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From: rg@msel.unh.edu (Roger Gonzalez)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: flavors of MA cops: what the hell is the registry police?
Date: 25 Dec 92 18:56:05
Organization: Denning Mobile Robotics
Distribution: ne
NNTP-Posting-Host: nymph.msel.unh.edu


I've seen at least statewide cops with apparently three different types of
jurisdiction; can anyone shed some light on this to a country bumpkin who
moved down from NH?

Also, why do you call liquor stores "Package Stores"?  Or "Packies", as the
local yokels in Newburyport persist in calling them..

Back to cops for a second: is the "enforced speed of the day" published in the
Globe?  I'm getting annoyed about slowing down when I spot a cop just to then
watch him pass everyone on the right at 75mph.  I've taken to following him at
his speed.  Bad idea?  

"But really, your Honor, I was assuming that good Officer Donut was travelling
at 55mph, and that my speedometer was broken..  after all, his lights were
-not- on and I know that the local constabulary always tries to make a good
impression.."

Finally, I heard that Beantown Harley pigs were using lidar guns in one of the
downtown tunnels at 10pm the other night, and that there was a whole line of
cars pulled over just past the end.. anyone else seen instances of these Evil
and Unwholesome devices in use?

-Roger

--
ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS:  Pieces of plastic and metal, crudely fashioned to
  bear a limited, superficial resemblance to real flowers, but with no
  credible attempt to match their internal complexity in terms of form,
  function, or behavior.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: Really smart computers.

Roger Gonzalez - rg@msel.unh.edu     (508) 658-7800 (fax -2492)
Denning Mobile Robotics, 21 Concord Street, Wilmington MA 01887
From: loosemore-sandra@cs.yale.edu (Sandra Loosemore)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: ne.singles? (was Re: ne.personals?)
Followup-To: ne.general
Date: 2 Jan 1993 08:51:57 -0500
Organization: staff hacker @ Yale Haskell project
NNTP-Posting-Host: functor.systemsz.cs.yale.edu
In-reply-to: sklarew@bass.bu.edu's message of 2 Jan 93 04:53:17 GMT

I don't have any objection to a ne.personals group, but personally I
would be more likely to participate in a ne.singles group instead
(with a charter of being a place to post announcements of events or
informal get-togethers, and discussion of interest to singles in the
region).  There's been a similar ba.singles group for years -- why not
here?

-Sandra
Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Sunday, 3 Jan 1993 23:28:56 EST
From: <IO11283@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: ne.personals?

I think ne.personals is a great idea- I've posted on alt.personals and I've sai
d I'm from the northeast, but still got lots of mail from Southern California,
which isn't inherently bad, but has put new meaning into LDR.  Thre's discussio
n of ne.personals on alt.personals right now, and more of the dfinition questio
ns are arising ("can't NY be considered part of NE?", etc.)  Personally I vote
for the traditional definition of New England- this doesn't stop people from NY
 from replying to posts, but I there has to be a limit somewhere, and this woul
d be the most logical. Yes, These views are mine own. And yours?
-JAS
Newsgroups: ne.general
From: dsg@blackbird.mitre.org (David S. Goldberg)
Subject: Re: Need a battery for my car
Organization: The Mitre Corp., Bedford, MA.
	<1992Dec21.150646.14588@engage.pko.dec.com>
	<1992Dec22.204052.28239@odi.com>
Distribution: ne
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 18:20:19 GMT


>>>>> In article <1992Dec22.204052.28239@odi.com>, ed@odi.com (Ed
>>>>> Schwalenberg) writes:

Ed> I'll never seek service at Sears again.

Nor will I.  However, I will continue to buy their batteries (and
tools and probably other stuff from the retail store and, if the
timings right, I've found that they sometimes have good tire prices
too).  Someone else mentioned an incident with the Sears tester
claiming the alternator needed to be charged but the dealer said it
didn't, and wondered whether the Sears guy was trying rip off an extra
$200 or the dealer just didn't want to do a warranty job.  Given my
experience with both Sears service and dealer service shops, I'd say
they're both lying :-) Seriously, this is a case where I'd get a third
opinion.  If there's a gas station you frequent regularly that does
mechanical work, it's a good idea to have them check your charging
system.  Tell them ahead of time that you're looking for a second
opinion because of the warranty claim.  Most will do it for a nominal
fee in hopes of getting your future business when the warranty is
over, and/or for jobs that aren't covered now.  If you don't have such
a station, the BBN mechanics list that is posted here periodically is
a great resource for finding one near you.  I've found two mechanics
that way and had good experience with them (I moved far away enough
each time to need to get a new one).

--
Dave Goldberg                      UNIX Systems Programmer/Administrator
Post: The Mitre Corporation MS B020 202 Burlington Rd. Bedford, MA 01730
Phone: 617-271-2460
Domain: dsg@mbunix.mitre.org  UUCP: {your neighborhood}!linus!mbunix!dsg
From: wiryaman@riscee.pko.dec.com (Santa Wiryaman)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Need a battery for my car
Date: 21 Dec 92 15:06:46 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard MA

In article <1992Dec19.205106.7957@proponent.com> Monty Solomon <roscom!monty@think.com> writes:
>In article <BZS.92Dec18220613@world.std.com> bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein)  
>writes:
>> Anyone have any strong recs on great batteries and where in the
>> Boston/Cambridge area to pick one up? Is Cambridge Tire still around?
>> I couldn't find them in the yellow pages today. Do they sell anything
>> decent? Anywhere else? My experience is that what's good in car
>> batteries tends to change over the years.
>
>Cambridge Tire was bought by Goodyear.
>
>A Sears DieHard is $60 and includes a 1-year free jumpstart service - any  
>place, any time.  The battery has a 5-year warranty.
>
>Sears can also check your starting/charging system.  You might not need a new  
>battery.
>
>If you don't want to drive to a Sears store, and can install it yourself, you  
>can order one thru the Sears catalog.
>

I second the Sears DieHard recommendation.  I replaced two OEM batteries on
my previous and current cars, and they seem to last very long, maybe even
longer than the cars themselves.  It cost me around $60, and if you bring your
old battery they'll give you some money back for your trouble.

Sears can replace the battery free of charge.  This is the only thing I would
recommend you to have it done, since the last time I did this I ask them to
check the charging system, they told me I need a new alternator (>$200).  They
say the regulator, the thing that broke, is an inseparable part of the alter-
nator, which is true.  But upon checking it with a dealer, the regulator was
not broken.  The irony is I don't know who is trying to fool me, Sears to get
my money, or the dealer who doesn't want to fix warranty item.  But the battery
has never acted up on me since without replacing the regulator.  I am carrying
a jumper cable in the car now just in case it won't survived this winter.

BTW, there is a Sears in the Cambridgeside Galleria.  I don't know if they have
the garage there, though.  If you want to install it yourself, bring the old
battery with you, since it will be a lot of hassle disposing it otherwise.
Just be careful, the battery acid can eat your clothing and skin.


-- 
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INTERNET : wiryaman@riscee.pko.dec.com
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Newsgroups: ne.general
From: ed@odi.com (Ed Schwalenberg)
Subject: Re: Need a battery for my car
Organization: Object Design, Inc.
Distribution: ne
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 20:40:52 GMT

In article <1992Dec21.150646.14588@engage.pko.dec.com> wiryaman@riscee.pko.dec.com (Santa Wiryaman) writes:
  In article <1992Dec19.205106.7957@proponent.com> Monty Solomon <roscom!monty@think.com> writes:
  >In article <BZS.92Dec18220613@world.std.com> bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes:
  >> Anyone have any strong recs on great batteries ...
  >
  >A Sears DieHard is $60 and includes a 1-year free jumpstart service - any  
  >place, any time.  The battery has a 5-year warranty.

  I second the Sears DieHard recommendation.

Last winter my car overheated on a long trip; I stopped at a Sears Auto store at
2 pm on a Sunday afternoon, and was told that they'd have me out of there within
an hour.  At 5 pm, the very friendly service manager told me that they'd be unable
to look at my car before they closed at 6 pm.  Since I didn't feel like sleeping
in a shopping mall, I went over to the retail outlet, bought some tools, and fixed
it myself.  I'll never seek service at Sears again.
Newsgroups: ne.general,misc.invest
From: grady@world.std.com (Dick Grady)
Subject: Re: 401K--to rollover or not?
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 19:25:42 GMT

In article <C086Jr.3A2@world.std.com> philip@world.std.com (Philip Borenstein) writes:
>richb@jti.com (Richard Braun) writes:
>
>>I have a simple financial-planning question, brought on by some paperwork
>>sent me by a former employer:
>
>>Given that my new employer has no retirement plan, I can't roll over my
>>balance at a previous employer's 401K plan into a similar one.  It appears
>>I have two options:
>
>>	- Leave it where it is
>>	- Roll it into a personal IRA
>
>
>Bear in mind that the IRS has set up a trap for the unwary in 1993.
>
>Be sure that you do a direct transfer to the IRA rather than take a
>distribution from the 401(k). Otherwise, your former employer is required to
>withhold 20% which you have to then "make up" when you place the money in
>an IRA. You'll get the 20% back, of course, (as a tax credit I think). But
>if the amount in your 401(k) is substantial, and you can't make the 20%
>yourself, it becomes INCOME taxed at your rate with the 10% tacked on.

The IRS isn't the agency that set this trap.
*CONGRESS* did, in the 1992 tax reform (?) law.  And Bush signed it!
The IRS is just enforcing the law, as written.

So if you don't like this withholding provision, complain to Congrss and
to Clinton.

-- 
Dick Grady           Salem, NH,  USA            grady@world.std.com
So many newsgroups, so little time!
Newsgroups: ne.general
From: rich@aoa.aoa.utc.com (Rich Snow)
Subject: Reccomendation for home insurance
Organization: Adaptive Optics Associates
Distribution: ne
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 19:08:06 GMT

Seeking reccomendations for agent/provider of home insurance.
What we are looking for would be:

	o Convenient to Cambridge (either physically or mentally)
	o Have a better service rating than Fair Plan or Commerce
	o Insure 3-Deckers / Rental property

We've been informed that all of a sudden other insurers than the state
run Fair Plan are willing to consider our property. We've already 
experienced Commerce (the other option) and are not sure that's
an improvement. Any ideas?

Please mail responses since I'll loose them during our holiday otherwise.
Thanks!
-Rich
======
-- 
*  Rich Snow		-Adaptive-Optics-Associates,-Inc.-----------*
*  (617)864-0201	54 Cambridgepark Dr., Cambridge, MA.	    
*  rich@aoa.utc.com 	MORE IS BETTER, less_is_more.
Newsgroups: ne.general
From: dudek@odi.com (Glen Dudek)
Subject: Re: flavors of MA cops: what the hell is the registry police?
Reply-To: dudek@odi.com (Glen Dudek)
Organization: Object Design Inc., Burlington, MA
Distribution: ne
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 14:07:30 GMT

In article <1992Dec30.195840.1@deep-13.gizmo.com> maxwell@deep-13.gizmo.com writes:
>BTW, it's a *major* league fine to operate you car w/ a broken speedo.  Get it
>fixed someplace else. 

Are you sure about that?  Back when I was a student, I was driving my '7X
Plymouth Duster back from Joisey to Boston with a broken speedo and
radio.  I was happily listening to a portable radio with headphones and
cruising behind anybody I could find to be sure I wasn't speeding too badly,
when I (and the guy I was cruising behind) got pulled over in a radar trap
just over the state line from CT to MA on Rt. 84 (jeez, it was probably
still 86 back then).  The exchange went something like this:

Cop: "Do you know how fast you were going?"
Me: "No, my speedometer is broken."
Cop: "Come on, you must have some idea how fast you were going."
Me: "No, I really have no idea."
Cop: "Do you know it is illegal to listen to headphones while driving in MA?"
Me: (looking worried) "No, I didn't know that!"
Cop: "Is your radio broken too?"
Me: "Yup."

He gave me a warning.

	Glen Dudek
	dudek@odi.com
Xref: sparky ne.general:3562 ne.housing:1413
From: dbrown@apollo.hp.com (Diane Brown)
Newsgroups: ne.general,ne.housing
Subject: CONDO FOR RENT-NASHUA,NH
Date: 23 Dec 92 14:40:04 GMT
Distribution: ne.general ne.housing
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Apollo Division - Chelmsford, MA
Originator: dbrown@brownie


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-- 
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Workstation Systems Divsion
300 Apollo Drive, Chelmsford, MA 01824
telnet (508) 436-4618    fax (508) 250-4970
Newsgroups: ne.general
From: mr27092@macbeth.fmrco.com (David Hayes)
Subject: Re: ne.personals?
Followup-To: ne.general
Organization: [deleted]
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 12:02:16 GMT


i thought i found it when i was reading rec.pets.dogs -- there
was an article with...

        Subject: Boston Terrier Stud Wanted

and since i graduated from Boston University.........    ;)

--


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    --dph                    (this space intentionally left blank)
    fmrco!tugboat!mr27092
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Newsgroups: ne.general
From: mazur@bluefin.camb.inmet.com (Beth Mazur)
Subject: Re: flavors of MA cops: what the hell is the registry police?
Organization: Intermetrics, Inc.
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 15:04:43 GMT

In <30Dec92170543@miracle.com> jess@miracle.com (Jessica Thornburg) writes:
>More, even.  I believe that Registry police can and will pull up behind someone
>and run that persons license plate number through their computer, and pull that
>person over if there is something wrong, like no insurance, etc.. State police
>can't do that, as far as i know, nor can regular city or town police.  If any
>body knows differently, please say so.

State police who have computer-equipped cruisers (like my next-door neighbor)
can and do check car plate numbers.

Beth Mazur                   "...life is more than a vision.  The sweetest
mazur@inmet.inmet.com         part is acting after making a decision."
...!uunet!inmet!mazur                                  -- The Indigo Girls
Newsgroups: ne.general,misc.invest
From: philip@world.std.com (Philip Borenstein)
Subject: Re: 401K--to rollover or not?
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 11:57:27 GMT

richb@jti.com (Richard Braun) writes:

>I have a simple financial-planning question, brought on by some paperwork
>sent me by a former employer:

>Given that my new employer has no retirement plan, I can't roll over my
>balance at a previous employer's 401K plan into a similar one.  It appears
>I have two options:

>	- Leave it where it is
>	- Roll it into a personal IRA


Bear in mind that the IRS has set up a trap for the unwary in 1993.

Be sure that you do a direct transfer to the IRA rather than take a
distribution from the 401(k). Otherwise, your former employer is required to
withhold 20% which you have to then "make up" when you place the money in
an IRA. You'll get the 20% back, of course, (as a tax credit I think). But
if the amount in your 401(k) is substantial, and you can't make the 20%
yourself, it becomes INCOME taxed at your rate with the 10% tacked on.
From: jess@miracle.com (Jessica Thornburg)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: flavors of MA cops: what the hell is the registry police?
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 17:05:43 EDT
Organization: Miracle Computer Consultants

savoia@sw.stratus.com (Rick Savoia) writes:
>In article <RG.92Dec25185605@nymph.msel.unh.edu>, rg@msel.unh.edu (Roger Gonzalez) writes:
>> 
>> I've seen at least statewide cops with apparently three different types of
>> jurisdiction; can anyone shed some light on this to a country bumpkin who
>> moved down from NH?
>
>Well, let's see, there are local police, MDC police, state police,
>registry police.  You don't see as many registry police
>since I believe they are being slowly wittled out.  I've
>never understood what the charter is exactly for Registry 
>police.  I've seen them pull over people for traffic infractions
>as well as for bad registration.  Don't ignore them though.
>They can give you just as much trouble as the regular police.
>
>

More, even.  I believe that Registry police can and will pull up behind someone
and run that persons license plate number through their computer, and pull that
person over if there is something wrong, like no insurance, etc...  State police
can't do that, as far as i know, nor can regular city or town police.  If any
body knows differently, please say so.

>> 
>> Back to cops for a second: is the "enforced speed of the day" published in the
>> Globe?  I'm getting annoyed about slowing down when I spot a cop just to then
>> watch him pass everyone on the right at 75mph.  I've taken to following him at
>> his speed.  Bad idea?  
>> 
>> "But really, your Honor, I was assuming that good Officer Donut was travelling
>> at 55mph, and that my speedometer was broken..  after all, his lights were
>> -not- on and I know that the local constabulary always tries to make a good
>> impression.."
>
>Nobody pulls a cop over.  If you are stupid enough to follow him at his 
>speed, then don't cry injustice if you get a ticket!
>
>> Finally, I heard that Beantown Harley pigs were using lidar guns in one of the
>> downtown tunnels at 10pm the other night, and that there was a whole line of
>> cars pulled over just past the end.. anyone else seen instances of these Evil
>> and Unwholesome devices in use?
>> 
>
>First of all, what's a Beantown Harley pig and second what's
>a lidar gun?
>
>
>Rick

Yes, it's -definitely- a bad idea to follow a cop because he's doing 75!!  He 
could easily decide to pull you over if he noticed you.

I'd also like to know the ansers to the questions Rick asked, if anybody knows!!

Jessica


The BORG are DEAD!!!!
Long live the Federation!!!
From: rob@quasar.genrad.com (Robert S. Wood)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: flavors of MA cops: what the hell is the registry police?
Date: 3 Jan 1993 08:10:39 -0500
Organization: GenRad, Inc.
Distribution: ne
NNTP-Posting-Host: quasar.genrad.com

In article <MSALETNI.92Dec31124023@jade.tufts.edu> msaletni@jade.tufts.edu (Michael J. Saletnik) writes:
>In article <lk66rrINNmq7@news.bbn.com> clements@bbn.com (Bob Clements) writes:
>
>was 2am, and he was in an area of Somerville that was permit parking
>1am-8am.  When he got to his car, he found a ticket.  However, the
>time written on it was 2:45am.
>Obviously, the ticket is invalid, but in stating
>that he discovered this at 2am, and was thus still parked illegally
>for an hour, could/would they still ticket him?  Or can they not do

I got a parking ticket in Concord, MA that was dated 15 minutes later
than the time I got back to the car.  I drove to the Clerk of Court
and showed them the ticket, they wrote on it INVALID, and said they
were sorry that I had to come in for the meter-maids mistake.
Newsgroups: ne.general,ny.general
From: brennan@merk.com (Rich Brennan)
Subject: Re: John Hancock's Nancy Davis Extends Seasons Greetings to NE/NY
Organization: Technology Partners, Inc.
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 22:56:12 GMT

In article <199212241858.AA29968@tuna.wang.com> MICHAEL.WILLETT@OFFICE.WANG.COM ("Michael Willett") writes:
>John Hancock's Nancy Davis extends Seasons Greetings, Merry Christmas, and
>Happy New Year to all you clients and friends in the New England or New
>York area.  She's not on the network so you can reach her at 617-969-9830
>or FAX your Christmas cards to her at 617-969-2251!
>
>Michael.Willett@OFFICE.Wang.com


Is this another one a them "Nancy Davis wows family and friends with her one
woman reenactment of the chariot race from _Ben_Hur_" announcements Mike
Willett often posts? Can I still get tickets? What? You say Nancy is a sales
person with John Hancock, and this is some way of drumming up business? Oh.
Never mind.



Rich
-- 
brennan@merk.com	...!uunet!merk!brennan		Rich Brennan
From: borden@head-cfa.harvard.edu (Dave Borden)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Drinking and the MBTA was Re: Sunday Liquor Sales
Date: 23 Dec 92 16:55:18 GMT
Reply-To: borden@m5.harvard.edu
Distribution: ne
Organization: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA,  USA

In article <BZS.92Dec22160404@world.std.com> bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes:

>I know you can buy monthly cards here in Boston, what about daily and
>weekly at a good discount? How about shopper's specials on weekends
>where for around 2xfare (say, $1.50) you can travel all day?

The MBTA does have some kind of short-term pass; I don't know the details.
I seem to remember their being three and seven day passes, but I'm not sure
about that.

>I think one of the most important missions of a good public transit
>system is getting people into the habit of using it.

I grew up in northern NJ, a short ride from Manhattan (Englewood, for those
who know the area - you might have driven through on I-95, just past the
George Washington Bridge).  There is very convenient bus service from there
to the Port Authority on 42nd St.  Unfortunately, the fare is $2.85 each way,
and the subway fare in New York is $1.25 per ride, with no passes or discount
rates.  This is compared to the $4 toll at the bridge.  There is hence a
savings of more than $4 in driving, if you happen to be going to an area in
which you can park for free.  The authorities there aren't doing a good job
of encouraging car-owners to use the public transit system, and it's a shame.

   - Dave Borden
     borden@m5.harvard.edu
Newsgroups: ne.general