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From: jlacey@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (james.w.lacey)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Newburyport MA
Date: 29 Sep 92 20:44:15 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: AT&T

In article <RG.92Sep26084401@nymph.msel.unh.edu> rg@msel.unh.edu (Roger Gonzalez) writes:
>
>Well, I'm moving to downtown Newburyport on Monday.  Any residents online here
>that can fill me in on what there is to do, where to go, where to eat, etc?
>...

Here are some things to do in Newburyport:
..........
Restaurants
........
Breakfast:
Kathy-Ann's
Fowle's
........
Downtown restaurants that I would recommend:

Middle Street Cafe
Great cinnamon rolls, good lunch, casual atmosphere, rude staff.

Mall (pronounced mal not moll)
Grog
Jacob Marley's
These three offer medium priced decent food and varied menus that 
will please most people's taste.  The Grog also has entertainment
downstairs -- cover charged.


Amigos
OK mexican food

Schezuan Taste
Good chinese food

Caffe Sienna
Espresso, capacino, italian pastery

Outside of downtown:
Sweet Vidalia Cafe on Winter Street
Better than average updated Italian food in a poor location.

Labadini's near the traffic circle
Mediocre Italian food in a good location.  A lot of people
like this place better than I do.

Alden-Merrill in the industrial park
Not a restaurant, but a bakery that specializes  in
carrot cake, cheese cake, etc.  Supplier to fancy
restaurants.

............
To do:
........
Beaches

Plum Island:
Newburyport beach
Newbury beach
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
-(The beach at the Refuge is closed from April until August
  to protect the endanagered piping plover.  The Refuge is
  also one of the prime birding sites during spring and 
  fall migration.  Annual pass costs $15 or $5 per day.
  BTW, in the winter look for seals in the harbor and
  bald eagles flying over the river.)
Sandy Point State Reservation

North of Newburyport:
Salisbury State Reservation
Salisbury Beach - honky tonkish
Seabrook
Hampton - built-up, touristy
Rye
............
Biking - lots of back roads in towns surrounding Newburyport
Windsurfing - at Joppa flats in the harbor at the seawall
Boating - 
Fishing - both surfcasting and party boats
Whale watching -
Cross country skiing - if/when it snows - Maudsley State Park
Theater - at the Firehouse center
Classic and foreign films - the Screening Room
............
Festivals:
First Night (New Year's Eve)
Salmugundi (Memorial Day)
Yankee Homecoming (this is the big one - last week of July and 
   first week of August)
Waterfront Festival (Labor Day)
Standard Christmas Stuff
............
Within 1/2 hr drive of Newburyport:
Portsmouth NH - similar to Newburyport but (IMHO) more going on
Kittery ME - outlet stores


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From: navsaria@bass.bu.edu (Dipesh Navsaria)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Recycling 2l Bottles
Date: 26 Sep 92 23:03:41 GMT
Reply-To: navsaria@bass.bu.edu (Dipesh Navsaria)
Followup-To: ne.general
Distribution: ne
Organization: Boston University


   Interesting...back home in NYC, some supermarkets had this cool machine
that was about the size of a standard soda machine.  You would just put the
can or bottle into this little hatch, this little laser scanner would read
the UPC code to verify it was returnable, and then you'd hear this nasty
*kchunk* sound as the bottle was compressed and placed somewhere in the bowels
of the machine.
   Needless to say, some bottles or cans that had the UPC code in a "non-
standard" place weren't accepted.  We assumed that the machine compressed
the can or bottle because one time my sister and I were in line at the machine
and we must have seen close to a hundred bottles going in, and, lo, no one 
came to empty it or anything...
   This machine also had the option of giving you your change in wonderful
coupouns good for x cents off on your next soda product purchase...

   Most people opted for the cash.  8)

			    Dipesh Navsaria
			(navsaria@bu-pub.bu.edu)
        "Practice Random Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty"
From: lauren@teddy.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Lauren Rhines)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: your speech needed
Date: 1 Oct 92 13:46:30 GMT
Organization: MIT/LCS Spoken Language Systems



We're again looking for people to help us in our ongoing effort to
collect speech data.  Our system enables you to make travel plans by
talking to a computer.  During the data collection session, you will
be asked to solve several different problem scenarios using speech
input.  You will ask our system questions and it will answer
you with information to help make travel plans/reservations.

It takes approximately 40 minutes and during the next couple of weeks
we are looking for people who can come mid to late afternoon.  We will
give you a $10.00 gift certificate for Toscanini's, the Royal East, or
the Coop for your time.  Please contact Lauren at (617) 253-3049
(lauren@goldilocks.lcs.mit.edu) to set up an appointment.

Thanks!!
Newsgroups: ne.general,ne.food
From: heiser@ferrari.nmc.ed.ray.com (Bill Heiser)
Subject: Re: Restaurant on Mohawk Trail (Rt 2)
Organization: Equipment Division, Raytheon Company
Distribution: ne
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 92 16:49:37 GMT

In article <1992Oct2.162002.18003@osf.org> dbrooks@osf.org (David Brooks) writes:
>|> I vaguely remember that there is a restaurant on the Mohawk Trail, perhaps
>|> on a bend in the road that is quite scenic.  Anyone know what I'm thinking
>|> of?  Name, location, how much of a tourist trap, etc.?
>I forget the name, but this describes a place just above North Adams.  Not
>much of a tourist trap at all.

Yes, it is right by the hairpin curve, overlooking N.Adams.  I had a pretty
tasty open faced turkey sandwich there last year.  I haven't found many
restaurants that have that kind of "real food".


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From: IMAGING.CLUB@OFFICE.WANG.COM ("Imaging Club")
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: BIG BROTHER/BIG SISTER OF GREATER LOWELL
Date: 1 Oct 92 19:17:49 GMT
Organization: Mail to News Gateway at Wang Labs

Big Brother/Big Sister of Greater Lowell is seeking caring adult
volunteers, 18 years of age and older, to share life experiences with
children, ages 7-15, in "one-to-one" relationships.  Those interested
in becoming a Big Brother or Big Sister must be willing to commit a few
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volunteers must reside in the Greater Lowell area and must have
transportation.  Presently, there are over 60 volunteers from throughout
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there are also nearly 100 children waiting to be matched.  For more
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call 453-9339.
From: james@splinter.coe.northeastern.edu (James E. Jones)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Logan Accessibility (Was Ft. Devens Airport)
Date: 2 Oct 92 23:10:39 GMT
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Distribution: ne
Organization: College of Engineering, Northeastern University
In-reply-to: johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us's message of 29 Sep 92 22:20:04 GMT


Speaking about Logan accessibility:  I remember a 3 hour trip *door to door*
from my apartment in Boston close to the Green Line, to my parents place in
a Maryland suburb (off of the D. C. Blue line).  Both airports can be very
easy to use, if you are in the right place. :-)
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Newsgroups: ne.general
From: mem@mv.mv.com (Mark E. Mallett)
Subject: Re: Two type of baybank machines: was: Anyone else get this from BayBank?
Organization: MV Communications, Inc.
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 07:13:02 GMT

In article <96871@bu.edu> navsaria@bass.bu.edu (Dipesh Navsaria) writes:
>On the other side of the wall from the row of ATMs is a BayBank
>Xpress24 CASH.  Someone will fork out 75 cents extra just to avoid walking a
>few feet.  The sad thing is, it's true...

Plenty of evidence for things like this.

Like the people you see circling the parking lot 5 minutes to save a 20
foot walk.

Like the fact that parking lanes at shopping centers and stores are almost
always filled with cars.

-mm-

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From: blamb@hri.com (Bill Lambert)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Boston Bridges (was Re: Ft. Devens Airport)
Date: 2 Oct 92 17:37:20 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Horizon Research, Inc.


The Callahan Tunnel was opened in the mid-60's, I believe.
Can you imagine a world where the two lanes of the Sumner
Tunnel were the permanent (not only midnight) way to
traverse the harbor? 

The Tobin Bridge was not always the Tobin Bridge. It used
to be called the "Mystic River Bridge" - a much nicer name
since it's obvious why we might need a bridge to cross the
Mystic River, but not so obvious why we need a bridge to
cross Maurice Tobin. Some old-timers may slip and revert to
the old name.

I think they should rename it the "Charles Stuart" bridge,
after the person who invented the sport of cordless bungee
jumping.
From: navsaria@bass.bu.edu (Dipesh Navsaria)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Two type of baybank machines: was: Anyone else get this from BayBank?
Date: 27 Sep 92 15:40:08 GMT
Reply-To: navsaria@bass.bu.edu (Dipesh Navsaria)
Followup-To: ne.general
Organization: Boston University

In article <CKD.92Sep26193828@loiosh.eff.org> ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis) writes:
>DN> == Dipesh Navsaria <navsaria@bass.bu.edu> 
>
> DN>    The most amusing sight I've seen in terms of ATM placement is in
> DN> Kenmore Square...There's a BayBank with a row of ATM's in it, and
> DN> right next door is a Store 24.  On the other side of the wall from
> DN> the row of ATMs is a BayBank Xpress24 CASH.  Someone will fork out
> DN> 75 cents extra just to avoid walking a few feet.  The sad thing is,
> DN> it's true...
>
>Of course that BayBank didn't used to exist, so the only "real"
>XPRESS-24 in the Square was the one in the BU Bookstore "Mall".
>
>And then there were the days when there was a real BayBank in Warren
>Towers, and they still put the XPRESS-24 CASH into the convenience store
>at the other end of the building...

   Of course, thanks to the expansion of University Computers, they took those
"real" Xpress-24s out of the Bookstore Mall.  They replaced it with a little
unit right next to the front door, which looks suspiciously like an Xpress-24
CASH, but isn't.  I used it once, and I was just _waiting_ for my statement to
come with a surcharge, because I checked that machine over carefully, and 
nowhere did it say Xpress-24 CASH on it.

   They didn't charge me...darn.  And I had my lawyers all ready, too... 8)

			    Dipesh Navsaria
			(navsaria@bu-pub.bu.edu)
	 "Practice Random Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty"
From: gemmellj@merrimack.edu
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: My favorite T line and station
Date: 27 Sep 92 19:45:35 GMT
Organization: Merrimack College, No. Andover, MA, USA

My favorite T line is the red line from Charles/MGH to Ailwaiffe.
My favorite T station is Harvard Square
From: James_J_Kowalczyk@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Boston Mac Users Group info wanted
Date: Tue,  6 Oct 92 05:43:45 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)


Could someone please send me the address and/or phone number
of the Boston Macintosh Users' Group?

Thanks alot,
Jim Kowalczyk
Eisai Research Institute
Andover, MA  01810

James_J_Kowalczyk@cup.portal.com
From: gjc@mitech.com (George J. Carrette)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Ft. Devens Airport
Date: 2 Oct 92 10:08:34 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Mitech Corporation, Concord MA

In article <1992Sep29.134715.4087@westford.ccur.com>, chuck@westford.ccur.com (Chuck Palmer) writes:
> The problem is that
> Logan Airport is one of the most inaccessable airports in the country, IMHO.

Well, we are now spending over a BILLION DOLLARS "fixing" that problem.

The "fix" may or may not work. But after spending that amount of
money will we be willing to admit that the fix did not work?

-gjc
Newsgroups: ne.general
From: lauren@goldilocks.lcs.mit.edu (Lauren Rhines)
Subject: desperately seeking subjects
Organization: MIT/LCS Spoken Language Systems
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 16:25:11 GMT


We're STILL looking for people to help us in our ongoing effort to
collect speech data.  Our system enables you to make travel plans by
talking to a computer.  During the data collection session, you will
be asked to solve several different problem scenarios using speech
input.  You will ask our system questions and it will answer
you with information to help make travel plans/reservations.

It takes approximately 40 minutes and we're looking for people who
can come in the next couple of weeks.  We will
give you a $10.00 gift certificate for Toscanini's, the Royal East, or
the Coop for your time.  Please contact Lauren at 253-3049
(lauren@goldilocks.lcs.mit.edu) to set up an appointment.

Thanks!!
From: phil@miracle.com (Phil Hill)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: New Phone Rates for BU
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 15:12:54 EDT
Organization: Miracle Computer Consultants

navsaria@bass.bu.edu (Dipesh Navsaria) writes:
>...It cost me $9.88 a
>month over the summer for basic measured phone service and touch-tone, and now
>for that same service (plus the supposedly "free" features which I don't want
>nor need), I'm being charged over 14 dollars.

A $14 phone bill and you are complaining???  Wake up and join the real world.
I'd love to only have to pay $14 for phone service.



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Newsgroups: ne.general
From: dbrooks@penge.osf.org (David Brooks)
Subject: Re: Inbound vs. Outbound
Organization: Open Software Foundation
	<1992Sep30.184319.14937@linus.mitre.org>
	<1992Oct1.223154.7209@etnibsd.uucp> <1992Oct2.184403.12991@odi.com>
Distribution: ne
Date: 2 Oct 92 23:40:32

ed@odi.com (Ed Schwalenberg) writes:

> Sardonic question: which way is the third harbor tunnel going to go?

Down.
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Newsgroups: ne.general
From: vail@tegra.com (Johnathan Vail)
Subject: Re: Ft. Devens Airport
Organization: Tegra-Varityper, Inc. Billerica, MA
Distribution: ne
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 19:46:25 GMT



In article <1992Sep28.151638.72813@uvmark.uucp> tom@uvmark.uucp (Tom Rauschenbach) writes:

   I have seen and read many arguments against a new airport at Ft. Devens.  Many
   of these seem pretty convincing.  I have not however heard the other side.
   Is anybody out there in favor of this new airport ?  If so, what are the 
   arguments for it ?  It seems kind of lazy for me to have an opinion when I
   make the opposition's case.
   Thanks


Just a guess but:

 * Close to major highways (Rt2 and 495)

 * Plenty of land.

 * Relatively close to Boston

 * Land available from government (cheap?)



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From: rnewman@bbn.com (Ron Newman)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Ft. Devens Airport
Date: 2 Oct 92 15:35:58 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Bolt, Beranek & Newman, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: spcsun25.bbn.com

In article <1992Oct1.223154.7209@etnibsd.uucp>, vsh@etnibsd.uucp (Steve Harris) writes:

|> 	==== Boston parochialism flame ON ====
|> 
|> Once again Boston demonstrates its provinciality with its choice of
|> names for the two tunnels between Boston and East Boston.  In most
|> cities, it would simply be the XXX tunnels, which you could take either
|> inbound or outbound, east or west, etc..

I believe the tunnels were built at different times.   Originally
there was just one two-lane tunnel carrying two-way traffic
(a configuration still used occasionally when repairs are being
done on one of the tunnels)

-- 
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From: phil@miracle.com (Phil Hill)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Ft. Devens Airport
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 92 11:54:45 EDT
Organization: Miracle Computer Consultants

vsh@etnibsd.uucp (Steve Harris) writes:
>
>    .	"Sumner" has 2 syllables,
>    .	"in" has 2 letters,
>    .	the Sumner tunnel is inbound
>
>    .	"Callahan" has 3 syllables,
>    .	"out" has 3 letters,
>    .	the Callihan tunnel is outbound.
>

Great!  Now you just have to remember if you are inbound to the airport or
inbound to Boston.

... Sorry I forgot that in the quaint Bostonian mind, Boston is the center
of the universe.  But, if you think like that, you would know which tunnel
is which.

Try this:  Think of the "S" in Sumner as a $, and remember that Boston
charges a toll to enter the city.  (unlike New Jersey, which charges a
toll to leave the state [which most people GLADLY pay]).  This way you
also will remember which side is the toll side.
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From: rnewman@bbn.com (Ron Newman)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Ft. Devens Airport
Date: 30 Sep 92 17:16:15 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Bolt, Beranek & Newman, Inc.
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In article <1992Sep29.134715.4087@westford.ccur.com>, chuck@westford.ccur.com (Chuck Palmer) writes:
 
|> 	Although no one wants an airport runway at the end of their street,
|> it is bound to happen some place around Boston some day. The problem is that
|> Logan Airport is one of the most inaccessable airports in the country, IMHO.

Huh?  Logan Airport is one of the most convenient in the country--
just a few minutes from downtown Boston.   For an inaccessible
airport, check out Dulles, which is about 88 miles west of DC
(or feels like it).  Or Pittsburgh.  Or Dallas-Fort Worth...

|> Washington National wins for most obsolete layout.

Washington National is one of the few that's even more accessible
than Logan--you can walk from the Metro station to your gate
in less than 5 minutes.

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From: fung@figaro.med.harvard.edu (Karen S. Fung)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: head hunters: opinions?
Keywords: head-hunters
Date: 5 Oct 92 21:14:42 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Harvard Medical School, Dept. of Health Care Policy


	I've never used an 'agency' before and would like to know 
people's experience using one.  I was thinking of using it to find a job 
in Statistical Analysis or related fields (operations research, 
quality assurance, actuarial work, etc.)

	My friend recommended Prime Selection in Waltham, MA.  

	Does anybody know of other agencies that may have placements
in the statistical sciences?

thanks all - karen
From: richb@kronos.com (Rich Braun)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Two type of baybank machines: was: Anyone else get this from BayBank?
Date: 28 Sep 92 17:16:00 GMT
Organization: Kronos Inc. / Waltham, MA
Disclaimer: This posting is a personal opinion and not that of Kronos Inc.

navsaria@bass.bu.edu (Dipesh Navsaria) writes:
>>On the other side of the wall from the row of ATMs is a BayBank
>>Xpress24 CASH.  Someone will fork out 75 cents extra just to avoid walking a
>>few feet.  The sad thing is, it's true...

mem@mv.mv.com (Mark E. Mallett) writes:
>Plenty of evidence for things like this.
>
>Like the people you see circling the parking lot 5 minutes to save a 20
>foot walk.

Ah, but for those of us who've cut our BayBank cards in half some time
ago, the distinction between a BayBank ATM and an Xpress24 CASH
machine is moot.  Foreign-ATM transactions can be done at either one,
with the fee set by _your_ bank rather than BayBank.  So should I
ever find myself in that convenience store, the 20-foot savings could
be er, um, ever so convenient... ;-)

My point is really that one should consider the percentage of ATM
users who have BayBank cards.  If it's less than 100%, then there is
indeed a market for these additional machines; BayBank itself realizes
that and has been putting networked Xpress24 machines all over the place.

-rich
From: rdonahue@spdcc.com (Bob Donahue)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Ft. Devens Airport
Date: 29 Sep 92 15:51:59 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: insert anything here

chuck@westford.ccur.com (Chuck Palmer) writes:

>	Although no one wants an airport runway at the end of their street,
>it is bound to happen some place around Boston some day. The problem is that
>Logan Airport is one of the most inaccessable airports in the country, IMHO.

	You're joking.

	Logan is one of the FEW airports in a major city that has direct
access via public transportation. (The Blue line).  Even in NYC you
have to transfer several times to get to either airport.  Most of the
time I fly I leave my car at work and then take public trans to/from
Logan.  It would help if the Red line were ever to meet the Blue line
(is there still any talk of extending the Blue line from Bowdoin to
Charles?)... 

	The worst part of parking at Logan is the PRICE.  It is the most
expensive airport I have run across yet for parking.

>The combination of rush hour traffic, the tunnels and airport traffic is
>a real pain (and possibly a detriment to business, but I'll stay away from that
>arguement).

	I've never had much trouble - of course I never plan trips
around rush hour.

>Washington National wins for most obsolete layout.

	Now I cna't speak for there...  But the airport I CRINGE about
having to enter is DFW.  

>	Just my opinion...

	Yup.

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