>>>>> "BT" == Ben Tilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
BT> Q: What do you call a Boston tourist? BT> A: Lost. BT> However, that notwithstanding, it is nowhere near Boston in BT> being difficult to find your way around. when my parents would drive up to visit me in my college days, i would tell them if they wanted to go right, to stay straight. if they wanted to turn around, take a right. they never got it! this was/is particularly true on atlantic ave in the north end. in arlington we have a u shaped street called beverly that intersects rte in 2 places. so how do you talk about the intersection of the two? rte 3 and 3a sorta swap places when they cross 128 my favorite one is the intersection of huron and fresh pond parkway in cambridge. if you are going east on huron when you hit that spot on the far left corner is a set of highway marker signs all pointing left: rte 16 east, rte 2 west and i think rte 3 north. it has been photographed for its perfect confusion. actually it makes sense if you see a map of the area and how the numbered highways twist and turn but if you just happen upon it, tourist beware. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------- http://www.stemsystems.com --Perl Consulting, Stem Development, Systems Architecture, Design and Coding- Search or Offer Perl Jobs ---------------------------- http://jobs.perl.org _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
