Theres a lot more to Massachusetts than greater Boston although I think many
(most?) people here don't realize that.
Theres actually 3 states here (maybe 4), greater Boston is one and extends at
least to 495, maybe all the way to Worcester. Then theres central MA which is
arguably north central
What he said. After Northern CA, MA was our next choice for many of the reasons
stated. Great place, even better if you get out of Boston (Bahston).
The Cape is nice, but if you drop your keys in Provincetown you have to kick
them back to Boston before you can bend over to pick them up
Someone here's a big MA fan:) You forgot to mention Maine which was part of
Massachusetts. Bowdoin College which was technically located in MA when it was
founded in 1794 was named after the then governor of Massachusetts, James
Bowdoin. And what about New Hampshire? I'm not sure if that was
Provincetown is quite amazing. Lots of cool restaurants and totally
debauched. We went whale watching one Labor Day weekend and saw blue
whales. :)
On 4/27/12, Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
Someone here's a big MA fan:) You forgot to mention Maine which was part of
I drove through Harvard (Hahvid), MA on Monday to visit Oldtimer Restorations
and was impressed with the beauty of that town. Full of winding scenic roads,
beautiful historic homes and picturesque farms. I went with the 240D with manny
tranny and had fun on those roads. Would have been more fun
Some friends of ours (who live in Salem) decided to go to Ptown for
their anniversary one year, it was in the fall or winter, fairly dead
time. They got a nice BB or something and came time to go out to
dinner. So they're sitting there having dinner, and Brian looks around
and sorta notices
Ipswich!
--R
On 4/27/12 12:28 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
lots and lots of breweries (Samual Adams, Harpoon, Mt. Wachusett, Mill City,
Berkshire Brewing, Nashoba Valley Winery, Boston Beer Works, Lowell Beer Works,
Gardner Ale House, Cape Ann Brewing, The Peoples Pint, Paper City Brewing,
Right next to Essex and you can visit Paul Russell and Co. Restorations.
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On Apr 27, 2012, at 1:12 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
wrote:
Ipswich!
--R
On 4/27/12 12:28 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
lots and lots of breweries (Samual Adams, Harpoon, Mt.
Bring along a six figure checkbook!
On 4/27/12, Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
Right next to Essex and you can visit Paul Russell and Co. Restorations.
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On Apr 27, 2012, at 1:12 PM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
Ipswich!
--R
Tell me about it! I visited him in 2003 or 2004 and saw the famous Black Prince
Count Trossi SSK that he restored for Ralph Lauren. What an incredible car!
Seeing gullwings in bare metal was also another droolworthy experience.
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On Apr 27, 2012, at 1:38 PM, andrew strasfogel
On Apr 26, 2012 7:42 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
I also take it that those on the list don't really like Massachusetts.
In my experience it's the people, not the place, and yes they seem to be
all over. :)
I didn't respond before, but we've been really happy in the RTP area of
NC.
Actually I'm not that big a fan of MA, I live here because you can't make any
money doing what I do in ME which is where I'm from.
I've never understood how NH could be part of the original 13 and MA got
Maine...
-Curt
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:39:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dimitri Seretakis
I joke around about MA but I think it's a great state. As Curt already
mentioned it has a lot to offer. Boston is clean, beautiful and manageable. The
abundance of colleges and universities keep it fun and lively. You have close
proximity to the Cape, NH, ME and VT and really not all that far
One word: Kennedy
( I could throw in a few more, like Bwawney Fwank, Billy Bulger, John
Do you know who I am? Kerry, etc.)
--R
On 4/27/12 2:08 PM, Dimitri Seretakis wrote:
Really kind of an ideal state if you ask me.
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Hey we massholes can't be perfect!
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On Apr 27, 2012, at 2:27 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
wrote:
One word: Kennedy
( I could throw in a few more, like Bwawney Fwank, Billy Bulger, John Do you
know who I am? Kerry, etc.)
--R
On 4/27/12 2:08 PM,
What the who now? Boston is one of the dirtiest cities in the developed world.
Logan is one of the most depressing airports I've ever been to, with the
exception of Terminal A.
Nothing in the public sector gets cleaned here, EVER. The T is a decent public
transport but the stations are filthy
Which is why I wanted to point out that theres more to the state than Boston
and the Cape...
We don't have ANY Kennedys in office right now at all which is kind of weird.
One of my college buddies is a state legislator and hes a REPUBLICAN. I give
him hell daily.
-Curt
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012
Logan is a dream compared to Kennedy which is more ghetto that the shittiest
third world country airport.
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On Apr 27, 2012, at 2:48 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
What the who now? Boston is one of the dirtiest cities in the developed world.
Logan is one of
I think the spawn of one of the idiot nephews (this does not narrow
things down much, I know, but... maybe Patches's boy? Oh, wait, Patches
is the drunk, right? Not that that narrows things down much either...)
is running for Bwawney's, uh, seat. (Sorry, I didn't mean that, it's
just a
Tea has ice with/in it, too. ;)
Wilton
Also an NCSU grad, BSCE '71; (also class of '56, ME/Aero, 3 years)
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From: Tim C bb...@crone.us
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] What it's like to live
Rich Thomas wrote:
There are a few Rs in the state, but given the relative positions of the
Ds, an R is probably more like a D anywhere else than an R. I did live
in Melrose, the only town that voted majority R (even when the voting
machines came preloaded with the winner as was the
I have lived in a lot of locations during my life - let's see, drop the
places where I was too young to know much and we have
Aiken, SC,
Hampton,Va,
Baton Rouge, La,
Port Arthur Tx,
Hopewell, NJ,
Sommerville, SC,
Greenville, SC,
Chester, Va,
Oak Ridge Tn,
Bloomington,Ill,
Frostburg, Md and
back
Summerville, SC, so named because the planters and their families
decamped to the area in the summers (summer-ville!) to get away from the
skeeters and yellow fever of the Lowcountry. Their slaves had natural
immunity, which was an interesting contributory factor to the growth of
the area
Sounds nicer than Slumerville, MA.
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On Apr 26, 2012, at 5:00 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
wrote:
Summerville, SC, so named because the planters and their families decamped to
the area in the summers (summer-ville!) to get away from the skeeters and
On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:33:01 -0400 Larry T l02tur...@comcast.net wrote:
Good luck on your next location - I hope it will be all you want it to
be.
Thank you, Larry.
Craig
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That's Summuhvull, Gateway to Meffuh
--R
On 4/26/12 5:58 PM, Dimitri Seretakis wrote:
Sounds nicer than Slumerville, MA.
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On Apr 26, 2012, at 5:00 PM, Rich Thomasrichthomas79td...@constructivity.net
wrote:
Summerville, SC, so named because the planters and their
Haha. Gotta love the Massholes.
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On Apr 26, 2012, at 6:25 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
wrote:
That's Summuhvull, Gateway to Meffuh
--R
On 4/26/12 5:58 PM, Dimitri Seretakis wrote:
Sounds nicer than Slumerville, MA.
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 26,
On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:19:52 -0700 (PDT) Dimitri Seretakis
dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
Haha. Gotta love the Massholes.
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 26, 2012, at 6:25 PM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
That's Summuhvull, Gateway to Meffuh
--R
On 4/26/12 5:58
You speak of Washington state - what about Portlandia?
Dan
clay monroe redgh...@comcast.net wrote:
Actually the deadliest threat is the wobblies and socialist. People are fully
capable of dealing with what nature tosses our way. It is the right thinking
process obsessed fanatics that will
You speak of Washington state - what about Portlandia?
Put a bird on it!
-- Jim
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I think the portland crowd are left over hippies and crystal chanters.
Volcanoes, earthquake, flooding, granola, income tax, and you are not allowed
to pump your own petrol
clay
On Apr 14, 2012, at 5:10 AM, Dan Penoff wrote:
You speak of Washington state - what about Portlandia?
Dan
Actually the deadliest threat is the wobblies and socialist. People are fully
capable of dealing with what nature tosses our way. It is the right thinking
process obsessed fanatics that will do most of the population in.
clay
On Apr 12, 2012, at 12:32 PM, Brian Toscano wrote:
Nope, if you
Or volcanoes...
-Curt
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:15:27 -0600
From: Brian Toscano brian.tosc...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] What it's like to live in various parts of the
country
Message-ID:
Nope, if you moved to Washington State you could have volcanoes,
avalanches, tsunamis, rain forest, rain, snow, humidity and desert, but
you've had to give up warm beaches and hurricanes :-)
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
Or volcanoes...
-Curt
If you're into the four seasons thing, southeast Wisconsin is very nice. Of all
the places I have lived in the US, the quality of life was by far the best
there.
Beautiful little town of 9,000 30 minutes north of Milwaukee called Port
Washington. A wonderful place, especially if you are into
Dan Penoff wrote:
If you're into the four seasons thing, southeast Wisconsin is very nice. Of all
the places I have lived in the US, the quality of life was by far the best
there.
Beautiful little town of 9,000 30 minutes north of Milwaukee called Port
Washington. A wonderful place,
About the only way you're going to avoid that is to move to North Dakota...
Dan
On Apr 11, 2012, at 7:16 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Dan Penoff wrote:
If you're into the four seasons thing, southeast Wisconsin is very nice. Of
all the places I have lived in the US, the quality
My experience is that every place has many tolerable properties, some
great properties and some properties that make you wonder why anyone
would ever want to live there.
I line the area from LaCrosse WI to Dubuque IA. This includes an
area called little switzerland. Beautiful country.
Dieselhead wrote:
But lunacy is rampant, you have the pakalolo growers union with is
strong enough to conduct an armed occupation of the puna police HQ with
no resulting arrests,
Seriously, the cannabis farming in unionized in Hawaii?
Mitch.
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I have lived in the following parts of the country:
Central (Indianapolis) Indiana
Southeastern (Milwaukee) WI
West Central (Tampa) FL
Northern (San Bruno, Montara) CA
Without question, the quality of life, something I only experienced and would
have a hard time quantifying, was the best in
Teaching math or physics at NC State (Raleigh), Duke (Durham) or UNC (Chapel
Hill) not bad at all, either.
There are also UNC (Charlotte) and UNC (Wilmington) and others.
Wilton
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From: Craig diese...@pisquared.net
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Wednesday, April
About all I can remember of Wisconsin (haven't been there since I was a
kid) is mosquitos the size of buzzards. Or so it seemed.
Allan
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012, at 07:35 AM, Dan Penoff wrote:
About the only way you're going to avoid that is to move to North
Dakota...
Dan
On Apr 11, 2012, at
Northern WI. The state bird up there. Totally different place, very, very rural.
Dan, eh
On Apr 11, 2012, at 9:54 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
About all I can remember of Wisconsin (haven't been there since I was a
kid) is mosquitos the size of buzzards. Or so it seemed.
Not formally. But yes, effectively it is. It is generally unsafe to
go into areas of Puna and Kau. 30 years ago in Puna they protected
plots with tripwire shotguns. I have no reason to believe this
practice has stopped. One guy I know is growing eucalyptus, and the
plots are all over
Northern WI. The state bird up there. Totally different place, very,
very rural.
Dan, eh
They grow bigun's up there, but the worst bites I ever experienced
were the ity biitty skeeters in Kaneohe, HI, and the thickest clouds
of mosquitos I have seen were at Hannibal, MO
Northern WI is a
I am curious to hear how Dan found the qualify of live in WI better than
other parts of the country.
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Northern WI. The state bird up there. Totally different place, very, very
rural.
Dan, eh
They grow bigun's up there,
Dieselhead wrote:
Not formally. But yes, effectively it is. It is generally unsafe to go
into areas of Puna and Kau. 30 years ago in Puna they protected plots
with tripwire shotguns.
I saw that on Magnum, P.I., didn't know it was reality.
Mitch.
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I find it hard to answer questions like these because they are very
subjective. What someone like about a certain area others may find totally
unacceptable. For example, one may like a certain state or region because
the people and government are not in your face about things, while others
may
True, it is very subjective. Again, my reason for saying it is tough to
quantify the term as well, but I will try:
Safety, crime is pretty much non-existent
Friendly and accepting people
Lots of leisure time activities
High level of community involvement
Cost of living is reasonable
Thickest skeeter clouds for me were in MI UP and Sondrestromfjord,
Greenland. Both have really serious skeeter clouds!
Wilton
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Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 11:23 AM
Almost no gravel roads. lots of paved county roads to ride bicycles
or motorcycles on. Green and lush. good people. Lots of
interesting things to do and see. lots of food variety. Brats!
Beer! Oktoberfests!
just a few off the top of my head.
Oh, and entertaining wackos in Madison, if
We referred to Madison, also known by the natives as Madtown, as Berkeley
East.
Dan who has had a few brewskis on Jackson Street
On Apr 11, 2012, at 12:32 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Almost no gravel roads. lots of paved county roads to ride bicycles or
motorcycles on. Green
I've lived in NJ, VA, TX, OH (x2), NM, CA (x2), FL (x2), and NC. And I
visited most of the other states. They all had much to offer as long as
you're willing to consider new things. I'd be willing to live in any of
them again, but less so in the blue-blue states, mainly because of the
political
Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
We referred to Madison, also known by the natives as Madtown, as
Berkeley East.
Dan who has had a few brewskis on Jackson Street
How about at the Rathskeller?
--
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Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD
Craig wrote:
We have heard about New Hampshire and West Virginia.
Anyone want to chip in about other areas of the US?
You asked...
I live in Portage Indiana. I have lived here most of my life. I don't have the
life experience of
some of our more well travelled list members, so my
Craig wrote:
We have heard about New Hampshire and West Virginia.
Anyone want to chip in about other areas of the US?
You know the moose pasture east of Colorado Springs - maybe you can
find a welcome there at the University or Colorado College or one of
the tech firms there. My family wishes
Oklahoma is about as good as it gets
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On Apr 10, 2012, at 11:19 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 15:34:13 -0600 Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
I've begun to consider what other parts of the country might be like.
We have heard about New
Oklahoma has 4 seasons, and does not suck and have all the snow like cheeseland
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On Apr 11, 2012, at 6:13 AM, Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
If you're into the four seasons thing, southeast Wisconsin is very nice. Of
all the places I have lived in the US, the quality
That's called oklahoma, does not usually get to cold in the winter or hot in
the summer. It's a nice conservative state with a low cost of living and the
lowest cost of fuel
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On Apr 11, 2012, at 8:50 AM, Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
I have lived in the following
Kaleb,
I don't have any problems with Oklahoma, but I do question your comments
about the weather. When I think about the weather there, I think of winter
ice storms, spring hurricanes, hot summers, and a moderate fall - not as
cold as Colorado and not as hot as Phoenix, but still plenty hot.
I think of tornados.
Brian Toscano brian.tosc...@gmail.com writes:
Kaleb,
I don't have any problems with Oklahoma, but I do question your comments
about the weather. When I think about the weather there, I think of winter
ice storms, spring hurricanes, hot summers, and a moderate fall -
And lots of tornadoes!
Dan
Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote:
That's called oklahoma, does not usually get to cold in the winter or hot in
the summer. It's a nice conservative state with a low cost of living and the
lowest cost of fuel
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On Apr 11, 2012, at 8:50
I meant tornados :-)
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
And lots of tornadoes!
Dan
Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote:
That's called oklahoma, does not usually get to cold in the winter or hot
in the summer. It's a nice conservative state with a
We also get earthquakes -- you get it ALL here - no need to shop around in
other states to find what you're missing.
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Brian Toscano brian.tosc...@gmail.comwrote:
I meant tornados :-)
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
And
Not too many avalanches or tsunamis though.
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 9:10 PM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
We also get earthquakes -- you get it ALL here - no need to shop around in
other states to find what you're missing.
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Brian Toscano
or hot in the summer WTF? 100F or better for weeks on end EVERY
summer isn't hot? Add to that 60-70% humidity?
BBBZT
WRONG That'll beat Arizona desert heat ANY day.
Craig, if you don't dig humidity, stay
Sounds like a good place to be then eh?
Mike
On Apr 9, 2012 10:43 PM, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
No place in W VA is less than complicated to get to.
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 9:48 PM, David Kristin Gilmore
dandkgilm...@frontier.com wrote:
At 05:34 PM 4/9/2012, Craig
Especially if you want to be left alone!
On 4/10/12, Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.com wrote:
Sounds like a good place to be then eh?
Mike
On Apr 9, 2012 10:43 PM, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
No place in W VA is less than complicated to get to.
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at
Only have the one. Been married 39 years this August and so far I can
only say she is a good one.
Randy
On 09/04/2012 8:44 PM, clay monroe wrote:
But what does your bad wife have to say about things?
clay
On Apr 9, 2012, at 2:54 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:
My good wife has an uncle and aunt
On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 15:34:13 -0600 Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
I've begun to consider what other parts of the country might be like.
We have heard about New Hampshire and West Virginia.
Anyone want to chip in about other areas of the US?
Craig
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Most parts of New Hampshire are stunningly beautiful. It would probably be
very nice.
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
A few years ago, we had a discussion of what it was like to live in
various parts of the United States, with listers chiming in with what
My good wife has an uncle and aunt living in NH. Cannot, off the top of
my head recall the name of the town and I have not been there.
However, during his working life they seemed to move from NH to VT and
back a few times but now that he is retired, they are in NH. Sounds like
they like it
I looked at relocating to Nashua back in the early 90s for a job in Boston
(Woburn). Went as far as shopping for houses.
More details in a bit.
Dan
On Apr 9, 2012, at 5:34 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
A few years ago, we had a discussion of what it was like to live in
various
But what does your bad wife have to say about things?
clay
On Apr 9, 2012, at 2:54 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:
My good wife has an uncle and aunt living in NH. Cannot, off the top of my
head recall the name of the town and I have not been there.
However, during his working life they seemed to
At 05:34 PM 4/9/2012, Craig wrote:
A few years ago, we had a discussion of what it was like to live in
various parts of the United States, with listers chiming in with what they
liked about various areas.
With my application to John Brown University having fallen through and
having no response
No place in W VA is less than complicated to get to.
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 9:48 PM, David Kristin Gilmore
dandkgilm...@frontier.com wrote:
At 05:34 PM 4/9/2012, Craig wrote:
A few years ago, we had a discussion of what it was like to live in
various parts of the United States, with listers
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