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From: cdt@sw.stratus.com (C. D. Tavares)
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
Subject: Re: Here's news...  Joe Mollicone FOUND!
Date: 13 Apr 92 19:23:17 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.

In article <1992Apr12.160944.10367@cs.uri.edu>, reynhout@cs.uri.edu writes:
>    Straight off the AP newswire to you:  Joe Mollicone has been found and 
> has surrendered to State Police.  He's being held under tight security at
> the ACI.  That's all that's come across so far.

The news said when found, he had $9 in his pockets.

Of course.  If you had more, would YOU go back to RI?
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From: rbutera@barred.owlnet.rice.edu (Rob Butera)
Subject: Re: Let's talk: RI Best & Worst
Organization: Rice University
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 15:32:47 GMT

In article <1992Apr17.091359.25966@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu>, jlevitt@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Mortiana) writes:
> 
> NOT thayer street in providence! *grin*
> actually, my favorite spot to shop is at the emerald square mall...
> 

No fair!  That's not in Rhode Island.

Actually, I was quite pleased last time I saw that mall - its the first 
mall anywhere RI that is of a significant size.  The rest of country seems to
think of a "normal" mall as being much bigger than something like RI or 
Warwick or Lincoln (at least where I've lived in Atlanta and Houston).

> 
> Mortiana
> a.k.a. Julie Levitt
> a.k.a. Opal
> jlevitt@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu
> 

-- 
Rob Butera - ECE grad student   Rice University, Houston, TX   rbutera@rice.edu
"The 'wall of separation of church and state' is a metaphor based on bad
 history, a metaphor which has proved useless as a guide to judging.  It should
 be frankly and explicity abandoned." - Chief Justice William Rehnquist
From: dgd@cs.bu.edu (David Durand)
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
Subject: Re: favorite radio stations and such..
Date: 17 Apr 92 20:14:16 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.DGD.92Apr17161416
Organization: Roberstool Research Labs
In-reply-to: daf10@po.cwru.edu's message of 17 Apr 92 18:50:07 GMT


    Well, as an ex-RI native and Providence _fan_. I must say that
radio has not been a great recommendation for RI in quite a while. The
two things that are better about living in Cambridge are the radio,
and access to Harvard square bookstores.  Since WBRU hired their
program "consultants" and got a fixed format, rather than relying on
the students to choose the music they play, there has not been much in
the way of good radio in Providence. WRIU _is_ good but you can't get
it too well in Providence. (At least last I checked).

    So, Providence may be great, but I still hope one day the BRU
staff will stage a counter-revolution, play new _non-pop_ music, and
bring back Uncle Bernie's show -- I know he's still in the city
because I've seen him around on visits back.
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
From: drb@cs.brown.edu (Dan Bornstein)
Subject: Re: WE ARE MARGINALIZED!!!!!!!
Organization: Brown Computer Science Dept.
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 14:31:34 GMT

In article <1992Apr15.123921.1@amherst.edu>, smmetzger@amherst.edu writes:
>But nothing beat the time that my family and I rented a camper one summer and
>traveled all over the country (I was about 8 at the time.) At a Tennessee gas
>station, we told the attendant where we were from, and he replied, "Oh yeah,
>that's that island off the coast of Carolina right? Yah, I've been there!"

hehehe. Reminds me of an experience I recently had. My parents just
moved to Virginia, and I was home for the holidays. A neighbor rang
the doorbell and I answered. She said something like, "Haven't seen
you before. Where've you been hiding?" I said, "I go to college in
Rhode Island." "Where's that? In New York?"

-dan
drb@cs.brown.edu                      Curse you, Inspector Dim!
                                      You are too clever for us naughty people.
                                          -- Monty Python
From: smd@ecl.psu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
Subject: re: Let's Talk: RI Best and Worst
Date: 17 Apr 92 18:51:40 GMT
Organization: Engineering Computer Lab, Pennsylvania State University


>Let's get some discussion up and running, guys...
>
>-What's the best place for clamcakes and chowder in RI?
>
  I've never had a bad clamcake
  I usually had homemade ones
>
>-Favorite night spot? (and gosh, there are just SO many to choose from!)
>
 All my favorite night spots are closed (Living Room, Lupo's, etc.)
>-Favorite place to shop?
>	sub-question: The infamous "Rhode Island vs. Warwick Mall" controversy
  I like the Exeter Mall personally
>
>-Best Rhode Island jeer/joke you've heard?
>
   can't recall any offhand

>-Favorite local news station?

  Channel 10  
>
>-Worst toupee on a local newscaster???
>
  Which one's have toupees?? 
>===============================================================================
>Susan "Meg" Metzger    | "Speak a little softer/ Work a little louder/ Shoot
>		       |  less with more care/ Sing a little sweeter/ Love a 
>Amherst College        |  little longer/ And soon you will be there..."
>smmetzger@amherst.edu  |					-Jane Siberry
>==============================================================================
    
 Stephen Dolan  
 Penn State University
From: dcousins@bbn.com (Dave Cousins)
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
Subject: Re: reggae in RI
Date: 13 Apr 92 15:58:34 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com

jeremy@Apple.COM (Jeremy J. B. Nguyen) writes:

>NRM105@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>>Besides The Red Brick Tavern on Thursday nights, does anyone know where to find
>> decent reggae?

>Are the Mystic Jammers still around?  Go anywhere they're playing...

>-jeremy bornstein

Or follow any one of the 35,000,000 ska/regge/chile-clone bands poping up.

I hear Bob-Harvey is a good show, check out the Oceanmist or Bonview for
these guys.
From: Espo@cup.portal.com (STEVEN MICHAEL ESPOSITO)
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
Subject: Re: Ocean State and Vermont
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 02:30:06 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: na
  <92077.183208IO00878@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> <1500@transfer.stratus.com>
  <1992Apr7.044112.8719@rice.edu>

Just to let you know that reading this group helps cure that 
homesic sickness feeling I sometimes get. Being in the Air Force
stationed in Guam (about 7 hours past Hawaii) it is good to 
hear people talking about home. I was back in Jul/Aug last year
for my first visit in 3 years and hope to be back again in oct.
I am from smithfield. I noticed someone else on the net recenlty
from Smithfield and would like to touch base with him. Please email
here or to Espo on america online.

Steve Esposito

Espo@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
From: rbutera@sawwhet.owlnet.rice.edu (Rob Butera)
Subject: Re: Here's news...  Joe Mollicone FOUND!
Organization: Rice University
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 20:21:24 GMT

In article <2157@transfer.stratus.com>, cdt@sw.stratus.com (C. D. Tavares) writes:
> In article <1992Apr12.160944.10367@cs.uri.edu>, reynhout@cs.uri.edu writes:
> >    Straight off the AP newswire to you:  Joe Mollicone has been found and 
> > has surrendered to State Police.  He's being held under tight security at
> > the ACI.  That's all that's come across so far.

Could someone provide more details for those of us who occaisonally
receive Rhode Island monthly, but that's about it?

> 
> The news said when found, he had $9 in his pockets.
> 
> Of course.  If you had more, would YOU go back to RI?

No.  I've already conned my entire immediately family to do the same.
Still, its a great place to visit when you haven't been there for a while and
starting getting nostalgic about your childhood ....

-- 
Rob Butera - ECE grad student   Rice University, Houston, TX   rbutera@rice.edu
"I would say that a buzz saw blade between the guy's legs on the album cover is
 a good indication that it's not for little Johnny." - Frank Zappa to the 
 Senate Commerce Committee hearing on dirty rock lyrics
From: cdt@sw.stratus.com (C. D. Tavares)
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
Subject: Re: WE ARE MARGINALIZED!!!!!!!
Date: 16 Apr 92 19:56:29 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.

In article <SPIKE.92Apr16120028@world.std.com>, spike@world.std.com (Joe Ilacqua) writes:
> 	I once was comming back into the US from Mexico, and showed my
> Rhode Island drivers license as ID.  The *US* border guard asked me if
> Rhode Island was part of New York!  You'd think there'd be a test or
> something for the job.

But at least I bet he knew that New Mexico was a state, which is more than
too many Washington bureaucrats know when they reject things like Social
Security claims from there because the claimant "must be a citizen..."
-- 

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OR cdt@vos.stratus.com        write today for my special Investors' Packet...
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Tuesday, 14 Apr 1992 23:26:41 EDT
From: MARK McKENNA <MJM13@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
Subject: Re: Ocean State and Vermont
Distribution: na
 <92077.183208IO00878@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> <1500@transfer.stratus.com>
 <1992Apr7.044112.8719@rice.edu>

In article <1992Apr7.044112.8719@rice.edu>, rbutera@barred.owlnet.rice.edu (Rob
Butera) says:


>This can cause some confusion to a New Englander.  In RI, if you order
>some tea, its hot.  In the South, its cold.  You must specifically ask
>for "hot" tea if that's how you want it.

A similar thing will happens in RI/ Mass as far as coffee (hot).. "regular"
means cream and 1 sugar... My folks used to own a donut shop in Mass and
boy you should've seen the looks from "outsiders" who were expecting black
coffee and got cream and sugar.

Also, since my folks used to get Autocrat Coffee... we heard this story about
coffee syrup... it seems that some RIer sent some to a friend in Kansas City>--
Well autocrat got this complaint letter how their coffee syrup was just terribl
e... just couldn 't make a good cup of coffee no matter how she diluted it
nor how she heated it......

                                          Mark
PROVIDENCE RI.... where friendship is a one way street.....
Butera - ECE grad student   Rice University, Houston, TX
>rbutera@rice.edu

>               STOP CONTINENTAL DRIFT!        (local bumpersticker)
From: leman@underg.UUCP (Leman Russ)
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
Subject: Re: Metal in RI
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 92 09:15:13 EDT
Organization: Underground Computing Foundation

IO70470@MAINE.MAINE.EDU writes:

> 
>   I'll be moving to RI in may. Anyway, I'm wondering if
> there are any metal clubs near Newport. Also, I am a dirtbiker,
> and was curious if this is a popular/common activity in RI.
> Any help would be appreciated. E-mail me at
>    skennedy@poirot.eece.maine.edu
> -Shawn


I would like to give you some advise.  If you have a choice, don't move to 
RI.  It's a nice place to visit, but in reasent years, you wouldn't want to 
live here.
    From a native RIer, born and raised.

Leman of the Russ               "And they shall know no fear!"
[Underg!leman@uunet.uu.net]
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
From: sgm@sgfb.ssd.ray.com (Myerson)
Subject: Re: Let's talk: RI Best & Worst
Organization: Raytheon Company, Portsmouth, RI
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 13:26:00 GMT

In article <1992Apr16.184738.1@amherst.edu> smmetzger@amherst.edu writes:
>Let's get some discussion up and running, guys...
>
>-What's the best place for clamcakes and chowder in RI?
Aunt Carrie's 

>-Favorite night spot? (and gosh, there are just SO many to choose from!)
Well, it used to be Checkers, but they closed. Mustang Sally's is
good if you like oldies.

>-Favorite place to shop?
>	sub-question: The infamous "Rhode Island vs. Warwick Mall" controversy
Home Depot! Well, their clothes selection is not very extensive.
I prefer the Swansea Mall and the Dartmouth Mall.

>-Favorite local news station?
Channel 10. Has been for years.

Steve Myerson (sgm@sgfb.ssd.ray.com)
From: smmetzger@amherst.edu
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
Subject: WE ARE MARGINALIZED!!!!!!!
Date: 15 Apr 92 16:39:21 GMT
Organization: Amherst College, Amherst, MA.

If anyone out there is like me, a removed Rhode Islander, do you get ribbings
for being from our little gem of a state? Maybe its just the collegiate scene,
but every time I tell someone where I'm from, they get this tiny smirk on their
face (I suppose that is, however, better than a blank stare.) One friend of
mine has a new anti-RI joke for me everytime I see her. Gotta love it.

But nothing beat the time that my family and I rented a camper one summer and
traveled all over the country (I was about 8 at the time.) At a Tennessee gas
station, we told the attendant where we were from, and he replied, "Oh yeah,
that's that island off the coast of Carolina right? Yah, I've been there!"
				
					Sigh.

						-Meg
 
===============================================================================
Susan "Meg" Metzger    | "Speak a little softer/ Work a little louder/ Shoot
                       |  less with more care/ Sing a little sweeter/ Love a 
Amherst College        |  little longer/ And soon you will be there..."
smmetzger@amherst.edu  |					-Jane Siberry
==============================================================================
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
From: daf10@po.cwru.edu (David A. Ferrance)
Subject: Re: WE ARE MARGINALIZED!!!!!!!
Organization: Case Western Reserve University
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 04:31:21 GMT

In article <1992Apr15.123921.1@amherst.edu> smmetzger@amherst.edu writes:

>If anyone out there is like me, a removed Rhode Islander, do you get ribbings
>for being from our little gem of a state? Maybe its just the collegiate scene,
>but every time I tell someone where I'm from, they get this tiny smirk on their
>face (I suppose that is, however, better than a blank stare.) One friend of
>mine has a new anti-RI joke for me everytime I see her. Gotta love it.

I get the same thing out here in Cleveland...  People will ask me things
like "Do you know Bob?"  They can't believe there is more than one
"Bob" in such a small state...

	dave
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
From: johnsonc@spot.Colorado.EDU (Chris Johnson)
Subject: the Bubbler
Summary: Where did "bubbler" come from?
Keywords: bubbler oddities nonesuch
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 17:34:21 GMT

Since I moved to Colorado for college (where Pop isn't just a sound,
it's a carbonated beverage), I have been laughed at many a time for
using the word "bubbler" in reference to a drinking fountain.  Does
anyone know of where this came about, and is it used ANYWHERE outside
of RI?  Personally, I think it is a better word than fountain, a fountain
sits in parks with water spewing from places you don't want to drink from!

Are there support groups for people like me? :-)

Chris
johnsonc@spot.colorado.edu

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From: Sarek@world.std.com (Garrett S Fitzgerald)
Subject: Re: Ocean State and Vermont
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 17:55:17 GMT

In article <92105.232641MJM13@psuvm.psu.edu> MARK McKENNA <MJM13@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>PROVIDENCE RI.... where friendship is a one way street.....

Oh, come on, you've got to do the rest of it. :-)

Providence, RI--the city where it rains two days out of three, except
during the rainy season, when it snows like a bitch.

And Friendship is a one-way street.

The rich folks live on Power Street,

but most of us live off Hope. :-)
-------------------------
"We're the biggest little state in the union..."
-- 
Sarek of Vulcan
a.k.a. Garrett Fitzgerald `:-)
Official Masseur to the _rest_ of the RFA :-)
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Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Tuesday, 7 Apr 1992 09:22:25 EDT
From: <IO70470@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
Subject: Metal in RI

   I am moving to RI in May. Two of my major interests
are heavy metal and motocross. If anyone out there knows if
either of these activities are common in RI I'd appreciate
hearing from you. Thanks in advance. E-mail at
    skennedy@poirot.eece.maine.edu
-Shawn
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
From: huot@cray.com (Tom Huot)
Subject: Re: coffee cabinet?
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Distribution: alt
Date: 12 Apr 92 19:03:19 CDT

In article <1992Apr12.796.204@channel1> "brian sheehan" <brian.sheehan@channel1.com> writes:
>A friend of mine at work is originally from Rhode Island, and recently 
>mentioned something she called a "coffee cabinet". Sounds an awful lot 
>like a milk shake, but the thing she couldn't explain is where the 
>name comes from- does anybody know?

Nope, but coffee anything is popular in RI. Here's another question on
the same subject: Where does the name "grinder" come from? For anyone
not familiar with RI'ese, it's a submarine sandwich.
-- 
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From: "brian sheehan" <brian.sheehan@channel1.com>
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
Subject: coffee cabinet?
Date: 12 Apr 92 11:52:26 EST
Reply-To: "brian sheehan" <brian.sheehan@channel1.com>
Distribution: alt
Organization: Channel 1 Communications

A friend of mine at work is originally from Rhode Island, and recently 
mentioned something she called a "coffee cabinet". Sounds an awful lot 
like a milk shake, but the thing she couldn't explain is where the 
name comes from- does anybody know?
---
  DeLuxe 1.21 #10901  
--
Channel 1 (R)   Cambridge, MA

Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
From: daf10@po.cwru.edu (David A. Ferrance)
Subject: favorite radio stations and such..
Organization: Case Western Reserve University
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 18:50:07 GMT

What?  With all this talk about progressive music before, no one has
claimed WBRU as their favorite radio station.  Odd...

	dave
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
From: rbutera@barred.owlnet.rice.edu (Rob Butera)
Subject: Re: Ocean State and Vermont
Organization: Rice University
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 04:41:12 GMT

In article <1500@transfer.stratus.com>, cdt@sw.stratus.com (C. D. Tavares) writes:
> In article <92077.183208IO00878@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>, IO00878@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (Anthony P. Bruno) writes:
> > Question : Why have Eclipse Coffee Syrup and Autocrat Co. been so
> > unsuccessful in marketing their products elsewhere?  Has anyone
> > seen coffee syrup in other parts of the country??
> 
> When I lived down South, asking any restaurant waitress for an iced coffee
> usually resulted in "An iced what?  You mean an iced tea?" and later, "I
> never heard of such a thing!"  So Autocrat is up against more than one 
> cultural wall.

Wow.  A Rhode Island group.  I can't escape it, no matter how far away I get!

W.R.T. the above:

Forget the south.  There are people in Massachusetss and Rhode Island that
have never heard of coffee syrup (or Autocrat, for that matter.  My parents
used to own an office-coffee-service with customers throuout RI and Mass.
Very few of the Massachusetts customers had even heard of Autocrat coffee.
BTW - Autocrat boguht out my parents' business :-) )

A lesson in Ice Tea (from someone who spent five years in school in Atlanta
and is now in Texas for another five or so):

Ice Tea (or Tea, for short) is a regularly consumed staple anywhere in the
eastern US, and extending throughout the south to the southwest.  In the
"deep" south (Georgia, Alabama, etc.) you must specify "sweet" or "unsweet."
Everywhere else (including Florida, where my ex-RI parents have bailed out
to) serves unsweetened by default.

This can cause some confusion to a New Englander.  In RI, if you order
some tea, its hot.  In the South, its cold.  You must specifically ask
for "hot" tea if that's how you want it.

About 20 years ago, my parents went to New Orleans.  Not knowing how
ignorant the rest of the country was about iced coffee, they asked for it.
The confused waitress didn't ask for clarifications, but returned with
a cup of coffee and a cup of ice.  This is the same restaurant that had an
antipasto listed on the menu as a "wop salad" ...

There's a bit of irony in the above.  I don't know if RI has any of those
yuppified coffee shop-desert type places where they serve cups of coffee
costing over $3.  Anyway, these shops are now into their own form of 
iced coffee, and the rest of the yuppies around the country seem to think 
its some new thing.  Its basically a little pot of overpriced cappucino or
espresso.  You put some ice in some sort of strainer over the glass and
pour the hot coffee into the cup.  I am not making this up.  How bogus!

Hey  - this is fun!  Are there any Public Access UNIX systems
up there I could telnet into?  Preferably at no cost?

-- 
Rob Butera - ECE grad student   Rice University, Houston, TX   rbutera@rice.edu

               STOP CONTINENTAL DRIFT!        (local bumpersticker)
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
From: man@cs.brown.edu (Mark H. Nodine)
Subject: Re: coffee cabinet?
Organization: Brown Computer Science Dept.
Distribution: alt
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 13:50:17 GMT

In article <1992Apr12.796.204@channel1>, "brian sheehan" <brian.sheehan@channel1.com> writes:
|> A friend of mine at work is originally from Rhode Island, and recently 
|> mentioned something she called a "coffee cabinet". Sounds an awful lot 
|> like a milk shake, but the thing she couldn't explain is where the 
|> name comes from- does anybody know?

Gee, I guess we need a FAQ file for even this newsgroup!  Who'da
thunk it?

	--Mark
Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Tuesday, 7 Apr 1992 09:19:00 EDT
From: <IO70470@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
Subject: Metal in RI

  I'll be moving to RI in may. Anyway, I'm wondering if
there are any metal clubs near Newport. Also, I am a dirtbiker,
and was curious if this is a popular/common activity in RI.
Any help would be appreciated. E-mail me at
   skennedy@poirot.eece.maine.edu
-Shawn
From: Rmanochia@warren.med.harvard.edu
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
Subject: Re: coffee cabinet?
Date: 13 Apr 92 18:25:02 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: Harvard Medical School

In article <1992Apr12.796.204@channel1> brian.sheehan@channel1.com (brian sheehan) writes:

>A friend of mine at work is originally from Rhode Island, and recently 
>mentioned something she called a "coffee cabinet". Sounds an awful lot 
>like a milk shake, but the thing she couldn't explain is where the 
>name comes from- does anybody know?
>---
> ~ DeLuxe} 1.21 #10901 ~ 
>--
>Channel 1 (R)   Cambridge, MA
The original RI milk shakes were made by a device which resided in a 
cabinet (ie. kitchen cabinet). Thus, the name 'cabinet'. They come in as 
many flavors as their milk shake cousins.
From: clare@alldunn.East.Sun.COM (Clare Dunn - Sun ECOPS Supplier Engineering)
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
Subject: Re: WE ARE MARGINALIZED!!!!!!!
Date: 16 Apr 92 16:15:02 GMT
Reply-To: clare@alldunn.East.Sun.COM
Organization: Sun Microsystems
NNTP-Posting-Host: alldunn.east.sun.com

>>hehehe. Reminds me of an experience I recently had. My parents just
>>moved to Virginia, and I was home for the holidays. A neighbor rang
>>the doorbell and I answered. She said something like, "Haven't seen
>>you before. Where've you been hiding?" I said, "I go to college in
>>Rhode Island." "Where's that? In New York?"

When I first moved to a VERY small town in Texas (Lefors, by name), I spent
a good deal of my time explaining that Rhode Island is NOT a city in the 
State of New England...                       

ceedee