From: huot@cray.com (Tom Huot)
Subject: Re: My views on Providence/RI
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Date: 16 Dec 92 09:46:16 CST

cbas38@vaxa.strath.ac.uk wrote:
: 
: 	I'm just back from 3 months "exile" at Brown University and I must
: say I was impressed by your little state.  I stayed just off Thayer Street
: and it was rather a pleasant place to stay.  My lasting impressions of
: the place are;
: 
: 
: Wings to Go on Thayers St (especially when drunk :-)   )
: 
: Laguna....open to 2am at weekends. 
: 
: The Inexpensive clothes at Gap
: 
: The Inexpensive CDs in Coconuts
: 
: Kabob and Curry on Thayer St.......good attempt at an Indian restaurant 
: but sorry, nowhere as good as the ones we have in Glasgow.
: 
: Getting asked for proof of age in the liquor store on Meeting Street. Havent
: been asked that for years now !!
: 
: The number of pretentious students at Brown, especially when it comes
: to drinking a cup of coffee !!
: 
: Students work far too hard at Brown.  As a result the social activities tend
: to be slightly different from those we have at Strathclyde..........
: 
: The deadly slow postal system.  It seemed to take ages for mail to arrive
: from Scotland and several letters never reached me.
: 
: The manners and courtesy of people working in pubs, shops and restaurants
: was overwhelming, even if it did mean leaving a tip behind. This sort of
: thing is uncommon in the UK and it's always a real pain for staff here to
: be helpful.  It's as if the customer is being an inconvience to them.  
: Surprised as well to see cars stop to allow pedestrians to cross. It doesnt
: happen here.

Excuse me ... but what Providence were you in where motorists actually
showed courtesy? It could not have been the one in RI! ;-}

: 
: The relatively mild weather when I was over. It's always rotten in Scotland :-(
: 
: The fact that Scottish fitba' was shown on cable TV even though I had no 
: access to it.  Congratulations to the NY Times for printing fitba' results
: on a Sunday.  However the attitude in general to fitba' is very dissappointing
: especially when the Americans still consider Maradona to be the No.1 player
: in the world but the sad fact is that he'll never regain that greatness again.
: 
: Boston was nice but my memories of it are rather vague......
: 
: All in all, I enjoyed my visit but I couldnt live there full time. Different
: "culture" is the problem...........
: 
: 
: 
:  
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:                                        + "First we gave the English golf,
: Sandy Mackinnon,                       +  but they gave us bingo in return
: At the Cutting Edge of Fuel Science,   + 
: University of Strathclyde,             +  then we gave them Logie Baird,
: Glasgow,                               +  but they gave us Beadle in return
: Scotland.                              +  
: cbas38@vaxa.strath.ac.uk               +  then we gave them whisky but we said
: 				       +  thanks but no thanks in return"
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Tom Huot        			       
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