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Can someone provide a clue as to how best to get to downtown Waltham from 95... last time, I came in on 20 and fumbled around for what seemed like ages till I found a routing to the C-Zone... Mapquest does not give a lot of good clues. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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(...) Unfortunately Rt. 20 is the best way into Waltham (All Massachusetts Traffic converges in Waltham :( ). If is not really to bad if you just stay on 20, there are a couple places where it forks so you need to be a little careful but it is (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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I WOULDA been there on time if my rental hadn't had a flat. But a good time was had by all, and I got some AucZILLA X stuff. Someone beat me to it, though, I wasn't the first. Upside of the flat incident is that National gave me a Cadillac DeVille (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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(...) Definitely had a great time. As allways it is nice to put a name to a face. I also love just talking shop with other LEGO fans so that was great too. Glad everything worked out with your car. Eric Remove ".nospam" when replying by E-mail The (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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(...) I thought that rentals only got flats when people drove into curbs. ;-) --Todd (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Only when the curb is in your direct path. Those darn Massachusetts civil engineers just can't seem to put those curbs in the right place. ;) . Eric (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I'll say. In fact, the whole "how many lanes wide is this road" seems to be kind of a lost question... we have roads that wander from 1 to 3 lanes worth of pavement with little or no warning, lane markers that peter out for no reason, etc. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) Lesson #1 when driving in Massachusetts -- never try to be a "nice guy." (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) I'm not going to change my internal morality because of where I happen to be. :-) I'm just sweetness and light and MA will have to deal with it. If they don't like it, tough. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) You know that old Puritan saying: "If you're not part of the problem, you're part of the pavement." (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) Reminds me of what happened one time when a bunch of us went to Boston for a SF convention. We took my friends mini-van and I was driving in Boston (combination of knowing the place just a little bit, and who felt like driving - the owner (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) Or Larry's favorite. "If theres traffic on road, jump the curb and drive on the sidewalk. The pedestrians will get out of your way." :-) Eric (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) Reminds me of something that happened in my drivers ed class: Instructor: "Always aim for the softer target." Friend: "So if we have the options of hitting a brick wall and a pedestrian, we should hit the pedestrian?" Instructor: "Yes." Now (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) Lesson # 2 when driving in massachusetts -- oldest & rustiest car has the right-of-way. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) Lesson #3 when driving in Massachusetts -- when entering a rotary at full speed, use that old rusty car in front of you as a shield. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) I'm being cruelly maligned. I would never hit a pedestrian on purpose. And I never would have hit that curb, either, if it hadn't have jumped out in front of me because I was trying to be a nice guy. (25 years ago, 13-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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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<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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