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From: malis@star-trek.bbn.com (Andy Malis)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Needed good Dentist in Boston/Brookline
Date: 13 Oct 1992 18:19:57 GMT
Distribution: ne
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In article <98386@bu.edu>, schin@acs.bu.edu (neil schier) writes:
> Can anyone recommend or warn me of a good dentist in Boston or Brookline.

I highly recommend Dr. Robert Guen, at 1035A Beacon St. at the
Boston/Brookline border, where the C trolley exits the tunnel.
232-2700.  Tell him I sent you.

Andy

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From: betsys@cs.umb.edu (Elizabeth Schwartz)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Massachusetts Number 1!! : -)
Date: 9 Oct 92 15:17:20 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Boston

In article <Bvt17H.D2L@hsi.com> kenney@hsi.com (Brian Kenney) writes:

>From 'Car and Driver', November issue:
>   Research Council found that Massachusetts drivers ranked first
>   in rate of property damage and injury claims and had the worst
>   rate of accidents in the nation - 9.24 for every 100 cars. The

I remember seeing an article in the Globe that, shockingly, claimed
that we had one of the BEST rates in the nation for fatalities per
1000 drivers. The implication was that we bang up our cars a lot, but
we don't kill ourselves doing it that often.
  After the initial shock, this started to make sense. In Chicago, for
example, many collissions are drivers playing "chicken" at 80 miles an
hour at intersections....guaranteed fatal. If one tailgater rear-ends
another, even if both are going at high speed, if the difference
betwen their speeds is small the force of the crash will be relatively
small (although the next person to smash into the pile will hit
harder.)

  Does anyone have the fatalities figure?
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From: benkei@cs.utexas.edu (William Kent Richards)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Large crystals for sale
Date: 7 Oct 1992 01:32:16 -0500
Organization: U Texas Dept of Computer Sciences, Austin TX
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Posting for a friend. Her address is Beverly_Quinn@mindlink.bc.ca
 
These are official apprasials.
 
Eros is a 40 lb. medium dark citrine point with mica inclusions.  It
has an unpolished natural termination and originally comes from
Brazil.  Crystals of this size, perfection and clarity are extremely
rare.  The citrine color is also very unusual.  Retail price $8000.00
 
McEarl Point is a 5 lb. Arkansas crystal with bright internal
reflections.  It has rare blue needle inclusions and a self healed
face on the reverse.  Its point is unpolished and perfectly
terminated.  The McEarl mine is closed and hasn't produced for over 4
years.  This was the finest source of quartz in the world.
Retail price $7,500.00
-- 

Kent Richards                         "Practice acts of random kindness
benkei@cs.utexas.edu                   and senseless beauty"
From: betsys@cs.umb.edu (Elizabeth Schwartz)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Needed good Dentist in Boston/Brookline
Date: 13 Oct 92 05:40:10 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Boston

Stay away from New England Dental (Dr Hedayati.) He cost me a tooth
through sheer negligence. He threw away the supporting x-rays also.
Real shyster.
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From: jmc@SAIL.Stanford.EDU (John McCarthy)
Subject: Re: Where can I find State populations, 1800-present?
Reply-To: jmc@cs.Stanford.EDU
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University
Distribution: usa
Date: 7 Oct 92 21:08:30

In 1976 there was published a Historical Abstract of the United
States that had data from all the censuses and much else.
--
John McCarthy, Computer Science Department, Stanford, CA 94305
*
He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.

Newsgroups: ne.general
From: loverso@osf.org (John Robert LoVerso)
Subject: Re: anyone heard of a marketing "promotion" from Olympia Group?
Organization: OSF Research Institute, Cambridge MA
Distribution: ne
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 13:58:53 GMT

TANSTAAFL, especially when offered via a postcard in the mail!

John
From: twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Massachusetts Number 1!! :-)
Date: 12 Oct 92 15:01:01 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Amherst College, Amherst MA

In article <1992Oct12.043423.10355@netcom.com> wcorea@netcom.com (William C. Corea) writes:

>Most *fatal* accidents involve speed. Since you can't go more than
>15 MPH on most streets, it's hard to kill anybody.

Eh?  You can't go more than 15 MPH on most Massachusetts roads?  News
to me ...

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From: borden@head-cfa.harvard.edu (Dave Borden)
Newsgroups: ne.general,ne.forsale
Subject: Advice Sought on Selling a Car for Parts
Date: 13 Oct 92 14:03:10 GMT
Reply-To: borden@m5.harvard.edu
Distribution: ne
Organization: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA,  USA

Well, after almost two years, I've decided to get rid of my '81 Toyota
Corolla Tercel.  It's too bad, because mechanically it has a lot of life
in it, but the body is rusting away and is at the point where more than
one mechanic has called it unsafe.  This car has a lot of good parts in
it, though, notably five good Cooper tires, purchased in 1991, and a
fairly new radiator and fan.  I believe other parts may be usable as well,
though I'm not sure, not being knowledgeable about auto mechanics.  Does
anyone have advice on how I could get some reasonable money for some of
these things?  Thanks for your help.

    - Dave Borden
From: gjc@mitech.com (George J. Carrette)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Caller ID Returns
Date: 16 Oct 92 19:43:07 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Mitech Corporation, Concord MA

In article <1992Oct15.224310.24057@osf.org>, kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup) writes:
> In article <3147@mitech.com> gjc@mitech.com (George J. Carrette) writes:
> 
>>...It still allows caller ID [to be] -very- useful.
>>A phone or fax or modem or whatever can be programmed to
>>accept a call IF AND ONLY IF the caller provides an ID.
> 
> You also are gonna lose out on a lot of calls. 
> Ever consider what happens
> if someone calls you from an area NOT served by CID?

Obviously you can program your telephone to handle that case differently.
There is a difference between somebody who is unable to undentify themselves
for technology reasons and somebody WHO CAN IDENTIFY themselves
but chooses avoid doing so.

But who said the call would be lost?
No way! It would just get routed to the answering machine.

> Re: the "I wanna know if it's a telemarketer" argument: The procedure is
> really simple- HANG UP! 

Try doing that when you taking care of 3 kids at dinner time.
Just by getting up and answering the phone you have caused a lot
of trouble for yourself.

> ... you're probably also too timid to refuse beggars.

Well, I often do give something to beggars. 

Anyway, I do not plan on purchasing caller-id or any other supporting
technology. 

But I just wanted to point out that the person who said that
caller ID was going to be useless was not thinking about it
in a clever enough way.
From: jess@miracle.com (Jessica Thornburg)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Good Auto Service in Cambridge?
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 92 09:32:22 EDT
Organization: Miracle Computer Consultants

vsh@etnibsd.uucp (Steve Harris) writes:
>In article <klepper.718582192@slipknot.mit.edu> klepper@slipknot.mit.edu (Steve Klepper) writes:
>>Hello.  I need some engine work done on a 1985 Ford Mustang
>>which is burning oil.  Any recommendations of good garages,
>>which are honest and reliable, and which do engine work,
>>would be much appreciated.  Mechanics in Cambridge within a
>>long walk of MIT are preferable, but I would also consider
>>a strong recommendation for a place further away. 
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any responses!
>>
>>-- Steven
>>
>>klepper@slipknot.mit.edu
>
>Good News Garage, home of click and clack, the tappet brothers,
>hosts of WBUR's (and NPR's) Car Talk program.
>
>You'll have to look it up in the book, it's near MIT, and Tom
>and Ray (aka click and clack) are MIT grads.
>
>Good luck.
>-- 

Yeah, I'll bet they do really good work, but do you have any idea how long
you would have to wait for them to be available to work on your car?????
I've heard that the waiting list for that place is months, but that's nothing
firm.


>... Steve Harris - Eaton Corp. - Beverly, MA - vsh%etnibsd@uunet.uu.net
Newsgroups: ne.general
From: vsh@etnibsd.uucp (Steve Harris)
Subject: Re: Good Auto Service in Cambridge?
Keywords: Auto repair
Organization: Eaton Corp, Semiconductor Equipment Div., Beverly, MA
Distribution: ne
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 18:56:12 GMT

In article <klepper.718582192@slipknot.mit.edu> klepper@slipknot.mit.edu (Steve Klepper) writes:
>Hello.  I need some engine work done on a 1985 Ford Mustang
>which is burning oil.  Any recommendations of good garages,
>which are honest and reliable, and which do engine work,
>would be much appreciated.  Mechanics in Cambridge within a
>long walk of MIT are preferable, but I would also consider
>a strong recommendation for a place further away. 
>
>Thanks in advance for any responses!
>
>-- Steven
>
>klepper@slipknot.mit.edu

Good News Garage, home of click and clack, the tappet brothers,
hosts of WBUR's (and NPR's) Car Talk program.

You'll have to look it up in the book, it's near MIT, and Tom
and Ray (aka click and clack) are MIT grads.

Good luck.
-- 
... Steve Harris - Eaton Corp. - Beverly, MA - vsh%etnibsd@uunet.uu.net
From: fitz@wang.com (Tom Fitzgerald)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Massachusetts Number 1!! : -)
Date: 10 Oct 92 04:24:52 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA, USA

> >   Research Council found that Massachusetts drivers ranked first
> >   in rate of property damage and injury claims and had the worst
> >   rate of accidents in the nation - 9.24 for every 100 cars. The

blamb@hri.com (Bill Lambert) writes:

> Only about double the #2 contender? I am very surprised. Insurance
> fraud is a hobby for a significant part of the populace. Comes with
> a regulated industry, and high rates - catch 23.

I doubt it's the rates and regulation; insurance padding had been pretty
popular everywhere I've ever lived.  I think we earned those statistics
fairly, one dent at a time.

betsys@cs.umb.edu (Elizabeth Schwartz) writes:

> I remember seeing an article in the Globe that, shockingly, claimed
> that we had one of the BEST rates in the nation for fatalities per
> 1000 drivers. The implication was that we bang up our cars a lot, but
> we don't kill ourselves doing it that often.

The same thing appeared in an insurance company newletter a few years back.
Actually, I suspect that another major contributor is that, on many roads,
you can't go fast enough to do any serious harm to yourself without
seriously trashing your front-end alignment.

> If one tailgater rear-ends
> another, even if both are going at high speed, if the difference
> betwen their speeds is small the force of the crash will be relatively
> small 

Agreed.  I remember Texas, where the roads were wide, straight and long,
and accident victims had to be picked up in a shop-vac.

-- 
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1-508-967-5278   Lowell MA, USA                   It was closed...."
Newsgroups: ne.general
From: bzs@ussr.std.com (Barry Shein)
Subject: Re: anyone heard of a marketing "promotion" from Olympia Group?
Organization: The World
Distribution: ne
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 21:17:26 GMT


Although I don't have any direct experience my understanding is that
these promotionals are essentially scams which operate at the
boundaries of credibility.

Notice that two of the prizes are "A Hawaiian Holiday" and "A Jeweled
Tennis Bracelet", and it seems they didn't offer you the cash value of
these prizes?

Now, use your imagination, how much is "A Hawaiian Holiday" worth
which includes three nights in a flop in Honolulu, no travel, no food
etc? Even if it's a more reputable hotel how many people will take
them up on it if it doesn't include travel to/from Hawaii? And what
exactly is "A Jeweled Tennis Bracelet"? Wouldn't a $5 rhinestone piece
of junk qualify? Not bad if they get you to buy $550 in luggage for
either.

Now, what did you assume that those two prizes included? Why?

And none of that may be illegal or fraudulent, there's just a mismatch
between what the recipient imagined as "fabulous prizes" and what they
actually send, they're preying on the fact that most people assume
that giveaways involve valuable merchandise and match the most
optimistic interpretation of the prizes.

I would suggest that the best way to get any value out of one of these
postcard giveaways is to save them and use them as kindling for your
fireplace. I think these rate up there with the "Send me $10 and I'll
tell you how I earn a good living doing almost nothing" scams.

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From: betsys@cs.umb.edu (Elizabeth Schwartz)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Housing Laws: Lead paint and discrimination.
Date: 8 Oct 92 17:10:47 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Boston

My friend lives in an owner-occupied 3-unit building in Medford which
he suspects may have lead paint under the existing paint. The ideal
would be to get rid of it, but he can't afford to do that this year. 
   He's dealing with it by not renting to families with children (he
doesn't have to *refuse* to rent to them. The mention of lead paint
makes them go away.)

  We have  three questions:

1) Where can a landlord get information on relevant laws? My friend
has a reading disability and has an immensely difficult time wading
through reference material.

2) In an owner-occuied unit, does he indeed have the choice of renting
to whomever he likes? Is it legal to discriminate against families
with young children, or to advertise "no children?" Can he
discriminate against section 8 tenants? I had thought that in an 
owner-occupied building you didn't have to justify your choice of
tenants.

3) Could he be forced to de-lead by tenant with no children, or who
moved in then had a child, or by a *prospective* tenant with children?

(He does want to de-lead but sometimes laws are set up in ways which
can make a small landlord go broke. He's got an early-80's mortgage in
a 90's rental market)

Thanks for any advice or pointers to sources of advice. 

Betsy


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From: schin@acs.bu.edu (neil schier)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Needed good Dentist in Boston/Brookline
Date: 12 Oct 92 22:56:32 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Originator: schin@acs.bu.edu

Can anyone recommend or warn me of a good dentist in Boston or Brookline.

Thanks
Neil Schier
From: borden@head-cfa.harvard.edu (Dave Borden)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Good Auto Service in Cambridge?
Date: 16 Oct 92 13:47:50 GMT
Reply-To: borden@m5.harvard.edu
Distribution: ne
Organization: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA,  USA

In article <ldojcfINNeh9@news.bbn.com> levin@bbn.com (Joel B Levin) writes:
>In article <GeraldR.109.0@sunfish.ratsys.com> GeraldR@sunfish.ratsys.com (Gerald Ruderman) writes:
>|Good News is now (I think) on Hamilton Street which is (I think) off of 
>|Brookline which is off Mass Ave below Central Square. I have' lots of good 
>|experience there.
>|
>|I don't think they are busy as they used to be (recession and all).
>
>Don't bet on that.  I know my mechanic has been increasingly busy.
>With the recession people are keeping cars longer, and this helps keep
>mechanics in work.

Actually, I just called them yesterday (Thursday 10/15), and got an
appointment for this coming Thursday (10/22), at 7:30 AM.  It's probably
a cancellation or something like that.  Or maybe they've increased their
hours, or staff.

     - Dave Borden
       borden@m5.harvard.edu
From: kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Caller ID Returns
Date: 15 Oct 92 22:33:57 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Open Software Foundation


Well, CID won't arrive if you live in the "wrong" part of Boston, ie, served
by the Roxbury CO, like I am in Jamaica Plain. This is also the same CO that
has noisy lines, dropped connections, outdated switches, and no voicemail.
But, this is Boston. I ain't a bit surprised. 

The lady told me to call back in 3 years.

	-Kenny

-- 
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OSF, 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142	+1 617 621 7306
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From: ptrei@bistromath.mitre.org (Peter Trei)
Subject: Re: Massachusetts Number 1!! :-)
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Distribution: ne
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 13:24:30 GMT

In article <Bvt17H.D2L@hsi.com> kenney@hsi.com (Brian Kenney) writes:

>From 'Car and Driver', November issue (taken w/o permision, natch):

> In this country, Massachusetts wins the dubious distinction as home of
> the nation's worst drivers.  A report by the Insurance Research
> Council found that Massachusetts drivers ranked first in rate of
> property damage and injury claims and had the worst rate of accidents
> in the nation - 9.24 for every 100 cars. The District of Columbia was
> second, with 5.87 accidents, and New York third with 5.5 accidents.
> Wyoming ranked last, with just 2.91 accidents pre 100 cars.

     I have little doubt that this is true - the utter boneheadedness
of MA drivers, combined with poorly designed roads and intersections,
and the most idiotic and inconsistantly enforced "rules of the road"
I've ever encountered, makes this state fender-bender heaven.

     I've also heard (though I couldn't give a source to save my
life), that while MA has the highest *accident* rate, it ranks dead
last in the the driving *fatality* rate - in other words, while you're
more likely to be in an accident, you're less likely to be in a fatal
one.

						Peter Trei
From: blamb@hri.com (Bill Lambert)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Massachusetts Number 1!! :-)
Date: 9 Oct 92 14:25:51 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Horizon Research, Inc.

In article <Bvt17H.D2L@hsi.com>, kenney@hsi.com (Brian Kenney) writes:
=> From 'Car and Driver', November issue:
=> (taken w/o permision, natch)
=> 
=>    In this country, Massachusetts wins the dubious distinction as
=>    home of the nation's worst drivers.  A report by the Insurance
=>    Research Council found that Massachusetts drivers ranked first
=>    in rate of property damage and injury claims and had the worst
=>    rate of accidents in the nation - 9.24 for every 100 cars. The
=>    District of Columbia was second,  with 5.87 accidents, and New
=>    York third with 5.5 accidents.  Wyoming ranked last, with just
=>    2.91 accidents pre 100 cars.

Only about double the #2 contender? I am very surprised. Insurance
fraud is a hobby for a significant part of the populace. Comes with
a regulated industry, and high rates - catch 23.

- Bill Lambert
Newsgroups: ne.general
From: jclander@texas.mitre.org (Julian C. Lander)
Subject: Re: Needed good Dentist in Boston/Brookline
Reply-To: jclander@texas.mitre.org (Julian C. Lander)
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, McLean, Va
Distribution: ne
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 15:09:54 GMT

For at least 20 years, until I moved in June, I was a 
patient of Dr. David Gordon.  He is part of the Dental
Group at 1648 Beacon St., which is just above (towards
Cleveland Circle) Washington Square (the intersection of
Beacon and Washington) in Brookline.  In the phone 
book, they're listed as Dental Group. (There are
other David Gordons in the area--make sure you get
the right one.)

He's very big on proper dental care; preventive 
dentistry has been his thing.

Julian C. Lander
jclander@mitre.org 

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From: metcalf@CATFISH.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris Metcalf)
Subject: Re: Good Auto Service in Cambridge?
Keywords: Auto repair
Organization: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
Distribution: ne
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 17:38:00 GMT

In article <klepper.718582192@slipknot.mit.edu> klepper@slipknot.mit.edu (Steve Klepper) writes:
>Hello.  I need some engine work done on a 1985 Ford Mustang
>which is burning oil.  Any recommendations of good garages,
>which are honest and reliable, and which do engine work,
>would be much appreciated.  Mechanics in Cambridge within a
>long walk of MIT are preferable, but I would also consider
>a strong recommendation for a place further away. 

I took my Camry in to the Cambridge Auto Clinic (a mile or so west of
Harvard Square at 207 Concord Ave, 497-1557) for a 90,000
mile tune-up, new shocks, new brakes, new muffler.  My impressions
were very favorable, and the mechanic seemed very competent and
honest.  Prices were reasonable.

A source I have listing mechanics around Boston gives them an A+
rating (like the Good News Garage).

-- 
			Chris Metcalf, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
			metcalf@cag.lcs.mit.edu   //   +1 (617) 253-7766
From: vail@tegra.com (Johnathan Vail)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Network Marketing?
Date: 15 Oct 92 14:19:43 GMT
Organization: Tegra-Varityper, Inc. Billerica, MA


In article <1992Oct14.220129.22503@viewlogic.com> greg@mobius.viewlogic.com (Gregory Larkin) writes:


   I was recently sent some material by a former
   associate about something called "Network Marketing".
   It consists of a very vague pamphlet and a tape 
   cassette.  I haven't had a chance to listen to the
   cassette, but it smacks of some pyramid scam.  Has
   anyone heard anything about this?

From what I understand it is a part of AMWAY.  I know a couple of
people who do it and seem to have fun going to seminars and stuff but
as far as I know no one is rich yet.

jv

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From: edwardp@cs.umb.edu (Edward P. Piecewicz)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Massachusetts Number 1!! : -)
Date: 9 Oct 92 21:49:25 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Boston, Dept of Math and CS

Unfortunately, Massachusetts has been #1 in the worst driver category for 
the past several years now.  We probably hold the record.

 - Ed


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