
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<snipped Eric's description of how to get around> Eric, this kind of information is great! I'm going to be at Mindfest and my NLSO architect will be lollygagging around the downtown Boston area. Now it looks like I'll have all the info we need to do (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
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Welcome to Boston!!! (...) The easiest (and cheapest) way in my opinion is to take the Subway (We call it the "T" ). It is very safe and easy to use as long as you don't have a problem or fear of Subway's (Some, like my father do so I just thought (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
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Hi; I am putting my plans together for my visit to Mindfest and I'd like to get a few pieces of advice from the locals: My wife, 8 year old kid and I will be arriving about 7pm Thursday night at Logan Airport. We are staying at the Kendal Square (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) Wow. Mike (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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Well I hope this does not get burried by any furvor created by whatever is going to be released over on www.lego.com . Well I have taken a few new pictures of the Star Wars rebel base I am working on. I have not broken these out by module but this (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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Ah, yes, all this talk of Boston-area traffic takes me back to my days at the Institute - where I didn't even own a car, but got to know lots of truisms about Boston drivers. The best being: Drivers in Boston don't even obey the laws of *physics*. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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<FJKt17.EAt@lugnet.com> <FJL91p.8oK@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) Heh heh. That only happens once or twice a month... Then there was the truck on 128 which was a little too tall to get (...) (25 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) Heh heh... How many have seen "The Boston Driver's Handbook"? It has interesting maneuvers listed. If you're not sure if you need to turn left or right, turn on the emergency flashers, and possibly weave between all the lanes so you won't get (...) (25 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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Chris Phillips <chris.phillips@comp...oards.com> wrote in message > Rule #4 when driving in Massachusetts -- Never take a rental truck down Storrow (...) Growing up in Massachusetts, my fondest memories were of out-of-town freshman arriving at (...) (25 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) See Rule #1 When Driving In MA... (...) Not to mention his Rental Kharma! Rule #4 when driving in Massachusetts -- Never take a rental truck down Storrow Drive. (Mem Drive, either!) Right, Todd? (25 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) I suspect your front right wheel is now cruelly misaligned, too. ;-) Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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