Air Travel

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Be sure not to go to SALEM, MA.  Although it is historically worth seeing, I hear it’s the home town to several obnoxious rta-ers.   >not naming names

Thom Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. —Anon.

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Cochondo,,yes  there a sushi bar in Boston. i heard all them people eat is sushi, lobsters and crabs. maybe i heard wrong.

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Thom,,, does obnoxious mean uppity snobbish  or something to that effect? i heard that too from my cousin who visted there 1  time. never again she told me.

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sushi is best after it has been microwaved for 2 minutes

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> sushi is best after it has been microwaved for 2 minutes

The "Terry Bradshaw" school of sushi eating?? Rich

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> >"Sheryl," posts such as this one (your response) confirm that you think >you are the self-appointed moderator of the ng. >Does anyone else agree with me on this? > Do you really care what anyone else thinks? If so, then please know > that I find your obsession with Sheryl increasingly tedious and > juvenile — and I am embarrassed for you. Please give it a rest.

Hey Ellen! Byte me!!! – Before you buy.

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It seems to me she said two things: 1. Posters with specific questions get more and better responses than posters with general questions. 2. This poster might find better answers to part of his question in other newsgroups, some of which she suggested. These are both true and constructive. They can be of genuine assistance to someone who’s new to newsgroups in general or to this one in particular. If you separate any preconceived notions of her or attitudes to her from the content of her post, I think you’ll agree that there was nothing at all out of line about it. She made no suggestion that Rick should not have made his original post. There was no attempt to censor or moderate anything. Your post – again if you look at it objectively, based purely on content and not what you know or think of the poster – is more of an attempt to act as a self-appointed moderator, by suggesting that her post was inappropriate, than hers was. Efrem – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > "Sheryl," posts such as this one (your response) confirm that you think > you are the self-appointed moderator of the ng. > Does anyone else agree with me on this?

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>Cochondo,,yes  there a sushi bar in Boston. i heard all them people eat >is sushi, lobsters and crabs. maybe i heard wrong.

Here is Massachusetts, most people call sushi "bait".

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>"Sheryl," posts such as this one (your response) confirm that you think >you are the self-appointed moderator of the ng. >Does anyone else agree with me on this?

Do you really care what anyone else thinks? If so, then please know that I find your obsession with Sheryl increasingly tedious and juvenile — and I am embarrassed for you. Please give it a rest.

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>Has anyone any comments or advice about flying to/from Boston?

Just remember, that the locals have no idea how rude they are.  I’m flying >there soon and will be staying for a couple of weeks, travelling north.

Going across the border? >It’s >a first time visit to the States, so any advice would be welcome.

Take care driving in Boston.  It is a nutty place to drive.  My >interests are photography and literature.

There were these writers called Thoreau, Longfellow and Alcott…. -Erik

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Has anyone any comments or advice about flying to/from Boston? I’m flying there soon and will be staying for a couple of weeks, travelling north. It’s a first time visit to the States, so any advice would be welcome. My interests are photography and literature. Thanks guys.

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If your questions have to do with the air travel portion of your trip, you’ll need to be more specific.  If they have to do with the ground portion, rec.travel.usa-canada and/or newsgroups devoted to your interests would be the appropriate forums for you.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Has anyone any comments or advice about flying to/from Boston? I’m flying > there soon and will be staying for a couple of weeks, travelling north. It’s > a first time visit to the States, so any advice would be welcome. My > interests are photography and literature. > Thanks guys.

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"Sheryl," posts such as this one (your response) confirm that you think you are the self-appointed moderator of the ng. Does anyone else agree with me on this?

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> Has anyone any comments or advice about flying to/from Boston?

In terms of air travel, it all depends what terminal you will be coming in and out off. Since you’re from the UK, I would suspect you’ll be arriving on British Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways, American Airways, or United Airlines. All of these airlines arrive at Terminal E at Boston/Logan (the full name of the airport is General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, and is colloquially known by locals as "Logan"). Departures are different: British and Virgin use Terminal E for departures, but United departs out of Terminal C, and American out of Terminal B. Terminal E at Logan is somewhat similar to controlled chaos, especially at peak periods (arrivals: 3:30pm-7pm, departures: 6pm-9pm). Unlike airports in the UK, Logan airport is poorly signed, cramped, and you’ll have a hard time finding anywhere to sit down. In addition, it’s undergoing significant construction, so it’s even worse than usual! You don’t mention how you’ll be getting to and from Logan airport, but if the answer is "car", my response is "avoid if possible!". Traffic in and out of Logan is crazy, especially from 3:30pm-7pm (typical, arrivals time), although it’s not quite as bad if you’re going directly north (on route 1) from the airport. Likewise, when returning to Logan, keep in mind that the whole city of Boston is under construction (no I’m not exaggerating), so allow PLENTY of time to arrive at the airport. You will be much less stressed, I promise. –Helen

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