HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: jlh@ednor.bbc.com (Jill Hanson)
Subject: Misc. stuff for sale
Organization: Boston Business Computing, Ltd.
Distribution: ne
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 19:41:16 GMT

BOAT FOR SALE

Cougar 10 ft 6 in. tunnel hull
1986 30 hp Johnson
White with 2 burgundy stripes with matching new burgundy interior
2 props
Electric Start
Built in gas tank
Seats 2
FAST & FUN

$1200 or b.o. (on brokerage in Wolfeboro, NH)
(price has been lowered)

-------------------------------------------------

GUITAR FOR SALE
Mouradian CS-74 Bass
Original - Hand made
VERY RARE!!!

$1200 or B.O.

--------------------------------------------------

Washer & Dryer
Washer - Maytag, automatic 20 yrs. old, electric
Dryer - General Electric, 5 years old, electric

$250 takes both

-------------------------------------------------

Upright Freezer
20 cubic feet, stand up, front load

$300 or b.o.

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Men's Small Wetsuit
US Diver (brand name)
farmer john, long sleeve jacket, 3 finger mits, cap
Black with Yellow stripe

$80

--------------------------------------------------

Women's Extra Small Wetsuit
Parkwear
Blue

$50
__________________________________________________
Newsgroups: ne.forsale
From: sward@vaxwrk.enet.dec.com (Peter Sward)
Subject: Active xover for sale
Reply-To: sward@vaxwrk.enet.dec.com (Peter Sward)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard MA
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 19:33:14 GMT



    DB systems active crossover.

    2 way active crossover.
    Butterwort filter
    24db/octave
    100Hz
    Common bass or stereo bass
    Separate powersupply.

    Checked out 1 year ago by Db system since I had a problem with one
    channel. This is a VERY good crossover and DB systems will tailor it to
    your need if you want to change anything.

    It's in very good condition
    Asking $350

    Peter Sward
    508-493-8497
    Maynard, MA
From: pugliese@ecs.umass.edu
Newsgroups: ne.forsale
Subject: Schwinn 10spd in Amherst, MA  ** $25 **
Date: 20 Aug 92 10:35:04 GMT

Hi all

	I have an older Schwinn 10-speed (forget the model) that works just 
fine but needs a rear tire.  I no longer have use for it.  I would like to 
sell it for $25.00 to somone in the Amherst, MA area.  Thanx



Rob Pugliese
Department of Chemical Engineering
UMASS Amherst

545-4285 oncampus number
549-4848 home  number

thanx!
Newsgroups: ne.forsale
From: garo@ani.viewlogic.com (Garo Toomajanian)
Subject: 1988 Pontiac Grand Am for sale
Originator: garo@ani
Organization: Viewlogic Systems, Inc.
Distribution: ne
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 17:35:23 GMT


Posted for a friend.  Contact info is below:

1988 Pontiac Grand Am,  58k miles, 2 door, Blue in and out.
Air cond.,  AM/FM stereo, automatic, very clean.
$3400/bo.

Call David Lutkins
     (617)492-2116  Work (Cambridge)
     (617)894-5088  Home (Waltham)
Newsgroups: mit.bboard,athena.forsale,ne.forsale,ne.wanted
From: rosario@theory.lcs.mit.edu (Rosario Gennaro)
Subject: WANTED: a color TV set and a vacuum cleaner
Organization: Laboratory for Computer Science, MIT
Distribution: ma
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 18:23:32 GMT

Hello
I am looking for the following items 

-- A color TV set around 19" in good shape

-- A vacuum cleaner

If you are selling them just email me! Thanks
                                               Rosario

====================================================================
Rosario Gennaro                           rosario@theory.lcs.mit.edu
                                          gennaro@athena.mit.edu
Laboratory for Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge MA 02139
(617) 253-6259 or 782-1087
====================================================================
From: dmm@head-cfa.harvard.edu (David Meleedy)
Newsgroups: ne.forsale
Subject: FOR SALE: PRICE CLUB ONE DAY SHOPPING PASS
Date: 19 Aug 92 22:36:43 GMT
Organization: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA,  USA


The Price Club is offering the Powerbook 100 4/40 with external floppy drive for
the outstanding price of $899.  I have one day shopping passes for anyone who
doesn't want to pay $25 for a one year membership.  I am selling the passes for
$10 which will save you a total of $15.  This pass is valid for Seakonk
Massachusetts only. Seakonk is a one hour drive from Boston, it is very close to
the Rhode Island Border and is easy to get to from I-95.  If anyone is interested
in this offer, please email me to see if I have any left.


-- 
=======
David Meleedy                           Smithonian Astrophysical Observatory
meleedy@cfa.harvard.edu                 60 Garden Street, MS 70
Phone: 617 495 7252                     Cambridge, MA  02138  USA
Xref: sparky ne.forsale:3575 ne.general:2327 misc.forsale:23945
From: bwalker@auratek.UUCP (Brad Walker)
Newsgroups: ne.forsale,ne.general,misc.forsale
Subject: SPARC compatible for sale
Date: 18 Aug 92 15:18:28 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Distribution: usa
Organization: Aurora Technologies, Inc.; Cambridge, Mass.


Sun SPARC compatible for sale.  I have a few of these machines & I'm wanting
to sell them because I'm upgrading. Anyways, here are the specifics:

SPARC compatible 40MHz
keyboard
mouse
GX accelerator card
16MB of RAM
2 built-in serial ports
1 audio port built-in
SCSI interface built-in

I'm looking to sell this for $2800.  Please let me know if you are interested.

Brad Walker
bwalker@auratek.com
617-641-1568 (h)
Xref: sparky ne.forsale:3552 rec.games.video:17086 misc.forsale:23841
From: rocker@csa.bu.edu (The Long Haired One)
Newsgroups: ne.forsale,rec.games.video,misc.forsale,mit.bboard
Subject: Nintendo/NES forsale
Date: 17 Aug 92 18:21:42 GMT
Followup-To: ne.forsale
Distribution: mit, ne, rec, misc
Organization: Boston University


One NES Action Set. Excellent condition.
  includes, 2 controllers, zapper gun, and super mario bro/duck hunt

Asking $50

email rocker@cs.bu.edu
From: major@BBN.COM (John Major)
Newsgroups: ne.forsale
Subject: Free Cat to good home: Arlington, MA
Date: 17 Aug 92 14:00:00 GMT
Reply-To: major@BBN.COM (John Major)
Distribution: ne
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com



Hi -

We are moving West to Utah in two weeks, and cannot take our cat with
us. She is a beautiful long-haired stray who "adopted us" a few years
ago. She has a lot of personality, spends a lot of time outdoors during
the summer, and is affectionate indoors. She's fixed, and has had all
her shots. Please give us a call if you're interested -


John and Marti Major

At Home:
617/646-2836
(that's Arlington, MA)

John at work:
major@bbn.com
617/873-8165
From: raboin@think.com (Brian Raboin)
Newsgroups: ne.forsale
Subject: scuba equipment for sale
Date: 19 Aug 92 12:19:45 GMT
Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation


                  ***********************
                  * SCUBA GEAR FOR SALE *                  
                  ***********************         
  
BLADDERLESS BC US DIVERS
80 CU TANK US DIVERS
WET SUIT FITS 5' 9'' - 6' 2''  175LBS - 210LBS GLOVES,HOOD AND BOOTS 
INCLUDED FARMERJOHN STYLE US DIVERS
US DIVERS REGULATOR WITH OCTOPUS
MASK,FINS AND SNORKEL IF YOU WANT THEM, BUT YOU SHOULD GET ONES THAT FIT YOU
Used for one year then we had twins and my scuba career came to an end.
A steel for $800 obo, cost me over $1500
  
  send email or call Brian (617) 234 - 1820 wk 
                           (617) 884 - 0910 hm
From: Rob_Dangel@amicol.UUCP (Rob Dangel)
Newsgroups: ne.forsale
Subject: HUGE ESTATE SALE!Newton, MA area
Date: 13 Aug 92 19:14:14 GMT
Organization: Amiga Colony BBS

Im having a Huge Estate Sale (Combo of 3 Generations of Stuff)
 Some of the Items are as follows:
  Furniture: Beds, mattresses, sofas, chairs etc
  Art
  Coin Op Game (Missle Command was a popular Arcade Game in its Day)
  VCR
  Television
  Clothing
  Glassware
  MUCH MORE!
  For info contact me!

Sale Dates: 8/22-8/23 9AM to 3 PM
   562 Commonwealth Ave Newton Centre
   From I-95 take exit 19A towards Newton (Needham Street), Take a left at
the end onto Centre Street. 3 miles take a right onto Commonwealth Ave. 1
Block!

-- Via DLG Pro v0.991
From: ischarf@BBN.COM ()
Newsgroups: bbn.bboard,mit.bboard,ne.forsale
Subject: U2 Tickets for sale - 8/23
Date: 21 Aug 1992 20:15:55 GMT
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA
Distribution: ne
Reply-To: ischarf@BBN.COM ()
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com


   Two (2) tickets for the U2 Concert on
Sunday, August 23 in Foxboro Stadium for
sale.

   Will sell them as a pair or individually.

   Send e-mail to ischarf@bbn.com 
                       or call: 731-0021

Xref: sparky ne.forsale:3553 rec.games.video:17087 misc.forsale:23842
From: rocker@csa.bu.edu (The Long Haired One)
Newsgroups: bu.forsale,ne.forsale,rec.games.video,misc.forsale,mit.bboard
Subject: Update: NES Games forsale
Date: 17 Aug 92 18:24:39 GMT
Followup-To: bu.forsale
Distribution: mit,bu, ne, rec, misc
Organization: Boston University


Update on what left on these games.

All games are in mint condition, includes manuals, and instead of the black
sleeves, they have the full see-through color plastic enclosures. Original
boxes used to line the inside of the cases. Looks great and all were adult
owned. 

The following are forsale at $15 each.

Adventures of Bayou Billy
Castlevania III, The Curse of Dracula 
Frankenstein
Friday the 13th
Kung-Fu

buyer pays shipping.

email rocker@cs.bu.edu
From: paulf@ll.mit.edu (Paul Freeman)
Newsgroups: ne.forsale,mit.bboard,ll.bboard
Subject: wing chair and oval rug for sale
Date: 11 Aug 92 18:21:36 GMT
Distribution: ne,mit,ll
Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory

I have one light blue wing chair that I need to sell.  I bought it
two years ago as part of a three piece set, but discovered that
our living room was too small to hold all three pieces.  Therefore
the chair has been sitting our our (dry) basement.

I need to sell this thing as soon as possible.  We have already moved
out of the house and my lease expires Saturday.  So I will take either
the first offer over $100 or the best offer received by Friday. (I fly
out of town friday evening, so it has to be out by friday afternoon)
I bought it new for about $300 dollars (all my records are well packed
and I cannot remember the exact price)

I also have a blue oval rug for sale.  It is the corded type where a
rope like cord starts in the center and winds around itself to form
the rug.  I think it is about 8'x5'.  I will sell this for best offer
received by friday.

Please contact me if you have questions or want to take a look.

Paul Freeman
paulf@ll.mit.edu
(617) 981-4701  (work)
(617) 862-1548  (home)    in Lexington, MA
From: richb@kronos.com (Rich Braun)
Newsgroups: ne.news
Subject: 'ne' propagation (was Re: TRIM 4-102 for Dick Swett NH)
Date: 17 Aug 92 16:42:37 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Kronos Inc. / Waltham, MA
Disclaimer: This posting is a personal opinion and not that of Kronos Inc.

wkm@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (william.k.mcnally) writes:
>TRIM 4-102 for Congressman Dick Swett 2nd Dist. New Hampshire

Hmm, methinks Mr. McNally thought ne.news was for posting "news" as
opposed to discussing "netnews" propagation.

Anyway, I've got a question.  Our site recently experienced a drought
followed by a flood of incoming postings, as I'm sure many others did
because we're fed by a major hub site.

I've also noticed that a lot of my postings carrying an 'ne' distribution
don't seem to make it to all the 'ne' sites.

Has anyone else noticed this?  Who does one talk to about netnews
propagation flakiness, and how does one go about diagnosing and fixing it?

-rich
From: raf@nyqrn.UUCP (Hugh Sider)
Newsgroups: ne.news
Subject: <Test>
Date: 20 Aug 92 14:04:04 GMT
Distribution: ne


  Test of new posting software.  Also attempting to restrict to NE
 distribution, would appreciate being told of propogation outside
 of ne.

-Hugh Sider            jjmhome!nyqrn!raf@transfer.stratus.com
Xref: sparky ne.news:30 ne.general:2337
From: richb@kronos.com (Rich Braun)
Newsgroups: ne.news,ne.general
Subject: Re: 'ne' propagation
Date: 19 Aug 92 20:54:04 GMT
Followup-To: ne.news
Distribution: na
Organization: Kronos Inc. / Waltham, MA
Disclaimer: This posting is a personal opinion and not that of Kronos Inc.

drg@bubba.ma30.bull.com (Daniel R Guilderson) writes:
>Good luck!  Hohoho!  As you are probably aware, their is no central
>coordinator for USENET.  It is anarchy and every site has to fend for
>itself. ...
>You might want to get a second feed to try to minimize outages.

I've had some offline discussion with administrators at several sites
on this topic, and a number of users.  At the risk of offending those
who have been diligently trying to tackle this problem over the years
USENET has been in existence, I think Daniel's comment is right on
the mark.  Netnews service here in New England isn't really anyone's
job, and it gets by on the good graces and spare hours of a lot of
overworked, underpaid system administrators.  The result is lousy
service for which no one is accountable.

MIT, Harvard, and BU decided to do something about what was once pathetic
connectivity, by setting up a consortium to address the obvious need.
They called it NEARnet, and it has been a tremendous improvement.

It seems to me we need to do something similar for netnews: get
together a group of people to define a network of highly-reliable hub
systems with backup newsfeeds to handle load peaks, and a plan for
growth as new sites come online.  INN, an NNTP replacement, is just
now getting released.  It makes sense to come up with a New England
deployment strategy for this software.

If you are involved in netnews maintenance (whether at a hub site or anywhere
sel), please drop me a line and I'll set up a mailing list alias to discuss
this problem.  Or we can discuss it openly in ne.news, whichever people
prefer.

-rich
P.S.  As you can guess, I'm also interested in setting up Kronos as one
of those sites, and could use (a) secondary newsfeeds, and (b) guidance.
Our existing newsfeed administrator has been terrific, but his system
often hits load problems.
From: drg@bubba.ma30.bull.com (Daniel R Guilderson)
Newsgroups: ne.news
Subject: Re: 'ne' propagation (was Re: TRIM 4-102 for Dick Swett NH)
Date: 17 Aug 92 21:47:42 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Bull World Wide Information Systems, Billerica MA USA

In article <1992Aug17.164237.20736@kronos.com> richb@kronos.com (Rich Braun) writes:

   [problems with USENET deleted]

   Has anyone else noticed this?  Who does one talk to about netnews
   propagation flakiness, and how does one go about diagnosing and fixing it?

Good luck!  Hohoho!  As you are probably aware, their is no central
coordinator for USENET.  It is anarchy and every site has to fend for
itself.  Posting to this group is a good start at tracking down
flakiness but an even better approach might be to discuss the problem
with your feed and possibly even post something to a news.* group.
You might want to get a second feed to try to minimize outages.  As
for tracking down propagation problems, you are going to have to make
some friends at remote sites to help you.  It's a hands-on job---there
is noone out there that can do it for you.  You need to learn how to
read newsheaders in order to figure out where the blockage is
occuring.  You may want to send out a sendsys control message to try
to understand how different sites are connected.  Don't look at me---I
don't know how to do it.  Check to see if there is a FAQ in
news.admin.  I hope someone more knowledgeable than me will be able to
better answer your questions.  Once again, good luck, you're gonna
need it.
Newsgroups: ne.news
From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis)
Subject: Re: 'ne' propagation (was Re: TRIM 4-102 for Dick Swett NH)
Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation Tech Central
	<1992Aug17.164237.20736@kronos.com>
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 19:59:22 GMT

Rich> == Rich Braun <richb@kronos.com> 

 Rich> I've also noticed that a lot of my postings carrying an 'ne'
 Rich> distribution don't seem to make it to all the 'ne' sites.

 Rich> Has anyone else noticed this?  Who does one talk to about netnews
 Rich> propagation flakiness, and how does one go about diagnosing and
 Rich> fixing it?

If you were feeling masochistic, you could send out a sendsys control
message for the ne distribution.  I don't think you really want to do
that :)

The best cure for propagation flakiness is an additional newsfeed or
three.  NNTP makes this easier and easier to justify, and distance
becomes less a factor, allowing truly independent and therefore truly
redundant newsfeeds.  This is less useful for a regional feed, but still
applies.
--
Christopher Davis * ckd@eff.org * System Administrator, EFF * +1 617 864 0665
            ``Ed Gruberman, you fail to grasp Ti Kwan Leep.
            Approach me that you might see.'' -- The Master
From: kbs@espresso.ai.mit.edu (Karen B. Sarachik)
Newsgroups: ne.food
Subject: Question about an Indian Restaurant
Date: 17 Aug 92 21:00:39 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab


Question about an ex-Indian restaurant:

I have eaten at many of the Indian restaurants around Cambridge and
Boston, and finally settled on a favorite --- called "India Royal",
located on Comm Ave. right near the corner of Harvard Street (across
Harvard street from Marty's Liquors). Two years ago it had just
opened, and it seemed to me better by far than Oh Calcutta, Tandoor
House, Shalimar, Gandhi, or the much overrated restaurant at Porter
Square (imho). What I found so special about India Royal was that
every dish seemed to be individually prepared and spiced --- not like
many restaurants where you can tell that they use the same few sauces
over half of the dishes, without regard to *what* the dishes actually
are. Also, the ingredients were clearly fresher and higher quality
than at other Indian restaurants I've tried in the area.

One thing that surprised me about this place was that it was almost
always mostly empty. Anyway, a few months ago I went back there after
an absence of a few months and found the name of the place changed to
"Royal India", and the management and decor changed. Unfortunately,
the cooking also was completely different and far inferior to what it
had been. I didn't go back.

So my question is: does anybody out there know what happened to the
previous restaurant, and in particular, what happened to their
fabulous cook?  Did they move? Did the cook go somewhere else?

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

-Karen
From: rshapiro@bbn.com (Richard Shapiro)
Newsgroups: ne.food
Subject: Re: Boston-area brewpubs (was: where is 33 dunster street?)
Date: 17 Aug 92 18:14:02
Organization: BBN, Cambridge MA
	<1992Aug17.141009.16108@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
	<RSHAPIRO.92Aug17121539@kariba.bbn.com>
	<MAD.92Aug17153808@spirit.clearpoint.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: kariba.bbn.com
In-reply-to: mad@spirit.clearpoint.com's message of 17 Aug 92 20:38:08 GMT

In article <MAD.92Aug17153808@spirit.clearpoint.com> mad@spirit.clearpoint.com (Michael Davis) writes:
   I would make the call a little differently.  In the brew department,
   Cambridge does what it does better, but I like the variety at
   Commonwealth.

Actually I agree with this. It just happens that I like what Cambridge
does. :) But it's true there isn't as much variety on a regular basis
as at Commonwealth.

   Also, if you factor in food, Cambridge, imo, is a
   loser, unless things have changed significantly in the last year.

Yes, significantly changed. If you order carefully nowawdays you can
actually get a very nice meal. Not just "respectable for a bar", which
is how I would characterize the food at Commonwealth, but a genuinely
nice meal, without qualification. I'm not sure this is possible at
Commonwealth or BBW. Of course, you can also get uninspired food at
Cambridge -- certainly not everything is good. I've been to BBW twice
and found the food both times to be pretty unappealing.

   Anyway, I'll check out Boston Beer Works.

As someone else said, all three do decent brewing. Even if BBW is my
least favorite of the three, I'd never turn down a pint.

One peculiarity at BBW: you can buy beer by the pitcher, the pint or
the "half-pint", but the last is actually 12 oz! A very strange
measuring system... Cambridge sells beer by the pitcher, the yard, the
pint and the "glass", the last being a 9 oz serving. Not sure off-hand
how much is in a yard. I don't know about Commonwealth's serving sizes
as I always get pints there. Oh yes, Cambridge also sells a sampler
collection: small servings of each variety they have on hand. I don't
think the other two offer that, which is too bad. It's a nice way to
try several kinds of beer without diminishing the responsiveness of
your tastebuds...
From: dsands@binoc.bih.harvard.edu (Daniel Zev Sands, MD)
Newsgroups: ne.food
Subject: Re: Best Dim Sum in Boston?
Date: 13 Aug 92 14:35:59 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston Mass., USA

In article <93042@bu.edu> manes@bass.bu.edu (Michelle Manes) writes:
>
>Are we really going to start this flame war again, or did
>someone save the posts to email to Daniel?  :>


Okay, Okay!  I retract my suggestion about Dynasty.  Although I _did_
enjoy my very inexpensive and delicious brunch, I hadn't heard about
this labor abuse.  Had I known I wouldn't have gone there.  I
certainly won't go back.
 

-- 
-- Danny	Daniel Z. Sands, MD		
    __/         Harvard / Beth Israel Hospital	| For more info, finger
   (__		Center for Clinical Computing	| dsands@binoc.bih.harvard.edu
   ___)		V:(617) 732-5925  F:(617) 277-9792
Newsgroups: ne.food
From: cmr@world.std.com (Charles M Richmond)
Subject: Re: Best Dim Sum in Boston?
Organization: Integrated International Systems Corp. One Longfellow Place, Suite 3309, Boston, Ma.
Distribution: ne
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 20:49:42 GMT

dsands@binoc.bih.harvard.edu (Daniel Zev Sands, MD) writes:

>In article <93042@bu.edu> manes@bass.bu.edu (Michelle Manes) writes:
>>
>>Are we really going to start this flame war again, or did
>>someone save the posts to email to Daniel?  :>


>Okay, Okay!  I retract my suggestion about Dynasty.  Although I _did_
>enjoy my very inexpensive and delicious brunch, I hadn't heard about
>this labor abuse.  Had I known I wouldn't have gone there.  I
>certainly won't go back.
> 

>-- 
>-- Danny	Daniel Z. Sands, MD		
>    __/         Harvard / Beth Israel Hospital	| For more info, finger
>   (__		Center for Clinical Computing	| dsands@binoc.bih.harvard.edu
>   ___)		V:(617) 732-5925  F:(617) 277-9792



Don't worry, Dynasty is no different from any of the Chinese restaurants.
They ALL take advantage of illegal immigrants to pay way under scale and
to otherwise exploit their help. Dynasty got busted. That probably means
that they are now doing this LESS than the other restaurants!!


Charlie


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