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Strike For The South
07-24-2006, 00:47
Well off I go. In a couple of days I go, bymeself to Boston Massachusets USA. Yes that hotbed of progressivness. Most of the time will be spent with family(so they can poke and prod there hick cousin) but I will have some time to myself so what is there to do in Boston? Is it really cramped? Is everyone really libreal? Will the Italians mug me? Are boots and buckles allowed? Will I have to cut a foo?
Big_John
07-24-2006, 00:51
have fun. i was only in boston once, for a geology conference. i don't remember much about it. lots of revolutionary-war history in that city, though. so if you're into that at all, you'll have fun i think. iirc, they had great ice cream there.
Byzantine Prince
07-24-2006, 02:41
It's a very boring city. Try driving over to Cambridge and looking at parties. The malls of Boston aren't that bad either. They have some very nice designs. Watch out for that tall building (Prudential), and also that building that looks kind of flat from certain angles.
No not everyone is a liberal, but from what I noticed a lot of the old people look like Benjamin Franklin (male and female alike).
Uesugi Kenshin
07-24-2006, 02:49
If you're into museums there's a museum of science, and a pretty good aquarium iirc.
Other than that Boston has some really good Italian food, and some good Irish food, not that Irish food is really all that special...But meh it is tasty.
Avicenna
07-24-2006, 03:51
Cambridge is on another island though Byzzy...
rotorgun
07-24-2006, 03:59
Hi Strike!
You should try to get over to see the USS Constitution while you are there. It is one of the few remaining intact examples of a 19th century Frigate in the world. I am sure that you will enjoy your visit aboard, and take home some treasured memories. I went there as a child of 10 and still remember every detail of my trip as if it were yesterday. I also went back to see her again as an adult and she hasn't lost her charm. It is very close to some great Revolutionary War sites, such as the North Church, and Bunker (Breed's) Hill. I'm not sure if the Orpheum Theatre is still in existence, but I saw some great shows there back in my day. If the Red Sox are in town, get yourself to Fenway Park and watch them play. Maybe you'll see someone knock one over the "Big Green Monster" in center field. If nothing else, watching the "Animal House" folks getting plastered in the center field seats is a hoot.:laugh4:
We'll, have a great time. If I could I would love to join you as that is my old stomping ground. I could show you around, but alas, duty calls.
Devastatin Dave
07-24-2006, 04:19
Just as long as you don't take any car or plane rides with anyone with the last name of Kennedy, you should be fine!!! Its not the Italioans you need to worry about, it them Irishmen up there that cause all the problems.:laugh4:
InsaneApache
07-24-2006, 09:18
I have family in Boston (http://www.bostonuk.com/). They run a pub on the road to Skegness. Opps, you mean t'other one in 'merica....:oops: :laugh4:
Leet Eriksson
07-24-2006, 12:00
Have fun in boston ~:cheers:
And please come back soon, you will be missed .
Seamus Fermanagh
07-24-2006, 13:20
Most of the time will be spent with family(so they can poke and prod there hick cousin)
Shouldn't phrasing like that be accompanied by banjo music?
:sweatdrop: :sweatdrop: :help:
yesdachi
07-24-2006, 14:12
Adios Amigos
Nice to see you are learning the new language of Texas.:creep:
Vladimir
07-24-2006, 16:06
Watch out for the tunnels there. Specifically the multi-ton concrete slabs in the ceiling.
I know a girl who lives in New Bedford, not that far away. She doesn't talk much about Boston, but from the impressions I've gotten, it's worth driving out to Salem if you're already around Boston. I haven't been myself, but I know that an ancestor of mine was burned at the stake on a charge of witchcraft. I'll go eventually.
Strike For The South
07-24-2006, 21:22
:laugh4: Ha so was one of mine. Thats were most of my family lives but Ill be speding most of my time in Boston. Salem is nice but its just sota meh.
I haven't been myself, but I know that an ancestor of mine was burned at the stake on a charge of witchcraft.
That explains a whole lot...~;) ~D
:laugh4: Ha so was one of mine. Thats were most of my family lives but Ill be speding most of my time in Boston. Salem is nice but its just sota meh.
:inquisitive: I don't think you should be laughing that one of your ancestors was burned as a witch.
But good luck on your trip to the North(You'll need it:laugh4: ).
:inquisitive: I don't think you should be laughing that one of your ancestors was burned as a witch.
Why not? I've laughed at it.
Alexander the Pretty Good
07-26-2006, 04:25
:laugh4:
I'm not a city type (actively anti-urban, actually, I hate it) but I preferred the little I've been to Boston to the little I've been in Noo Yawk. I don't see the big deal about the Big Apple, but I had some great Chicken Parmesian, perhaps the best of my life, in Boston. :2thumbsup:
And it seemed a bit less likely to involve me getting mugged. :juggle2:
Strike For The South
08-04-2006, 00:57
I almost died but Im back. A telphone pole almost hit me.
Louis VI the Fat
08-04-2006, 03:24
I almost died but Im back. A telphone pole almost hit me.Yeah, I hate it when they do that. Always reminds me of that one time this drunk pavement suddenly jumped up and attacked my chin.
Big_John
08-04-2006, 04:20
I almost died but Im back. A telphone pole almost hit me.you're supposed to wear bright colors so you don't surprise them.
Gregoshi
08-04-2006, 04:25
I almost died but Im back. A telphone pole almost hit me.
How do you know the telephone was Polish? Couldn't it have been German or some other nationality?
:hide: ducking from the bricks I am.
(FROM THE CHAT ROOM)
<SFTS> I know I almost died on vacation
<SFTS> http://www.salemnews.com/siteSearch/apstorysection/local_story_213145518
<Zorba> GODDAMNIT I NEED TO SMOKE POT BEFORE I GO ALL BATSHIT SOCRATES PSYCHO!
<SFTS> READ THE ARTICLE
Devastatin Dave
08-04-2006, 05:43
Did Soly take the photo in the article!!!:laugh4:
Glad you or your family didn't get hurt.:2thumbsup:
IrishArmenian
08-04-2006, 19:45
From what I've heard from family members. South Boston could very well be an extension of the Republic of Ireland. Though I also hear it is not a good place for most non-Irish. That couldv'e changed, I don't really know. It would be funny to see the American city-types rib the stereotypical American Southerner (STFS). Have fun, It is a big suprise to meet family members you don't know. Really great fun.
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Well off I go. In a couple of days I go, bymeself to Boston Massachusets USA.
Betray Texas and go to Yankistan?! Damn you! :furious3:
:laugh4:
Enjoy your trip mate!
:medievalcheers:
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Divinus Arma
08-06-2006, 02:37
Puppet.
edyzmedieval
08-08-2006, 15:07
hmmmm puppet cheese...
Tasty.
Have fun STFS. ~:cheers:
Hope you won't get hit my telephone poles again...:laugh4:
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