BRASSO Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Yes, and Cuba has beaches just a few miles south of Key West, Florida's beaches too Ghost. But " Milton " is not " Boston " , and Key West is not Havana,.. you know ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Speaking of Havana. I'm very interested in learning how all these folks (mostly guys) are going to throw money at all the owners of antique American autos down there. What politician's will receive the brown envelopes to pull the strings to get these transactions done. Wonder if our AF can earn some extra cash by transporting these cars back to the states. Private RORO ships are probably the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVG_DC Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 " Milton " is not " Boston " Oh lord yes... One thing that continually amazed me when I lived in Boston is how compact that which is considered "Boston" is and how different the feel can be from that which is not considered "Boston." Then also the very distinct feels that various neighborhoods could have Allston is not Brookline is not Roxbury is not Jamaica Plain etc. I lived in Watertown and would use "Watertown" for where I lived locally. But for folks outside of Boston, "I live in Boston" was the only thing that made sense to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) Yes, and the " New York Giants " aren't from " New York " at all. They're from New " Joisey ". So go figure. And yes, when talking to folks unfamiliar with Boston, when talking to them, if you live within say a radius of 50 miles of the City of Boston, its best to say you are from " Boston ", instead of a City or Town outside the city limits that perhaps they might not have heard of. I'd imagine this would be true of anyone living just outside the city limits of any major city in the world. On the other hand, if you are Brian Williams you just might as well tell that person you reside on the Moon... as it won't really matter any more now will it ? Edited February 20, 2015 by BRASSO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 On the other hand, if you are Brian Williams you just might as well tell that person you reside on the Moon... as it won't really matter any more now will it ? I've heard his daughter is going to have him walk the plank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emc2 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Check out on (BAC FB) fleet operations digging out the trailers. (In 50' mounds of snow). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandandl Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 (edited) Speaking of Havana. I'm very interested in learning how all these folks (mostly guys) are going to throw money at all the owners of antique American autos down there. What politician's will receive the brown envelopes to pull the strings to get these transactions done. Wonder if our AF can earn some extra cash by transporting these cars back to the states. Private RORO ships are probably the way to go. Of course, give Thompson the challenge and you might just have another fund raising opportunity there for the corps; those camps in Orlando would provide good cover... But of course, South Beach in this situation would be north. No more complicated than guard instructors yelling to the corps stage right, stage left while the rest of the drum corps world refers to side one and side two. Edited February 21, 2015 by xandandl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandandl Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Oh lord yes... One thing that continually amazed me when I lived in Boston is how compact that which is considered "Boston" is and how different the feel can be from that which is not considered "Boston." Then also the very distinct feels that various neighborhoods could have Allston is not Brookline is not Roxbury is not Jamaica Plain etc. I lived in Watertown and would use "Watertown" for where I lived locally. But for folks outside of Boston, "I live in Boston" was the only thing that made sense to them. And Boston has its own version of the Berlin Wall (can you say Rt. 128 at rush hour?) which is more extensive than the Great Wall of China for it stretches from Cape Ann to the Irish Riviera beginning in Quincy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincoln Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Speaking of Havana. I'm very interested in learning how all these folks (mostly guys) are going to throw money at all the owners of antique American autos down there. Aren't the majority of the autos so jerry-rigged that in the end they aren't really worth salvaging? (Still not sure if correct term is "jury-rigged" or "jerry-rigged.") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skevinp Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Aren't the majority of the autos so jerry-rigged that in the end they aren't really worth salvaging? (Still not sure if correct term is "jury-rigged" or "jerry-rigged.") I think it is very impressive what they do with what they have to work with. That said, those cars probably wouldn't pass our emissions requirements. In other words, Cuban free ingenuity would be squelched by American sociali...hey wait a minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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