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From: kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup)
Subject: Re: I need help finding a good car mechanic for a Toyota
Organization: Open Software Foundation
Distribution: ne
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 20:16:18 GMT

In article <TYTSO.92Jul22144122@SOS.mit.edu>
tytso@athena.mit.edu (Theodore Y. Ts'o) writes:
>	However, if I go to an independent garage, I wonder if they'll
>have the special diagnostic tools to really be able to check out my car.

Don't sweat it. This is got to be the biggest myth out there re: new cars.
Your problem will be finding someone competent- and this transcends car
make/model/year/complexity.

The manufacturer isn't going to build a car out there for the general market
where lotsa bucks is necessary to do the kind of stuff necessary for any
but the most major work, and then it may be do-able without them. It sure
won't need any "special tools" to do interval checkups. A good mechanic 
can do a DOHC valve job no matter what. Cars still work on vacuum, fuel
pressure and spark. Every shop has stuff to check these out.

Case in point- the computers in new cars. The sensors are just a bunch of
pots and thermistors (ie, EE 101 stuff), and the computers themselves can
either be interrogated for trouble codes with thousands of bucks of Factory
Authorized Hardware, or, like I do in my own garage, with a $8 VOM meter from
Radio Shack and a 20 cent piece of wire. This alternate method, while longer
(which equals more time per car, which means less money for a shop that
does this for a living), is also sanctioned by the manufacturer, who realizes
the large independent service lobby out there.

The moral is: "It's not the equipment, it's the mechanic."

Do you have the BBN list? Any A-rated shop, esp. one with a Toyota fetish,
should be able to do the work adequately.

	-Kenny
-- 
Kenneth R. Crudup, Contractor, OSF DCE QA
OSF, 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142	+1 617 621 7306
kenny@osf.osf.org			OSF has nothing to do with this post.
From: abecker@bbn.com
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Lodging in Newport RI wanted 8/7,8/8
Date: 27 Jul 1992 14:44:43 GMT
Organization: BBN Software Products
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com

Does any one know of a reasonable priced place to stay in Newport RI
area for nights of 8/7, 8/8?

Thanks
Alan Becker
From: blamb@rodan.hri.com (Bill Lambert)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: where is barnicle in the Globe?
Date: 24 Jul 92 19:45:41 GMT
Reply-To: blamb@rodan.hri.com (Bill Lambert)
Organization: Horizon Research

Somewhere around two months ago he wrote a column
that said he no longer would be a "regular" columnist
and would go on to other things, although still
occasionally contribute to the Globe. Could be burnt
out by his own acid.
From: bfbrown@athena.mit.edu (Brian 'Cool' Brown)
Newsgroups: ne.general,ne.misc,athena.misc
Subject: Re: Boston Red Sox tickets??
Date: 21 Jul 92 16:27:17 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

In article <1992Jul20.201059.2677@aoa.aoa.utc.com>, carl@aoa.aoa.utc.com (Carl Witthoft) writes:
|> In article <1992Jul19.143635.12193@athena.mit.edu> cltsienc@athena.mit.edu (Christine L Tsien) writes:
|> >  How does one go about purchasing tickets to see the 
|> >Red Sox play at Fenway?  Is it too late to see them
|> >play against the Twins?  (I'm from Minnesota.  :)
|> x
|> Well, the Red Sox don't play baseball.  THey show up and hack
|> around looking stupid.
|> If they take one more *&^%$* called strike with men in scoring
|> position, I'll just.....
|> And, boy, can they try to learn the difference between agressive
|> baserunning and stupid baserunning????
|> arrrrgh
|> 
|> 
|> -- 
|> Bobby Newmark, aka  Carl Witthoft @ Adaptive Optics Associates
|> aoa!carl@bbn.com  carl@aoa.utc.com
|> 54 CambridgePark Drive, Cambridge,MA 02140 617-864-0201
|> **Just say NO to HMOs**

That was real helpful Carl.

-BB
From: richb@kronos.com (Rich Braun)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Am I NUTS or What??
Date: 22 Jul 92 16:26:25 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Kronos Inc. / Waltham, MA
Disclaimer: This posting is a personal opinion and not that of Kronos Inc.

milo@cbnews.cb.att.com (guy.f.klose) writes:
>What amazes me most are the number of cars that have been in accidents and
>not repaired afterwards.

This condition comes and goes as economic conditions go up and down.
Ten years ago, I recall that cars around here were rather old and
dented on average.  Five years ago, it seemed that practically everyone
was driving a new car:  there was a price war among dealers, and a
glut of new cars.  Now, cars are aging again.

But fixing a fender-bender has become prohibitively expensive.  If you
report the accident, your insurance company will bleed you broke over
the next several years.  Body shops and mechanics have bid the price of
repairs up to the point that it's usually cheaper to buy a new car than
to fix an old one.  So if the car isn't severely damaged, it's (a) not
worth reporting the accident, and (b) certainly not cost-effective to
repair any cosmetic damage.

As a for-instance, about four years ago I smacked my Dodge (yes, an
American car which is supposedly cheaper to fix) into the back of a
parked car during a snowstorm.  The collision was at about 8mph, and
caused no visible damage to the other car.  My car saw minor cosmetic
damage on the fender and bumper.  The repair estimate?  $1800 (that's
*one thousand eight hundred* dollars).  I drove it in that condition
until it was sold a couple of years later.

By comparison, at age 16 I caused similar damage to my father's Thunder-
bird.  The bill (in 1977) came to $155.

-rich
From: gjc@mitech.com (George J. Carrette)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Seeking Advice on Dealing With an Insurance Company
Date: 22 Jul 92 15:33:56 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Mitech Corporation, Concord MA

In article <1992Jul21.152047.5180@m5.harvard.edu>, borden@cfa.harvard.edu (Dave Borden) writes:
> Liberty Mutual is offering me a mere $450.  How do I go about challenging
> this?  Thanks in advance.
> 

Good luck. Sometimes an insurance company will use the NADA blue book.
Sometimes they will get an actual quote from a local used car dealer.

First thing you have to do if find the method used. If
a quote from a local used car dealer, then FIND OUT WHAT DEALER.
You may actually be able to buy it from him. I buddy of mine did this,
and was all ready to buy the car, (a used mazda) until I convinced him
to get something *real*. In this case a brand new mercury sable.

If you are talking about $450 vs $750, or $900, perhaps, forget spending
much time on it.



Newsgroups: ne.general
From: adamg@world.std.com (Adam M Gaffin)
Subject: Re: Why did the Red line cross the tracks?
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Distribution: ne
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 13:06:44 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.140845.23350@eff.org> rita@eff.org (Rita Marie Rouvalis) writes:
>In article <Bs4n4K.C8K@world.std.com> adamg@world.std.com (Adam M Gaffin) writes:
>
>>But there's another issue, which the Sierra Club has started looking at. 
>>Does it really make sense to spend $250 million to restore commuter rail
>>to the South Shore, or even $50 million to extend it to Worcester when so
>>few people will use it?  Why not use that money for improving mass transit
>>where people would actually take advantage of it?
>
>	What is this assertion based on?  The South Shore desperately
>needs the commuter rail.  Braintree's garage is full every weekday
>morning at about 8:15 am (I've never seen Alewife more than 3/4's full
>during the week).  
>

I think it's a question of ridership volume.  The MBTA predicts that, at
its peak, the Worcester line will handle 2,500 riders a day.  I don't know
what the potential ridership of a re-built Watertown line would be, but
presumably it's a lot higher than 2,500, which would, according to the
club, make it a better place to spend scarce dollars.  

And the Sierra Club (to which my phone call for a better explanation has
so far gone un-returned) presumably isn't looking at another issue: will
transit users who live in MBTA communities essentially be providing a
subsidy to those who don't?  I don't know about the South Shore, but none
of the western towns to benefit from the Worcester line will be
incorporated into the MBTA district, which means they won't have to pay an
annual subsidy to the T like MBTA towns (the exception is Ashland, which
is already in the T district, but which looks likely to get a cap put on
its assessment so it won't pay more if it gets a station). 

-- 
Adam Gaffin
Middlesex News, Framingham, Mass.
adamg@world.std.com
Voice: (508) 626-3968. Fred the Middlesex News Computer: (508) 872-8461.
From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Why did the Red line cross the tracks?
Date: 30 Jul 92 18:10:05 GMT
	<1992Jul24.220649.29733@cs.umb.edu>
	<1992Jul30.101035@doodly.mcc.dec.com>
Distribution: ne
Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation Tech Central

Jim> == Jim Swist <swist@doodly.mcc.dec.com> 

 Jim> Now what *I* don't understand is why that sharp turn kludge was
 Jim> created at Harvard when the line was extended.

The main problem would seem to be (to me) that Mass Ave turns fairly
sharply there, as well.  It was probably impractical to dig the new
Harvard Station much deeper than it is, at any rate, since that would
require them to dig a new tunnel most of the way to Central to get the
slope right, no?

They're really hemmed in, too; they almost certainly couldn't build much
farther in *either* direction, what with being in between Harvard Yard
and the Coop & other commercial buildings.

Can't go deeper, can't move the station under Harvard Yard, and can't
extend the turn under the Coop to make it less sharp...it was probably
the best compromise available.  (But, argh, that squealing...)
--
Christopher Davis * ckd@eff.org * System Administrator, EFF * +1 617 864 0665
   ``The First Amendment is often inconvenient.  But that is besides the
  point.  Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation
         to tolerate speech.'' --Justice Anthony Kennedy, in 91-155
From: wesley@world.std.com (wesley p dunnington)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: looking for TV repair place in Boston
Date: 25 Jul 92 07:04:25 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA

saldort@jade.tufts.edu (Scott M. Aldort) writes:

>I posted this before, but I'm assuming that since there were no replies
>I set the distribution wrong.

>I'm looking for a place to get a TV repaired, as it got fried under an
>open window during a recent surprise storm. (It's one of those that
>stays warm even when it's off.) Most importantly, the place should be
>cheap and reliable.  Time is not much of a concern. I prefer the
>location to be in Back Bay/South End, but a quick drive to the suburbs
>is OK.

>Thanks in advance.

>Scott

I've had good luck with Ace TV in Brighton Center. They repaired my RCA tv and 
my NEC vcr. They give estimates before doing the work and got everything fixed
quickly.

Hope This helps

Wesley Dunnington
wesley@pws.ma30.bull.com
wesley@world.std.com
Newsgroups: ne.general
From: pld@cthulhu.hq.ileaf.com (Peter L. DeWolf)
Subject: Re: What can I do with these old magazines?
Reply-To: pld@ileaf.com
In-reply-to: Monty Solomon's message of Tue, 21 Jul 1992 09:20:02 GMT
Organization: Interleaf, Inc.
Distribution: ne
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 20:47:57 GMT

>>>>> On Tue, 21 Jul 1992 09:20:02 GMT, Monty Solomon <monty%roscom@think.com> said:

> In article <l6lpupINNdoa@news.bbn.com> rnewman@bbn.com (Ron Newman) writes:
>> Among the things I don't want to move are many, many back issues
>> of various magazines.    It seems a waste to toss them into
>> the trash or the recycling bin, so I'm looking for 
>>    (a) anyone who wants some of the magazines
>>    (b) any ideas what I should do with them

> Why not donate all of them to a library?

I had this same problem a few years ago.  I called 7 libraries.  The
answer, in all cases, was: "Oh, what a nice idea, but we just don't
have the space for them."

Good luck!

 - Peter
-- 
Peter L. DeWolf     |     Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu
pld@ileaf.com       |     R'lyeh wgah-nagl fhtagn.
From: tshannon@bbn.com (Tod Shannon)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Massachusetts Volunteer Network
Date: 29 Jul 92 00:22:00 GMT
Reply-To: tshannon@bbn.com
Organization: BBN Advanced Simulation, Cambridge, MA, USA.
NNTP-Posting-Host: rhizopus.bbn.com


Has anyone heard of an organization called the Massachusetts Volunteer
Network?  I'd appreciate any pointers or info.  Thanks,


						-Tod Shannon
						BBN Advanced Simulation
Newsgroups: ne.general
From: chou@riscee.pko.dec.com (Jesse Chou)
Subject: Re: Berry Picking farms in Eastern Mass?
Reply-To: chou@riscee.pko.dec.com (Jesse Chou)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard MA.
Distribution: ne
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 15:50:13 GMT

============
CAR FOR SALE -- never anything wrong; moving oversea; must sell
============
'91 MUSTANG LX, black, automatic;
air condition; cruise control; am/fm/cassette;
power window, power lock, power mirror, power steering, power brake;
air bag; 15k miles;
asking for $8.2k

Please contact Jesse (at ACTON,MASS)
email: chou@riscee.enet.dec.com
phone: 508-493-6058 (day), 508-263-0894 (night); leave message
-- 
Jesse Chou	-- chou@riscee.enet.dec.com

These words are entered into net by the keyboard.
I am not responsible for them; neither is my employer.
Newsgroups: ne.general
From: dlw@odi.com (Dan Weinreb)
Subject: Re: Busting & Cause (was Re: Article from THE...)
Reply-To: dlw@odi.com
Organization: Object Design, Inc.
	<6772@bigbird.hri.com.hri.com> <1992Jul22.161638.22751@kronos.com> <BETSYS.92Jul22163938@ra.cs.umb.edu>
Distribution: ne
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 13:53:21 GMT

In article <BETSYS.92Jul22163938@ra.cs.umb.edu> betsys@cs.umb.edu (Elizabeth Schwartz) writes:

   A related case *did* happen in Georgia in, umm, sometime around 1988.
   Police had a warrant to search a house for some non-sex-related
   reason. One roommate answered the door, saw the police with warrant,
   and let them into the house. Another roommate was in his own room
   having sex with another man. Police arrested the man on a sodomy
   charge, and he was convicted. The case went to the Georgia state
   Supreme Court and was *UPHELD* (does anyone remember the details of
   this?)

I believe you're referring to the famous Hardwicke case, famous
because it was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which upheld the
Georgia "sodomy law".  This was one of the crucial decisions that
sets the current state of precedent regarding the concept of "right
to privacy".

   The laws just plain shouldn't be on the books, *IMHO* 
   As the folks who are working to get the Mass laws overturned point
   out, it doesnt do anyone any good to have laws which are not enforced.
   It hurts respect for the law, and it gives the police an arbitrarily
   applicable weapon.

Of course, in the case you cite above, the law *was* enforced.  I
think the problem with the law doesn't so much lie with the question
of how much it's enforced as with the fact that it's just not right.
I wish a strong majority of the electorate agreed with me about that.
From: jharring@banner.prime.com (Joe Harrington)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: I need help finding a good car mechanic for a Toyota
Date: 28 Jul 92 19:30:40 GMT
Reply-To: jharring@banner.UUCP (Joe Harrington)
Distribution: ne
Organization: Prime Computervision, Bedford MA

monty%roscom@think.com (Monty Solomon) wrote:
>Avoid Lexington Toyota, Wellesley Toyota, and Woburn Foreign Motors.

I've had excellent luck with Lexington.  They're very concerned
about getting a favorable response on the customer satsisfaction
survey that Toyota sends to a random sample of dealer service
customers.  They call me the day after service to make sure
I'm happy.  Once I wasn't, and they replaced an entire throttle
body ($700+ job), no charge.  My car had 20K+ miles past
the warranty.  

My wife and I both have '89 Camry's.  Once a year we take them
both to Lexington.  I have no complaints so far.

Joe
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From: mazur@inmet.camb.inmet.com (Beth Mazur)
Newsgroups: ne.general,ne.wanted
Subject: Looking for Ski Club
Date: 24 Jul 92 15:51:57 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Intermetrics Inc, Cambridge MA

I'm looking to ski a lot more this year than last.  I'm thinking
about looking to join a house or club for the season.  If anybody has
any comments, pro or con, or if you know of any such places, please
let me know.

I'm especially interested in the North Conway area, as well as in a 
group that tends to be 30+ in age.

Thanks, in advance, for any info.

Beth Mazur                   "...life is more than a vision.  The sweetest
mazur@inmet.com                  part is acting after making a decision."
...!uunet!inmet!mazur                                  -- The Indigo Girls
From: richb@kronos.com (Rich Braun)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Busting & Cause (was Re: Article from THE...)
Date: 22 Jul 92 16:16:38 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Kronos Inc. / Waltham, MA
Disclaimer: This posting is a personal opinion and not that of Kronos Inc.

>=> I don't agree with the drug laws in general, but I am not setting myself
>=> up to get busted. I avoid all three of the above. If I were an activist
>=> I would make sure that I NEVER gave probable cause!!

I know of two gay activists who have stated that they'd be willing to
engage in sodomy on the State House steps to protest the 20-year maximum
prison penalty which can be levied for consensual homosexual acts in
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  (They're not each other's type, so
it hasn't happened to date...;-)

Given the statements these activists have made, police could come up with
a probable-cause argument to check on the nocturnal activities of people
like them.

I hate to think of what might happen should the police decide to
concentrate their valuable time on a witch hunt like this.  As oppressive
as this may seem, I should also point out that the U.S. military routinely
expends its efforts on this type of investigation, using rather extreme
methods to facilitate contact-tracing.  The AIDS epidemic provides a
plausible justification for virtually any authority to engage in this
sort of activity.

-rich
From: msaletni@jade.tufts.edu (Michael J. Saletnik)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Why did the Red line cross the tracks?
Date: 28 Jul 92 15:12:10 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Tufts University - Medford, MA

>Does anyone know why, at Harvard Square, Outbound is up and Inbound is
>down, but at Porter Square, Outbound is down and Inbound is up?

   Well, I can surmise about Porter Square.  That great escalator leaves
you on the inbound (Mass Ave. and aboveground station) side of the tracks.
In order to get at both platforms, there would (among other options)
have to be a bridge over the nearer tracks to get at the farther
tracks.  Thus, you walk in on the second level, walk over the outbound
tracks, and now have access to both directions.
   I believe construction-wise this is much cheaper than having a
complete bridge-and-stair setup in the middle (like Davis), or trying
to cut through the top with the main escalator or another stair.  Plus,
aesthetically (those architects!) it's more pleasant to have the
boring tube broken up by the stepped platforms.

						Michael

---

--
Michael J. Saletnik, Tufts University E'91 G'93  / I reserve the right
Department of Civil Engineering Computer Lab TA / to be utterly and
michael@binkley.ext.tufts.edu (daily uucp)     / completely wrong.
From: richb@kronos.com (Rich Braun)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: need advice re: banks
Date: 27 Jul 92 17:06:33 GMT
Organization: Kronos Inc. / Waltham, MA
Disclaimer: This posting is a personal opinion and not that of Kronos Inc.

dand@buscard.fidonet.org (Dan Davidson) writes:
>These days, you should have confidence in a bank called, Not-For-Sale Savings.

Whilst on a recent visit to Washington DC, I drove past a building which
bore two signs:

	Perpetual Savings Bank
	Building For Lease

:-)

-rich
From: dand@buscard.fidonet.org (Dan Davidson)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: need advice re: banks
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 20:18:08 EDT
X-Maildoor: WaflineMail 1.00r

 -=> Quoting Patrick Tufts to All <=-

 >There is a bank close to where I live called "NFS Savings" (in
 >southern NH). I was thinking of opening an account there; has anyone
 >heard anything good or bad about this bank?

 PT> I tried to open an account there, but I kept on getting a "server not
 PT> responding" message.

These days, you should have confidence in a bank called, Not-For-Sale Savings.

                                                       -- Dan --



... THINK! or thwim.
--- Blue Wave/QWK v2.10
From: alexm@nmr-z.mgh.harvard.edu (Alex Milshteyn)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: I need help finding a good car mechanic for a Toyota
Date: 23 Jul 92 12:28:50 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Mass General Hospital NMR Imaging Center

In article <TYTSO.92Jul22144122@SOS.mit.edu> tytso@athena.mit.edu (Theodore Y. Ts'o) writes:
>Hi,
>	I have a 1990 Toyota Corolla, and it's about time for me to give
>it its 15,000 mile checkup.  The logical place for me to take it to get
>its maintenance done would be a Toyota dealer, but I've heard really bad
>things about most of the Toyota dealers within 128, and my one
>interaction with a local Toyota dealer has made even more suspicious.
>
>	However, if I go to an independent garage, I wonder if they'll
>have the special diagnostic tools to really be able to check out my car.
>Does anyone have any recommendations for good car mechanics which have
>been both (a) honest and (b) can do solid, competent work on Toyotas?
>Thanks!
>
>						- Ted

To: tytso@athena.mit.edu
Subject: Re: I need help finding a good car mechanic for a Toyota
Newsgroups: ne.general
Organization: Mass General Hospital CIPR
Cc: 
Bcc: 

Hi:

Regan's Service on Commonwealth Avenue in Newton, next to Starmarket,
just before Lexington Street (_Texaco_ station, NOT Shell or Mobil that
are at the same intersection).  I have 1990 Corolla and service it only there.
In fact, this is my second car I service there, I intend to stick to them.
I wrote about the place already - they are very good - timely, no unnecessary
stuff is ever done, but al necessary is explained, shown and done with
your permission only - they will call you if they find something they
did not notice when they took the car in.
In fact, I have given them a carte blanch - I just leave the car for 
service and then pick it up.  
I do not have their phone number now, but the manager is John, owner -
Steve Regan - always there.

regards, 

Alex Milshteyn