Conference back40::soapbox

Yeah, I flicked back and forth catching excerpts.

As it was an end of a work day I was looking for uppers -- not any more downers
-- no pun intended.

Interesting the way "Boo-Boo" just strolled right out of the store with those
golf clubs he shoplifted. Was that because he was "smarter than the average
bear" I wonder?

Curious...what sort of emotion "throughout the city" did it cause?

    
      I get the Lowell Sun.  It is chuck full of statements from
     citizens and local politicians claiming the city was defamed
     by this show.  And its editorials also condemn the depiction.
    
      Nobody claimed the show was false, or unbelievable.  Instead,
     the gist of the protest was, "Why us ?  Why Lowell ?  You could
     have filmed this in any US city, so why demean Lowell ?"
    
      bb

re:.2 >"Why us ?  Why Lowell ?  You could have filmed this in any US city, so
why demean Lowell ?"

Cause Harlem was played out?

    Why all the hub-bub?  Lowell's a dump -- so someone finally took
    notice?!

Lawrence is worse.

    
    	Boo Boo's been selling clubs for years...last I heard it was
    $100.00 and name your brand.....Brenda was the real sad story. Grew up
    in Lowell, go downtown and look around, Boo Boo was right. Lawrence is
    worse but by how much? All the pols are crying, too bad! 
    	

>Boo Boo's been selling clubs for years

Which brings me to another enlightened speculation...who's buying?

    	re .9
    
    	Doesn't Ayer belong in there?  (Granted, it doesn't begin
    	with L...  Then again, Worcester doesn't either, but I
    	know people who would say it is a bigger pimple than the
    	three L's combined...)
    
    	Having lived out there (in Lowell) before moving to Colorado,
    	I would have placed Lawrence at the top of the list too.
    	Lowell was a pretty good place about 10 years ago, but once
    	Wang crashed, Lowell went with it, so it deserves #2 on the
    	list.  My wife was born and raised in Lowell (Pawtucketville) 
    	and the last time we visited back there she lamented that 
    	"this isn't home anymore..."

    
    Well there ya got your three L's
    Lawrence
    Lowell
    Lynn

    The cesspits of Mass-of-two-shots

    hmmm I guess it shoulda been Mass-of-three-shots

    Dan
    

    
    No, Ayer doesn't belong in there.  I read the Police blotter for Ayer in 
    the local paper every week - plenty of minor crimes (drunk & disorderly, 
    vandalism, shoplifting, driving without a license), but I've never seen 
    murders, rapes, drug arrests, bla bla bla.
    
    

    Joe:
    
    Watch it...I own a townhouse in Ayer!!! :-)
    
    Actually, the chief of police was my Sunday School Teacher when I was
    living in that town!  Great man!
    
    -Jack

    
    ayer's an ok place... and it is host to the eighth circular
    wonder of the world and all... where all of the roads leading
    to nowhere converge. it also has the only wendy's restaurant
    i know of where you stand in line surrounded by special
    forces personnel. there's something oddly comforting, in
    a "this ain't mcdonald's in san diego" sort of way, about
    that...
    
    -b

    
      "Ayer's an OK place".  -b, it isn't Friday yet.
    
      bb

    
    > No, Ayer doesn't belong in there.  I read the Police blotter for Ayer in 
    > the local paper every week - plenty of minor crimes (drunk & disorderly, 
    > vandalism, shoplifting, driving without a license), but I've never seen 
    > murders, rapes, drug arrests, bla bla bla.
    
    Ms. Deb, if ya'd like, I could have a few o' da boyz go up ta Ayer, and
    show yuz what yuz been missin'......
    

    No, Ayer is nothing compared to Lowell and Lawrence, and
    neither is Worcester.  I went to college in Worcester and
    while there were a few sections you stayed away from (if you
    were a woman attending Clark University you did not go out
    at night alone, for example), on the whole it was not that
    bad.  Of course, that was also thirteen years ago (ouch!). 
    
    I believe it was thought at one time that most of the drug traffic in
    Central Mass passed through Clinton, actually, although in
    all the years I lived there I never saw blatant evidence
    of that.
    
    Mary-Michael

    re: .16
    
    >I believe it was thought at one time that most of the drug traffic in
    >Central Mass passed through Clinton, actually, although in
    >all the years I lived there I never saw blatant evidence
    >of that.
    
    
    Careful there Mary-Michael... he always claimed he never inhaled!!
    

    re: .17
    
    Cute, real cute.  It was named after DeWitt, not William.
    

What did Dewitt Clinton have to do with Massachusetts?  They made a big deal
about him where I grew up along the route of his Folly.

    re: .19
    
    Nothing, as far as I know.  There are a few Clinton's 
    scattered across the country, some of which I believe are
    also named after him.  I only remember that I was told in
    school it was named after him, I don't think anyone bothered
    to tell me why.  My hazy memory tells me it was originally
    called Lancaster Mills and was part of Lancaster until
    the 1850's but why they chose to call it Clinton when
    it was incorporated, I don't know.
    
    Mary-Michael
    

    I have never seen anyone in the act of commiting "bla bla bla". What's
    it like?

    
      "the act of commiting bla bla bla" is common enough in da BOX.
    
      See recent Blinder, or aged Leech, or...
    
      bb

    Is there First Degree Bla Bla Bla?

    
    Come down here and I'll take you to Ayer and demonstrate some firsthand
    bla bla bla.
    
    

    You're going to commit bla bla bla on my virgin body?
    
    I'm Meeeeeeeeeeelllllltiiiiiiiing!

    I watched this just the other night. I wish I could've recorded it. I
    knew Lowell was bad buy whoa.  I found it very entertaining. I wonder
    if Boo-Boo is still alive.
    -ss